Well, it wasn't so eternal afterall, was it?

September 6, 1993 - September 11132, 1993

Went by in a blink!

See you all find gents and ladies on the flipside.
Joe C

On 2/20/2024 9:40 AM, joseph cook wrote:
> Well, it wasn't so eternal afterall, was it?
>
> September 6, 1993 - September 11132, 1993
>
> Went by in a blink!
>
> See you all find gents and ladies on the flipside.
> Joe C

What do you mean, RIP? It works for me still! You scared me.

Darrell

Darrell Larocque wrote:

> On 2/20/2024 9:40 AM, joseph cook wrote:
>> Well, it wasn't so eternal afterall, was it?
>>
>> September 6, 1993 - September 11132, 1993
>>
>> Went by in a blink!
>>
>> See you all find gents and ladies on the flipside.
>> Joe C

> What do you mean, RIP? It works for me still! You scared me.

> Darrell

i think was down for a while, probably the next target for the spammers
whove ended google groups. i'm glad its still alive.

Mike

On 3/7/2024 10:28 AM, miked wrote:
> Darrell Larocque wrote:
>
>> On 2/20/2024 9:40 AM, joseph cook wrote:
>>> Well, it wasn't so eternal afterall, was it?
>>>
>>> September 6, 1993  - September 11132, 1993
>>>
>>> Went by in a blink!
>>>
>>> See you all find gents and ladies on the flipside.
>>> Joe C
>
>> What do you mean, RIP? It works for me still! You scared me.
>
>> Darrell
>
> i think was down for a while, probably the next target for the spammers
> whove ended google groups. i'm glad its still alive.

To quote the cover of a notable travel guide, 'Don't Panic'!

The poster was referring to the original use of the term (see
Wikipedia), with the recent change serving as the definitive end of that
'Eternal September' that began in Sep. 1993 - i.e. this was just a funny
observation made on a test post, with no relation to the currently
operating Usenet feed provider named after the phenomenon.

taf

taf wrote:

> On 3/7/2024 10:28 AM, miked wrote:
>> Darrell Larocque wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/20/2024 9:40 AM, joseph cook wrote:
>>>> Well, it wasn't so eternal afterall, was it?
>>>>
>>>> September 6, 1993  - September 11132, 1993
>>>>
>>>> Went by in a blink!
>>>>
>>>> See you all find gents and ladies on the flipside.
>>>> Joe C
>>
>>> What do you mean, RIP? It works for me still! You scared me.
>>
>>> Darrell
>>
>> i think was down for a while, probably the next target for the spammers
>> whove ended google groups. i'm glad its still alive.

> To quote the cover of a notable travel guide, 'Don't Panic'!

> The poster was referring to the original use of the term (see
> Wikipedia), with the recent change serving as the definitive end of that
> 'Eternal September' that began in Sep. 1993 - i.e. this was just a funny
> observation made on a test post, with no relation to the currently
> operating Usenet feed provider named after the phenomenon.

> taf

Despite using the net for over 30 years i'd never come across this
before, or the origin, but after reading the article on wiki, i think
i get it. So 11132 is the no of days since ET 1993, but i dont get
the joke; is it that there wont be anymore new users cos groups is
dying not expanding? I think usenet predated 1993, cos i remember
finding this crazy new world on a dec mainframe at uni in late 1989.

mike

On 3/10/2024 11:18 AM, miked wrote:
>>>>> September 6, 1993  - September 11132, 1993

> Despite using the net for over 30 years i'd never come across this
> before, or the origin, but after reading the article on wiki, i think
> i get it. So 11132 is the no of days since ET 1993, but i dont get
> the joke; is it that there wont be anymore new users cos groups is
> dying not expanding? I think usenet predated 1993, cos i remember
> finding this crazy new world on a dec mainframe at uni in late 1989.

Usenet did predate 1993, but Eternal September specifically refers to
that influx of new users that began at that time when the ISPs added
Usenet, and never ended.

I could be wrong, but I took the poster to be observing that the
shutting off of the Google Groups gateway (probably the largest
contributor of new users since the ISPs discontinued their services)
will have finally ended that continual influx of new users that began in
September 1993, hence finally ending Eternal September.

As I indicated, I took it simply as a more whimsical way of making a
test post than simply typing 'Test'.

taf

taf wrote:
> On 3/10/2024 11:18 AM, miked wrote:
>>>>>> September 6, 1993  - September 11132, 1993
>
>> Despite using the net for over 30 years i'd never come across this
>> before, or the origin, but after reading the article on wiki, i think
>> i get it. So 11132 is the no of days since ET 1993, but i dont get
>> the joke; is it that there wont be anymore new users cos groups is
>> dying not expanding? I think usenet predated 1993, cos i remember
>> finding this crazy new world on a dec mainframe at uni in late 1989.
>
> Usenet did predate 1993, but Eternal September specifically refers to
> that influx of new users that began at that time when the ISPs added
> Usenet, and never ended.
>
> I could be wrong, but I took the poster to be observing that the
> shutting off of the Google Groups gateway (probably the largest
> contributor of new users since the ISPs discontinued their services)
> will have finally ended that continual influx of new users that began in
> September 1993, hence finally ending Eternal September.
>
> As I indicated, I took it simply as a more whimsical way of making a
> test post than simply typing 'Test'.

And the September bit of it refers to the fact that when most of Usenet
was US Universities September was when a whole new batch of newbies
arrived on it as the year's freshers got access.

Ian