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var step=20	
var flag=0	
var message=" Ein Waller-Schmäh "
message=message.split("")
var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) 
	{xpos[i]=-50}
var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) 
	{ypos[i]=-50}
function handlerMM(e){
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	y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
	flag=1}
function makesnake() {
	if (flag==1 && document.all) 
		{for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) 
			{xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
		         ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]}
		xpos[0]=x+step
		ypos[0]=y
		for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) 
			{var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
			   thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
			   thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]}	}
	else if (flag==1 && document.layers) 
		{for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) 
			{xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
			 ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]}
		xpos[0]=x+step
		ypos[0]=y
		for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) 
			{var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
	    		thisspan.left=xpos[i]
			thisspan.top=ypos[i]}}
	var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",10)	}	
	var bookmarkurl="http://www.scienceweek.at"
	var bookmarktitle="ScienceWeek@Austria"
	function addbookmark(){
		if (document.all)
		window.external.AddFavorite(bookmarkurl,bookmarktitle)}	

	function setVariables() 
	{if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {	
		v=".top=";	
		dS="document.";
		sD="";
		b="window.pageYOffset";	}	
	else {v=".pixelTop=";
	dS="";
	sD=".style";
	b="document.body.scrollTop";   }	}	
function checkLocation() {
	object="object1";
	bb=eval(b);
	eval(dS+object+sD+v+bb);
	setTimeout("checkLocation()",10);}		


	for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
	    document.write("<span id='span"+i+"' class='spanstyle'>")
		document.write(message[i])
		document.write("</span>")}
	if (document.layers){document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);}
	document.onmousemove = handlerMM;

