On jQuery for designers there's a well written post about this, this is the jQuery snippet that does the magic. just replace #comment with the selector of the div that you want to float.
Note: To see the whole article go here: http://jqueryfordesigners.com/fixed-floating-elements/
$(document).ready(function () {
var $obj = $('#comment');
var top = $obj.offset().top - parseFloat($obj.css('marginTop').replace(/auto/, 0));
$(window).scroll(function (event) {
// what the y position of the scroll is
var y = $(this).scrollTop();
// whether that's below the form
if (y >= top) {
// if so, ad the fixed class
$obj.addClass('fixed');
} else {
// otherwise remove it
$obj.removeClass('fixed');
}
});
});