// from http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/06/07/preload-images-with-javascript/

var preloaded = new Array();
function preload_images() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++){
        preloaded[i] = document.createElement('img');
        preloaded[i].setAttribute('src',arguments[i]);
    };
};