<script>
var req=new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", "http://sql.ru/forum/actualthread.aspx?tid=408847", false);
req.send(null);
alert(req.responseText)

</script>

<script>
function XMLHttpRequest() {
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                return new XMLHttpRequest();
           }else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
                   return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                 }
}
var req=new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", "http://sql.ru/forum/actualthread.aspx?tid=408847", false);
req.send(null);
alert(req.responseText)
</script>

function getXMLHttpRequestObject() {
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                return new XMLHttpRequest();
           }else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
                   return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                 }
}

function genericSequence (url ) {
        try { netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege ("UniversalBrowserRead")} catch (e){}
        seq = getXMLHttpRequestObject();
        if (seq.readyState ==  4  || seq.readyState ==  0 ) {
                seq.open( 'GET', url, true);
                seq.onreadystatechange = bobCat;
                seq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=windows-1251;');
                seq.send(null);
        }
}
function bobCat() {
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                if (seq.status ==  200 ) {
                        alert(seq.responseText);
                   }
           }
}
genericSequence ('http://sql.ru/forum/actualthread.aspx?tid=408847');