[monolithed]

Как вариант:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(){
    var div = document.getElementById('div'),
        computed = parseInt(window.getComputedStyle ? getComputedStyle(div, null).height : div.currentStyle.height);
        div.style.height = '';
    alert(computed < div.offsetHeight ? 'больше!' : 'меньше?');   
};
</script>

<div id="div" style="
      position: relative;
      white-space: pre-wrap; /* W3C */
      white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* Mozilla  */
      white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera */
      word-wrap: break-word; /* IE5.5+ */
      width: 50px;
      height: 50px;">
      ******************************************
</div>