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Studying Venus would be a worhty pursuit despite the dangers because it would provide great information and it is very unique. Venus is like no other planet; but if it is so dangerous, why do scientists want to find out more about it? Astronomers are interested in Venus because there is a possibility that Venus was the most Earth-like planet in the solar system years ago.
To start off, even though Venus is very dangerous, exploring it would provide a lot of intreging information. With an atmosphere of nearly 97 percent carbon dioxide and 800 degrees Fahrenheit, scientists are already trying to find out more, but they are not sure how, without having to be on the rocky yet toxic surface. "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape"(5). If NASA can put the blimp tactic in motion, scientists can start getting a much more magnified look at the mysterious planet. Even if the danger is extremely high, one scientist one of these days eventually is going to try to explore and find out more amazing facts and imformation about Venus. So why wait now?
In addition, exploring Venus would be worth it because of it's uniqueness. If any group of scientists were to go on a safe trip to observe the Evening Star it will probably be the most memorable day of their lives. Because there is nothing like Venus.
"Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us"(2). This shows that scientits have already attempted to learn more about the mystery planet, but haven't been very succesful. These scientists need to take flight. The only way that they will be able to get as close as possible and get the most accurate and approximate information is by being inside an aircraft hovering above the gasous planet. If the practices are completely correctly and safely and all of the precautions are met, there shouldn't be a problem with trained professionals to take on the unique ball of gas.
In conclusion, Venus is a mysterious planet that needs some research to figure out all of the different functions it has. And it's purpose for our world and solar system, because if it didn't have a purpose, it would't be in our galaxy. Studying Venus is definetly worth the risk because there is so much information that scientists could use to their advantage and to truly see how unique this planet really is. | 2 |
Are you for or against driverless cars?
I am for driverless cars.
Driverless cars could decrease the amount of accidents.
Also, if you get an important phone call, you can answer and not have to worry about getting in an accident.
Driverless cars seem like a great idea to me.
It would be great to have because then drivers won't usually have to worry about crashing.
If there is an area on the road that needs to be driven by a human, the car can just give a signal to notify the driver of like road construction or if there was an accident.
If there are smart cars, there should also be smart roads.
Smart roads would most likely eliminate all chances of a crash or accident.
In conclusion, I think driverless cars will be in the very near future.
I feel like it would make driving a lot safer.
It could possibly eliminate all possibilties of a car crash or accident to occur if smart roads were built.
In the future, we all might be an owner of a driverless car. | 1 |
Do you want to go on daily trips and help people in war strucken countries?
Well you might want to become a "Cowboy" who "Rides the Waves."
My name is Luke and I'm here to tell you why you should become a "Wave-rider"
I think you should become a cowboy who rides the waves because you get to help different people in different countries.
You get to have a little experience going on your record.
When you become a cowboy you feel a sense of civic participation and recognition for what you are doing.
Here at UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) we dedicate our lives to helping people.
Here's the benifit of why you should join, you get to go on daily trips to distant countries and meet new people. Evidence from the text that supports my claim is, " 'Besides helping people, I had the benifit of seeing Europe and China.
But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,' he says.
'So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.'
Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to china."
You can also do fun things on the ship that you are on while you are sailing.
Some things that you can do on the ship are, baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and the games also helped pass time.
Information from the text that supports my answer is, "Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded.
The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass time."
In conclusion you should become a "wave-riding" cowboy because you feel a sense on appreciation and you are doing huge favors for other countries. | 2 |
The author explains that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because it is often referred to as the Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. According to NASA, it is a "compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."
Venus has qualities that make it so much like Earth because they are the closest in distance and and they both orbit the sun at different speeds. The differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Venus's atmosphere has almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfurica acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, the temperatures averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth- like planet in our solar system. A long time ago Venus was probably convered largely with various life forms and oceans, just like our planet earth today. The planet has other similar features to earth as well with a surface of rocky sediment that includes valleys, mountains, and craters. The article states that "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."
NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Something to a blimp- like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes
travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly conditions by staying up and out of their way. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. It wouldn't be easy conditions, but it would be survivable for humans.
By using a ship to orbit or hover it would be safely far above the planet and can provide only limited insight on the ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective like taking samples of gas or rock or anything else from distance. Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. NASA has been working on other approaches to studying Venus. Some simplied electronics that are made from silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Technology has made it both difficult and easy.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by referring to the planet as Earth's twin and identifying how close the planet is to Earth. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus and explains how the features of Venus have earthlike qualities despite the atmospheric differences. NASA thinks that it is a compelling idea for humans to discover the planet and explains the risks of visiting such a planet and the benefits of visiting it. Technology has made an impact on finding more about Venus. | 2 |
It would be a cool thing to have for something to read your facial expressions. But i don't think it will work very well because what happens if someone doesn't show much facial expressions. You just can't go by what their facial expression is. What if someone is having a bad day but is showing no facial expression about it.
The facial expression machine would be fun to have until we need something more new that can read facial expressions and nonfacial expressions. The reason we need something more new i becuase the fact that the machine can get it wrong if the person isn't showing a facial expression. Like you can't just tell by that becuase they can go wrong. The person may not show emotions that much so they can hide it really well. Also people don't really like to tell people how they are feeling.
So if they did have a machine that can read facial expressions but can't read emotions that they are hiding isn't a very good machine. They just need to build a machine that can do both. All because someone can be something else then what the machine picks up. So they need something that can do both so it can be right. All because of the reason someone don't show a whole lot of emotions. Plus the person can be lying to the machine and the machine picks up that you are happy but really you are not. | 1 |
In the article, Driverless Cars are coming, both aspects of these cars are presented, whether you are for them or against them is another opinion, but I think that these cars wont't seem as nice as they say in the article.
In the article, paragraph two, it states that Google has made cars that could drive on their own since 2009, but they still haven't made them completely driverless. But have they tested these cars with everything that a human driver has to get through daily? More than likely no. It says nothing like that in the
article at all. Why does this matter? Human drivers have to be alert at all times for anything. They have to pay attention to what they are doing on the road, people on the side walks, cars around them, street signs, traffic lights, weather, even animals crossing the road, and much more. Are these cars going to be able to do all that as a human would? Maybe, but then again, maybe not. If you think about it, they said that some states won't allow them to test drive these cars because of the safety of others. What if the car decides that the driver need to take over, but the driver is destracted, even if the car gets their attention, and the driver looses control and causes an accident. Will the car know what to do in an accident? In paragraph seven, it says that the car can't drive by itself and needs the driver to take over when they come to work zones and other accidents. With these cars, the people driving them are probably not going to pay as much attention as they really need and as much as we think that they really will, and this may cause problems within itself. These cars could start to form bad habits for humans as drivers.
Making these cars avaliable to humans could cause more problems than help. We have to think of the safety of the people around the car and about the people that are going to be in the car. If the car malfunctions, what will happen to the people around and in the car? These cars could be considered more of a danger to people more than helping the people. We need to worry more about how it will affect people just as much as how it will help them too. If it does more harm than good, what is the point of making the car in the first place.
In paragraph nine, it talks about how laws will need to be changed for these cars. What will this mean for the people that don't own these cars? Will they still have to follow the rules of the road today, or will they have to now have to follow the rules that were made for the other cars? Not everyone will be able to get one of these cars staight off the market as soon as they come out, we will still have some of the same cars that we have today later, and won't be able to get rid of all these cars fast enough that are drove on the roads today.
Next, who are they trying to sell these cars too? Are they selling them to the people that have more money, or are they also going to try and sell them to middle class and lower class people? How expensive are these cars going to be for us to drive, or by in that matter? Will people with larger families be able to by one that is big enough for their entire family, or will they have to buy mulitple just so that their family can do something together?
In conclusion, I honestly think having these cars could just be another idea that is wasted because it will only benefit a few people and
not everyone. These cars could be a safety hazard to others on the streets and sidewalks if the car maulfuntions, and even can harm the people inside of the car. I think that we need to worry about the safety and efficiency of the car more than what it can do for the people in the future. We should worry about what will happen to the people now, more than what it will be like in the future. Either way, I think that this isn't the greatest idea ever, and that it shouldn't be allowed unless it will help more people and not just a few here and there. | 4 |
This stroy is talking abour a planet name Venus. Thier saying that Venus is the Brightest in the evening. Venus is the secound plaent form the sun. Sicencetest are saying that Venus is like Earth's tiwn?.Earth and Venus have the same terms of density and size and occasionally Fomr the closest in distance too.
NASA is wroking on approaching and study Venus. Tos see what dose it have in the air or dose it have and disaes. The aother projects is looking back to an old technology called the mechanical Computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an inprtan role in the 1940s during World War ||.They are going to meet challenges oresented by venus has value and its not only because of the insight by gaind on the plaent itself.
On Earths travels and beyound should not be Be limited by dangers travels abd doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of the imantion. | 0 |
There are some good and bad examples in this article. It is a easy side to choose weather you want to agree or disagree with the development of theses cars. The side I would have too choose is not to agree with the development of these cars.
I would have to disagree because if i'm driving down the road and the car stops working because of an accident that happened. Who's fault is it? Like the article said, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the maufacture?" If it is the cars fault, the driver would be aloud to sue for the faulty of the car. If it was the drivers fault, then they would have to pay for the damage they have caused.
What would happen if the sensors in the car stop working, in the middle of the person driving? Let's say you're driving down the road, the car in front of you slams on their breaks because of a read light. Your car can't stop because of the sensors are not working, you can't take control because the car has control to stop you. You skid down the road, hitting the other car. What happens next?
In conclusion, before they start selling these cars, they could at least take more time fixing the things that go wrong. Would you want to have something go wrong with the car, then it be your fault? They could try something new if they can't seem to fix the problem. Or maybe they should just stop trying to take away some of the driving privliges from the customers. This is not a good idea for the future. It could go wrong in so many ways. | 1 |
A good reason to join the program is that you get to see great site and sounds. In the UNRRA you can meet new prople from around the world. You get to help the citvins. You get go acroos the Atlantic Ocean and see whales. The passage says, "The cattle-bout trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy."
You get to go around the world. When you go around the world you can see a lot more than your back yard like, the jungle,rainfrost,safarie,and great planes. You dont just one place you go every were. Every day you see someting new.
You get to be a part of a great program. You get to help millions of people. When you help others it make you feel speicle. You get to take care of animals. he has to make shure that they are feed eough.
You meet new people when you help. when you meet new people you never know. They might have a lot in common with a person. Some person could change your life. meeting new people is realy good for you. In the passage it says, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
In conclion I think that you should join the program. | 2 |
Being able to prove someones true emotion through a science method is a bright idea. Therefore, after reading about the Facial Action Coding System it is very benefical in many ways. In paragraph one the experts states that "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Meaning this data isn't just something from a lab science teacher this is acurrate data from a new coming modern software. Having a computer connect with humans on a different level than just historical information can only help the society. Experts are only trying to better the way the human brian and body functions. In the text it states that Dr. Huang and Dr. Nicu are coming together to increase better communication between computers and humans. "are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate". These two master minds are making sure readers know every step by step it takes to create this software without doing any harm. For example "computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the faces; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Meaning the software must reflect off a human like body or it wouldn't function correctly. "Movement of one or more muscles is called an action unit". After the doctors finds out what it takes for the software to be a sucess they then go deeper into networking with a psychologist. Reaching out to the creater of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) Dr. Paul Eckman. Knowing that this software isn't basic Eckman simply starts out with the software using only the six basic emotions, which are happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness. In the text it states that these facial expressions are world wide "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal", Experts say that the FACS can identify true emotions through a real face or painted one "the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real or painted face". In paragraph 5 it states that experts studied closely to make sure a painted face could be useful with the software "studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions". This new software can help students function in the classroom when they are confused or bored they can easily get help rather than being ignored "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" says Dr. Huang. Using this software can let others know when someone is genuine happy or if they are just putting on a show. "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one". experts say in a real smile the corners of your mouth is lifted rather in a forced on your mouth is being stretched. The Facial Action Coding System isn't only helping society grow it's helping science better as well "making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions". | 2 |
The author did alright at supporting his idea (studying Venus is a worthy pursiut despite the dangers). There are some things that the author explained well and others where he didn't defend his case. When reading this it will seem questionable if this is something to go off of.
When the author was explaining his thought on this he made a convincing argument. He told some simularitys between Venus and Earth. "Often referred to as Earths "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Venus and Earth are very alike in terms of aperance. The author uses a point that Venis is close to Earth that it makes it easier to travel there. "These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus." Being closer to Venus would make the trip there easier then to most other planets.
There are also some things in this topic that the author doesn't go into. He tells you that it is dangerous to be on the planet. "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." This tells you it is not safe to be on Venus but to study it better we would need to get up there to know what it is like to be there and we don't know how to get there alive. Why would studying Venus be worthy if the atmosphere is dangerous? "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere." It doesn't seem that worthy of exploring if you can even survive on Venus.
there are good reasons and bad reasons for studying Venus. Overall the author did an ok job supporting his idea. | 2 |
Many people now a days use cars, trucks, buses or other ways of transportation on a daily baises. Most do not even think twice about all of the pollution they are creating in our world, or even the traffic that they are helping create. Fellow citizens should start becoming aware of this problem and finding different ways to travel.
Many people who work in larger cities tend to face many traffic problems when on their way to work, sometimes causing them to be late for their job. If we were to begin doing things like car-pooling, walking, biking, or even just taking a bus to work or school we could immedialty see changes in the amount of traffic. In Paris, after reaching several days of near-record pollution, they ordered a partial driving ban in attempt to clear up the city. According to source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France..." in just five short days. Other places, such as Bogota, Columbia are also taking part in car-free days. These places are also seeing a drastic decline in the amount of traffic seen in the city. The author of source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, Andrew Selsky, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
Another advantage to limiting car usage will be that there will be a noticable decline in the amount of smog and pollution. "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals" as stated in soure 2:Paris bans driving due to smog. After being ordered a car-free day, smog was cleared enough by the following Monday for them to call off the ban on cars the next day. One simple step such as a week-long car-ban can reduce the amount of pollution drastically. Elisabeth Rosenthal states in paragraph 8 that "an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities." If we begin to limit our car use, we will notice great changes in our environment.
In conclusion, if we do just a few simple things in our society, we will be able to notice the great advantages to limiting car usage. The amounts of traffic in cities will decrease, as well as the amount of pollution in our city, all because of just a few simple things that we can change. | 3 |
The advantages of limiting car usages can be more fresh air, reduce smog, and might be a relief not using the car all the time. Cars have been the most reliable resource in transportation allowing people to go where they need to but it seems like its going down. More people buy less cars and travel without polluting a lot. Many countries took the initiative to have car free days and see how life is like.
Vauban, Germany is an example of a car free society gaining more and more residents. Limiting our car usages is more efficient then using them everyday. Try taking the bus or ride a bike and see how much better it is then being cramped in a car. 70 percent of Vauban's residents don't own cars and 57 percent sold theirs to live in Vauban. Hiking and other alternaives for travel are growing while cars are reducing. Sometimes people can't afford cars or rent one for usage.
Many countries are trying to reduce the usage of cars to clear pollution and allow more ways to travel. Beijing, China is the most polluted city in the world from all the cars and factories they have there. Paris even realized they needed to cut back on car usages and banned odd and even license plate cars usages knowing the smog and pollution was rivaling China. In a week the smog cleared enough for cars to be used again. Cars have a huge impact on civilization.
Bogota, Colombia's Car-free day is a big success. It was a great way to take away stress and lower pollution. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city along with replacing uneven sidewalks with new smooth ones. The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. Thats how the constructions of 118 miles of bicycle paths are made. The most of any Latin American city.
The United States is in love with cars but it seems like less and less people want to buy one. Given by the technology we have now not that many people travel to see a friend or family member. | 2 |
Hi my name is Luke and I think you should participate in the seagoing cowboys program because you get to see trueley beautifull places and you get to be on the ocean wich is another bonus and you get to love and care for the cute and adorible horses on board plus you dont have to worry about them running out of food because we always carry enuff to venture the far and cool places we go to.
One reason you should come with us in the seagoing cowboys program is that we venture to cool and foriegn places like china and i got to see the Panama Canal,all and all it's just a realy good experience and you would like it if you are an outgoing person.
Another reason you should come with us is because the animals they are realy cute and fun to be around all tho they do take some care its nothing compared to having an adorible animal to keep you company when you are alone.
The last reason in my opinion is you get to be out in the ocean and who doesn't love that and it just gives you time to explore and have fun with everything the animals the ocean the adventure and the quitness of just hereing the waves and having a great time.
And that is why i think you should come aboard with us because all and all you would just have a great time. | 1 |
You're drivng down the street feeling amazing as the ind hits you in the face adn blows your hair everywhere,but suddenly you wake up and see that all around you is covered by black smoke pollution and dirt. The fresh air that you were breathing in a moment ago is now gone and all you can smell is gas and fuel being burned be cars and trucks along side you.
Cars today are causing too much pollution and oover the years its building up. Many things are outside fo walking distance but a bike ride can do just the same for you as a car can plus some. Bikes are cost effective and good for your body. It doesnt cost you fifty dollars to fill up a bike,all you do is hop on and pedal. In places like paris smog is starting to build up and take a toll.
The amouint of smog is rising,with the constant use of diesel engines in paris smog is rising quickly. Within one week paris had a totall of one hundred and forty seven micrograms of particulate matter. Along with smog,green house emssions are starting to build and twelve percent of emissions in europe are from cars
You can stop green house emissions and smog build by using your car less and riding a bike. Maybe even sellingf your car or truck for a nice bike. Riding bikes will save you a major amount of money in the end and is a great way to stay in shape and not have to worry about paying machanics for bills and fees for fixing your vehicle | 1 |
Some of the advantages of limiting car usage is definitely that it would help not polute the air. With so many people driving cars in small towns that can quickly polute the air, especially in paris in source two where it says "After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partail driving ban to clear the air of the global city" With all of that pollution it can cause things such as global warming, and unhealthy air for our bodies. With just a small break of not driving the congestion was down to 60 percent in the capital of france, after five days of intensifying smog. Also with cold nights and warm days that also causes air to trap car emissions.
Another advantage of not driving cars, would be exercise. That would be such a good work out because you would have no other option except to walk/ride your bikes. You would get to socialize with everyone else who is walking to their jobs, or the grocerey store all while getting a little bit of exercise with your family. With everyone walking and having nothing better to do, sports centers and parks activity has bloomed throughough the city, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up with sales.
More and more people have stopped getting cars/licenses and instead taking the city bus, walking or riding their bike. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. If more people would continue to either car pool or find a different way to get where they're going the worlds pollution would definitely begin to go down. Without all of the pollution that comes out of cars and that gets trap into the air, our air would begin to get so much more cleaner and safer for us to breathe.
With all of the money it takes to repair the roads, and the electricity it takes to run all of the stop lights, that money could go towards other things if people didnt drive as much as they do. Although many people need and use their cars for transportation theres always other ways to getting around town. It would also help save you money that is spent on gas every week, with the gas prices being unpredicatable every day.
With all of these advantages of not driving cars as much or at all, it would really help protect the worlds air, and could be a great source of exercise! Walking or riding your bike to wherever you need to go, or even just taking the city bus for two dollars. Also saving your money and spendind it on something else rather than wasting it on gas, or getting your car fixed. Or simply even buying a car, which can cost thousands of dollars. | 3 |
Fellow citizens cars are dying out. Every year more and more people are realizing the cultural and natural impact that cars are having on us in a negative way. There are many advantages that come with eliminating cars from society. For one reason is that we can start to eliminate roads and highways and use that land for houses or something else. Another reason is that it will help the world out in a natural way to stop tempatures from sky rocketing to completely melting the polar cap, and prevent smog from building up in dense cities. Citezens also wont have to spend money on fuel or a car anymore and can save money.
As soon as citizens completely wipe out the use of cars then alot of positives will result out of it. As soon as cars are out of the picture then societies can use up the space from highways and roads to make houses and shopping centers that are walking distance from those houses or living communities. When people need to drive long disctances to get to another destination thats far away from where they live then they can take theyre car thats on the outskirt of the city in a protected garage, just like they do in Vauban, Germany, they do this in order to keep the city within completely safe and pollutant free from cars.
Up to now and ever since the invention of automobiles like buses and cars the world has changed dramatically in tempature. Earth has become like a microwave just trapping heat from the Greenhouse effect which causes the carbon dioxide from the cars to stay in earth andn not expell to space which has caused some of the highest tempatures in the last 100 years. With the elimination of cars less carbon dioxide will be let out causing the eart to cool and thus will help save the polar ice caps. Not only will it save the cold areas of the world but it will also help reduce smog in densley packed cities like Paris and Bieging. Up to now cities like Paris and Bogota have had certain days where they prohibit the use of cars in the city to help and calm the smog down. This Method has helped dramatically and it was only for one day! Imagine what doing this forever can do for the enviroment.
Another topic for eliminating the use of cars is the economic change it will postively have on the enviroment. For one families wont have to spend money on gas. Second they wont have to spend money for a car. Last but not least third they wont have to spend money on tolls or tickets. So simply if you dont have a car you wont have to worry about any of those problems. Families can use all of that saved money for going on vacations or on themselves. | 3 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it helps a teacher read the emotions of their students. For example, Dr. Huang predicts that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, and the Facial Action Coding System could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Therefore, it could help bring teachers and instructors to attention that their student could be confused about the lesson, when theyre too embarrassed to raise their hand or speak out.
The new technology of the Facial Action Coding System could help the teacher improve their teaching, such as, if a student is tired the teacher may take a little break to let the kids recouperate and wake up a bit more to help them focus better on the lesson. If a student is upset, or sad, the teaher will notice and pull the student aside to figure out if they are okay or not. This new technology will improve teaching and the way students learn.
To conclude, the use of the Facial Action Coding System is a valuable addition to classroms because it could potentially help a teacher improve their teaching to give their students a better learning experience, and to read the emotions of their students. | 2 |
In the passage "The Challenge if Exploring Venus" the author suggests that the studying of Venus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers it presents by explaining the fact that scientist can not of study if that Venus is like Earth because it is studied from a far distance and that they need to get closer and get rock samples. For example the passage states ," More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientits seeking to conduct a thorough mission to nderstand Venus would need to get close up and pesonal dispite the risks." This piece of evidence proves that they would have to go through with a mission to Venus to get rock, gas, and other samples for scientists to study to compare Venus to earth. Therfore, in the passage " The Challenge of
Eploring Venus" the authors suggestion to study Venus should entirely be accepted with the evidence they provided but also dispite the risks so that we have stand point on how close Venus is to the Earth comparing rocks,gases, and other pieces of evidence. | 1 |
I think it the facial action coding system would be good and bad in a classroom. I has some good and bad things about it like if a kid didnt want anyone to know about whats going on or if he just didnt know whats wrong with him/her. I think we sould really give kids the right to hide their feelings if they want to because i know what its like not talking about thinks but there is only so much people can take before talking so kids should reealy have the right to hide it if they want to. It could also inbarise kids because of them not wanting anyone to know they are sad or mad but the computor knows and they had not choice if the computor knows or not. I think kids have the right to have a little privetce and not have to tell anyone whats going one.
The facial action coding system is a good thing in school by letting the teacher know that something isnt right with that student and somethimng need to happen. i think that it will help kinds lern in school. I know when im sad i really just dont want to do anything at all and kids might feel that they dont have to do anything. kind need school the world we are living in would kill if we didnt have school so i nfeel like with other help for people teachers and the facial action coding system we could make the world smarter.
when i think about the facial action coding system i think yes it does take privatce away from kids a little but at the end its really help kids out in school or with bulling problems i think there sould be facial action coding systems in school with limits. | 2 |
Should we have an elector college voting systems or switch up to popular voting system. I think we should swicth it up back to the popular votes win. the reasons why we should use this type of voting systems is because we get to choose are president, and and make shore that all u. s people start voting."Under the electoral college systems voters vote not for president, but for a slate of electors, who inturn elect the president".
By using the voting system of majority win can force or pursuade people to start voting because most people know that there votes wont even matter when electoral voting system is taking place with popular votes even the slitest of just one vote changes who becomes president so i would think people will start being apart of there states votes an become better citezens by voting.3
Here are some of the disaddvantages when having an electoral voting system
Are votes don't even matter when voting for presiden who knows if voting for electors and that electer dose not do as we want for electing the right president having this type of voting system is so much complicated for the process you half to go through when electing a president. | 1 |
This face is not created by aliens. It is not created by aliens because there is no proof of humanans let alone aliens found on Mars. How would they survive and humans can not. In paragraph nine it discribes how hard it was to even get a picture of this face. If its very hard to get a good glimpse of this image. Its going to be struggle to live and be active on Mars as well. This has to be a natural landform that happens to looks like a face. If someone really did this, they would want credit and all the fame for all their hard work and i think we would have spotted them all ready.
We have landforms all the time on Earth so what makes this time special?
This landform just happened to be a poppin thing for us on Earth. There may have more then one landform that was very close. It so happened to make an image. Its very facinating how natural Earth funtionings can make something so exciting. If you have an imagaination its like the earth has its functions and feelings. Like the weather and natural things like landforms that form. So why scare everyone if we know that these things are possible to happen and can turn out to be something beautiful? | 1 |
The use of technology indicated in a classroom of students is valuable. It'd be very useful to a teacher. Their job would be easier since they'd comprehend their students better.They'd know more well how to explain everything they need to.
First, what if a student was mad because they got irritated that they didn't understand anything...but they also don't want to ask for help? If the teacher realizes, he/szhe would be more patient/flexible and try to help. Not yell and embarass them or anything. The student wouln't get such a low score because of the effort that was given.
Then, a student's grandma, etc. could've died, or that person could be the victim olf a bully. That person would be extremely sad.It just plainly wouldn't be their day. Also, they would'nt like to get bugged in their feelings moments. A teacher noticing could prevent terrible things like suicide.
Next, a student can also be a little too hype. They could get seperated from their friends for focus. Plus the teacher could even blame someone else for them being talkative. Less conflict would evolve. In paragraph 1 for example, it gave us the exact percentage of each emotion felt by the Mona Lisa.
Finally, I conclude this technology can help us read others better. We'd save all the questions w'd make. Time is valuable, and so are our peers. | 2 |
I believe that the electoral college should be taken away because presidents that have won the popular vote have lost the election due to the electoral college and to me that just does not seem right "Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency"(source 2 Plumer 9). If it was not for the electoral college Gore would have won the election. If this country really is a government by the people and for the people then the government would get rid of the electoral college.
The electoral college is very outdated it has been in use sense the founding fathers made it "The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise" (source 1 OFR paragraph 1). it might have worked well back then but now it is outdated it has been three hundred years since it has been changed and it simply does not work that well anymore.
If there was no winner take all system it might just be a little more fair "the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all-system" (source 2 Plumer paragraph 13). Candidates do not even give every state a chance they usually just skip the state that they know they will not win over "candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning"(source 2 Plumer paragraph 13).
That is why iI think the electoral college should be taken out it is outdated, and it is unfair. If this country was really run by the people than the people would really get to pick the president. Those are my only really big issues with the electoral college, but that does not mean that I do not want to see it go. | 3 |
Car-Free Places/ Bannings:
In German, they have a car-free cities.
"Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district in the outskirts of Freiburg ," says
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars . In all honestly, I think is kinda nicer because therefor, you don't have much space taken up with the driveways, street signs and you get more exercise if you go out and walk or run if you want to go there. But on the opposing side it could be bad if like the grocery store was on the other side of the town and you had to walk all there and walk all the way back with all your stuff that you bought and by that time you would be so tired. That's like me walking from the high school to the lake. If I started in the morning at lets just say 10am by the time I get there it would be like 2pm and if I go there and come right back I would be at high school at 7pm, not including the time I spent at the lake. What I'm trying to say that it takes so much time in the day and then just so exhausted by the time you get back.
In Source 2,
Paris bans driving due to smog, states, " After days of near-record pollution, Paris enfoced a partial driving ban to clear to the air of the global city." Which I think that means that they banned the cars or transportation to cut down all the pollution so they can breathe better and the air is cleaner and nicer. And i guess that worked because a couple paragraphs down it says, Congestion was down 60 percent after five-days of intensitying the 'smog'." If that happened in only five days, I'm freaking proud, and think they did a good job and would be amazed of what would happen in a whole year!!
In Source 3,
Car-free day is Spinning Into a big hit in Bogota , it took place in Colombia and it seems like that they an annual day to banned cars; "
It was the 3rd straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this capital city of 7 million."
I think that its amazing of how these people pacticipte in something that is doing well for the Earth and for us as well. This world will be so much cleaner before you know it! | 1 |
Cars Or No Cars
Cars Are Motor Vehicls That Run Of Disel Fuel . Some Places Such As Vauban, Germany And Pairs Has Giving Up Cars . President Obama Has Created A Project Call "Mustang Sally" ; Created Because Science Has Proven That Fewer Americans Buy Cars & Fwere People Get There Licenses. Some Places Have Fins For driving A Car Some Dont. Young People Organzie There Lives And Summer Jobs Around Where tHey Can Walk Or CAr Pool With A Friend. Last Year Study Shows That There Are Fewer Young People driving Which Drops The Driving Rate By 23 Percent.
First , People Shouldnt Drive If They Dont Need To. The Disel Fuel Cars Run On Are Creating Air Pollution . At The Rate We Are At Now In A Couple OF Years The World Would BE Full Of Dirty Air.
Things That Can Prevent Dirty Air :
Car Pooling
Walking
Riding A Bicycle
Hybird Car
Some Of These Things People Wont Do Because Their Either Lazy Or Just Selfish And Dont Care About There Kids OR Grandkids Future. If We Dont Have Any Fresh Air To Breath How Do You Expect The World To Breathe Let Along Function ? Become A Place Like Geermany By Not Letting People Drive By Having Public Transpotation Monday-Frida Only ; They Care About THe Enivornment .
Second, You Should Want To Protcet The Enivornment. Fresh air Is Such A Beautiful Thing To Have Why waste It Because People Dont Want To Protect It ? Ford Motor Has Layed Out A Plan That Can And Will Conserve Resource, Lower Emossions And Improve Safety , By Using Private Cars And Public Transportation Which Also Cuts Back On Time . Just Help Protect A Place We All Live .
Third , The Last Past Two Decades There Has Been Efforts To Make Cities A Better Place For Walking And Bicycleing. A Few Houndred People CAnt Do It Alone They Need You As Humans To Help
NeverTheLess, Help Stop THe World From Air Pollution. You Should Want To Secure Your Childern Childerns Future . Make Sure Your Family Can Have A Clean Life And That They Can Help ImProve The World To Make It A Better Place . Make Sure They Know How Important It Is To Have Clean Ar To Breathe ."The Future Is In You , So Protect It " . The Smallest Things Can Help Walking To Work During The week Using Car Only A Few Times A Month , Carpooling ,Using Your Bicycle On The Weekend AnyThing Can Help Make The World A Better Place. | 2 |
They NASA have problem becuase they think a face I was find in mars is create by alien people.Thiy face in internet,movies,magazine,and books I want to ask to people a sure is create by aliens becuase they are story people read for he child they alien do piramid o help hilter in second war.
SOCIAL MEDIA people check old her social media why the people check web pages? do you none da is true?are you sure?Is not photochop?why? in this world people think old is true mayor in web pages they are not true.
ALIENS to much people think aliens are true
yes are
true aliens is base name is area 51,they have aliens one aliens crash in new mexico in old world they are aliens flying is like U.S.A thinking aliens are theorists I going to say something U.S.A have aliens in area 51 and he killing aliens for experiment.
MARS you can life in mars I think is landform becuase have more big volcan in old galaxy is can land form are robots in mars working getting rocks and another things.
CONCLUSION I thing U.S.A is getting peplo a think aliens are bad want to kill peolpe that is not true and yes is landforming is more landforming mars and NASA none are life in mars about is landforming.What aliens want to say to people? | 0 |
Driverless cars are said to be safe and reliable on the road. I could imagine a future when no one buys cars but it isn't always because of the best things. My thinking about driverless cars is that how do you know your family is truly safe and secure in this car. When you open the hood of a car like this pretty much all you are going to see is wires hard drives and everything you would find in a computer.
These driverless cars as of right now still have to have an alter driver in the car because they aren't truly driverless cars yet. Google's driverless car has over half a million miles without a crash but their are things these cars still cant do right now and it will always be that way. ''Google's car will alert the driver to take over when in spicific condition such as pulling in and out of a driveway or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents.'' Google's driverless car maybe doing well right now but how many driverless cars do they have is it still going to be the same when there are more of them on the roads.
Driverless cars don't drive like a normal car would it has all these wires, hard drives, and you will also find normal belts, pistions, and sparks. Driverless cars are controlded a completely different way then cars are right now. Before we can even think about having driverless cars on the road right now we would have to put massive amount of work in to the roads, bridges, highways, and interstates we already have. ''These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simple too expensive to be practical.''
They say the car is a driverless car but as of right now there has to be a human alert in the car for verious reasons. The cars can not be called driverless cars if the human in the car has to be alert incase the road ahead requires a human skill. ''They can steer, accelerate, and brake 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.'' Most people I know don't want to drive around that but the driverless cars can not do that for themselves.
With cars that are going to be driverless you know that they are going to have a lot of distractions in them. Other people that are driving would look over and might see a person kick back reading a book and might freak out while driving down the road at lets say seventy miles per hour that could end badly. Driverless cars can become a hazard to other people on the roads. Driverless cars might not have any crashes on it but it could cause many more in the future.
Driverless cars are a danger to people all over the world. They may say that it is much safer than other cars but it can be just as dangerous as other car and could cause more distractions on the road around other drivers. No matter what they say about driverless cars to me they are always going to be unsafe and expensive to drive, make, and buy. | 2 |
These driverless cars should not be developed becuase technology can crash, safety concerns and lack of knowledge. These 3 reasons all tie up to each other on why these cars should not be developed.
First reason why driverless cars should not be developed is becuase technology is not one hundred percent reliable. Technology can crash causing these cars to possibly not be functioning well which could lead to various accedents and who will take initiative for those damages? ¨If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?¨ paragraph 9. With this being said anyone can buy things that make their life easier, thats what everyone wants right? Not just becuase it makes your life easier means its safe.
Second, these cars should not be developed becuase of safety concerns. As already mentioned technology can crash leading to serious injuries, the sensors could stop working leaving huge possibilities of many crashes. Does this also mean that if these cars replace actual cars does that mean people will become lazier and or not be requiered to drive or have a liscence if indeed this project becomes successful?
Lastly, these cars should not be developed because of lack of knowledge. Again, if these cars replace driver cars does that mean people will become lazier, and or not be requiered to have a liscence if this porject indeed becomes successful? If so, soon it would not be required to know how to drive which would lead many people to not know how to drive which is requiring less knowledge that should be there. It would make our lifes so easy to the point where it might make us lazy, not everyone, but mostly everyone. I beilive we need the most knowledge possible instead of creating more and more things that isolate us from learning.
In conclusion, these driverless cars should not be created due to technology crashes, safety issues and lack of knowledge. Drivers should keep driving and learn more everyday. A wise person once said ¨Life isn´t easy, so dont try to make it¨. | 3 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explains reasons why the human race should study the planet Venus. The author presents ways how NASA for example, is trying to gain knowlegde of thr planet and thinking of ways to make that happen. With saying the planet is very interesting the author provides counter arguements on why people shouldn't study Venuns, and that's because of thr many dangers it has. Even if the planet is dangerous, the author still suggests that studying the planet is worth the time, and it's presented by saying how alike Venus was like Earth, the very different atmospere it has, and finally how studying the planet can lead to new innovations for our own planet, Earth.
The first way the author suggests why Venus is interesting to study, is by saying desribing the different kind of atmospere it has. By starting of the author goes right into their idea by saying how the tempertures, pressures, and what we would call natural disasters are much different then the conditions on Earth. For example in paragrapgh 3 when the author say "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system", it makes the readers curious because they want to know why the conditions are very different. The author may include the dangers of the planet, but says them in a way the readers enage more curiousity on the planet. Which is why the author suggests the planet is worth studying because of it's difference.
Despite the conditions of the planet Venus now, the author also includes that Venus was once similar to our own planet. In the article in paragraph 4 the author states that Venus is like "Our sister planet" and also that "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system", and because of this he/she presents their ideas well it's just makes the idead of studying the planet more important. In the rest of the paragraph the author includes that Venus was onced covered in oceans and had various forms of life just like our own planet. By including this detail readers can see that studying the planet isn't only important because of the many differences it has, but because if it was once like our own planet, how would the planet just drastically change?
Finally the last deatil the author includes to suggest that Venus is worth the time to study it, is by saying how many researchers are working on new innovations that would allow our own technology to last longer here on Earth. In the last few paragraphs mainly are about how NASA is working on new technology to be able to last long enough the dangerours planet, but in paragraph 7 the author implies that by gaining new information on Earth's sister planet helps the human race improve their daily lives when he/she states "Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces". By making new technology to last long enough on the inhospitable planet, scientists can learn to make better technology to last longer on Earth.
So by including the details of how Venus has such different conditions, how it was once similar to the planet Earth, and how studying the planet can lead to new inventions for our planet, the author supports his idea that studying Venus is worth the pursuit. The author suggests that the details are not only fascinating, but also important in in learning how planets drastacially change. Because Venus now has a very hot and dangerous atmosphere, understanding that it was once like Earth, helps scientists know more about Earth. If Venus did have oceans and life, scientists can make new technology to better take of Earth so it doesn't end up dangerours and hot like Venus. The author suggusts that stuyding Venus is worth the pursuit because researchers or scientists can learn better ways on how to take care of Earth. | 3 |
One small step for man, one giant leap for man-kind. Those were the words spoken by Neil Armstrong seconds before he took a giant leap on the moon.
This is a memorable event in American history because it was the first American to ever set foot on the moon.
Before Neil made it to the moon, no one thought that it would ever be possible to make it that far.
Now we are planning to explore Venus. The author states that he wants to explore Venus no matter what the percautions are. There are always good and bad effects of each action and the exploration of Venus has a lot of them.
First of all, the author states that Venus is the closest planet to the earth when Mars is not; it depends on their orbits around the sun. With Venus a close distance to the earth, it would be easier to explore than any other planet in the galaxy.
This planet has the most Earth-like features in the Milky Way which makes it attract scientists. There are so many valuable reasons why the exploration of this planet is a good idea.
On the contrary, the most difficult part of the mission is Venus' atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide takes up 97 percent of the atmoshere; also the clouds have highly corrosive sulfuric acid clouds.
If that does not damage a spacecraft, the pressure that is 90 times greater than Earth will. The temperatures there way over exceed the temperatures on Earth; the temperature there averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. NASA has been working on spacecraft to make it there and they are making progress.
Humans have already sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus already; however, none of the spacecraft made it on the planet long enough for any human to survive there.
The author constructed his information very well.
The author explained why NASA wants to explore Venus.
Facts were provided to let the reader know that this article is not just opionated but also factual.
I really liked how the author explained why Venus will be a hard mission to achieve, it shows that NASA knows their weaknesses and therefore will be able to fix them.
NASA has many backup plans in case one of them fail.
In conclusion, this was a well written article.
The author knew what he was talking about which persuaded me to think that studying Venus would benefit science.
I also applied my background knowledge of the moon landing while reading this article; I knew that it once seemed impossible to land on the moon but we achieved it, now we are planning to land on Venus and hopefully will achieve that too. | 2 |
In this article the author explains what Venus is at first , next he/she explains the benefit of learning about it and then finally talks about the dangers and challenges that come with studying it. Venus or the "Evening Star" is a planet similar to earth in size and density and is even reffered as earths "Twin". Yet these to are two very different planets, for example Venus's atmosphere suffers from the "greenhouse effect" which causes its surface temperature to average around 800 degrees fahrenheit! It also supports no life at least that we know of to this point unlike Earth.
To study the "twin" of Earth we must first either put something on the surface of the planet or take pictures of the planet from right outside the planet. This is a problem because its so hot on the surface that it will melt our currant technology and with the greenhouse effect the atmosphee is to thick to take pictures through. This is obviously a problem for scientist who want to learn more about the planet Venus. If we do learn about Venus though it might benefit us tremendously because we will know how to prevent Earth from having the same problem Venus did that eventually destroyed the planet into what it is today.
In conclusion I think the Author of this article realizes the dangers of studying eath's "twin" Venus but ultimantly thinks that the positives outweigh the negitives on this one and I agree. If Venus at one point really was like earth and supported life we need to know what destroyed it to prevent us from rewriting history. I think that outweighs any danger or problem in the longrun and Im sure the author would agree with me based on his/her article. Scientist as I type this are working on a solution for problems such as the ones up above and I wouldnt be surprised if we learned a lot more anout Venus in these next couple of decades! | 2 |
The Seagoing Cowboys are a groupe of cowboys that haft to work on ship. take care of the animals and shipping them to countrys that need cattle. The UNRRA needs more Seagoing Cowboys these are the reason why you should be one.
As a Seagoing Cowboy you would get to see new plases and meet new people. Help people that dose not have cattle the Seagoing Cowboys deliver young cows, horses, and mules. Having fun after the animals are gone they play basketball, vollyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, and reading to past the time on the boat.
Luke loves being a Seagoing Cowboy they give people cattle. The cattle boat trips were unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy. One benefit was seeing Europe and China. But the Acropolis in Greece was special,he says. Helping on aunt Kates farm help prepare him. Everyone of the Sea going Cowboys gets to play games like basketball and vollyball.
These are the reason why you need to be a Seagoing Cowboy to help people that neeeds cattle, food and work horses, and mules. Jone the Seagoing Cowboys you will make a diffrents for the people. | 1 |
Yes, I strongly think it will be valuable to use in a class room. It could help improve assignements for kids or even improve education. It could even help the teachers out to figure out what students are bored of the same work.
The "Making Mona Lisa Smile" teachnology would be a great benifit in education. It could recognize "what students are becoming confused or bored." "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." If they could get it into schools it could improve the education for kids. Or even improve all schools graduation rate. The students would be more into doing assignements, completing homework, just by knowing if they werent into the work they had to do the computor could change it up for them.
If the education improved for future student that could lead to a better futre, better invintions. When students a bored about an assignement the computer would change it and make it more effective for the student to learn. More homework would be turned in, more assignements would be complete, school grades would go up, and the graduation rate would be way higher. And all that could be done by just changing somethings in computers. | 1 |
Driving at times can be a really big issue to deal with. There are so many thing that can go wrong, a crash, then increase in insurence, you might even get your license taken away after that. When you don't drive, the world is an open book just waiting to be read. Walking or riding bikes can relieve stress and make you more fit and in shape. The gasses that come from cars are just aweful for the environment, and there would be such a largly reduced number in traffic jams if pleople would just get off the road. Once your on the road, anything can happen. It's dangerous, i sometimes even wonder if i really want a license.
When you drive there are so many traffic jams. The idea of never having to worry about traffic again is intriguing. Why worry about having to rush through traffic just to get to work on time, when instead you can simply manage your time correctly and walk at the pace you are comfortable with. Traffic jams cause accidents that put peoples lives at risk. In the article, ''Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Botoga'' by Andrew Selsky, he states, ''...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day...leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams''. The car-free day in Colombia is working to perfection to promote alternative transportation, i don't see why we dont have this in the United States.
Drivig causes stress and tension and that's never good. A stressed driver is a dangerous driver, when you're stressed you become more careless and less aware of your surroundings and that is very dangerous as a driver it leads to wreckless driving and accidents. Being without a car relieves this stress for many people. In the article, ''In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a quote from the article states, ''When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,'' said Heidrun Walter. This shows that cars are a lot to handle and that most people just believe it is too much stress for one person to deal with.
The smog and pollution caused by all the cars that are on the road these days is another reason why it is best to stay off the road. In the article, ''Paris bans driving due to smog'' by Robert Duffer, he says, ''[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world''. The cities ban on cars on the road shows a serious concern in the saftey of the people because of all the smog that driving has caused.
Some people might argue that cars would be faster, but if you take a car you are going to be mor at risk of an accident, you're going to be polluting the air, and you'll only be stressing yourself out in the process. I strongly suggest that America does something to change our ways, because if we don't, we'll end up like Beijing and Paris with an extremly high pollution rate. | 3 |
Problaby it will be one advance more than big for the world, "driveless car" it is another invent by google and other people more, it will help more people for stay more fast were they want. It is one of the best ideas the I ear before but id everybdy thing what they wiil do wuith the other car the we have right now? It is a lot trash and in this world we don't have more space for that.
I don't think it is necesary for any one. the people nw just think it do more stof but the don't think what we will do with all the things what we don't need and maybe in this world we dont have pace jus for put all that.
Why this people no think about the people who need help? why they need all time new cars but what about the people who don't have house or food? it is a better ide than just a new cars, for what? more cars if we have a lot.
Now we have all forms for go contry by country but why the don't think in someting more special, more important like help other countrys. Not with just one little part I mean if we don't need something new why we use why we don't buy some clothes or seme shoes for wo need it?
It is more easy and better for allthe people in the world.
And what about the animals? why we have to eat all time animals? why everything is create by the animals now? The people know they hav fellings like us? Now the "human" is a animal, we kill everything what we see "everything.
We don't have a lot time in this world, God is coming for us and we need something for make this world better, wecan try to help persons, animals, trees, ans a lot more, we don't need more cars just because the people who wave money think is better foe they.
every body know if they will do those cars jus are for people with a lot mone and not for who really need cars. I know I don't talk about your "cars" like what you want but i don't think like you. I think if we have something and we can give that for someone who really need it we Have to do, it is better than use that for nothing immportant or special like people like you want. | 0 |
Computers that are able to read emotional expresssions of students is a great idea!
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal...the new emotion-recognition software tracks these movements", This new software could very well change our lives as students for the better. Imagine your classroom computer being able to tell when you are lost, or don't understand the lesson. Then, it changes the lesson for you to focus or understand it better. Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor."
It could improve students preformance in school dramatically.
The technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive,which could prove benefical. " Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication," Dr Huang notes."So computers need to understand that, too." So the computers can almost "calculate" emotions-sort of like it's math homework. If the computers can understand the facial expressions,then it would be like having a personal math teacher as a computer.
SInce humans naturally read facial expressions in our everday,its like a second language among us. We do this everyday!
It only makes sense to incorperate this technology into the class rooms. It can potentially help many students with their academic preformance. Also,it could change the very future of learning in general. I believe that computers with the ability to read emotional expressions is a very good idea. | 2 |
Can you see the future where there are driverless cars? Driverless car are next big thing in the future. Driverless cars would fundamentally change the world The author presented a positive aspects of driverless cars.
Google cofounder Serdey Brin can envision a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars from a public-trans port system.This system would be more flexiable
and would use half of fuel of today's taxis .Google has already made a driverless car, but a person has to control the car when has to pull in and out of drive ways. Driverless would have to use sensors aournd the whole
car for the car to drive propely. Google has modified a Toyota Prius by putting senseors aournd the car. Google's car had driven miles without crashing. There will be times when a person will have to take over and drive the driverless car beacause the driverless car can't navigate through construction site, drive ways, and heavt traffic.
Google and GM have made systems to alert the driver in the car to take over and drive the car. States will have to make new law for driverless cars. People have their doubts about driverless car like what would happen if the alewrt system doesn't work or crashs from the driverless car will cause problem. Then people will not know who to blame the driver or the manufacturer? Automakers will continue their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Soon other car compionies will follow and make driverless cars.
The author is postive of driverless cars. I am also positive about driverless cars in the furture. By then I'll be driving. Driverless
cars will be the next big thing. | 2 |
Technology makes the quality of human life around the world significantly higher. One extremely important techonological advancement is the automobile. When the automobile was invented, it changed the world completely. Transportation of long distances became (fairly) cheap and extremely convenient. Now, the question of driverless cars arises. Clearly, they are the next technological revolution.
The first and most obvious reason towards the development of driverless cars is the environmental impact they would have. In the first paragraph of the article, the author states that the cars "would use half the fuel of today's taxis". Considering how much of a global and rapidly growing issue climate change is, a technological advancement like this could be detrimental to the survival of not only our planet, but also its inhabitants.
Another pro of driverless cars is safety. The author of this article cites Googles semi-driverless cars as having driven "more than half a million miles without a crash". Automobile accidents are devastating and very widespread in our modern world. Even with laws against driving under the influence and using cell phones while driving, crashes are still a large issue. If we could develop a car that can avoid accidents almost entirely, then vehicle safety and crashes would be a non-issue. People are going to drink and text and drive regardless of laws, so if our cars can avoid danger regardless of the state of the driver, then everyone would be safe always.
The final reason that driverless cars should continue development is that the technology is already here. From the article, the author showcases Telsa as having a 2016 release for a 90 percent autopilot car, and four other automobile companies plan to have entirely automated cars by 2020. Also in the article, many safetly technologies that are already in cars are mention, such as vibrating seats to warn the driver, and all sorts of radars and sensors and scanners that could be used in a driverless car.
Autopilot is the way of the future. It's better for the planet, better for ourselves, and its already here. There is no reason to fight something that could be as revolutionary for the human race as this is. Google cofounder Sergey Brin belives driverless cars would "fundamentally change the world", and its easy to see why. A healthy planet and a safe and fast travelling population are only a few roads away. | 3 |
Having this technology available for students in the classroom would help inform the teacher or instructor if the student is having trouble with online work and could easily be known with this software.To back up this claim,the text provides the statement"a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored".Having this software could also help young doctors who are wanting to be in the medical field, just as the state texts "the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face all 44 major muscles", menaing that this technology could easily make the learning of human anatomy much more easier to learn and to understand.
This software could easily turn around the boring day for a student with just knowing their facial expressions,having an instructor change the way they teach to help students be more active and more drawn into their education is what we want.When Dr.Huang says" then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" just goes to prove that with this software, teaching would be more effective than before due to the educator changing how they teach to better fit the needs of a student while still helping the rest in their own ways.With this technology in class teachers will also be able to tell when a student is lying about a certain thing such as turning in their online homework, this software could help and inform the teacher that the student is lying and have this problem resolved.
When talking about students in a classroom and with this technology I instantly think of doctors and anyone else in the medical field.This software could help us better understand the human anatomy of the face and could make the new upcoming doctors more advance than those who didn't have the chance to learn with this new software.Of course people could learn the facial expressions through this software even if it wasn't in their time, but I believe in human interaction or face-to face so to call.We as humans already do this calculation everyday when we meet up with friends or family,as stated in the text " in fact we humans perform this same impressive calculation everyday" meaning that even before having this technology at hand, we already had an idea of how someone felt just by their facial expressions but of course with this technology we can better understand how someone is truly feeling. | 2 |
Are beeping horns accidents part of today's dreams for the future? Techology corporations such as Google and car companies dream of dangerous, driverless cars as a normal neccesity in the future transportation. However, there are many issues with the autonomous public transportation these companies dream of. The most important being; driverless cars are too dangerous for practical use.
While it is true that driverless cars may become a convenience, they may also be impractical for use in many dangrouse road conditions. The development of such cars show the have complications when, "dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork and accidents" (Unknown). With navigational issues like these, driverless cars should not be on public roadways.
Of course drivers could manouver these conditions manually, but if they are distracted maynot notice the alerts to take the wheel. In fact, distractions are another major issue with driverless cars. Driving laws require a full attention to the road. However, drivers may, "get bored waiting on thier turn to drive" (Unknown). If the driver is bored, then they may take their eyes off of the road or even drift off to sleep. When the time comes to take the wheel, they may not be prepared and accidents will happen.
The autonomous cars drempt by many corporations are not just dangerous for the owners of these machines, but other drivers as well. If an owner of a driverless car becomes distracted, other drivers will have to take action to avoid the misshaps of the automonous vehicle. More accidents could very well happen as a consecence of avoiding an accident. Attempting to avoid an accident may also cause not just one, but many as a result of a pile up.
The problems with these cars are very clear. While they may be fun toys for the rich, they should not be put on public streets. The dangers outweigh the convenience. These machines are just not safe enough for the public and should not be sold. | 3 |
The author claims that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because venus might once have been like earth and could be visited in the future. In the article the author gives information about the planet, why scientists want to study it, and possible approaches on studying venus.
In paragraph 4 the article says, "Astronomers are facinated 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." It then goes on to say, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth." In order to study Venus, NASA is coming up with ways to study Venus without risking any lives. One such example is a vehicle that would hover about 30 miles above Venus's surface. Another method is simplified electronics that have been tested in Venus-like conditions.
In conclusion, humans may soon be able to study Venus more closely and maybe one day put humans on the Evening Star. It is yet to be known when this might happen but with new technology, or maybe old technology, it is a possibility not worth giving up on. | 1 |
The studying of Venus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers it presents. All misson before now has been "umanned and good for no reason". With the landings not being able to stand longer a few hours. These reasons explain why earth hasn't been sending spaceships to visit venus. Venus's thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, clounds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid and over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and pressure 90 times greater than Earth its self. These conditions are very extreme and unsuvivable for humans, But with recent soulution the author has supported the trip is worth a try.
Venus is the most Earth like planet in the solar system, Venus was proably once covered in rocky sediment and familiar features like valley, craters and moutains. This can be a very big step for science and lead to so many helpful studies. Humans curiosty can lead to many equally intimidating endeavors.
NASA has came up with a great idea and a possible soultion to float in a blimp-like vehicle hovering about 30 miles above venus. From this spot the condition won't be easy, but humans can survive though it. Insight is also limited and samples cannot be gathered, but seeking scientists would conduct these challenges working with innovatins that allows tools/machiens to last long enough to contibute to meaningfully to better out knowledge of venus. Some simplified electronics made of silicon caride have tested in venus simulators and have passed to be succesful for three weeks in venus;s extreme conditions. Also they have been with the thought of adding in devices making calculations by using gears and lever that require no eletricity.
In conclusion, Venus is the closet planet to earth in all of the sloar system. This means that this is a chance to gain greater and meaning full knowlege. This was an fail misson being of venus's extreme conditions and has been for 30 years. With new solutions human can get closer than ever to venus for many studies. The solution have new gadgets and devices to help out on these trip. This presenting and supporting the authors idea of venus being worthy of the pursuit of danger. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
My name is PROPER_NAME from LOCATION_NAME. I wanted to adress the positivity in keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College has a small chance of winning with a Electoral College vote than a popular vote. Every state is important because everyone's a president. Also, there are swing states which is a winner-takes-all method.
The Electoral College has a small chance of winning with a Electoral College vote than a popular vote. Although in 2000 the Electoral College vote happened it is very unlikely to occur. Reason is that the Electoral College exceeds the share of the popular vote. Even a slight chance of a state plurality could cause a landslide electoral-vote-victory.
In the Electoral College no region has enough Electoral votes to elect a president. This means that a region needs to influence another to have atleast a elected president. For example, Romney was a solid regional(South) which means he focused in one region not the others, concluding his lost. So, it was very likely that Romney would not win because of his appeal to one region.
In the winner-takes-all method in the Electoral College induces the candidates. This was seen in 2012's election. The ost thoughtful voteers would have to decide the election, making Electoral College very fair. | 1 |
i don't think that the new technology is valuable. I don't think it's valuable because there is really no need to check how people feel. I think that would be valuable in other situations, like for depressed people, or for like an aslyum to check how these people feel. I think that it would be a waste of money, it would be to much money for all the features to add. The passage said that it Facial Action Coding System would have to scan your face and i think that would be a lot of money for just making something that would be able to check how you feel. You could sell it to certain people that help people out with emotional things, so like they would scan their face in the begining to see how they feel, after the meeting they have the person in charge would have to scan their face to see if that meeting changed the way they felt from the begining. It would be good for certain uses but to have it in schools wouldn't really help. I think it wouldn't help in schools because i don't think people would just like it if you just had to scan there face to see how they feel, i think you have to ask them first and if they say yes you can see how they feel. I don't think we should have this around because there is really no need why you need to check how people feel if you don't know who they are. Even if they are just students doing what they need to do i don't think they would like people knowing how they feel, i know i wouldn't like people scanning how i felt if i don't know them because some people don't like people knowing the stuff they feel and how they feel unless you know them and can trust them. | 2 |
Venus, Earth's "twin", has very harsh conditions. Unlike Earth, Venus is the hottest planet in our solor system. It has a very thick atmosphere, and the clouds are composed of highly corrosive sulferic acid. The aurthor of this article believes we should send mechanical mechines to explore this planet for all of its benefits, despite the dangers.
My first point, according to the article, is that Venus is the closest planet to the Earth in terms of density and size. Geographically, it has valleys, mountians, and craters. The author also suggests that long ago, Venus might have had oceans and that Venus could support life. This is why some researchers see value in the exloration. But, it provides the question: will exploring Venus be beneficial? The aurthor thinks that yes, this is a good opportunity.
My next point is that the author also states that we have already had missions there. If Earth poured money into going there at all, more than once, we must have seen some value in the mission because of its potential data and learning opportunities. The crafts may have only lated for days, but we still were able to learn. If we we not going to gain anything from the missons, we would not have wasted time and money to get there, multiple times.
Lastly, NASA has proposed a way to avoid the dangers. The facts about Venus are scary to some, but what if we could safely send a probe or spacecraft to Venus? According to the article, it would have to travel 30 miles above the landscape. Doing so would prevent the corrosion, it would have pleanty solor power, and the machine would not overheat as easily. "Striving to meet the challange 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 endevors."
This challange may help us, the Earth, learn more ablout habitable planets and how to care for our own planet.
As our technology grows, so does our possibility to go to Venus. It does not take a computer, it takes human curiosity. The aurthor of this article supports the possibility of going to Venus. Its informational possibilites, and its challanges are all positive things about the mission. The challanges are what pushes us, as humans further than we have gone before. Learning about Venus could help researchers, and the people of the Earth. | 3 |
Wow! The use of the technology can read the emotional expression, the Facial Action Coding System is amazing. Some new computer software can recognize people expression. Computer can recognize our facial movements by using express how we feels. The author described basic emotions, by characteristic movements of the facial muscles. The action of muscular indicate between a genuine happy or smile and pretending to be happy. The author support that how much technology can do.
First, the FACS new sofeware would be helpful for psychologists doctor. The FACS will help them to tell how their petients are feelings and know what they need to improve in their life. The author indicated that whom are experts at technology, find a better ways to communicate humans and software technology. The expression of our facial can be predict.
Next, computer can recognize facial movements how we express our feelings. In the article, the author described movements of our facial muscles called 'action unit". How the movements of facial muscles work is for example, celebrity is not happy in inside but she/he can pretend to be happy and smile in front of her fans. The musculer movement work is like pretending and force to be smile but not movement of facial muscles only expresses emotions, but can help you to produce them.
Finally, in the article the author decribed six basic emotions. The basic emotions are "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" each of them related to movements of the facial muscles. For example, someone who surround us, we can probably tell how their feels by looking at them. The author explained, movements of facial express are "all about muscular action units'. According to 'Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion"
can make you actually produce smiling and creating emotions.
In conclusion, technology can read emottional expression of humans by the FACS.
Muscular action units indicate the difference between a real smile and forced one but making a fake smile can help you to produce them. The new software, Facial Action Coding System identify human emotions by looking at them. The author support, technology can develop humans and computers to communicate better ways. From the article, we can tell that technology can do much more than we think. | 2 |
Firstly,we need to discuss about the beautiful strange planet called Venus.Though it sound dangerous in many ways.It's important that we discover new things about the planet Venus.It is so fasinating to know that we can make a friendly surving visit to venus one day.Hopefully it's soon because I would love to know more about our neighbor planet Venus.
secondly,from the author point of veiw about Venus being great for visitation despite being looked at as a hazardious zone. Well it may be true in a way but making the effort of visting it would'nt hurt a thing. the ways of living on its planet is not wrong because the way it was informed by the author was wonderfully done and by the way it is important to discover new things on an unknown earth neighbor the planet Venus.
Then,finally shown on the passage the author talked about Venus being a challenging stage of any living things .Because it was estimated to be hotter than earth.But the fact that it was known for danger seem less dangerous now.Yes Venus is livable place showing the result of thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide on the blankets of Venus.And it's good for growing crops and the end result is great.and that's why I agree with the author satement. | 1 |
Driverless cars are the future of the world.
They undoubtedly will overall help the constant struggles drivers face in todays economy.
Driverless cars would have a postive impact on the world like coping with chaotic gas prices, having advanced technology to travel places without the assistance from humans, and by having fun while also safe heads up displays for entertainment purposes to help cope with the stress of driving.
The increasing and decreasing of gas prices throughout the whole world is a rather chaotic and dissapointing time.
Many people spend a lot of money on gas which sometimes is needed very frequently.
With the help of driverless cars, the conservation of fuel will save the average gas consumer money.
Driverless cars are able to use considerably less fuel than taxis today.
This is one of the many solutions that society needs without having any other major changes occur.
There has been a major increase in sensors in todays cars.
With the updated sensors throughout the years, it has been easy for car companies to put that technology to use.
Many cars have sensors embedded within them which can help alert the driver the possibility of danger.
Driverless cars with updated sensory can allow the car to speed up or brake when needed, sense other cars and objects around it, and many other major increases in technology.
With the help of these sensors, the world is one step closer to having driverless cars.
All that is needed now is technology and sensors that can help detect construction and other interferences so that it is able to control and drive without the assistance of a human.
Lastly, watching movies, texting, talking on the phone, etc., have always been huge no no's while driving.
With driverless cars, there is a possibility of many different options with heads up display.
Many manufacturers are beginning to look into heads up displays that can serve as entertainment systems or that will allow you to use your cellular device on, but automatically shuts off in the case of an emergency or when the driver needs to take over.
This major and otherwise impressive improvement to cars will help people deal with the increasing bordom that comes with driving.
With all of these changes and improvements in technology, it is easy to see the reality of driverless cars in the future.
First, driverless cars will help with the insane gas prices that are in todays economy by taking half the gas that a normal car would normally need.
Second, with the improvement in technology, driverless cars will be able to go to and from places without the assistance of humans.
Lastly, the addition of heads up display entertainment and allowance of cell phones being shut down when assistance is needed from humans will help people to cope with the stress and bordom of driving and will also add safety to the equation which is most important.
These are all the more reasons why smart cars will have a positive impact on our society in the future. | 2 |
After reading the passage I came to the conclusion that some ways I think it's not valueble . FACS would be a smart tool for case workers or counslers . Some case workers deal with people who have emotion diseases such as post dramaic stress diseases in that nature . I feel like the creator could've made the tool for more serious reason, not that the emotion FACS was pointless but who would want to just find out their emotion and they can already feel it or going through it.
I feel like people would want to find out things more important like , whats going with that person , is the person feeling sick , is the person healthy . FACS could been about how's the day going to go , whats the weather going to be like . I feel like FACS is all hype in some way because it's basic , like yay we can see how we feel right?
They took all this time and objects figure how someones doing or feelings , instead of how we're living . Anyone can figure out someone's emotion expresses by their body language , their tone , how their speaking , when their speaking and etc. Often people may not want to speak on how they feel , alot of times teens want to keep their problems and emotions to them selves. Students are diffrent from adults, and also handle emotions diffrently.
FACS would be valueble if they come with conclusions to that person emotion at the time , plenty of ways technology can do things. If the FACS were a solution to a person with a bad day it would be valueble. Due to the fact their making this like it's a cool invention when FACS is exposing peoples feelings and then wat after that? I feel like the FACS should be upgraded and do more with it . | 2 |
As a young child peers into the endless night sky from his bedroom window, a bright flickering spot catches his eye and leaves a single question in his mind: "Is there anybody there?" In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author writes about that same bright spot, known as Venus, and explains that studying this planet will real human scientists is worth it despite the many obstacles it raises. By including staggering information of the endless hazards and later reassuring their readers with astonishing facts and likely solutions to survival, the author clearly supports their ideas very well. There may just be a chance for us to see Venus as more than just a bright little star after all.
Initially, the author puts more focus to the first half of their claim as they describe the dangers of this not-so-easy planet. The author informs us that even mighty submarines would not stand a chance in the undoubtably strong Venusian atmosphere; they continue to say that most metals would simply melt under its pressure (paragraph 3). By including such daunting information that makes human life anywhere near Venus seem impossible, it can easily be seen that the author supports that Venus is no cake-walk. Also in paragraph three, the author includes "additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes" in the background of Venus's already packed daily weather forecast. The author used these earthly disasters and explained how they happen regularly on Venus to prove just how many abstacles there are for scientists who wish to go to the planet, furthure showing their understanding of the idea that putting humans of Venus could be very harmful. Thankfully, exploring this scary planet has its hopeful side.
Near the middle of this passage, the author begins to turn Venus, no pun intended, and the conversation on taking humans there to a more positive angle. In paragraph four, the author writes about how Venus most likely used to be much like the place we currently live; it had amazingly Earth-like characteristics like huge oceans, mountains, and possibly even life similar to ours. With such exciting facts that leave even more questions about the mysterious planet, the author is proving to us that they know Venus has secrets worth uncovering. The author later tells the readers of a plan by NASA to make is possible to harbor human scientists near the Venusian surface by using a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles [above Venus]...", informing that the situation would in fact be viable for life (paragraph 5). The author showed how they highly agree with the part of their idea that analyzing Venus up close should happen by giving a reassuring soulution from such a well known and trusted organization as support. Exploring our planet's twin seems like it's not such a giant leap anymore, rather, it looks like it will only take a few small steps.
Keeping all of this information in mind, it is clear that the author is a firm beleiver that Venus, although it has put many seemingly impenatrable obstacles in our way, is worth taking a look at with human eyes. If we follow calls to action such as this, we will put the human race just that much closer to understanding the mysteries of the infinite universe around us, but Venus is a good starting point. As a young boy's eyes slowly slide shut, he can still see a tiny flahing light shining through the darkness outside his window blinds; he dreams of the day he can finally meet it. | 5 |
In the begin in the story it talks about how she had 83 percent happy and 9 percent digusted smile and 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. And that her science teacher had graded her latest lab assignment. And that mona lisa at least according some new computer of showing her emotions.
In the body paragraph it talks about how that you have to show your emotions. And the neutral face showing no of there emotions. I wonder why the neutral face does want to show emotions. It will be good if they show emotions. But I think that the neutral face does want to show emotions. Becuase some people might look at them.
In the conclusion part it talks about how you are suppose to smile. And putting on happy face works. If you make a happy face you are showing your emotions to other people. I think that a lot people should put on there happy face. Becuase they will be showing there emotions to people. I think that some people don't want to smile becuase they don't like to smile. Or they hate to smile in front of people. I wonder why some people don't want to smile. I think that some people don't want to smile in front people. Becuasue they are afraid to smile in front of people. | 0 |
What's the first thing you think about when you see a car? How much gas mileage its has? What year is it? How fast can it go? Well, have you ever thought about how much polution it puts into our air that we breathe? Or the car bill you have to pay every month? I'm going to assume you don't. There are ways we can change this problem and im going to prove how!
To begin this argument im going to point out that over 77% of American people are in debt in their car bill, ALONE. That's over 3/4 of our population in the U.S. You cannot tell me people are not stressed from this over whelming statement! "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.", said by a former car owner Heidrun Walter. She now rides bicycles with her two children and now a car bill is one less thing she has to worry about in her hectic life.
Another advantage of limiting car usage would be do reduce smog polution. Now this is not only a problem in America, it's all over the world. Paris is particularly bad in this division. Paris typically has more smog that other European capitals. It got so horrible they has to enforce a "driving ban" to ensure all the air was clear in the global city. It even rivaled Beijing, China which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. After about five days the congestion on the streets plumitted down to 60%.
Having said that, not only is car usage bad for our earth, we could benifit our health from it! In Bogota, Columbia they set up a program named "Car free day." Millions of their citiznes hiked, climbed, skated or took bus transportation to work. This day left the streets empty with no traffic, and the people that did drive had a $25 fine. Rain or shine nothing could stop these people from participating in this event. The city benifited from this so much that parks and sport centers have boomed from high demand because people want to have a healthier lifestyle in general. One day they hope every city has something simlilar to this day so that our owlrd will be heathier and even happier!
Therefor it is clearly obvious of the advantages we would have if we limited on car usage. People would be alot healthier not only from the excersise, but the air would be alot more cleaner to breathe in. Also it would be safer and cut down tremendously on deaths. We might just be over the peak of driving. | 3 |
I'm against this technology that reads your emotions because I mean who really cares what other people are feeling, unless you're close to them. Some people might not want there feelings to be read because its a matter or privacy. It's also just plain dumb like instead of focusing on this technology, that reads peoples emotions work on something more important like finding a better source of fuel, for the world thats good for us but also for nature or how to stop deforestation stuff like that.
But I slighlty do think this is somewhat a good idea like its says in paragraph 6 "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad". 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 "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored "Most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication" noted Dr. Huang "So computers need to understand that too. The only part I agree with is that it would be good for school computers to see if you had gotten confused with a certain problem that has happened and it could offer help or request help for you.
There for I support and don't support this technology because we could use this technology for good things or just use them for dumb things like recognizing The Mona Lisas emotions like who really cares. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" I disagree with the authors claim strongly. One of the reasons I diagree with this claim is because in the passage it says"Each previous mission was unamnned ,and for a good reason,since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. This tells me as a reader that why should we take such a big risk on losing so much money on a mission if we can barely survive on the surface for a few hours. Also the clouds on venus are made out of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The surface tempature on venus averages 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric preasure on venus is 90 times greater then what humans experience on earth. This tells me as a reader that trying to explore venus would be a great challenge and would have a lot of consequences to it.
The idea of Nasa of having a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling Venusian landscape is basically pointless. The humans that would live on these vehicles would have to live through harsh conditions but they can survive. Why would you put someones life in danger and have them suffer for a planet that we cannot live..Even if we did this mission we wouldnt be able to take photographs and videography since the atmosphere is so thick. In The passage also says"More importantly,researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas,or anything else from a distance". This means that we wouldnt be able to take anything off the planet and all the mission would be good for is sightseeing.
In conclusion I disagree with the author and his claim saying that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. The reason i say this is because exploring venus has to many risks and it could cost lives of humans. In my point of view humans are priceless and they should not risk their lives on a planet that is not habitable. Also even if the mission was sucessful we would not gather many samples on venus due to the fact that the atmosphere is so thick and the conditions on venus is unhabitable. I personally believe that maybe in the future we should have a mission to venus ,but right now knowing all the risks that exploring venus has, that we should work on the technology more and make sure that in the future exploring venus and learning more about it will be possible in the future. | 2 |
In the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming", the author makes great points for and against driveless cars. Some of his arugements for driveless are very interesting and definitly out weighs the cons of driveless cars. Threes three main points that he made for driveless cars and how fast we're coming closer to having them everywhere. With driveless cars you can have you car drive up to 25mph, brake when you're to close to another car, and they can also notify the driver if he or she isn't paying attention to the road. Everyday we're getting close and closer to having complete driveless cars!
In 2013 BMW made a car that can handle speeds up to 25mph and they also added a really inavaiting feature in it; The car has special touch sensors that alert you anytime you take your had off the wheel. There's so many benfits to this. Let say someone is speeding four times over the speed limit and you have to move out the way before they can hit you, with your hands being on the wheel and the car driving you can move out the way and take complete control of the car. Another example is if you were driving your son/daughter to their friend's house and you had to look for which house you can sit the car to do the driving while you're looking for the house and that alone can help a may reduces finder benders in neighbrohoods because the car can break when its getting close to another car all on its own.
Noitifcations. Some car companies have been trying to make cars that have a hands up flashing light on the windsheld when you take your hands off the when or aren't paying attention to the road. This idea can help pervent so many accendents and help improve drving skills.
In conclusion all these ideas and all this new terchonology in cars will help stop and lower the percentage of accidents dramaticlly. Anywhere from having the car break on its own to drving a certain speed limit while you look for your childs friend's house can help stop so many accidents. We are getting closer and closer to a safer drving age each and everyday. | 2 |
In the 1950s, automakers started to develop what was to become one of the first steps toward creating a driverless car and made a car that could run itself on a special test track. Then, in the 1980s, automakers everywhere started using speed sensors. These were the things that began the advancement of the driverless car. The driverless car can now detect and respond to danger; steer, accelerate, and brake itself; and is predicted to use less fuel and offer more flexibility which makes it the ideal car to have.
The sensors that the automakers in the 1980s used have advanced greatly and is able to detct and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. These advanced sensors can also apply brakes to individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, avoiding danger much more successfully than a human driver could manage alone. This also saves expenses on wrecks and is a lot more safe for the driver.
The driverless car can also steer, accelerate, and brake itself. Some can even warn the driver when they are in danger of backing into an object, though all are designed to notify them when confronting obstacles that require human skills such as navigating around work zones and accidents. Even so, the driverless car can largely manage manage things on its own.
The driverless car, if its also converted to a public-transport taxi system, is predicted to use half the fuel today's taxis do and also offer more flexibility than a bus. This public-transport taxi system could also put an end to the world's need to buy cars, also saving the population money on car expenses.
So, in conclusion, the driverless car can save people money on car and accident expenses, reduce the risk of accidents, and save fuel, which can be better used elsewhere. Driverless cars are definitely something worth developing because who wouldn't want extra cash and lower risks of accidents? | 2 |
Many people have heard of the "Face" of Mars. My friend and I were arguing about if it was ancient bona fide evidence of life on Mars, or a natural landform. We argued a bit, but he finally believed me after i told him the real facts. Here is my evidence of the "Face" being a natural landform.
Beggining with the first image ever uploaded on the "Face", many believed the "Face" to be some sort of alien artifact. NASA stated it was a rock formation, and this would be proved over a period of years. Firstly, when the picture was taken, scientist thought it could have been an ancient artifact, but then found out it was just a mesa, but with unusual shadows to give its appearance. This is stated in all of paragraph 2,
"There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." Next, much better photos were taken, almost 18 years after the original image! This is stated in this sentence, "We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it. And 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 original Viking photos."
Finally, a final picture, taken in 2001, was the key to finishing the research and to prove it was just a mesa, beggining with "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." and is also stated in "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!."
Nevertheless, the controversial photo was disproven. This shows how much a popular photo can become a question science can, or cannot, answer. So it is finally over and done with, the "Face" was actually a mesa with a shadow, taken at the perfect time to show a face. | 2 |
The future for cars is expanding over the course of the years. Driveless cars should not be delevoped in modern day society. This is because one, it does not make any sense, two, you would have to make too many changes in society for the cars to work properly.
Driveless cars would cause many problems in modern society. For instance, " Presently, traffic laws are written with assumption that the...liability in the case of an accident" (9). In other words, the laws for driving were made under the cricumstances that a human would be behind the wheel at all times so in order for a computer to be in charge of a car the government would need to shift the laws around to make that possible. The government should not change the law around for a computer that is not liable because techniqualities can happen at anytime on the road. Also, " Why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver?" (8). This is to say that, the car that the manufacturers make is supposed to be "driveless" but it still needs a driver behind the wheel to guide it. Specifically, what is the whole point of making a car that is supposed to be controled by a computer but still needs human help, its like making a purposless car. There is no need for a drivless car if does not neccessarily drive itself.
Driveless cars should not be created in today's world because it will cause serious confusion. Depending on a computer to take the wheel of a car is a bad idea and then making it a "driveless" car that still needs assistants from humans does not pursuit the purpose of making the invention. Therefore, this creation needs a little bit more work to be a life changing experiment. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it might present. The author includes details that back-up his idea. For example, Venus resembles earth in many ways and so
exploring it might be beneficial for the future. Also, despite all the challenges that would obviously be faced at some point while trying to explore Venus, it is important to have knowledge about the outter space - in which human curiosity could play a huge part of. Finally, researchers can't seem to study Venus without having anything that could be used as a sample, since the conditions there are very much deadly for humans.
Firstly, the Earth has many conditions that humans need to survive, in which Venus seems to have a huge resemblance of. Scientistes found that Venus is the closest look-alike planet to Earth than any other planet in our solar system. The text reads, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth." Thus, it could support and hold various forms of life in the future if explored and studied upon.
Secondly, although Venus has many factors that resemble the planet Earth no scientist can study it without having a sample from it to gain more knowledge about it. Unfortunatly, no human could survive more than a couple of hourse in its crucial conditions. Paragraph 3 reads, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine - and Liquefy many metals." Nevertheless, Scientists and researchers are still looking for solutions to explore Venus safely - for it could be our nearest option for a planetory visit.
Finally, the author believes that even though challenges could be extreme and dangerouse, if the challenge presented by Venus is taken over it wouldn't only bring along important informations but will also benefit our curiose human minds and pushes us to discover and learn more about outter space. Paragraph 8 states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to bee gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." Nonetheless, exploring and having the chance to gain more knowledge shouldn't be limited by dangers and difficulties, yet should be conquered along with our doubts.
In conclusion, the author includes and mentions many important factors and reasons on why we should take over the challenge of exploring Venus. In great details, he includes of how Venus despite for its extreme conditions could be explored and maybe even support some type of life.Therefore, letting our minds go above what we maximize for it is very important for that it coud lead to more and more discoveries and explorations that could add to our knowledge, in which will be very essential for our future. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
In voting for a new president we should keep the process of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is apart of the United States' history. It was established by our founding fathers in the Constitution. If we keep the Electoral College there will be a less chance of a tie and a dispute then there would be in a popular vote process. Also the Electoral College is fair and we would be avoiding run-off elections.
The first reason we should keep the Electoral College is there will be a certainty of outcome. Even though the total number of votes is 538, the chance of a tie is likely ,but highly unlikely. "In 2012's election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney....Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state," this means that a tie is not likely, but it could happen (Posner 18). If we used the process of popular vote in the United States there would be a bigger chance of a dispute over the outcome then there would the outcome of an Electoral College.
The next reason we should keep our historical process of the Electoral College is it's fair. According to an excerpt from "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" from
Slate Magazine , "the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal" (Posner 19). This means that all states are equal and none of them have more or less power than one another and none of the states have enough power to elect a president. Bradford Plumer from
Mother Jones thinks "It's official: the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational," there are many arguments that state that the electoral college is unright, many people disagree saying its a great system involving easy and fair processes.
Also the Electoral College reduces the pressure which complicates the presidential election process. With the Electoral College the problem of elections where none of the candidates have the majority of the votes cast is avoided. "For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College" (Posner 22).
Keeping the Electoral College is very important. First off it is a part of our nation's history. It also keeps electing a president easy, fair, and non-pressuring. Even though the method of the Electoral College is outdated and old, it still is a good way of electing a new president. This process keeps disputes from occuring and makes all the states be heard and equal. | 3 |
Driverless cars are not a way that the future should go. Self driving cars will do more harm than good. Developing these cars as a way of the future will hurt mankind. We will lose an entire job sector, an important skill in the form of driving, our laws as stated in the article will have to be overhauled to accomodate this change, and not to mention technology isnt always reliable it will break at some point usually the most inoportune time.
When science develops a fully operational car there will be the problem of soon humans will not see the need to learn to drive. This is similar to when humans developed the ability to buy meat from a grocery store now we dont know how to hunt or butcher to get meat for outselves since all we have to do is buy it. This scenary will be the same with driving soon humans wont know how. Then of course what will happen to taxi drivers when their job is outsourced to a cheap computer driven car. Or a truck driver when his job is taken over by machine. The standiard patrol ploice officer wont be able to catch speeders either becasue they arent drving. Changing all of our driving laws will be a necessity. As stated in the article who is at fault the car manufacterure or the so called "driver" of the vehicle in the event of a crash. Laws will have to change for this as well. Which goes on to the other part of the problem technology fails at any given time. What happens when this autocar skips a few stoplights.
So in conlcusion self driving should not be the way of the future. The cons far outway the pros. Jobs would be lost, more people killed, and most importantly humans will lose yet another valuable skill. | 2 |
All across the globe, a revolutionary idea is being set in motion. The idea of essentially banning cars from the streets has sparked as much interest as it has critism. The automotive industy has been booming since World War 2, and although the positive effects of cars can be seen in our daily lives, we seldom take into consideration of the negative impacts of cars. Effects such as pollution, traffic, and cost have impacted our lives as automotive users, even if we have not realized it.
Pollution is one of the primary concerns of a world that is constantly driving, yet it is something people hardly take into account when driving. In theory that is understandable, considering the last thing a person is thinking about when they're driving is what their car is spitting out into the atmosphere. However pollution doesn't go unnoticed for long. For example, the city of Paris, France enforced a partial driving ban in order to decrease the almost record breaking pollution across the city, stating, "[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." The smog did clear from the city and previous driving laws were reinstated, however this shows how car pollution has a negative impact on the world around us.
Another negative impact of driving is traffic. Traffic is a driver's worst nightmare, and it affects all of us at some point in our lives. In Bogota, Columbia, citezens participated in a driving-free day, where everyone was encouraged to either hike, bike, skate, or use public transportation in order to reach their destination. This event, in which millions of Colombians participated, was reportedly "leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This program left a positive mark on the city of Bogota, and will hopefully soon spread to other countries, reducing crowded, traffic filled streets around the world.
The world runs on money, just ask any Wall Street broker. This is a paradox concerning both car owners and people looking to purchase a car. The question remains, if we're all trying to save money, why spend thousands of dollars on a costly car? According to a census taken in 2013, "Part of the explination certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway." This shows that the number of people buying cars is steadily decreasing. Another costly problem of cars is fuel. Buying gasoline for your car every week can get incredibly costly, especially when driving a large truck or sports car. This shows how the cost of cars can have a negative impact on our lives.
In conclusion, the use of cars is steadily declining. Cars just aren't a very positive motive for transportation anymore considering the effects of pollution, traffic, and cost that cars produce. | 3 |
What will life be like with Driverless Cars? It would be a great thing to have
driverless cars because there will be smart- roads, It will be safer, and
you will not need to drive all the time.
The first reason why driverless car are a good thing is
there will be smart-roads. " many futurists believed the key to developing self- driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads." If there were
driverless cars the smart-roads would keep us safe.When you drive on the smart-road you are going the right speed,and the car will have control so you won't make any mistakes.
The Second reason why driverless will be good to have is, it will be safer." automakers used speed sensors at the wheel in the creation of antilock brakes."
The wheel will help you to stop faster and make it easyer for people who can't move their feet fast. Driverless cars are also safer because a human is not drive in. Also the driverless cars have new sensors to help the human stop faster.
Some people think driverless cars are bad." Why will anybody want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"
Driverless cars still need someone in it. Driverless cars are great when you don't wan to drive.They also use half the fual of todays taxi. Why wouldn't you want a Driverless.
Finally the reason why i will want a driverless cars is; it is safer, Smart-roads, and you don't have to drive youself around. Driverless
are good of people who are on the run and don't have time. Plus it would be great to have a personal drive. | 2 |
Have you always dreamed of a world with driverless cars? Your dream may become a reality. Google and automakers like Audi, Mercedes Benz, and Nissan have already started the process. Driverless cars have been discussed and shown in television and movies, and this may become an everyday thing outside of Hollywood. This could change the world and our future drastically, however, is this a positive or a negative change? In this situation, the outcomes turn out to be more negative.
One example of negative change is that the cars would not be completely driverless. What is the point of a driverless car that is not ALWAYS driverless? Drivers would always have to be anticipating their turn to drive, which could cause stress and anxiety. During this time of waiting, drivers could get bored and find something to distract themselves with, such as a cell phone. By the time the car needs the driver to take control, they may not be fully attentive or ready. This could result in a crash or unsafe driving.
Next, safety is key when it comes to automobiles. Right now, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driver cars. Only California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have legalized testing driverless cars. Although more states may follow, traffic laws are very strict, and even if they change, new laws will be made in order to cover liability in case of an accident. Technology can fail, and if that were to happen, who would be responsible? The driver or the automaker? This could result in disagreements and chaos.
Finally, this could be expensive. Google has a modified Toyota Prius that contains position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camers mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an intertial motion sensor. This technology all works together to produce a 3-D model of the cars surroundings. If this car is not even driverless, how much technology would be needed for a driverless car? It could get very pricey.
Driverless cars are a new and upcoming idea. The results turn out to be more negative because of them not being completely driverless, the safety, and the price. This could change the future if they end up being produced. Technology leads to new discoveries every single day, and in a few years, we may be accustomed to not driving anymore. | 2 |
I think that the Facial Action Coding System used to read the emotion and expressions in students in a classroom is valuable because it can be used for many different things such as potentionaly making people feel better, helps tell when people are not being truthful and can tell when a student becomes confused of bored.
First of all, this technology to read the emotions and expressions of a students in a classroom is valuable because, even know sometimes you fake emotions it many still be able to make you feel that way. For example the author stated in paragraph 9 that " Theory Of Emotion, moving you facial muscles not only expresses emotion, but may be able to produce them." What this is saying is that the muscles that you use in your face to fake an emotion can actually make you feel that emotion.
Secoundly, this technolgy could also help and be valuable not just in a classroom but also outside such as the police department. The reason why is because your facial expressions can make other people tell if you are not being truthful and not telling the truth. The author states this in paragragh 8 saying " To an expert, faces don't lie: these muscle clues are somtimes used to spot when a "smiling" polaticion or celebrity isn't being truthful." What this is saying is this new technology could help tell when someone is lying about cheating on a test or homework. And this doesnt just go for inside school or classrooms this could go for the police to. To tell if someone isnt being truthful about something and which part they arent being truthful about.
Finally, the last thing I have to support for this is could help teacher relize when a student is confused or bored in a classroom. How the author explains this is in paragragh 6. It states that " A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored." What this means is that how the students facial expressions react to what pops up on the computer can show when the student is interested in what is happening or confuse, and bored. And the author also stated "Then it could modify the lesson, like and effective human instructor. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgerys". What this is saying is a computer can tell when you are bored or confused and help to keep you fouced and intertained more by making the lesson more expressive and also making it more interesting for the student.
In conclusion, I believe what I have stated above proves that this technolgy can help in many ways such as potentionaly making people feel better, helps tell when people are not being truthful and can tell when a student becomes confused of bored. And that this will help many students and teachers in a classroom. | 3 |
Freedom to chose our leader is nothing more than an illusion. Voters have absolutely no saying in who shall take their place on the presidential seat. This is what the Electoral College does. It is an archaic system and unreliable system in which the whole of the presidential election is decided by the bias of the few whom are "pledged" to a certain party but at the end can choose whover the like the most. This is not the Democracy we so dearly hold in our hearts like Americans and it goes well against the principles our forefathers taught us as free pople. Undeniably the Electoral College negates any concept of the demcracy of America, making the impotance of the will of the people meaningless and nothing more than an illusion.
Deep into our history is the recaunting of how such a terrible system as the Electoral College came to be. It was originally a setllement on the dispute of how the president should be ellected, either by the people or by Congress. Now the first option would have been the perfect one, but there are always those who would firts dei to loose their power to the pople of our contry. And the clash of interrest was so large it could have broken the nation in two as we have seen happened a few times in hidstory. As such a great many years have pased since this whole argument and at every election poeple are realizing the faults of this flawed concept. At its core the system is
Old and
Useless . It is the most anti-democratic idea ever to have been in practice abd one that still is in use. It overpowers the will of millions whith the will of a few hundred. That is why such a monster should be abolished.
The year is 2000. Al Gore and George W. Bush clash for the seat in the white house. The election draws to an end and the votes are counted. There is a clear dicrepancy in the votes, making Al Gore the winner, and by all means, the next president of the United States of America. But somewhere else there's also a clear discrpancy. Back at the Electoral College the counting says Bush won against Al Gore even though Al had already won the poeple of America. On that election 5 pople choose the fate of an entire nation. 5 people only. Such a thing is outrageous, and we are lucky it hasn't happened again nor more frequently. But thing is it shouldn't happen at all. That's ehy the POEPLE should choose insted of 538 what's-their-faces. This endevour proves one thing and one thing only.
Unreliability . It is illogical that one wins the masses of the common citizens but looses because of five well dressed ones.
The Electoral College is a monster. A wild dice which at one moment can favor you and at the next one destroy you. This isn't how America works. Nor is it how Am | 3 |
Benefits of Researching a New planet
Whould you send someone to explore venus with even if we don't have the technology necessary?The author of the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" has made some good point about why we should send if not but machines to explore Venus.The author believes that it would be beneficial for us to explor Venus using the technology that we have right now and the new technology that it has recently been invented for example:The mechamical computers,The new Idea that NASA has come up to and considering Venus as a moving planet.
First of all the author explains the old use of old technology called mechanical computer.This computers played an important role during the 1940s Word War two by making calculations using gears and levers, no electronics were needed for this computers. The author explains why the computer could be very useful to explore Venus by saying that this computer are very powerful,flexible, and quick. The only problem would be that the computers are very delicated when is put to extreme conditions.
Secondly the author mentions an idea that NASA has come up to that could really help the explorationg of Venus.The author mentions the idea of NASA of making a vehicle that could help the exploration of Venus by Hovering the surface of Venus.The author explains that Venus has a very high temperature but the vehicle would hover 30 miles overand avoid the bad ground. This idea that NASA has come up to its a good way for humans to visit and explore Venus.
Lastly the author believes tha Venus is not to different from earth and in the right conditions, humans could be living in Venus. The author mentions how scientists believed that Venus is the planet with the more like earth and how it could posibly at one time had oceans. Research on Venus could also explain that Venus at one point could have and maintain life forms. This is why it would be worthy for humans to explore Venus becuase it could posibly be the next earth.
In conclution the author brought many points of why we sould keep on exploring Venus from technology to even a new planet.The author has a very good understanding about the exploration Venus and believed that it would be a good investment to explore it. | 3 |
Technology and human emotion
From now, human can say we are have most feeling in the world, We can be sad we can be happy, we can be angry about something we can also say'' what's a pity'' but how to show us emotion? Use our face! someone said, how to know somebody emotion? Use our eyes! Somebody day again, but do you know that now we have now the number of you emotion.
What's will like? For example one of most famouse art Mona Lisa, one lady always have a secret smille, she is 83 happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. So amazing right? When I saw the result maybe because of that Mona lisa have beautiful of time. Complate emotion very easy to touch people's heart. this software is form University of lllinois , they hope developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. How it work? The process begins with 3-D computer model easy to say just build a modle of the face and cumputer will calute the way muscles move and he can know the percent of your emotions, depend on each musclesthe cpmputer will know how ''happy'' you was.
So this prosses sound like cool but it just show how much computer can do it not meaing it 100 right. | 0 |
Dear state senator, I think the electoral collage is unfair and should be abolished because it is unfair to voters.
Its unfair to voters because of the winner take all system candidates dont spend time in state they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the states. And also because of the electoral vote, because each state only casts 1 vote, the single representative from wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as 55 representatives from california, who represent 35 million voters. Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the house's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. The electoral college is widely regarded as anachronism, a non democratic method of picking a president that will to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. Although there is some ups to the electoral college like certainty of outcome and swing states, electoral college is not fair to the people because they dont get as much say as representatives and popular votes so they should abolish the electoral college to give the people a little more say.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
What a time to be alive, we have many new inventions that have changed our lifes for the good and for the fun of it. There is one new technological advancement that could change our lives entirely, the self driving car. The self driving car is a car that well does what it sounds like, it drives its self. Although there are many positive aspects for this new invention im here to talk about the bad. This new technological advancement should not be develped because, the driver would still have to be alert, if the technology fails who is to blame, and it is just to pricey.
It would suck if you were in a car that can drive itself but you still had to be there alert. The self driving cars requires you to be there constantly holding the wheel. If you are at the wheel aready why shouldnt you just drive the car yourself? Plus the car can only move no faster than 25mph. We tend to go faster than that so you might as well do it yourself. Also it would be like your waiting for your turn to drive. You would only be getting the car to drive in risky or dangerous situations. Lastly it would get boring waiting there in your car with your hands on the wheel.
Say you got into a crash, who is it to blame? You take your eyes off the road for a split secong and bang, your self driving car just crashed into another car. Is the fault yours or was it the cars? See if we make these cars we would have to make new laws on whos to blame. Also it wouldnt be safe for pedestrians and you. If the systems fail you could go crashing into something or someone without a warning. The best way to ensure someones safety is with a human driver behind the wheel.
Most people wouldnt even be able to afford a self driving car in the first place. If and when these cars come out, the average american wouldnt be able to afford it. With all that technology on and in the car it would most likely double the price of cars if not increase it drasticly. Also it will cost a lot of money to send up satillites in space to map our cities and countries. The money to send these up comes form us.
These are some of the reasons why we shouldnt make self driving cars, you would still have to be there sitting at the wheel alert in case something happens, who's fault would it be if you crashed, yours or the cars? Lastly the price to make, sell, and send up satillites in space would be to much. Also the best way to ensure someones safety is with a human driver behind the wheel not a computers. | 3 |
Senator,
The Electoral Eollege seems highly unfair to the people. The winner, may not even be the majority vote. Perhaps a president received a majority of the votes, but the people then have to rely on electors to vote for them. That vote may not be what the people really wanted.
When it is time for elections, small states have a disadvantage on having a big part in the president's election. A president may win over five smaller states, and yet the other could win over California and still have more electoral votes. Larger states get more attention than smaller states. This is unfair. Some voters feel trapped because they know their vote won't effect the state ruling. Voters lose incentive.
Voters in presidential elections tend to want to be heard and feel as if their vote matters so they can express their political preferences. With electoral college votes, they feel the vote is unfair and they are relying on a few people and hoping they vote for the voters candidate. The people feel as if it's kind of like gmabling. In swing states, people have an advantage there. The "winner-take-all" method induces the candidates to pay more attention to those states. The candidates will campaign there more often and gain more and more attention from the swing state voters. Other states do not like this because they get less attention and the votes in swing states are more thoughtful than one-sided states.
The Electoral College votes, seem not-so-democtratic. It is the electors who actually end up electing the president...not the people. Anyways, this | 2 |
Driverless cars are a good idea. The fact that cars could be changing the world is pretty interesting and oddly cool. There are positive and negative ends to having cars that can drive on their own. Positive aspects are that the car isn't really driving on its own because it does get assisted, and the car has sensors that can actually help the car and driver actualy drive. A negative aspect could be that there has to be a law to make it leagal for these cars the drive on the streets and in traffic.
A computerized car can do a lot on its own. It is liable to drive without getting in wrecks and is capable of avoiding wrecks. Televisions and movies have been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves. Humans can now have that ability to do it on their own. They can experience assisting a car without having to do all the work.
Cars now these days all have sensors. Most of them beep or stop or something if it gets too close to an object. This makes the cars smart. Smart cars are much more capable of avoiding accidents than humans are. These computerized cars may be the new start of technology, on a whole other level.
Technology fails a lot of people now and days. Having a law to restrict the computerized cars could be a positive and negative thing. Driving a car, one wants to be safe, and if the car shuts down while someone is driving it then anyone around it could possibly be in danger. Before the law could be made to actually have computerized cars on the streets, the glitches and other small problems in technology has to be fixed before hand.
New inventions always spark new ideas. The inventions always either fail or make it. Computerized cars are capable of finding its way through the hard laws, like everything, it has to pass. Weather the car has sensors and can drive on its own or has assistance driving or even can't get passed in the law right now, there will be a use for the cars later on in the future, and someone will get the invention going all the way, at its full potential. | 2 |
The Challange of Exploring Venus is the name of this article that I have just read. The author of this article seems to be in full support of pursuing the dangerous planet, but why thats what I'm here to tell you.
First I'll begin with a description of some of the harshness of the planet. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmosphere." That is a description of the air and sky of Venus, now I will give a description of the surface of Venus. "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet." Those are some harsh conditions. The author seems to be with the idea of exploring Venus. There are some very interesting things that the author brings up such as "a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." this seems to prove that it could be possible but what about power, the temperature, and air pressure well the author also included that. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, the temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful." So then what about the danger of radiation well it turns out that that is also brought up. "Radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." so that explains almost all the troubles of this trip and exploration, but there won't be much to see through all the clouds and the fact that going to the ground is too dangerous what could you possibly do. The author seems to support the idea of studying Venus really well, but I don't think that we know enough about the planet to determine whether going is in our best interest. | 2 |
I think one reason to join is because he helped people who needed the help beacause in the strory World War 2 just ended and some people needed help getting their country's or city's back together. Another reason is because he got to go on an adventure by traveling on a boat with cattle, horses, and more. Also he had an adventure by traveling at sea and seeing all the wonderful things at sea, also he visited many unique places while he was on the trip as he did in the story.
Luke claims these reasons by telling the reader how he felt being on the trip and telling them how he helped all of these peaople. Also he told us why he kept on going out and doing/helping anyone he could. Another way he claimed his reason's is by telling us how and what he did on his free time from wherehe was at. Also his emotion tells us how he claimed some parts of his reason's.
I belive that this show how Luke claim's his reason's because one he used his emotion by saying how he felt when he was there. Second He said that he had a fun and adventurious time at sea caring for the horses and other farm animals. Also last bot not least he told us what he did on his free time witch was go explore and get tours of special building's that were/are special to the people who live there. | 1 |
You are standing infront of a classroom with thirty to fourty students in it and they are all blankly staring at their computer screens or at you. You can not
decifer what those students are feeling because of the blank looks you are reciving from them. Now imagine if you could understand the feelings of all of the students in the classroom, that is what the new technology Facial Action Coding System is enableing computers to do. This technology could become very helpful in the classroom.
I belive that the new technology would be very helpful in the classroom. This technology would allow teachers to understand the emotions that the students in their classroom are going through. Also it would alow for teachers to know if the students were becomeing bored or confused by the work that the techer is having them do. Another positive about this new technology is that if a teacher has a student in their class that is going through a hard time or the student just needs someone to talk to but is afraid to speak up then this technology could help the teacher to figure out how to help the student.
In the article it is stated that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or board." That shows that while in the classroom a student could get help from the techer, if the techer is able to tell that the student is confused. Also in the article it is said that "Most human communications is nonverbal, including emotional communication." That shows that most students do not verbally express how they are feeling inside or outside the classroom setting. This technoliogy could help teachers to be able to understand what their students are going through if they are not able to verbally communicate it.
There are many benifits to allowing this new technology to read the emotions of students. The two main benifits are that students who are not able to verbally comunicate their feelings could get there feelings out, and teachers would be able to tell when their students have become confussed or bored with and assingment. | 3 |
You know thoes movies were they are flying cars eveywhere and they can basically just drive themselves ? It sounds amazing that your own car drives itself with no help from you and you can just sit there texting or eating but is it really that convienent? Driverless cars in the future will not be a good thing because it will cause probems , money and can essientally put our lifes at risk.
Finding out who is lieing and who is telling the truth is hard at times because people will go to extreme lengths to hide the truth. In the story it states " California , Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomour cars." Not alot of states are allowing it to be legal to just test run a cumputer driven car so why would any state allow to actually use a smart car? Trying to change that law will cause alot of contreversy and problems. So if someone was using a smart car and one day they got into an accident who's fault would it be? In the passage it states " New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer"? Trying to fiqure out who caused the accident, was it the smart car or the person in the smart car. It will be difficult to try to fiqure that out and it
will cause chaos and a lot of lawsuits will be made as well as people or even the companys creating these smart cars
will try everything in their power to make sure it wasn't them who caused it so who knows what lengths people will go to cover something up and not make it seem like it was that persons fault.
We all need money to survive and essientally we also need money
to try and enrich our life as well but is it worth to spend money on things that aren't really needed ? Smart cars are obviously gonna be alot of money to purchase but also
to make one will need a lot of money so is it really essiental? In this passage it states" For startes , they needed a whole lot of sensors ". So the companys are gonna be wasiting alot of money on sensors for each car and then it goes on to state "Developing smarter cars someday wasn''t so much smarter cars as smarter roads.... These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical". So not only are they wasting a lot of money creating these "Smart Cars" but also wasting a huge amount on creating smarter road systems and it even states that it was simply too expensice to be practical so if it wasn't practical back then is it really practically now?
Being able to feel safe is something big and we all mainly try focusing on being able to feel safe so to try and get that feeling of being safe we might change our job or move to a different location but should we change who's actually in charge of our cars? Smart cars are operated from computers and all sort of different technologies that alot of us don't quite understandyet and onlt the ones who know about these technologies and the people who created it understand it. In the passage it states "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheel and reduce power from the engine,allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone". So what if our car goes out of control and all of the "Buttons" that we could push to stop the car or even slow it down stops working what can we do? Do we just it there and pry that it will stop or hope we don't die when we crash? Or even if someone hacks into the technology being used in the car to harm the person in the car and we end up losing all control we thought we had in the car what do we do then ? There are so many unanswered questions that
should be answered before lunching them out to the public and risking peoples lifes.
Still so many unanswered questions and risks we will be talking if we do use a smart car.Maybe driverless cars should stay on television and movies. Driverless cars in the future will not be a good thing because it will cause problems, money, and can essientally put our lifes at risk. | 4 |
Dear senator,
I am in favor of keeping the electoral college because I think that it is better and more stable for our economy and because not all the time do the people of the state deserve to pick and choose who they think they like.
The first reason why I am in favor of keeping the electoral college is because I think it is more stable for our economy.
The electoal college process consists of the selection of the electors,meeting of the electors where they vote for president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress, Stated by Source 1 #2. Picking the right electors is very important because they are basically picking our president. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how he electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. As stated in Source 3,The electoral college is widley regarded as an anchorism wich is a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recives the most popular votes the winner, but the electoral college is not democratic in a modern sense. The electoral college in my opinion is organizing and put together, it is way more stable and puts our country in the right place.
The second reason why I am in favor o keeping the electoral college is because I do not think the "people" deserve to pick and choose who they think they like. In most presidential elections the presidents are elected by the percentage of popular votes wich I dont think is right. For example as stated in source 3 # 1, Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral votes compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and romney...Because almost all states award electoral voted on a winne takes all basis, even a very slight plurality in a stste creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is an even number, but its highly unlikley. Most times the 2 candidates running for president try to persuade the people and some people are fooled by ones promises and when that candidate gets elected the people do not like the outcome wich messes up alot. The people should go by the important things that the cadidate say they try to fix, not by the promises that they are making to get it done for sure. Stated in Source 3, It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate whp has no hope of carrying their state democrats in texas, for example, or republicans in california. Knowing thier vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay atteneion to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular voters vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about one half the eligible American population did vate in 2012's election.
In conclusion I am in favor of keeping the electoral college because I think that it is better and morw stable for our economy and that the people do not deserve to pick and choose who they think they like. I hope you understand all my stated reasons why I think keeping the electoral college is reasonable.
sencierly, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
Do you think The Face on Mars is natural? As a scientist at NASA I sure do! I think it is natural because we (NASA) released the pictures within a few days of taking them. Also, the pictures would show any alien markings. Finally, the story says that there are some of those formations on earth. I truly believe that it is a natural formation.
We, NASA, released pictures of The Face on Mars just a few days after we took them. Would we do that if we believed it was evidence of alien activity? Would we want to show that to the public, I don't think so! If we believed that it was alien related we wouldn't show the public and get them riled up. It would be nonsensical. I highly doubt that we would show the public if it was aliens.
Don't you think our top of the line cameras would show any alien markings? In the passage it even says each pixel from our camera is only 1.56 meters! That is a very large zooming ability! Our cameras are very expensive, and are top of the line. We use those cameras for the reason of seeing very small details like markings and any other little things. I really think our cameras would have picked up any alien markings, if there was any!
Finally, there are land formations like that on our own planet, earth! There are what we call mesas found all over the American West, which is the same things as the formation on mars. The mesas are formed from a lava dome. Also we know that something like that can happen on mars just like it can on earth. I think the landform is a mesa just like we have on earth.
Is The Face on Mars natural? I think so! I think that because NASA would not release pictures like that if they thought it was alien related! Also our top of the line cameras would have shown any little alien markings if there was any. Lastly, there are mesas on earth as well! I believe that The Face on Mars is a natural land formation, don't you? | 3 |
Dear state senator,
I trying to understand why we have the system of choosing our state's electors when you vote for president beacuse when you vote for your candidant you are actualy voting for your candidante's electors. This process is easier for most individuals beacause you do not have to sit in a room, for hours, counting up millions of votes; all you have to do is count up the elector's votes in stead. This process is what our founding fathers established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. How can you be a qualified citizen, arent we all the same? I know that the electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. So, another thing that I would like to know is do you believe that this process that has been going on for ages is still a acturate system.
Does voting for people to vote for the president of your choice is a great idea. Does it not seem a bit ludacris that you have to choose your state electors in order for your vote to be counted since you think that who you pick as the electors will actually pick the vote you wanted. Why cant we vote for our won presient, why should we have to go through someone to vote for our president. It has been known that president's may be the popular vote winner, but still can lose the presidency. Why is that? Individuals that vote on their electors can not always control who their electors choose for president. Occasionally, sometimes the electors you pick will not vote for his or her party's candidate; they will cast a vote for whomever they please.
Some of these candidates that people choose are what you call "faithless" electors because of the winner-takes-all system. This means that most candidates do not spend time in states they know that they have no chance of winning. Meaning, they only stay focused on the "swing" states which in other words means the states that will either go for the person they like or against him. During the 2000 campaign, 17 state had not even seen their candidates at all and the voters in 25 of the largest media markets did not get to see a single campaign ad. So, tell me why we are still using this same system that cheats citizens out of their votes. Is it beacuse we are not qualified citizens?
If you do not already know by now the electoral college is a process, not a place and this process needs to be abolished. Who picks these electors, are they just people like you and I or are they the qualified citizens. They can be anyone not holding an office and the state actually chooses the electors. So, this means that the people really have no place in the president election. The electors are chosen by the state and even if you choose those electors they can go against what you decide and choose who ever they want. What happened to what the people wanted, why are those candidates choosing who runs our country for four years. What did they do so amazing that they get the final say on the matter. No, they are like us so why should we have to go through them just so we can make sure are vote matters in electing the president. Most of America has to deal with making sure are kids are getting a good eduacation, making sure are water or light bill is paid every month, and we also have deal with getting up at seven in the morning working and not coming home untill eleven at night all the while praying that our kids are safe since we could not pay for a nanny. With all of these things worrying us, putting a lot of stress in our minds one of the only things that we should not have to worry about is if our vote is going to count in electing our president. In conclusion, I believe, senator, that we should change our election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America. | 2 |
After my high school graduation I worked in a grocery store and bank. Life couldn't get anymore boring. Then, my friend from school, Don Reist, invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat with him. Of course I said yes, I mean, it was the opportunity of a life time. In Europe, the UNRRA was hiring Seagoing Cowboys. After long and hard thinking, Don and I signed up.
It was the best desicon ever. I got to travel all over the world, take care of animals and have fun on board. The other cowboys and I played volleyball, baseball, fencing, boxing and other sports to pass the long time on the boat. That's what I loved about this job. A once in a lifetime opportunity became a full-time job for me. I got to see England, China, Italy, Greece and France. You also should join the Seagoing Cowboys.
In conclusion, Seagoing Cowboys opened a whole new world for me. Hopefully it will for you, too. Don't hesitate to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Sign up, today. Thank You! | 1 |
I think you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. The progam lets you see sights that you would never see in your life. The program also lets you help people that need food. While you are out on the water you get to relax for a while and get away from loud city noises.
The first reason you should consider signing up is that you get to see beautiful sights in different countries. Going and seeing different countries is something you would never do in your life but, if you sign up you will be able to go and see things that you would only see in pictures. Going to these countries is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The second reason to sign up is that you get to help people. While your gone you get to help people have a better life. You get to get them cows , chickens ,etc, to help them farm and get better meals. Getting people food saves their life and betters it. It is not as easy as going out to the store and buying food that you need. They have to farm and grow crops to eat. Giving people food that they need gives you a warm fuzzy feeling.
The third reason that you should sign up is that while your on water you get to relax and get away from loud city noises. Getting away from the city for awile is good, you get to figure out how to live away from the city. Also you get to relax and just hear the sound of water hitting the sand.
You could probably get a better night sleep after you hear the water.
I think you should go to the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to see amazing sights , you get to help people, you also get to relax on the water. These are three reasons I think you should sign up. | 2 |
Technology is constantly changing and adapting with the times. Some people fear change and loss of control with autonomous technology, especially cars; however, technological control can actually improve the safety of driving in the future. Driverless cars will help to improve the quality and safety of driving around the world.
Driving safety is a prevalent issue in many parts of the world. People face daily dangers on the road, such as texting drivers, drunk drivers, and drivers that are too exhausted to focus; with autonomous cars, these dangers would be removed. The driverless cars would use multiple sensors to form continuously updated 3-D models of the car's surroundings, which would allow the car to substitute for a human at the wheel. Critics might argue that it is unsafe to rely purely on technology to drive people.
However, the cars would not be purely autonomous; the car would alert the human driver if he or she needed to take over. Several large car companies, including Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan, are already planning to release cars that are capable of driving themselves by 2020. Rapid technological improvements are allowing cars to become more refined and to take over multiple tasks that were originally done by human drivers. These cars and their sophisticated technology vastly improve the safety of driving on the road.
Driverless cars would not only improve safety on the road, but would also improve the safety of the environment. Currently, cars use up millions of gallons of gas each year, causing pollution and severely impacting the quality of air in many city environments. However, autonomous cars could be used as replacements for current taxi systems. Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google, believes that the use of driverless cars in place of taxis would greatly reduce the amount of air pollution as well as the consumption of gasoline; the cars would use half the amount of fuel that taxis currently consume. Driverless cars would improve the safety of the world.
It has been proven multiple times that these cars will improve the safety of driving around the world; unfortunately, the road to driverless cars is still blocked by laws and by people's fears. If people allow it, autonomous technology in cars will have a huge positive impact on the future. | 3 |
The article " Making Mona Lisa Smile", In the text it describes how new techonology called the Facial Action Coding System can enable to identify human emotions and it's not rignt that people can use a machine to know if your happy,sad, or angry at someone that the person personnal feelings and people have no right to know what thier feeling about something.
In a lot of ways I disagree on this new facial coding because it's not others people' s businesse to know how other's feel about what their doing. I am sure others would feel unconfertable knwoing that other people around know how you feel all the time. Somethimes when you feel alone or sadness and you don't want others to know because your not ready to tell them what's been going on and because of the Facial Action Coding System people would feel like they don't have their own personal space to think about themselfs and knowing how they feel about something.
In some ideas I agree with the article is when in the article it said "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" I agree on that statement; to use this new technology for educational purposes as long as no student or teacher abusses it to know what are others feeling about you or something else. It also a good idea to use it when someoone is really depressed about something and if you feel something is gonna happen to the person and you can tell an adult to help with the problem. Is not right for someone else to know your feelings, people have no right to know what someone else is feeling because people can take advangen of someones feelings and use it agaisnt them and can hurt someone for ever and maybe it can affect someone's life in the future.
At the end people still have no business to mess or know how someone feels becuase that's the other person personal feeling but at some point the Facial Action Coding System can be useful in school because it can detect if someone is confused or having trouble understanding the assignment or chapter their going through. The article " Making Mona Lisa Smile " has a lot bad points but in some statements they were right. | 2 |
The so called "Face" on Mars is simply a landform created by nature. There are conspiracy theorists who like to believe that this is not true and NASA has something to hide. They also like to believe that because the images of the "Face" are not high quality photographs, that has something to do with hiding the secret of life on Mars. The fact of the matter is that there is no secret and if there was life on Mars, it would benefit NASA to share that knowledge to gain money for their space programs.
To start with, the "Face" on Mars is "...the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa -- landforms common around the American West." The first sentence in paragraph twelve simply disproves that the "Face" on Mars could be anything mire than a face. Looking a little deeper into the text, it becomes clearer how NASA has nothing to hide when it comes to the "Face". By looking into paragraph two and paragraph three it becomes clearer that NASA has looked into this odd rock formation clearly and can see that there is nothing to hide from anyone.
Another argument that conspiracy theorists bring to the table is that the original images from the Viking were blurry, making it hard to see anything surrounding this rock formation. These theorists say this believing the images were purposely blurred in order to hide something from the public. The truth is that the Viking took its photo in 1976, the MGS in 1998 and again in 2001. Being that the newest image until 2001 was the one taken in 1998, it is obvious that there couldn't be high quality pictures taken from a spacecraft back then. Also, the image taken in 2001 is way more high definition and you can clearly see that the image depicts a simple rock formation. So, the argument that the blurry image is hiding something must be false.
In conclusion, none of the theories brought up against the pure facts laid out could conquer. The theory tree was easily chopped down but the mighty fact axe, becasue the conspirers could not bring any evidence to support their argument. Also finding how every argument that NASA has nothing to hide, and that the images clearly show nothing but a rock formation is clearly supported by evidence. Facts prove that there is no way the "Face" on Mars is anything other than a simple landform. | 3 |
Dear senator,
I belive that we shouldn't keep the Electoral College. The election by popular vote is more fair for electing a president.
First off, going with election by popular vote is more fair. For example, in the article "Does the Electoral College Work?" the author states, " 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. So,other things be equal, a large states gets more attention from presidental candidates in a campaign than a small state does..." Its not fair that small towns/states gets less attention for the president because their opinion and votes dont really matter if they get less attention. Another reason for my argument is, "Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in Califonia. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attentionto the campaign than they would have if the president we picked by popular vote.." Proving that not many people have a say when voting.
In addition, the election by popular vote seems more better. For example, "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but or a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Why is it that we arent actually voting for a president? That other people are technically voting for us. If we were to vote by popular vote people would actually feel like they are voting for who they want in office."Consider that state legislatres are technically responsible for picking electors and that those people could always defy the will of the people." So much time goes into election day but for what? We just vote for how we feel but not for who we vote for.
To conclude, people should feel like they have a say when voting. The Electoral College does not seem fair to others. Election by popular vote is way better and is more fair. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
The Electoral College is very outdated and confusing. Most American voters believe their votes elect the president even though they really don't. In truth, American voters are electing electors that instead go to the District of Columbia and vote the new president instead. As infuriating as this sounds, seeing as most Americans want a direct vote so a president is elected by popular vote, it's not entirely bad, but it isn't the best election system. The Electoral college is a system that should stay.
Most Americans that are angered and upset when they realize their vote doesn't have as much say as they though are usually the ones who fight to abolish the Electoral College. While this is true, it is also accurate, most people don't even know that they aren't even voting for the president, and their vote is only electing their state's electors. As upsetting as that is, it's mostly just like choosing a new senator or representative to represent the state. This is the same idea, our state votes for a number of people to vote for us. If we win the democratic side, democrats will vote for the democrat (they rarely betray us) candidate.
While the winner-takes-all system is unfair to those who do not agree with the side the state chose overall, it provides a clear system to clearly elect a new president. Candidates always try to persuade states, oftening visiting them to sway them to vote for electors that will go to elect them instead. Looking on the results, it's safe to say the Electoral College, as upsetting as it can be, is a voting system that should stay until we can find a better one. Abolishing the system might make it more of a direct vote, but the Electoral College is organized.
Sincerely,
A student. | 2 |
The electoral collage is a founding fathers established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote. There are consis of 588 electory and majority of 270 electory votes is required elect the president. So there for electors generally choose by candidates political partys. Presidential election is held every four years but it on a Tuesday after the first monday.
whoever you have choosen the states elector you would be really be voting for your next president .
How that works is when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate elector.
And who ever has the most votes the winner "takes it all" type of sytem to the winning presidential candidates.
After the elcetion has ended your governor takes it time for the "centificate of Ascertaniment" for all the candidact ran for the preisdent . Also for the Centificate of Ascertaniment makes it in your state and shows which electors will represent your state. Richard N, jimmy C , and Bob D the u. s chamber of comerce were clearing the eletoral collage why they were thinking about doing this is beacuase many people argreed with them and told them they should beacause it wasnt right . So those are the some things that the elector candidates say about the whole procces | 0 |
Think,what would you purfur a car you drive yourself or one where you just sit back and watch it drive itself? In all hobnestly I purfer to have a car I can drive myself, so therefore I'm a hundred perecent against driveless cars. Driveless cars are not as goos as they maqke them out to be and I am here to say why.
If you can not drve the car yourself,then what's the point of having the drivers lisences you worked so hard to get? Think about if you no longer having a car you drive on your own your lisence will no longer mean nothig,but a card with your picture and your life information on it. Therefore you will intend to forget it at home and what if something does happen and you do not have your lisence on you then the wreck or whatever happned will be no longer pointing out to be the cars fault it all of sudden is yours because you do not have the lisence you thought you did not need, because you thought your driveless car could handle driving.
What if you're just driving down the road and the technology to the car stops working? think the technology stops working and you have no idea how to run the car so you're stuck in trafic you have no where to. SO you have to call atow truck and a cab so there's money you have to spend because they said drivles cars were better.
just sit and think deeper about having a drivless car than what they are making you think about. It all will start to get top you. All the flaws of havinga drivless car wil come to your mind. | 1 |
To whom it may concern,
In my own opinion I think we should keep the electoral college because of the specific fact that it has to make candidates strategize on which states to heavily campaign in. Some candidates don't even go to some states. Like in "2000, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina" (Source 3 paragraph 13). With that being said, most candidates will try to get as many swing states as they can with a few large states, (California or Texas), "Voters in {
swing
} states are most likely to pay closer attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates..." (Source 3 paragraph 20). That is good because if they are paying closer attention to the campaign, then candidates will make sure that the views that impact those states more are adressed heavily. "Democrats in texas and Repulicans in California might vote the for the other side because of the fact that their is vote will ahve no effect" (Source 3 paragraph 23). That would be assuming that in the up coming election a Republican candidate pops up and surprises evryone in California and all of a sudden 55 more electoral votes to the Republican party. "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing the Electoral College" (Source 2 paragraph 1). They all said and agreed on it, but the one thing about it that's so great about the electoral college is that it also has the voters watch and think about who they vote for. If they had gotten rid of the electoral college, then voters wouldn't take their time and they would vote for whoever had the popular vote in their state. If that were to happen then the whole election would be based of of what the candidate looks like and not what he's saying. "Back in 1960 segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing Democratic electors with new ones who would oppose John F. Kennedy" (Source 2 paragraph 11). To me that just seems like a waste of time trying to get new electors and replacing the ones that were against one candidate all because of a standing on the political spectrum, doesn't that seem a little to much. Most people might also think that every state has a "winner take all system", but Nebraska and Maine both have a variation of proportional representation (Source 1 Paragraph 7). That is something that voters should know about because it shows that their state is doing what it can to make sure it isn't all 1 sided.
As I conclude this letter, strategize before you campaign and you could be the next president.
Sincerely,
John Owens | 2 |
The Seagoing Cowboys is a program, and its main goal is to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas. This might not sound fun or interesting. These trips might be half-year long trips, but the trips are life-changing experiences. I'll show you reasons why to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. These reasons are coming from a person who has joined the Seagoing Cowboys and served for three years.
The first reason is because of the experience you'll gain from the trips. The trips are life-changing. You have the benefits of traveling the world. You get to see and do a lot of things an average person wouldn't do. You get to see Europe, China, and Greece, and many other beautiful places. You might even take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy or pass the Panama Canal. The experience is an amazing one.
These trips can cheer you up. Like I said before, you get to travel to amazing places and do amazing things. These might sound like fun things to do, because they are. You might ask how you have fun while on the ship in the sea. You can play table-tennis, fencing, boxing, baseball, volleyball, or any other games that helped pass time. You have a lot of fun during the trips. At the same time, you're helping peope and other countries and serving as military service.
Last but not least, you are more aware of the world. The trips open the world up to you. You're more aware of people of other countries and their needs. This awareness can change your life.
All in all, the Seagoing Cowboys is a great program to join. It's an opportunity of a lifetime. On these trips, you're gaining experience. You're visiting a lot of places and having a lot of fun. Your awareness of the world changes during these trips. In conclusion, the Seagoing Cowboys is a life-changing experience and an amazing opportunity. | 2 |
Why We Should Not Allow Driverless Cars
Automated Vehicles have been around for quite a while now, many people have grown very fond of them, actually. With all of the new advances in technology today, many new upgraded cars are being released. But are driverless cars really a good idea? Considering the malfunctions, technical difficulties, and the laws on driving.
People all over the world use cars everyday as an easy way of transportation. There are many laws and safety regulations to follow when driving, as every driver knows, but how would they fall in line with driverless cars? If nobody is technically driving the car, how can anyone be punished for accidents? This is something that needs to be further looked in to.
Furthermore, every new invention is going to have its flaws. Putting something as big as driving into technology's hands is quite a scary thing. One small mistake could result in a huge accident. Deaths are already a big problem when it comes to driving accidents. We should not make this a bigger problem than it already is.
Another thing, we all have that one friend who can just never seem to work any kind of technology right? What happens if that person gets put behind the wheel of a driverless car? Even with training or a handbook things could get confusing, that goes for anyone. This is a big piece of technology, nothing like a smartphone or a computer. Peoples lives could be in danger when exposed to a driverless car. Nobody wants that, do they?
Lastly, I know that having a car that drives itself sounds amazing and totally worth it, but is it really? How do we know this is not one of the biggest mistakes to ever be put on paper? There are so many deaths caused by vehicle accidents already, why would we take the chance of increasing those numbers? We should just eliminate this problem before it even begins. | 2 |
I am against the development of driverless cars. Although they may be more fuel efficient than cars we use now, there are many factors that take a negative impact against their development. The driverless cars cannot do evrything on they're own and who will get held responsible for crashes and injuries that happen will using the cars?
The cars cannot do everything on they're own so they arent actually driverless. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake 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." So the driverless cars can only do a limited number of things and then they have to rely on human capability so they arent really "driverless". they have vibrating seats to alert the driver when they need to take control but, what if the driver falls asleep since there isnt anything to focus on or they are too tired? They might not wake up which could end in a crash which could inflict injuries on the driver or others in the environment.
They would have to create new laws and decide on who will be held accountable for crashes and injuries. " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?" So how can they hold a driver at fault if the car is "driverless" it would be the manufacturers fault for not developing the car correctly. then the driver would be able to sue because of being sold a defective car. This would cause the manufacturers to lose money and other drivers would not want to buy the cars because they would be afraid of being injured or worse. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." So how are these manufacturers going to promise safety and deal with problems that occur?
There are many negative factors that play a part in the development of driverless cars , even though they are more fuel efficient. The driverless cars cannot do everything on they're own and who gets held responsible when someone is injured by the use of these cars? These are two of the factors that contribute to why i am against driverless cras. | 3 |
So we come here to discuss a topic. A very intresting one if you say. This topic has history to it and some people don't like this topic. Some people don't like this topic because of the way it works. This thing i'm talking about is the Electoral College. And I personally don't like this thing. that is because it is so outdated and unfair. Look at the 2000 election. Al Gore, an amazing guy, "had more individual votes then George w. Bush." This guy would of been a great president but "Bush won the election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266." I believed this was unfair because one person could of one but another man had got more "popularity" votes and won. Now tell me why that is fair?
To start this fire burning inside me, the Electoral College is so outdated and unfair. "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualifed citizens." This means that the people of the state can vote buts it really not going to count. These people want a good president and it happened in 2012. Alot of Southern states like Mitt Romney and they voted for him. He got alot of votes and was beating Obama. But Obama got"61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percentpf the votes for Romney." Romney had change in his eyes and the Electoral College didnt care and took that away from him.
To conclude this, the Electoral College is unfair. They take people's chances to change this country and do new things for us. If we had Mitt Romney, America might of had better imployment and a better system. We would of probulay had more money and had a better chance of going to college. But the Electoral College is unfair and had to take that away from Mitt and gave it to Obama. It's so outdated and unfair. For God's sake, its from 1700's! We need to get a better system of voting next time or people or just stop going to vote because they will know thay their votes mean nothing to the college and they will stop. If these people stop voting.... then we better have a backup plan to restore the country. | 2 |
Have you ever looked at a freind and have no clue what he or she is feeling? well with the new invention the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) could tell what your freind is feeling just by reading their face.
I think the technology of having a divice that could read a human emotions is a impressive and could be valuable.
One reason why I think the FACS is a good thing is because it would be great for the cosulasr at the school that could help ceritain kids out if they are feeling low, depressed, sad and any other negitive feelings. a sentence from paragraph 3 says "Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear , and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscels."
Another reason why i think FACS is a good thing for studenst in the class room is it could read the studnce and if the student is having trouble or confused , the FACS could see it and make the assiment less difficult for the student wich would help alot, I thought this because in the text it says , " A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confusd or bored, Dr. Hang predicts. " then it could modifiy the lesson, like an effective human instructor" this shows that it could be useful for students .
Thses are some reason of why i belive that the FACS is a good thing for students at school . | 2 |
In America, cars have been an integral part of our culture; from the Model T. Ford to the Mustang cars have cemented themselves into our mindset. But currrently cars are starting to cause a lot of problems to people such as: car accidents, pollution, and just leaving areas to crowdy. One of the main problems that cars globally cause is smog emission which is caused by the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions and can cause difficulty in breathing, lung cancer and rampant air pollution. However, in other parts of the world people are limiting car usage to almost banning them all out completly in certain areas in order to be more environmentally freindly and reducing air pollution. By limiting car usage in America people can benefit from less pollution, a more positive community impact and alternative vehicles in place of cars.
In North America, pollution has been a major problem for citizens in many ways. Besides power plants, the second main source of pollution are cars, as they release harmful chemicals and gases like smog which can cause congestion and when too much and inhaled on a daily basis, can lead to lung cancer. By limiting car usage people can benefit more to the people; for example in Paris,France a partial driving ban was enforced in order to clear the air of smog after days of near-record pollution. By doing this congestion was brought down by 60 percent helping to majorly clear the air and make breathing better for people.
In Vauban, Germany residents of the area have been called suburban pioneers due to gibving up their cars. By doing this people were able to be more happy and enjoy life more. For example, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," this aids the argument that by banning or limiting car usage people are able to be much calmer and benefit more. In Bogota, Colombia during "Car-free day" for the first time two colombian cities joined Bogota in this unique event. there more parks and sports centers for people were placed, the sidewalk were smoothe and more business and commercial areas were opened up for people. This further shows that pweople can benfit greatly without having cars.
Throughout the world wherever cars have been limited or banned there has always been one constant, new alternative transportation. In China in order to help reduce the absurd amount of smog and air pollution, chinese citizens resorted to using bikes leading to a drop in smog levels. By limiting cars and replacing them with alternative transportation people can be much safer from more dangerous situations, such as car acsidents hurting people, keeping dunk drivers away from the steering wheel, and being able to save more money from not buying a car. Though some alternate vehicles are not fast enoguh for example bikes, this has been remedied in some areas by allowing free public transit from buses and taxi services.
Throughout all of these benfits people can benfit more greatly but that's not enough. In 2012 during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford proposed a business plan in where partnering with the telecommunication industry to create cities where "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation trafic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."-"The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Through bright ideas like the advantages of limiting cars can be fully realized and brought to life in order to help and save more people from negative aftereffects. In America if people were to cut down on car use people could benefit from less pollution, a more positive community impact and alternative vehicles in place of cars. | 3 |
The author has supported this idea by showing us facts expecely the computers. Now a days the computers are so delicate but this is how the author worded it "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate". The author also said that venus is sometime called "Evening Star". People also call it Earths twin because venus is the closest planet to Earth. In paragraph 3 the author tells us whats in venus starting with a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets venus. Also the clouds in venus are full of sulfuric acid. If that dont think thats scary the temperatures will. The temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater that we experience on planet Earth. If we were to land on the surface not only will we litterly burn our inside we would crush from the pressher. The pressher is so strong it could crush a submarine. In paragraph 5 the author is talking about NASA possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface. The scientists want to create like a blimp vehicle that hovers 30 or so miles above the surface of venus. People think that in venus there were oceans live things they say there was once life and even today Venus has some of the same things of Earth. | 0 |
If you live in America, would you join the Seagoing Cowboys? Afterall, we do get to sail around the world helping devestated countries. As a Seagoing Cowboy you get to explore and have fun on the job.
At the job, I got to adventure an excavated castle in Crete and I marveled at the Panama Canalon on my way to China. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys was one of my most biggest things I've done . I got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. Besides the amazing sights, I also had to help with the animals on board.
My responability was to feed, water, and clean out the cell of all the animals. So far, 9 trips over the Atlantic Ocean and I sailed over the Pacific Ocean once. We travel across the world to help destroyed countries get started back up. The UNRRA
(the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) is what started this country recover system. The UNRRA helped recover the country's food supplies, animals, and more. Our ship carried a cargo with 335 horses atleast and enough hay and oats to feed them. This expetition made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
So overall, if you don't participate in the UNRRA then you ar missing out. This once in a life time opportunity. If missed, you have missed out on one of the greatest trips you'll ever go on. | 2 |
Do you think Venus is a good planet? Yes and no but i dont have reasons why. All i know is that its a planet and i think its cold. Im going to give you reasons why its good and why its bad. Venus is bad because we cant study the planet well. Venus is good because its the most earth like planet.
Venus is good because its the most earth like planet. The article wuotes," Astromers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in out solar system". Thats good because its like earth and earth is a good planet beacuse people live in it. Its also good because it have montains and can be their nearest option for a planetary visit.
Venus is bad because we cant study the planet well. The article states," 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". Thats bad because we need information from every planet to see how its like. Its also bad because none of the space crafts have made it on Venus.
To concluse the bad news about Venus is that we cant study the planet well and the good news about Venus is that its the most earth like planet. These reasons were good and it can change poeples mind about what they think about Venus or not. | 1 |
President Obama has done nothing to improve our society. If anything, he has created the worst society this world has ever seen.
Limiting our usage of any type of motorized vehicle, would not only decrease air pollution but it would also help with adults or children that may not exercise enough. Also when riding in or driving a motorized vehicle, your could get into an accident. Getting into an accident in a vehicle could have much more fatal result than you walking, jogging, or even riding a bicycle.
Although walking, jogging, or riding a bicycle isnt must safer than riding in a vehicle. You could be walking along when a stranger may walk up out of nowhere, beat you up, and could hurt you very badly. They may also take your wallet/purse. Depending on who the person is, you could end up with a black eye, cut or busted lip/eye, or anything miner; while if the wrong person gets ahold of you, you could end up in the hospital needing surgery, transplant of some sort, or could even loose your life.
Also, owning a car could could put someone in debt. Falling behind on payments could be devastating to you and your family. When the car company comes to reposses your vehicle, you could end up having to walk, jog, or even ride a bike. So whether you like it or not everything has consequences. | 1 |
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