Yes I threw out my bitcoin by accident too... took the hard drive for a nice paddle around the lake and it fell right to the bottom... no recovering those...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0 Also of note: https://blockchain.info/address/1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE
He must be related to my kids. So far, I've lost the USB stick with my BTC backup on it. That was after only being into cc's for a week. Luckily the stick had a password.