// random number generator
function getRandom()
	{
	var randomNumber= Math.round(Math.random()*10);
	return randomNumber;
	}


// quote of the day selection
function randQuote()
	{
	var whichOne=getRandom();
	var quote=new Array(11)
		quote[0]="Some subatomic particles omitted for clarity";
		quote[1]="Atom not drawn to scale";
		quote[2]="In the tradition of zombo.com";   
		quote[3]="Instant Radium.  Just add subatomic particles.";
		quote[4]="You are here.";
		quote[5]="Look Ma, no super collider!";
		quote[6]="Same great taste.  Half the beta decay.";
		quote[7]="It's too late now.  There's no going back.";
		quote[8]="Squandering bandwidth since 1996.";
		quote[9]="Ra226.net - strange, colorful, charming.";
		quote[10]="Because a half-life is better than no life at all.";
	var newQuote=quote[whichOne];
	return newQuote;
	}


// menu mouseover images
function menuImg( whichImage ) {
	document.getElementById("m").src = (whichImage);
}


// image preload
if (document.images) {
	image1 = new Image(480, 310);
	image1.src = "images/main_oldh.gif";

	image2 = new Image(480, 310);
	image2.src = "images/main_photo.gif";

	image3 = new Image(480, 310);
	image3.src = "images/main_hist.gif";

	image4 = new Image(480, 310);
	image4.src = "images/main_lego.gif";

	image5 = new Image(480, 310);
	image5.src = "images/main_about.gif";
	
	image6 = new Image(480, 310);
	image6.src = "images/main_vid.gif";
	
	image7 = new Image(480, 310);
	image7.src = "images/main_lego.gif";	

	image8 = new Image(480, 310);
	image8.src = "images/main_treb.gif";
}