function magiceightball() {

   var q = document.forms.eightball.q.value;

   var params = 'q=' + q + '&rand=' + Math.random();

   try {
     var req = new Ajax.Request('http://www.magiceightball.biz/cgi-bin/magicEightBall.pl',{
			onSuccess : function(r) { show_eb_response(r) },
			onFailure: function(r) { fail(r) },
			method : "post",
			parameters : params
	       	});
      	} 
		catch(e) {
		   return false;

        }

}

function show_eb_response(r) {

   var data = r.responseText;

   document.getElementById('ebans').innerHTML = data;
}

function fail(r) {

   alert('Fail: '+r.responseText);
}