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In the artical
the author talkes about the studys on Venus and its danger. The author also talks about the similarity between Venus and Earth. In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author suggests that studying Venus and the danger it presents is important.
In the story "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is important. In the
artical the author says
"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 of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." In the
artical the author also says "Long ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. ... The
planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Both of these two quotes show how the author fealt about the studyes of Venus.
In the
artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying
the danger Venus presents is important. In the
artical the author says " Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." in the
artical the author also says " On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet."
The both of these quotes shows why the author thinks it is important to study the
danger Venus
presents.
The
artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about exploring new places and geting more knowlege. In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author propose that studying Venus and the danger it presents is important. | 1 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Not all of studying Venus is dangerous and risky. There are good things and bad. Have you ever heard really disturbing things or pleasing things about Venus?
There are dangerous parts while studying Venus, such as the temperature being 800 degrees on there and the atmoshperic pressure it 90 times greater than what we experience. Which means, its a very dangerous planet and extremely hot. Having a planet that is that hot, nothing can survive being on it.
Even though Mercury is the closest to the Sun, its still not the hottest. The spacecrafts that has been sent up to has not survived or landed. In more than three decades, there has not been one that has landed. People consider it to be a challenging planet due to spacecrafts not being able to touchdown.
While studying Venus, there's not all dangerous parts, there are good.
Venus has been known to be the most Earth-like plant. Venus once was covered with large oceans and couldve supported forms of life, but how the wheather is not, its unlikely. Scientists are really eager to study Venus. Despite whatever the risks are, they are willing to take them just to get up close Venus and understand the planet. NASA has recently been looking for other ways to approach it. Some electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested and has lasted three weeks in on Venus's surface. Mechanical computers that played a role during World War ll. They are extremely powerful, flexible and quick but most importantly, it has been more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.
Studying Venus has value and people who take the time to study good and bad things about it are true scientists. | 2 |
How many different emotions have you ever felt in your life? You cannot possibly know and remember every feeling you've ever had. Using the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and an amazing thing that has been developed, however, there is no way it is accurate. The Facial Action Coding System is not accurate because everyone has different facial structures, this system could not possibly know the structure of everyones face, could not detect all emotions, and cannot tell an emotion by the way people look.
Though the face has the same muscles and bones in it, everyone has a different facial structure. Some peoples eyes are far apart, and some are closer together. Some people have more round faces, and others have more square shaped faces. The text states "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a fake smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius.", but some people may not get crow's-feet around thier eyes, and some peoples mouths may not stretch sideways like this. There are many other differences in peoples faceial structures, aside from these examples.
All people feel different emotions in their life. They can also feel multiple emotions at one time. Saying that a face coding system can detect all your emotions is absurd. People have been known to feel exitement, while feeling resentment, and all other combinations of emotions. Technology today doesn't have any way of recognizing all emotions of everyone. The passage says, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." It is not hard to guess that humans are capable of feeling more than just six emotions alone or at the same time. This would mean that the recognizing emotons part of this system is inaccurate.
Acting and looking different than how you feel is an excellent way to hide your emotions. People do this almost on a daily basis. "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." Although this may be true some of the time, even smiling to hide a frown cannot always be dected by a friend. Unless clearly obvious, hiding emotions cannot easily be found. This adds to the previous reason of why the Facial Action Coding System would be inaccurate.
The Facial Action Coding System is not accurate because everyone has different facial structures, this system could not possibly know the structure of everyones face, could not detect all emotions, and cannot tell an emotion by the way people look. In conclusion, this system could be highly inaccurate and ineffective. Perhaps sometime in the future, when technology is much more developed, this system may work a little better, but it will still take many years to perfect the Facial Action Coding System. | 3 |
Hi my name is Luke. When I was 17 my friend Don asked me to be a
"Seagoing Cowboy". I said yes beacuse it was a "once in a life time opportunity". When I first became a "Seagoing Cowboy" the year was 1945.
When I turned 18 I had enlisted in the army. On the ship we had to work hard day and night, we had to care for the animals during the crossings, We had to lift the heavy bags of oats and hay. We also had to water the animals two or three times a day. It was hard but it was helpful to me. When I was discharged in 1947 I had made 9 trips that is more then anyone else. But I had some good times on the ship as a "Seagoing Cowboy". After we would drop all of the animals off where they were needed we would play game in their stals like, Base Ball, Volleyball,Table-Tennis,Boxing,fencing,and Whittling.
But in the end all of that hard work and time was worth it. I was able to go to so many places!
I went to
Greece to see the Acropolis. I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China. I took a ride in a gondola in Venice, Itally, with streets of water. I also toured in a excavated castle in Crete and marveld at the Panama Canal on my way to China. If you young peaple participate in being a "Seagoing Cowboy" I am sure that you will have the same experince as me, or mabey you will go on to bigger and better places then I ever could of dreamed of. You never know what wil happen when you are a "Seagoing Cowboy". | 2 |
I would argue in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states and not keeping the ellectoral college. there are many reasons why i say that and will do that. some people might still want electoral college because of the certainity of outcome, everyones president, swing states, big states, and last but not least to avoid run-off elections.
in my opinion i think we should change the election by popular votes instead of ellectoral college, because we the people .. vote for who we think should be head or our state and who we think is going to be in charge and do they thiing and make our a state a better and safier place to live. We dont vote for electors ... so many people can vote on one paticular person to be head of our state and president and the other person can only get 3 votes but in ellectoral collage he/she can have more electoral votes and they win the election .. even tho the other canidate has more popular votes.
The other reason why i might want to change rhe election by popular votes instead of ellectoral college is becauise of the "disaster factor". Which the state legislature are responsible for picking electors..... and the electors would/could always defy the will of the poeple.
Those are the two main reasons why i would argue in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of united states and not keeping the ellectoral college. | 1 |
Venus is the closest planet to Earth and one of the brightest points in a dark sky.
Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus has proved it is very challenging to get data from the planet. The biggest question with Venus is it worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Astronomers should try to get more data because it imbodys Earth more than any other planet.
Venus has features that are very simurlar to those on Earth. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."
It shows that Venus is very a like to Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has had new and safe ideas so that we can still reserch Venus even with the dangers.
They want to floaut above the fray.
Wouldn't be easy conditions, but not hard enough to kill humans.
Now you know how dangers and worthy the explorion on Venus would be. But you sholudn't let a little fear get in the way of the fun and Knowlege on getting.
Wanting to do the challege on Venus has value, has dangers, and doubts but what are you scarred of you'll die any way. | 1 |
The invention of this new device could be helpful in many ways. I believe it could help with studies done on students and how they react to certain activities done online or in class and what emotions are expressed in general. It could also help with preventative measures in children and students that are depressed and can be helped. This new technology is useful and helpful in so many ways. Not only could this new technology be used as a facial decoding system, it could be used to tell what the students emotional status is.
As i said before the Facial Action Coding System could not only be used for study on students but on babies and adults. This device could help with disabled children and adults, children with birth defects and syndromes. It could help them with gaining knowlegde in emotions and how to tell when someone is mad, sad, etc. , maybe even how to properly show emotions.
Back to the idea of reading student's facial expressions, it can be helpful in finding ways to make learning more fun for students and ways to make certain activities easier. It Also makes an impact on how the teachers will do things and teach. For example, special ed students might not find things that normal students do online as easy, maybe they might become frustrated and aggrivated with what they are being told to do. Well this new technolgy can help with figuring that out.
In conclusion, i support the idea of these devices being made and used, they would be helpful in more then enough ways and maybe it might be improved and be even more useful in the future. | 2 |
The Facial Coding System is a new computer that can recongize and calculate your emotions based on subtle facial movements. The software produced by Professor Huang and Professor Sebe works by constructing a 3-D model of a face and classifing it based on six basic emotions that humans typically express. The those emotions are then charaterised by movements of the facial muscles. In my opinion we should embrace new technology, but the question is, how will this change schools, marketing, and everyday life?
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," according to Dr. Huang. He goes on to say that the software can modify the lesson, like an "effective human instructor. " Imagaine being able to adjust a lesson to the liking of the majority of students, being able to create insteresting and engaging topics for students and teachers to enjoy. Not only that, many students will experience depression or anxiety during their middle school or high school life, this computer can help consulors help those students more effectively. Overall, schools could see a massive change in students moods after introducing this software.
Shcools wouldn't be the only ones to take advatange of this new technonlogy, companys that are trying to market and sell their product could calculate what is liked and disliked based on the emotions analyised after people view their products. Some people would make the claim that it is an invasion of priviacy, but wouldn't we want companys to sell the things we like, rather than the things we don't? Imagaine always having excatly what you like or excatly what you need pop up in an ad, or suddenly become available at the nearest store. Not only do you get what you need, companys will be able to make more money, helping the economy grow, and hopfully that money makes its way back to you someday.
Aside from schools and marketing, how can this effect everyday life? The articles states that
"we humans perform the same impressive "calculation" everyday." we may not be able to tell the precentage of a person sadness or happiness, but we can determine when a friend is excited or bored. Imagaine being able to calculate your own happiness like weighing your self on a scale. Imagine that the software not only measures your happiness, but analyises what may be causing your stress and how to improve as a person. The world may truly becoming a better place.
The Facial Action Coding System seems far from becoming wildy accessiable to the public, but to me this new computer software will one day change our lives. From school, to companys, and our own personal life, this technonlogy can one day make life a little bit happier. | 4 |
I am against this kind of technology because I want to keep my feelings to myself and not letting other people know. It's my decision if I want to keep my feelings from other people and to not let know my true feelings.
This sentence "But in a false smile , the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling"
This sentence tell us how they recognize if they are faking a smile of not or knowing if that person is telling the truth or not. And don't want some technology to know if I'm faking something or not. It's my personal business if I want that. Other people can use that for things but they have to ask for permission because how would you feel if someone found out about your true feeling and it was secret yet someone was snooping around of knowing how you feel. | 1 |
The end of car culture around the world. Cities around the world are banning driving for weather conditions or for experimental purposes. In German suburb driving has been forbidden as well as street parking, driveways and home garages. People have been selling their cars just to move to Vauban, Germany. The limiting of car usage has been a great factor to help the enviroment, and to excersize.
The end of car culture is coming to an end because many people have been leaving their cars at home and taking the bus or walkin to work. People are driving less, and the youth have are not excited to be driving. Sociologists believe the decrease amount of driving is due to the fact that we are able to connect with our friends over the internet and no longer need to see each other in person. In many cities around the world are banning driving because of enviromental purposes. In Colombia, there is a car-free day where cars are being banned with only taxis and busses permited. The goal is to promote altenative transportation and reduce smog. In Paris driving was banned due to the amount of smog. They blamed the smog on diesel because 67 percent of the cars use diesel. Although cars were banned in Paris, congestion decreased about 60 percent in the capital of France, after the five-days of smog.
The limiting of car usage can benefit everyone. This is because around the world everyone drives, nobody thinks twice about it. Driving has been a huge part of the America can life, but it seems it is coming to an end people are relying more on walking and riding a bicycle or taking the bus. Car limiting benefits everyone because it will help people stay healthy and hike or bike to point A to point B. People are becoming more enthusiastic about not driving. Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout cities; uneven sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rudh-hour restrictions have cut traffic dramatically; and restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
The end of car culture is upon us, people have been selling cars, countries have been banning driving, and cities are forbiding street parking, driveways and home garages. The amount of people driving has decreased dramatically since 2005, in the United States. People are taking the bus, hiking, biking to get from A to B. The limiting of cars can help improve your health and help improve the enviroment. | 2 |
The electorial college should be thrown out and the popular vote for the president should take its place because the elctorial college is unfair and the people don't really have a voice.
The electorial college should go away because it unfair. Electorial votes are unfair because the canidates only focus on the bigger states, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campain ad." Votes dont even get to vote for the president, they vote for state electors. "Under the electorial system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." This is why we should despose of the electorial system and just go off popular votes.
Another reason why we should replace the electoral college for popular vote is because the people don't really have a voice in the electorial system. Voters do not directly vote for the president but they vote for the slate electors who then vote for the president. We the people should have a direct vote for the president. "Consider that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." so in other words we have put our trust in people to have a voice for us when we could just do it ourselves. "voters sometimes get confused about electors and vote for the wrong candidate." Even though the electorial system is all kinds of messed up there is an upside to it, "perhaps most of the worrying is the prospect of a tie in the election vote. In that cases, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president." They use the Representatives to break a tie so there wouldnt have to be a run-off election. With popular vote you wouldn't have to have a run off because there is not an even number of people registered to vote in America. So i urge the popular vote to take the place of the electorial college system.
In conclusion, the electorial college system should be exicuted and popular votes should be subsituted because the electorial college system is unfair and the people don't really have a voice in the election. | 3 |
I feel the elctoral college is overpowered and isnt neccsary
Ifeel that the Electoral college is not a place its a process. The Founding fathers established it in the constitutional as a compromise between the election pf president by vote. See the elctoral college consists of 538 elctors. A majority of 270 elctoral votes is required.
To Begin,Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. these electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political, but as usaul state laws vary on how elcetors sare selected and what thier responsibilities are....
See the presidential election is held every four years on the tueday after novemvber, but what people dont know when you vote for canidates you are actually voting for your canidate's elcetors.
Most feel its "winner takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidental canidate; but it's states like Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proprtional representation." After the presidential elction, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the canidates who ran for president in your state, as well as the names of their respective electors
Under the electoral college system voters not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. the pickers of first place depends on the state, maybe even state conventions, all these things can help inprove the voting polls and make them quicker | 0 |
Driverless cars should not be made, because so many things could go wrong with the vehicle and then who would get the blame for the problem the company or the person in the car? Honestly its such a big deal nowadays to have automatic, robotic stuff but really their is no reason for America too have all these robotic things doing stuff for us. I mean yes they are all really cool and such but they also can be very dangerous and can malfunction very frequently and eventually someone is gonna get seriously injured. But this is a bigger deal because we are talking about driverless cars. I mean how can you possibly make a driverless car safe? Because their are so many stupid people out driving wreckessly and if someone gets injured while someone is in the driverless car then who's fault would it be, the company's? The person in the car? That is the big question because i doubt the company is gonna want to take responsibility for what happened if their was a wreck. All these companies are building all these new robotic things and it isn't safe at all. Their is a kid that had a drone and the drone malfunctioned and it shot up in the air and almost hit a helicopter but luckily the pilot turned away in time now that incident could have costed a life and now you want too make driverless cars. Their are more people who drive and you think that would be safe?
Well with all this stuff going on in the world why would we need driverless cars that should be the last thing we worry about i mean we are spending millions of dollars on these new things but we still have world hunger and we have homeless people in the world still but we choose to make a car that is driverless just because we are too lazy too drive ourselves. Plus why dont we use the money that we have too pay off debt or get homes for the homeless and food so we dont have people starving. Their are so many things we could be doing with this money but we choose too use them for stupid things like cars, drones, robots, etc. Their are wars that are going on why cant we use some of the money too help end the wars so people can see their husbands and wives, and sons, and daughters. But apparently all that matters right now is cool toys right? See we make these things that are cool for now but eventually we will all forget about them and begin building something else. But the thing we really need too be fixing is getting people jobs, and food, polution problems all that kind of stuff. So we can make the world a better place instead of just letting forgetting about all those things why dont we push towards fixing them. Plus the article even says that the cars arent completely driverless so whats the point of calling it driverless and wasting all that money on something that really isnt completely driverless. So now you are going too put more money into it and keep puting more and more and more until finally you figure out how too make the vehicle completely driverless, but until then you have too keep putting all this money into it when you could use that too make more jobs and get food for people who are needy and give them shelter and warmth. But no I think driverless cars should not be made unless its for a specific reason that will help the world but otherwise I dont think they should be made for just anyone cause that is extremely dangerous and could cause even more accidents. And it could cause deaths and destruction. | 2 |
The Face
Some people don't believe the Face on Mars is a natural landform. They believe that aliens created it. Some people also believe that it was not actually found on earth. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, has compared it to natural landforms on earth. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times better than the original photos taken by the Viking. It took a while, but Jim was able to prove it.
Jim Garvin says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." That is a natural landform found on earth. He also says, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" He says this because some people believe that it was not found on Mars.
Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times better than the original Viking pictures. The passage states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing. . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." It was then official that the Face was not created by aliens, it is a natural landform.
Garvin has proven that the Face is a natural landform found on Mars. He gave examples of what natural landforms it could look like on earth. Viking 1 captured amazing photos of the Face. Michael was able to snap a better picture than the Viking photos. People still do not believe that it is a natural landform, but Jim has proven it. | 2 |
The Electoral colleg is a process in which the electors from the state pick the cannidate they want according to who has the popular vote. Which can also be a very biased process. The Electoral College is not registered or monitered enough because if an elector from the state wanted to pick who they want to win they could and there isn't really anything to stop them from doing so.
We the people should do away with the Electoral College and instead switch to a more regulated system like majority voting. whichever cannidate that gets the most votes from the U.S. takes the win. that way we wouldnt have to worry about our electors for the states being sneaky because there wont be any electors. State legislature is responsible for picking the electors and the electors sometimes defy the will of the people and cast the vote for who they want to win just like when Richard Nixon only validated his opponets electors in 1960. The Electoral College would be a more just way of voting if the electors were well monitored and if every state shared the same weight in the vote but unfortunatley, it's not like that so it needs to be done away with.
The Electoral College is a unrestricted and very poorly regulated process, and it is a very unfair process. Because of the winner-take-all system. In 1968, if 41,971 voters voted a diffrent way the election would have been deadlocked. In 1976, if roughkly 5,500 voters in Ohio and about 3,600 voters in Hawaii had voted for a diffrent person the election would have been a tie. And usually the bigger states are the only ones to actually see their cannidates because the cannidates dont neccesarily visit states with very few electoral votes because they wont help them as much instead, they visit the "swing states", the states that have a bigger weight in the presidential election.
However, on the other side the people that want to keep it are the ones that look at the few good things not the bad things. Of those helpful things that comes with the electoral college is it majorly decreases the chance of a run-off election in which no cannidate receives a majority of the votes cast. The Electoral college also puts out a certainty of outcome because there is less likely to be a dispute over the outcome in a popular vote then a dispute over an Electoral College vote.
Of course, in life there is always at least some good in things like the Electoral College but in this situation is does more harm then good. It is an overall unfair process because some states are less noticed because of how few electoral votes they hold and also because of the electors not being monitered on the vote they cast for their state. The Electoral College should be doen away with and as a united country we shall adopt a more fair, equal , and all together well monitered system of voting. | 3 |
Dear Senator of Florida,
I am a 15 year old concerned citizen and I would like to address a serious problem. Our country's process of electing our president, the Electoral College. I beleive there are certain aspects of this process which are both good, and bad, but still need to be revised. To fix this unfair system of election, we just need to change a few details of it, in particular, the states' "winner-take-all" system.
Of course there are people who agree with this method of voting, but i am not one of them, and neither is Bradford Plumer. In Bradford's excerpt from "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong", He explains to us the injustice of the electors that we vote for. Most of the time electors stay with their party's candidate, but sometimes they can be persuaded to switch sides. How would you like it if you and the majority of your state voted for a certain president through your states electors, and they went and stabbed you in the back(figuratively) and voted for the other president. You have just been cheated out of your vote! That doesnt sound very democratic to me.
People do actually believe in this system of voting though, hard to believe, I know, but Richard A. Posner's "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" gives us a pretty good reason of why they should. Richard explains to us the method of how a larger state with a large population, which would have a larger popular vote, has more weight than a smaller state with a smaller population and a smaller popular vote. He also tells us how there will always be an outcome, no matter what. Like how Obama recieved 61.7% of the electoral vote and 51.3% of the popular vote. Cutting it a bit close there? Enough of that percentage of popular votes lost during the "winner-take-all' method could change the election of the president.
So dont you see? "Winner-take-all" method just gained someone more votes than they deserved! Essentially robbing the other candidate of his votes! Once again Bradford Plumer hit the nail on the head with his description of the "winner-take-all" method. He understands the system and we are lucky enough he explains it to us in such easy terms. Instead of a candidate making his rounds to each of the states and raising his popularity, he ignores certain states that he knows he will get all of the votes for because he already owns a majority, 50%. It could be as little as 51% for him to gain all the votes of that state, and depending on the population of that state, lost more voters for the other candidate than an entire 's sum could give him. So candidates spend time in only a select few states trying to win the vote. Wouldn't this make you feel left out? Unimportant? Nothing but just a blip in the course of your country's history? I wouldnt want that feeling.
All ready a few states such as Maine and Nebraska have realized the stupidity of this system and have decided to change their voting method. This is why I write to you as our senator to help our state correct this process so we can fairly and justly choose our president, but what do I know, Im only 15. | 3 |
In the past few years, smarter cars have come about and have gained popularity as word has spread. Many feel that smarter cars bring a new perspective to the automobile industry; however, others feel that they are a hazard and could injure drivers on the road. I believe that the development of smarter cars should be stopped and that focus should be turned on improving regular, fully drivible cars.
The development of driverless cars should be stopped because if not, they would cause new traffic laws to be created. As a reult, all drivers to change their ways on the roads. Many states do not allow computer-driven cars to be drove being that that are looking out for the safety of their residents. Some people would have to abide to the rules if they chose to drive a smarter car; however, those who drive regular car may believe that learning new regulations is a waste of time and could further injury themselves or others. Lastly, new laws for driverless cars would take many years inorder for everyone to adapt do, being that there are many people around the world.
Driverless cars are not safe being that they are ran on computers that can often have technical difficulties or failure. An important topic discussed by producers is how is a passenger's safety ensured? Some feel that they can trust the technology because of the importance it plays in our life everyday; a driveless car would just be another thing added. In opposition to this, some feel that their use of technology has allowed them to feel that computers/ technolgy can result in failure. If driverless cars were allowed on the road addition accidents could be caused if the technolgy or computers were to fail while being driven.
Lastly, the development of driverless cars should be haulted because issues can arise between drivers and consumers. As stated in the article "Driverless Care Are Coming", the idea of fault has come about. This is due to the fact that if an accident were to occur, then who is to blame, the driver or the car or the manufacturer. Drivers would feel that it is the manufacturers fault because they are ones creating the cars and aquipping them with technology. At the same time, manufaturues would believe it is a drivers fault because they put themselves behind the wheel and were aware of the cars capabilities.
In conclusion, I am against the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars would create new traffic laws that would take time inorder for everyone to abide and adapt to. Driverless cars are run on the power of computers which can fail or have difficulties. Lastly, driverless cars lead to the topic of fault when an accident occurs. Driverless cars can be beneficial, but they need to be fully scrutinized before they are place on the roads full of drivers and passengers, ensuring the safety of all. | 3 |
The picture that has been roaming our society for 25 years and counting, is known as "The face on mars." The " Face on mars" has been put in hollywood films, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store lines. Many people believe that this face was created by aliens, and its not just a natural landform. But I can almost prove to you that this "face" was not created by aliens and is infact a natural landform.
First, If the face-like landform was created by aliens why would that be the only mark? Usually if the face was created by aliens there would surely be a way bigger mark. As well as there would be plenty more marks surrounding that face. This proves that this mark is simply just a landform.
Also, there is plenty of life-like landforms created with the surface of the area. Just so it happens to be on a planet doesn't mean there has to be a wild explanation to this landform. There is life-like landforms that sometimes look a a full body and there are some that look like half of a body. Many of those landforms have been scientifically proven to be just a landform. Also, with all the human shaped landforms we have all of them should be claimed to be created by aliens! Once again, there is no way this landform can be created by aliens. Yes it is indeed unusual but if humans cant travel to Mars how would aliens be able to travel to mars? It's impossible for aliens to make this landform. | 2 |
Many people use cars every single day. Whether it's to go to school, work, a friends, to the store, or even go to an after school activity. A lot of people in other countries such as germany and Paris have given up their cars or vehicles completely.
First off, places have taken away the ability to park. "street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district"(S1P2). This quote shows that they have taken away the right to park in certain places. "there are only two places to park large garages at the edge of the development, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home"(S1P2). This quote shows how they are limiting areas to park so not many people buy cars.
Second off, Motorized vehicles are causing a lot of smog. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intesifying smog"(S2P14). This quote shows that the smog is building up because of cars. "motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22 euro fine"(S2P11). This quote shows that they weren't kidding about no more cars. The cars were causing harm to the beautiful city.
A lot of places today are getting rid of cars. Without cars they can get the natural beauty of the city back instead of it being smokey and gross all day. Eventually it will be like that, but this is a hard transition for people who drive to work or go to school. Its a big change that some places in the world are willing to take. | 1 |
Dear state senator, to the people voting is the most important part of politics. You out of all people speak politics, so you should understand. Keeping the electoral college would be many more great successful years in voting because of the certainty of outcome, it would take care of the swing and big states, and it avoids run-off elections.
Disputes over the outcomes of an electoral vote is possible. The winning candidate's share of the electoral college exceeds the popular vote. In other words in 2012 Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the votes while Romney recieved only 51.3, and because almost all of the states award winner-takes-all even a slight chance of popularity could change the results. It is very unlikely for this to happen. Although there are many things wrong with the electoral college like making peoples votes not exactly count, it is something to figure out.
For the swing and big states, the voting is slightly different. The voters in the toss-up states tend to pay more attention to the campaign than any other place. They really get into the whole campaign and really listen to all of what the competing candidates say and do. For the big states, the electoral college does them a favor and gives them more electoral candidates. It restores the weight in the balance that large states lose by virtue.
The electoral college does us a big favor by avoiding run-off situations, that could lead tomore complicated situations. The run-off election occurs when no candidate recieves a majority of the votes casted. These run-off elections cause a lot of pressure, and surely does complicate the presidential election.
In conclusion, staying with the electoral college process, it would maintain our problems of eun-off elections, certainty of the outcome and the big and swing issues. | 3 |
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article about the exploration of Venus. The article says mainly about how difficult, but worth it, is to explore and learn more about this planet. The author of this article makes clear that Venus is one important planet to be researched, most because of its supposed past.
As mentioned in the article Venus has harzadous conditions. For instance, the atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid which makes the planet extreamelly hot and, because of the acid, corrosive. Another point is that this planet is the hottest of all solar system, with average of 800 fahrenheit.
As we can see, this planet is hard to study and learn about it, however, studies proved that Venus might had life before. On the article, he also presents the composition of the planet, which is similar to Earth, even being called as sisters. Also is the closest planet to Earth, and in the "life belt" a safe part of the solar system that life is habitable, making even more attemptable to research it. Because of that scientists are trying to find solutions to overcome the harsh weather and atmosphere.
The planet have series of similar disasters as Earth, such as vulcano eruptions, earthquakes, lightning strikes, showing even more the similarities of the planets, the way that it behaves is similar to Earth, which again, might show profs that before something happened, this planet had life, and abundant water. With that in the mind of hundreds of confused scientists trying to find a way to actually know what happened or if this is really true, researches for making these researches in Venus are getting better and better.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) already found some possible ways to get some evidence in this harsh planet. They are working in simple eletronic with silicon that survived three weeks in the same conditions as Venus. Human is getting closer and closer to find a safe way to research and find a conclusion in this misterious planet.
In conclusion, this article have really good points, showing the importance of researching this planet, even though the difficulties. Researchers are finding better ways to finally might make a robot that can survive and get materials for studing, and hereafter find the real past of this fenomenal planet, | 2 |
We should keep the Electoral College instead of changing it. One reason for keeping it is because the method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Electoral College avoids problems for example Nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent of popular votes,while winning a majority in the electoral college 301 and 3 70 electoral votes.
Another reason would be because some states are bigger then other and get more popular votes then others like Obama, who won the same amrgin in wymoing would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. reasons to leave it like it is are Certainty of outcome, Swing States,Big States,and to avoid Run-Off Elections. Whats wrong with the electoral vote some people seem to think its fair and more efficent.
Some people might not like the Electoral College just becaues they might think that its not fair. Some States have more electoral votes given to them then other states. Such as California t has 55 and some other states only have like 3-8 electoral votes. Some people might argue about this. It should be the more thoughtful voters that are able to vote.
Certainty of outcome can help. In the election between Obama and Romney Obama received 61.7 percent of the election while Romney had 51.3 percent of the popular votes because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner takes all basis, evem a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. | 1 |
The author supports the idea of pursuiting the planet Venus by giving us all of the benefits we could obtain from visting this planet.
What our planet Earth could benefit and learn about planet Venus. Having the ability to learn about if there was something there before and trying to improve the conditions of the area now so that humans and animals from Earth could possibly live in. If NASA were to figure out a way onto the planet, they could look and obtain samples of rocks, gas, and anything else to conduct research on the things that are on that planet and learn things that they do not know about the planet. Being able to view the analogous to planet Earth and see first hand what can be compared and contrasted about the valleys, mountains, and craters. It would give NASA the chance to see what kind of organisms may or may not have lived on the planet in the past. It could help the people that are on planet Earth understand what kind of innovations and improvements could be made and possibly create living conditions for organisms in the present or in the future. It would also give a better idea of what is on the planet rather than depending on photography or videography.
Venus is considered to be our sister planet because it is the most alike and also the closest planet to us. Viewing this and the things on it could be a big deal for planet Earth and also will be a great idea to see and test what is around us. | 2 |
Luke is a nice guy who lived in a small-town so he helped the people in Europe because his friend don had told him that after the world war 2 europe and many other countries were left in ruins.Europe was left with nothing so to help these countries had to recover their food supplies,animals,and more, 44 nations had joinned together to form UNRRA [ the united nations relief and rehabiitation administration].
UNRRA hired seagoing cowboys to take care of the horses,young cowboys,and mules that were shipped overseas.
So lukes friend told him all about it and he told him if he would go to europe of corse luke coudn't say no so luke and don signed up for the seagoing cowboys so they could help europe with all the stuff they needed.In Agust 1945,they received their orders from new orleans.
They arrived in August 14,luke said that the day the pacificwar ended.they got their seaman's paper and boarded the ss charles w.wooster,and had heeded for greece with cargoof 335 horsesand enough hay and goats to feed them.
Europe was sure geeting helped a hole buch it was geting better and wasn't in ruins that much that was a lot of help it was geeting.luke had turned 18 when he and don had arrived in greece wich meant he would be drafted to military service wich would also he the military with soldiers.
Luke had made nine trips-the most of any seagoing cowboythe cattle-boat trips were unbelievevable opportunity for a samall-town boy
they wouldn't believe it that he would be able to do that kind of thing, but he was still able to do it and he helped europe. | 0 |
The author finds ways to evaluate the dangers of exploring Venus as they find it as a worthy pursuit. Since Venus is a planet and it's next to earth, it only makes sense to explore more of what's already been explored. It's been decades sense something has landed on Venus, and no man has ever set foot there. Venus was once Earth-like in it's time.
Venus is something we see all the time. "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" is one of the brightest points of light in the sky, making it simple to spot." It won't be easy but at least it's close. Every spacecraft sent to this land is unmanned. "Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." With this they can build something stronger. They can examine what didn't work and what technologies could be better to use so they can work their way up into being able to go for themslves. Also if Venus was once like earth, theres more they need to look into, as in how and why it isn't so much like Earth anymore. "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."
As these datails could go on, Venus is something we don't know too much about because of it's dangers. But from past experiences, we could change some things to get us there. By working on new equipment and examining things extra causiously, it could get us to where we want to be to be able to explore this planet we call Venus. As it is dangerous, it can lead to something wonderful as we can discover more things. It's worth a shot! | 1 |
Hi im going to tell an argument from lukes point of view using deatails from the artical.
Here are some reasons why you should come. First you should come beacause it might be the only time you will get to go to help other people from World War ll, so that would be a great opportunity to come.
Another reason is you would get to see out side of you country,and you would get to see other countrys. Also you would see what culture and gods they worship. You might even learn new things like how to grow carrots, or watermelon.
One more reason is you can even have fun on board. Like when you are coming back the animals would be unloaded and you would get to pet them and maby some animals like fetch. You could even play volleyball, or baseball in the empty hold wear animals had been. They also had tournements like baseball,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also help pass time.
Well that is it I gave you three reasons why you should participate in the seagoing cowboys program. I hope this will make your dicisean easyer. Thankyou. | 1 |
Many people and other scientists believe that the Face was created by aliens. But, I definitely disagree. First, the Face may be shaped like an actual human being's face, but it's not an actual human being face. Clearly, there's sufficient evidence to prove the Face was not created by aliens. For example, there aren't any alien monuments, and there aren't any aliens! Pictures were taken ten times, to make sure that we got clear vision of the face. Even when picture of the Face appeared on the JPL web site, some people and other scientists, thought the Face looked like a natural landform. That's because a a shadow figure kind of looks like a human face, that doesn't mean it's an actual human. Also, never have I ever seen an alien. Contrary to popular opinion, aliens don't even exist. That's almost saying the aliens are going to take over the world.
Then, I have never heard of aliens creating the Face, knowing aliens creating anything else.
The face is a natural landform because it's just a shadow. Before, when Nasa's viking ship took pictures of the shadow, their camera could have had a bad angle and probably tried to make the shadow look like a real human face.
Next, never have I have heard of a viking ship capturing pictures of any aliens. Or, have I never of anyone capturing pictures of any aliens creating the Face.
In conclusion, I still think that the Face is a human landform because, once again, there aren't any aliens. Also, there aren't any alien monuments. I think everybody is just exageratting about the whole thing. Also, people could just be freaked out about what they had heard. Some could agree with me, or some couldn't. But this is what I believe in, and I'm sticking to it. | 2 |
Have you ever thought what a student's emotions are accordding to their facial expression? Apparently, a computer can using FACS ( Facial Action Coding System ). But, some wonder; how is it useful using this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom valuable?
A computer software that can recognize someone's reaction( the FACS ) has been used on Leonardo Da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa. Dr. Paul Eckman,creator of FACS ( Facial Action Coding System), has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The software uses all 44 major muscles to move human-like muscles in the computer. From there it calculates the percentage of the the person's emotions.
Now will this technoloy be valuable? I, myself, honestly don't see a use of Facial Action Coding System in a classroom, but instead in a nurse or counsiler, or even a school therapist. Some adults need to know a student's emotions for help. A student could be down, but doesn't want to show it or talk about. That's were the FACS comes in to detect the student's emotion and probably saving a student's life. The machine and therapist can also be able to diagnose students with depression, bipolar disorders, etc.
In conclusion, there is value in using this technology, the Facial Action Coding System, to read students' emotional expressions. Afterall, the machines are saving lifes. | 1 |
The 70 percent of vouban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there.
The lifes with no cars is more happines. "when i had a car i was always tense. I'M much happier this way" (said Hedrun Walter). The 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 States. After days of near-record pollution,paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitales. In Bogota Colombia exist a program call "car-free". This program is about try to clean de globalcity, this program works to the next form: In a program that's set tospread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car-free days. Bogota create this program because the smog of the car is alot than the global city was to dark,the tournut was large, despite gray clouds than dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota. "It's goog opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"(said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle whith his wife. When the program starts for the first time other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar ,joined the event. This program or campaing that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any latin American city, acording to Antanas Mockus,the city's mayor. After all those events | 0 |
Becoming a seagoing cowboy means that you would take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that are being shipped overseas to other countries that need to recover their animals from World War II. It may sound like a lot of work but is can be very rewarding. On my many trips as a seagoing cowboy, I was able to spend a lot of my time with friends and was able to do some sightseeing in other countries. I was also able to learn a lot about animals just from taking care of them. I hope that you choose to become a seagoing cowboy.
One reason for becoming a seagoing cowboy would be that you would learn a lot about animals. I was able to learn a lot of body language from the animals. I now know when an animal is nervous or angry. I can tell when a horse is calm and happy. Knowing animal body language may help you not get a broken bone from being kicked by an angry horse or cow. You will also learn how to take care of the animals. I already knew how to take care of some of the animals from working on my aunt's farm, but I learned how to care for animals a lot faster from doing it hundreds of times everyday.
Another reason that was fun about becoming a seagoing cowboy was that I was able to spend a lot of time with my friends on the trip back to America. All of my friends and I loved playing sports, like volleyball and table-tennis, in the empty holds where we kept the animals. We also shared stories and games that some of us had never even heard of. I learned many fun stories and games that I now pass on to others today.
My last reason to convince you to become a seagoing cowboy would be the sightseeing. While we were in another country, we had some time to go sightseeing. I was able to tour an excavated castle in Crete. I took a gondala ride in Italy and saw the Panama Canal. I also learned a lot about culture. I learned how bad things can be in other countries after wars. It made me more aware of the people and their needs in other countries.
I loved the opportunity to become a seagoing cowboy, even if it was for a short period of time. I was able to learn animal body language and more about how to take care of the animals. I was able to see many great things like the castle in Crete and the Panama Canal. I also learned about culture in many other countries and some of the hardships of living there. The trips made me more aware of the hardships every person in other countries face every, single day of their lives. I hope that all of these reasons convinced you to become a seagoing cowboy. | 3 |
The autonomous car- a dream of many people for years on years, but it seems that the time has come. We today have the technology and ability to make it happen. Though it may seem marvelous and a load off of the drivers shoulders, maybe taking a deeper look would be beneficial. Is it really as great of an idea as it seems?
Autonomous cars, or self driving cars, have truly been around since 2009 with the company Google. What may suprise people is that these cars do not completely control themselves. There still has to be a person alert and ready to take control at any given moment. The technology for these vehicles is very advanced, but they cannot maneuver through construction sites or back out of drive ways. As amazing as these vehicles are in theory, what is the use of a SEMI-self driving car?
Not only do humans have to be armed and ready to hop to the wheel (or in some cases, keep their hands planted on the wheel at all times), there is never any guarantee that the technology will not fail. If one of the cars were to fail, it would more than likely cause a large wreck and injure at least the driver. Not only is it a safety concern, but also the relationship between the buyer and seller is compromised. If someone were to be injured in a car that was supposed to keep them safe, who is responsible? Is it the blame of the company or the owner of the vehicle?
As many know, technology can only do what it is programmed to do. A computer cannot console you when your cat dies, neither can an autonomous car make spurt of the moment decisions on what to do. In situations such as somebody quickly pulling out in front of you, the car would slow down too quickly or possibly completely come to a stop. That could cause many safety hazards to the driver and the people around them. If presented with a different, more severe situation, who knows what could happen?
Though there may be some pros to having an autonomous car, they do not out weigh the cons of it. It is far too much of a safety concern to have driverless cars on our roads. Just like people, technology can make mistakes or fail. The idea of driverless cars should be abandonned, for they do not propose any true benefits. | 2 |
Cars are a wonderful thing. They are perhaps one of the worlds greatest advancements and technologies. Cars get us from point a to point b. That is exactly what we want isnt it? We as humans want to get from one place to anther as fast as possible. Cars are a suitable to do that. They get us across the city in a matter of minutes. Much faster than anyhting else we have. A train isnt going to get me across the city as fast as my car is and neither is a public bus, but those other forms of transportation just might be the way to go. Don't get me wrong, cars are an absolutly amazing thing but, maybe they just cause way to much stress, and maybe they hurt our environment in ways that we don't think they will. With a bus or a train you do not have to worry about washing your car or getting frustrated when stuck in a bad traffic jam on I-4. Also there is not as much pollution in air hurting our environment. You might not think so, but there are many advanteges to limiting our car usage.
One advantage that not only humans would benefit from, but also plants and animals is that there would be a lot less pollution in the air hurting out environment. Right now our cars give off gases that are extreamly harmful towards our environment. These gases are called green house gases and come out of the exhuast pipes in our cars. Your car alone dosent give off much gas but collectively, our cars give off enormous amounts of gases. This is especially true in big cities like France. In France, their pollution level was so high it was record breaking. due to that france decided to enforce a partial ban on cars. This is described in the second article " Paris bans driving due to smog", by Robert Duffer, " On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were orderd to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." After France limlited driving there congestion was down by 60 percent. " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France". So after five days of intense smog, 60 percent of it was clear after not using cars for only a little while. Even across the world in Bogota, columbia they are limiting driving and reducing smog levels. In the third article "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, it describes the annual car-free day they have to reduce smog. " the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog". So all over the world people are relizing that wilthout cars, we are insuring the saftey and well being of our environment.
The second advantage that would come with limiting car use is less stress. Everyone knows that driving a car causes emence amounts of stress. Getting caught in traffic is a major cause of stress in someones life. Haveing to repeatingly wash your car just to get it dirt again causes stress. Having people in the back of your car screasming and yelling all while music is blasting, causes stress. So obviously driving causes stress. If we were to limit our car usage we would not be as stressed as we usually are. There would be no traffic, no car washes and no one screaming in a small confineded space. In the first article " In German Suburb, life goes on without cars", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a citezen named Huidrun Walter, states " When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way". So with out the stress of a car Huidrun Walter is a looser and happier person, less stress equals happier person. In the third article, " Car-free dai is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, it states " It's a good opportunity to take away stress...". If we have the opportunity to take away stress, why not take it. It is a huge advantage in our lives to limit driving if it takes away stress. No one wants stress, no one needs stress, and if we have an opportunity to take some of the stress away, take that opportunity.
In conclusion, there are many advanteges to limiting car use, one being theat we get to help the environment and two being that it helps reduce stress. Our environment is already screwed up in so many ways, if we can help it to become the healthy enironment it once was, then do it. Stress is proven to impare your personal health, no one wants to be unhealthy and no one wants stress in their life. If you want the environment to get better and you want to reduce stress in your life then take this advantage and impliment it. Some might not think that this is an advantage, but i just explained that it is a clear advantege that has been proved to help the enviornment and reduce stress. Limiting car use is a very effective advantage that really does work in more than one place. | 4 |
The article called " Making Mona Lisa Smile" describes how a new technology called the facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Here you will find an arguement on whether or not the use of technology to read is the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
Students using technology is a great way for them to express themselves. Once students understand how there technology works they will began expressing themselves through culture, Litilarcery, and so much more. In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" it says " She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This allows some computer software to recognize emotions.
Facial expressions are a very important detail in every individuals life. Reading someones facial expression can tell you what you need to do next. For example in paragragh 4 it says " The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, " even though individuals oftem show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly)." So when your friends mad and doesnt want you near her or shes just confused, now you'll know your next step.
Emotions are not just expressions on ones face but body movement as well. Body Language plays an important roll in facial expressions. In paragragh 3 it tells us "Eckman has classified six basic-emotion shappiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movents of the facial muscles." For example when your angery your orbicularis oris which is the place around your mouth, it tightens your lips up to show your emotion.
The use of technology to read emotional expressions are very important. It not only tells us our emotions but our body language as well. This allows us to tell what another person is feeling rather than ask them. | 2 |
Our Founding Fathers created a new concept of a way to elect a President, called Electoral College. This concept was created so voting would be fair to everyone, since it is a compromise between the election of a President by a vote in Congress and the popular vote of qualified citizens. Electoral College may cause some domestic disputes between citizens, but in turn it keeps our nation running smoothly. The Electoral College helps avoid run-off election(which can be detrimental to our Presidential Election), it requires the presidential canidate to be "everyone's president", and it has a certainy of outcome.
Additionally, having an Electoral College helps us avoid the problem of elections in which, neither canidate recieves a majority vote within the popular votes. For example, in 1992 Clinton had only a a 43 percent plurality of the popular vote, but won the majority of the Electoral College with 370 votes respectively. The presure of neither of the canidates winning a majority vote could greatly complicate the presidential election process.
Arguably there is a possiblility of a tie in an electoral vote, since it consists of 538 electors. But a tie is highly unlikely. Every state does not recieve the same amount of electors;electors are assigned given your states population including the District of Columbia. This means that states with a larger population have a larger say than a state with a small population in the Electoral College.
Even though the Electoral College is the most despised method of choosing our President it makes the presidential canidate have a trans-regional appeal. Meaning, the canidate cannot heavily campaign in a region where he knows he is the favorite of all the states in that region. For example, in 2012 Romney was the solid favorite of the Southern region. But he cannot gain electoral votes by increasing his popularity in this region. Since no region has enough votes to elect a president, he would need to increase his popularity in other regions in the U.S.
On the other hand, the Electoral College is outdated and voters do not actually vote for the presidential canidate, they vote for a group of electors. Those electors may betray the party of the canidate and cast their vote for whomever else is running for President. The system allows for much worse to happen. A state could send two slates of electors to Congress,and the Vice President could only validate only his opponet's electors.
In conclusion, keeping the Electoral College is a must. Without it our Presidential elections would be a diaster. | 3 |
What is the Face on Mars? Is it an extraterrestrial being or form?
The Face on Mars is not something alien like, it is not an Egyptian Pharoah, and it is not anything other than a simple rock formation that was shaded as though to look like a face by coincidence. It is a landform. As a matter of fact, it is much like those you can find here on Earth, and it is normal as you and I.
How would finding an ancient civilization on Mars be something we would want to hide? It wouldn't! In fact, it would be amazing if we could discover something so wonderful. Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars (5). If we were able to find something so incredible as that, it would be very beneficial to the NASA program. There's absolutely no reason to hide something so intriguing and beneficial from anyone!
Now, I see where the confusion may come in. When the first picture was captured back in 2001, it seriously resembled a human head! Sadly, the sensation of finding something new lasted only for a short period of time, because it was soon ruled to be just another rock formation, common enough around Cydonia (2). Shadows can do funny things, just like they did in this situation. For a short period of time they had us believing that perhaps there was something to be found on Mars! We went to Cydonia three times, and I promise you there is nothing out of this world about the Face on Mars.
So, you might be wondering what was found on those trips back to Mars. Well, let me tell you. On the second trip back to Mars to capture another picture of the Face, it was found that it was simply, like I said, a plain old rock formation (7) . Since some people were not satisfied with the photo, we went back to take another one on a clear day,using the camera's absolute maximum resulotion, and got the best picture taken of the Face (8). The picture proves that the Face is no more extraordinary than some of the landforms we have here on Earth.
Now, I know there for a minute we really thought we had something. Too bad that after all the research was done, it turned out to be just another everyday kind of thing. I hope you realize now that the Face on Mars is simply a mesa, a rock formation, a land form, and that we have no reason to hide any discoveries or advances. Finding an ancient civilization would be wonderful. Maybe someday we will, but the Face on Mars is not it. | 3 |
Ok, now how would you like to have a car that drives itself? I'm talking soon, like next 5-10 years. Sounds great, sounds real futuristic, but I just know those things can't be successful anytime soon. Personally, I would love to ride in a driverless car one day but that's a huge risk to take.
To start off with, a driverless car does sound prety cool. I mean it coulld introduce so many oppurtunities for the world that we've never seen yet. A driverless car could be the start of something new. Like Google cofounder Serge Brin believes, such cars could change the world fundamentally.
In counterclaim to that, THERE WILL NEVER BE A COMPLETELY DRIVERLESS CAR! Well, at least that's how I see it. I mean a driverless car, I know it's 2016, but that's going past the limits. It's all pure imagination if someone believes a driverless car will be accepted into the streets of the world.
There's only one HUGE reason I say it won't happen though... A driverless car will never be safe enough to count on. I mean be real, would you ride in a plane wth no pilot with only computed sensors telling you what's going on around your plane? What's going to happen if one of those sensors on the car don't react one time? Like I know everyone has had a surprise mishap with a computer-generated system before. Think if your car caught a virus or something or just was being used too much, your on the road, then our car starts going crazy and drives off the road. Who's fault will it be? What if someone gets hurt because of your car, not you or the car's manufacturer, but your car?
In conclusion to all this, I think it's a brilliant idea to have. It definitely presents many arguments, but I wouldn't be in a driverless car even if it was my only choice. I wouldn't want my life in the hands of a technological device or machine or whatever it'd be called. | 2 |
Do you know what it is? It sure isnt an alien. The face shape mask is just shadows, rocks, or something that isn't alive. In the text scientist said "it wasnt a alien", it's just rocks or something for higher above the Viking ship. It could be an alien but it isn't.
The Scientist are just saying it is an alien is because they want the world to be curious. You are just using your imagination, but truley its just rocks/sadows.
After the technology was getting better, the sent another space ship to see if it is still there. Which it was, so they took many shoots of it. They finally relized that it was just rocks forming or hadows from other objects, and not an alien. they just wanted us (citizens) to think that it is an alien so that busnisess would make money or something good out of it. How can an aliens do that, to make it look like it is 3-D? They probably can but, scientist already figured out it's just the rocks shadows. Our technoloy today can determine what it really is just by one picture and some zooming in.
That's why that face shape mack on mars is not an alien. You can just read a passage about it, to find out what it really is. It's just rocks forming to make a face. But, that face, is not an alien artifact. They even said that "there was no alien monument after all." So, after what I said I hope you figured that isn't alien's making that mask shape face on mars. It is not aliens. | 2 |
I am here to try to get you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
I'm am trying to get you to join the program because countries are in need of supplies . We are going to be the ones to deliver what they need to them. We need to be there for the countries in need.
We are going to deliver animals to the countries in need. The first animal we are going to give them is a cow for milk and if needed meat. We are going to give them mules so that they can carry heavy things around. We are also going to give them horses so that they can ride them to places so that they do not have to walk far distances on land if they don't have a boat and can't travel far distances on a boat down a river.
It is a really helpful program.
I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because it can help countries in need like Eurpoe and China. One more reason I think you shoud join is that you can do a lot of intresting things. Plus you get to meet a lot of fasinating peolpe. Sign up today to join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author reveals that, in the near future, automatic cars that remain capable of running without a human driver are very possible. Although the author presents some negatives of these driverless cars, the positives most definitely overtake the negatives. Driverless cars are an amazing, technologically advanced, useful invention than any user would benefit greatly from. Every type of user, whether it be someone who uses itonce a month or every day, would benefit from attaining a driverless, automatic car. They are coming soon, in the very near future, and there are many good things that society should look forward to whenever they become a reality.
Driverless cars seemed to be such a futuristic idea until automobile companies began creating automatic systems within cars. Although these cars still require a human driver, they are very close to getting to the point where a driver is not necessary. In the article, the author states that cars already made, "...alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." This statement reveals that although the automatic components are very useful and beneficial, the cars still, at this point, require a driver. However, sensors that have been advanced within the last ten years can almost individually run the car. The author states that even though the progress of sensors that can lock the brakes, accelarate the vehicle, and steer the car has been very substantial, "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." By stating this, the author opens readers up to the fact that different sensors are being created in order to complete the different tasks and skills that driving requires. Soon enough, within only some years, a few companies have stated that they believe they will have a completely driverless car completed by the year 2020. These completely automatic cars will help and assist users by allowing for better transportation and accounting for more accurate driving techniques.
The invention of these driverless cars will not only assist users of the technological advancement, but will also help to save the environment. The cars that Google cofounder Sergey Brin, "forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." When the author states this fact, readers can understand that these driverless cars would ultimately change the entire world. By using less fuel, there are less toxic fumes going into the air. Currently, air pollution is a large issue in today's society as a whole. If these driverless cars are invented in the short time that they are predicted to arrive, the world could take a complete turn towards a better ecosystem.
Ultimately, driverless cars seem to be a very positive oncoming invention. As they are already more than halfway towards becoming an actual item, many companies are working extremely hard to bring this idea fully to life. The benefits of more efficient public transportation and easier assistance remain very important and useful to the people of today's society. The fact that these public transportation driverless cars would be better for the ecosystem and allow for less air pollution is yet another reason in which they would benefit greatly everyone and the entire world, in the long run. Driverless cars are not something that people should be afraid of; they are simply just technology being taken to the next level. As many people, such as Sergey Brin, foresee, driverless cars would benefit and take over many daily tasks, help the environment, and solve issues for public transportation. | 3 |
I think others should join the program because you could help these countries recover their food supplies,animals,and more. Caring for the animals is a big job too they have to be watered and fed two or three times a day. Also many things need to be picked up like bales of hay and bags of oats. This is a really big thing to people to have our help. It is a good idea to try and help out.
I have experienced from my aunt Katies farm as a young boy, I worked very hard so that prepared me,but not for the dangers of the sea. My job is to cheak on the animals every hour,its not all that bad. One night though it was pretty scary i was making my hourly report to the captain and some things happened. It wasnt that bad but im glad im here today. There is also lots of time to have fun on board. Like on return trips when the animals had been unloaded. I also played volleyball and baseball games with the cowboys in empty holds.
These are the many reassons why i think others should try joining the program. You not only have to work, you get to have fun while working with others. It may sound scary but its not,once are used to it. It feels pretty good to get that kind of offer. Also just to be able to help out. | 1 |
Senator <blank>,
I would like to express my opininioun on keeping existance to the Electoral Collage.
The Electoral Collage Creates a dicided ground; as whell as, equal and justified representation.
Abolishment of the Electoral Collage would not give power to all states and, would highten potential for bias political leaders.
The presedental election enables citizen to vote for any idea and share a final one. For instance: you and your 3 friends are deciding on a what they want for dinner you have more athority because you are driving. You have a conflicting mind; part of you wants mexican food, american, and the another an asian style quisine. Your friends all have up their mind; 1 mexican, 2 asian, you still are un-decided. If a system similar to the Electoral Collage was established you could use majority to dicide on mexican food. Without part of your mind (state delegations) all deciding on one thing you would either: try to comprimise by inconvieniocing your party to stopping at 2 restaurants or decide that you all would not eat. Many argue that without the Electoral Collage equal power would be given to the people and that "most people worry is the prosepct of a tie in the electoral vote"-source 2. Even a equal representation or the "equal voting system" would create clear distinction having asian won. "Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors"-source 1.
The Electoral Collage also prevents State from having more power than one another. In the example previous; you could dicide that since you were undicided or the party was undicided, you would not dine. This could happen; however, the election should operate more on the the principals of the Electoral Collage to prevent this. In example: "The popular vote was very close in Florida [in 2012]; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes."-source 3.
In the event that only Texas, Florida and, California voted yes and the rest of the country voted no, The vote would be no. Without Electoral Collage the country would been towards the choice of largely populated states not swing states that carry only 1 vote. "if an electoral tie seems unlikely,"- source 2.
The Electoral Collage keeps the contry functioning not on the popular majority of voters to prevent comprimise. Having a decided union prevents seperation that tour our contry apart in the Civil War. We should keep the Electoral Collage; because, the only real flaw in the system is uneducated voters. | 2 |
Do you like the ocean and sight seeing ? If you do then the Seagoing Cowboys program is right for you ! In this program you can go on adventures and go to many cool places . This program will change your life forever . You don't get to go to places like Europe every day . This is a once in a life time chance .
In this program you will get to help people in need and help take care of animals that are shipped overseas . You can also go to places like Greece and see the Acropolis . You may also get the chance to go to China . During your trips you can go sight seeing if you have time . Some times when your done with you work you get to play baseball and vollyball .
Remember that this is a chance of a life time . You get to go sight seeing and play games . You also get to save animals and help people in need . Most impartantly you get to have fun doing what you love . Please , join the Seagoing Cowboys club . | 1 |
The belief that limiting car use is an obtainable goal in today's world is a foolish one. We as a race of animals have developed technology that advances and propels us pass our old habits as early humans. Depriving people of the luxury of new age technology is a ludacris form of solving enviornmental problems. There is without a doubt an epidemic involving pollution in the world, but it should not be solved by prohibiting whole cities from the benefits of automobiles, the solution is solved by the contrary, which is supporting automobile purchase. What I mean by this is support of cars that have byproducts like water rather than harmful emission.
Cars with zero emission technology are usually hybrid vehicles that run on alternative fuel sources, which help in the preservation of fossil fuels. I believe just the support and production of a lot more hybrid models by all popular car manafacturers is a more feasible solution than trying to remove cars out of the entire equation. Vauban, Germany along with Paris, France and Bogota, Colombia all have tried this method and have found success, but their success is only temporary for the solution to this problem is not as simple as just banning car use in cities. Thats my story and I'm stickin to it.
THIS TEST IS UNIMPORTANT | 1 |
Imagine you were driving down the road one day and you see a car driving towards you. Seems normal, right? Wrong. You notice the driver is, wait he couldn't be, could he? But he is. The other driver is asleep and both of you are in a work zone. This would result in a crash and there is only one culprit. The driverless car.
We can all agree that technology has come a long way in the past few years, but has it come too far? Many companies are working on ideas for what will be a driverless car. It might seem like a really good idea at first but there are a few reasons that these vehicles would cause problems. First off, the distracted driver. If you were on a long car trip or had up late working before the trip you were making it would you be able to stay awake behind the wheel of a driverless car? We'd all like to say we would but it's not that simple. There are already drivers on long trips that mange to fall asleep while driving. Think about if they were just riding in the car how much worse it would become. The cars could pilot themselves fairly well but what if there was an accident ahead, or a workzone? The driver would have to take over to guide it through the changed route. This couldn't happen if the driver was asleep.
There would also be too many distractions while in a driverless car. People text and drive all the time already but if they didn't have to drive they wouldn't pay attention to the road at all. The companies that are making the cars are suggesting ideas of how to get the driver's attention when it is their turn to drive, but how well would it work? One of the ideas being suggested was entertainment systems built into the car that would shut off while the driver needed to take the wheel. Which isn't a bad idea until you consider the driver's own personal devices that they would bring with them.
In conclusion driverless cars are NOT safe. There are too many thing that could go wrong. The cars are not entirely to blame as much as the lack of responisbility of people, but untiil the cars can comensate for that lack of responsibilty they are not safe for roads. They need a lot more work before anyone should consider purchasing one. | 3 |
The "Face" on mars(the red planet) been there since 1976 which is when it was discovered and was not fully formated yet and still is not formed. So,it shows that it was not created millions of year's ago by some extra-terrestrial bieng(s).Also,when the Viking 1 Mars Global Surveyor(MGS) took the photo in 1976 it looked as if it was just a common landform created by some-type of desert storm,and now that other photos have came in from May 24,2001 from Viking 2 we are shown that it is not a face but a few mesa's(mesa-landforms common around the American west) with shadows on it showing features of a human bieng but are really just hills of sand with weirdly shaped landforms and shadows. Also,on many planets we have seen craters,mountain,and canyons that look like something they're not,and when the shadows are not there you can tell that they are just naturally formed sand hills. Finally,In 1998 the Mars Orbiter Camera(MOC) took 10 photos much sharper photos(5 times sharper)than the original Viking 1 did in 1976 and the photos on the (MOC) showed and revealed to be that there was no alien monument or alien worshipping monument just natural landforms. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless car. I think that the idea of diverless cars is a bad idea. Driverless cars can lead to lots of money being spent to constructe these cars, they have to be up to date with the latest roads and can cause a lot of damage when these cars get into accidents. Many of these problems is why computer driven cars should not be built.
Right now cars are being used everyday to get to certain destinations like school and work. Now manufacturers want to make these cars that can drive themselves without drivers actually driving the car. In the late 1950's, General Motors created a concept car that could run on a test track but the track was embedded
with an electrical cable that used radio signals to make the car run. These smart road systems worked well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was too expensive. And now that technology has been advancing, these cars have to know where there is a traffic jam or an accident has occured, but mainly these cars have to be updated because more and more roads are being constructed to make the trip a lot faster. But when cars get into accidents, there can be a big problem.
Now that driverless cars are becoming a thing, laws need to be made in order for pedestrians to be safe, which is a big concern. It is mostly illegal for people to test drive these car becase they don't know if the car is even safe for a person to drive.
Manufacturers believe that the more states will follow as soon as the cars are proven more reliably safe, but if there is an accident or the technology fails who it there to blame, the driver or the company that made the car?
Even though technology is improving in cars, there will always be a big fail. And even though people want the lastest things from the market, they may not alwasy be the greatest and saftest.
That's why I think that cars like these shouldn't be made because then there will be a huge contraversy weather or not these cars should even be on the road due to safety issues and technology problems. | 2 |
Dear state senator,
Ever since 1776, The United States of America has been a great example of freedom, excellence, and democracy. After all, the U.S. is one of the biggest supporters of democracy, and is all about the rights of their people. So imagine my shock to learn that this country, in fact, does not rely on it's people to vote for their leader. Which, to many people would be the simplest form of freedom out there. Instead, we have the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a number of electors that represent a state. "Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators...." (What Is the Electoral College? by the Office of the Federal Register) In this quote, it explains that the Electoral College is based on the existing population in your state; therefore, the more people you have, the more electors the state receives. However, this sounds great and all, but in my opinion, a direct democracy would work great for this country because it would generate just representation of the people by allowing them to make the vote, encourage voters and remind them that they have a voice, and immediately destroy the chances of a representative to vote for an opposing candidate.
America is all about their people. And of course, the government wants to do what's best for them, right? Voting is a right that American citizens achieve when they reach the matured age of eighteen. It's supposed to feel like a blessing that we get to decide and have a voice in the process of election. But, with the Electoral College, it "...may turn off potential voters of a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state." (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner) So the citizens of this country are beginning to feel like their say in this decision will have little to no impact. This will affect the amount of voters and will ultimately cause a huge problem in the way people feel about representation.
Enough about the people, how about the electors? "Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always." (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer) This means that not even when the people vote for all their electors and they should be selecting the correct candidate, they may change their minds. Electors are people too, and people may have their opinions swayed and then the electors could vote for the other candidate. It is scary to think that the candidate everyone chose and was rooting for might not win because someone decided to make a different decision.
And some people might stand up for the Electoral College, say that "The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates...to focus their campain efforts on the toss-up states." (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner) It later goes on to say that because of this, the citizens in the Swing States become the most thoughtful voters because they receive the most information on the candidates. However, wouldn't we, as a country, prefer all of our potential voters to be informed and well-aware of our candidates? "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states...focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states." (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer) Why should the fate of the presidency be laid in the hands of such a small amount of people when our country is meant to be for everybody in the land?
As a concluding statement, senator, I want you to consider my argument that we'd be better off without the Electoral College because citizens should be able to decide who they want to run, they should feel important, they should all be well-informed, and electors that change their minds wouldn't even be a problem anymore. Thank you for taking the time to consider my letter.
Sincerely,
Concerned Citizen | 4 |
The selctions I just read contain one common subject:people drive less cars now in the first and second selection both talk about how some neighborhoods ban the use of cars on certian or all days. In the first selection In german suburb, life goes on without cars the author Elisabeth Rosenthal states " 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there." In other words they either had a car but sold it to move or they never had a car to begin with.
In selection 2, it talks about how people are not evven allowed to drive cars on certain days of the week. In paragraph 2 the authour says "On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates are ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine."
The final 2 selections discuss how studies show that people in America are driving less and less as time passes by. In my opionion I think we shoud do whatever we think is right. | 0 |
There are many reasons you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program". This program is for people that go out to sea's and gets anything afloat on the sea after place's are in ruins and help clean the place up. This program is very improtant. Here are some examples why you should join.
One reason why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is because, not only them but, you could be helping people affected in world war 2. In paragraph 2 it talks about how world war 2 left europe in ruins and the UNRRA need people's help to clean the place up and go out to sea's to get cows or anything that is afloat in the sea. The second reason you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is because you get to have adventure's and go to different countries you have never been to! In paragraph 5 it says"Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China." It could be a once in a lifetime thing! The third reason you should join this program is because not only do you work all the time, you get to play games with your friends like volleyball and tennis, and much more! In paragraph 8 it says "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis turnaments, fencing, boxing,reading,whitting,and games also help pass the time." So, over the waiting time to get to the place you are heading you get to have fun.
The "Seagoing Cowboys Program" can be very fun and helpful. Those can be some examples why you would want to join. The "Seagoing Cowboys Program" is a very important program you could be helping a country in need of help. | 2 |
Facial Action Coding System, FACT, is a new technology that anables computer to indentify human emotions. This technology is really helpful for teacher and student in class base on the use of it is to read the emotional expressions.
There are 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles, it begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. In order to indentify human emotions, there are six basic emotions are happiness, surprise, aner, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated it with the characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Then using video imagery, in real face, weighting the different units, the sofware can identify mixed emotions and compared against a no emotion face. In our life, we perform this same calculation every day, you can tell someone is happy or not by just look on their face. But computer can't so this technology could teachs it, so it can know people well and give out the best experiences.
"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." Not all students are good, not all students are interesting with the lessons, so this is a really helpful idea for the classes. Teacher or the computer now can know well how is the student with the lessons. If they are happy, that meant the lesson is interesting, if they are bored, the teacher now know they need to change it so everyone is interested with it.
But that is all we need, the system can stop at this. There is no need for the computer to go further than that. If more than that, the computer could collect every informations and storage it, it's seems to be very scarry.
This technology is useful if that is all it can do. Use this "FACT" in the classroom is a good idea for the improvement of studying environment. It is also a very need thing for the computer to give the feedback when it know more about humans. | 1 |
The author of
" The Challenge of Exploring Venus" , supports his idea of pursuing Venus despite its dangers by, including information about NASA's intereset in studying Venus, how Earth-like the planet is, and information about the planet and why we should study and explore it.
In paragraphs five and seven the author talks about how NASA is working on approaches to study Venus. In paragraph seven of this article it says "... possible solutions on the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus wold allow scientists to float above the fray.", this means that they have come up with some ways to explore and study Venus without falling victum to Venus's harsh conditions and environment.
Also in paragraph seven the author mentions that some simplified electronocs made of siliocn carbin have been tested in a chamber simulating Venus's surface. The device lasted for three weeks in those conditions.
The author also mentions that Earth and Venus are very similar to each other by saying, " Often referred to as Earth's 'twin', Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." . The author also calls venus "our sister planet" in paragraph four.
He also talks about how Venus has some features that are similar to Earth and how it probably could have supported various life forms.
In paragraph four the author aks the question "Why are scientists even discussing further vists to its surface?" and he answers this questions by saying that It has simililar structure to Earth. The author also mentions that we should explore Venus because our human curiosity will lead to other endeavors.
The author suported his idea by including information about the planet and why we should explore it. He includes enough information about what his is talking about and makes it very clear on what he is trying to get across to the reader. | 2 |
The counterclaim: Our travels on earth and beyond sold not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. The evidence is in paragraph 6 many reasearchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to or knowledge of venus.
In the article "The challenge of exploring venus", Mostly talks about venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it could be .
One reason why it's dangerous is because no one have maded to venus. For example in paragraph 2 in sentence 5 it states, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". Another example in paragraph 2 sentence 6 it states, "maybe the issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades.
A second reason why it's dangerous is that NASA is exprienceing new object to see if they could land in venus. For example in paragraph 5 in the second sentence it states "NASA possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus." A second example on why NASA is using objects is in paragraph five sentence four it states "A vechicle hovering over venus would avoid to unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way".
A third reason why it's dangerous is that humans are not believing and wanting to go to venus. For example in paragraph eight it states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endevors".
"The challenge of exploring venus" Is worthy pursuit despite of danger for these reasons, Alstranouts not landing, NASA making a new object to try to land, and humans not wanting to believe what's happeing and wanting to go to venus. I perdict that those were why the author suggest that studying venus could be dangerous. | 1 |
Does a computer that can tell when you are happy or sad make a difference. I thinks so because if this happens we can make a computer make a video game AI actually smile using the same muscle groups that we use. It could help students understand more in class. It could even be used in police interigations. This could help this world out.
Gamers all around the world want games to be more human like. With computers that can read and recreate human emotions could help that alot. It would give AI more human like reactions to unrealistic things. It would make the games way more fun. It would also help animation. Disney would really benifit from human like facial reaction in the movies.
Students get confused easily and for online courses that would be a lot harder to notice. With computers that can read human facial reactions they could help when students get confused. I would help the student and the online school would benifit from that. That could prove to be very useful.
Peoples muscles it the face move no mater how straight faced they are and sometimes Police Interigaters miss those little thing and then they get away. With computers that can read facial reaction any muscle movements in the face would be seen and then they would not get away with what crime they have made. This would lower the crime rate and would make police work a little easier. That would be very helpful to the police station.
In conclustion Computers that can read emotions off of the face would greatly benifit society. It would make police work easier. It would help students with there grades and if they get confused. It would greatly improve video games to make them more realistic. | 2 |
Reducing car usage is becoming a big thing in a lot of cities around the world. In some cities they're developing "car-free" days, a day without cars, to lower air pollution. Too many people are using cars and this is causing traffic jams and pollution in the air, which is not good for the environment. I believe that limiting car usage is an advantage because it can help prevent air pollution, traffic jams, and can make people open their mind to use other ways of transportation. Most cities in different countries are evolving and people are liking "car-free day".
Limiting car usage can prevent congestion in the streets which causes the air to be polluted. According to Source 2, Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals, so Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Congestion went down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog. This really helps clear the air for polluted cities.
The population is growing everywhere, especially cities like Bogota, Colombia with 7 million. According to Source 3, it was the third straight year that cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in Bogota, Colombia. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work leaving the streets of this capital city without any traffic jams. The turnout was large and people are liking this new change. For example, a businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza said
"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
Municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event and were enthusiastic. The mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay said,
"These people are generating a revoluntionary change, and this is crossing borders."
Since these cities have made this change, there has been a great outcome from this.
There are many different ways you can go to places without having to use cars all the time. For example in Source 4, Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University, says
"Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift."
In this source it explains that the internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends. The renewal of center cities has made the suburbs less appealing and has drawn empty nesters back in. Same with the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. With all of these changes, people who have stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. | 2 |
"The Face" on Mars has brought up alot of attention. People are debating whether or not it is real or fake. There are two sides to the argument. Is it a sign of aliens or civilization, or is it just a natural landform on Mars? Some people even say is it even a face at all. Let's find out what it really is.
The face can be argued as a landform or something that an ancient civilation made. We as a whole, NASA, have confirmed it is a natural landform found on Mars, a mesa. Mesas are actually quite common in the American West according to the article. There has been no signs that an ancient civilization has lived on Mars, so it is highly unlikely that the face could've been built by aliens. Although it is possible, it is highly unlikely.
If there was alien life on Mars, we (NASA) wouldn't deny it, because all it would do is bring us more money and more exploration to do. If there would be one sign of ancient civilization on Mars, then that might just mean that it could or once did support life. We have checked to make sure that there is signs of life on and near the face by taking multiple pictures like the pictures in 1976, 1998, and in 2001. Some said that alien markings were hidden by haze but we have proven them wrong as seen from the pictures.
In conclusion, "The Face" that has been argued about is just a natural landform called a mesa. It is not alien made, it is natural. Although it is possible for aliens to have created something on Mars, we have not found any signs of alien life capable of making such things. So for now, there is no signs of aliens that we know of yet. But once we do find a sign, you better bet that we, NASA, will tell as soon as possible. | 2 |
This history is about Venus. NASA is trying to go to the planet call Venus because is the planet that look just like Earth.
They want to go because they want to show how Venus look like. So people can go live in Venus, but NASA don't want to send people because is so danger.
In the solar system Venus is the second plane from the sun.
Venus is call the "Evening Star" because it is the brightest point of light in the night sky.
It is the twin planet of the Earth because it have the same side of the Earth, and in distance is the closed plane that Earth have.
"Each previous mission was unmanned, and good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.
Venus have 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. On other planets the temperature average is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is abuot 90 times greater than what we experience.
"Also Venus have the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even Mecury is closer to our sun.
Long time ago Venus was probably covered by ocean and could have supported varius forms of life, just like Earth.
NASA is trying to make mechanical computer the ones that help a lot in WW II, so they don't have to used people, but they have to use more tegnology.
In conclution that is a good idea because human need more space to live and some people like the idea to explor what is outside the Earth.
"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". | 1 |
Cars these days can cause a lot of accidents and pollution. This happens mostly because people are careless people. Accidents mostly happens to young teens. Why teens? Well they are immature and most of the dont care about what happens around them. So they will get drunk or use drugs that will mess with their senses and most likely get them involved in a car crash.
Self-driving cars can be very handy. But it will take some time before they come out and are avalible for the world to use. They have a lot of problems right now, but their are people working on it. I honestly like self-driving cars because there wont be as many people dying and there will also be less pollution. Instead of kids getting drunk and driving then crashing they can get a self-driving car and get home or where ever they need to go safely.
But there is a disadvantage to this also. The cost of the car will be very high. As the text states "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors or the left rear wheel, rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotie radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." The car is going to be very expensive. Not everyone has the money to buy it.
Eventually the price will come down. But it will take many years for that to happen. But it will happen, looking at the cars from the 1900's to now. People will buy the car for sure. The cars that used to exist are out of style for the modern days. Now everyone drives the newer versions or the cars. It can be expensive or very cheap, but I still support the self-driving cars. Like I said, they wont be cheap but the prices will drop. There will be less accidents and less pollution.
Cars have changed a lot over the years and they will keep changing. Prices will go up, or they will go down. Techonology is advancing and it will keep advancing. I like the idea of the self-driving car and hope it exists soon. | 2 |
In the article "The Challenge of Eploring Venus" it talks about the second planet from our sun (Venus) often referred to as Earth's "twin". Becuase Venus is sometimes very close to Earth, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the planet. The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it represents. Considering that no spaceship survived the landing for more than a few hours, it explains how dangerous it could be to explore it.
However, the author still seems to think that Venus is worth studying. Even though Venus is so inhospitable, the author claims that scientists still discuss further visits to its surface. Reason being is becuase Venus may have been once like Earth at one point. The Author states that Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life, just like Earth. Even until this day Venus still has some features that are similar to Earth.
Venus has familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. It even sometimes can be our nearest option for a planetary visit which is crucial considering the long time frames of space travel the author states. The NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has a possible solution for sending humans to study Venus after three decades. It would allow scientists to float above the fray and avoid the unfreindly ground conditons. Instead of the temperature being 800, it would be lowered to 170 if they used a blimp-like vehicle that would hover 30 or more miles over Venus. This would make Venus's conditions a little more bearable.
Putting this idea to action wouldn't provide enough insight of Venus and its conditions. Scientists couldn't even take sampls of rock, gas, or anything else if they did it that way. Therefore, the author claims that scientists are working on a new idea to get up close and personal to Venus, despite the risks.
Furthermore, the Author supports in many different ways how pursuing venus is worth the dangers. He provides examples of how sicentists are working to make something that would allow astronomers to visit and explore Venus, how they are fascinated by the planet, and how Venus has value not only becuase of the insight to be gained but also becuase of human curiousity will most likely lead us into many intimidating endevors and that dangers and doubts should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Therefore, the author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy of pursuit depite the dangers very well, | 3 |
Have you ever thought of being a cowboy then your in luck becase today you can be a seagoing cowboy and see not just cows but unique places in the world and see places in the world that you thought only existed in books and movies.
If you thought that you would be wrong the places in books are sometimes real and sometimes not and if you want to help people and go on a advencher this is the job for you. The perks of this job would be the trip and if a cow dies of old age it is a steak cook out and you can see more animals you thought possible in a bout. The sea is a inportant part of the job and if you are scard of water then this job is not for you.
Now the sites of a seagoing cowboy are absolutely amassing you could see greece and the Parthonon and rome with the romen coloseum and china with it's large 16th cenchery builidings and spain with it's large docks with large sea vesalls and englend and buckinghem palice and the tower of london and big ben and germeny the starting place of the war and home of hitller and berlin. If you like steak and other meat meals then you have to eat somthing different then your favoret meals becase of the cow on the ship the might get a little wored and start to get out of control but dount let a cow stop you from bring a seagoing cow boy and help with the things we need the do to help thoughts in need.
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So if you relly want to get this job then you are exepted.
Mead by Gabriel. | 1 |
Hello. My name is Luke, the boy who joined the Seagoing Cowboys. I had such a fun experience and so can you. There are many reasons on why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. Sit down for a few minutes while I tell why you should join.
Here have some tea! You should join because you can have a fun time and experience. While we go back to where we live, we can play were the cows used to be housed. We can play either basketball, volleyball, and we even have table-tennis tournaments! You can also travel the whole world like for instance, China or Greece or Italy. This is one reason on why you should join.
It can even help you be a better person. You can help out animals by feeding them, taking care for them, and changing
the stalls. They have to be watered and fed two to three times a day. International students come from foriegn lands and we help them be a part of our crew. With the help of yours, you can change the world and make it a better place to live in.
So, take some time to think about joining the program. Here's a handout and there is no fee or admission. All we need are people who are hard workers with a positive atitude. Well, I had a fun time talking to you and thanks for your listening. Thank you! | 2 |
In my opinion I think that driverless cars would be a wonderful thing to have. They would make it much easier to commute to and from work or school. They would also make taking long roadtrips much more enjoyable, being that you would not always have to keep starring at the road ahead in the long, boring sort of way that we have to now.
Driverless cars would also be great for public transportation, being that they could exempt the need for a driver, that would allow companies to make more profit, which in turn would allow for better up-keep on the buses, trams, etc. Also allowing for newer and better modes of transportation to be purchased, all around it would benefit the public transportation industry.
Even if we did not have autonomous, driverless, cars the roads would still be better if we had cars that sensed the road conditions and kept track of the driver to help with accident prevention. It would decrease the number of deaths caused each year by distracted driving, and also maybe even help make the human population as a whole better drivers in the fact that we would realize all of the things that we do wrong while driving and maybe try to correct those things.
Then there is the other side to the autonomous, driverless, cars. Yes they would be good because they would decrease the number of accidents that are caused by distractred dirvers, but this may also be a bad thing. Most humans, if you give them something that can make them have to work less, will rely souly on that one product to do all that it can possibly do to help them, but when that product has a malfunction it could be disasterous.
Lets use this as an example, Johnny and a few of his friends are driving up twisty mountain road in his autonomous car, Johnny, relying on his autonomous car to do its job of driving, is paying no attention to the road ahead. The driving system of the car has a small malfunction in the turning system, the road takes a sharp right turn and the cars is going too fast to recognize that the turn is up ahead, the car comes up to the turn, goes to fast around the turn and starts to slip, the car then overcorrects sending Johnny and all of his friends straight into the side of the mountain.
Now see this would have been no problem had Johnny been paying attention to the road ahead, but he thought that his autonomous car had it all under control. The autonomous car would be a great inovation to driving, but when human nature takes over and we rely too much on the product things such as this may happen. | 3 |
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why The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangerous it present. form the passage called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"
The author suggest that because in the passage there are very different and interesting things about "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," First because in paragraph 2 it say that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and it say that ocassionally the closest in distance too. Second because the person that is suggesting to read the passage is the author and if he is suggesting that is because the passage is very interestig like These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus.and that will be very interesting to people to read and know more about venus and explore reand passages, articles, everything that has to be with Venus. Also it say that In our solar system, venus is the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Also NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, For example, come simplied electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus's surface. It show that the the passage must be reader by many people bacuse the author give the best from him and because he do a very interesting passage so the raders can learn alot from Venus.
Second because in page 3 it say that "Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system, even through Mercury is closer to sun". The people would be very interesting in know that how can that be possible that venus has the hottest temperature even that mercury is the more closer to the sun. Also because it say that " Venusian geology and weather represent additional impediments like eruption volvanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface" The author is saying that so the readers can notice that venus have very different and powerful things. Also in page 4 it say that ' Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. People would shock by reding this and the author will see that he was correct in suggesting
in studying Venus.
Finally because the all passage has demostrate that is very interesting to read, In page 8 it say that Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. this part also say that travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
In conclusion l think that many people should read the pasasage because it has very intersting things and because they can learn more about Venus, Students can learn more
about Venus and other planet from this pasage and learn how they work and this can help them in school in class some classes like biology or maybe history. I think they have to read it and studying like the author say it that what I will suggest too if I write a pasage like this or other if other person write a passage like this very interesting and very professional. | 2 |
A new type technology was invented called Facil Action Coding System, this enables computers to identify human emotions. We have 44 major muscles in our face and by using a 3-D computer model it will help the computer better see your emotions. It's belived that by using computer codes to help see emotions can help at school. It could also help us with our personal life.
Psychologist Dr. Paul Eckman creator of FACS had six major emotions. '' Movement of one or more muscels is called an ''action unit''. The six major emotions are happy,surprise,anger,disdust,fear,and sadnees. When you are feeling sad, your face muscels change and when the computer see that change they know u are feeling sad.
When you are on the computer and your computer knows that you dont like an ad it will change to something differnt.''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.''. This can help the teacher by helping sudents or pick up the pace so students dont get bored or confused. And most comunacation is non-verbal and by emotions.
This tecnology can also help us with our personal life as well as school. We can usually see if one of our friend is happy or sad we do this every day. So why do we need a computer to this for us. Well if we dont know the person we mught say something wrong. And with the help of tecnology we can better understand it. BY making the a little move on how you feel it can change your emotion.
The theory of emotions states that just smiling makes you happy and changes your whole mood. A drama coach says '' he had is actors reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of cresting these emotions on stage.'' Emotions have a way of changing techology helps us grow and help us. | 2 |
In Germany life goes on without a car as people can see that. But cars do reallly excite in germany but they just have big garages for them. THey only have two place to park which is you have to own a house in order to have a parking space for your car. Automobiles are taking to Chicago and Shanghi in order to find a home. The gas to the cars is mostly found in Europe and the 50 percent is found in the United States.
In New York the Suburbs will spread out homes on private garages were dream towns come homes. The cars will be found all over the world. but there for there is two ways to get gas for them. Cars will around during The World War2 as the passage is saying. Now during this time they are making more better cars in this world for people could move around, dont matter if its a truck a car they would find a way too move you around the world. | 0 |
Venus, the second planet from the sun, has long been known as a desolate, barren, and hostile environment. Venus is devoid of any potential to support humans for the next several million years. Long story short, both manned and unmanned missions to Venus are expensive, time consuming, and provide no meaningful information that can't already be determined from earth, or a low-orbit probe.
The author presents the feat of missions to Venus as a "challenge", and rightfully so.
Paragraph 3 provides plenty of reasons to keep away from the second planet. The surface of this inhospitable rock is plagued with crushing atmospheric pressure, temperatures of more than 800 degrees, and highly corrosive clouds of sulfuric acid vapor.
"The challenge" isn't much of a reason to toss away millions of dollars of research, no matter how large of a rush it gives humanity. The author also mentioned the value of scientific research conducted on our neighbor planet. Except, in paragraph 6, they outright state, "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely above the ground can provide only limited insight on ground conditions".
Finally, an analysis of paragraph 7 doesn't give us any information that we weren't already aware of. Except, an interesting point was made. Using older, mechanical devices to take the place of electronic ones could negate the issues imposed by fragile silicon chips. Mechanical macines still need power, provided by batteries or solar panels, which are controlled by computers. A mechanical computer has just as many, if not more potential issues than an electronic one.
This article is fun to read, and is an excellent source of information about the planet Venus, but the author struggles to find valid reasons to go there. This article is a fluff piece, a feel-good piece of writing. If I were to create a similar writing, I would include more appeals to logic. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" would have been far more appealing to me had it included more actual reasons to venture to a mysterious planet. "For Science!" just isn't sufficient in this particular case. | 3 |
We could be closer than ever exploring the planet called Venus. Nasa is thinking of ideas every day of how to overcome the obsticals Venus gives us. Venus is a "neighbor" right around the corner. Venus is a very harsh planet that might be explorable in the near future.
Venus is a very hard planet to get any information on. Everytime Nasa sends a spacecraft to get information it is harmed by the planets conditions. The text shows, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."
Venus has some simularites to earth. The planet nicknamed "Evening Star" may have once been like the most Earth planet. For example, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."
Venus is a very harsh planet that might be explorable in the near future. Venus is the neghboring planet that might be another planet that Nasa can some information on. Venus may have a ton of hardships but in the near future it may be another planet we "explored". | 1 |
Driverless cars are coming, do you want to buy one? Google cofounder Sergy Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. Would you want to have a driverless car?
First of all, as it says in paragraph two, google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. If you still have to control the car yourself most of the time so whats the point of wasting thousands of dollars on it. Then on another note how are people gonna afford these smart driverless cars. People would have to spend their life savings to buy this car. This car is not worth spending all hard earned money on.
Additionally, what if the technology fails and someone gets injured. How will they know who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer? Driverless cars can be danger to everyone on the road. Technology can fail at any given minute. Do you know how many accidents would accure if this happens. If the car is driverless nobody is gonna be paying attention to the road. That is another danger by having a driverless car.
Lastly, Since you still have to drive this driverless car, wouldn't you get bored waiting for your turn to drive. You still can't get on your phone and text because you have to watch the road. Plus some cars have a button that you push to make the car drive by itself. Like my grandma, her Honda can drive by itself just by the push of a button. That's another reason not to get a driverless car because some cars can already drive by itself.
In conclusion, Should people buy a driverless car? No, it's a danger to the roads and people on the road. It's not really a driverless car and you still have to pay attention to the road. Don't buy a driverless car, it cost to much and it's a hazzard. Don't waste your money. | 2 |
Have you ever seen an alien? In 1976 the camera weren't as good as today so it could be anything. But today the cameras are great quality.
Back then you would have thought that it was an alien but today we clearly saw that it was just a landscape and not an alien. Its like the man it the moon it is just a landscape it is nothing big at all. By saying that it is an alien people today would probally believe that it is true they would go crazy.
But we found evindence that the first Viking was wrong and the it is just a moutain. Now a days we have new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry ,but back then they didn't have that kind of technology. Technology today can take ten times better pictures then back in 1976.
As the world grows faster in technolog we can expect better and better pictures but we found evindence that on Mars there is no life forms. So as far as we know their are no such thing as aliens. On Mars there might be pictures or thing that looklike an alien but its not it a fairytale our mind thinks it saw one but you never did. As i was saying there is no lifeform on mars,
Technology has delvoped over the years. From when the first sight of a camera to now it will always evolve into something better. Technoogy is the only thing will always change into something different. | 2 |
People have thought that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. Others think its is just a mesa. Here are reasons why it is just a mesa.
In 1976 the Viking 1 was taking pictures looking for a landing spot for its sister ship Viking 2. The Viking 1 happened to take a picture of a mesa and it looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh and everybody believed it was created by aliens. The technology back in 1976 was not as good as it was in 1988 and 2001. When the picture was taken in 1976 it looked like a face. The picture taken in 1988 the picture was more clear and just looked like a mesa. The article says Michael Malin and his Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture 10 times better than the original in 1976. Cameras' pixels in 1976 spanned over 43 meters. Cameras' pixels in 2001 spanned over 1.56 meters.
Also NASA has way more knowledge about it than people who thnks its an Egyptian Pharaoh created by aliens. The text states scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa common around Cyndonia. Conspiracy theorists sometimes can go to far with things that can catch peoples attention. Therefore some of the things they say may not be true.
These are reasons why the Face on Mars is just a mesa. Technology such as cameras got better and NASA had more facts and knowledge about the mesa. | 1 |
We as people make assumptions every day all day. I read in an article that new technology is being created to read the facial exspressions on a person and determine the way a a person might be feeling. This technology is called the Facial Coding System. I believe the Facial Coding System would be valuable to students in a classroom or anywhere else for that matter.
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile.", The reader is being told that with this new software scientist can now "caculate" emotions. Dr. Paul Eckman is the creator of the Facial Aaction Coding System and he has classified happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness as the six basic emotions. Manypeople would ask how can a computer see or feel those six basic exspressions? Well, according to the text Dr. Huang stated,"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal". They used video imagery recognize a real face and even the painting of mona lisa. There are more steps that go into the Facial Action Coding System.
After the different units are weighed out the software will identify mixed emotions. According to paragraph four," Each expression is compared against aa neutral face (showing no emotion)". In order for the third step to work it has to be compared to a non-facial exspression. We as humans do the same type of steps when making an assumption. Think about the way we can tell if our friend or family member is feeling. Nomatter if they are sad, mad, happy, or glad we usually can see or feel how they feel.
We can tell how they feel based off of the facial expression they chose to give. According to the text Dr. Huangs new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. This means that the computer code uses algorthms to figure out the facial expression just like artists do when they paint facial muscles to give off a specific emotion in a painting. Computers have rules or instructions to follow in order to complete something. Its called encoding. Encoding is not jst used for computers but, it s also used by us as humans. We tell ourselves how to feel, walk, talk, act, and many other things. Our brain sends out instructions to our entire body just like the motherboard does for a computer.
In conclusion the
Facial Coding System would be valuable to students in a classroom or anywhere else for that matter. We already have a system we use everyday as people to see how other people feel. Knowing how somebody feels can help us help them. If we could have the knowledge of definetly knowing how a person felt scientifically it would realy help us help them in understanding the trials and tribulations they might be going through. | 2 |
A world without cars. Around the world many places have decreased in the use of motorized vehicles. Wether it be government inforced or not vehicle useage has dropped a staggering amount in the past few years. This new habbit has had many effect on the environment, car industries, and even the way cities are built. What will become of the future if this trend continues?
It says in "The End of Car Culture", "...transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. Therfore if the use of cars decre4ases as it has then carbon emmisions will also decrease along with it and will in turn cause the greenhouse effect to ripidly slow. Evn though we would all love the world to be "greenhouse free" it is still quite far away, one thing thats this decrease in vehicles is effecting is Motor Companies.
The decrease in sales has caused major car companies such as Ford and Mercedes to, "rebrand themselves mobility companies with broader product raange beyond the personal vehicle. One example of this happinging is shown in soure 4: "Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Companu, laid out a bussiness worl plann in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable." As you can tell this recently discovered trend has caused major companies to resolve into making almost entirely new products.
The worl is slowly but surely loosing the desire for personal vehicles and it has many positive effects but it also has plenty of counter, negative, effects. They always has said "no good deed goes unpunished", all we can do is sit back and see what happens. | 1 |
The 'face on Mars" is not an alien created thing but an landform. The way that we can back this up because is they took a second photo and it was clear and you can see that it was just a landform. People said that the photo was cloudy so then they went out again in 2001 and the pixels are much better. They went out again and it was not cloudy either. It was clear that the photo was a landform. The last reason is that people from NSA can back up that the face is actually a landform. Gravan said "that it reminds me of most Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho". He also said " that's a lova dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same size of the face on Mars", so don't believe everything random thing a person says who doesn't even know the facts. The "Face on Mars isn't a alien or an alien created thing, but a landform that is on Mars. | 2 |
Have you ever seen a unmasking face ?well if you havent let me tell you more about it .
So there is the mask that in mars. We are now trying to dicorver what this strange thing is. From what i am seeing .Its seems that this face is an unusual face that no one have seen before. As far as the scientists figured it was just another Martian Mesa, Commom enough around Cydonia.
A few days later . NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation . . . Which resembles a human Head . . . Formed by shadows gigivg the illusion of eyes , noes , and mouth" The Authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract to mars.
The " Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon . It has started in hollywood film , appeared in books, magaznines , radio talk shows--even huanted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars---evidence that NASA would rather hide , say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on mars.
So on April 5, 1998, When Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times Sharper than the orginal Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
So they all came together and thought about it . So there Now exchanging it all right .There trying to say that the picture from NAS is not the right picture which is so true . There trying to still the picture from somebody else which there trying to take the credit from mars which found the picture and put it all together . So now there all confused on which just happen when mars was just stating the simple facts that they found the oicture ands knows where the ou=ther one is and theere going to put it back together so they can have the right picture only if . NASA don try to come over welm them with a different picture which is going to throw them off topic and confuse then on which to do and what not to do because they came with the wrong information and mars had all the right information to which to out and how to put it all together and complete the big puzzle everybody been trying to out together because all alone they had it from the beging but was not sure it wass right nor positive and sure about that picture so when the NASA came to mars and try to prove them wrong on a nother level they out stood them, and made them think over so now NASA about to go back and try to discover the othere peices to the puzzle when its already solved they dont understand that they already have the puzzle figured out all along but now there trying to take what Mars had and say they found it first but not only that . But they have found something else which identify that that puzzle have been put together before the NASA found it . But its seems to me that the reader that MARS have found the puzzle face and put it together and now NASA is on envestigation once Again. | 1 |
The use of this technology to read the emtional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable for many reasons. Some might say its envasion of privacy but think about it, it can help the teaccher see if the student is understanding something or not. To see if the student is upset and the teacher could help out the student a little more.
The computer constructs a 3-D model of the face which reads all 44 major muscles. " Eckman has classified six basic emtions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness...accociated each with charateristic movements of the facial muscles." The computer can read the facial expressions and sort them into differnt emtions. The computer can also classify an emtion even if the person isn't really showing it. " Even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." This shows that even if the person tries to hide their emtion the computer knows the persons emtions. Which could be a good tool for when the teacher doesn't know if the student is feeling well or if the student isn't understanding something.
Even us somtimes can't tell what a friend is feeling because we might not be able to sort their facial expressions out. " Most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, ect." Sometimes we don't know if the person is feeling fear or happy because they are somewhat smiling, and the computer can tell because of the persons facial muscles. " Image a computer that knows when you're happy or sad." The comupter can help with how things pop up on the comupter. If an ad pops out and you smile another similar ad might pop up later on. Same thing goes for if you an annoyed face when an ad shows up so that the next time a different type or something different might pop up.
The computer can also notice when a smile is real or if its being forced. " In a false smile, the mouth is streached sideway using the zygomatic major and a different muscle."
The muscle that is used when the smile is being forced is one of the major muscles which is why it is easy to know if the smile is real or it's forced. "These muscle clues are sometimes used to pot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." Even without the computer people can see when a person is faking a smile.
To finish off, yes I do think that having these kind of computers at schools would be helpful. For the fact that it can help teachers change some of their lessons so that some students who are confused can understand that lesson. It can also help the teachers to know if a student is having a good or bad day so that they can help that student out so that the student can learn what they have to that day. | 3 |
A claim that the author uses is that there are allot of different kinds of percents that affect different things at different ways. Another reason for exploring Venus is that they try to look at different kinds of atmospheres at different times to see if anything has changed overtime. One explanation about the evidence is that they all try to complete everything that they try to do and they do it in a good way so that nothing bad will happen.
The last thing about Exploring Venus is that they all have to meet the challenges and accomplish the challenge to have new challenges happen so they could do those to. Venus has allot of dangerous things happening there because of how much light it has coming. Venus is the closest plamnet to Earth. No other spaceships has landed on Venus for allong time.Venus has the hottest planet surface. Venus has more things that Earth doesn't have.NASA has found out how to send people to go to Venus with a hovering vehicle. All the challenges has value when you get it done correctly. | 1 |
Do you believe that Smart Cars are positive or negative to aspects of driverles cars? Some people believe that Smart Cars are a negative because was if something happens to the technology who is going to be responsbile the driver or the manufacturer. Although ,I would have to say Smart Cars are a postive, because the Smart Cars would have sensors, and speeds up to 25 miles per hour, and the Smart Car is controlled by technology so the car can control itself through accidents , break itself, amd through work zones. Adding to that, the Smart Car lets you know when there is a problem accuring and it gets your attention.
First, Smart Cars are a postive aspect to driverless cars because the cars would have sensors. The sensors would monitor the surrounding of the Smart Car. In the aricle its says," auto makers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock breakes. With in 10 years, those sensor have become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-controll skids or rollovers". The sensors are placed everywhere aound the car such as:on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, and 4 automatic radar sensors etc. Meanwhile, those are just some of the places.
Next, the Smart Cars can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 miles per hour. In the article it says, " But special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In facts, non of the cars developed so far one completetely driverless. With that being said, the Smart Car isn't completely driverless, the driver is still driving just not the entire time. The driver is needed when pulling in or out of a driveway. Also when there is an accident or a problem.
Then,since the Smart Cars are controlled by technology, the car can control itself through accidents,break itself, and throught work zones. The Smart Car also lets the driver know if there is something wrong . In the article it states, "They can steer, accelerate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human drivers must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. The necessitaties the care being ready to quickly get the drivers attention whenever the problem occur. GM has developed driver's seats to vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.
Finally, Smart Cars, are a postive aspect of driverless cars because, they have sensors, good breaks, and still need drivers to control them. Although, some people might think its negative because whos going to be the one responsible if the technology messes up the driver or the manufacturer, it would have to fall back on the driver and the manufacturer. The Smart Cars have been tested so they should be postive and smart aspect. | 2 |
The authors supports his claim by givivng reasons why exploring Venus would be beneficial. He states that Venus is the closet planet to Earth. Not distance related, but feature related. Venus is the closest planet to us in distance sometimes.
With all of our attempts to research Venus, none of them have been succsessful. It is hard for us to research because the temperature reaches 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. This makes it impossible for human life. the closest we could get to the planet with humans is around 30 miles away. At this distance it would still be around 170 degrees Farhrenheit.
The terrain on Venus is the closest to our planet. This is one of the reasons that they want to explore Venus. Venus use to have signs of life and water. Now it has none of that. They want to see if there were any signs of life. | 1 |
25 years ago, around Mars, a spacecraft from NASA was circling the planet.
It was taking pictures, until something strange happened. An enormous head appeared and seemed to be staring back at the camera.
A few scientists believed the Face, was made by an "alien." NASA has been discussing of what have may cause to make a face on Mars. We had millions of answers but didn't know which one was right.
Aliens did it. They are the ones who created the face! "Scientists believe the Face was an alien artifact." First of all, no one knows for sure what have may of caused it. It could've been the atmosphere, or it could've been an "alien." Scientists thought it was probably a "Martian mesa", only this one almost looked like an "Egyptian Pharoh." You see, the shadow gave an "illusion of eyes, nose and mouth."
It was a good way to attract the public to the attention of Mars. "There was no alien monument after all."
Thousand of people wondered and were curious about the Face on Mars. "On April 8, 2001 , Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look." Close enough, they could predict what the image appeared. "So, if there were objects in this picyure like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The pictured showed landforms most common , and you could relate to Earth. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," said Garvin.
In conclusion, from 1976 to 2001, no one knows exactly what does the Face mean. The sensation was short.
NASA says it could've been a "huge rock formation..." It became a popular icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazine, radio talk shows." Some people think the Fcae is "bona fide" evidence life on Mars. BUt what do you think? Do you think it was made by an alien?
Do you believe that aliens do exisit? Well, were not sure . You see it coul be anything. | 1 |
NASA's first time going to mars was in 1976 when they were just going around taking photos then they spotted something on mars. They didnt know what it was at first they thought maybe it was aliens so they took the photo,and a few days later NASA unrevailed the image for everybody to see.
The caption noted a huge rock formation whitch resembeled a human head. the human head was formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,mouth,and nose. Michaels team MOC 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 revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
the team would have known if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks. You could see what they were.The picture was revailed and they did figure out what it was. it was a butte or messa in the martian's. Buttes or mesas are just land forms common around the Amereican West.
You could actually find the spot that the picture was taken of. The face was found at 41 degrees north martian latitude. It was winter in april of 98 a cloudy time of the year. So it was difficult for them to get a actually good picture of the face. NASA wasnt even out looking for the face. They were just taking photos and thats when the face was shown.
NASA went out again on April 8,2001 thats when they attempted the picture again. The picture came out perfect this time. and that was when the picture of the face was discovered and NASA said that the face was just a butte are mesa. everybody thought it was aliens,nobody would have thought that a fave 2 miles long would be a landform.
Michaels team thouht that NASA made a mistake so they went out and took another picture but this time the picture was 10 times as strong as jsut a regular picture. You could actually see pyramids Shacks anything that would have been there from aliens. They didnt find anything anything strange are anything and they did there research to and thats when they said NASA was right. it was just a butte are mesa. the people on the enternet were shocked.
They said no aliens had to of put the face on Mars. it wasnt landforms it was alien activity. but they were proven wrong when NASA put the picture up for everybody to see. Thats when they beleived that it was just a 2 mile long landform and that the only reason it looked like a face was because the shadow was a illusion that made it look like a face. | 1 |
Would you think anything that is not man made
is some kind of alien artifact or a natural landform.The enormous head found on mars was nearly 2 miles from end to end, it could have been a mesa, and it has a shadow that makes it look like a face.
In a few days NASA unveiled the photo for all to see. The caption was "huge rock formation which resembles a human head and a shadow illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth". The face has become a pop icon and has starred in a Hollywood film. It has been on books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted the grocery store checkouts.
Many scientists belived the face was an alien artifact. photographing became a priority for NASA they launched the Global Surveyor it came into mars Orbit in 1997. Jim Garvin chief scientist explained "We felt this was important for taxpayers". The scientist photographed the face as soon as they could get a good shot of the face. On April 5, 1998, When Mars Global Surveyor flew over for the first time, Michael and his camera that he pu ton the Mars orbiter snapped a photo ten times shaper than the oringinal Viking photos but reavealing a natrual landform. There was no alien momument after all.
Many skeptics were not satisfied because the face was located at 41 degrees north martian latitiude. On mars it was winter and it was a cloudy time of years on the red planet. The skeptics said that the camera had to peer though wispy clouds to see the face. The skeptics said alien markings could have been hidden by haze.
When the photo was unveield many conspiracy theorist think the face is a bona fide evidence of life on mars, evidence that NASA would rather hide form us. Mean while defenders of NASA budget wish if there was an ancient civilization on Mars.
In conclusion scientist investigated more into the face and got a perfect photo of the face in maximum quality and showed no signs of writings or sgins of life. Scientits proved that there was no civilization on mars and that there were no writings on the face and it was only a natural landform. The scientists concluted that it was a butte or a mesa- landforms common around the American west. | 3 |
Have you ever woner what the Face on Mars really is? Some people say that it is a rock formation that resembles a human face. Some say that it was an alien artifact. I think that the Face is just some kind of rock formation. If the Face has anything to do with an alien, we would be as suprise and intrested as all you guys would be.
First of all, if the Face relate to some kind of alien things, why do you think we would keep it a secret? Imagine that it actually had to do something with alien and we told everyone. That would be a benefit for us because more people would be intested in NASA. It will make us get more money make good profits. We as a scientist would actually want to see some kind of alien artifact too but that is not what we are finding right now.
Second of all, the people who said we are hiding something don't even have any prove. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said that " We felt this was important to taxpayers". That shows that we are not hiding anything. We send a spacecraft twice after the first picture which was in 1976 with a better camar to really make sure what we say is true. We even show the would all the picture. The people who said we are hiding something have no idea what they are talking about.
In conclusion, I am telling you that the Face we saw on Mars was nothing but a rock formation. Don't believe in everything you hear because some of them do not have prove of what they are saying. To make sure it was what we think it was we send Mars Global Surveyor in April 5, 1998 and we send it again on April 8, 2001. If we find some things that have to do with alien, we will tell you guys. But for now that is not the case, so lets not think that the Face have something to do with aliens. | 2 |
Limiting car usage is a great way for our pollution to decrease. With limiting cars we also will be able to walk place to place without being tempted to drive there.
Limiting car usage will clean up the pollution by a lot. There have been "efforts in the plast two decades to make cities denser." Some places have started to do that by limiting cars, and they have decreased the ammount of pollution where they live. Paris has "enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." They only did that because days have been so close to near record pollution. They had limited the days people can drive and only after five days the congestion was down sixty percent. If there is a decrease in pollution the air would be much cleaner to breathe for everything, plants, animals and most importantly us humans.
The other good side of limiting car usage is that we can use other ways to transport and enjoy the outdoors by doing that. We can ride bikes or even walk from point A to point B. New York has started a bike program and it is skyrocketing. People can ride them to work or anywhere they want to go. People say "the trend may accelerate. There has been a large drop in the percentage of young people getting there licenses. Young adults that are nineteen and twentyone have not bothered to get a license, even though they live in a place where it can come in hand most of the time. How they can get away with doing that is that they have summer jobs not to far so it is in walking distance. Some people have a car but choose other ways to travel from place to place. "Mr, Sivak's son lives in San Francisco and has a car but takes Bay Area Rapid Transit, when he can, even though that often takes longer than driving." There is other ways then taking a car.
Using other ways to transport is a good way to start cleaning up the areas yo live in. You can clean up the pollution dramaticaly. You can also just walk to where you want to go. If it's not in walking distance you can carpool, take a bus, or ride a bike. | 2 |
Many people believe this very famous "Face on Mars" was indeed created by aliens. We've been hoping for explanations of this and possibly another alternative than the Face just being a landform on Mars. Although, after reading the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars", NASA had indeed found an explanation that shows the Face is surely not created by aliens, but it is just another natural landform that we have discovered.
First of all, the Face has been discovered as a natural landform because NASA scientists even said, "There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just anohter Martian mesa, common enough aroud Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." Even though the face caused much excitement between the scientists, we as the scientists needed to face the fact after all the research and pictures that showed the Face was not something extravagant the aliens on Mars had created. So even though the Face gained much popularity commercially, it was just another landform like the many other ones on that planet.
Also, finding out their was ancient civilization or aliens currently on Mars would benefit NASA greatly, as it would be seen as a huge accomplishment. The article states, "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." My question is for you, why would NASA try to cover up or hide that they indeed found aliens or life forms creating things on Mars? NASA spent a long time taking pictures and doing research to look at this kind of stuff, even though something like this would be a huge event in all of history. It would become a great accomplishment for NASA and they would definitely want to share what they have discovered. When they first found the Face, NASA gained popularity from commercials and it became an icon. So if the Face was indeed created by aliens, NASA would gain even more popularity, if they thought the face was anything more that a landform after all the pictures and research.
Finally, the area that the Face was discovered in a common place for those landforms. The article says, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia." Even though it caused a great surprise, the scientists soon realized it was just another landform, which they the sensation was over. Don't worry though, a few scientists did actually believe the Face was an alien artifact, but let me tell you, they were wrong. "On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camers team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious websurfers were waiting when the imagine first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." So as you can see, those scientist were proved wrong by that picture that proved there was no actual alien monument, as they believed so.
In conclusion, I hope I have convinced you with the evidence from over the years involving the unmasking of the Face on Mars. The Face was not created by aliens because NASA would not hide the information, there is signifact pictures evidence to prove this argument, and the Face was in a common place for things like those to be found, in a place called Cydonia. NASA worked on it for years, trying to find the truth, only to find they had discovered another natural landform. Also, even though some scientists may have thought there could be alien artifacts and it was created by the aliens on Mars, they soon realized what the Face truly was. | 4 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuabe because teachers really cant tell weather all students are confused, bored,happy or sad. Also some people cant express there emotions like others can or some people can't always read another person's emotion.
Classroom's are full of students so teacher's cant tell wheather a student's is bored, or confused with a lesson so if the tecnology was valuable the lesson could be changed in the text it state's "A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts."Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." So if classrooms had this tecnology it would be slightly better for students to learn without being bored or confused.
Some people cant acually tell how other emotion's are they might be having trouble for instance in the text it states "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. of course most of us would have trouble accually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." This tell's you how some people have trouble figuring out a person trait and its not easy for many people to tell how your feeling. so its hard for a teacher to know how a class full of student's are feeling about each topic bacause some might not want to tell that they dont understand something or get the topic beacause many people don't like to express there emotion's.
With the use of the technology that reads the emotional expression's of student's in a classroom it would be easier for student's to learn better because and to understand because the tecnology would know that one student is confused or another is bored because it was to easy for them so with the technology being valuable it would be easy for most student's. | 2 |
I am going to be telling you what i think of technology being able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom and if i think it is valueable.
I think technology reading people emotional expressions is valuable but then again i don't think is is valuable because being able to know how people feel can actually help the enviornment but then it can't because peoples reactions emotional expressions are different and people are different some people can have bad emotional expressions and it could be harmful, and it could be painful for others. People can have really great emotional expressions, like being happy all the time. It says in paragraph 1 that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent discusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. People can be the complete oppisate of that and it couldn't be good on other people, But people can also be like Mono Lisa and it makes the inviornment a better place knowing people are happy and not sad, discusted and angry.
I would have to agree and disagree because it basically goes both ways. | 1 |
Of course, many people from all over the world are using cars for everywhere they go, however Elisabeth Rosenthal, Robert Duffer, and Andrew Selsky agree that the reduction of the usage of cars will benifit us an abundant amount. Therefore, if we all used our cars less, it will benifit our health, benifit our financial problems, and benifit our environment.
Duffer and Rosenthal tells us about how using less cars will benifit our health. It would make us healthier by cleaning the up the pollution and smog in the air. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog.." (14) This is saying that people in France were becoming significantly healthier in just 5 days without the use of cars. Not only only does it make you less sick, but it reduces stress. It reduces stress because you dont have to worry about maintaining a car. "When i had a care i was always tense. im much happier this way" (3) This is saying that its less stressful not having car, and makes people happier. Health is a primary factor in our lifes and taking cars away puts us in a better position.
Rosenthal and Selsky tell us about how using less cars will benifit our financial problems. It would make us more money because they are not spending so much on gas, and components to keep the car in condition to drive. "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" (29) This is saying that people are not on the road alot, and if people arent on the road alot, they are not spending money. Not only does it save money on cars, but it helps you use other ways to get to places that arent expensive. It isnt expensive because people can find alternatives that dont need gas, and so much maintance. "In a program that's set to spread to other countires, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday.." (20) This is saying that because they dont need to use cars and there are differerent routes to take, the need to spend money on transportation decreases. Money is important to gets the necessities we humans need, so saving is a big deal.
Rosenthal and Selsky tells us about how using less cars will benifit our environment. It would better the environment because people will learn to communicate better. "Likewise the rise in cell phones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of share can services for getting to work." (35) This is saying that people learn how to share and to help one another out. Not only does it help communication, but it also helps helps people get outside and be active. It helps people get active because is they dont have cars, they have to keep themselves occupied or if they want to get to places, they have to walk, bike, etc. "Parks and sports centers have also bloomed throughout the city: uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks.." (28) This is saying that that the city is working with the people to help make the environment a better place with no cars. The environment is an important factor as well because we have to take care of the place we live in.
In conclusion, Rosenthal, Selsky, and Duffer have shown that the reduction of the usage of cars will help us tremendously, and that having a healthier life, a greater amount of money, and a better environment will change the world. | 3 |
Cars have essentially become a necessity in this day and age, and technology that surrounds them is becoming more and more complex everyday. Based on this, it was only a matter of time before the idea of driverless cars came about. A controversial ides which is already being sold commercialy worldwide. I am not a fan of this idea and feel that there are more negative aspects to the concept than positive. Based on the amount of fatal car accidents every year, data shows cars are already dangerous enough. Revoking a persons control of their car entirely will only make the problem worse.
Cars driving themselves sounds like a great idea, but in reality it is not. There have been an abundance of occasions where machines malfunction and cause serious or even fatal injuries. In fact, less than 20% of commercial plane crashes are caused by human error, meaning more than 80% the crash was caused by a problem at the manufacturer! Those number are scary to think about and this is on a much smaller scale than cars. Those numbers show that machines are not as reliable as humans. To give the machine complete control of your life is very scary, not only that it would be extremely dangerous.
As I stated earlier in the prompt cars are a necessity in this day and age, meaning that knowing how to drive is just as important. If these cars were placed on our streets and sold to the public, then generations down the line, the skill of driving would be lost. Knowing how to drive is an extremely important skill to have and these so called "smart" cars would extinguish this skill.
The idea of driverless cars is unrealistic, seeing the danger that comes with them. There would be way to many negative aspects than positive. Yes, you could sleep while you go to work, but death or injury is massive price to pay for laziness. Driverless cars in theory sounds like an amazing and innovative idea, however the idea is unrealistic, dangerous, and will only bring negative reprocautions. Driverless are not and should never be aloud on our streets. | 2 |
DEAR:
STATE SENATOR
I believe that the
Electoral College is a good thing. The way that the world has created it now is simply significant. It is like the last ray of sunshine in an empty tunnel. Don't try to get into what the others say about the way that the president should be elected. We are building the future, rock by rock, well we just picked up a brick.
The
Electoral College is not a place( even though it has "college", in it's name), it is a process as stated in the 1st source . "WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE"?
"The
Electoral College is a process, not a place .
The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and the election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens". As you can see, there is no reason to change it so that the president gets his votes by poularity. It might have been good as a teenager but just remember that this is not your Highschool "PROM", you dont just win by fame. Being the president is hard work. If you wish to be president, dont jog for it, run for it.
Now future presidents out there just remember that you will required to have a canidate as stated in source 2 . "THE INDENSIBLE ELECTORAL COLLEGE:WHY EVEN THE BEST-LAID DEFENSES OF THE SYSTEM ARE WRONG"
? "The electoral college requires a preisdental candidt to have trns-region appeal. No region(South, Northeast,etc.)has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romeney was in the South, has no incentive to campain heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pluality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result becaus a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president". This shows that in order to be an amazing president you need a canidate.
I am in keeping things the way that we have it now. IT is like why find a needle in a haystack, whe you could buy one and not go through all off that pain.
So just do not waste your own time on something that do not need to be done. It like why buy a lighter, when you have a perfectly well conditioned box of matches in your house. So dont go 18 century go 21 century.
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My positoin for driverless cars. Hmm its got me thinking like it would and will be a great idea but for all those uber, taxi drivers who depend on those jobs. But if theyr'e where driverless car the place I would need to sit will be a question. Becuase I will be insured if they are full driverless because due to sueing issues for google atemtpting this. Also that in paragraph nine it talks about the laws as in the term here. new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident . If technology fail and someone is injured. The question was who is at fault the driver or the Manufacturer.
Some negative aspects from driverless car are overheating or crashes. These big problems can casue huge affects to peoples lifes. Another negative would be what kind of fuel will it use gas or oil maybe some random flued. Another could be that people who try to break into them and steel stuff and will there be
alert systems for these situations Maybe if the car breaks or starts to smoke what will the car do?, open all the doors turn of alert the passenger to get out. Also if these driverless car get to boring
and dozed off and cant be awake to see what they are doing then what is gonna happen when they cant be up for it. If there is a car crash or a collision and the car cantt stop its self.
Some possitive things I think about this car could be the fuel it could replace. As if they where ran by electricity and the roads where replaaced localy that electrical roads can charge the cars or repower it. Another is
on better brakes for the car torward the road to fix the issues for dead cars and crashes. Like in the articles it talks about how in the 1950's they used radio signels to send out to the google indistrie. Also if the cars did have entertainment would it shut off during warnings. My last is if the car breaks how could the car get help and is there a gps within it.
Also to make sure the driver is ready and always have the hand on the wheel as such they do have in here. In 2013 BMW announced the development of Traffic jam assistant. The car can handle driving functions up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sore the driver keeps a hold of the wheel. Thats what caught my attention knowing that the car would need some sort of human control. There for those are my thoughts on this driverless car. maybe they could just add more things or add these driverless design to semi trucks due to the high dangers for the people who are risking there lives through horrible winters strors and other natural disasters.
Even tho how far its gonna go if we finish this driverless car whats gonna be next? | 2 |
Computers shouldnt have to tell our emotions. Humans should interact face to face and ask how the person is. Eventually computers will be doing the talking for us. The computer could be useful on historic paintings. With all this technology mankind is going to end up being antisocial and hide behind screens.
If people were to use this on a daily basis to see how your friend is feeling, it would take the sypathy out of asking how someone is."Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Dr. Huang follows up that statement by saying "So computers need to uderstand that, too." Why have a computer learn these human traits when people can just interact face to face.
People make their own decsions and learn from what they did right or wrong. The computers dont need to tell people to put a happy face on or show epathy. If you are not able toread someones feelings or someone cant read yours then just ask. Asking someone shows that you are concerned and care about how they are doing.
This technology could benefit voters or the Goverment. The computer can tell if a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful. The Court house can use it on witneses and the defendant. It can be used in school classrooms but the kids will have to get used to it.
This technology isnt made for everyday life, it should be used occasionally. There is no need for the use of these machines in classrooms. Kids are learning fine with out them. People should stick to iteracting and asking how someone is feeling. | 2 |
The new technology which is called Facial Action Coding System should be banned because let's see if your sad or angry, you wouldnt want other people to know how you feel instead of just telling them by your own. It sometimes can be use for just certain things and if that person gives you permission to look at the Site, then yeah it can be used to determine how they are feeling. Some people may think this new technology may be an awesome technology but some other people may also think that is just as same as other technology. 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." This means that this technology mostly works only when your smile like it said on the text. Yeah it may be awesome to other people but like i said it should be banned because there is no point on having that techology if that person tells you how they are felling. Clearly, this technology should be banned because it is not used correclty and every person who uses it is, it's using it too much and that's not how it works. | 1 |
Do Aliens Really Exist?
Do you think the face on Mars was created by aliens? Well, I think the face is just a natural landorm. They're isn't that much evidence that proves aliens creating this unknown face. People think just because it looks like a face means its a sign of life. However, they're is enough evidence to prove that this tremendous unknown face is just a natural landform.
First, NASA said the face looks like a sign of life but figured it was just a another Martian mesa, because stuff like this is common. But the face's unusual shadows made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah. Later on, NASA unveiled the image with a caption noted "Huge rock formation which resembles a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth." The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars with the Face.
Second, in paragraph 7, it says when 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. When the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. After all, there was no alien monument or any sign of life. People were still not satisfied, it says in the text. However, some people just need to face the facts when it comes to disappointment.
Lastly, another reason to prove that the unknown mask is just a natural landform. In paragraph 12 the author says what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. Then says" Reminds him most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Finally, Gavin also says "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars. " Which means they go through the same process to be created-landform.
However, their is a possibility that there are aliens on mars. The face on Mars does have eyes, nose, and mouth. Which makes the formation look like a human face. In paragraph 8, the author says that if the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face, alien markings must've been hidden by the Haze. However, there's not enough evidence to prove this sign of life on Mars.
Finally, after all, there is enough evidence to prove that the face is just a natural landform. Their are also many other reasons to prove this correct. Aliens do not exist on Mars. Maybe NASA will find more evidence to prove there is life on Mars but right now there isn't enough to prove that. The bottom line is that there is no sign of life on Mars.
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I don't believe these cars should be made. You have to look more deep into this. Think wisely what these cars could be made with or think about the earth. People need to research deep information about these cars.
I disagree with this because people should have cars that are easily to manage. Or to fix, because we might have to spend about thousands of dollars trynna get this car fix because it's different than a regular car. You could of had used this money on a new car or bills.
Driverless cars are dangerous to humans and the community. This car is running of electric and maybe other stuff we don't know about. It's basically a computer controlling it. One day this car can get you into an accident.
These cars are not a good idea to drive. I don't think it's safe to drive. We don't know who controlling it from behind. Who ever made this idea is crazy. Hopefully they tested this project or machine out before they give it to use for humans. | 0 |
Emotions are a vital part of human life. Although they are sometimes overlooked or seem to not be present simply by looking at someone's face, they are used every day. The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," introduces information regarding a technology which is able to detect the most common emotions. While this invention is widely seen as incredible, if not revolutionary, the Facial Action Coding System's presence is not valuable in classrooms.
The Facial Action Coding System does not have much value when it comes to using this technology to read students' emotinal expressions. The technology itself, while advanced in certain ways, is not that much more effective than a teacher's or students's abiltiy to distinguish feelings. The author, in his article presenting the many positives of this technology, addresses the idea that the system is able, from a 3D model it has built, to analyze the msucles of the face, matching their activity to certain basic emotions. The technology's ability to recognize emotions based on facial features and human behavior is something that humans have been doing automatically for centuries. The specific muscle structure is not necessary to determining one's feelings, as their use show noticeable changes on the face and are visible to the naked eye. Although this might be quicker, the technology would not have much value for classroom situations, as teachers could easily, while paying more attention to their students, notice the same details, identify changes in emotion, and alter their ways of teaching accordingly. Overall, the human's ability to identify basic emotional expressions would render this technology rather unvaluable in classrooms.
Similarly, the purely scientific origin of the Facial Action Coding System decreases the value this technological innovation would have for students in a classroom. While it might be successful in identifying the emotions of students, the Facial Action Coding System relies purely on the muscle behavior and structure, as mentioned in the article, meaning that no other factors would be taken into consideration. Many factors other than emotion, such as fatigue, can alter a student's appearance or behavior. The coding system would most likely, as a result of these underlying factors, as well as the very limited amount of emotions it can perceive, make the technolgy unvaluable when comes times to read student's emotional expressions. The generalization of emotions detected would produce false or unaccurate results, rendering the program useless in classrooms. The Facial Action Coding System, due to its computerized nature and lack of human perception, would not be a valuable addition to classrooms.
The lack of privacy this new technology brings makes the invention unvaluable. While some may think this to be a good way to improve student's lives throughout the school day, this facial recognition would raise many questions and controversy regarding student privacy. As the author states in the article, the Facial Action Coding System could be implemented in computers with the purpose of regulating ads and personalizing them to someone's preferences, likes, and dislikes. This is not only unnecessary, but would mean having a constant stream of visual information regarding students being sorted and analyzed. If this were implemented in classrooms, a number of parents and students alike would find this to be an intrusion of privacy, resulting in complaints, debates and overall unnecessary problems added to the education system. While this innovation might be somewhat useful or bring more attention to student's feelings, the excessive problems and controversy it would create makes the student emotional expression detector technology unvaluable and not a good addition to school.
The Facial Action Coding System is not valuable in reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. The technology, although it could properly analyze the muscles and facial structure of students in classrooms, could easily be matched by a teacher, does not take in all possible factors, and would conjure up many questions regarding privacy in schools. While this program would have little to no value in classes, it could provide help to investigative work. Emotions are extremely versatile and human expressions, although they share some similarities, widely vary based off of each person and circumstance. | 5 |
Exploring Venus may be dangerous but very interesting. It is dangerous because Venus is the second planet closest to the sun. So it is really hot in Venus. Venus is sometimes called, "The Evening Star." While Venus is very simple to see from a good distant but a safe point of Earth, it is proved that is very challenging to study more closely. I think studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because we should travel and study more planets to see what else lives beyond us, dangers shouldn't hold us back from meeting the very edges of imagination and innovation, and Venus has value and us humans are curious.
The first reason why we should study Venus is because we should travel and study more planets to see what else lives beyond us. Venus is often referred to as "Earth's twin," because of the size and density. Earth, Venus, and Mars our other plantary neighbors. Venus may be scary to travel too. But people should study Venus first and if they would want to risk their lives to see what is up there and how Venus is, then they could. They could also try making special suits so that you could survive if you go to Venus. In the text it says,"Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." Well if that is a issue then they need to study Venus more and then make suits that can prevent the heat from coming towards them so they could survive the travel and come back with pictures, information. etc. This is one reason why we should study Venus because it is a worthy pursuit.
The second reason why we should study Venus is because dangers shouldn't hold us back from meeting the very edges of imagination and innovation. They say in the text, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." Once people hear this type of information, they get scared because they don't want to die from heat. But you got to realize how Venus may look or how interesting it might be. Venus once was a Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was covered largely with oceans and supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Maybe if we study Venus you could find fossils or things that were left there. It use to be beautiful but you never know what was left. In my opinion, astronomers should start investigating and try making suits that prevent heat and things like that so people could travel to Venus and see how it actually looks now and see if they find anything. That is my second reaoson why we should study Venus because it is a worthy pursuit.
The third reason why we should study Venus is because Venus has value and us humans are curious. In the text it states, "Striving t meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally initimidating endeavors." Really, it means most people are scared to travel to Venus because of the heat issues. But really, people are wondering how Venus actually looks. People are going to start making things up about how Venus looks or false information because going to Venus is like a death sentence. That is why astronomers should make heat prevetion and life protection suits so people could travel to Venus and see the values and views and beauty. The travels on Earth shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet our thoughts and ideas. This is the third reason why we should study Venus because of the worthy pursuit.
I think studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because we should travel and study more planets to see what else lives beyond us, dangers shouldn't hold us back from meeting the very edges of imagination and innovation, and Venus has value and us humans are curious. Venus seems like a very interesting planet to visit and i would love to see how it actually looks. I hope one days astronomers makes those suits. People would love to see how Venus looks. Even if it is very risky, let's take the risk and try. These are my reasons why we should study Venus because it is a worthy pursuit, even if it is dangerous. | 3 |
People all over the world would love to travel to Venus; to learn new things about the planet, and what it actually looks like, but it is very dangerous. Venus may be very cool looking and theres so much to learn about it; things you might of not of known. It may be to impossible to tavel to this planet, there are to many dangerous things that happen and it would not be safe. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports their idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author gives so much information about Venus and the dangers, and to study it than to visit the planet is safer.
Even though Venus looks very cool looking and fun to learn about, well it is, but it would not be safe to travel to Venus. The author in this article gives a lot of information about venus such as, the goods and the bads, and why and why not one should travel to that planet. In the aticle "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author states, "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system." Venus is dangerous, it is very hot and has the hottest surface out of all the planets. The author supports their suggestion by putting out there the fact of how hot Venus is, and that studying Venus is a worthly pursuit.
Venus looks very cool and most people wish they could travel there, but it wouldn't be such a good idea. Venus is very dangerou in many ways and you wouldn't be able to be by it in a spaceship, it's far from fun to visit. Studying Venus gives you a lot more information then to visit and might be able to make it back. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports their idea by giving information about Venus and the dangers that it has. | 1 |
What this story is about is a boy named Luke that helps get animals on and off of the ships that he is one this job is called "Seagoing Cowboys". Wha twould you think is hard about this story? not getting sea sick, not falling off the boat, or getting along with the other crew mates? the answer is trying to clean the stalls is my oppinion. All of these things are hard to do, but you can allways go on with life. You try to do the best that you can, but sometimes tou fail ,but you can also succied. His favorite thing to do is to care for animals and he does it in the same way he cares for people. his aunt had a farm and now his childhood farming is starting to pay off the only thing that he never practiced was trying not to get sea sick while he was crossing the Atlantic ocean. He thought that his job was the coolest thing in the world to be doing for his job because he has been doing this since childhood. After all the animals were gone they didn't know what to do. So they played beach games after the stalls were all clean. They played volleyball, baseball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and the other fun games that made time fly by like a rocket. | 0 |
Venus does share similarities with earth,being like "earth's twin". Venus shares many similiarities with other than density and size,some often call it "earth's twin" because of their similarities. But unlike earth, which has an atmosphere is mostly oxygen,little carbon dioxide and also very little nitrogen,Venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide. Venus can be considered more extreme than our own world. Other than atmosphere differences,earth and venus also have differences in atmospheric pressure and in temperature average. Earth's temperature average barely even makes it into the 100's,Venus on the other hand, has a temperature average 8 times more than what we get on earth. Up to 800 degrees,which would be close to the melting point of metal. Earth's atmospheric pressure burns up anything during entry into the atmosphere. But Venus' atmospheric pressure would be 90 times of what our atmospheric pressure would be. Venus also sets the record for having the hottest surface temperature on any planet in the solar system. The reason for Venus having the hottest surface temperature would be, because it is the 2nd planet closest to sun. If scientists are planning on making an approach to study venus. But all attempts have failed, as far back as the 1940's,during world war 2. I think the author supported his idea very well. | 1 |
The use of the technolpgy to read the emotions of students in the classroom can be very useful. The use of this technology can help improve and better the lessons that the teachers give. Also this could help the teachers detect and solve emotinal problems that the students may have.
Students tend to get bored and distracted while the teacher gives a lesson, this leads to the students not retaining the information that they are learning. The use of this emotion reconization technology could help ditect the boredom to where the teacher would be able to change up the lesson to further ingage the students. If the students are more ingaged in the lesson they are more likely to retain the information and score higher on their test.
High school is a rough time for students unfortunatly. During this time of their life they are going though a lot of changes and have a lot of emotions. Sometimes these emotions cause them to make some unhealthy life dissisions which could lead them down the wrong path. If teachers where able to reconize these emotions they could talk to these students because it isn´t always easy to reach out for help. This could help the students talk about what is bothering them and work though it.
This technology does have it´s cons. Reading the emotions of the students could be seen as a breach of their privicy. Not all students want everyone to know how they feel and would like to keep it to themselves. This could be solved by making the students sign a waver stating that they are okay with having their emotions read.
The use of emotion reading technology could be a gigantic plus in the school system. This technology could help solve many problems before they occur. This could also inprove test scores and the overall well being of our students. After all we only want whats best for them right? | 3 |
Have you ever thought that it would be the same being different planet as it is on Earth? It is not. Venus is the closest planet to Earth and people can not land on its surface for long because it is very different, as in the way it orbits the sun or how the clouds are corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggest that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus is so close to earth and share similar traits with each other, the author wants this challenge to be conquered, and for the experience to be a learning insight.
First, the author states that Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin" because of their close proximity, density and size. This is a way that the author supports the idea because it should be a way that humans can reach this planet and study it. Also, because Venus is thought to be the most Earth like planet in the solar system. Ideas should be created in order to reach the limits of Venus.
Then, the author supports the idea with the statistic of how spaceships has not been able to touch Venus in more than three decades. As said in the article, "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"(paragraph 4) If the challenge can be conquered of landing on Venus safely, Astronomers can gather so much insight that could also lead to other big things being conquered.
Lastly, the author supports the idea with the knowledge that can be gained from the experience. There has already been an idea of how humans will get to Venus, " NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."(paragraph 5). With all the compelling ideas just to get to Venus is inspiring, like bringing back mechanical computers from World War II to gather the samples off of the surface to test. The pursuit of getting to Venus is full of new innovations, old improved innovations, and imagination.
In conclusion, the author's idea is very well supported with statistics and ambition. One day someone will make it to Venus and the results will hopefully be insightful and rewarding. Beyond what is on Earth should not be given up on or intimidating, instead it should be charged with great intentions. | 3 |
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