Why would a German ISP respond (briefly) to a request from "some guy" in a government job in another country, and then enable them again, within a matter of hours?
Well I can say that (as a German) a demand from "some guy" would not just be met. If the claim is legal and backed by the appropriate institutions then I would believe it happens.
But then the question remains: Why would they shut down an entire IP-segment so that 4500 other pages are affected?
It's terribly wrong to run the numbers with an assumption that busses (and trains) are anywhere near full. Typically they are almost empty, especially outside of the predictable urban routes.
In order to make busses (and trains) efficient, so you can run the numbers against them, you would have to provide an efficient network to make it to where the public would actually use it.
In Germany, where I live, there is a sufficient network of busses, trams and trains which is not only limited to one city, but the systems are intertwined over bigger areas. The area here for example is a triangle of about 60 miles side-length, where the transportation companies work together to offer decent transportation.
If a system is built well enough to allow people to easily and without big hassle then it could as well eliminate the need for cars for certain people.
Beware of the Bodysnatchers as they are trying to invade the US.
While I am aware that my hometown is known for our former Chancellor I was not aware that we are also known for our apparently booming Cloning-Industry.
[...]Saying "install Linux only if you research all your hardware and replace some hardware with 'Linux-safe' hardware" doesn't fly.
Well why not? It is the same thing that MS does with every new Version of Windows that they come out with.
The always say that you need to check your hardware against their Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) IOT insure that your system works. If it isn't supported and you require a certain feature then you will have to replace the hardware there too, or live with the hardware you have and work with cut back features.
So I'll wait to try it again until it supports my current mainstream hardware.
I don't quite think this is the right way to look at it.
Graphics drivers, bit it NVidia or ATI are proprietary and therefore you will have to wait until ATI fully supports Linux.
NVidia has taken the right path with this and the drivers they offer are - for instance with K/Ubuntu from at least 7.10 (Feisty Fawn) - One-Click installations.
I have a laptop with an ATI graphics card and I know the problems that come up with it. So I usually went with the standard vesa-driver for that one at least supports everything.
So, recapping it a little now, it is not a problem of the Linux OS, it is a problem of the mainstraim hardware vendors that do not support Linux.
That's technically a Microsoft thing. While Ubuntu should probably handle the error better and anticipate that sort of thing, NTFS is designed not to mount if chkdsk has not been run after a bad restart from the Windows side, and no substitute for chkdsk has been developed (that I know of). This could easily be avoided by removing all of the important data from your Windows partition and and deleting that partition:).
Actually there is. It is called NTFSCHECK and in Ubuntu it is part of a package called NTFSPROGS.
It does quite everything including deleting the contentes of the $Log-file of the NTFS-partition. It is a commandline only tool.
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Why would a German ISP respond (briefly) to a request from "some guy" in a government job in another country, and then enable them again, within a matter of hours?
Well I can say that (as a German) a demand from "some guy" would not just be met. If the claim is legal and backed by the appropriate institutions then I would believe it happens.
But then the question remains: Why would they shut down an entire IP-segment so that 4500 other pages are affected?
It's terribly wrong to run the numbers with an assumption that busses (and trains) are anywhere near full. Typically they are almost empty, especially outside of the predictable urban routes.
In order to make busses (and trains) efficient, so you can run the numbers against them, you would have to provide an efficient network to make it to where the public would actually use it.
In Germany, where I live, there is a sufficient network of busses, trams and trains which is not only limited to one city, but the systems are intertwined over bigger areas. The area here for example is a triangle of about 60 miles side-length, where the transportation companies work together to offer decent transportation.
If a system is built well enough to allow people to easily and without big hassle then it could as well eliminate the need for cars for certain people.
Beware of the Bodysnatchers as they are trying to invade the US.
While I am aware that my hometown is known for our former Chancellor I was not aware that we are also known for our apparently booming Cloning-Industry.
I guess you never stop learning.
[...]Saying "install Linux only if you research all your hardware and replace some hardware with 'Linux-safe' hardware" doesn't fly.
Well why not? It is the same thing that MS does with every new Version of Windows that they come out with.
The always say that you need to check your hardware against their Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) IOT insure that your system works. If it isn't supported and you require a certain feature then you will have to replace the hardware there too, or live with the hardware you have and work with cut back features.
So I'll wait to try it again until it supports my current mainstream hardware.
I don't quite think this is the right way to look at it.
Graphics drivers, bit it NVidia or ATI are proprietary and therefore you will have to wait until ATI fully supports Linux.
NVidia has taken the right path with this and the drivers they offer are - for instance with K/Ubuntu from at least 7.10 (Feisty Fawn) - One-Click installations.
I have a laptop with an ATI graphics card and I know the problems that come up with it. So I usually went with the standard vesa-driver for that one at least supports everything.
So, recapping it a little now, it is not a problem of the Linux OS, it is a problem of the mainstraim hardware vendors that do not support Linux.
That's technically a Microsoft thing. While Ubuntu should probably handle the error better and anticipate that sort of thing, NTFS is designed not to mount if chkdsk has not been run after a bad restart from the Windows side, and no substitute for chkdsk has been developed (that I know of). This could easily be avoided by removing all of the important data from your Windows partition and and deleting that partition :).
Actually there is. It is called NTFSCHECK and in Ubuntu it is part of a package called NTFSPROGS. It does quite everything including deleting the contentes of the $Log-file of the NTFS-partition. It is a commandline only tool.