My head's aching from Googling for this answer... It's got to be a simple one here... What the heck does the icon of the red circle and slash (the international 'No' icon) at the right end of the Bearshare status bar indictate?

Aaaahhh.... feels good just to ask it here.

That just means you didn't get a heartbeat message lately, so network stats
are temporarily unavailable. Sometimes that heartbeat node in Florida crashes
and it usually takes a few hours for the guys to notice and reboot the thing.

Thanks for explaining that Arron.