Speaking of JavaScript.../membership?

[darren Chamberlain]

Greetings, all.

I've been reading your page for about a week or so now, being a recent
convert to Linux and a longtime fan of Unix, and I wanted to share a
short script that I wrote that I think you'd like.  It's a script that
rotates sequentially-named banners based on the time; I figured you
would find it useful to add to your front page.  The script would look
like this:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide this script from useless browsers
 var timeNow=new Date();
 var now=timeNow.getMinutes();
 if(now<=10)
  number=7;
 else if(now<=20)
  number=6;
 else if(now<=30)
  number=5;
 else if(now<=40)
  number=4;
 else if(now<=50)
  number=3;
 else if(now<=60)
  number=2;
 else
  number=1;

var LinuxURL="http://www.blu.org/images/linuxad"+number+".gif"

document.write("<IMG src="+LinuxURL+" width=460 height=55 border=0
hspace=5 vspace=5>")
// be sure that there is no line break in the document.write
// line!  My mail client automatically wraps the lines-->
</SCRIPT>

and would go on the front page after the announcement of upcoming
events.

Also, whether you care about that script or not, I am interested in
becoming a member.  Is membership open to regular guys like me?

Thanks for your time.

darren Chamberlain
dchamber at count51.med.harvard.edu