We can't make any promises (sorry), but our early testing suggests that Defensio's performance is very, very good. As with any adaptive filter, it will only improve with time. You may need to give it a few days before it really kicks into gear, but quite quickly you should see a significant reduction in the flow of comment spam to your blog.

Yes, Defensio's web service combined with the any of the plug-ins we provide are intended to replace Akismet as your blog's (or application's) shield against comment spam.

You might consider buying a pro-blogger license for $5/mo. If you would like to participate in the development of the GPL Akismet WordPress plugin or discuss adapting the Akismet API for a different platform, join the Spam Stopper mailing list and introduce yourself and your ideas. The more the merrier. :)

Well, it depends on your blogging platform. Instructions are provided alongside each of the plug-ins that can be downloaded here. Don't forget to sign up for an API key. You'll need one in order to use Defensio. (it's free.)

Defensio is more than just a blog spam filter, but a spam filtering service for any social web applications where spam might be an issue. We expose a public API that you can easily leverage for your own applications -- in fact, many developers already have. Head on over to our API page to learn more about it!

In order for our plug-in to work with your blog, we need to generate for you a unique API key. This requires some personal information (namely your blog and email address), and thus the requirement to create an account and sign-up for the service. All personal data will be kept strictly confidential, as described in our Privacy Policy.

One of the reasons we're doing Akismet is we've built up a highly fault-tolerant infrastructure that can handle huge amounts of traffic and processing. However if something ever does go wrong your comments will simply go into the moderation queue.

When you mark a comment as "spam" in the plugin or submit it using the submit-spam API call, the mistake is noted by Akismet and it learns from your submission. Don't worry, if you see a regular comment on your Akismet page, just click the "Not Spam" checkbox and submit and the comment will be sent back to Akismet as a mistake. The system will learn from your submission, though it may take a day or so in some cases.

While at launch we'll only be making available a WordPress plug-in, many developers from around the world are busy building plug-ins and applications for the Defensio platform as we speak. These will be posted to our Downloads page as they are made available. Subscribe to our RSS feed to be kept in the loop.

It's true, we're intentionally unspecific about the underlying technologies and methodologies we're using to fight spam. It's not that we're uncomfortable with disclosure, nor that we lack confidence in the strength of our filter; but rather, we believe it's in our collective interests to keep the spammers guessing as much as possible (they are, after all, reading this site along side good people like yourself).

We don't actively chase down spammers, but instead take the pragmatist's attitude that since spam is and will continue to be a problem, we need the best tools possible to manage it, that is, prevent it from ever getting to your blog. If spam never made it through, spammers would be out of business.

Absolutely. The Akismet API can be adapted for almost any application with submitted content, including forums, wikis, and contact forms. If you want to adapt it for a different system, please join our development community.

Of course. The latest version of Akismet allows you to hardcode a key into the plugin file and you can put that into your mu-plugins directory to auto-enable it for all your users. However we highly recommend you get at least a Pro-blogger API key for your install and consider the enterprise licenses.

It’s a totally different approach: we designed the system for large volume production and focused only on laser drilling materials that will allow the system to reach it's near maximum speed. We are less flexible than competitors but far more productive.

SIP buildings are vastly more energy efficient, stronger, quiter, and more draft free than other building systems, such as stud framing with fiberglass insulation. Fiberglass is sometimes used for furnace filters because air moves through so freely. Rigid insulation is used as solid component insulation in almost every industry for its inherent efficiency and lack of air movement. These attributes are built right into a SIP building.

We compared an ASTEC-coated metal roof without insulation with another metal roof having 10 cm of polyurethane foam. This allowed us to calculate the surface temperature under identical simulated environmental conditions. In addition, the roofs were given a "typical" 40 m length to determine the thermal shock reduction provided by ASTEC.

SIP buildings are vastly more energy efficient, stronger, quieter, and more draft free than other building systems, such as stud framing with fiberglass insulation. Fiberglass is sometimes used for furnace filters because air moves through so freely. Rigid insulation is used as solid component insulation in almost every industry for its inherent efficiency and lack of air movement. These attributes are built right into a SIP building.

It can be. However, JANA believes and has demonstrated that its disciplined research methodology leads to the identification and selection of managers who are more likely to outperform than the market generally. JANA is a home grown Australian company, serving Australian investors, with investment professionals located in Melbourne and Sydney.

There are two reasons. (1) Almost all mutual funds are managed by humans. Therefore, the investment decisions made are susceptible to human emotion. The computers take all emotion out of the decision making process and that is why most of the top stock pickers according to Kiplinger's Magazine are those firms that are using computer driven quantitative analysis. (2) The provider of our portfolios is StockDiagnostics.com, Inc.

A9. In most cases, no. The additional electrodes disturb the flow of gases around the spark plug tip and if anything performance is reduced.

Beyond the aesthetic benefits, Willow Creek Paving Stones are ideally suited to the freeze/thaw cycles of our Midwest climate. Joints between paving stones allow the surface to move without damage. Patterned and stamped concrete surfaces are merely slabs of concrete with embossed designs. They are susceptible to the same types of deterioration as poured concrete surfaces, such as cracking and spalling.

The foam insulation is placed on the UNDER-SIDE of the roof, while ThermCote/A-5?, ThermCote/A-10? and ThermCote/A-PW5? are applied to the TOP-SIDE of the roof. ProTek Ceramic Coatings reflect most of the solar heat, allowing little heat to conduct through the roof substrate. Surface temperature differences between a roof coated with our CRICSsm Ceramic Coating and an unpainted roof are 90 to 100 Degrees Fahrenheit or more on a day of just 85 to 90 Degrees F.

Racing on streets is a really, really bad idea. Plain and simply, it's a good way to end up in the hospital, in jail for putting someone else in the hospital, or just plain dead. Take it to a track or an autocross event. C. Because we don't know exact specs on the car, we can't say anyway. Power/weight ratio is what is really important here, so while the RX-8 will have less engine power than the Z and other similar cars, it will also weigh much less.

Well for one, I don't suggest going out and intending to street race anything. Really though, it depends on the driver and his/her experience. Since Nissan's exact target to beat is the Porsche 911 Turbo, I am positive it will give Porsche a run for its money. They have similar specs, and Nissan based their final decisions on the next gtr's spec's based on the Porsche's 911 Turbo, just adding twin turbo, an extra 50hp or so, and having a 3.2 instead of a 3.6 litre.