I disagree. The reason to use is so that browsers without javascript (enabled) can render the content you would want to be rendered only in that scenario.
I don’t understand how otherwise manipulating the content with javascript is going to work if javascript itself doesn’t.

I agree with you David on all your points. What’s wrong with javscript: as a URL protocol? The data: protocol is a standard, but technically it’s not linking to a document, as it is the document. Same idea with the javascript: protocol.

btw, did you see, did you see? i got my gravatar (after a whole week!)

Yeah, I guess it can be handy to use document.write somtimes, such as using it to write out a bookmarklet link. document.write can be replaced with a bit of DOM though, and yeah It involves some slightly longer code, but it works with application/xhtml+xml.

Oh yeah, and it’s proper to use “till” instead of “’til.” From http://www.answers.com/till …

USAGE NOTE Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don’t even think about going to the movies.•Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un–, meaning “up to.” In the 18th century the spelling ’till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although ’till is now nonstandard, ’til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect.