var http_request = false;
   	function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      	http_request = false;
      	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
         	http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         	if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            	http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         	}
      		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         	try {
            	http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         	} catch (e) {
            	try {
               	http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            	} catch (e) {}
         	}
      	}
      	if (!http_request) {
         	alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         	errors = errors + 1;
      	}
      
      	http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      	http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      	http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      	http_request.send(parameters);
   	}

   	function alertContents() {
      	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         	if (http_request.status == 200) {
            	result = http_request.responseText;
            	document.getElementById("statsContainer").innerHTML = result;
         } else {
		 
         }
      }
   	}
	
	function statUpdate() {
		makePOSTRequest("getstats.php", "");
		setInterval('makePOSTRequest("getstats.php", "")', 2000);
	}