~ est. March 7, 1997 ~
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Seat 7
original season: Riven.ash
RESERVEDthis seat is waiting for someone
This seat is reserved. Come back with a few more things noticed.
In the original season, the club left this for Riven.ash:
The one who would not open the eighth door. Twenty-eight minutes, by the way. The club keeps time. We kept this seat for you, and we kept a case for you too: nobody here could solve it.
Now the seat and the case are open to anyone.
CASE FILE 1999-12-31
THE "R." SIGNATURE
On 12/31/1999 at 23:59 somebody signed the guestbook as "R." and wrote "What am I?". On 10/15/2026 at 21:40, "R." signed again: "Yes." The webmaster signs as "R." The webmaster says it was not him. Seven people had a key to this club. Clear them, one by one.EXHIBIT A — guestbook.cgi access log
12/31/1999 23:38:04 GET /riddles/99/ 206.71.3.118
12/31/1999 23:44:51 LOGOUT 206.71.3.118
12/31/1999 23:57:58 LOGOUT 152.163.5.21
12/31/1999 23:59:00 POST /cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi 127.0.0.1 name=R.
01/01/2000 00:03:40 LOGIN 152.163.5.21
01/01/2000 00:03:52 GET /riddles/100/ 152.163.5.21
...
10/15/2026 21:40:12 POST /cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi 127.0.0.1 name=R.
EXHIBIT B — member list (dial-up addresses)
webmaster, last login: 06/12/1999
Echo, account closed: 11/1999
all member accounts closed: 2000
| R. (webmaster) | 209.86.12.40 |
| Null | 206.71.3.118 |
| The Librarian | 152.163.5.21 |
| Echo | 198.81.17.77 |
| Wendy_86 | 24.48.113.9 |
| Marbles | 41.32.80.5 |
| Sunny | 205.188.9.14 |
Echo, account closed: 11/1999
all member accounts closed: 2000
EXHIBIT C — statements
The webmaster: "It wasn't me. I have not logged in since June."
Null: "I left for my cousin's party at a quarter to twelve. No computer there. And for the record, the program cannot sign the guestbook."
The Librarian: "I logged off at 23:58 to watch the fireworks. When I came back, #100 was up. I did not see who signed."
Echo: "I quit in November. I wasn't even online."
Wendy_86: "I was printing a map at 23:59. The printer was the only sound in my house."
Marbles: (postcard from Cairo, postmarked 12/28/1999) "No computers here! See you all in January!"
Sunny: (no statement. Sunny had not been online for months.)
Null: "I left for my cousin's party at a quarter to twelve. No computer there. And for the record, the program cannot sign the guestbook."
The Librarian: "I logged off at 23:58 to watch the fireworks. When I came back, #100 was up. I did not see who signed."
Echo: "I quit in November. I wasn't even online."
Wendy_86: "I was printing a map at 23:59. The printer was the only sound in my house."
Marbles: (postcard from Cairo, postmarked 12/28/1999) "No computers here! See you all in January!"
Sunny: (no statement. Sunny had not been online for months.)
EXHIBIT D — page 214, torn out of Running Your Own Web Server (1996)
...every line of the log shows the address the request came from. Most addresses belong to your visitors' modems. One does not. Requests from 127.0.0.1 (also called "localhost") were not sent by any visitor. They came from inside the
SUSPECTS (click a card to clear it)
Everyone has an alibi. So who is left?
QUESTION
Who signed as "R."?Seat 7 is yours. Somebody left half of a photo on it. The other half is on seat 8.
about Riven.ash (learned):
likes: detective work.
reads every page twice.
refused to open the eighth door.
comes back with more questions than she left with.
likes: detective work.
reads every page twice.
refused to open the eighth door.
comes back with more questions than she left with.
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