Category: Things that annoy Kyle

Mappers are terrorists?

January 30, 2008 - Buildings , Computers , Internet , Openstreetmap , Things that annoy Kyle , United Kingdom , Urban Exploration - by admin - 6 Comments

A recent public email I wrote, after the worrying quotes published in http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Festival-is-key-terror-target.3723328.jp To: postmaster@cityoflondon.police.uk CC: gm39@st-andrews.ac.uk, Kenny.MacAskill.msp@scottish.parliament.uk, info@rcahms.gov.uk, public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Hi, This is a public email, also available at http://lodge.glasgownet.com/mappers-are-terrorists/ I have also included some other recipients that may consider raising this issue at a higher level, may also be […]

Windows Home Server

August 23, 2007 - Linux , Technology , Things that annoy Kyle , Windows - by admin - 1 Comment

Recently Linux-Watch.com ran an article on how to do the same job as Windows Home Server with Linux. It’s annoying that people, even those qualified enough to write articles on prominent websites, seem to fall victim to misunderstanding what various platforms offer.

More Zap Bugs

April 2, 2007 - Asterisk , Bugs , Linux , Things that annoy Kyle , VoIP - by admin - No Comments

In an astounding piece of ignorance, the Digium bug tracking managers have closed off bugs 8763 and 9081. Both bugs are clearly reproducable, clearly showstoppers, and clearly a big problem, yet they refer the original reporter to Digium support and close off the bug as “No change required”. Now, if […]

Recycling

February 5, 2007 - Things that annoy Kyle , United Kingdom - by admin - No Comments

Just been reading this article by Clive James, and it struck a chord with me. I don’t know why we have to implement everything so badly over here. Granted, other countries have their bad points too, but compared to what happens here, it’s as if this place is run by […]

Criminals! Everywhere!

January 22, 2007 - Friends , Things that annoy Kyle , United Kingdom - by admin - 2 Comments

PTPM has an amusing followup to the news of a rambler getting hunted down by the police over a period of three months in order to give him an official warning about wild berry picking. How much more time and money will the police waste on stupid reports such as […]