why? worked perfectly well for me.. :S
I have copied the code from the emacs wiki page. Maybe some extra characters have been introduced, i don't know.. why don't you try typing it out in your .emacs file? or taking the code from the emacs wiki page itself?

will look into the speed issue, doesn't seem slow to me on the office comp, but I'll check out some other people who have installed IntenseDebate and see the response....

This is a test comment. Please don't mind me, I'm only testing out the new commenting system that I have installed.