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var HSW_acceptsCookies = false;
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document.cookie = 'HSW_acceptsCookies=yes';
if (document.cookie.indexOf('HSW_acceptsCookies=yes') != -1) {
HSW_acceptsCookies = true;
}
}
else {
HSW_acceptsCookies = true;
}
return (HSW_acceptsCookies);
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function recordStats(webpage,referer) {
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}
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if (location.hostname == 'www.flexplay.com') {
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}
else {
if (location.hostname == 'www.lidrock.com')
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else {
if (location.hostname == 'lidrock.howstuffworks.com')
_bs = _bs + 'http://lidrock.howstuffworks.com/';
else {
if (location.hostname == 'www.stuffo.com')
_bs = _bs + 'http://www.stuffo.com/';
else
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}
}
}
}
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if (browserAcceptsCookies()) {
_bs = _bs + )
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document.write(_bs);
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function OpenWindow(url) {
newwindow = window.open ("/" + url, 'HowStuffWorks', 'status=no,toolbar=no,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=485,height=675');
}
function OpenWindow2(url,h,w) {
newwindow = window.open ("/" + url, 'HowStuffWorks', 'status=no,toolbar=no,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=' + w + ',height=' + h);
}
var RN = new String (Math.random());
var RNS = RN.substring(2,11);
function DisplayAds (sitepage, haveSpider, position, width, height)
{
var oas = 'http://ad.howstuffworks.com/RealMedia/ads/';
var oaspage = sitepage + '/1' + RNS + '@' + position;
if (haveSpider) browser_ok = 0;
else browser_ok = 1;
if (browser_ok == 1) {
if (_version < 11) {
document.write ('
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} else {
document.write ('