Yes, I have too.
It's just because the server loads are so high right now (damn UBB 6!) that the requests time out all the time. Sorry, but unfortunately we can't really improve the search engine until our mythical new server is installed. I know we've been promising it for a while, but there were heatsink complications, and the NECC conference just delayed everything.
I apologize for the delays, I know it's getting to be really annoying. We'll try to fix it as soon as we can.
sorry!