I use the PeriodicalExecuter in the Prototype framework. I use it to monitor different things on the site.

The thing is that I have discovered that if I hibernate my laptop while having dominoExperts online in FireFox - when I start my laptop again Firefox fires off the periodicalExecuter like crazy for a couple of minutes.

Has anyone encountered this?

Example:
xc_messageP = new PeriodicalExecuter(xc_checkMessages, 30);