never-ending September

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1. InternethistoricalSynonym of Eternal September.First known use 1994

   (Sorry. I'm too tired. But the net would be a much better place without Njetscape, M$, or the never-ending September.)

   1996 October 9, Riku Saikkonen, “Links to Resources for Education”, in alt.kids-talk (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

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   Where is the Posting of Stupidity that has not been decried as Delphic by its replies of flamage? Where the poster that has not hurled back the branding reproach of "From: user@delphi.com" against the more Content-Free messages, as well as against the Never-Ending-September?^([sic])

   1994 January 12, dave@gilly.cca.org [Dave Fischer], “Run! It's the Delphioids!”, in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022

   Admittedly, AOL is a for-profit service, which selects toward older and wiser. Unfortunately, this also means the *kids* of soi-disant "older and wiser" types. It's probably not going to top the never-ending September of '93, but it's going to be irritating.

   1994 March 1, Judge Elmo, “BRACE YOURSELVES NETTERS”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   This script is intended to be the _ULTIMATE_ killfile. UseNet^([sic]) currently faces a severe problem: The never-ending September of 1994. It gets harder and harder every day to retrieve useful information from UseNet newsgroups. This script is intended to be the final answer in finishing off unwanted articles.

   1995 September 2, Lars Marowsky-Bree, “Announce: killfile 1.0 -- the ULTIMATE killfile”, in alt.culture.usenet (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   In the days before robomoderation, in the times before spam, in the era long-gone that preceeded^([sic]) the never-ending September, and back before poor propogation was a net.wide problem, many of us developed a bad taste for moderated groups.

   1996 March 25, StarOwl, “moderation of alt.pagan”, in alt.pagan (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   In actuality most oldbie Netters started celebrating, as having all the major ISPs dropping Usenet access would mean a potential end to the 'never-ending September' and would bring Usenet back to its original, non-n00b infested roots as well as obscure the binary froups from the general Joe Public, which would mean less attention from the RIAA and the MPAA.

   2011 January 12, MrSpook, “"Usenet is dead" - No It Isn't . . . But There Are Many Who Want To Murder It”, in alt.tv.star-trek.tos (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   Synonyms: Eternal September

1. Alternative letter-case form of never-ending September.

   Or do you just not know what a "hard copy" is? > Posted via CNET Help.com > http://www.help.com/ Oh, I guess that explains it. It's The Never-Ending September twice over.

   1999 December 13, greg@apple2.com, “Hosting an^([sic]) Domain Name”, in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-design (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

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   > And, maybe, some of the more..shall we say...virulent posters will be back > in class giving their teachers a hard time (sorry, teachers!!!). Once upon a time, that might have been true. Nowadays, alas, we are in the "Never-Ending September" era of Computers with Modems as Appliances, rather than rarified devices used only by the deserving....

   1999 July 15, M. Mitchell Marmel, “Cheer up, school will be starting soon enough.”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   The resulting influx of clueless amateur astronomers who spend their time solar-flaring other astronomers, "Me too!"ing in astrophysics conversations, looking for the latest zero-day telescope warez, and generally making a nuisance of themselves will rapidly innundate TelescopeNet. This will be referred to for the rest of time as "The Never-Ending September".

   [2004 May 12, Steed, “voluntary recovery”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

   >> And why don't you respect the difference between an obvious >> idiot and an obvious troll? > >Arturo debates both, now and then. What can I say? Sometimes I feel nostalgic for my early years in Usenet, just before the Never-Ending September, when I was a active participant in alt.atheism.

   2008 December 9, Arturo Magidin, “Cantor's "diagonal argument". My Objection.”, in sci.logic (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025