var expDays = 1;
var expd = new Date(); 
expd.setTime(expd.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function getCookieVal (offset)
 {  
	var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);  
	if (endstr == -1)    
		endstr = document.cookie.length;  
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function GetCookie (name) 
{  
	var arg = name + "=";  
	var alen = arg.length;  
	var clen = document.cookie.length;  
	var i = 0;  
	while (i < clen) 
		{    
			var j = i + alen;    
			if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)      
			return getCookieVal (j);    
			i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;    
			if (i == 0) break;   
		}  
	return null;
}

function SetCookie (name, value) 
{  
	var argv = SetCookie.arguments;  
	var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;  
	var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;  
	var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;  
	var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;  
	var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + 
		((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + 
		((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +  
		((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +    
		((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function SetVotingCookie (name, value) 
{  
	var expd = new Date();  
	expd.setTime(expd.getTime() + 1*60*1000);
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; expires=" + expd.toGMTString();
}

function DeleteCookie (name) 
{  
	var expd = new Date();  
	expd.setTime (expd.getTime() - 1);  
	var cval = GetCookie (name);  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + expd.toGMTString();
}

function CookiesEnabled()
{
	SetCookie("BigRed2002CookieTest", "1", expd);
	if (GetCookie("BigRed2002CookieTest") != null)
		{
			DeleteCookie("BigRed2002CookieTest");
			if (navigator.appName !="Netscape")
			{
				if (navigator.cookieEnabled==true) return true 
				else return false;
			}
			else return true;
		}
	else
		return false;		
}

function CookiesEnabledOld()
	{
	if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
	  {
	  	if (document.cookie.length > 0)
		{
			// cookies enabled !!!
			return true;
		}
		else
		{
			if (!netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalPreferencesRead'))
				{
			  	alert("Cannot read cookie settings!");
				return false;
				}
				
			  if (navigator.preference('network.cookie.cookieBehavior') != 0)
				return true
			  else if (navigator.preference('network.cookie.cookieBehavior') != 1)
					return false
					//"Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server"
				else
					return false;
		}			
	  }
	else 
	  { if (navigator.cookieEnabled==true)  return true
	    else if (navigator.cookieEnabled==false)  return false
		else return false;
	  }
	}

function pluginEnabled (mimeType) {
  var mo = navigator.mimeTypes[mimeType];
  return mo && mo.enabledPlugin ? true : false;
}

function pluginInstalled (pluginName) {
  for (var p = 0; p < navigator.plugins.length; p++)
    if (navigator.plugins[p].name.toLowerCase() == pluginName.toLowerCase())
      return true;
  return false;
}

function NNFlashEnabled()
{
	return (pluginInstalled('shockwave flash') && pluginEnabled('application/x-shockwave-flash'));
}

function IEFlashEnabled()
{
  var swf = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
  if (swf) {
  		swf = null;
	  	return true;
		}
	 else return false;
}

function FlashEnabled()
{
	if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
		return NNFlashEnabled()
	else
		return IEFlashEnabled()
}

function FlashAndCookiesEnabled()
{
	return (FlashEnabled() && CookiesEnabled());
}
	
function AlertCookieTest()
{
		var result;
		result = CookiesEnabled();
		if(!result) {
			alert("This section of the site requires that cookies are enabled.");
		}
}