var toSleep = true;

function stopTimer() {
  toSleep=false;
}

function clickTracker(LinkName) {
  var secureID="7PK5yx";
  var redirectUrl="http://www.etracker.de/skin/de.def/img/1px.gif";
  etrackerSink=new Image(1,1);
  toSleep=true;
  etrackerSink.src="http://www.etracker.de/lnkcnt.php?et="+secureID+"&url="+redirectUrl+"&lnkname="+LinkName;
  etrackerSink.onload=stopTimer;
  if(toSleep==true) {
    maxDelay(500);
  }
  return true;
}

function maxDelay(gap) {
  var then,now;
  then=new Date().getTime();
  now=then;
  while( toSleep==true&&(now-then)<gap) {
    now=new Date().getTime();
  }
}