var ticker_text="Check out the lastest issue of OOZE NOOZE for Yu-Gi-Oh! stuff!!";
var ticker_pos=1;
function initTicker(){
  setInterval("tickerTick()", 200);
}
function tickerTick(){
  ticker_pos++;
  if (ticker_pos > ticker_text.length){
    ticker_pos = 1;
  }
  // originally 60 -> 55 -> now 44
  getElement("tickerDiv").innerHTML = ticker_text.substr(ticker_pos, 44);
}

function getElement(name_id){
  if (document.getElementById){
    return document.getElementById(name_id);
  } else if (document.all){
    return document.all[name_id];
  } else {
    return document[name_id];
  }
}