function pollStatus()
{
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
	    status_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	    status_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	}
	status_request.onreadystatechange = function() 
												{ 
													checkStatus(status_request)
												};
	
	var url = "http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr";
	status_request.open('POST', url, true);
	status_request.send(null);
			//encodeURIComponent( "cmd=_cart&display=1&business=lcf@raptor.net"));
}

function checkStatus(http_request)
{
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		if (http_request.status == 200) 
		{
			var text = http_request.responseText;
			if (text != null && text.length > 0)
			{
				alert(text);
				if (text.indexOf("Cart Empty") == -1)
				{
					alert("You've got stuff.");
				}
			}
		}
		else
		{
			alert('Communications error.  Status: ' + http_request.status + http_request.responseText);
		}
 	}
}