//****************************//
var stream_width        = 5;
var max_segments        = 40;
var max_segment_length  = 20;
var glow_color          = "#3399FF"
var fork_top            = 0;
//***************************//


var striker       = ""
var angle_holder  = new Array();
var length_holder = new Array();
length_holder[0]  = fork_top;
var temp          = length_holder[0];
var last_pos_x    = 0;
var last_pos_y    = 0;
var last_img      = "";
var mx;
var my;
dot = new Image();dot.src = "/iiserrors/404/dot.gif";

function strike()
 {
  with (Math)
   {
    disp = round((random() * 400))
    timer = round((random() * 10000))
    x = round((floor(random()*document.body.offsetWidth)-30))
    seglen = round((random()*max_segment_length))
    length_holder[1] = round(((random() * 2)*seglen))
    for(a=0;a<max_segments+1;a++){angle_holder[a] = round((random() * 4) - ((random()*2)*2))}
    for(a=1;a<max_segments+1;a++){length_holder[a] = round(length_holder[a-1] + ((random() * 2)*seglen))}
   }
  for(count=0;count<max_segments+1;count++)
   {
    for(y=temp;y<length_holder[count];y+=3)
     {
      x+=angle_holder[count]
	  striker+='<img id="img_'+y+'" src="'+dot.src+'" style="position:absolute;top:'+y+';left:'+x+';height:'+stream_width+';width:'+stream_width+';filter:GLOW(color='+glow_color+')">'
	  last_img = 'img_'+y
     }
	temp = length_holder[count]
	last_pos_x = x; // x axis position of end of fork
	last_pos_y = y; // y axis position of end of fork
   }
   window.status = last_img
   holder.innerHTML = striker
   strike_event()
   striker = ""
   setTimeout("holder.innerHTML = striker",disp)
   setTimeout("strike()",timer)
 }

function strike_event()
 {
  if(last_pos_y > parseInt(strike_area.style.top) && last_pos_y < (parseInt(strike_area.style.top)+parseInt(strike_area.style.height)) && last_pos_x > parseInt(strike_area.style.left) && last_pos_x < (parseInt(strike_area.style.left)+parseInt(strike_area.style.width)))
   {
    document.all[last_img].style.width  = 10
    document.all[last_img].style.height = 10
    //document.all[last_img].src = "down.gif"
    strike_area.filters.glow.enabled = true
    setTimeout('strike_area.filters.glow.enabled = false',500)
   }
 }