Yes, I Wrote A Very Expensive Bug. In My Defense I Was Only Seven Years Old At The Time
The Register, Monday, July 7th, 2025
Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error
Monday morning brings many readers a return to the world of adults, which The Register marks by bringing you a new edition of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share stories of making mistakes for which you are somehow forgiven.
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Helen" who explained she once wrote a batch script that racked up a $2,000 phone bill for her local library - back in 1991 when that was real money.