September which never ended

the September which never ended

1. Rare form of September that never ended.
   • 2001 September 4, Simon Slavin, “[META] Welcome to the September newbies”, in alt.folklore.urban‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     By the influx of newbies I have just noticed that besides being the 2926th day of September 1993 (the September which never ended) it is also September.

   • 2006 June 16, Nec_V20, “OCMB "ROC" (or FAQ) is a crock”, in alt.religion.scientology‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     Then of course came the antics of Tom Cruise. And just like "the September which never ended", it brought in an influx of script-kiddies onto OCMB. The problem is that these people only see black and white, us and them, and are willing to use the lowest means to enforce this Manichaean view.

   • 2010 June 26, Wolfgang Schelongowski, “[slrn] comp.os.linux is bogus, dropping it”, in alt.os.linux‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     Actually, dead since the beginning of the September which never ended: […]

   • 2016 January 15, Cryptoengineer, “Job title of the day”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     Before The September which Never Ended (starting 1993), many new undergrads would start using their shiny new internet accounts, often their first contact with the net, and many would subscribe to SF-Lovers.

   • 2023 July 26, petertrei@gmail.com, “A SF novel set in today's 2023, written in 1963”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     The earliest story I can think of that was clearly Internet inspired is "True Names" by Vernor Vinge (1981). However, most non-computer people didn't really become internet aware until 1993, which had both The September Which Never Ended, and the introduction of the NCSA Mosaic browser, which brought the WWW.