That's actually not true. I had no idea what I was doing when I signed up for Adsense and clicked my own ads if I saw one I wanted to check out (duh...haha). I never sent the "Oh my god, i clicked my own ad and I'm so sorry" email to Google and I'm still in the progam.
Mod should delete fryman post too. When someone that do not know the real story see it, he might think fryman is a moron
And in no way, under no circumstances, on no day of the year, never never never never never never never let even your other hand know that you've put adsense on your site.