Ehm, could all this have anything to do with my browser? I'm using Opera v8.

I wasn't going to post a second reply but:
a) for some reason I couldn't edit my own post
b) when I posted the 1st one, I wasn't given the usual "thanks for posting, you'll be redirected, blah-blah-blah" message. I was bounced to a screen that for some reason told me that I'm "only allowed to post one message every so many seconds, please wait".
Which is strange, because I just finished typing my very first message on these boards and then pressed "post quick reply". Once.