var snowsrc="snow.gif"
  var no = 10;
  var hidesnowtime = 0;
  var snowdistance = "pageheight";

  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

function iecompattest(){
  return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
  }

  var dx, xp, yp;    
  var am, stx, sty;  
  var i, doc_width = 1024, doc_height = 768; 
  
  if (ns6up) {
                   doc_width = self.innerWidth;
                   doc_height = self.innerHeight;
                    } 
  else if (ie4up) {
                           doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
                           doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
                           }

  dx = new Array();
  xp = new Array();
  yp = new Array();
  am = new Array();
  stx = new Array();
  sty = new Array();
  snowsrc= "snow.gif" 
  
  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i)
        {  
         dx[i] = 0;                        			
         xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  	
         yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
         am[i] = Math.random()*20;         			
         stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; 			
         sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     			
         if (ie4up||ns6up) 
             {
             if (i == 0) 
                {
               document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
                } 
            else
               {
              document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
               }
            }
       }

  function snowIE_NS6()                               
       {  										
        doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
        doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
       
       for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i)                     
              {  
              yp[i] += sty[i];
              if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) 
                 {
                 xp[10+i] = xp[i];
                 yp[10+i] = yp[i];
                 
				 xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
                 yp[i] = 0;
                 stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
                 sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
                 }
              dx[i] += stx[i];
              document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";
              document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";
             }
        snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
      }

  function hidesnow()
       {
        if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
        for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"
       }

  if (ie4up||ns6up)
     {
      snowIE_NS6();
  //    if (hidesnowtime>0) setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
     }