function StripPx(str)
{
    var pos = str.search("px");
    return str.substring(0, pos);    
}

function AnimateSlider(slider)
{
    return;
    var parentWidth = StripPx($(slider).parent("#slider").css('width'));
    var padding = parseInt(StripPx($(slider).css("padding-left"))) + parseInt(StripPx($(slider).css("padding-right")));
    var contentWidth = parseInt(StripPx($(slider).css("width"))) + padding;
    var b = -contentWidth;
    var a = parentWidth;
    $(slider).css('left', a + "px");
    var val =  b + "px";
    var targetDuration = 30000;
    $(slider).animate({
        'left' : val
    }, {
        easing: "linear",
        duration: targetDuration,
        complete : function()
        {
            AnimateSlider(slider);            
        }
    });
    
    $(slider).hover(
        function()
        {
            $(this).stop();    
        },
        function()
        {
            var t = parseInt(StripPx($(this).css("left")));
            var percent = (t - a) / (b - a);            
            a = t;

            var target = b + "px";
            targetDuration = targetDuration * (1.0 - percent);
            $(this).animate({
                'left' : target
            }, {
                easing : "linear",
                duration : targetDuration,
                complete : function()
                {
                    AnimateSlider(slider);
                }
            });
        }
        );
}