var now = new Date();
var seed = now.getTime() % 0xffffffff;

//array function
function makeArray(len)
{
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) 
	   this[i] = null;
    this.lenght = len;
	
} // makeArray()

//the random number engine
function rand(n)
{
   seed = (0x015a4e35 * seed) % 0x7fffffff;
   return (seed > 16) % n;
   
} // end rand()

var ideas = new makeArray(6);
var tpl = '/images/tpl';

ideas[0] = '<A HREF="http://www.ic.ucsb.edu/mission/" target="new" />'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_main.jpg" border="0" alt="ic banner" />'
         + '</A>';
ideas[1] = '<A HREF="http://computerlabs.ic.ucsb.edu/" target="new" />'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_labs.jpg" border="0" alt="computer labs banner" />'
         + '</A>';
ideas[2] = '<A HREF="http://srf.ucsb.edu/" target="new">'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_srf.jpg" border="0" alt="umail banner" />'
         + '</A>';
ideas[3] = '<A HREF="https://secureweb.ic.ucsb.edu/software-depot/" target="new" />'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_shg.jpg" border="0" alt="software depot banner" />'
         + '</A>';
ideas[4] = '<A HREF="http://www.umail.ucsb.edu/" target="new" />'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_umail.jpg" border="0" alt="training banner" />'
         + '</A>';
ideas[5] = '<A HREF="http://training.ic.ucsb.edu/" target="new" />'
         + '<IMG SRC="' + tpl + '/banner_training.jpg" border="0" alt="training banner" />'
         + '</A>';