function getStuff(id, url) {
 var req = false;
 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { try { req = new XMLHttpRequest(); } catch (e) { req = false; }} // non-IE
 else if (window.ActiveXObject) { try { req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try { req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { req = false; }}} // IE only
 var element = document.getElementById(id);
 if (req) { req.open('GET', url, false); req.send(null); element.innerHTML = req.responseText; } // else { element.innerHTML = ""; }
}