Meaning of September That Never Ended | Babel Free
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“It's moot now. September 1993 will go down in net.history as the September that never ended.”
“I remember⟳ the start⟳ of the September That Never Ended. You think⟳ the fFoundation licence has made a mess of your hobby? Pah!”
“If you ask⟳ politely here, some people will provide⟳ it for free by email. Far fewer than before the September That Never Ended, but there may be a few lurking about.”
“Are we not just coming up to the 20th anniversary of the September That Never Ended?”
“It varies from season to season. Although often it feels like⟳ the September That Never Ended. There are more than 2,000 plus subscribers to debian-user. Imagine⟳ if it were a physical town hall style meeting with that many people in one location. How many of those meetings in real life remain⟳ on topic and with a high signal to noise ratio? Very few of the ones I have⟳ actually attended. Everyone wants to talk⟳ about the issues that are important to them and everyone has a different set⟳ of issues.”
“I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993. Yes, I'm one of that famous cohort of people who first got online in the September That Never Ended and ruined usenet^([sic]) forever. :)”
“Many of the older "gurus" and "experts" are growing (old and )weary and dropping off groups because of the spam, trolls and idiots. Some of us can remember⟳ life before the September that Never Ended. (Though in theory it ended on January 25, 2005 )”
“Actually AOheLl initially brought "the masses" here, many years before G--gl- ever came about. Many claim⟳ that we've now moved on to October 1993 at long last⟳, since AOheLl dropped its Usenet support⟳ several years back, but G--gl- are really just continuing it. Broadly speaking, the September that Never Ended, for all practical purposes, still hasn't ended.”
“I did that for a while, but I decided, WTH, it can't be any worse than the September that Never Ended.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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