        function OpenComments (c) {
            window.open(c,
                            'comments',
                            'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');
        }
        
        function OpenTrackback (c) {
            window.open(c,
                            'trackback',
                            'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');
        }
        function setCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
            var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") + ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
            document.cookie = curCookie;
        }        
        function getCookie (name) {
            var prefix = name + '=';
            var c = document.cookie;
            var nullstring = '';
            var cookieStartIndex = c.indexOf(prefix);
            if (cookieStartIndex == -1)
                return nullstring;
            var cookieEndIndex = c.indexOf(";", cookieStartIndex + prefix.length);
            if (cookieEndIndex == -1)
                cookieEndIndex = c.length;
            return unescape(c.substring(cookieStartIndex + prefix.length, cookieEndIndex));
        }
        
        function deleteCookie (name, path, domain) {
            if (getCookie(name))
                document.cookie = name + "=" + ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
        }
        
        function fixDate (date) {
            var base = new Date(0);
            var skew = base.getTime();
            if (skew > 0)
                date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
        }
        
        function rememberMe (f) {
            var now = new Date();
            fixDate(now);
            now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
            setCookie('mtcmtauth', f.author.value, now, '', HOST, '');
            setCookie('mtcmtmail', f.email.value, now, '', HOST, '');
            setCookie('mtcmthome', f.url.value, now, '', HOST, '');
        }
        
        function forgetMe (f) {
            deleteCookie('mtcmtmail', '', HOST);
            deleteCookie('mtcmthome', '', HOST);
            deleteCookie('mtcmtauth', '', HOST);
            f.email.value = '';
            f.author.value = '';
            f.url.value = '';
        }        