But people can learn when they share their mistakes. That's one way to learn new things.

And not only for the person sharing. Others can learn from their mistake as well.

For example, I don't use the internet as a safety backup place for my scripts, but that's actually not a bad idea.

"Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it." - Linus Torvalds