var speed = 50;
var pause = 2000;
var timerID = null;
var bannerRunning = false;
var ar = new Array();
ar[0] = "http://www.alecos.it/ - By Alessandro Marinuzzi [Alecos]";
var currentMessage = 0;
var offset = 0;
function stopBanner() {
  if (bannerRunning) {
    clearTimeout(timerID);
  }  
  bannerRunning = false;
}
function startBanner() {
  stopBanner()
  showBanner()
}
function showBanner() {
  var text = ar[currentMessage];
  if (offset < text.length) {
    if (text.charAt(offset) == " ") {
      offset++;
    }
    var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1);
    window.status = partialMessage;
    offset++;
    timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed);
    bannerRunning = true;
  } else {
    offset = 0;
    currentMessage++;
    if (currentMessage == ar.length) {
      currentMessage = 0;
    }  
    timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause);
    bannerRunning = true;
  }
}