Fwd: Donald Knuth stops paying for errata

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 16:39 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote:
> It seems that Donald Knuth had his bank accounts attacked not
> once but three times using his checking account number off of
> checks he sent out for bounties for flaws in his books and
> software, and is thus ending a practice of nearly 40 years.
> Rather sad.

Two solutions quickly come to mind: using money orders (I'm assuming the
bounties are under the daily purchase limit for same), or a service such
as Paypal. Neither are without their disadvantages, of course.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>