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========================================================================================= NEWS 10-31-2009 Silence is Defeat has a new caretaker and will be under going improvements. Specifically, inactive accounts of 1 year or older with a usage level greater than 3mb will be removed starting next week. Please join our IRC channel for more information or to receive help with service. irc.oftc.net #sd 04-13-08 Silence is Defeat is not for torrenting. Please read the TOS before creating an account. 11-14-07 You can now support SD on Facebook! 10-25-07 There have been a couple thousand registrations in the last few days. If your account isn't right, come by #sd on oftc. ========================================================================================= JOIN Currently, a free shell account with us offers: 50MB storage space, http access(http://silenceisdefeat.net/~username), ssh, sftp, imap-ssl mail, pop3-ssl mail. Instant messaging clients for IRC, AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo!, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, and Lily. Optional trainable server-side spam detection is also included. We also have a few vhosts for fans of IRC. Sorry, we are not accepting new members at this time. ========================================================================================= MISSION To enrich our culture, advance scientific research and recreation, we seek to introduce the general public to Open Source software by providing remotely accessible computing facilities for easier access to very useful Open Source software applications, used for daily tasks such as email, web browsing, newsgroups, web servers, compilers, bulletin boards, and file storage. As the Open Source community is powered by its users, introducing new users will advertly allow for growth within the Open Source community, and therefore allow for its progression. A few examples of widely used Open Source software are Mozilla, LiveJournal, Linux, and OGG Vorbis. If you would like to read more about Open Source Software, you can do so here. Additionally, we are free speech advocates; we support and give priority to social, economic, technological and political reformation groups who seek web hosting or similar services. ========================================================================================= HISTORY May 2000 x86 233MHz, x86 350MHz / Linux / 512Kbps cable February 2003 x86 1.7GHz / FreeBSD / 1.5Mbps cable March 2004 x86 2GHz / OpenBSD / 10Mbps colocation ========================================================================================= STATUS brunner: 5:12AM up 7 days, 13:44, 40 users, load averages: 2.15, 2.55, 2.60 ========================================================================================= CONTACT Silence is Defeat offers a live support channel at #sd on OFTC. If you don't know how to use IRC, you may click here to connect through mibbit.com. Remember: This is a group support channel, so make sure you are speaking one-on-one with a verified administrator before giving out account-specific details. ========================================================================================= Telephone Number Identification