JavaScript Status countdown timer Code Library

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANG="JavaScript">

function countDown (tick)
        {
        if (tick == 0)
                {
                window.location.href="http://www.altavista.com" ;
                return;
                }
        var time = "1 minute to go - " ;
        var minute = Math.floor(tick / 60);
        if (minute < 10)
                {
                time += "0";
                }
        time += minute + ":";
        var second = tick % 60;
        if (second < 10)
                {
                time += "0";
                }
        time += second;
        window.status = time;
        -- tick;
        var command = "countDown (" + tick + ")";
        window.setTimeout(command,1000);
        }

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY ONLOAD="window.setTimeout ('countDown(60)',1000) ; " BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
</BODY>
</HTML>