I have have discovered that this error is not unique to the number of files I am linking.  It has been reported from several of my users that there is a similar issue with Internet Explorer 8.  

Step 2:  Debug the issue using IE built-in script debugger.  I was able to replicate the issue and ran some minor debugging from within IE.  The results of this are as follows:

Error Message:  Windows Internet Explorer

Stop running this script?

A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly.

If it continues to run, your computer might become unresponsive.

Debugging results:  Line: 1

Error: jQuery, MooTools or Prototype needs to be loaded before jStorage!

(function(f){if(!f||!(f.toJSON||Object.toJSON||window.JSON)){throw new Error("jQuery, MooTools or Prototype needs to be loaded before jStorage!")}var g={},d={jStorage:"{}"},h=null,j=0,l=f.toJSON||Object.toJSON||(window.JSON&&(JSON.encode||JSON.stringify)),e=f.evalJSON||(window.JSON&&(JSON.decode||JSON.parse))||function(m){return String(m).evalJSON()},i=false;_XMLService={isXML:function(n){var m=(n?n.ownerDocument||n:0).documentElement;return m?m.nodeName!=="HTML":false},encode:function(n){if(!this.isXML(n)){return false}try{return new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(n)}catch(m){try{return n.xml}catch(o){}}return false},decode:function(n){var m=("DOMParser" in window&&(new DOMParser()).parseFromString)||(window.ActiveXObject&&function(p){var q=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");q.async="false";q.loadXML(p);return q}),o;if(!m){return false}o=m.call("DOMParser" in window&&(new DOMParser())||window,n,"text/xml");return this.isXML(o)?o:false}};function k(){if("localStorage" in window){try{if(window.localStorage){d=window.localStorage;i="localStorage"}}catch(p){}}else{if("globalStorage" in window){try{if(window.globalStorage){d=window.globalStorage[window.location.hostname];i="globalStorage"}}catch(o){}}else{h=document.createElement("link");if(h.addBehavior){h.style.behavior="url(#default#userData)";document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(h);h.load("jStorage");var n="{}";try{n=h.getAttribute("jStorage")}catch(m){}d.jStorage=n;i="userDataBehavior"}else{h=null;return}}}b()}function b(){if(d.jStorage){try{g=e(String(d.jStorage))}catch(m){d.jStorage="{}"}}else{d.jStorage="{}"}j=d.jStorage?String(d.jStorage).length:0}function c(){try{d.jStorage=l(g);if(h){h.setAttribute("jStorage",d.jStorage);h.save("jStorage")}j=d.jStorage?String(d.jStorage).length:0}catch(m){}}function a(m){if(!m||(typeof m!="string"&&typeof m!="number")){throw new TypeError("Key name must be string or numeric")}return true}f.jStorage={version:"0.1.5.0",set:function(m,n){a(m);if(_XMLService.isXML(n)){n={_is_xml:true,xml:_XMLService.encode(n)}}g[m]=n;c();return n},get:function(m,n){a(m);if(m in g){if(typeof g[m]=="object"&&g[m]._is_xml&&g[m]._is_xml){return _XMLService.decode(g[m].xml)}else{return g[m]}}return typeof(n)=="undefined"?null:n},deleteKey:function(m){a(m);if(m in g){delete g[m];c();return true}return false},flush:function(){g={};c();try{window.localStorage.clear()}catch(m){}return true},storageObj:function(){function m(){}m.prototype=g;return new m()},index:function(){var m=[],n;for(n in g){if(g.hasOwnProperty(n)){m.push(n)}}return m},storageSize:function(){return j},currentBackend:function(){return i},storageAvailable:function(){return !!i},reInit:function(){var m,o;if(h&&h.addBehavior){m=document.createElement("link");h.parentNode.replaceChild(m,h);h=m;h.style.behavior="url(#default#userData)";document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(h);h.load("jStorage");o="{}";try{o=h.getAttribute("jStorage")}catch(n){}d.jStorage=o;i="userDataBehavior"}b()}};k()})(window.jQuery||window.$);

jQuery, MooTools or Prototype needs to be loaded before jStorage!

I cannot replicate this with other browsers.  I have tried it with Google Crome and Firefox 3.6.20.

Thanks,

Iry Witham