tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post7927061564163976489..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Knuth is 70Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-64476068850844912852008-01-12T06:58:00.000-08:002008-01-12T06:58:00.000-08:00Is there anybody who reads less than they write? T...<I>Is there anybody who reads less than they write? That seems like it would be a very strange state of affairs.</I><BR/><BR/>All snark about drugstore thrillers and cheap bodice-rippers aside... ;)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281785407407667986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-3202648985697840132008-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:002008-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:00Knuth is very nifty.As someone involved with types...Knuth is very nifty.<BR/><BR/>As someone involved with typesetting since the '60's, he helped me understand what was involved in getting words in print. <BR/><BR/>PLUS his books "The Art of Programming" are wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-19557940169643976982008-01-10T12:16:00.000-08:002008-01-10T12:16:00.000-08:00If you think offering $2.56 to the first finder of...If you think offering $2.56 to the first finder of each error in his books is good, you should see what he offers for errors in his PROGRAMS.<BR/><BR/>$2.56 for the first error, and $5.12 for the second, $10.24 for the next and so forth, doubling every time!<BR/><BR/>(Unfortunately for the mythology, http://www.ams.org/notices/200203/fea-knuth.pdf says that he stopped doubling when he reached $327.68 per error.)<BR/><BR/>Now THAT takes confidence!<BR/><BR/>(The even cooler thing is that people don't cash the checks: they're worth far more _uncashed_ as a collector's item then the monetary value.)mchermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725215015079184506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-78948843483801679512008-01-10T10:38:00.000-08:002008-01-10T10:38:00.000-08:00It looks like you're expected to turn in your prob...It looks like you're expected to turn in your problem sets in TeX for that class, so that truly is appropriate for a tribute to Donald Knuth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com