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May 15th, 2006

Do The Math

After wrestling with Spam Karma over at Big Sky Blog (and having would-be commenters frustrated by “SQL barf”), and never receiving an API key to activate Akismet, I went in search of another spam-busting tool and found this nifty one: Did You Pass Math? The plug-in requires only one file and then one-click activation; it then adds a very simple math question (such as 2 + 4) to the comment form. If you enter the correct answer, your comment is posted. If you don’t answer - or answer incorrectly - your comment doesn’t get posted. And it doesn’t require any captcha-specific files or fonts! So go ahead - leave a comment here, and let’s see if you passed math class!

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8 Responses to “Do The Math”

  1. Kim Says:
    May 15th, 2006 at 10:53 am

    Beep. :P

  2. sis Says:
    May 15th, 2006 at 11:12 am

    So math finally comes in handy!! E-mail me at my hotmail acct dave.

  3. CGHill Says:
    May 15th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

    I was told there would be no math. :)

  4. MarkFL Says:
    May 15th, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    Can I use a calculator?

  5. moos Says:
    May 20th, 2006 at 10:23 am

    I’m a mathamagician!

  6. Jeff Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 5:36 pm

    I can’t imagine this is going to be effective for very long.

  7. Papa Rah Says:
    May 25th, 2006 at 2:37 pm

    I was attempting post to the entry about KMET and it didn’t go through because apparently 3 and 4 does not equal 7.

  8. Josh Bales Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 3:25 pm

    I wonder, over time, how effective this can be? Is it something spammers could overcome relatively easily?

    JAB

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