var acceptsCookies = false;
if(document.cookie == '') {
    document.cookie = 'acceptsCookies=yes';
    if(document.cookie.indexOf('acceptsCookies=yes')	!= -1) {
	acceptsCookies = true; 
    }
} else {
	acceptsCookies = true;
}


function setCookie (name, value, domain, hours, path, secure) {
    if (acceptsCookies) {
	var not_NN2 = (navigator && navigator.appName 
		       && (navigator.appName ==	'Netscape') 
		       && navigator.appVersion 
		       && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 2))?false:true;

	if(hours && not_NN2) {
	    if ( (typeof(hours)	== 'string') &&	Date.parse(hours) ) {
		var numHours = hours;
	    } else if (typeof(hours) ==	'number') {
		var numHours = (new Date((new Date()).getTime()	+ hours*3600000)).toGMTString();
	    }
	}
	document.cookie	= name + '=' + escape(value) + ((numHours)?(';expires='	+ numHours):'')	+ ((path)?';path=' + path:'') +	((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'') + ((secure &&	(secure	== true))?'; secure':''); // Set the cookie, adding any	parameters that	were specified.
    }
}


function getCookie(name) {
    if(document.cookie == '') {	
		return false; 
    } else {
	var firstChar, lastChar;
	var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
	firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name);
	var NN2Hack = firstChar	+ name.length;
	if((firstChar != -1) &&	(theBigCookie.charAt(NN2Hack) == '=')) {
	    firstChar += name.length + 1;
	    lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
	    if(lastChar	== -1) lastChar	= theBigCookie.length;
	    return unescape(theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar));
	} else {
	    return false;
	}
    }	
}