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That's true right up until it isn't, i.e. when you're struggling to understand why your javascript is producing subtly buggy behaviour.

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I hate to be that guy but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases:_I#id_est

I know what i.e. means. The benefit to valid markup is specifically for ensuring that the javascript you write to manipulate the DOM works properly.

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