What is wrong with my account? Is my account not fully activated?

How come when I click on someone's name and click on "View Public Profile", I am greeted with this error "<USERNAME>, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

• Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
• If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I have signed up, by filling out the human veneration and clicked on the activation link by e-mail, so now what? Is my account not fully activated?

There are privileges that come with participation see:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=34180

Although it's not a complete listing, it gives you the general idea.