Hmm … feels like I've just read a whole lot of nothing. Sounds like too much of a good thing is bad, and too much of the bad stuff is really detrimental. So basically, it's all about moderation and finding the balance diet, which is the same kinda thing that every dietitian/nutritionist/doctor has been saying.

Trimming is my preference … a bit of hair at the right length can be darn sexy

Self-confidence is the key I think. Yes, you will feel shit about yourself because every time you look in the mirror, this will (most likely) be the first thing you notice. And of course people will notice it too. But what I have found is that if you exude the confidence, then this matter will leave their mind as quickly as it came. At the end of the day, it takes more than just the hair to define a man.

Obviously this is a case of "easier said than done", but if you practice, preach and live by it, then soon enough you will notice the difference in your own (as well as the other people's) attitude.

Are you using Download Station as the manager/client?
Where are you observing that there are no upload transmission?

Thanks for the help guys, in particular to Speedmaster8 for his detailed response.
I didn't modify my hosts file, but I did change the DNS server. I'm not sure whether this made the difference.
I've been on holiday for a couple of weeks, and since my return, the site seems to be running at normal speed again.
Thanks again for all the suggestions

Anyone? Any ideas/suggestion?
It's been like this now for a few weeks. I can't figure out why all of a sudden I can't connect to this site. It took me like 15 minutes (and many refresh) to post this reply

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar thing?
Recently I've not been able to browse the site/forum without the page timing out, or I only get about 10%-20% of the page content loaded.
Sporadically, I would get short spurts where the server would be fine for a few seconds (i.e. pages loading 100%), and then it would slow down and not respond altogether again.
When I do get around to downloading the .torrent files, I have no problem downloading from the tracker using my BT client.

I believe this is different to the previous issue where the server was slow, because for quite some time after the system/server upgrade, everything was running perfectly fine (i.e. minimal latency).
This time round, pages are just timing out and not loading at all. I've tried browsing the site & forum using IE, Chrome and Opera, but all were experiencing the same thing. In IE and Chrome it's returning a "404 Not Found" error message.

I couldn't find any recent post in the forum concerning this issue, so wanted to know whether its only an isolated issue affecting me.

istyler