var type_pause = 50
var type_speed = 50

var current_message = Math.floor(Math.random() * ticker_texts.length) - 1
var current_string = ""
var current_pause = type_pause
var current_object = document.getElementById("ticker_a")

function typewriter () {
	if (current_string == "") {
		if (current_pause < type_pause) {
			current_pause++
			return
		}
		current_object.innerHTML = ""
		current_message++
		if (current_message == ticker_texts.length)
			current_message = 0
		if (ticker_urls[current_message] == -1)
			current_object = document.getElementById("ticker_span")
		else {
			document.getElementById("ticker_a").href = document.getElementById("ticker_a").href.replace(/=.*$/, "=" + ticker_urls[current_message])
			current_object = document.getElementById("ticker_a")
		}
		current_string = ticker_texts[current_message]
		current_pause = 0
	}
	current_object.innerHTML += current_string.charAt(0)
	current_string = current_string.substring(1)
}

setInterval("typewriter()", type_speed)