[blisstonia]

WhatCD was pretty damn good, I'd say it rivalled Oink. Remember the bounty on that MSFT forensic tool? The copy of the unreleased JD Salinger novel? Both fulfilled...

[homefree]

I remember coffee getting fulfilled, but don’t recall the Salinger novel getting fulfilled.

What was the story there? Iirc it was in the Princeton rare books library and it was hard to get access to? Guessing someone took photos?

[blisstonia]

Here's the story about the novel:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/28/salinger-unpub...

Directly calls out WhatCD

[homefree]

Thanks!

[crtasm]

They're thinking of the short stories, I guess?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What.CD#Leaks

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-the-leaked-jd-salinger-st...

[dvektor]

Lmao I remember the bounty for COFEE was up so high.. and it was super anti-climactic when it finally showed up. Nobody was impressed

[blisstonia]

Heh I know right? I think it freaked everyone out a little bit. Startled everyone as it had a whiff of LE…