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In my opinoin I think that the Facial Action Cooding System would be very valuable, for school purposes only though. For a few reasons, concering the fact some kids do not like to say things infront of their classmates.
In the article it says "A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Some students are too afraid to tell their teacher that they are stuck on some thing, or that they need help in front of other students. So using this technology not only tells the teacher for them, they get the help they need without being afriad to ask for it. Some kids could be ahead of others, and become bored with the same old work, some kids may be behind and are confused by the work, having the Facial Action Cooding System we could prevent kids from being confused or bored.
Those two reasons are my opinion on why I think the Facial Action Cooding System can be very valuable. | 1 |
Technology has helped numerous people throughout time. The works of a Facial Action Coding System could help with a great deal of situations. They could help students that do online schooling with being taught a different way. It could let people know what kind of mood someone is in without talking to them. Facial Coding is another way for technology to assist everyday life. Facial Action Coding should be used.
Online schooling could become even better. People often go to school with a teacher so when they are confused the teacher can work with them. If computers can have this kind of facial recognition then the teacher would be able to see when you are confused. The text states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Students can sometimes be worried about asking questions and looking stupid this gives them a chance to still learn the material but not be worried.
People will be able to tell when someone is upset. Occasionally, when working for a resturant and getting someones order a hostile customer might walk up and it will be unknown they are in a mood until talking to them while with a coding system preparing for an angry customer is eaier. Friends will be able to know what kid of feelings are going on around you. People sometimes lie about their emotions to everyone but this will be a way even if someone is lying it will know. People who are suicidal will be easier to keep an eye on. When someone is sad and depressed research has shown that they can keep it bottled up and no one will know until it is too late but this technology can help prevent that.
Technology increases in everyone's life everyday. It is meant to make our lives easier. Being able to see someones feeling from a screen will make talking to someone better. The use of tchnology has increased so much that having something that can tell emotion might help with the people around us to not feel so weird to talk someone. The way that it can help your mood was said that,"If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." Ads can be annoying when looking at something interesting but if you have an ad about something that is important to you then you are more liekly to enjoy the web page you are already on and potentially make another purchase.
Facial Action Coding should be used. The facts have backed up howit will postively affect people and their lives. Teachers will be able to teach and reach the maximum amount of learning. People can tell what kind of mood someone is in and choose how they should talk. Technology is so advanced that it will be useful in getting conversations started. There is nothing wrong with wanting to see how someone is feeling and what kind of mood they are in. | 3 |
There has been theories and plans for driverless cars for the future. Scientists have been researching for many years trying to find a way where cars drive themselves. That day has finally came, to a certain extent. These "driverless" cars still need the assistance of humans. So these cars cannot fully drive themselves. The new technology that people are putting into cars, just does not seem like a very well thought out idea. Anything could happen to these driverless cars. In my eyes, and probaly many other eyes, there should not be such a thing where cars drive themselves.
Like I said before, "anything can happen to these driverless cars." Well, that is true. For instance, there could be a malfunction somewhere in the technology when a person is driving on the instertate. And potentially harm that person or many other people. These cars have sensors all around them, they also have dubbed LIDAR to see a 3D image of everything that is happening and sense when they are close to an object or not. What if some of those sensors broke, or something happened to the sensors where they could not detect anything. That person could possibly get injured really bad. Or even put other people at state. Driverless cars can be very dangerous to people and their surroundings. Another problem with these cars is who will be liable if there happened to be an accident? Would it be the driver or the manufacturer? That is one thing that has yet to be determined.
There has been multiple different design plans for these driverless cars. Some of them involved putting dubbed LIDAR and sensors all around and in the car. Others have involved running electrical cables through roads that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Just all sorts of different ideas. But how are people going to pay for these driverless cars. How are scientists going to provide the cost for these cars and run electrical cables through every single road. It is going to be outrageous to construct all of those ideas. Nobody in the right mind is going to want to pay for a car that only drives itself at certain aspects and that cannot guarantee their safety when driving.
Many thoughts and ideas about these driverless cars are genius. Who would not want a car that could drive itself? These cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themseleves. Driving the car still needs human access, but not like it would if these cars could do these things. Driverless cars could change the world as we know it. But there are certain restrictions that need to be solved first.
These driverless cars can be help to some. Could be harm to others. Anything could happen to the car that could potentially harm that person or other people. The liability factor of the car is a big risk. If the car malfunctions, it would be the drivers fault? Nobody wants to deal with that. There are so many cons to this idea of self driving cars. Until scientists or somebody figures out how to make those problems less dangerous, or more reliable. People are not going to think that driverless cars will start to change the world. | 3 |
Imagine being able to know a person exact emotions even if they are trying to hide them. A sotfware made by Thomas Huang can do just that! With just a simple look at your face it can detact all 44 major muscles. the sotfware is called Facial Action Coding System or FACS for short. Now if we could bring this in to the class rooms it could chang the way we learn.
To explain in depth if we where to have this system in a class rooms it would help students learn. "If you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." this would help in class because if a student gets confused or bored the system would be able to pick that up and change the lesson to make it more enterating or easier to understand. witch would make this system so effective with everday learning. This syatem could also be helpful for teachers to be able to tell if a student is not felling well or needs some time to him/her self. The best part about the system is that it is all nonverbal, so there are no words needed for the shy people that struggle when asking for help or feel ebrassed to. when all said and done there are many wasys this system can be effective to all kinds of people in school.
Emotion make up a big part on how our day will go and what we will do throught that day. there is a unique system that can read emotion and that can work arounrd that. To illustrate my point emotions is what makes up who we are and shape us as a whole wouldn't you wanna know how you acutal feel and all your peers? | 2 |
The author sugggests that studying venus is benifical to us and can lead to many great things. But getting on to the planet and studying it might be harder then even getting to it. They have not sent a manned space craft there because of hazorduas conditions. The conditions on the planets are terrible its hot, hard to see on, and has a high pressure. but hese are some of the challanges.
It has a thick atmosphere of amlost 97% carbon dioxide covering the whole planet. Even worse the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The planets tempature averages 800 degrees which is 90% greater then what we experince here on earth. Which is not even possible for any human to endour. Its environments pressure is so high it can crush a submerine that can stand even the deapest part of the ocean on earth. The environment is so strong it can liqufiy any metal that gose there. Lastly its impossible to see the land even from above where the tempatures and pressure is more bareable.
Even with all these conditions and challanges semming near impossible to live there is hope. There are materials being tested with promising outcomes and lasting 3 weeks in venus conditions test. Making planes that can stay above the clouds and be able to survive off solar power and have condition liveable. But in conclusion there are hopes and proof that one day we might be able to go to venus and research the planet and obtain meaning ful knowledge | 2 |
People that think that the face was created by alliens think that beacuase they probably heard that from someone else or someone told them without having any real facts. But if we go into more details i remember once i read/seen something about that there might be some alliens out there in space. The face of the earth was created by natrual landform as NASA has said. On May 24,2001 a spacecraft was circling around when they fount a shadowy figure like a human face! The thing is how will we ever know the real truth behind that. Yeah i know people tell us differnt things but how will we know witch one to belive out of all them. We obviosly have to belive NASA because they are the ones that go up there often and let us know if there is anything new up there. Its not like we can go up there anytime we want and cheke for ourselfs! The bad thing is that we will never find out for our ownselfs but thats just the way things are! | 0 |
The election should be by popular vote of the citizens not by government hired official with some group name to make them sound important.
The electoral colledge is just a way for the people running for president to get votes that they do not deserve. There are 538 electors in the electoral colledge and that means that that is 538 votes that may or may not have gone in favor of the person that the people wanted for president. Out of the 538 elecors they only need 270 votes to elect a president. Why not let the people (who go through tougher times than government officials) get the votes to elect the president. Each candidate that is running for president has their own group of electors who would rather vote for their candidate so they can get a big fat paycheck, instead of actually sitting down and trying to decide who is the most qualified to run this country. There are others who think like me too, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election instead of having suck up electors who don't even think about the people of the country. They do what they do best. Do you wnt to know what it is? They are suck ups for the candidate from their state (or to whomever has the most money).
There are some people who are going to say that the electoral colledge is a good way to elect our president and I understand that.
The electoral colledge might be a good thing because it consists of qualified government hired officials instead of everyday commoners like us. The electoral colledge was put into the Constitution so it must be worth something. Every state has their own candidate and with him are his electors, the best politicians that the government could hire for this job from that state. A majority of 270 votes is required to elect the president and some people might be like HEY!, that is 270 votes that we dont have to do. The electoral colledge might also be a good thing for people who don't care about who runs the country.
If this country was founded on freedom, don't we have the freedom, no, don't we have the right to vote for who runs this country. Not suck up politicians. We should vote for our President! | 2 |
This landform on mars does look like a alien face but is just another regular landform. It doesn't prove any aliens are on mars because it is another martian mesa with really good shadow placement to fool the eye. NASA isn't trying to hide anything about aliens or extraterrestrial life because they want to find life on another planet like mars. Even if there was a alien civilazation, why isn't there any more of these or different formation and buildings on mars. That is why it is just a regular landform on mars.
Well this mesa is fooling people because it does look like a face but it is just another mesa The shadow are just placed coincedentily. The landform is pretty big so it coudln't be built fast enough for it to go unnoticed. plus NASA isn't hiding anything, why would they need to. That is one of the reasons why I think it is a coincedent.
Even though NASA seems like they want to cover it they really don't want to because it will be the biggest find ever in space age history. We send probes and rovers for research and to find life. We also send then to find the necessary elements for life to exist. If we do find life it will be the biggest news for a long time. So we really aren't trying to hide anything exspecially aboutr life on mars.
So if there was life on mars and they did make it ,why aren't there any other structures built. Like on earth aztecs did die out but had way more monuments to their gods. They didn't spend all their time building a face Plus their buildings couldn't erode away or the face would't be there. So why did they only build one ?
Those are the reasons I believe face on mars is just coincedental. We really would want to find something on mars. If we do find someting on mars the face could be evidence that there is life on mars. We will probably find out soon. Maybe find alien life on another planet. | 2 |
Driverless cars may be coming in our future, but they most likely will not be commonly used. Driving a car run by a computer allows a number of problems to occur. Since 2009, driverless cars have been around. These cars are only considered driverless under certain conditions though. If the car is not reliable in all traffic conditions, people should not rely on them to get them where they need to go safely.
Society today relies on technology and computers for almost everything from talking to friends to sending military signals hundreds of miles. At times, even the most advanced technology glitches. Driving a car that is controlled by technology would pose the same problems. Would the car still drive if it started raining? What would happen if the rotating sensor on the roof glithched? A driver, assuming the car is driving, may not be attentive and see the signal given by the car for the human to take over. The car could crash causing even bigger problems than just faulty technology.
Crashes occur even when human drivers are in control of the car. It is inevitable that crashes are likely to happen in the autonomous cars as well. Paragraph 9 states that, "in most states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars." If these driverless cars are better than having a human behind the wheel, most states would allow them to be tested. Even if they were tested and allowed to be driven new laws would have to be put into place. In the case of an accident, would drivers or manufacturers be at fault for the accident? Drivers might claim that they did not see the signs that the car gave them signifying that the human was supposed to take over. Manufacturers would argue saying that the driver was unattentive to their surroundings.
Drivers who rely on computer driven cars may loose the skills needed to drive a car over time. If they do not drive in favorable conditions, because the car is driving, how will the manufacturers expect them to be able to drive in hazardous conditions. Practice makes perfect; without practice, a driver will not be close to perfect. Switching to cars being driven by humans in times of unstable conditons could potentially cause more accidents.
Driverless cars might sound like a fantastic idea. When the different risks are taken into consideration, a human life should be more important than not having to drive. The reliability of the autonomous cars is not strong enough at this time to be considered safe. Humans should keep driving cars and computers should stick to sending text messages. | 3 |
Have you ever wondered about Venus? This planet is somthing that we as humans haven't figured out yet. We are facing the challenge of Venus, it is really valued not only because of the facts and information we get out of this planet. Instead, humans are curiose and looking for more evidence of what we are going to face in the futur. We should learn more not only on the outter shell, but more deeply in the inside.
Venus is the second planet in the our solar system(Milkyway). Also ot is one of the brightest points in the sky at night. As the closest plant to Earth in terms of size, density, and distane. The surface of it is full with valleys, mountains, and craters. Not even one single spacecraft have reached to it before. 97 percent of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide, forming a blanket for the planet. This planet has the highest temperature in the whole entire Milkyway. NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) have not stop sending spacecraft to land on Venus.
If we could lend on Venus later on in the generation, could there be any living organisum that lives on that plante? There could be a possible chance since Earth is not the only planet in space. There are more things tha we need to discover. You would never know if there are creatures like ous that have a abiliy to explore space. We should keep trying even if there is only a 0.0000001 chance. | 0 |
In the artical it give the example of smiling at a certain ad or frowning at another and the computer will no longer show you ads like that. I believe that the FACS software can be very useful in schools and other places. So here are some reasons that I believe that we should use this new software in our schools.
The new FACS software would be very useful in our schools because, like it states in the artical and by Dr. Huang, the computer could recognize when a child using the computer is starting to get bored. The computer could then change the way it is presenting that particular lesson to make it more interesting and enjoyable. This software could help bring up the overall grades by the student(s) because they now have an interest in learning the subject at hand.
In the artical it shows that this software could recognize the subtle emotions made by the Leonardo da Vinici's painting of Mona Lisa. FACS can recognize the facial expressions made by a child or teenager and recognize the six (happiness, surprise, anger, discust,fear and sadness) basic emotions, just like us people do in our everyday lives. The software can also recognize mixed emotions; FACS has found that the Mona Lisa is displaying 83 percent happiness, 9 percent discust, 6 percent fear, and 2 percent of anger.
Studies have found that when you are sad and fake a smile it can make you just a little bit happier. When moving your facial muscles it not only shows emotions, but also can produce them. When studying a lesson and a child is looking sad' the software could alter the lesson to, lets say, make the child laugh. Everyone knows that laughter is the best medicine. It may not make the child happy over all but it could brighten their day and make the lesson more appealing.
So, in conculsion I feel that the FACS software could be useful in schools and just about anywhere. There are so many things that this software could do to help in our everyday lives, from making lessons more enjoyable, to showing ads that you are interested in. FACS is just overall a good software to help computers figure out emotions and maybe brighten up the day. | 3 |
The ideas of driverless cars a good but what would be better is a car that can drive without out a human helping at times. in the alt 1950's the idea began with general motors created a self friving car made for a smart road. the track had a eletric cable tht sent signals to a reciever on the front of the car.
in the 1980's about 10 years after the sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. i think that these ideas are great and can be do with hard work. before 2000 none of these ideas would have worked because the technology was not advanced enough. it would cost 2 two hundred million dollars to put a radio divice on a hilltop and thats just to much to pay for. in 2013, BMW announced the development of "traffic jam assitant." The car can handle the driving fuctions at speed up to 25 mph, but special tuch sensors make sure the driver keeps ahold of the wheel.
in my opinion these ideas really changed the way we think about car and how we drive them. we are not qite there yet but we are getting there soon. | 1 |
I don't think driverless cars should become a thing. The reason why i think driverless cars should become a thing because of simple reasons .One of those reasons are that the system can become overheated , like say if the people who design this wonderful idea tried to do something new with this car sometimes the system can overheat and they might not be able to control the anymore. My second reason why i think driverless cars isn't a good thing because they can cause accidents. What i mean by that is like say if the car dies out in the middle of the highway and the chances are someone getting hurt ,or
someones dies . My last reason is the car is taking too much power in. sp what i mean by that is sometimes when something takes in alot of power it might have a shortage or even a power outage and nobody wants to by in no car that can't even move. So yeah i say having a driverless car is terrible idea. | 1 |
The senator should keep the Electoral Collage because it keeps balance, order, and also actrecy.
It keeps balance because if the public were to vote on who is the new president of the Untied States some people might fight and argure over who's the new president, why he should be their, and a lot of other reasons. The population might think he will be a great guy and a good president, and that everything will turn out ok. Then when they are elected it turns out he might not be such a great president after all, he's probably going to make all the wrong decides and choices for this nation after a becomes president.
In the Electoral Collage they look at how many votes both of the candidates get, they also look at what the candidates have in mind for our country and all of the other plans they have enstore for it. Of course the public will have to vote on which candidate they want for this nation to serve as our president. After looking at the candidates background, what their going to do, then they will make a discision who becomes president of the Untied States.
The Electoral Collage is a good thing to have around because without it the whole voting process will be out of order. Thanks to the Electoral Collage things will stay in order and in place. And in the end we can find and get the best president for this nation. | 1 |
The Face on Mars is just another landform that was formed naturally. Many landforms that occur on planets are formed naturally. The first pictures that were taken of the natural landform were very blurry due to the bad quality of the cameras 30 years ago. But in 2001, the quality of the land form was better and it wasn't a face at all, but rather a natural landform.
First, the "Face on Mars" was not created by aliens. The landform is 2 miles in length. To build something as massive as that and it be made from the same material of the planet itself is absurd. It wouldv'e taken a long time and the face would really look like a face. With the highest quality photo that was taken in 2001, it is clearly seen that there is no face and it is just another natural land form with bumps on it.
Second, the "Face" is just another naturally forming landform. It is a landform that is called a mesa because it is really steep. There are many mesas on Earth and are naturally forming. Because of their massive size, they can't be formed any other way. There are also many strange formations on Earth but they couldn't have been created by aliens either because natural landforms are, for the most part, massive and can't be changed.
Third, movies, books, magazines, and newspapers that claim that the "Face" was created by aliens are either fictional or don't have any proof. Movies that are made about this landform and how it was made by aliens is fake becuase there is no scientific proof that it was made by aliens. The movies are usually fiction and are trying to make money off of a hot topic that most of the audience is interested in. Books, magazines, and newspapers try to make the impossible sound real without any proof of there actually being aliens. Making the possible sound real is just another marketing strategy for companies to sell their products to people that believe in whatever they are told.
In conclusion, aliens did not make the mesa on Mars. Aliens are just used as an excuse for publishers and directors to get money off of people that believe in aliens. Mesas are huge landmarks that are formed naturally, which is just what the supposed "Face" is. If there were aliens that really wanted to create a face, they would created the face in musch more detail than just bumps along a mesa. Also, an aliens face would be very unlikely to look just like a human face. In the end, people that say that the mesa is actually a face have no scientific and factual proof to back it up. | 3 |
There is a new software that has been made to perceive the emotions of others. According to the article titled "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto, The Process begins whe the computer constructs a 3-D computer of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. This software is an innovation from Prof, Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanced Sciense at the University of Illiniois. Also Dr Paul Eckman, creator of FACTS (Facial Action Coding System) classified six basic emotions such as, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness.
I think this new software would make a good change in schools as they could read students' emotional expressions. Based on what I read from the article, a classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored,Dr Huang predicts. This computer software then could change the lesson, like an effective human instructor. One example is thet, Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) rases your eyebrows when you are surprised.
Well, this new software that has been made to perceive the emotions of others, could be very helpful in schools as they would be able read students' emotional expressions. This will lead teachers and even parents to know how the person is feeling about school or in other aspexcts. Each student would have a different emotional expression, and teacher or other people to help the ones that are really confused or angry about somthing. | 1 |
Technology is important in most students every day lives. We use our cell phones or maybe even our computers all the time. Since we use technology so often, I think it is a good idea to produce technology that can understand us. That is why I believe that using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be very valuable.
In paragraph 6 of the article Dr. Huang predicted "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If computers can recognize a students' emotions this may help that student learn in a new way that was never thought to be possible. For example, if a student is struggling with the same type of math problems and is receiving poor grades on a test, how will the teacher know how to help this student? If the computer senses confusion on these same types of math problems the students is answering incorrectly, a teacher could go back and look at these results and realize that the student is confused on these problems. This type of technology could help not just your average student but even students that struggle in school and need extra help.
Most people understand how to work technology like a computer, but can a computer understand us? Dr. Huang stated in the article that "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that, too." It is important for our technology to understand us, that is what Dr. Huang is trying to achieve with the Facial Action Coding System. Technology that understands humans could greatly benefit the needs of students in a classroom. A computer could learn an individual student's learning style and accomodate according to that student's emotions. It could change the difficulty or easiness of certain tasks according to how a student feels about certain questions. That is why it is important for technology to understand how humans work and feel.
We as humans use technology all the time, wether that be at home, at work, or in the classroom. When it comes to students in a classroom, technology can be extremely helpful. That is why it is important to have technology that cannot only read human emotions, but help a struggling student or accomodate to a specific student's needs in the classroom. | 3 |
Scientist believe they have came up with a technology that can read your true emtions called FACS, or Facial Action Coding System. This technology works your emotions out like a math equation. It calculates the feelings of fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, anger, and sadness. Now they are thinking that it can be great in the classroom and benefit schools tremendously.
Feeling are told all over your face and your body language, all someone really has to do is pay attention. In the classroom though, it is very hard for one teacher to see how each child individually feels. New technology that has sprung up can do that for them now. This technology uses video memory and software that decodes the muscles in facial expressions. This could be very beneficial in the classroom because now you can see how your children feel about your lessons, and that could develope new ways to help students learn. The auhtor writes how Dr. Huang says, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". "Then it could modify the lesson like, like an effective human instructor.", this would be very wise to put in a classroom. Teachers want to know all the time what they can do for their students and how; new technology could do it for them.
Although this idea could be genius, it could have flaws just like most technology. It is hard to truly depict someones emotions, so how can a computer tell someone how they feel? Or honestly, what does a few pieces metal know about how someone is feeling? People could also say this creation is very invasive.These claims could be arguements presented when getting this type of technology into the classroom.
Even though this technology could have flaws to it,
people will never kbow till they try. They have sent pyschologists, like Dr.Paul Eckman, in to help perfect the FACS. The computer software can even predict your true emotions, regardless if you put on a fake smile. It knows what muscles are used in a fake and in a real smile. Humans use the same skill everyday according to the author, our only difference is we have trouble actually describing the emotion.
In conclusion, FACS, a system that can calculate your feelings, would be a great additon to the classroom. We introduce new technology everyday that is not benefical to schools, so why not help the school sytem. Every technology has its kinks, but who truly knows until it is tested. | 2 |
Limiting car usage in our daily life can be a good thing. There has been cities and countries that have already started going "Car-free" acording to articles one, two and, three. Limiting car usage in our daily life can reduce Greenhouse gas. Reducimg the time ou use to drive your car or automobile it reduces on how much money you are wasting on gasoline or diesel.
Limiting car usage is a good thing, in article two it talks about Paris banning driving due to high levels of smog. Paris had enforced a short driving ban to clear the air out of the city. If you were to drive in that time period you would have suffered a $31 dollar fine. Diesel fuel was to blame since France favors diesel more than gasoline due to a tax policy. Up to 67 percent of vehicles in France are made up of diesel. In Germany a city called Vaunban has given up the life of cars mostly. Vaunban's treets are mostly "car Free" except along the main throughfare according to article one. One of the reasons the city of Vaunban has given up on the life of cars is their are only two place to park, large garages at the edge of the development for $40,000 along with a home. For that 70 percent os families in Vaunban do not own cars. Heidrun walter, a media tranier in Vaunban, said " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." In Europe pasenger cars have been responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas while in the United States it is up to 50 percent in some areas according to article one.
Another Country that has been trying to reduce the amount of car usage is Colombia. In Bogota, Colombia they are doing a program that they are trying to spread to other countries. They have held a day each year for a "car free" da. For three years cars have been banned for the Day without cars. The only cars that are pemitted are taxis and buses on that day. Since that Bogota has inspired other cities in Colombia to go with a "Car free" day. Cali and Valledupar have joined the event. Parks and sports centers have bursting throughtout Bogota according to Article two. The sidewalks that have been uneven and cracked have been replace by new, smooth sidewalks. Another good thing is the restrictions have quickly cut traffic. Also new restaurants and shopping centers have rose up. The mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay said "These people are generating a revoultionary change, and this is crossing borders.
America has also joined on to limiting car usage. President Barack Obama has goals to reduce the greenhouse gas emmisions accordiing to source four. In paragraph 38 according to Dr. Sivak's research it says that there has been a huge drop in the amount of 16 to 39 year olds getting drivers licenses. Another study has found that in 2012 driving by young people have declined 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. A good thing for limiting car usage has lead to a executive chaiman of the ford company, Bill Ford, has put out a business plan that has them partnernign up with a telecommunications industry. By doing this he says "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."
Limiting car usage in our daily life is a good thing. It reduces greenhous gas emmisions, lead to restaurants and shopping centers to rise up, better sidewalks, less traffic, and improved safety. Alot of countries and cities have eithered stopping using cars mostly or has reduced car usage by having one day a year without cars. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
I urge you to change to elrection by popular vote. I feel that we have out grown the Electoral College and need a change. I think it would be more fair for everybody to if we elect a president by popular vote because of the disaster factor. Electors could always defy the will for people. It is possible with the Electoral College That the most popular vote could no go to the most popular vote.
Does it seem fair that people will not get whome the majority vote for. The fact that this could happen scares me to be quite honest. The Electoral College is out dated and irrational. Even the best argumentsin favor are without much basis in reality.
I ask you to rethink the Electoral College. It is outdated and I think that we need a change. This change could be really benificial and would be in everyones best intrest. | 1 |
You ever been with someone that thinks something true but really not. Well I have. And one thing that people think is real is the face on Mars was created by aliens. But clearly the face is natural landform. So today im going to give three reasons why the face on Mars is a natural landform on Mars.
Well the first reason the face on Mars is just natural landform because people have checked back since to see more evidence. For example on April 5,1998 Mars Global Surveyorflew over Cydionia. Michale Malin and his Mars Obiter Camera team took a picture ten imes better than the viking photos. Than they put the picture on the web whene revealing a natural landform. No alien monument after all but even after that people still wasn't satisfied enough so sooner or later they did it again.
So on April 8, 2001 Mars Global Surveyor went close to Mars for a second look . They rolled the spacecraft25 degrees to the center of the face in the field of veiw. Then Malin team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera maximum resolution. Each pixel in 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best1976 viking photo. You can see in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixek size. So if thats the case if there was any objects like spaceships on the ground or egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks we could see what they are. | 2 |
I support driverless cars for many reasons. The main reason is safety. Another reason I support these cars is because they will be smarter and better drivers than an average person. In the end, this could also end up saving many people a lot of money on gas. Driverless cars could be a bright future.
In order to get these cars to be legal and available for purchase and driving, the safety of people must be a sure thing. This means car manufactures will have to work hard to ensure that safety will not be a concern for the driver, other drivers, or anyone else. Technology has advanced to the point where computers know more that most of the general population, so taking the wheel out of the hands of the driver for about ninety percent of the time is actually a lot safer than leaving it in their hands.
People tend to make many mistakes while driving, and that can cause problems. But letting a car drive itself could end up being the best idea ever. A car that knows where it's going will be less likely to make a mistake than a human driver. This could help to aviod accidents, accidently or purposely breaking the law, and other dangerous situations.
These cars also are suppose to save people money on gas, because it wouldn't use as much gas as cars do now. If it uses have the gas as cars do now, people won't to buy gas as often. That can save people money. Money is always a factor in every situation. The more you save, the better.
In conclusion, I support driverless cars. They can end up being safer than humans driving cars, they can be smarter, and they can use less gas. Driverless cars seem to have more ups than downs. I hope to see driverless cars become a big thing in the near future. | 3 |
In the passage "Driverless cars are coming", there are many faults, but postive details as well. I am against the driverless cars idea ,because i feel like it has many fault,not really a "driverless car",and is not prefected enough.
I am against "driverless cars", because its programming has many faults. In the passage they say that"The sensor werent there the computers werent there , and the mapping wasnt there.". That shows that the cars still need a lot of work on becoming "driverless" persay. Not only did they have technology issues it has cost issues. The prompt Paragraph 6 States that "Radar was a device on hilltop that cost 200 million dollars."it wasnt somthing you could buy at Radio Shack". The technology that you would need is not cost effective or ready to hit the streets until they get some of the kinks out.
My Second reason for being against "driverless cars" is , because the car is really not "driver less". in The passage it says" In fact, none of the cars developed are completely driverless". the cars need actual humans to assist the car because the car is not programed for traffic or road blocks. Even in the passage it says"This means the human driver must remain alert and be able to take over when a situation require'. You can not simply take a nap and the car will get you to where you need to go you have to say awake and pay attention incase of rerouting.
Thirdly I strong am against the "driverless car" because its not perfected enough. The car doesnt abide by the United States laws in more then one State in the passage it states the "in most states even to TEST a computer driven car is ILLEGAL". California ,Nevada,Florida and even District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars due to the fact of driving laws. THe main idea of the laws are to keep people safe and not in accidents and hurting others. Even if they were legal it says "Even if traffic laws change,new laws will be needed in oreder to cover liability in the case of an accident.
In Conclusion "Driverless cars has many faults, not really a driverless car ,and isn't perfected enought to put on the rode. if the technology fails and somone is injured. Who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer? could you live with creating somthing and somone dies at your fault? its up to you you have to decide. | 3 |
Could you ever dream of never having to drive a car again? Well that dream might be closer to reality than you think. Recently Google and a bunch of other manufacturing companies have been trying to make that dream posible. They are invisioning a public transportation system. That they think would be more safe than having a human behind the wheel.
I would honestly love to live in a world where we didn't have to drive anymore. According to Google their semi-driverless cars would use half of the fuel a normal car would use. I mean come on who wouldn't like to same money on fuel. Now the only thing these cars lack are that they are not fully driverless. Which means you would still have to keep your hands on the wheel at all times incase you need to take control of the car.
How much would one of these cost? Imagine all of the equipment one of these cars have, and how expensive these cars would be? They have tons of sensors a rotating laser on the top of the car so it can locate its surroundings. Despite how expensive these cars are I think they would make the world a lot better. I mean if you have smarter roads and smarter cars then you wouldnt have to worry about accidents.
These cars have seats that viberate when their is an alert. Their is also a windshield display that will alert you as well. Before an error occurs the car will tell the driver when to take over. These cars would be much better on smarter roads. But when you look at it they would have to modify every road and thats to expensive fro reality.
So when it comes down to it I think driverless car would bea revolutionary product. That would change the world forever. I say we should do it, what do you think? Hopefully we will have them on the roads in a couple of years and they wont be as expensive as we think. | 2 |
I think that the idea of using driverless cars in the future sounds unsafe because of risks of not using them with drivers. The risks of driving a car without a driver are like the risks of driving a car with a driver.
The risks of driving include going over the speed limit, driving through a red traffic light, and driving into somebody crossing the street. Going over the speed limit can lead to the police putting the person speeding under arrest. Driving through a red traffic light can end up with the driver go into somebody else or making them stop. Driving into somebody crossing the street can send the person crossing the street into the hospital and the driver charged with it. An example of a risk done by driving is while Dad is taking me to school, somebody made him stop by going through a red traffic light just when he is about to go and it was not the driver's turn.
Sergey Brin may think driverless cars may change the world fundamentally, but I think they may change the world unsafely. He may say they would go in 2020, but I say they should not appear in 2020 at all. With all of the accidents driverless cars can cause, I have to say no to the idea of using such things. If there is somebody crossing the street and a driverless car goes by without noticing the person walking, there is a chance that the driver can be charged for not paying attention if the person gets sent to the hospital. If a driverless car goes through a red traffic light and crashes into somebody, then the driver can be put under arrest for not taking a turn of driving it.
Driverless cars may have technology like other machines, but they can malfunction and result in causing accidents that normal cars can cause. If the GPS receiver starts malfunctioning and starts heading towards a cliff with the driver not paying attention to the situation, there is a high chance the driver can get into big trouble. If the video camera starts malfunctioning and somebody in another car is speeding, the driver cannot get it to work properly after stopping and the other driver drives into the driverless car. If the wheel starts malfunctioning and loses control, there is a good chance the driver will get seriously hurt and hospitalized for it while losing the car. Like all kinds of machines, driverless cars can get out of control and not into good use for the owner of the cars.
I chose safety over driving in my future and I tell myself that safety is more important than anything just to ensure it will be in my adulthood. | 3 |
Where would the world be if we had flying cars? you may ask yourself the pros and cons of these creations. But what if we had cars that drove themselves? would it be safer? how would they be manufactued? what will the future depend on?In 2013 BMW
announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistan." This car can handel functions up to 25mph.
In the late 1950s, General Motors created a concept car that could run on special test track.The track was embedded with an eletrical cable that sent radio signals to a reciver on the front end of the car. In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes.Within 10 years, those sensers had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers.
"The psychogical aspect of automation are really a challenge," admits Dr.Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver." We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." Some manufacuers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--somthing not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way , the in-car system is acutally a safety feature.
In conclusion, driveless cars are much safer that car that have to have a driver .When you thing about the pros and cons you start to see that there are more pros that cons. Even though some states dont agree with the newer technology, in the future we will see these more often than most. So ask yourel again. What is the future going to depend on? | 1 |
Did you know that NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was the first spacecraft of any sort to see the mysterious face on Mars? This mysterious face was first discovered in 2001. I am a scientist from NASA that has been researching this unusual, shadowy likeness of a human face since about twenty-five years ago. My name is Ellie. I get all sorts of questions and opinions asked to me about the human face. Some people say that they do not think that it's real, and that NASA is just making it up to get more people to notice us. Well, that would be wrong, considereing that we have pictures to prove it. We know that the face is just a natural landform because the pictures show it to be almost equivalent of a mesa or butte, and it looks identical to the Middle Butte in Idaho.
We know that the shadowy likeness of a human face is just a natural landform because is looks almost equivalent to a mesa or a butte. We have many questions asking things like, " How do you know that aliens didn't form it?"
and, "How do we know that this picture is not photoshopped to get NASA more commercial business?" The answer is we don't know exactly what formed it, but our research shows that it is a natural landform. First of all, pictures do not lie, especially that camera that we took it with. We took the picture with using a camera's absolute maximum resolution. In this camera, "each pixel in the 2001 images spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo" as we know from our research. Also, the mysterious landform that we captured looked like a mesa or a butte- landforms that are common around the American Midwest. to add to that, the Face takes the same shape as a lava dome and the same height. Not only does the face look almost equivalent to a mesa or butte, but it also looks almost identical to most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Another reson that we know that the Face is just a natural landorm is because it looks almost identical to a landform is Idaho. People send NASA emails, and letters asking questions. One of our most states opinions is," Just because it looks like a landform on Earth doesn't mean anything. Things might be different there and there could be aliens there." Yes that could be true, but our research and pictures also prove it to be wrong. The first snapshot of the Face was captured was a long time ago. Since then our camera and photo quality has improved. Today we now have way better pictures of the Face than we did over twenty-five years ago. That means that we can see the landform better and look at the different characteristics of the landform. Then after we looked at the characteristics, we found that the Face had almost the exact same size, shape, quality of a landform in Idaho, United States. Also, one of our researches stated the definition of the Middle Butte. He stated,"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face in Mars. Thousands of web surfers had been anxiously waiting for images for NASA to be revealed. Until one day we released the pictures. As we knew already, web surfers found that there was "no alien monument after all" as we know from our research. We also released how we took the picture. We had a picture taken by a camera on board MGS, but it had to peer through clouds. Then people started saying statements like," Perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze." Once again, that cannot be true because the characteristics and qualities of the Face look exactly like a part of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Now you have been proved wrong, and I hope all your questions were answered about the Face, or at least the questions that were stated in the article. we have done a lot of research on this mysterious human face, and found that it was not created by aliens. We know that it is a landform because it looks like a mesa or a butte, and it looks almost identical to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Therefore, this Face is just a landform. | 3 |
As crazy as living without a car sounds, more and more people are doing it. One popular reason for it is for a healthier and happier lifestyle. In Elisabeth Rosenthal's short story titled In
German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
Heidrun Walter reports "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Her and many others like her in the town of Vauban, Germany have experienced the difference and felt stress go away. The city has banned driveways and home garages, encourging the rule of living "car-free." The people rely on public transit, bicycles and their own two legs. While many people are stressing to get a car, the people of the town feel stressed if they have a car. Over half the population sold their cars to move there, and don't regret a thing. In the article titled
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , Andrew Selsky quotes Carlos Arturo Plaza as saying "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress" as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
Also Carlos Arturo Plaza goes on to say "[it's a good oppurtinity to] lower air pollution." People are realizing how many pollutants that cars emitt into the atmosphere. One example place is Paris, known for their terrible smog, has finally done something to clean it up. Robert Duffer wrote in
Paris bans driving due to smog
"After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." The law stated even numbered license plates couldn't drive one day, and the other, odd liscense plates couldn't. A little thing like this had a big effect. Duffer then reported "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." Elizabeth Rosenthal in the aritcle
The End of Car Culture showed the idea " if [these] patterns persists...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions." Americans are partically to blame for pollution. Our need for the newest, biggest, best things, has come at a cost, and more than money. Green-house gases are stacking up, and we have to take a stand some time. Rosenthal goes on to describe political leaders are working to fix this too, "President Obama's abitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions [were] unveiled last week."
In places already practicing the no car rule, environments have improved; more than pollution wise. Andrew Selsky reported of "the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" and "uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks." These two additions of Bogota, Colombia have inspired many people to turn in their keys, and take a hike instead. Not only have these changes made people more happy, but it makes their city more beautiful and they are starting to get outdoors and see it. The author reports that "municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event [car-free day] and were enthuriastic," amung the people visiting was the Mayor of Paraguay's capital city. When more people see the effects, they want to do the same thing. Columbia's one day event has brought about much talk in neighboring towns and even "two other Colombian cities, Calli and Valledupar, joined the event."
On the other side of the argument, many car industries are trying to compete with these new ideas and technology. Rosenthal quotes in
The End Of Car Culture
"But it could have negative implications for the car industry. Indeed, companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves "mobility" companies with broader product range beyond the personal vehicle" As humans advance into the ideas of walking, biking, or taking public transportation, car companies strive to become known for things other than cars. They want to be able to sell you things still, even if you don't want or need a car. Later she writes how Bill Ford proposed the fresh idea at the Mobile World Congress that car dealers should "partner with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." This long quote simply means having all forms of transportion and the new technology in communications to be one, for the better of the people.
With or without cars, we all are always on the move. Some cities have adapted new ideas to get from place to place, or simply old ideas, being put back into action. Although Henry Ford would probably be dissapointed at his invention being faded out, Mother Nature would be pleased of us taking care of Earth. We never know what the future holds, but we do know, we'll always only have one home, so we better take care of it. | 4 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author does a great job at evalutating his idea of Venus and its dangers. No spacecraft has ever survived the landing of Venus for more than a few hours and if that is the case then surely a human could never survive that so it seems.
The carbon dioxide, temperature and pressure is just one of the many dangers of Venus as the author clearly describes. The atmosphere, according to paragraph 3, is about 97% carbon dioxide. On the planets surface, it is also 800 degrees fahrenheit. Just these dangerous factors of Venus makes me believe humans will most likely never step a foot on the planet.
In paragraph four, the author discusses the interest in exploring this planet further despite all of the dangers. Astronomers go on to believe that Venus used to be quite earthlike with lots of oceans and could have possibly supported some sort of life. It includes rocky mountains, valleys, and craters as well. The author states that "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"
In paragraph five the author describes to us the solutions NASA and other astronomers are trying to come up with to be able to explore planet Venus. They want to try to avoid its terrible conditions on the surface and avoid as much pressure as possible by creating a floating aircraft to hover over Venus. The author states "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." There is conflict however because there would be no way to retrieve any samples of rock or gas from this distance.
In conclusion, I believe the author did a wonderful job of supprting his idea about planet Venus. I learned a lot by reading this article and have become more interested in Venus and its conditions. The author presented a problem and gave some solutions to the problem that NASA is still continuing to work on. | 2 |
Using technology to read peoples emotion isn't really valuable to students in the classroom.
As said in this article that it can read human emotion but not for any purpose except changing a lesson to your understanding when you're confused, but other than that there aren't much use for it. In paragraph of the atricle it states, " you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." This statement from the article basically shows that some people already know how to read human emotion ny just looking, so this technology may only be valuable to people who can't read human emotions as good as others.
In the article, it even says "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" and also says " so computers need to understand that ,too." In any form of communication, a human understands nonverbal and emotional communication which makes it easier for humans to understand that on another human than technology could. | 1 |
Hoverboards, robots and driverless cars? This is technology we have invented in the new age. We are gifted with the presence of new technology every year and somehow we seem to abuse it or take it for granted. Which is why I believe we should not have driverless cars. We should not have these driverless cars because technology malfunctions all the time and because this technology can be abused. Let's journey into an idea that should remain in a mad scientist's lab.
We should not have driverless cars because technology malfunctions all the time in present day society. Paragraph 4 of the text talks about LIDAR, a program that keeps the car updated of it's 3-D surroundings. Being a driverless car, what if LIDAR stops working? Does the car sop working altogether? Or does this machine simply keep going with it's routine? This puts the driver in danger, the pedestrians in harm, and in all cases the other drivers on the road. This is a common technological malfunction that can happen to any driverless car anywhere in the world. The text in Paragraph 9 also touches on the same subject of the technology failures. As the text says, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver of the manufacturer?" This piece of evidence illustrates why a driverless car is dangerous. A simple technological malfunction can happen and it can put the customer at risk, and even the company.
Lastly, a driverless car should not be developed because this piece of technology can be abused. We see crimes around the world daily, monthly, and even yearly. We aslo see that these crimes are getting worse and worse over the time period. If we implement a driverless cars, who knows what limits and boundaries these crimes will break. These cars can be used for anything: drive-by shootings, hit and runs, and even kidnapping. Who is the car to say what is morally right and wrong? The car does not know and it may not ever know, which is why it needs to not be developed.
In conclusion, driverless cars do not need to be developed in the world. Driverless cars put people at risks with technology malfunctions and can tarnish a company's name with multiple lawsuits against it. Driverless cars also can be abused for multiple things. Society has made many technological advances, but this is one that needs to remain untouched. Maybe this is better for the sake of a company's fortune, or maybe it's better for the people of the world. | 3 |
Many people believe the face on Mars is an extraterrestrial being. Although it may seem true, the face is a natural landform. There are many facts to show this is a natural landform.
Many scientists have seen this face as life on Mars. Some conspiracy theorists have said there is life on Mars,and NASA is trying to hide it from the people. In 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over the face, but they revealed there was no face to be seen. There was only a natural landform. Scientists have began to lose hope of ever seeing the face again. If they were ever able to find the face again, they would have money to do more investigation. Although there were no extratrrestrial beings, people still believed the face would soon appear again. Scientists are still trying to look for ways to explain it all.
Reasearchers are still looking for the face on Mars. Scientist Jim Garvin states, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes an the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were !" He is comparing airplanes, pyramids,and small shacks to the face which is no longer there. This statement proves that the face is a natural landform. Many landforms on Earth form then after years or even decades, they decay down to nothing. Although landforms are always forming, they are also being destroyed. Without oxygen on Mars, there is no way the face is able to survive.
Although the face is not real and is a natural landform, researchers will stop at nothing to prove it is real. Conspiracy theorists are still trying to find the truth. Little do they know the truth has been revealed, the face is just a natural landform. | 1 |
Did you know that there is a face on mars. Scientists are trying to figure out if it's signs of alien life forms or if it's just a landform. Most conspiracy theorists think it cme form an ancient civilization on mars. Nasa say's other wise but it could be either one.
The face on mars is indeed a natural life form. It is just a Mesa made on mars a long time ago."What the picture actually shows is the Martian equiv
alent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. This means the landform is just a Martian mesa."Thousands of anxious web surfurs were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing. . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." This means after taking photos and doing research scientists concluded that it's just a natural land form.
The face on mars is still popular and will keep you guessing but it is only a natural landform. Lots of conspiracy theorists thought it wasn't a landform and it was an alien made object. But soon was proven wrong with evidence that is is not any sort of alien being or object at all. | 1 |
Venus has been a challenge to navigate over the years. The author defends the need for exploration well, and in many ways. They explain that in certain conditions, humans could survive there, give a possible solution to the problem, and explain how Venus is closely related to Earth.
First, the author appeals to human nature's need for exploration by explaining how Venus is capable of being inhabited. For example, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This shows that the author wanted the reader to know that living on Venus is not far fetched.
Next, the author explains how scientists are working on a solution to explore the harsh conditions that have kept them from properly gaining much knowledge on the planet. They do this by saying, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." By telling the reader this, the author gives hope that even though Venus's atmosphere is violent, it is not impossible to explore.
Last, the author gives facts on how Earth and Venus are similar. They describe this by explaining how "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." They go on to say, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." With this knowledge, the author implies that there could be more similarities than just terrain.
In conclusion, the author fully backs up their claims as to why exploring Venus is worth the risk, and they do it well. They do this by explaining how humans could survive there, giving a possible solution, and comparing it to Earth. | 3 |
I don't know if you know know who I am but, I am Luke Bomberger. I have been on a ship for many years now. You should ride a cattle-boat too. A cattle-boat is a boat that carries animals across sea. When I was younger I helped my aunt Katie with her farm, that helped me prepare for the dangers that life holds.
Even though there are dangers at sea, I still like it. I am very happy while I am on this boat. It is an opportunity of a lifetime. "I am grateful for the opportunity." I said back in the 1900s. I was told by a captain to keep doing cattle-boating for my service. Your friends could help you become a cattle-boater. My friend helped me. By participating in cattle-boat, you could learn about other people and their needs. You could also learn about more cultures.
You may not think this a great "job" in all but actually, it kind of is. You do not know what is going to come at you. It's like a total suprise! You could be the driver of the boat, you could watch over the animals like me, you could do all sorts of things! We'll make sure you get fed. Who knows maybe you could even end up being the captain of the ship. That would be cool considering you just got here. You may think this is a joke but it's actually not.
There are a lot of men and women on this ship with the animals. You could be one of them, and who knows, maybe you'll try it and like it as much as me. "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." When my friend asked me to go with him, I couldn't say no because I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. Maybe you will have one of your friends come up to you an ask you to go to another country with them and away from your family. Maybe, you'll even say yes.
If you do go anywhere, tell me and I'll give you all the hints I know. Be careful though, the sea is dangerous. There have been a few ship-wrecks here and there. But not for a while. You are going to need a couple essentials: blankets, pillows, extra clothes, food, water, shoes and that is pretty much all you need for this boat ride. Have a good time! | 2 |
Luke Bomberger was just an ordanery small town boy untill his friend ofered a jod as a seagoing cowboy. When he was thinking about it he said to him self that it would be a wonderfull oprtunet and just couldn't say no. He told his friend that he would take the jod.
When Luke truned 18 thay could have drafted him over to the army but they didn't. Luke claims in the article that he was ment for the job becues he was rased on his aunt's farm. Yet he was not ready for the sea.
Luke said he saw some pritty cool stuff. Thay also had some fun on the ship when the anamals were out. When Luke came home his aunt was probuly rilly thankfull that he came back ok.
He probuly was thankfull that he got to come home becoues the other seagoing cowboys didn't do as much seagoing as him. Luke said going over seas let him be more aware for people and there needs, thats what lead him to latter on hosting international students in his home for many years. | 0 |
Introduction-
People, Muesums, and Schools are still wandering "to this day" if Leonardo Da Vinci made his famous painting of Mona Lisa with a smile on "her" face, well, in Paragraph 1(Lines 1-2), there is a descripion of how Nick D'Alto is saying that Mona Lisa is Eighty-Three percent happy, Nine percent disgusted, Six percent fearful, and Two percent angry. The new technology system being described in the
Facial Action Coding System (suggested by Dr. Huang) could possibly make a big difference of how Mona Lisa "REALLY FEELS", and how it would be easier for students to learn about whether or not "She" was made "HAPPY" in Da'Vinci's paintings.
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Some students in the Twenty-First Century are not willing to learn about certain topics in school because of all the other amazing internet resources and games they think are part of computer freedom, but inspite of Three- Dimentinal vision, Mona Lisa could have been much angrier than what she might have seemed like in her face, and she might have been fearful because of her hair style and her looks "in the dark!" Maybe, there was a possibility that a demostration of Mona Lisa could test how well with a(n) computer with "2020 Vision Software", or have a(n) emotional sensor flashdrive to attach to your PC Engine when you want there to be certain conducting over feelings from your computer technology. I think that this kind of technology is kind of un-realistic, but it would be a good source for what the person studying in will thinks about what he learned in the past "Once enough of the Life-Story of the person has gone by." In Paragraph 3 "Lines 18-31", I would imagine that constructing a computer that has a lot of functions and features could lack the knowledge of a person's understanding of how to "USE" the computer properly, which will turn out to be more like "TRASHWARE" than "SOFTWARE". The biggest part I think the Facial Action Coding System "Is Worth" is how you can just control anything in your "IMAGINATION" to discover the strong ways that you can make video games from your imagination, show how you truly feel, and picture yourself " in that video game." Dr. Huang is not a bad "Pre- Innovator", but he could have added specific date(s) to his context.
Conclusion-
If a type of computer with 3-D software were to exist, then there would be a great possibility that by Two- Thousand Twenty, there will be the greatest chance of a computer with special features existing "if Dr. Huang will start planning how the computer he's wishing to come out will be invented." | 0 |
Dear Senator,
I think you should get rid of the Electoral College and use poular vote instead. I think this because the Electoral College acts as one. The Electoral College also does not give every state a chance to see who they are voting for. And last, but not least its just confusing.
I think you should use popular vote instead of the Electoral College because the Electoral College votes as a whole. There is not just one person in a state, there are thosands, sometimes millions. Not every single person cast the same vote, not every single person has the same views. If the Electoral College was used than it votes as a unanamyous vote, while there are different political parties within that state.
Another reason the Electoral College should not be used because it does not give evey state a fair chance. The Electoral College does not give every state a fair chance because the presidential canidates only visit the states with the larger amounts of electoral votes or the swing states. If a state doesn't have a large number of votes or isn't a swing state the canidates don't visit as said in source two. The smaller states don't see the canidates as much as the larger states because the Elctoral College makes it seem as though they can only have little if any impact on the outcome of the presidential race.
The final reason reason why the Electoral College should not be use dis because its just so confusing. The popular vote is a lot easier to understand than the Electoral College. Many people get confused during the election days because they do not understand the Electoral College. When they are voting they think they are voting for the President. The Electoral College doesn't mean that you are voting for the President you want, it just means that you're voting for the people who also want to vote for the same President as you.
In conclusion, Senator, these are the reasons why I think that we should use the popular vote instead of the Electoral College. First, the Electoral College votes as a whole instead of showing the a state's differences. Secondly, Presidentail canidates don't visit the states with a smaller amount of electoral votes. And lastly, the Electoral College is just confusing. | 3 |
Summary
The "Face on Mars" was found during a search for a possible landing site for the sister ship of Viking 1,
Pictures were taken during the search, a showy likeness of a human face was spotted.
An enourmous head close to two miles from end to end, was looking back at the camera.
Scientists believed it was just another Martian mesa, common around a region of Mars called Cydonia. But it had unusual shadows that made it look similar to an Egypt Pharaoh.
The "Face on Mars" is a huge rock formation, which resembles a human head.
Shadows gave the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and because of this, it caused alot of attention to Mars. People believe that it was an alien monument, but proof showed that it was, just a natural landform.
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Argumentative Essay
Few Scientists believe the Face was an alien artifact.
Photographing Cydonia and the Face became a priorty for NASA.
Eighteen years after the Viking missions ended, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in September, 1997.
On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin, and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team took a photo ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos in 1976.
Thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site. To no surprise at all, revealed . . . a natural landform. No alien monument after all, Just rocks.
When the photo was taken it was winter in April '98. A cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to look through wispy clouds to see the Face, skeptics believe that because of this the alien markings were hidden. As said in the article
"Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maxium resolution."
The pixels in the 2001 image spans to 1.56 meters.
While the best 1976 Viking photo had 43 meters per pixel.
In a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, if there were objects on the ground in this picture, you could see what they were just by looking at it.
The picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, commonly found around the American West.
"It reminds me of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." | 0 |
In the article " Unmasking the Face on Mars", there has been an argument about whether or whether not it is a natural landform. Some people suggest that it was formed by alien life on Mars and some people believe that it is a natrual landform. I believe it is a natural landform because of what the scientists have found.
The text states, ...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Not only was the Face formed but it was also and illusion. The text also states, "...snapped a picture ten time sharper than the original Viking photos...revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The scientists had taken a better picture after they viewed it again proving it was a natural landform. Lastly, although not everyone was satisfied, the scientists had stated, " It's not easy to target Cydonia...In fact, it's hard work." This shows that just because the supposed "alien markings" were hidden by clouds or haze, doesn't mean they are alien markings. The text states, " It's not easy to target Cydonia...In fact, It's hard work..." So to prove that the " alien markings" was just a natural landform, scientists took a second look and captured the best photo they have and proved that is was just a butte or a mesa which were " common landforms around the American West." This evidence shows that is is a natural landform that is an equivalent to America's common landforms.
I believe that it is a natural landform because of what scientists have found. Scientists have taken pictures and second looks of those pictures to prove that the Face isn't "alien markings", but a natural landform. All this evidence proves that the Face is a natural landform and while my evidence shows something else, there could be evidence that shows it is alien markings. So what is your view on the Face? | 2 |
Emotions can be expressed everyday, wether you are happy, surprized, angry, disgust, feard, and, sad, you still show some emotion. Now technology is improving and they now know the facial expression that the Mona Lisa is making. "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry" (Paragraph 1). The technology that was used to find it out was a technology called Facial Action Coding System or FACS. The technology should be used more in the future and it's a great technology that has been made in the years.
Technology changes everytime, but facial recognition could be very usefull. Many people could use it to find people facial expression if they don't know their expression. With this technolog, you could find the students expression on something and could possibly help them with them. The technology can be very usefull.
Students have sometimes trouble in class, but sometimes they are afraid to ask. The person who is using the technology could help them and know their feeling. They could easily get help from a person.
The teacher could also play a big role when they use the technology. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (Paragraph 6). What Dr. Huang said was that with this technology, teachers could change the lesson to be not boring. If the lesson is boring, the student who is bored would pay less attention to that class and probably fail, but if it was a class and he was more happy about it, he could memorize it and could not forget it and learn what he did in class.
Another thing it can do is help from the confussion of the student. If the student is confused in class, the teacher could change and modify it for a simpler explanation. Then the student would understand it more and they would learn from it more easier.
The FACS technology is very helpful and could help a lot of students. It even found the emocion expression of a famous art work draw by Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa. It solved something that is very old and knew it's expressions.
Who wants their students to fail in a class? There is a simple fix, the FACS technology which could help the student pay more attention in class and get little or no borem at all. | 3 |
In the story making mona lisa smile the author talked about some very intersting new technolgy for computers. the new technolgy can tell if someone is happy or sad. the new technolgy would be very valuable for school class rooms in this day and age. there are alout of ways that the new technolgy could help both studnts and teachers. the main things that are inportant are in paragrapgh six and also paragraph nine.
The resone paragraph six is very helpful it talkes about how the new computer technolgy can tell if a student is becoming confused or bored or also if the student needs help. the way it can help students is by making the lession less or also giving more exampls to help the students understand. also as a student this would help alout since some students are kinda shy when it comes to school.
there are not alout of students that like to ask for help. the resone some students dont like to ask for help is becuse they may not know what or how to ask the qustion or if they need help. this is where the new technolygy can come into play. this can get the student help or also make the lesson shorter.
The resone paragraph nine is so important is that is talkes about the diffrent emotion adds can make us as humans fill. it also talks about the difrrent adss that can be shown.
lets say if it sees that your sad it will show you a funny add to make you happy.
that is one resone that it can tell if your happy or sad. this would also make alout of people have a good day if they didnt have the best day to start out with. that is how the new technolgy can help and also make people have a better day.
This new technolgy should be on all school computers. the resone why it should be on all school computers is that this could make the students in the schools better at learning and also happy. that is why this is a possitive and also very helpful system to have on computers.
this would help the shy satudents that dont like to show emotions or also that dont like to ask qustions.
so lets put this new computer technolgy to work and lets put it on every school computer. | 2 |
My view on self driving cars are mixd. They are on the fence. I don't trust the tecnolgie right now but I know in the futre they will be a lot more reliuble. Now the computers are fast but not fast enough. The cars can't be matnecd by any old car shop and the car is not fast at all they are slow to slow. I think that smart cars or self driving cars are a good idea but wont ever work like they want them to.
The first reson is the tecnolgie it is not good enough to do what we want it to do.They can't predict or know what another drivers are going to do. I don't think tecnolgie will ever be able to know we are going to do that will be like makeing a human brain and that is imposble and will be for a long time. The camras are not powerfull enough to see things coming at it or going towreds
other things fast enough.
Another thing is that is covenc and money. If your car breaks down or gets damged you can't take it to any old car shop you havr to take it to the new one that can charge any thing becaus they are the only one around. It is just a huge pain. It will be really hard to get evreone to change to a new car they cat afored.
last reson slef driving cars are not practical are the style how they look. They will look like crap. They will have a big camrea on the top and a bunch of sensers they wont come in evrey style of car there are. They will be to slow alsow they probley wont go past speed limint and if I need to go some where fast I need to drive a little bit faster. They are just not practical they are cool idea but not practiclal.
The care is cool but not a realitie. It has ups but it has a few more downs yea it can drive you without you having to do anything and you can go non stop. I would not take the risk or the tecnolgie. It also cost to much to work on and to much to buy. Also is way to slow for me. The car just has to many cons to over way the pros and I wont buy some thing that is more bad than good. How would other people like the car what I want to know what they think what do you think? | 2 |
Dear,
Sate Senator ,
We need to keep the Electoral College . It clearly states in paragraph 1 why we need to keep the Electoral College there are so many reason why but only one can bring it to staying in the system."Electoale College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a comprise between election of the President by vote in Congress and elction of the President by a polular vite of quarified citizens". What i am clearly trying to state is the the Elecotoral College needs to stay in the system.
Many people will say different but only in my opinion we need ot keep the Elcectral College, it is part of the Constitution of the United Sates of America if it clearly staes stuff about the Electoal College in the Consistitution then that means you need to keep it in the sistem to help with all the dier need that the world has to offer for the Electoral College just dont get rid of it for no reason you need to have a really great suggestion to remove it out of the system.
All i am trying to say is that in my opinion if you care at all, the we need to keep the Electoral College alive dont just kick it out the system if it sates its name in the Constitution then it need to stay where its at dont delte it from the program just becauss of some stupid process you need a darn good reason to remove it not just because you feel like it thats not good enough you need to show emotion about how the Electoral College is in the Constisution
Please look at my reason in why to keep it in the sytem thank you so greatly much. Just take me up on my opinion i am usally right in cases like this i show great emotion in stuff like this all you need to do is look at the facts and you will see why i want the it to stay moving and not to be kicked out. | 0 |
Since the industial revolution the demand for cars has grown. Cars have been needed for transport to go to work, school, or just plain traveling. But recently the demand has decreasing. All around the world "no car suburbs" popped up and people are dying to move. In source one a German city named Vauban only have 70 percent of families owning cars while 57 percent sold their cars to move to Vauban. This new trend of no automobiles is said to lessen stress, reduce smog/ greenhouse emissions, and make cities more accessible. "America's love affair with its vehicles seem to be cooling" says source four.
Greenhouse edmissions wither away with the less cars that ride up and down streets. In Paris, the typical smog reaches to about "147 microgram of particulate matter per cubic meter" stated by source two. This makes it harder for traffic to see and causes an unsafe enviornment for walking. Paris was said to have banned half of cars one day and another half the other and the smog was cleared enough to rescind the no car rule. Greenhouse edmissions, like carbon, can cause acid rain, raises the temperature, and can clog up breathing pathways making it unsafe to go outside when the smog is strong. Carbon can be admitted through the fuel of cars. In France, over 50 percent of cars use diesel fuel which causes a greater amount of greenhouse gas edmission. If society can walk or ride bikes to work or school then the amount of automobiles needed will decrease. The lessening number of automobiles can help create a safer and healthier enviornment.
Not only is the 'no car' trend happening in Europe and developed countries but it is happening all around the world. Source three talks about Bogota, Colombia using a no car program. Once a year Colombia participates in a no car day. "Million of Colombians hiked, bikes, skates, or took busses to work". The ones that did not were given a 25 dollar fine. This day in Bogota has gotten so popular that people from other countries have traveled just to witness. The idea of no cars can improve city dynamics. Bogota alone has built 118 miles of bycicle paths. The open area away from cars has created room to build parks and sport areas, restaurants, and shopping centers. While the revenue of cars are decreasing these new areas are increasing in revenue. If using no cars for a day can have this large of an impact in a developing country than it must create a big impact for developed countries.
Even though a no car program can be a huge benefit there are still people disagreeing. A growing crime rate can make it not be safe enough to walk or ride a bycicle to work. For some, work may be to far away to create a short enough walk or ride. Some places, like here in Florida, does not have a transit station close by. But even the idea of car-pooling can lessen the the use of cars. Picking up just a couple of friends on the way to work or school can lessen the amount of cars on the road. This can create less traffic and carbon emissions and is safer than walking or riding a bike alone. While some argue that the demand for cars has shrunk due the recession it can also be said that cars may not be the top priority. Source four states that between 2001 and 2009 the amount of young adults driving had decreased by 23 percent.
Wether your on your way to work, school, or practice it would be smart to find another way of transportation. If your new years resolution was to get fit and go to the gym, ride your bike or run to work. Bicycling and walking can create a healthier you. Cars have done more harm that good to the enviornment but it is not too late to change that. We can use places like France, Germany, and Colombia as a great example of a new way to change life. Lets do ourselves a favor and maybe pick up a buddy on the way to work, or ride a bike, take the train, or walk. Lets take part in the new trend of no automobiles. | 4 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author claims that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He provides many details over why travelling to Venus is such a challenge. However, he does not support his claim well because he does not give enough reasons as to why it would worth it to go there.
The second part of his claim has a lot of evidence for it. In the third paragraph, he details many of the dangers faced by anyone wishing to go to Venus. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. [...] temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet [...] such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." This description is filled with details that cause readers to be understandably adverse to the thought of travelling to a planet with these conditions. This imagery fully supports how studying Venus would be deadly.
Despite this, the author does not do much to explain why studying Venus is worth the risk. In the fourth paragraph he claims that the reason why scientists are discussing further visits is because "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The second piece of evidence he provides is that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit," alluding to the second paragraph, where he explained that Earth, Venus, and Mars all orbit the sun at different speeds, causing them to vary in the distances they are from each other. The facts that Venus is a little bit like Earth and that it is one of two planets that are near to Earth sometimes do not cause readers to feel like a trip to Venus is justified, because these do not seem like good enough reasons to brave the dangers. These are the only two justifications the author offers before labeling the value of returning to Venus as "indisputable." Compared to the huge amount of challenges in the paragraph before, readers do not feel the same way. The author then goes on to explain how NASA would send people to Venus, which does not support the claim at all.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" claims that the benefits of exploring Venus outweigh the difficulties. He gives a lot of evidence as to why it would be difficult to travel to Venus. Overall, he does not fully back up his claim, because he provides few examples of reasons why it would be worth it. | 4 |
There are alot reasons to keep our the despised method of choosing the President. The First reason is because Certainty of Outcome, in the text its states that "The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. Another example from the text is "Obama, he recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney... because all of the states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis.
Another reason is that the Electiral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal,in that case, no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, a solid regional favorite such as Romney was in the South , has no reason to campaign in those states because of the poor economy and because its not a wealthy state, he wont be able to campaign heavily. So he left with no votes and would have to find his Electoral College votes in a more suitable area. In the text its states that "It is a Desriable result because a candidate with regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president."
Also the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance the large states by population lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment Senate decreed in the Constitution. My proof is in the text "The popular vote was very close in Florida in 2012 nevertheless Obama who won the that vote got 29 electoral votes. A same victory by the same margin in Wynoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes."So, other things equal, a large state gets more attention compared to a small state.
And Finally the Electoral College avoids the problemof elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. For example "Richard Nixon in '68 and Bill Clinton in '92 both had on 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the in the Electoral College.
In Conclusion I think that the we should keep Electoral Colleges and changing to election by popular voting to vote for a President. | 2 |
Driverless cars should not be developed. The cars still need the help of people to perform some activities. The cars also will have millions of sensors that at any one point if one goes bad the whole car would not be able to function properly. Driving also requires the driver to be alert at all times. Driverless cars are going to have ways to entertain the driver instead of keeping the driver focused on the task at hand. With all of these potential problems driverless cars should not be developed.
The cars can brake and go on their own to help the person driving. They also vibrate when you are about to back into something or are drifting into another lane, but they can not correct these things. Some cars can drive themselves but can not function properly when coming to a roadwork area or an accident scene. If a car is incapable of dealing with these contingencies we should not develop them.
Cars that can drive themselves need millions of censors just to stay on the road let alone the lane. In paragraph 4 the prompt talks about the cars using LIDAR which is a device that projects a laser and spins on top of the car. Every rotation showing the computer the cars surroundings. While on the road however the LIDAR could spin around and before it get around again an object could have found its way to being in the path of the car giving the car, depending on its speed, hardly any or no time to react. Other sensors could go bad or just the slightest miscalculation or glitch in anything could spell disaster for the car and its passenger(s). These cars should not be developed given today's unreliable technology.
In paragraph 8 the questions, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?" and, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?", were asked. In the same paragraph the author answers the question by saying, "We have to interpret the driving fun in new way." Manufacturers hope to fix that problem by introducing "in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays."(Paragraph 8) These same ideas contradict the claim in paragraph 9 that says, "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best acieved with alert drivers." How can drivers be alert if they are busy "having fun" before the car decides to hand over the controls to the driver. Driverless cars are just going to cause more accidents due to the lack of attention the drivers are giving the road.
Driverless cars should not be developed because they still require human assistance, there are too many things that can go wrong with the technology required, and that driving takes alert drivers, the same drivers that are going to be "entertained" while they wait for their turn to drive. | 4 |
Venus is called “Evening Star,”. Venus is the closest planet to Earth.Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is sometimes right around the corner,in space terms,humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
Atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet. Venus cover Large Ocean and suppor virous forms of life, just like Earth. (NASA) has one particularly idear for sending humans to study Venus. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.
Temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground. rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.
Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Venus is really danger.spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. | 2 |
Do you think you could live without a car? In some cities across the world people dont even use cars. Being car free is a good idea because it reduces the level of polution in the enviroment and it saves resources.
To begin with, being car free would be better off because it reduces the level of polution. For example,"Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals" as stated by Robert Duffer in the article "Paris bans driving due to smog". Paris made a driving ban that fined different drivers on certain days going by their liscence plate numbers. This law caused the smog to clear just enough for the French to uplift the ban. Another example of where being car free reduced polution is in Bogata, Columbia. Where anually they'd go a day without cars. "Violators faaced $25 fines." quoted from Andrew Selsky's article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota". Business man Calos Aruro Plaza said on that day,"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Finally being car free is a good idea because it reduces the amount of pollution put into the air.
In conclusion, in order to reduce pollution and save resources more cities should think about being car-free. | 1 |
The wheel was the first step that took society into the making of the mobile car. Today millions of cars are made each year to help humans transport around the cities and streets around the world. Every vehicle that is powered by gasoline emits carbon dioxide, this gas is very harmful for the enviorment, it causes the ozone later to slowly dissolve and it also causes acid rains. Traffic jams is one of the many effects of having too many cars in a certain populated area. Debt has also been an influencial part in the quantity of cars around the globe. Car usage and production should be drasticly reduced to ensure a better future for all living things in the Planet Earth.
Furthermore, Global warming has slowly made its toll on Earth, most of which has been produced by the Carbon Dioxide gases in the atmosphere, this gas is a mayor green house gas. Over the years cars have been more exstensivly used and have a great percentage in world contamination, As stated in article 1 pharagraph 5 "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensove areas in the united states". This being, if car production and usage are reduced, Earth will have positive reactions to this change. The levels of global warming will also be reduced all around, this will help us conserve our north and south poles for a longer period of time, keeping safe all the animals related to that area like penguinzs and polar bears.
In addition, Traffic jams arent the most pleaseant place to be, due to the fact that they're unpredictable and in most cases highly annoying. Information from passage 2 pharagraph 14 states that "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france", this was due to oderly assigning days in which certain cars with certain license plates can drive through the cities of france. Less congestion means higher percent in mobility all around, this can greatly effect a 3 hour traffic jam to a simple 20 minute ride. Coming and going from places can be a brease, and this will also facilitate extra time for other potential activities. Reducing car usage and congestion can also lead to less accidents and car crashes.
Moreover, Leasing or buying a new car can come heavy on the pocket. Financial debt has been arounced ever since a currency started, debt is unpredictable sometimes and can happen to any individual. Having the latest model of a car can be a luxury only some can afford, the individuals who try and cant afford it ussually end up in debt, as reinforced in article 4 pharagraph 32 "Cash- Strapped americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed werent going to work anyway". Ussually some individuals "bite more than they can chew" and this can harm not only one indivual, but the economy as a whole. Reducing the mayor debt that can come from car leasing can improve a counrtys economy and benift milliones of individuals.
Concluding, many reasons show society to reduce the usage of cars. One being that gasoline and petrolium powered cars can contaminate the planet Earth, melt our poles, destroy the ozone layer and cause harmful weather effects. Also, the reduction of cars can lead to the de-congestion of cities in which indiviuals can more easily and freely move around adding time for them to use as they like. Lastly, the economy can have a mayor boost if car reduction and usage from leasing can occur. In conclusion, the reduction of car usage and production is a great benefit for every individual who lives on Earth, and can lead to many great outcomes that will help members of society enjoy a better life style and have a safer future. | 4 |
Some people have never thought about the plant Venus,but it is closer to our plant then any other plant. The author says why people should explor the plant Venus,but the exploring it will be dangers. The author says that the plant Venus is sometimes referred as Earth's twin. Also the author says that the plant Venus is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit it you go to Venus. Also in the article Venus has never been visted since three decades.
First, the author supports his idea by saying that the exploring will be dangers but not that much. For example if you go to explore the plant Venus there is a chance of you been in danger. Also in our plant the temperatures averages about 800 degrees Fahrenheit and on the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. Also another example is when the author says "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like eurpting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes" which means that the danger is high. Also the author says "since no spacecraft survived the landing" which means that it is dangers and could have a chance to die.
Second, the author supports his idea by saying that "Venus is Eath's twin". For example Venus is the closest plant to Earth after the sun. Also in the article it says "eurpting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes" which means the Earth has the same things. Also another example is in the article it says "planting and farming can happen" which leads that the Earth you can plant and farm same as Venus. The plant Venus is the same as the Earth,but Venus is more dangers.
Thrid, the author supports his idea by saying that the "plant Venus is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit". For example if you go to the plant Venus you will have a chance of diying. Also in Earth the highest temperature was about 110 degrees Fahrenheit,but in the plant Venus it is 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Also another example the author says that "the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater" which means the pressure in the plant Venus is greater than the Earth's pressure. The pressure is high in the plant Venus,and also it is higher than the Earth's.
In conclusion the plant Venus is very dangers. Also in the plant Venus you can die because of it is danger. Also another reason is that the plant Venus is the Earth's twin they have a lot of similar things. Also the plant Venus is more hotter than the Earth, and you can die in it. Therefor, the author supported his ideas with good information. | 2 |
I think that the author is suggesting that studying venus is worth a pursuit despite the dangers. because they can find different types of species and able to figure out if there is life/organism. And NASA is trying to figure out methonds on how the could have their equipment not damage or destroyed by how hot the temperature their is . And NASA might use silicon carbide for the projects for venus and NASA is going to use a old technology called a mechanical computers the deviced was made in the 1800s and was played a important role in 1940s in world war II.
But the device can caculate only using lever and gears. But the problem of modern technology it has it's pros and cons the pros is that it's powerful, flexible,and quick. and cons is that it's very delicate when it's in on extreme physical comditions.
NASA is going to send people to study venus but the surface might be to extreme for but the the scientist are going to foalt abpve ground like around 30 feet or more but the surface of venus is extremly hot like around 170 degress Fahreheit
(Now that hot) but Earth,venus,and mars are some what close to each other kinda like neighbors.
Venus has it's atomsphere very thick almost 97%of almost pure carbon dioxide blankets now thats a lot. it's challenging bevause the clouds have a high corrosive sulfuric acid in venus and the average temperature is around 800 degrees Faherheit! and the atmospheric to be more scientific the pressure around venus atmopshere is around 90 times greater thaat what we have on earth and the conditions on venus is far more extreme then any other human ever experience on our own planet. | 1 |
Making Mona Lisa Smile the authour describes how new technology called The Facial Action Coding System Enables computers to identify human emotions. The process beging when the computer constructs A 3-D, Eckman has classified six basic emotions, The facial expressions for each emotion are universal.
Why I disagree with the authour is because you can't tell people emotions even with the computers. In the story its says that "The process beging when the compputer constructs A 3-D Computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the modle must move like humans muscles"(3). A human can move there face in many different ways even if there sad they can have a happy look on there face if the happy they could have a sad look on they face. So what this proves is that computer try to tell your emotions by your face expresions but really can't.
Humans have a lot of emotions some you can see and some you can not see but all humans have there main emotions. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles"(3). So what this is saying is that your main emotions can be known by a computer because you so different expressions when you are in them emotions. But even if you are show different emotions it would still be hard for a computer to tell how you fell even if it was the smartest computer in the world because say you are mad but even know your mad you showing expressions of being happy so what would the computer say it would most likely say your happy even know your not.
Everybody show there facial expressions for each emotion. in the story it says that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, observes DR Hunang, even thought individuals often show varying degrees of expression like not smiling a broadly"(4). And what that is saying is that when you are happy you show a facial expressions or even sad or depressed. Some people do show a lot of emotions but somepeople dont could make it harded for a computer to read if your happy are not.
So what I have proven in The process beging when the computer constructs A 3-D, Eckman has classified six basic emotions, The facial expressions for each emotion are universal. Is that computer would not be a very good way of reading people emotions. Because have there own way of showing the feelings and emotions so show heavy emotions some show light emotions. | 3 |
The face of mars is just a landform, because the first picture taken of the face like landform is not high quality,
NASA would not of given up this imformation of life on mars yet if it had been proof of life, and another clearer picture was taken of the face of mars
The face of mars is just a lanform, because the first picture taken of face like landform was not high quality.
i know this because each pixel in the picture covered 43 meters.
There where lots of shadows on the landform.
It took them a litte while to take a decent picture, so that could mean some other angles didn't make it look like a face.
The face of mars is just a landform, because NASA wouldn't of given up the imformation yet.
Conspiracy theorist belive that if this was really a alien face at NASA would of kept it classified.
NASA would of done more reseach on it before they stated that it was proof of life on mars.
The face of mars is just a landform, because another clearer picture was taken of the face of mars.
This is true because twenty-five years later another high quality picture was taken.
This new picure had each pixel cover 1.56 meters, as too the first picture that covered 43 meters per pixel.
This allows for a much clearer image that showed that it was just a landform.
The face of mars is just a face because the first picture taken was extremly unclear.
NASA would of wanted to do more reseach before they showed the world if they belived that it was proof of life on mars.
A new much more high quality picture was taken that showed that it was not a face. | 2 |
I believe that the cars are safe to an extent. These driveless cars would prevent crashes. But they are not complety drivless they still need human help. Whats to say the car is driving itself and when it switches to manul and the drivers not paying attention, or if the sytem is not working right and it does not alert the driver to turn or break. There are a lot of things that can go wrong. But on the other hand there is a lot that can go right. The sensors in the cars could allow the car to break long before the driver can react. These sensors can stop drivers from backing into things. the gps and 3D mapping could allow drivers to avoid crashes and avoid contrustion on roads. This would save drivers a lot of time. In closing I do believe that these cars are safe but to an ectend because they can not fully drive themselves. | 1 |
In many places there are people who have given up their cars because there is only two places that they could park in dowtown Freiburg so they don't have alot of space to park their vehicle. About 70 percent of the families who are Vauban's dont have cars and 57 percent of those people sold their cars to move there. While in the United States, Environmental Protection Agency is promoting car reduced communities and legislators who act in this in a cautios way. Experts want public transport to play a larger role in a new federal bill that would be approved this year. Paris enforced partial of the driving ban to clear the global city. About 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine so this is many of the advantages that citizens have in limited car usage so there is not much that drivers in this countries have that many people do have. In Bogota the day without cars was a part of an improvement campaign that began in the mid-1990s. President Obama's goals curb the United State's greenhouse gas and it unveiled last week and it will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in the American behavior. There was a recent studies that suggested that Americans are buying few cars and driving less also getting fewer licenses each year that goes by and that has left researchers pondering questions. Company's like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves a broader product range. | 0 |
In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile Dr. Paul Eckman creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). I think the that the technology should be used in classrooms because it can detect the emotion of the students. I think it would be good because the technology cna se if the students are getting tired or they are angry about somthing or sad about something. This technology would be good for teachers to they can see if someone is getting bored and they need to change the lesson a little bit or they student is getting tired and they can get the student(s) up and moving around so they are not tired. Another reason I think this technology would be good is because if the students are working on homework or a project in class they can see the student(s) emotion change and see if the student(s) like what they are worki ng on based on they facial expression. My final argument why this technology would be good for in the classroom is because if you are watching a movie in class the teacher can detect your facial expression and see if you are enjoying what you are watching or if you are upset or angry about what you are watching. | 1 |
My opinion on driverless cars is negative. They could cause many safety hazards and people could end up getting injured. With humans driving it is much more simple, because they are able to correct their mistakes and are able to drive through most areas of the road, while the driverless cars need a human to drive through heavy traffic and construction zones.
The idea of driverless cars is neat but it doesn't sound as safe as having a human behind the wheel. I mean being able to drive is a big deal. So why would we take that away by putting computers behind the wheel? The whole idea with the computers behind the wheel and driving everyone around like they are all a taxi is a nice idea as well but would it not be easier to just drive yourself around? Computers can also have malfunctions so what would happen if this were to happen while they were driving down the highway with a family in the vehicle? I would much rather have an actual human being behind the wheel of the family car than a computer that could malfunction and cause the vehicle to crash at any time.
The whole idea of the driverless car makes people sound lazy and as if they don't want to do anything themselves. People just don't want to do anything at all anymore and driving is another thing to add to that list of many things. Humans can adjust to driving and can safely travel through construction sights and heavy traffic as if it is nothing. As of today driverless cars don't sound very safe, but in the future they could possibly be a thing. If they are able to make changes to the cars and the computers are able to successfully travel through any type of traffic, construction zone, etc... then they might work. But until that happens I believe that humans should continue driving themselves places or taking public transportation because anything could happen with no driver behind the wheel.
The sensors in cars are more advanced today than they have ever been but nothing is created without flaws. What would happen if the sensor stops working and the car isn't able to tell what is around it and rear ends somebody? Who would take the blame for the accident and who would pay for the damages?
I believe that as of today the idea of driverless cars would work to a point. But they could have an accident at any moment and that isn't very good. Possibly in the future when we have more advanced computers and more advanced roads or sensors the driverless cars could possibly work, but until the driverless car is completely invented we won't really know about how well they work or how well they don't work. | 3 |
Cars are used everyday to get from one place to another. In some places, people depend on cars more than others that live in different parts of the world. However, the reduction of car usage has many advantages; the planet would grealty benefit from less pollution, traffic jams would not be as frequent, and people become more healthy as a result.
Limiting the use of cars would greatly help the problem of pollution in the world today. In the article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal,
In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars, she describes what affects cars have on pollution, "Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes....Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United Sates" (Rosenthal). One can clearly see that cars are a major factor in the pollution dilemma that so many peole are trying to resolve. Everyone can take a part in the resolution of reducing pollution by depending less on cars and using other modes of transport such as public transportation, biking, or even walking. Some cities are placing enforcements to ban the usage of cars. Paris is an example of one of these locations. The result of the enforcemnt was that congestion (or smog) went down 60 percent. This is a great improvemnt for the city, which is known for having near-record pollution. Multiplying these enforcemnts to other cities would definitely bring down a large percent of the pollution found on Earth. This is benefiting not only the planet, but also the population that lives on the planet by enabling them to breathe healthier air.
The cause of traffic jams is the abundant amount of cars on the road, which could be avoided if less cars were used. Andrew Selsky wrote in his article,
Care-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota , "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a care-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Selsky). With no cars to clog the streets, a relaxed sentiment took the place of a usually anxious and hurried feeling. Rush-hour restrictions were put in act, and have drastically cut traffic. Less honking takes place, and more time is saved in order to get to one's destination. Cars are not always needed to get someone where they want to go, and the enviornment is less stressul without all of the congestion of cars on the road.
People become more healthy when car usage is limited. Instead of taking a car to get from point A to point B, some people are walking or biking instead. This is a huge benefit to the people that are exercising. Also, in
Care-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota, it says that parks and sports centers have bloomed throuhout the city of Bogota because of the decreased usage of automobiles. The parks and sport centers help people stay active and healthy.
Although cars are useful in order to get to one's destination, there are many advantages to cutting back the usage of them. A huge advantage is that pollution would drastically go down. Another is the time and stress saved from less traffic jams. Lastly, people would benefit from the way they are making their lives more healthy. | 4 |
I Luke, think that participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program would be a good thing to do for so many people. This program helps you learn some life skills, get new experiences, and still have some fun. Most of the time you will be with animals, traveling, seeing new places and dicovering new things. This program alows you to get closer to animals and learn about them.
One benifit from being in this program is you get to travel to so many places. For example on my way to China I got to tour in a castle in Crete, and marvel at the Panama Canal. You might think you will not learn on these trips, but there are many leason's and other things you will learn.
When your traveling you get to learn to be aware of other people and their needs from different countrys, you will learn some of their ways with animals.
One thing I think is the best part about being in this participating in this program is, you get to help animals and take care of them. At least three times a day you had to feed, water them, and every once and a while all of the stalls have to be cleaned. Most people think helping animals is not going to be any fun, but there are some fun things you get to do. When the animals are unloaded you get tp play baseball, volleyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass the time.
You still might say this is not going to be a good experence but, there are a lot of animals you get to work with. Some of the animals are horses, young cows, mules and more. When you are with the animals you get to help them and work with them. If you are not the type of person who likes animals this is not for you. So in conclusion this is why I think this program would be a good choice for people to be in. | 3 |
In Vauban, Germany, there are no cars. The only way to travel aside from walking or bicycling is the tram to downtown Freiburg. If someone has a car, they have to put it in their home or a large garage that costs $40,000 to keep. Vauban is starting the movement to limit car usage, allowing almost none at all, albeit the tram and a few streets on the edge of the community. Vauban is making their city safer because people are free to walk around without the worry that a car will drive by and hit them. The limit of car usage is a great idea because it provides more safety for people and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, which cars are responsible for 12 percent of in Europe, and 50 percent in parts of the United States.
To make this switch easier in suburbs, stores are put not on a highway, but on a main street that people can walk to. A community without cars provides its citizens with the ability to travel wherever they want on foot because things are much closer, and it also provides exercise. They would get more of a workout walking from place to place than driving around, letting loose greenhouse gases and putting others in danger with a two ton metal contraption. In Columbia, the residents of Bogota have been car free for three years, with the exception of buses and taxis. They are promoting alternative transportation and reducing smog, and also reducing the stress of some people. One man described riding a two-seat bicycle around with his wife. Many places are joining in on the action, including Cali and Valledupar in Columbia, and Paris, France.
Limited car usage reduces greenhouse gas emission, increases the safety of the people, relieves stress and promotes exercise. Select places have put the idea of a cleaner and more efficient planet in motion, in which the others should follow suit. | 2 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the planet itself is dangerous. Venus is the same as the Earth, I mean it is reffered to as Earth's "twin", but there both the same only because of the density and size. Both planets do have the same shape and density, but planet Earth is much more safer than Venus.
Venus has a thick atmoshpere, so it makes it harder to breathe. For example, in the text it says," a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." It's impossible for somoene to even live on Venus because of it's own atmosphere.
Exploring and studying the planet Venus is actually challenging when you think about it. People tried to study about the planet, people have tried to explore, but in the end, it ends up failing. For example, in the text it states, " since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." This is explaining how bad the planet really is.
No spacecraft can even touch the ground on planet Venus. The reason why no spacecraft has touched down on planet Venus is because of the clouds itself. For example, in the text it explains," the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmoshpheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." Venus has a temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit, while Earth's highest temperature is at least 110 to 120 degrees. So planet Venus is very hot, that probably explains why no spacecraft can land on the planet because it's so hot in the planet that the clouds trap all that heat inside.
In conclusion, these are the reasons why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 1 |
Driverless cars sound like an exciting concept. In paragraph two it even says how people have been fasinating with cars that could driver themselves for ages now. But, in my opinion I believe driverless cars wouldn't be a good idea.
The passage gives many reasons why driverless cars would be good and why they'd also be bad. In my opinion they'd just cause more trouble than regular cars already do. In the passage it says how they have a lot of sensors, and gadgets to make them "safe," but what happens when one or a two of those sensors go out? And then the owner of the car doesn't have the money to go out and buy a new one. They're going to be driving a car that not only is putting themselves in danger, but also the people around them.
Another reason why I believe that driverless cars wouldn't be a good idea is because of what was stated in paragraph 9. What's going to happen when the car gets in an accident and causes damage to another driverless car? We already have laws that go along with regular cars, and to whom is at fault when an accident happens. These cars are going to cause so much more drama than there already is! There are going to be accidents, there is no way we can avoid it. There are going to be malfuntions in the driverless car. There are still malfunctions in the cars we drive today and you see how long we've been dribing them around! Driverless cars are only going to cause more problems that we don't need.
Let's say driverless cars become a reality, and they're everywhere. What's going to happen to the cars we drive today? I absolutly love cars, and the reason I love cars is because as a teenager that just got her license not too long ago; this is what I've been looking forward to since age seven! If manually driven cars get taken away from us how are we going to know who's worthy of driving on the street? Driverless cars are going to be everywhere. They're going to be the cars teens take their drivers test in. How exactly are people going to be able to determine whether or not they're going to be safe on the roads if a car is doing all of the work for them? I just don't see how people expect this all to work out, but then again this is probably what people were thinking when they were transitioning over from hourse and buggies to automobiles.
I believe driverless cars are a bad idea. There are dozens of details in this article to back me up on this. I've always believed why change something that's already good? It's like your mom making your favorite apple pie. It's the best apple pie you've ever had in your life. And one day your mom decides she wants to change it up a bit, and that change just completly ruins it for you. It'll never be the same again because of that one time that she decided to change it up. And that's how I see driverless cars. I see them as something that'll just ruin it for everyone. Manually driving a car gives you such a rush, it's the first thing in your life that makes you feel independent. It makes in feel like you're finally in control of your life for the first time. I feel as though it would be a shame to take that away from the people who haven't experienced it for themselves. | 3 |
Being a part of the Seagoing Cowboys was a great experience. I had no idea that it would be as much fun as it turned out to be. For me, this opportuninty meant being able to witness extraordinary places, while being able to help others. For others and yourself it could mean just the same.
I had a great deal of fun on my trip. It gave me an opportunity to see many countries that I may not have seen on any other basis, such as Venice, Italy as well as parts of China, Europe, and Greece. I also chose to spend my off time playing sports and games whenever the chance came along. Your down time; however, would be entirely up to you though, but these are some unique places and things to consider exploring.
My down time was not the most important part of the trip though. It also gave me an opportuntiy to aid others as well as animals, who's homes where left in ruins. After getting this chance to so something more in my life, I knew that this was a great thing that I had invested my time into.
Extensively, I would recomend this as a career path to any who are interested. The years that I was a Seagoing Cowboy, were a great few years in my life. I am very proud of the choice that I had made to do it. This choice changed my life in most every aspect. It opened my eyes to the world and could do the same for you. | 2 |
In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile, the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) enables computers to identify human emotions. Because of the many uses of this innovative software, it is evident that FACS would be valuable technology to use with students in a classroom.
As we walk further into the world of more and more technology, a large majority of schools across the United States are beginning to use iPads, Chromebooks, and laptops for their everyday schooling. Textbooks are online, lesson videos are posted to Youtube, and practice games are played on apps. Students are relying more on technology than ever before. Because of this, FACS would be beneficial in the learning of students. For example, the passage states, '''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor, ''' (D'Alto, Paragraph 6). If technology could save teachers time from teaching material students already know, and if a computer could efficiently determine the needs of students, this generation of kids could excell in a much greater degree than it currently is.
Another great benefit of FACS is that it would be able to sort and filter material based on your emotions to previous content. The computer software is able to detect six different emotions in addition to being able to tell if your emotions are forced or truthful. Each muscle in your face helps to show your emotion. FACS can determine which muscles were used to make your expression and therefore differentiate between real and fake emotions (D'Alto, Paragraphs 7-8). In the classroom, teachers spend hours preparing lesson plans which sometimes include videos and games. If FACS could determine the teachers emotions to the different videos and games, it could sort additional videos and quickly find content that the teacher likes and can use for his or her class. This can clearly be done because the author states, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different," (D'Alto, Paragraph 6).
In addition, FACS could detect the emotions of students after watching lesson videos or playing class games to show their reactions to the content or even to show if they understand the material or are confused.
Now is a time where technology is growing and taking over places such as schools. It is important that teachers and students are provided with the best possible ways to teach and learn in order to ensure that the next generation of doctors, engineers, and CEOs is ready for whatever comes its way. Facial Action Coding System is clearly a piece of technology that will change the way classrooms work and will benefit students and teachers alike in the goal to train kids for generations to come. It helps teachers save time spent teaching material kids already know as well as sorting out content based merely on the emotions of the face. Finally, it provides a way for teachers to recognize confused students in an attempt to create the most efficient classrooms in which students can learn. | 4 |
The 'Face' on Mars is a natural landform, not an alien structure NASA is keeping a secret. Many of the top scientists at NASA wish it was an alien structure. There have been multiple photographs that show no hieroglyphics or signs of alien life. Some of the people on the mission said that it reminds them of landforms on earth. Mars' Face is just a natural landform.
Many of the top scientists at NASA wish it was an alien structure. NASA's funding for projects is dwendeling fast, an alien structure on Mars would be huge for them. Why would NASA lie if there really was life on Mars? They wanted the Face to be an alien form as much as everyone else did.
NASA wouldn't lie about there being life on Mars, if there was they would have funding.
There have been multiple photographs that show no hieroglyphics or signs of alien life. In 1967 the Viking 1 photographed the Face on Mars, 18 years after the mission it was photographed agian. In April of 1998 Jim Garvin photographed the face, "a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." that photo revealed a natural landform. When the photo was asked to be retaken on a clear summer day, it again showed a natural landform. All the new photos point to the Mars' Face being a natural landform.
Some of the people on the mission said that it reminds them of landforms on earth. Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program found that the Face on Mars was the equivilant of a butte or mesa on earth. Buttes or mesas are common around the American west. Garvin even said that "It remeinds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," The team that Garvin led to take the picture in 2001 agree that it is a natural landform.
Mars' Face is just a natural landform. NASA wouldn't lie about there being life on Mars, if there was they would have funding. All the new photos point to the Mars Face being a natural landform. The team that Garvin led to take the picture in 2001 agree, it is a natural landform. The people at NASA, top scientists, have all agreed that the Face on Mar's is just a natural landform. | 3 |
Can you hide your emontions by having a smirk on your face? The question is yes you can but can other people find out what emontions that are hiding underneath by using a computer.
But first we have to figure out what technology can do this and how the process works. First the technology used for this type of research is called Facial Coding System and it enables computers to identify human emontions. They way the technology works is that when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. For this to work all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human mucles to recongize the face it has to work with. They're 6 emontions that the FACS is looking for, the emontions its looking for are happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear and sadness for the technology to fully work on a human face.
Different ways that FACS can be most valuable would be at school with all of your classmates would be if the school want ts to get on what emontions you are having when you take a picture. They could use this information to find out if a kid is dealing with sadness,anger, etc. Another way that this type of technology can be valuable for my classmates would be when we watn to figure out how the technology works or if we want to figure out what emontions we are expressig of taking one picture.
On the other hand the FACS wouldn't be valid in my opinion at the same time because since we are teens we don't really care about what emontions we are feeling at that time and moment. All of my classmates really care about in the present time is being online and using other technology instead of FACS. The different technology I'm talking about all of the technology on are phones, tablets, video game conseles.
Would Facial Action Coding System be helpful for me and my classmates. I'm not sure because it could be either ways when you are thinking about it becuse there are some pros and cons to FACS being helpful. But hope that it can be used to figure out different historical paintings, sculputers, etc in the future to figure out what the artist was thinking when he or she was making to art and how they felt about when they were making it. | 2 |
Driverless cars really are not such a thing of the future anymore. They are here and they are improving to imitate human driving abilities, but are we humans so sure that we want them? I mean, sure the driverless car seems so convienient and everything, but if you still have to pay attention to the road then what is the point? Driverless cars may seem great, but they truly are not.
So many teenagers are foaming at the mouth practically to get there license when they turn 16, and some people just love to drive in general. They would not want to be driven around by a computerized car. Driving yourself around is a passion for some people. I personally do not think driverless cars should be a thing. Technology is always getting bigger and smarter, but will it truly be smart enough to simulate the thought process of a human brain in a bad situation while driving? It does not seem very likely. While there are many pros to driverless cars, there are also cons. One of the main cons that comes to mind when I think of a driverless car is the safety of it. I mean sure, they may be proven to be safe, but almost all technology messes up at somepoint. How can the creators of driverless cars say that they are completely safe. For all they know there could be an unknown glitch in their server and it could cause the car to crash and the driver to die. Also, in the article they said they use a lot of sensors and radars to simulate that of the human vision. What if one accidentally broke or malfunctioned, but continued to drive seemlessly without error? As mentioned in the article, the driver could be using one of the entertainment systems that they build into the car to occupy the driver while the car is self-driving; consequently, they may neglect to see a car in front of them and crash because they were distracted by the entertainment system, and then there is a possible human life lost. Who would be at fault then? Would the company that made the car be responsible? Or how about the driver who was distracted by the car's entertainment systems? No matter who is at fault for the wreck, the wreck could have possbile been avoided if there was a human driver behind the wheel. These are jsut a couple of the many safety concerns that come with the possibility of driverless cars. While they may be advanced, futuristic vehicles, they seriously be thought about before trusting a human's life with them; consequently, I think they should be kept off of the roads until they are proven 100% safe.
I really do not think driverless cars are a good idea until they can prove that the technology that goes into them will run 100% error free and not malfunction. Until that happens they should not allow them on the roads just for the sake of human lives being at risk. All it could take is a single crash, and while I know that hasn't happened yet, it is bound to and a human life will be lost; therefore, I say keep them off of the roads. Driverless cars are not for us until we can prove that they will not glitch or mess up and crash. | 3 |
Have you ever wanted to go to another planet like Venus? In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about how people should go visit Venus but there is a lot of danger in going there. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by showing ways people can go there and the kinds of technology they have to look closely into Venus.
In the article it talks about the different ways why people should go there to explore and the discovery of it. In the article it says "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, nut the air pressure would be close that of sea level on Earth." This tells us that the planet Venus's temperature would be very high for them to go there but the sea levels of the Earth would be close so the people would be able to survive in the planet. The article also states that "However,peering at Venus from aship orbiting or hovering safely far above only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere." This also shows how NASA can go the Venus by the help of the light of the Earth and help them survive in the planet. This is how the author helps support the idea that it is worth going to Venus.
Another reason why the author proves that going to Venus is worth going despite the dangers it presents is that NASA has technology where they can explore Venus more closely because of the kind of technology they have.
In the article it states "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such contitions." This shows that NASA has the right technology to look closely into Venus and have lasted for three wekks very good conditions. This is how the author shows us how NASA has the right technology to explore the planet Venus and it is worthy to look closely into Venus because it's one the planets where people have not went or look closely at it.
In this article it tells us the different ways how we can go to Venus and to discoverly into it more because its one of the main planets in the Solar system. The author shows the reasons why it is worthly to go there despite the danger it has by showing the different ways we should go there and the kind of technology people have to discover the planet. People should allow this to happen because Venus is a planet where nobody really studies about it and has nobody been to it. | 3 |
Imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars anymore because no one needs them anymore. You can use a self-driving car, It can be a hard for transportation and assistance, it can be easier for the driver but hard on the road .
First , using a self-driving car
. Companies think that the cars will use half of fuel in today's cars .
They believes that they will fundamentally change the world. You would need to pay close attention to the road ,and even though it is self driving you would still need to keep in controll in the steering wheel.
Second , Self driving cars can be hard to handle . None of the cars are completely driverless. They can be steer , accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigation through work zones and around accidents.
The combinataion of all this input is necessary for thr driverless car to mimic the kill of a human at the wheel .
Third, Self driving cars are using a lot of safety skills . In case of bad traffic the car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Manufacters are considering using cameras to watch the that drivers remaining foucused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. | 1 |
I think that this story is interesting about how they thought that driverless was a good idea. But people thought thay it wasn't safe and dangerous on how they would be without a driver in the car. The main idea of this story is basically telling us on how the world would be in the future and how they would achieve thay goal to make. Automakers thought that it would be easy for people so that they wouldn't have to be the one driving but the thing is you never know if there will ever be a problem.
In my opinion about having driverless cars is not a good idea for our future. The reason for that is because basically automakers are making a robotic car that drives itself for the person to get to places. But when you make a robot, you can never be sure if it will ever have a problem. So say your driving to work and then something happens to the robotic car. Then it's the automakers fault for not making models to see if the driverless car would be find on its own. How the automakers say how they can make the car easy for you to not chech your phone while driving and making it do everything by itself so you don't have to do anything is not so smart. What if something doesn't work and then your stuck not figuring out what to do. To me, I'd rather be old fashion and to be able to do everything myself because then I would know that there wouldn't be able problems because I did it. It doesn't make sense though to why they would even think about having driverless cars with no one in them. Your basically just getting no where with that.
This article is very interesting and can make people either like the idea of driverless cars or don't like it. Everyone has their own opinion and no one has to agree with each other. I just don't like the idea of driverless cars becasue they basically robots driving you and a lot can go wrong unless u make early models to test them first. But you also never know if the car would last either. Like if the automakers make the car be run on gas or make be a batter you have to charge. My opinion on all of this is basically welled explained and there's is no reason to change what is now and make thing seem different. You just never know what the future holds for us. | 2 |
This Face from Mars is just a natural landform. It can't be created from aliens because aliens do not exist. Also, no one has ever seen a real alien before. They could just be making this up for the entertainment and attention. The Face even looks like a human head. I can prove that by the evidence that NASA has.
The Face even resembles a human head. There's shadowing that makes the Face a natural landform. The shadowing gives illusion of eyes, a nose, and mouth. According to paragraph 7, On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, and snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of web surfers all over the world were waiting for the image to appear on a JPL web site. It revealed that it was a natural landform and not an alien monument.
It may look like the Face was created by aliens but it is really doubtful. There is not that much evidence that it could've been an alien's marking. Perhaps, it could've been the wind and water making rocks collide to form the Face. There could be missing evidence that NASA might've not catched, but NASA does have evidence that can say it was just a natural landform. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System that reads emotional expressions would be valuable in the classroom becuase it could tell the teacher how the students are feeling about the assessment and it could help the techer be more effective in students learning.
The Facial Action Coding System would be helpful because it could tell the teachers the emotions of the students towards the lesson and it can be used as a communication tool in the classroom. For example, the article says "Dr.Chang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate". Therefore, the technology is a valuable tool becuase it helps the teacher and students communicate for better learning. Too add, the article also says "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness. Hence, the evdience shows that the technology used can help students and techers communicate for a better learning space in the classroom.
The Facial Action Coding System would be valuable for teachers to understand how the students are feeling about the assessment and help them get a idea for what they can change to better the students learning. For example, the article says " A classroom computer could recongzie when a students is becoming confused or bored". Therefore, the use of the technology can show the teachers the emotions that the students are having to help them be more focused or not confused. Too add, the article also says "Then it could mofify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". Hence, the evidence shows that the technology can benifit the teacher by help them change around there lesson plan to ensure better learning for the student.
The Facial Action Coding System can also be valuable in the classroom by helping the teacher understand the student is counfused without verbaly talking to the student. For example, the article says "Most huamn communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". Therefore, this shows that if the student is feeling embarresed becuase he/she doesn't understand something then the teacher can come over and explain to the student whats going on or how to understand the problem with them feeling like that. Too add, the technology also can tell the teacher the students is having a bad day and wants to be left alone. Hence, the technology is valuable way for teachers to know whats going on with the student.
The Facial Action Coding System is valuable because it's used as a way to show student behavior it shows how students are feeling about the assessments, and it could be helpful to teachers by showing them what the students like and don't like. | 3 |
"Is this a face created by aliens or a landform" many wonder. This specific picture of a so called "face" on Mars has captured the eyes of many. The picture that NASA has showen or released to us resembles a face like landform on Mars in 1976, but in the picture that was taken in 2001 clearly shows it was just a landform. Many people thought that there was possible life on Mars, but they are yet to discover if there really is. Many landforms like this so called "face" are found in the American West.
This "face" is just another theory that there is life on Mars.
Many people want to believe that there is life on Mars, so when the Vicking took the photo it just made them think that there was a greater chance of life on Mars.
There has been many thoughts on if this picture could really be a face or just a landform, but with improved technology NASA discovered that this "face" had occured naturally, not created by aliens. A face that was created by aliens wouldn't stick out as far as this natural landform, nor would it have stayed on Mars for over 30 years. Landfroms usually occur naturally, so who knows how long this "face'' could have been there when there were photographs taken of it , but then again it could have just popped up the day that Vicking landed there.
In 2001 they went back to see if this was an actual face or just a landform and with the higher quality cameras they could simply zoom in, which they did, and see that this was just a naturally occuring landform that formed over time. Naturally occuring lanforms happen over periods of time and that is simply what happened on Mars, it just happened to look a lot like a face.
In conclusion, this ''face'' is just a natural landform that formed over the years. There has yet to be life discovered on Mars, just landforms that have shapes of faces. Aliens did not create this face, nor was there an actual face in the Mars surface. There should be more pictures taken of this ''face'' so that it will prove that it occured naturally. Therefore, there are no faces or life on Mars surface. | 2 |
Dear State Senator,
What do you think of the Electoral College and how it plays a unfair role into elections? Shouldn't the man or woman with the most popular vote be the president? It isn't fair for the people because if more people want that particular person elected then why shouldn't he be elected? He has more people on his side after all doesn't he? These are all questions you should be asking yourself because you as State Senator have the power to abolish our states Electoral College system. There is in fact several great facts about why we should do away with the Electoral College system. Three of them might be that the Electorcal College system isn't fair between all 50 states, the winner-take-all system isn't fair towards voters, and also the "disaster factor" is completely wrong. The Electoral College system is a despised part of our should be fair elections.
Our senator have you seen how the electoral vote works? According to the third paragraph in Branford Plumers writings called "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" it clearly states as a very vaild point that the Electoral College voting system isn't doing it's job. To be precise the voting isn't up to the people at all. What happens is that we the people all go and vote for a president and one obviously has the popular vote. What happens is that the electors put our votes in and say we have mabye three hundred thousand people voting from our state and well you see we don't get that many Electoral College votes towards the president we want. Then say another state gets mabye two hundred thousand and that side has the more people in it's state then us and then they get more electorcal college votes then us but we had the mroe people. Does that seem very fair to you? To continue from there we have the Winner-Take-All system which basically does what the name applies which is that if say one side gets mabye ten more votes towards one canidate then that side gets all the Electoral votes towards that canidate and does that seem right to all the other people just because they got 10 more votes? No it doesn't and its a crime towards all the other people who voted for the other side. Next theres something called the "Distaster Effect". The "Disaster Effect" is basically that the electors don't have to put in the popular vote. The electors who are chosen by the state legislature actually look at all the votes and vote for a canidate. The more electors that put in a particular vote win and they take all the electoral votes dude to the Winner-Take-All system. The catch to that is the elecotors actually don't have to use the pouplar vote and they can vote for whomever they want to be elected. This is not for the people at all and not even close to it.
Now that I have given completely valid reasons can't you see that the Electoral College voting system is biased to serve only the goverment and a few select people. If you used the popular vote system everyone could vote for whom they choose and then we would have fair elections so the true canditate of the people is chosen.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Citizen | 3 |
The future is coming. Many new technologies will be developed over the next few years, and ideas that people have had for decades will finally have the possibility of becoming a reality. Flying cars, human-like robots, anything you can possibly imagine could very well be introduced into our future.
Although many new problems will arise with these new developments, setbacks such as driving/traffic laws, or the argument of who would be at fault in case of an accident will only be a ripple in the ocean that is our technology. These devices should most definitely be tested for years to come before they even begin to release it into the population, but in the end, I certainly agree that they could furiously enhance our style of living, and ultimately, safety for those around us.
For any of these ideas to become a reality, there is going to have to be many years of testing ahead, and many trials and errors, but in order for the human race to move forwards, as it has in the past, there are always risks and precautions that need to be taken, and warnings that we must heed. In the pass, countless lives have been taken in the name of science and technology, and I highly doubt that as we move forwards into our future, that will change much. People will always struggle to further the comfort of their living, even if that means taking from other people. It makes me wonder if technology such as this is actually going to be beneficial for our society. As I think about the health risks and funding needed for advances such as these, not to mention the threat of war from other countries, I begin to realize that maybe we will reach a point in the future where technology will no longer be beneficial to us, but instead, be counterproductive in the overall wellbeing of the world.
When all the facts are laid before me, with no deceit hidden behind fine print, only then will I believe that technological advances can only bring good into this world. Even today, it is becoming more and more apparent that social media and cellphones have altered our way of communication. No longer do we have to go outside to see people, or have conversations face to face, so that means that our world has become much smaller, yet also much bigger at the same time. Human confrontation may be a rare thing in thirty years, maybe even five. Although I, and most anyone else, enjoy the comfort of our technologies and lifestyle right now, there will most definitely come a time, maybe in the near future, where we regret pushing to try to make our life easier. Only time will tell when people begin to discover new ways to harm others, and when that time comes, we will regret ever pushing this far. | 2 |
Dear senator, I am PROPER_NAME and i'm writing to you about the issues of the electoral voting process. Im in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States for a couple of reasons. First, I will know who I am voting for instead of thinking I am voting for the person I wanna vote for, And second the votes will be fair
To start off with, If we keep the electoral voting process then we will continue not knowing who we are voting for , The text asked itself a question "Do citizens sometimes get confused and vote for the wrong canidate?" And the answer was sometimes this process is to confusing for thed citizens to understand and it is not fair to use we have the right to vote but who are we voting for? What are we voting for? If we don't know who we are voting for then why vote. I understand having electors reduces the chance of having a president who can't carry our state,Eventhough the text says is takes away the chance I still think it reduces it I mean look at the Bush family they did a horible job and guess who elected them the electors. But still we have the right to vote for who we want but thats not the case, The case is that we vote for the the electors to represent our vote. I also dont agree with the winner take all vote because is I vote for someone i want me vote to go to that person not switch over to the other because he or she has the majority of the votes.
For my next statement, I will be addressing the fact of unfairness the winner take all rule is not fair as a add on the bigger the state the more electoral votes it gets is not for every state should count as a equal amount of votes because its like the little states doesn't get any say in who gets to represent us. "Do you have a older brother or sister? If you do then you know how it feels to get the remote tooking away from you and not get to watch what you want." And that is the same case here.
So I urgue you senator to help us citizens toi change the way the voting process is set up so we can understand who we are voting for and help us make a fair choice so our vote can stand for something.
From, PROPER_NAME from SCHOOL_NAME | 2 |
People would love driving without hands. BMW will be making this happen by 2020 year from now. No hands would be cool because u can sit in the back and do nothing. Driverless will be safer for everyone. It might save you gas because its was smart car.
No hands would be cool because you can eat while sitting in the back. It won't hurt your body while sitting in the car for hours. Some people will think you doing magic because no one sitting in the front seat. There will be something for that person whos controling the car. No hands for a drive less car will make everything better you can do a lot of things.
Driverless car will be safer because it can tell you when you in danger or stop if you need it. If you about to fall asleep turn on driverless mode and take a nap. It will save you a lot of time. It will make the right choose for you when you turn it on. Less people getting hurt because they half sleep or doing something bad behind the wheel. Only thing you need is turn it on or park and wait.
This might save you gas .By making the right chioce for you. It will cost less for gas if its the right way you going. It will be more money in his back pants. More gas the less it will be on the samrt roads if its needed.
People would love driving without hands. No hands would be cool because you can eat while sitting in the back. Driverless car will be safer because it can tell you when you in danger or stop if you need it. This might save you gas. It was save you gas and money and money. | 1 |
Candidate what do you think of when I say that word well If I had to guess a said president. President that when each party selects a president that the people trust to help this Nation. candidates focuse their campaign on efforts onthe toss up state. In the article they said Nixonin 1968 and Clintin in 1992 both had only a43 percent plurality of the popular votes. No c candidate win majority.
Did you know that under 23rdAmendment of the constistution the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. That what the article told me in paragraph4. Every candidate that is running for president has his or her own group of electors. the majority of 270 electoral votes is rerequired to elect the president. Everyone has to vote if want somebody that own your side. If don't then your voice will never be heard so you have speak up and vote. For who should be president of the state. So voting is a big deal so you make sure that you be heard. | 0 |
It's Not An Alien
In my opinion I don't think this is a face created by aliens becuase there are no such things as aliens. There is no evidence that aliens are real. Maybe scientists have found unusaul things and claim aliens have created them but there is no proof that aliens are real.
The reason I think it is not a face is because in "Unmasking the ace of Mars" it said,"Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this onbe had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egytian Pharoah. In the article it also says that the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, reavealing a natural lanform and there was no alien monument after all. They captured another image on April 8,2001, using the camera's absolute maxium resoulution. Garvin said,"You can discern things in a ditigal image 3 times bigger than the pixel size so if there were objects as big as airplanes on the ground you would be able to see them.
I think these are all good reasons to why it is not a face created by aliens. I am certain that there are more facts that state it is just a landform but those are just brief facts on why it not a face. | 1 |
The Electoral College system is not something American citezens should experiance. Theis system of voting has many flaws, even some of the top political leaders such as Rixhard Nixon or Jimmy Carter agree. I beleive that we should get rid of the electoral college system and change it to election by popular vote for president for these reasons, It is unfair to voters and the electoral college has a big disaster factor.
The electoral college system is very unfiar towards voters. Under this system voters aren't even voting for president, rather they are voting for a slate of electors who vote for the president. Ins't that the whole point of voting for president that you actually vote for president? Well under this system it is impossible. In source 2 it gives the example, "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and you wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. On the off-chance that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes". As show in this statement when voters want to vote for president they dont actually vote for president, in turn they vote for electoral votes. This defeats the whole purpose of Americans voting for their president. This goes against the American ideal that American is a Democracy in which people vote for their leaders. Another reason why this system is unfair to voters is because of its winner-take-all system in each state. According to source 2 ", candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 capmpaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all," This in turn is unfair to those people in the states where candidates didn't visit. As mentioned in source 1 "Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". This statement is not at all fair. It is saying that the electors of the winning candidates team are rewarded while the other electors on the other side are not. How is this in any way fair towards the oposing teams electors? All of this is caused by the winner-take-all system caused by electoral college, which again is unfair to many American citizens.
Another reason why we should get rid of the electoral college system is because of its disaster factor. Americans should considers themselves lucky due to the whole 2000 election crisis which was the biggest in a century. This system allows for much worse to happen during these elections. Getting rid of it is one of the only ways to solve that problem. This system causes many problems, for example source 2 states "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy. P)" This shows that this system has caused many mishaps in the past that could occur again. The American people should not be subject to these disasters. Another disaster factor that goes along with the electoral college system is that some electors have not voted for their own party, causing a disturbance in the voting. Source 2 states "In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." In no way shape or form is this fair towards the candidates party's. This infidelity can sway the predicted outcome of the election. Resulting in a surprise for many of America's citizens when they see the voting results. This electoral college system can cause many different problems resulting in disasters. A few have already happened in the past, as mentioned, and America shouldn't have to endure another one. This is why we should eliminate the electoral college system and change to election by popular vote for president.
All and all, the electoral college is unfiar and disasterous. It causes many issues with the voting for President in America. Many Americans believe that is system is definatly not working. This is why we need to change to election by popular vote. Famous politition Bob Dole one stated, "Abolish the electoral college!" and he seems to be right. | 4 |
In the article " Driveless Cars Are Coming," gave me supportive facts about the idea of driveless cars. I am against the development of these cars. Reason why I am against this development is because of the negative aspects of the safety issues, purpose, and the law.
"If traffic laws change, new law will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident." the author pointed out a good point that has to be made before these development of these cars hit the roads. "If technology fails then who responsiblity is it the drivers or the manufacter," driveless cars would bring a downfall of the company if technology fails and more accidents occur and more law suites would be against them.
Drivers wouldn't be more aware of thier surroundings anymore instead of paying close attention to the roads just in case your car glitches they will be distracted by thier phones instead or maybe puting on make up. Texting and driving is the most deadly distraction there is when it comes to driving , with the driveless cars that gives them a little lead way to do so and not paying attention to the roads.
What is the purpose of a driveless car? "Why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver?' If manufacters want to make this devlopment by improving the technology world these questions have to be anwser. How are these cars impacting the world besides half of the payment on fuel. "Some manufactures hope to do that by bringing in- car entertainment," driving is suppose to be serious many lives are at danger each day because of a vehicle weather your in the car, outside a vehicle, or even beside it anything can happen in matter of seconds if drivers don't have controll or even paying atttention.
Road conditions such as construction or even bad weather I wouldn't want my car on cruise mode I would full control in case the roads are slick. If these driveless cars have great sensors like they say it would be a good idead but other than that I don't think it will be a safe idea. | 2 |
Most would agree for FACS (FAcial Action Coding System) to be put into school programs to tell how students feel via emotions. But as a fellow student I am againts facial action coding system. The only reason to for me to be against is that each human expressses emotions differently. Some may express them but others prefer to keep their own emotions to themselves. Because if you read someones facial expressions in a classroom through FACS is basically an invasion of privacy. Having someone constantly tell what you're feeling, and having the power to read others as well.
"A classroom computer could recgnize when a student is becoming confused or bored Dr. Huang predicts". That is the only facial expression I would agree to be read by FACS, In order to tell when a student is bored with homework or confused on a subject to help the teacher help their students when they feel those emotions. But using FACS to tell if a student is depressed, sad, angry, or happy is in my opinion an invassion of privacy. In the article it states "To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful".
FACS can glady tell their emotions but not children. Because if used in our school programs, we are slaves of our own emotions. Some will try to hide their emotions but will be unable to. Most will not use any emotions while in school, in order to hide what they don't want seen. Using FACS in school to tell what emotions students are feeling shouldn't be used in my honest opinion.
FACS should be used differently In some other aspects. Such as "The same technology can make computers-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery". FACS should be used to better the world and the people living in it. Not using it to invade their lives, and telling what they feel. | 2 |
The claim I will be making today is that I do not agree that the usage of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable to students in a classroom. I do not think students will use this kind of technology unless they are leaning towards a certain career area. On a normal day at school you won't use this technology because we will be focused on more important things such as math,science, english, and foreign languages. In paragraph 1 it talks about how in the Mona Lisa pictiure she is 83% happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful,and 2 percent angry.
Yes the Facial Action Coding System can be useful but in the classof art, kids using the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom is very unlikely to me. I think that students will not use this in everyday life. In a school that isn't an arts school does not need this kind of technology. In pargraph 4 the article says "The facial expressions for each emtional are universal " but I do not agree with that . You can put a smile on your face and the Facial Action Coding System will detect that you're happy because it's based on what your muscels are forming. In a classroom that kind of technology is not going to be used very often. In paragraph 5 it says " you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face " which is true. You don't need to go out of your way and take a picture or draw someone just to describe and give an exact percent of what they are feeling. Just ask them if they are okay and let them know you are there, you don't need to know exactly how they feel from a system of facial coding.
In conclusion I feel that this type of software will not be needed in the classroom because there is no use to it and it will not teach students many things such as our basic subjects do. Us students will not find the usage of this Facial Action Coding System useful unless we are in a certain career path. | 2 |
Venus is one of the brightest light as a planet, but dangerous. Venus is dangerous to explore for humans. The machines they use for Venus is kept being destroyed by how strong the heat is. NASA is working on other things so they can make machines last longer in Venus. The author did a good job to convince me that it was a worthy pursuit despite from the dangers it is from Venus.
Venus is hard to explore for humans. The heat is strong at Venus, it can kill a astronaut in minutes. It will be dangerous if humans explore Venus close. "It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." If a human gets on Venus or close to it, it is basically suicidal.
The machines they use for Venus last for hours when it lands. Each mission they use the machines for Venus, it never survived. "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." The machines are too weak for the heat on Venus so it breaks faster. I think they should wait later until our machines are more stronger and better so we can know more about Venus.
Right now NASA is studying things to approach at Venus. NASA is making the machines more resistant from things in Venus. "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This is a good thing for our future so we can get more prepared of what's going to happen later on. If they successfully make a machine that can last longer on Venus, we can put powerful machines on other planets too.
Venus is one of the brightest light at the solar system, but it is dangerous. Venus is dangerous for humans to explore at or getting close to it. The machines they use for Venus are weak and gets destroyed by how strong the heat is. NASA is working on other things so that the machine can be stronger from the heat and presurre on Venus. So after reading this essay, the author did convinced me that it was worthy pursuit despite the dangers from Venus. | 3 |
Limiting car usage is very important because, it can save a lot of money. Some places doesn't allow cars because of the space that they have. Such as in Vauban Germany, some people even give up their car. Vauban's streets are completely car free. 70 percent of Vauban's familiies do not own a car, and 57 percent old a car to mov there. In order to stay in that community they could not have a car therefore they had to sell it. Some are even happy without their cars. Having a car can have a lot of stress on some people. Every week you have to worry about gas. Gas now is a lot of money that you hae to spend. Think about it if you didn't have to buy gas every week or every other week you would have a lot of money saved up. The gas you put in your tank could of went to more grocery in the house. Something that is important such as a "want".
Since World War II people have been depending on a car to get around and that need to change as in today. In the United State the Enbironmental Protection Agency has beem proting
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and if they do not then they will play a much lager role in a new six-year federl transportation bill to be approved very soon.
Limiting the cars will even be better on the road as well. The congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after just five days of intensifying smog. The gas that the cars release is very dangerious as well, diesel fuel was even blamed since France has a tax policy that favors diesel ober gasoline.
In Colombian people as in the city participate in a car-free day every year whichthis is the Thrid year and the city has made a lot of money by doing that. The turn out always be large, despite gray clouds. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating yet". It's also a great way to take away stess from people and lower the air pollution. The day without cars had began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. people started using bicycles or walking. | 2 |
If you want to get anywhere in life you have to find a way to get there. Cars are practically a necessity in modern life; you have to go to work, see family, and do other things that are miles apart. Everyone needs a car or vehicle to get around but not everyone has acess to it. Also cars can be death machines, yet they have to be used everyday. So enginners and technicians are attempting to find a way to make them safer and easier to use. The driveless car.
Cars are a responsibility, not a privilege. When you turn 16 you can apply for a drivers permit and then eventually get a license. There are people however that can't do this. Mentally and physically disabled people aren't always allowed to get a license and while I understand it's for safety they're people too. Immigrants aren't allowed to drive becasuse they require documentations. People with DUI records aren't allowed for safety reasons and for breaking the law. They have lives and have to go out and do things just like the rest of us. With driverless cars they could go do those things and get around. "He envisions a future with a public tranportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system."
Car accidents are the most common form of accidents. Thousands of car accidents everyday, but that doesn't stop the use of cars because we need them. Sometimes the accidents are the driver's fault but sometimes things beyond our control happen. That's why with driverless cars the road would be a much safer place. "allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." It would also remove the risk of texting and driving which is a leading factor in car accidents, "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone."
Do we really need jets, sport cars, or labtops? We already have planes, cars, and desktop computers. Yet we have them because they make life way easier, we as a species keep making luxuries for ourselves. Houses, clothes, wagons, cars, sweets, entertainment. We're not going to stop improving things. We may not need driverless cars but if we can do it then we're defenitely going to do it. It's human nature to want the best, and the driverless cars could improve a lot of people's lives with its easy use and safety advanatges. "Cars can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." "He believes such cars could change the world."
Driverless cars are the future. We will continue to improve and expand on previous technological feats to create near perfect feats. I believe that from it's accessibility and its improvement on safety that the driverless car is the way to go. We now have the technology to do this, we just need time and more expirementation. It's bound to happen. | 3 |
Ever since the invention of cars, people have used them in their everyday travel, whether it is to work or to pick up kids from school. However, over the past few year, car usage has been decreasing steadily in countries around the world. Limiting car usage is beneficial to the sociey since it reduces polltion and hinders stress to the citizens.
An advantage of limiting car use is the decrease of the emission of greenhouse gases and overall pollution. In source one,
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, it is stated that reducing car usage, "is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." In other words, the reducing of using cars in turn drastically reduces greenhouse gases emitted. This statement is important because the reduced amount of pollution in the air is an advantage to the citizens who limit car usage. Also, Elisabeth Rosental says in source four,
The End of Car Culture, that the limiting of car usage, "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions." This illustrates that cars are a major source of damage to the environment in America, and that the limiting of using the car will improve the overall atmosphere of the area. In that case, it is a major advantage since it drastically changes the environment for the better due to the decreasing of emissions. Plus, in source two,
Paris bans driving due to smog,
Robert Duffer further states that, "after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This explains that the using of cars affected the city of Paris so negatively, that they had to ban cars to clear the smog, or polluted air. The statement further goes to show that because of polltion, car usage has many disadvangtages in the sociey. Nevertheless, the decrease of pollution is an advantage in the limiting of car usage.
Lower stress levels in people is also a major advantage of limiting car usage. This is evident in source three,
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, when it is stated that when not driving, "it's a good opportunity to take away stress." This statement reinforces the fact that limiting car usage relieves stress in people. It is important because the lowering of stress in turn makes the citizens of the socitey happier, which is an advantage of using a car less. On the other hand, in source one, Rosenthal writes that, "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This means that when this person had a car, they were stressed, but when they sold their car, they had a more improved lifestyle. This statement demonstrates that when using a car less, people experienced a more positive way of life in comparison to their life with the constant reliance of driving a car. In source four, it is also written that, "commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time." The reducing of traffic by not using cars impacts stress levels since people do not have to worry about arriving at a place on time and having to sit in traffic for hours. This results in demonstrating how limiting car usage has a positive influence in a citizen's stress level. Based on this evidence, an advantage of limiting car usage is the lowering of stress levels.
In conclusion, limiting car usage is very beneficial because it decreases pollution and stops the raising of stress levels. This means that not overly relying on a car has many advantages to a citizen and the atmosphere they live in. It is important because in order to have an improved soceity with clean air and happier people, cars should be limited in when they are used to travel. People should then stop using their cars to get everywhere, and should instead try to walk or bike to get to their destination. By doing this, people will clearly see the effects of limiting car usage. | 2 |
I think that driverless cars are good and bad. A car that navigates its own self, doesn't need a driver to take control of it, uses less fuel, and is controlled by a computer is most likely to be our future. We all want to do greater things, invent grather things, but we should also realize that some things can be thought of but not created. A driverless car has its ups and downs because if no human being is in control it could represent a bad aspect or a bad one. One good thing that comes to the top of my head is elderly people. This would be really useful to the elderly, especially because of muscle or bone aches. It reduces the number of crashes but could also influence them. The computer or whatever is controlling the car could misfunction or something could go wrong, therefore the car could end up crashing or causing an accident. Humans have the most control on a car. They decide the speed, direction, their surrondings. A computer could do thst too but not as acurate as a human would. Yes it is a very interesting thing thst could happen in the future but are we sure that we would want a machine to take over rather than a human. There are lots of arguements that can be done about this. Some people may agree, some people may not and thats fine because we all have different opinions. Driverless cars still have a long way before they can just change what has been achieved for more that maybe 80 years or so, and thats humans having full control. | 1 |
The world is growing and growing as we know it. We are making more cars that could act as phones. But now, someone was actullay brave enough to come up witht he idea of driverless cars. I think the driverles cars are a great idea, more effiecent, and more reliable. Let me explain some of the reasons why.
The reason I think it is a very good idea is because the model would be more safer than the average car today. Today's cars you have to worry about gas, and if you don't have one of those fancy cars you won't know where to go. Unless you have really good phone serve. If we went with the driverless cars it would be more effiecent.
The reason I say that the driverless cars would be more effiecent is because the rate of cars crashes would go down at least 25 percent. You gotta think about it. If the car is already to go all you have to do is tell the car where you want to go and wah-lah, your good to go. If we were to make them the proper way, we wouldn't ven have to worry about drinking and driving or texting and driving. The rate of accidents like those would go down at least 25 percent if not 15 percent. That's when the reliable part comes in.
The reason why I say that the driverless car would be more reliable is because of drunk drivers and careless texters. This way we wouldn't have to worry about them. I mean it's still bad to drink and drive or text and drive but, still it'll keep them off the streets unless the car requires you to drive by hand then we really have a problem
In conclusion, If we make these cars the world would be a better place. We wouldn't have to worry about polution and stuff like that because the car wouldn't have to rely on gas. Also, it would keep the text and drunk drivers off the streets. | 2 |
The advantages of limited car usage is critical in source 1, Vauban, Germany a place where most of the streets are "car-free". In this place car ownership is allowed, but their are only about one or two places to park, which are garages at the end of each development. Limiting car usage has its advantages, the United States has up to 50 percent of greenhouse emissions in some car-intensive areas. Stores are usually placed in malls along some distant highway. The new approach made it so that stores are placed a walk away, you wont have to use more money for gas.
Paris on the other hand bans driving to clear the air of pollution. Car traffic in France was down 60 percent because of the continous smog the same smog that rivaled Beijing, China. According to source 3, "the day without cars" campaign has improved the place, parks and sport centers with smooth sidewalks, parks that bloom throughout the cities, and even traffic cutting down dramatically.
The United States rate of ownersip of cars per household in source 4 per person decreases, and so does the greenhouse gas emissions, the emissions take a major curb as the car usage gets limited. Actions in which private cars, bicycles, commercial and public transportation traffic become more limited and can seriously save time, lower emission, and even better, improve safety among the community. | 1 |
The advantages of limiting car usage. ''When I had a car I was always tense i'm much happier this way'' said heidrun walter p3 source 1 ,experts say it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically ruduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes p5 source 1,mini sheller a sociology professor at drexel university and director of its mobilities research and policy center. she cites various factors: the internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected with out driving to meet friends p35 source 4.
The reson heidrun walter is tense is becuase he could of been norvise about crashing. Now that he does not get in a car he does not have to worries about crashing. Not spending money on gas or pay damages on a car. That is proable why was he is tense.
The reson experts say that it is reduce greenhouse gasses. The less gas people use have the less amout of gobal warming chanes are. Your car give of alot of gas a day.
mini sheller a sociology professor at drexel university and director of its mobilities research and policy center. she cites various factors: the internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected with out driving to meet friends.
In conculeson the advantages of limiting car usage. people feel less tense. experts say it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically ruduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes.
the internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected with out driving to meet friends and that is the advantages of limiting car usage. | 1 |
as the author said " studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents". its also called the " evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the noght sky, and its also the esecound planet from ourr sun, its simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point ofpoint of Earth, it has proved a very challnenging place to examine more closely.
And its also called the Earth's twin, becues the closest plant to shape like earth in tearms of density and size, and its the closeset plant to earth, somtimes its vence that closest to earth and somtimes its Mars, humans tried sending space crafts to land on venus, but none of them manged to servive the landing for more then few hours and that explains why no speaceship manged to go there yet for more then three decades. and thats why human need to study it more more.
one of the reasons it have een chalnging to use to reach mars becues it has an atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide becues the cllouds of corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. and its also very hot there the temreture reaches "800f' and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet. these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encouunter on earth; such as enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomes to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. and it has the hottest surffece if any plant, and also a while ago Venus had ocians just like earth and it could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
and thats why we need too study venus more becues if anything happend to earth we might have a secound place to live in. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Comeing" it was alot of both positive and negativ aspects of driverless cars. what is the point of driverless cars? there isn't a point.
Driverless cars should not be allower thay are vrey unsafe and lazy.
If a person want a car that can dirver by it self the they are very lazy. If u don't want to drvier your car then thats way they have buses for that way they have trines. It's many way to get aroun then useing a drierless car. driverless car are not a good idea at all. Some of the ideas they have for a driverless car are vary good like in the article when the siad
" they need a whole lot of sensors". That a grate idea for a car. The smart-road systems was a good idea to. There is no poins in driverless cars.
Driverless cars are very unsafe too. like the article siad "some cars are designed tio notfy the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around ". If you still have to do all of that then what poin of having a driverles car then. Think about it what if the driver fall a sleep and there is a work zone ahead and the car can't drive around it then ther a big thing. driverless car are should not be allowd There is some good idea that driverless cars have but most of them are unsafey. | 1 |
When each person drives a diesel-gussling car, it is like several thousand smoke covered knives being thrown at the soft protective blanket up in the sky. Pollution is destroying our ozone and our environment, but now we need to face our ramifications. Autos are causing cities to form new laws banning these leeches from being driven. Car usages should be limited, because if we dont, our pollution will be worse than it already is, and using a healthy alternative to transportation will lead to a healthier life style.
Pollution produced by our main method of transportation is killing our planet. We live on the wonderful planet earth which has been generous to provide us with a home and food so we can survive, but when our home is destroyed, we will soon become extinct. Global warming is a famous term heard around the globe, and this word is not used lightly. Our world is heating up due to the many green house gasses produced by the emisions of the cars we use. These green house gasses can not escape our atmosphere which then is heated up by the sun and is melting our polar ice caps. These ice caps, not only will flood multiple cities, killing thousands if they do not escape in time, but they also hold our natural fresh water reserve. The green house gasses are affectng our seas and our skies as well. An article called
Paris Bans Sriving Due to Smog , written by Robert Duffer, states that "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of internsifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." Beijing is also one of the worlds most populated countries. The terrifying smog and the rising seas are not the only factors leading to our demise. The green house gasses are producing holes in our ozone that protect us from harmful sun rays. Without the ozone, the world would not be habitable because of all the cancer humans will have by just standing in direct sunlight. We are the world, and by killing the world, we eradicate our whole species. We need to help our world with some healthy substitutions to cars.
There are several different ways transporation could be healthy for both the enviroment and ourselves. The worlds obeisity population is higher than ever. An average amount of calories we need to consume per day is about 2000 calories and most of the world are consuming way over that limit. If we supply bicycles to cities, we could burn off those extra calories by just going to public places, events,and even jobs. Biking and walking to places not only work out your physical apearance, but also keeps our mind healthy. Exercise trigger neurotransmitters in your brain to fire off endorphins, like adrenaline, which keeps your body moving and working without putting strain on your muscles. Exercise also fires off dopamine in your mind which produces a sense of joy. Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote an article named "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
" which interviews people from germany about their lifestyle. "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor." Life is much more jovial with no cars, and germany knows it.
There are already different countries that have moderated and replaced their walking smoke factories to their fat burning bikes. We need to follow in their foot steps and moderate if we do not want to be left in the dark ages. The government needs to limit the amount of usages for cars, because the constant use of autos will lead to out doom via pollution, and without cars, people are more likley to live more healthy and happy lifestyle. | 4 |
Driverless cars is definitely not something that I would condone. I feel that it would be a public safety issue. Any mechanical object is subject to malfunction. In addition, it may end up putting alot of people out of jobs in the long-run. "He envision a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public transport-taxi system. While that sounds very intreaging, shouldn't we be thinking about those drivers that can no longer be supplied with that income that they have been depending on? Then, when people can't find jobs due to robo-cars taking over, their going to file for Social Security. This doesnt just apply to taxi drivers either. Delivery drivers could aso be replaced by these cars. Poverty would grow in ways America has never seen before!
Referring back to the issue of public safety, there is a great risk in this. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufactorer?".This could turn into a huge contoversial thing that could potentially lead to an uproar. What happens when a child is hit by one of these cars? In my opinion, there is no way a machine could have the same reaction a human would. The human mind is very complex and quick. There are way too many factors that are in play against this idea. | 1 |
Venus has had a lot of research put into it . they ave put spacecrafts of many kinds on it ,but they can not last on there for more then a few hours. some belive it is because ofthe high heats on that plant ,also it might be because of the pressure in the air and it messes with the craft. scientest are still not 100% sure as to what it is quiet yet.
Earth and Venus are a like in some ways. they are the closest alike within all the plants in the solar system . they both have large bodys of ocean on them and creatures on them . NASA wants to maybe someday have someone land on Venus ,but that would be way to dangerous becasue of the heat . also venus has almost no oceans anymore . another thing is that they have really thick and heavy clouds on them and that may harm them.
NASA is testing diffrent types of spacecrafts and putting the min chambers that are simaloar to Venus . some last up to a few minties till a few weeks for others . it all just depends on how it is made. a lot o fpeople are fasanated by venus and how are solar system works . because venus and earth are so close to each other but venus has such high temputures and it is weird because earth is not like that. another thing is sometimes earth is closer to mars then it is to venus , because of how the earth moves. | 0 |
Personally I don't agree with this technology product. If you're in a classroom wouldn't you think the teacher would know if the student was feeling mad,sad,or happy? Why rely on technology when humans are more than capable of doing these things theirselves.
The article states " You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." Which goes back to my reason for not to use technology when humans can do it with a simple look. I belive it is a waste of money and time. For instance, what if the machine they use to find out children's emotions doesn't work properly or doesn't work at all. Then you just lost a lot of money and you wasted time. Yes it has some benifits like for example, It could be really hard to notice when somone is faking an emotion but this 'technology' could tell you what emotion they're feeling. So it has some good things about it but i think humans can tell if someone is feeling a certain emotion.
It could turn out to be a really big deal in the future, but I dont think that it would be that great to have. The teachers and other students can tell when another student or somone else is mad, sad, happy or almost any other emotion so why waste money on technology when it is going to tell you almost the exact same thing as a human will. | 2 |
Though completly giving up the usage of your car seems like an extreme for most American citizens, it is a look in the right direction towards the future.
All over the world peopole are using less gas power and more leg power, riding bikes, walking, skateboarding or even using public transportaion, to lessen the air pollution caused by traffic.
The only information useful to make an explanitory essay for this topic is two sentences saying that " After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city," but having this is only one reason Americans should cut down on their car usage, the enviroment, it doesn't mention any other way that it would help except for making a few people happy, fining 4,000 people 31 dollars for driving, and it would cut down traffic only slightly, because, buses would be on the road which, sure, could take up to 10 cars off the road, but if everyone stops using their cars and happen work in exceutive offices they will use the bus, not bicylcles or skateboards only putting more busses on the streets and adding even more air pollution.
So I think i'll help beta test this essay writing test that SCHOOL_NAME was "randomly selected" for, but this prompt given with these writing selections, doesn't make any sense unless you wish a dull and dry essay with just regurgitated facts from the writing selections. So, here goes something.
In the state of STATE_NAME students from 3rd grade and up are all familiar with the infamous TEST_NAME, it was what was required for so many years and what we've all gotten used to. Once I personally hit middle school, we had midterms and finals for only one year, the following year they were removed and we were given interm exams for every quater to determine how much we were absorbing in the classroom. We were graded on these fairly, (not very heavily; 3 grades at the max.)
Up until about 8th grade I had never heard of an EOC, it was first introduced to me in my U.S history class. We took a test that our teacher had formulated and we all studied for weeks. I figured this would become apart of my highschool life, and I wasn't wrong; 9th grade Geometry EOC, and a Biology EOC. It was dreadful, (since it was taken on a computer in a freezing computer lab,) but we all survived because thankfully it was only for those two classes. After those two weeks of testing for the entire school it was fun and games and preperation for the challenges that were to come in our next year of schooling; for me this would be my relaxing yet exciting sophmore year.
Sophmore year had been going just fine up until one day in my french class we were informed that this year starting as early as January we would be tested with an EOC FOR EVERY CLASS! Students were confused and a bit outraged at this new information. We asked hundreds of questions. "What will they be on?" "Is the district making them?" "Are you serious!?" Our teacher,(well informed on what had seemed to be everything,) knew of our fate to come; five months of overall testing occuring through our hallowed halls. We were baffled that classes like P.E, Art, Culinary, Fabrics and fibers and even Swimming would have end of course exams. What questions would they even ask on these? How long has the district been planning this? Then she told us, "We don't know what will be on them, all we know is that this test is created by teachers sending in questions to the district. The district is literally making it up as they go."
We asked many more questions full of confusion and rage. When she then realized they have only made one test so far, a spanish test with no level. This test would be taken by spanish speakers and spanish learners all the same. This wasn't fair! It wasn't even comprehendable! We would be taking the same test as the French AP students!
This narrative explanitory essay is about the over load of testing that will be put upon the students of LOCATION_NAME. This "random selection" even if it was completly random, is just one the many irritating aspects of a SCHOOL_NAME students life at school for the next couple months, but maybe even up until we graduate!
I hope someone is reading this, and I hope I helped with your writing exam. | 1 |
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