The reward from DonaldKnuth for the first discovery of a significant error in TheArtOfComputerProgramming.
Knuth has written many such checks; the vast majority of them have never been cashed. (Instead, they occupy scrapbooks, and reportedly more than a few have been framed and placed on a wall).
Anyone have a check (from DonaldKnuth) for $2.56?
To be precise, I think he doubles his reward every time a bug is found in one of his opuses (TAOCP or TeX). For Tex, I think the "bounty" is up to $10.24.
So, does that mean if I find 22 more bugs, I'll receive a check from Knuth for $42,949,672.95? That one I might cash...though I suspect it would bounce - being a college professer doesn't pay that well...
Knuth is not just a college professor ...
I seem to recall that the bounty tops out at 2**15 cents.