Ever since August 1998, I've been hosting a Party At Ian's Place about every one to three weeks. See The Party At Ian's Place homepage for more information.

The theme for this PAIP was "geek masquerade"; guests were invited to come dressed in a fashion that would suggest (usually in a punny way) a computer-related "thing".

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Next to the door coming in: "127.0.0.1" (the address of the localhost).

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Just inside the door: "ifconfig guest1 up" (instructing the newly-arrived guest to come up).

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On the way up the stairs: "cat /etc/motd" (the welcome message).

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On the door to the room with the music: "/dev/audio"; on the door to the first bedroom: "sleep(1)".

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On the door to the second bedroom: "sleep(2)"; on the door to the kitchen: "chomp;".

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On the door to the bathroom: "fflush".

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Next to Julie's horseshoe: "bug feature". It ought to be a bug, because traditionally, a horseshoe hung in this manner (pointing down) has had all the luck fallen out of it. But Julie insisted (Redmond-esquely) that it was supposed to be that way, and so it's actually a feature, not a bug.

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My favourite. On the door to the balcony: "HCF". Try to figure out what it means. Click here for a hint. Click here for the answer.

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On the way out: "exit".

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