gistfile1.cs

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

namespace LongPolling
{
	class MainClass
	{
		public static void Main (string[] args)
		{
			var http = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://chirpstream.twitter.com/2b/user.json");
			http.Method = "GET";
			http.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("twitterusername", "twitterpassword");
			http.Timeout = -1;
			
			var response = http.GetResponse();
			
			var stream = response.GetResponseStream();
			
			StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);
			
			Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
			watch.Start();
			while (true) {
				var line = sr.ReadLine();			
				Console.WriteLine ("{0}: {1}", watch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds, line);
				Thread.Sleep(1000);
			}
			
		}
	}
}