A reward from Sir Donald Knuth

I received this cheque from Sir Donald for sending in 4 corrections in his seminal work, ``The Art of Computer Programming''.

4 corrections, thus a cheque of 4 hexadecimal dollars.

Many thanks to Vihan for receiving the cheque on my behalf and sending it over to me.

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ramkrsna says:

Collectors Item man, Dont change it. UR great Grand children can auction it for a million dollars [:D]
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

a7ash says:

Encash it man. 10 dollars today is worth a million tomorrow
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

G0SUB says:

Encash the cheque? 10 Dollars is almost nothing, but as ramkrsna said, this reward from DEK is something I will cherish all my life.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

kartik_mistry says:

Great!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Tejas Dinkar says:

I noticed you uploaded it to wikipedia :D
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

moogs says:

congrats!! wow!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

rammukund says:

Congratulations. This is quite amazing!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

githin says:

Wow..... congrats man.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

NoSalt says:

Frame it baby!!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

oscar_bonilla says:

photoshoped!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jeff.emminger says:

i think you got 4 hex dollars per correction... 100 in hex is 64, times 4 is 256 per correction, times 4 is 1024 total
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

koz1000 says:

I thought Knuth's $0.01 reward doubled with each new bug, so this would have been the 11th bug. Or was that for TeX?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

justgrimes says:

simply awesome
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

PatryshaHandmade says:

those things usually get framed and hung in some place on sight.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

kirun says:

You made it to Reddit:
reddit.com/info/6cjtj/comments/

( Not as many geek points as the cheque, but nice all the same )
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

superfluidblob says:

congrats!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

turnet@rogers.com says:

should you really be posting a FULL image of his SIGNED cheque though? I mean its cool and all, but couldn't I forge this shit now?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

burtonator says:

Dude... SAVE IT..... I want one!!!!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Jon Winstanley says:

I'll buy it off you for $10.25
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

rjlothian says:

Congrats, G0SUB!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Sparkes says:

I have one of those. I remember reading about them at University and went straight to the library to track down some bugs - I only found two, though.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

hobbified says:

@jeff.emminger: no, a "hexadecimal dollar" as defined by Knuth is 0x100 cents, or $2.56.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

markb says:

Amazing accomplishment.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

frxxxr says:

@turnet@rogers.com:

It looks to me like there is a blanked-out area at the bottom of the image where there would usually be an account number and stuff. So, I suspect it wouldn't be possible to forge the cheque just from this image.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

d76at68f says:

I'll give you $100... No wait. Don't cash it, don't sell it. Keep it. Use it as a bookmark in a book you won't accidentally sell or give away. Later if it seems even cooler, get it framed.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

~ Buffalonian ~ says:

80% Indian, 20% White. Just making an observation here. :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

nihilistsagainstdrunkdriving says:

So what were the 4 errata that you got paid for?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

amedico says:

The small numbers above the date field should be erased, too. The first line is usually a representation of the bank routing number (which can also be looked up from the bank name) and the second line is the account number.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

venkata subramanian says:

congrats man.
Its something I can only dream of :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Torley says:

I've heard of these cheques before and they seem to have attained a legendary status, but this is the first time I've actually seen one! Bravo!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

photoyogi says:

Woo!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

versesane says:

awesome. :-)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

mz_0x90 says:

Respect!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Brajeshwar says:

Superb!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Harshad Sharma says:

Respects!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

baxiabhishek says:

*takes a bow*
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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