As you can see in the mess of code below, there are <div> tags with class of bullet and a "dot" between The menu sits over at the right in a vertical column forcing a large blank space at the top.
div class="dbTopMenu">
<div class="notActive">
<a class="top_members_menu" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return f.newTopic('Tech-Questions')">New Topic</a>
</div>
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
<div class="bullet">·</div>
<div class="notActive">
</div>
<div class="clear_both"> </div>
</div>