actually ram usage is around 350MB/1GB

Yes, but that is all being used for a swap file. The memory is tapped!

all I know is it is like wading through syrup around this time

Stop using dial-up Marco please man... you are staying behind.

Standard uk broadband and this site exactly the same on logged in and out speed wise for me! whos on dial-up and using a picture site.. that is dedication

Ok, I guess i'll post the problem here.
PSC isn't slow for me, but, when i go to look at a contest entry, Firefox freezes up. The entire browser freezes for a while, I can do other stuff outside of firefox, but firefox is messed up. It usually lasts 10-40 seconds. this started recently, sometime after i upgraded to FF 2.0, I don't know if thats the problem, or a coincidence. I just updated it to FF 2.0.5, but it didn't help.
It makes voting a real pain.
Anybody else have a similar problem? or a solution?

there are issues with the googleads, that's why i think it freezes up sometimes. Scripting errors generated by the googleads site. Has caused some interference here too

Oh, yeah. It happens in Chat too. Forums are just fine.


Is there anyway too fix that?

A JIHAD against Google?

probably happened ages ago, terrorism is out of fashion

it's is sooooooo last year