That is a common philosophy, but it is philosophy not law or even morality.
Many people believe that deadly force is justified, morally at least, to protect property.
The alternative is to allow criminals to steal anything that they can escape quickly with, and there is no way to stop them.
That may not be practical.

Besides, I put part of my soul into much of what I have. The one who steals it steals part of me.

A city person, no doubt...

We go target shooting in the back yard, here.

If a prowler was sneaking around people's property, looking over people's daughters. he would get shot with something a lot heavier than a bird-shot. They should expect no less for a drone...

Many people, who type professionally, find it less tiring to hit the capslock key and then type a letter, rather than having to hold down the shift key while typing a letter at the same time. Of course, it might depend on keyboard layout.

However, it is very bad to assume a small statistical usage means something is not needed. Like a seat belt, it might not be used very often, but if you need it and don't have it you could be in big trouble.

It is likely that no one, with any brains, would buy a keyboard with no capslock! 8-)

"Hanged" is killed quickly.
"Hung" is slow starving to death.
I think his usage was correct. 8-}

That was in a message, but I don't think that was what the scientists were saying.
The force was small, but well above the noise.

They seem to think it is doing "something". Exactly what, may be in question. 8-)

They are being cautious with the power levels. Microwave energy at high levels can be very dangerous, as shown by the injuries when Radar was being developed. I don't blame them for using the minimum drive levels, to get a reading.

True.

If you have something that works, no theory is required to build one. People built things long before they invented the scientific method.

A good theory is -very- useful for improving things and making them more reliable. But it is not -required-.

Science is a -method- for doing research. It is not a theory.
The word is often used wrong, even by some scientists.

This is much more like the invention of the steam engine. Look it up, they had steam engines working for many years with no valid theory at all. The designs changed radically, when they began to develop some parts of the theory. It was decades before they had it working right, but they got good use out of them, anyway.

Just because you don't have a theory (that works), doesn't mean the tech can't work.
Theory is very helpful to technology, but technology does not -require- theory.

Except, claiming that you know it is a scam is just as "shaky" as claiming it is definitely a true thing.

Of course, we get trashed for having the courage to say "I don't know". So I understand some of the statements. Just be aware, when you have to lie to the public, and don't go believing your own "spin".

Most of the time, the real truth is that we -don't- know. We just suspect a lot... 8-)

Um ... the phama companies can't make money on it?

There are a lot of traditional remedies, that actually work, that are not "pushed" because there is no way to make money on them. And no way to cover the cost of medical testing required, before you can say they work.

So those that know, use them. And those that don't, loose out.

Of course, there are many traditional remedies that don't work, or not enough to be better than new stuff. But not as many as the "establishment" claims.

When you read that HP was "a company founded in a garage by a pair of engineers ", that means that they took off their ties when they got home from their day jobs.
After all, this was before the 60's... 8-)

A legal system that does -not- elect judges is also going to fail. Just in a different mode...

Bad writing slows down people's reading. It is a royal pain. It is also a favor to let someone know what they need to do, to be read.

It has gotten so bad that many people just skip over badly written messages, including me.

True. However, hardly anyone is anywhere near "average".
Depending, of course, on your definition of "anywhere near"... 8-)