function beenUpdated()    {
    if($('updateme').innerHTML == "<b>I'm some stuff loaded by Ajax.Updater</b>") {
        alert('content has already been updated');
    }
    else    {
        alert('content has not been updated yet');
    }
}

function resetElement() {
    $('updateme').innerHTML = '';
}

function alertArgument(myString)	{
  alert(myString);
  beenUpdated();
}
function alertGreeting()    {
    alert('Javascript says hi!');
    beenUpdated();
}