<!-- //
function Browser() {
	var b=navigator.appName;
	if (!b) alert('Unidentified browser.\nThis browser is not supported,');
	
	this.dom=document.getElementById?true:false;
	this.ie=document.all?true:false;
	this.ie4= (this.ie && !this.dom)?true:false;
	this.ns = (b.indexOf('Netscape')!=-1);
	this.ns4 = (this.ns && !this.dom)?true:false;
	this.ns6 = (navigator.vendor == ("Netscape6") || navigator.product == ("Gecko"))?true:false;
	this.opera=window.opera?true:false;
	this.def=(this.ie||this.dom||this.ns6); // most used browsers, for faster if loops
	this.dyn=this.dom||this.dom||this.ns4;
	var ua=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	if (ua.indexOf("win")>-1) this.platform="win32";
	else if (ua.indexOf("mac")>-1) this.platform="mac";
	else this.platform="other";
}

is=new Browser();

function createCookie(name,value,days)
{
	if (days)
	{
		var expires = "; expires=";
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/; domain=.winespectator.com";
}

 function readCookie(name)
{
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
	{
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}
//-->