Fwd: Donald Knuth stops paying for errata

[silky]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 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.

Neither are relevant either. Solutions are obvious. The point is that
checks are unsafe, and the public - and banks - need examples like
this to consider acting.


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

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