September which never ended

English Proper noun 1 en September that never ended. en 4 September 2001 Simon Slavin [META] Welcome to the September newbies alt.folklore.urban https://web.archive.org/web/20251208145202/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.folklore.urban/c/Z46rZkAflKA/m/2_BQllg-O9IJ 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. en 16 June 2006 Nec_V20 OCMB "ROC" (or FAQ) is a crock alt.religion.scientology https://web.archive.org/web/20251208145216/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.religion.scientology/c/I_eWWH3FVcE/m/u5x_ChRUyJ8J 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. en 26 June 2010 Wolfgang Schelongowski [slrn] comp.os.linux is bogus, dropping it alt.os.linux https://web.archive.org/web/20251208145800/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.os.linux/c/_7ldENP3LaA Actually, dead since the beginning of the September which never ended: en 15 January 2016 Cryptoengineer Job title of the day rec.arts.sf.written https://web.archive.org/web/20251208145423/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/4-aa10jWPTM/m/eOq8BLG3CAAJ 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. en 26 July 2023 petertrei@gmail.com A SF novel set in today's 2023, written in 1963 rec.arts.sf.written https://web.archive.org/web/20251208145415/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/w6mUnEFWOlA/m/QOK1aRsGBQAJ 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.