@cm0002@lemmy.cafe to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 18 hours agoYes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the timewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down10
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkYes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the timewww.theregister.com@cm0002@lemmy.cafe to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 18 hours agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareRhaedaslinkfedilink13•16 hours agoIt wasn’t that hard. Don’t ask how I know. 5 cents a minute doesn’t seem like a lot even in 80s dollars, but…well, time flies… And it’s true, that bill only shows up once a month, by then the damage is done.
minus-square@0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink14•edit-215 hours agoParent wouldn’t want to change from 56k to cable. Parent was shown the wonders of IRC. One phone bill later… We’d better get cable.
It wasn’t that hard. Don’t ask how I know. 5 cents a minute doesn’t seem like a lot even in 80s dollars, but…well, time flies… And it’s true, that bill only shows up once a month, by then the damage is done.
Parent wouldn’t want to change from 56k to cable.
Parent was shown the wonders of IRC.
One phone bill later… We’d better get cable.