stupid question....
 

why is there no more ability to do a search for posts dealing with specific topics?

Server problems. When all the missing features were still activated, the server would crash all the time.
Or something like that. it seems to be some-what common with this format.
You could do a search on the question and get better answers, but since the search is down, this one will have to do. ;)

You can tell when the server crashes...or gets overloaded or whatever becouse you get the message that says
Like I just did after my first reply.

Oh, and there is no stupid question.