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Mysterious Face Found on Mars?
The mystery of the face on Mars, true or false? The face on Mars is just a mesa landform. This is proven by Nasa's Mars Global Surveyor when it took a picture of it with a camera that had a pixel span of 1.56 meters.
Some may disagree with this because they believe scientist are hiding this "consiracy theory" from them. An evidence to prove that their is
life on Mars.
However, after reading this prompt your opinion may change.
First, it is just a landform because of all the evidence's collected from the article. In paragraph 12, it clearly states that "What the picture actually show is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa". In 1976 the picture looked like it was a face of a human becuase of the camera's quality. The camera's from 1976 to now have evolved. " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo". This shows that the quality of the pictures differences. Last, if scientist were to really hide this "conspiracy thoery" from us it wouldn't make a difference. In fact NASA would be benifiting from it becuase how it would appear in news, radio talk shows, books, etc. Paragraph 7
" There was no alien monument after all".
Next, now some believe that this conspiracy theory is a secret hidden from us by NASA. They think the face is evidence to prove life on Mars. This is because in paragraph 8 it states that " The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian lattitude where it was winter in April '98, a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet". They believe that this may have caused the face to be hidden in the clouds. Also another reason they may believe it is a face is becuase they might have seen something that had false information on the web. This might be becuase in the text it states that " The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon".
Last but not least, now that you've read this prompt is the face on Mars really a face? The face turns out to be just a landform on Mars. The pictures from 1976 were unclear tooken with a camera that had 43 meters per pixel. Then in 2001, NASA retook the picture with a camera with that had 3 times bigger pixels than the one from 1976. Last, the picture was a big evidence to the people that it was just a natural landform. | 3 |
The author figures that is a worthy pursuit despite the risks and dangers because its the closest thing to Earth. In paragraph 2 the author states. " Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of size and density, and occasionally the closet in dinstance too." The author also believe that venus is an Earth like planet in paragraph 4 the author states. "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could've supported various forms of life, just like Earth. It also states "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The author believes that NASA has some big plans for studying Venus despite the dangers. In paragraph 7 it states. "Some simplified elsctronics made of silicion carbide have been tested in a chamber simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for 3 weeks in such conditions." This explains why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 1 |
Imagine life with little to no cars, think of all the sites that you will see because now you walk everywhere you go. Think of all the people you will meet along every corner, when you go to the mall, the grocery store, and on your way to a friend's house. You will notice and appreaciate things you haven't before, this idea is all thanks to a suburban town in VAUBAN, Germany. Now, we will be able to enjoy the sites of our surroundings and the people in it, produce less gas emissions, and a better outlook on the future.
"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter, a resient of VAUBAN, Germany. Getting rid of our cars may sound like a scary thought but in reality it can bring great things to us. When we stop bundling ourselves up in our automoblies we get to explore the world better, we get to touch and smell the things around us and appreaciate them. We advance our knowledge on the things and people around us because of walking to our daily commute or day off. We also meet new people, around every corner will be a new face, maybe they or you will ask for help and from there spark a friendship. You'll find a sea of people that have the same interest as you or don't but because we no longer rely on cars we are introduced to the world more and are truly exposed to the people and things in it, giving us a better understanding of where we live and all that it has to give to us.
Global warming, we hear about it a lot especially today where green house emissions are high, however, when we reduce the usage of cars the world, along with us benefit.
In Paris, after days of near- record pollution a partial driving ban was in order to "clear the air of the global city." "Four thousand driver were fined and twenty- seven people had their cars impounded for the reaction to the fine.", by Monday the smog had cleared enough and the French party rescinded the band for odd numbered plates on Tuesday. Meanwhile in BOTOGA, Colombia, it has been the third straight year that cars have been banned in the hope to promote alternative transportation and smog. This event has been so successful that "for the first time two other Colombian cities,Cali and Valledupar, joined the event." We all dream to live a long, happy life but in order to do so we need to treat our Earth right. When we reduce our usage of cars we can fulfill this dream.
"Parks and sport centers also have bloomed throught the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." Imagine living in a new nice community, better economy, and better health. With all the walking and biking everywhere we are faced with physical workouts, benefitting considering that America is considered the most obese nation. And with all the walking and biking, stores are made closer to walking distance instead of on a distant highway, bring in more consumers. Without cars there is less deaths due to them aswell. In result, we have a better look into the future then we might have if we didn't decide to get rid of cars.
In conclusion, getting rid of cars would benefit the world and the people in it entirely. We would we more aware of our surroundings and citizens, reduce global warming, and have a better future to look upon. | 4 |
eletoral college can be a very good thing cause it can mean also picking other electors. this can help us and our state alot. But it would depend on witch state we are located in.
Electoral Collge gives a chances for people in the Republican or Demicrat party to also vote. You would have to let your state elctors also have the chance to let them pick a canidate chance on who they would want as president. According to the
Office of the federal register they qoute "The Electoral Collge consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to electoral votes is required to elect the president" (source 1). Each canidates electors are chosen threw witch partys they are in and are also chosen to give a chance to vote. I do think we should keep the Electoral college because it gives a chance for even electors to vote.
when we vote we are also voteing for electors to work with the presidents and help him make desions. Accoriding to bradford plumer he qoutes that " The single best argument against the electoral colloge is what we might call the disatser factor" (source 2). Even though electors votes it can lead to more of an unoraginized distaster. it can mainly lead to a lot of confusion and miss counts. a lot of people do not like the fact of electors being one just like the presidnet of untied states. what a lot of people dont know when they vote they are also voteing for other electors.
A lot of americans do not trust the Electoral College because they feel its not right to also be chooseing electors at the same time. they feel it is unfair and not nesscary. They should have sepreate elections for electors.
Richard A. posner qoutes that "When you vote for a presidential canidate you're actaully voting for a slate of electors" (source 3). Alot of people do not like the sound of that because they think its kinda like a secret. | 1 |
I think that driverless cars are a great idea. Driverless cars would prevents many wrecks and accidnets do to unskilled or careless drivers. They would also make traveling more effecient and fun. The advancement of driverless farm equiptment already exists and is very useful and efficeint for big time farmers. They can plant and plow fields throught the use of GPS and an automated oporating system. Driverless cars could be used the same way, but instead of planting a field they would take you to your friends house. With driverless you wouldn't have to worry about directions, all you would have to do is put in your destination and the cars would find the quickest route by itself. You wouldn't have to worry about being distracted because the car dives itself. The only time when you would need to be paying attention is when there was hazards or construction areas.
In the future I think everyone will have self driven cars and driving will only be as useful as reading a book: you need to know how to do it, but there is no need to. This future is getting closer and closer every day. I think that in ten years these cars will be cheap enough that people will consider buying them instead of a normal car. I think that the roads will be much safer and more fun. I think that in 20 years everyone will have them and driving will be a thing of the past. | 1 |
I am against the development of driverless cars. I am against them because they are not safe, they take away our abilities, and they are expensive. Everyone thinks theses cars are cool and will be better for everyone, but they are not better. They will destroy humainity.
One reason I am against the development of driverless cars is because theyare not safe. The cars can not be reliable at all times and the driver must always be alert. I think the car should be relibale and not need the driver to be alert. The driver could be waiting for a long time before it must take over, or it could all of a suden have a disfunction and need the driver to jump in right away. These cars are very hazardous and not sfae for anyone.
Another reason I am against the development of of driverless cars is because they take away are abilities. If we have driverless cars people will not drive. The cars will take over and we will forget how to drive and lose our abilities. Also, poeple will get more lazier because they do not have to drive, so they will not.
The last reason I am against the development of these cras is bacuse thay are expensive. Thses cars cost a lot to produce and take a lot of time. The cars must have sensors and cameras and many other functions to be known as eligible and those are very expensive items. Why waste money on these pointless cars, when we can just stick to the original amd safer cars with drivers.
Driverless cars are very dangerous and have much more work that needs to be done . I have many reason why I am against the development of driverles cars.
These cars are really expensive and the price will keep increasing, they also need a lot of work to become safer, and they are making people laizier and losing their abilities to drive. I think they should stop trying to make driverless cars into something that will never be safe or cheap enough ,and just make the originla cars we have now better advanced. | 2 |
well i think Driverless cars would be reckless and could be dangerous rather than helpful as it says in paragraph 2 it still alerts the driver to take contol of the car when backing up or pulling into places like garages and other things. Also As it Says In Paragraph 3 It reads binary code well in my opinion what if the car cant read the binary code one day what if it just malfunctions and in paragraph 4 it says it needs alot of sensors and a couple of video cameras. after reading this article i still think the who driverless car thing is a reckless invention and not a very good investment with our tax payers money so i really think driverless cars should not be invented and googe shouldnt waste their time on it.In Paragraph 6 it says something about antilock brakes well what if that just dont work and someone gets in a brutal car crash over that malfunctioning. | 1 |
Everyone wants to go to the park with their children or grandchildren, or maybe just take a nice walk. With the way we live now everything will be too polluted becuase alot of people drive cars and dont take the bus,walk, or carpool. Yes, people should limit their car usage. They should limit their uses because owning a car is expensive, it promotes the use of walking and public tranportation, and it reduces smog/pollution.
Owning a car is more expensive then you think. In a city such as Vauban in Germany that has only two places to park, a large parking garage, and a develment where the car owner needs to buy the spot for forty thousand dollars along with a home. In places like Bogota, Columbia on their national car free day all violaters will be fined twenty-five dollars. It may not seem like alot, but it all adds up at the end of the day. In places like Paris motorist with even numbered liscense plates recieve a twenty-two euro fine ($31), and the following day motorist with odd numbered plates recived the same fine. Almost four thousand drivers were fined. Thoose are just instances where fines have occured, other expenses are gas. Some people who are wealthy and have money won't be impacted by this the same way an average family with three children will.
Most people take public transportation for granted. Imagine if we didn't have busses, trains, and subways. Imagine having to drive to New York City instead of the subway. It is not a pretty thought. In places like Bogota, Columbia that has a national day without cars people use public transportation or walk, unless they want a twenty-five dollar fine. According to Mayor Antanas Mockus " The rain hasn't stopped people from participating." Cities such as Cali and Valledupar have also done what Bogota has done, and Municipal authorities from other countries came to see the turnout, and they were enthusiastic. New York is promoting a bike sharing program that allows people to ride bikes through the city and return them at any location. "Mr. Sivaks's son lives in San Francisco and has a car, but takes the Bay Area Rapid Transit when he can even though it often takes longer then driving." Even though some people don't take public transportation beacuse they are too cool for it, they might just need to in order to save the place they live.
Have you ever wondered why you can hardly see the stars at night? It's not because they aren't there, but it is beacuse the smoke from the pollution and smog is covering the view. After days of near-record pollution Paris has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of all the polution. Congestion of the smog only went down sixty percent in five days. The reason was of diesel fuel which is more used because france has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Places like Bogota, Columbia who have a day without cars have a day for pollution and smog to be reduced, and places like Vauban, Germany who only have cars on the main thoroughfare virtually have no smog or pollution beacuse they don't allow cars in homes. Even though it's a hassle to change everything to do it, but by just doing one thing a time they are helping the enviroment.
Now that we see and know that the people of Vauban, Germany live with no cars, and the people of Bogota, Columbia have a day with no cars. Thoose places don't have as much pollution such as Paris who had to ban driving so they can reduce pollution. We know that in Vauban you can park the car for forty thousand dolalrs, or get fined for driving on the one day you are asked not to. All thoose reasons only promotes public transportation or walking. So yes, people should limit there use of cars becuase it is expensive, it promotes the use of walking and public transportation, and it reduces smog/pollution. | 3 |
The authour supports this stament well by showing details from the nasa discovery's and showing how it change venus accroding to the acrticle in phargaph 3 it shows how scientist has been exploring venus for such a long time now and how nasa wants to send humans to study more about how venus works. In passge seven it also states that "nasa has been working on studying venuse for such a long time that some of there electronics made of slilcon carbide have been tested in a chamber and have latsed for three weeks in such conditions".
scientiste have once said that venus was probably cover largely with oceans and could have suppoted human life now scientist have discover that the temperture around venus is more than 800 degrees which means sending humans to venus we wouldn't be able to survive it and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greter than what we experince on earth. venus also has simlail things comparing to earth it has rocky sediment, mountains and craters. | 1 |
Drivless cars are coming! Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system. He envisions fleets of diverless cars form a public-transport system. He believe such cars would fundamentally change the world. Although everything seems good, there are some bad things about these cars too. Questions like who would be responsible if they crash, what happends when dealing with complicated traffic or road construction. Driveless cars is it really a good thing?
Driveless cars may act all good but are theu really? Driveless cars would put way too many jobs out the window, taxi services, truck driving services, limo services they would all lose their jobs. Everyone would be out of work. They would all get replaced by technology. We would have a big unemployment rate. How do you know they might not malfunction and crash, you are putting your live and everyone in the cars life on the line too. The cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but still need human skills.
Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. Many states will not test computer-driven cars for saftey reasons. If the technology fails and somoeone is injured, who is at fault? The car, the car should have the newest technology to drive anywhere and to be safe. Releases for a car capable of driving on autopiolet 90 percent of the time. What happends to the other 10? These cars arent safe.
Driverless cars good or bad thing? Cars without drivers is a bad thing. So many things can go wrong the technology can fail anything. This is why we have laws to say it is only safe for a human driver to be drivng at all times. People who make them will need a lot of responsiblity to make these cars not have any problems so they don't ruin lives. | 2 |
There are many things that we do not know about life in the universe. There are many things that are around us that we do not know about. One of the planets that we don't know about is Venus. What could possibly be on Venus?
Venus is the sister planet to earth. This planet has very hostile situations to where we can not land on it. Many scientist have sent spacecrafts to Venus, but they have been destroyed in the process of landing. Thirty-plus miles about the surface is 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA has a compelling idea to send humans to Venus. They would send people to hover over the surface of the planet. They would look around and evaluate the suface to see what kind of things are there. It is dangerous to get to close to the surface because the heat of the planet is very high.
The planet has a think atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket. The clouds int he atmosphere of venus contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid, which puts it in Venus's atmosphere, Which could harm humans. We talked about 30 miles about the surface, but the surace of Venus can get to a total of 800 degree's Fahrenheit. That's crazy!
We came to the concushion that Venus is not able to be reached by human's at the moment. Scientists could come up with the technology that could take us to Venus. Think about it, years ago no one could ever think that technology would be everyone you went. It's not really that crazy to think in a few years we could be able to go to another planet and be totally fine. This topic is crazy to talk about. Even crazier to think about, but it won't suprise me when the day comes that we can go into space for weeks and have the technology to keep up alive.
If you could travel to Venus would you? Maybe one day we will be. Having a plane flying to another planet seems crazy now, but in the future it could be considered normal. Right now Venus is still a very dangerous planet and no one can go there, so just wait!
There is still many things that we do not know about in the universe. If there is other life or if any planet is safe for landing. Venus is a very dangerous planet that no human could survive on their own. No one is going to be finding out anytime soon if there is anyone else in this universe. | 2 |
the author suggest that studying
venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because he believes venus has value. also our curiosity will lead us somewhere. he believe us traveling should not be limited of the danger or doubts.
the danger will expand our curiosty of the world and beyond i. the author gives many and good a things to support his claims. He wants people to explore expand the imagination and curiosty by travelung and studying.
The author says in paragraph 8 "venus has value not only because the insight o be gained on the planet itself" the author is saying that there are many opportunites we have from studying venus he says how it could inspire our curiosty. paragraaph 8 "human curiosty will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". He's bassically saying how us studying venus can inspire us to find new things and explre many things our human curiosty can make studying venus more worthy of doing it he wants us to get inspired and find many intimidating endeavors. The Author says how we shouldn't let our travel on earth and beyond be limited because of the dangrous posibilites. The author wants us to keep studing and exploring he wants us to expand or imagination and innovation to the edge. paragraph 8
in conclusion the author wants us to study venus and other places not just earth to expand our imagination. the author wants us to expand our curiosty to new things he wants us to travel and see a lot of things on earth and beyond. I believe we should study on venus and other things. i think is worthy for us to explore. We shouldnt let anger and doubt hold us back from explring and see new things in life and outside of our home. the danger will only get us more curios and will want to expand our imagination and curiosty from it. | 1 |
I am against driverless cars,because even though they said the car will alert the driver when the car cannot complete an action. You still have to think about the fact of if the car doesnt stop in time to let the driver get ahold of the wheel. In paragraph 9 it said "even if the traffic laws change, new laaws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident.", because what if the computer system crashes and the driver gets into an accident. It also says in paragraph 9 "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"
Driverless cars may seem like a perfect thing but in reality theres still flaws to the cars, they may not be big flaws but those flaws even tiny onescan cause a big accident. What if the car alerts the driver that there is something ahead the car cannot navigate itself through and the car doesnt stop and the drivers not paying attention and they get into an accident. Who's fault would that specific crash be? The driver's or the manufacturers? it'd be hard to decide, because of the fact of the car not stopping and the driver not paying attention to the car and its directions and warnings. Plus the car still needs human skills to navigate through work zones and difficult areas that the car itself cannot navigate through on its own.
In paragraph seven it states that the human driver must stay alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires them to. It also states that GM has developed seatsthat vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into any object, and its states that none of the cars developed yet are completely driverless so the human driver needs to stay well aware of his or her surroundings in case of an object being behind the car or difficult areas in front of the car. So what if the car messes up and causes the human driver to get into an accident even though the driver was paying attention to the road and the surroundings around him or her,attempting to get control of the wheel.
In the end of paragraph seven it states that "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver. While that may seem like a good thing you still have to think of the fact that the car can still make minor or major mistakes while driving the driver around. Even though the driverless car may seem like a wonderful idea i still disagree with them and say its a very bad idea,because the computer system could make a mistake just like any human driver could. So therefore I still highly disagree with the driverless car idea. | 3 |
Mars has alot of land forms like cracks,crators,and hills. I am certian it has land formations if it has hills and cracks. Erosion created land forms on earth with wind and rocks falling on each other like a slow chain reaction. It is highly posible for it to have happened on mars may tousands possibly millions of years ago to star erosion. Mars is filed with many resonses for it not to be livable if it were ever consitered apon. It most likely a cluster of dust and bolders than live beings made this face. People see faces in every thing from light sockets to morfed trees. I know the face on the moon is a popular land formation like the ''Grand Canyon''. It be impossible to not try to think aliens did it but there are things here on earth famous we didn't create. I know mars has land forms too. | 0 |
Since some many years, scientists around the world are trying to expand their exploration projects. After the U.S. could send a man to the space and be able to walk in the Moon, it made other scientists to be facinated with this types of explorations and look for planets to explore. One of those planets is Venus, a planet that according to the author of "The Challenges of Exploring Venus", is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents. He supports this idea by giving the way that scientists see Venus comparing to us, coditions that are familiar to the Earth ones, and projects that can help humanity to be able to explore Venus.
At the begining of the article, the author gave a way of how scientists see Venus to support his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit. In paragraph 2, the authore says "Often referred to as Earth's 'twin', Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, ad occasionally to the closest in distance too". This evidence shows that most of the scientists that are related to the space exploration, think that Venus is the Earth's twin because of its shape. This clue shows that Venus has important similarities with our planet that cna hel Venus to support human life.
Later on, the author gave examples of the natural conditions that are equal to the Earth ones. In paragraph 4, the author says "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". By showing this, the author explains that Venus has some factors that are the same ones that the Earth has. All of them are natural so it has a connection to where we are able to explore, and how its conditions can support human explorations.
Lastly, the author gave more examples of projects that can help us to survive in Venu's environment. In paragraph 6, the author says "Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long nough to contribute meaningfully to our knoledge of venus". In this part, the author shows that many scientists are tryng to find a way to get more information about Venu's conditions, by doing this, they can be one hundred percent sure that Venus is like Earth's sister.
In conlusion, the author supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers that it represents by giving a lot of facts and examples of what the scientists and researches have found at this time. He made a great article by giving evidence and supporting them with facts. | 2 |
Dear senator,
Every one has a voice and they all want to be heard. The Electoral College is an unfair method of calculating votes for the population while voting for a president of the United States. States begin to feel like it is not worth it to vote because their vote could be neglected or it would not hardly count. Electing presidents by using popular vote gives states a better advantage at choosing their president because they know their vote is in and someone else will not be able to change their choice. Popular vote is when all the people are allowed to vote for the president and every vote counts because based on the amount of votes the president recieves from the people is who wins the election.
Electoral Colleges are when the people vote for the person they want to govern them and that vote goes to a person that could either decided to vote as the people choose, or vote for whom ever he feel should run. It lowers the peoples voices, they are unable to directly choose what they want because their choices could be changed. Electors don't have to vote infavor of the person you would like. The diffrence between the Electoral College and popular vote is that in the Electoral College their are electorrs that can choose to vote in favor of what we -the people- want if they agree with it. The elector doesn't have to choose what the people want. In popular voting, the whole population gets to choose who they want as president without worrying that their vote will be put aside. It makes sure that we -the people- get what we want. They could just change the vote and choose who they want to run as presidency. The Electoral College doe shelp the counting of the votes because there are only 538 voters; however, we are in a diffrent time where electrical machines can help calculate the total number of votes for a large population.
Citizens with the right to vote feel like it is not needed for them to vote because the have a low number of electors, while having a large number of population. It would benifit them if instead of having a certain number of electors that you have to "trust" and hope they vote for the candidate you are going for, they will be able to directly vote for them using the method of popular votes to chose the president. The citizens will know that their vote counts and that it can't be changed because they wont have electors voting for them.
Popular vote gives the citizens freedom and it helps to better calculate what the people want. The United States is a nation that is governed by the people and is runned based on what we want. It wouldnt make sense to deprive us from our voting rights. The constitution states that this goverment was created by the people, from the people, for the people and allowing us to vote by popular will help reinforce this because it will give us the freedom and liberty to choose as we -the people- want. | 3 |
Dear State Senator jan,28 2015
I'm not in favor of keeping the electoral college or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states because i've been informed that when we vote for our candidate, we are actually voting for our candidate's electors. the electoral college is a process, not a place. Our founding fathers had established this in the constitution as a comprise between election of the president. as said the electoral college consists of 538 electors. each candidate running for president has his or her own group of electors. 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The electorals are generally chosen by the candidates political party, but varys by the state laws on what their responsibility are. Presidental election are held every 4 years on the tuesday after the first monday in november. we help choose our state electors when we vote for our president. most states have a "winner takes all" system that awards all electors the the winnig candidate. After the election, our state governor prepares a " Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your sate with the electors too. so when we vote for our candidiate, then we are really votiong their electors. It should be that we just vote for our candidate and that be just that. the electors do the vote for their candidate, with our votes that we put for our candidate.
Richard Nixion, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO all the one the that they agree on. And its that answer i had in the begining. To be against the electoral college. They want to abolish the electoral college. But they are not alone. In 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote, but lost the presidency. over 60 percent would perfer the direct election. Whats with the electoral college you may ask? Voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. I want to know who picks the electors in the first place? It really depends on the state who decides. One other thing about the electoral college is that they are unfair to voters. During 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all. and voters in 25 of the largest media market didn't get to see not even a single campaign ad. So it is official. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.
The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratic method of selecting a president that is to be by declaring the candidiate who was givien the most popular votes the winner. There is said ti be five reasons for retaining the electoral college. 1. Certainty of Cutcome, 2. Everyone's President, 3. Swing States, 4. Big States, 5. Avoid Run-Off Elections. its an arguement that the electoral college method of selecting the president may be turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in texas, for example or Republicans in california. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.
So as you can see the reason of what i had put down, the electoral college is one that im not in favor of because it being not fair. and the fact that we are voting for the elector, not the candidates who are running for president. wish that you can see it from my point of view. Thank you for your time from: PROPER_NAME | 1 |
Have you heard of the Seagoing Cowboys Program? Well, It is a program that you will be able to take care of mules, young cows, and horses that were shipped over seas. You should join because it is helping Europe and Asia take care of animals and supplies.
One reason to join is that you help animals travel from one place to another. You will be helping European and Asian countries recover their animals, food supplies, and more. You will visit many countries helping them recover and saving animal's lives as well. And I was happy with what I was doing.
As I said in the first paragraph you will travel to many places. You will able to have some free time when you are at a country because I got to travel to Crete and see an excavated castle and also marveled at the Panama Canal. It was fun to travel all over the world to help people.
On this trip I learned my way around a few countries and how it feels to help people just because you want to. You might get hurt along the way but at least you are doing what is right. By doing this I was drafted into the military when I turned 18 and when they learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service. So as I did I saw how much distruction wars could do. By that I became aware of what people need.
To sum up my thoughts, I think you should join The Seagoing Cowboys Program because you are helping animals and people, you visit many places, and you learn things along the way. And I have exprience of getting hurt during these trips but that should not stop you from helping your world go through horrifying events. So, in future reference I advice you to do what is right no matter what. | 2 |
Reading emotional expressions of students i the classroom is no always right becouse some might look happy but accualy be sad or angry. The teachers might think we like doing homwork but it makes us sad I think because we dont like doing homwork becouse its boring.
The Technology might know what emotinal expressions we might be thinking but we might be thinking of a there are differnt new emotion reconitton software that tracks these facel movements. When you tighten your lips some tipes it shows anger.
We can tell how a friend is feeling becouse there actions or just by simply looking at his/her face. the mona lisa was intenialy spoced to put a smile on anyones face. some of the people are non verbal so they dont show a face.
They contruct a 3-D computer model thatb can model the face by taking a picture of it. We have 6 basic emotions some of them are happiness surprise anger fear disgust and sadness and there all assoiated whith the 44 movements in your musles.
I think there is way more musles in your head but thats just me im not no scientist that observes this all day long. I really like how math calculates emotions i didnt know that. they begain at your cheek bones. | 0 |
The author of this text support the idea of studying Venus even knowing the danger, as he explains and describe Venus, he list reasons why we should study more about this curious planet.
In the majority of the paragraphs he list reasons of the importance of studying Venus also talks about the dangers and risks of this planet, like the temperature, "Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in the Solar System".
A big idea he added to his text is the similarities that Venus has or used to have compare to the earth, such as oceans that were a while ago, mountains, volcanoes, "Long ago, Venus had oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth". People sometimes refers to Venus as the Earth's twin.
Knowing all the risks that Venus present, NASA has ideas to send humans to study this planet. NASA's ideas are creating an blimp-like vehicle that would fly obove Venusian landscape and avoid hard conditions from the landscape and make to survive storms... Also it will be colder but still hot, around 170 degrees.
The author explains very good why we should go ahead and study Venus, even knowing the risks, we have the knowledge to solve these issues and it will be a big setp forward for humanity. | 2 |
Many people dont get the chance to travel like a "Seagoing Cowboy" does. You can experience other cultures and customs ,as well as having fun in other countries. You could see monuments like the Eiffel Tower the ,Louvre ,or even the Great Wall of China. The fun of being able to taste other foods would be great. It would be awesome to travel all over the world like a "Seagoing Cowboy" does
Also helping out other countries makes me feel good about myself. You could also learn alot about cattle and farm animals aboard the ship on your way there. You could also play games when your not tending the animals ,(that might pass the time on the way back too). Also knowing that you could have saved many others lives with the cattle and other animals. Thats what i think anyway if i got the chance i would definitly be a "Seagoing Cowboy" | 1 |
Driverless cars are a dangerous thing that this society doesn't need. Driverless cars aren't completley driverless. They just stop doing their own thing as soon as they need the human help, this could cause accidents, tragic deaths, and lots of money from whoever is responsible. Are driverless, safe, cars really possible?
In 2009 the first "driverless" car could drive under specific conditions. It even drove "half a million miles without a crash". They still require a human driver to take over whenever pulling in and out of driveways. The driver also has to drive whenever there is roadwork or accidents, because the driverless cars aren't capable of figuring out where to go by themselves. The awesome cars on tv that drive all by themselves with no probelm really aren't a reality for us.
Some have hope that one day driverless cars may really happen, because of how far we've come with research and improvements. In the 1950s General Motors made a car that could drive on a special track, but the tracik was imbedded with electrical cable. This sent radio waves to the car to help direct it. Berkeley engineers tried something like this, they made it so the car could read positive and negative polarity in binary code. These experiments worked really well, but in order for that to work around the world we would have to upgrade every exsisting road. That's way to expensive and quite frankly to much to ask for such a new kind of technology.
In order to have driverless cars without changing every road in the world they would need lots of sensors. One sensor on the reer wheel, roof, rearview mirror, gps, inertial motion, and four automotive radar sensors. The combination of these sensors is supposed to mimic the skills of a human driving. We've used speed sensors before in the 1980s to create antilock brakes. These sensors over the time span of ten years became so advanced that they can detect out of control skids or rollovers.
In 2013 BMW developed a new car that has traffic jam assistance, they say the car can handle speeds up to 25 mph, but the car still requires the driver to keep hold of the wheel. None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. These cars have been givent he ability to steer, accelerate, and bake themselves, but they all still need a driver to alert when they can no longer handle the situation. The driver has to remain alert at all times, and be ready to take over at a moments notice. Manufacturers are considering using cameras insure the driver is watching the road while the car watches the driver.
Some manufacteres and drivers are afraid that the driver will get bored with only being able to drive half of the time. So they want to provide these cars with in-car entertainment, but still have a way to inform the driver that they need to take over, and will instantly shut the entertainment off. Traffic laws are made so that a car being driven by a human is the only safe way because they have control at all times. Some states fear accidents so they have banned even test driving these cars. These states would include California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia.
Even if traffic laws were to change, new laws would still be needed. These laws would need to cover liability in case the car got into an accident, because the new technology failed. If that were to happen people fear there would be huge fights over who is responsible for the damage. The manufacter or the person who was "driving." Telsa believes the 2016 project will be sucessful because they are creating a car that has the ability to drive 90 percent of the time. Still the car is not driverless.
Driverless cars are more harm than they are good. Sure they may save money on gas, but they would require a lot more attention than a normal car. Driving in a normal car you know you have to be alert all the time. In a "driverless" car you don't, but If it were me i'd be more alert because i'd be afraid that all of a sudden the car isn't going to handle what's going on and turn the responsibility over to me. This would cause lots of stress and anxiety whenever trying to drive. Driverless cars just aren't something we need. | 4 |
In "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the use of Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotions of students ina classroom is valuable.
This is shown through the author's description of the benefits of being able to read expressions of students, as well as the increased understanding of emotions that can be uncovered due to this technology.
Recently, Prof. Thomas Huang and his colleague have developed ways for computers to better communicate with humans through a program designed to calculate noverbal human emotions.
This technology has proved able to recognize expressions of humans, and so has expanded the frontiers of human communication with technology.
In particular, this advancement could provide benefits in the education system.
The reading of expressions in studnets would prove beneficial to the educational process of understanding what content best suits a student's learning ability.
Dr. Huang predicts, "A class Room computer could recognize when a studnet is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 6).
This shows how the technology would allow a computer to effectively "recognize" a students emotions, and correlate or "modify" the corresponding lesson to better fit his or her learning.
It would provide an "effective" tool for intructors to be able to better understand what their student needs in order to succeed.
Expressions or feelings such as "confusion" or being "bored" would allow teachers to better invest time and effort in teaching topics that best fit with these emotions, and so it would help make teaching easier in response to the needs of students.
The technology would also continue to increase knowledge of human emotions through interpretation of the many expressions such as nonverbal communication.
In turn this would help with the education of students, as an increased understanding of human feelings would allow the system to acknowledge issues or needs that specific students have.
Being able to match their emotional abilities with the best subject for them to succeed in would be an option.
This would provide teachers with a system that best maximizes potential and limits issues in the classroom that involve expression or emotion.
D'Alto writes, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness - and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (D'Alto 3).
From this we can see that if implemented, this technology could help identify primary human emotions such as "happiness" or "anger".
This would allow computers to identify "characteristic movements" and translate this into emotion.
With this technology at our disposal, we can better understand how people in general portray their feelings through the anatomy of their face, and better understand the identity of these emotions in the physical aspects of expression.
This understanding would in turn allow students and teachers to better understand their emotions, and so best match their tendencies to educational programs or classes.
Continuing with the idea of better understanding emotions in the technology would also prevent issues relating to student behavior such as academic honesty or problems with stress or anger, as understanding the emotional expression conveyed by students would help implement systems to better prevent these unwanted actions.
For instance, the author writes, "But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle... To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" (D'Alto 8).
This is an example of the increased benefits of this technology, and particularly pertaining to education, it can be used to detect whether students are being honest or "truthful" through their expressions.
Although it is not guaranteed, the technology would still provide another option in understanding what studnets feel or what they are truly going through.
It would allow schools or instructors to change their teaching or development programs in order to relieve studnets of unwanted emotion, and it would also help benefit the disciplinary system, as being able to detect true emotions could help distinguish one issue from another.
Overall and in conclusion, a better understanding of human expression by technology provides an improved tool for instructors to help with the learning and development of students, as this allows them to fit learners' studying emotional tendencies with that of the best option or way of teaching. | 3 |
The thing they saw is just a natural landform. There is no evidence that someone could have made it. Its just the was people look at it making them think that its a face. Things occur and just move things and make them look different. they may also made different shapes and objects. there is no evidence that aliens could of done it.
My opinion is that the way things move things could have crashed into it and made it look like a face. Its just something natural that happened. They don't have enough evidence to show what caused the face to form. Many things could have happened for the face to form but it doesn't mean that aliens or ancient things could of done this.
NASA has been putting a lot of money into this to see what caused this thing to form. They think there is life on that planet and that is what caused it to form and something made that thing that looks like a face. They saw that there wasn't any alien movement that it ws just a natural land form and thats what is. No aliens could have done this face. The thing that they thought was a face was just a mesa.
All of this was just that they thought aliens had done the face. but then they discovered that there was no alien movement and figured out that it was just a mesa. they were done with their research because they had nothing else to do with the mesa that they thought something had formed it. | 2 |
First, I like the way the author write the introduction, because in the article on paragraph 1" sometimes called the evening star and Venus is the secont planet form our sun" shows the author really knows what he/she is talking about. He also support it by including Earth, Venus ,and Mars are goes by different speed; Venus is sometimes right around the conner but sometimes we far from it and closer Mars.
Second, I can tell that the authors research about the past ,because in the article in paragraph 2" each previous mission was unmanned, no spacecarft survived, and not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades" shows he actually know about spacecraft and about 3 decades ago. Also, in paragraph 7 he also conclude about first envisioned in 1800s and 1940s during World War ll.
Third, I like the way the author use to describe Venus because in paragraph 2 and 3, he/she describe by saying" Often referred to as Earth twin" and in paragrath 4 the author suupport it by saying" it may well once have been the most Earth like planet" and " probably covered largely with oceans and various forms of life".
Finally, in the author included about how NASA will be keep challenging to get to the Venus safely and how they will going to working on a machines that last long enought to contribute meaningfully knowledge of venus. This shows that the author researched about how NASA Challenging to get to Venus. To support my sentence, In paragraph 7 " eletronics made of silicon carbide have lasted for three weeks".
In conclusion, the author is good at introduction and the explaining details ,because I can actually imagine how the Venus will be look like just by reading this article. | 2 |
Most of the people on Earths examinated that visiting a different planet such as Venus is endanger places to explore but the author from "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" denied what others thought was wrong. The author suggest that visiting is one of the greatest planet to visite, need to investigated, and how it impact the people who live on Earth and expecially the planet Earth it self. Venus is oftenly "reffered to as Earth's twin".
The author included that Venus is one of the greatest place to visited. The text says,"Venus is the closets planets to Earth.." This texts show that it's not far from Earth, and making people should take their chance to visited. The other texts support that it's would be the greatest opportunity for the people who would be willing to put his life at risk for good and worst,"a crucial consideration gioven the long time frames of a space travel". "The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable but what are the options for making suh a mission both safe and scientically productive?". This both evidence from the texts exaplain that throught the worst part it would make things better.
More people such as young adult, who studies about the Earths' revolution or who is a scientist, Venus is a great place to study about the enviromental as such, weather;climate, the population and the atmosphere. The author is making a comparison about Venus and Earth, how they alike. They could make a comparison about Earth and Venus; how they are alike and are different. "the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." "and the atmospherc pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet." This texts support the evidence about the comparison about Earth and Venus how are they different. "such as enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." This means that in our planet; Earth how it is difficult for people to survived due to such as hurricane and tornado.
Venus would be the greatest helper for Earth it self in many goods. The contact is the insight of the condition it form lights and how it would impact magnificent the solar system that produced from Venus are because Venus is "the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system.." The author also described it as "powerful earthquakes" that form "lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." This evidence means that Venus has a strong power that would form the bigger lighting than Earth and it would be the great helper for the humans to uses to make our solar system a better one.
Venus is oftenly "reffered to as Earth's twin" . Many people on Earth should take a chance to visit Venus and learn about the magnifcent circumstand between both planet, Eath and Venus. The main reason is Venus one the greatest helper an impact the people who lives on Earth many way. One of them the people would learn many entity on Venus by exploring and investigate how things work. People could also make assuption or making comparison about Venus and Earth and they would learned to make the Earth a better place to live and give a credict to the Venus for helping the people live in Earth. | 2 |
The mission to Venus is one that has been on a consent want and need for men and women but due to Venus challenging surface and atmoshphere, it causes many set backs for NASA but they dont allow that to stop them. In the text it claims that, " While Venus is simple to see from the distand but safe vantage point on earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely" (Challenge 1). It's possible to see Venus from Earth and enjoy the beauty as it comes, but many others want a closer look of the beauty and dangers of Venus. NASA calls them missions and this is where the most results of a planet come to piece together the study. It's clear that missions are dangerous but, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours" (Challenge 2). Sending unmanned spacecraft before actual people is there way is studying without harming the people that are willing to risk a lot.
Earth and Venus are two planets that are very interesting due to their layouts and the features and each one holds, each planet may have things that we won't know until we discover them. In the passage it explains what Venus is to us, shown
here, "Often referred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the clost planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too" (Challenge 2). This may seem like great news the two planets are alike and are close together but understanding a planet that has never seen people is hard. Not only that huamns have never stepped foot on the planet but the overall income it may take to build a spacecraft, only for it to last couple of hours on the planet. Many issues come to the surface when taking about sending a spacecraft to Venus most often it's, "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's repution as a challening planet for humans to study, despite it's proximity to us" (Challenge 2). After counting up the possible outcome of a mission to Venus, it's always a outcome very little information and the need for more. This make NASA went to explore a planet that is so close but has countless dangers.
The dangers of one planet similar to the planet that many people live on would be far fetched until meeting Venus. That means the yes Earth and Venus may be twins but ones not like the other. Earth is a place of great colors and has a sence of beauty until looked upon by Venus, shown in the text that, "Such an environment would crash even a submarine accustomed to driving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" (Challenge 3). When saying that Earth and Venus are twins, it can be seen more as Venus is the evil twin and doesn't mean to but just is. Venus is a present waiting to be open, it's a like present because it's never known what's in store for the person or persons opening it. The text explains that "Venusian geology and wather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to lond on it's surface" (challenge 3). The climate of Venus isn't a remake of Earth it's clear that it's hold a lot more dangers to the study of the planet. Also Earth shares those dangers but not at the scale that Vensu might.
Although Venus is dangerous up close Astronomers are still looking for answers and enlightment on the planet. The reasons for them still wanting figure out this planet is due to, "Venus probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like those on Earth" (challenge 4). At one point Venus have have been a on point twin capable on inhabiting lifeforms to live out thier days. Now Venus seems like it's been in a bad mood due to the change. since the overrall climate of Venus giving many scientist a hard time with the study of the planet shown in the text, "Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from distance" (Challenge 6). The consent change in weather and how it already is makes it hard for researchers to reach the surface to gather information. Leaving the scientists in a tough spot and not being able to do much other than just look and admire.
Scientists are not willing to tap out and say game over, they are determind to unfold the secrets of Venus and the hidden life that it may or may not take care of without anyone knowing, Scientists are hard at work with, "Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulationg the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions" (Challenge 7). They made a carbide that would be able to withstand the climate and treats that Venus throws that it, this could help with the resreach. There is a meaning behind travel to Venus and it's clear that many want this. Shown in the text that " Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insighted to be gained on the planet itself" (Challenge 8). It means a lot to people that if this was capable of doing they would be helping with it because it would help further the span of life for many humans. Venus is a planet much like ours, it may hold some differeance but in the end it's clear to see that every planet does. No doubt that the dangers of space are anywhere and everywhere no matter where the mission is taking place but it's the bigger picture that matters. | 4 |
There is both positive and positive agriments about the driverless cars. I see this as something positve. why do i see the positive ? I see this as something positive beacuse is evry person woud havw a driverless car there woud be a less number of accedints. I think that all of the car accidets that happen are beacue of pepole not puting attetio on the road beacuse they are texting or doing something else and not having there eyes on the roads. another reson why pepole have accidents is beacuse they go to fast and go over speed, the driverless can has sensor that would make it not go over speed limits and not go on a red light and make an accitient by going on a red light. Originally , many futurists are manufacuring driverless cars so i don't see a problem with there not being enough driverless cars for evryone to have one. The price on cars like this won't be high do to the large amout of companies that are making them.
But for the other side there are negative sides to have driverless cars beacues what happens if your in the car and you fall asleep for waiting your turn to drive or maybe you have to drive beacuse theres an acciden in the road and your tierd and sleepy and for some how you lose control of the are and have an accident. Televison and movies have long been fascinted with cars that could drive themsleves but who can tell us that its really going to be like that ? no one beacuse i've seen a lot of things on television and when i buy then and use then they are not what i saw on television.
A point of veiw i also have but dont know if its positive or negative is about the lays beacues not in all states it's llegal to drive or test this kind of cars. the lawmakers woud also have to sit down and talk about if it's save to have this cars in the roads.
But in order to to see what happens and see if its something positve or negative we'll have to wait and see what happens in some years or who knos if theres ever going to be driverles car aroungd the world or just here in the unided states. | 2 |
There are many different emotions that you go through on a daily basis. Some of them are pleasing motions and others aren't. Every emotion that you go through can be seen by other people through your facial queues. Facial queues are important in some instances, but they are not important for education.
The Facial Action Coding System would have a lot of uses on a set for a tv program or play. It could help make a set run more efficiently by automating ligh queues and what not. The opposite of that is true for schools. There is not a real good reason for schools to use funding to buy FACS because not every computer in the school needs one. It might be useful to have one on every external door to the school to aid with security but not on school computers. In paragraph 5 of the excerpt it states, "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day." That sentence is explaining that humans already do what the FACS does, Furthermore we don't need a computer to read our emotions because we already do so.
Facial queues are important to everyday life. It is how humans read and help understand eachother. A FACS can be useful to help further security in schools, but not as useful to help students learn. | 1 |
What you think about Venus? Think we should study more ?
Venus is the second planet in the solar system and it's close to Earth and Mercury. Venus is sometimes called the " Evening Star " and it's one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. 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. I say we should study one planet per unit in science class. In case a student wants to be in the NASA, they can study bout each planet and they can know whats coming.
In paragraph 2 it states " Each mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study, despite its proximity to us." The author is explaining details on why we should study Venus. If anoyone lands on Venus they won't survive much because they won't last more than few hours. Most spacecraft and spaceships need a lot of hours to be able to discover more about Venus.
In paragraph 3 it states " Venus has
the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even thought Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like eruping volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."
This states one reaons why spacecraft and spaceships wouldn't last a few hours on Venus. It is very hot their skin can probably melt down very quick or once they touch Venus their spaceship can melt or not work anymore and they won't be able to go back to Earth.
While people are studying about the planet can always find out something new about it. They can find out stuff about the old times or what that planet had long ago, or whats going happen to it, and etc. In paragraph 4 it states that " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely
with ocean and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, moutains, and craters."
This demonstrates how the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and how the author supports the idea. Still think we should study Venus? I still agree with the author that we should study Venus but I say we should study one planet per unit. | 2 |
Life at Sea
In my point of view this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone back in 1945. His friend made a huge part of him going into Seagoing Cowboys. Growing up said he had two jobs so that mae it perfect for it beacause he ahd the expirence of working hard. He also helping his Aunt Kate's farm helped him get used to working hard for something. Luke and his friend Don was planing on doing this together. Don invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat, before he probaly wouldnt even had done it. Luke literaly almost died because he almost fell off board. Maybe if Don didnt tell him maybe he wouldnt never almost died on the cattle ship.
Luke said it was an adventure , it opened up a new world for him, he said ," I am grateful for his opportinity," he says," It made we aware of other people of other coutries and thier needs." he said he was grateful for it he didnt think of it as just doing it because you have to he wanted to do, he saiid once in a lifetime oppuntity, he wanted to he wasn't pushed his choice. In Luke's point of view that was probaly the best choice of his life.
People sould do this because it could change ou for the better and worst. You would help people who need it. If you like animals you would be around animals all the time . You would notice he good an d bad thing in othe rcountries. Please sign up for this so you can help and serve your own country . Everything and everyone needs help around the world . So help,serve, and e helpful so other people could be happy | 1 |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you didnt have to drive a car, and instead it drove itself. This is what Google is trying to do. They are trying to make the driving cars you see on television a reality. While it may seem like a fun and cool idea I dont thhink a driving car would be a good thing. While they might use less gas they would be better if they just helped the human driver instead of taking over. Cars that have human drivers and the car helps them when they need it would be better than self driving cars.
Cars should be able to just help the driver to insure not only the drivers safety but the safety of others. If the car would help the driver the car would "apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone"(paragraph 5). Technology working along with humans makes the world a safer place. But giving too much credit to technology is when you start to mess up. When cars start to help out drivers, humans look for more ways that this can happen. When doinng this people make "Further improvements in sersors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving task on their own"(paragraph 5). This is when cars should be where humans are driving the cars. If you keep allowing cars to be able to hand all of the drivng tasks they start to take over and drivers start to lean on the car for helping than using their driving skills. When this happens drivers depend on the car and when the malfunctions the crash or hit something because they were to busy trying to let the car do all of the work. Some wonder why people would need a driveless car would still need a driver. A BMW project manager by the name of Dr. Werner Huber says '' We have to interpret the driving in fun new way''(paragrapg 8). The thing about this is driving in itself is a fun thing. When you you take a driveless car and replace the it takes all of the fun out of being a driver. In order to make driving ''more fun'' "Some manufacture hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up display. Such displays can be turned off instantly whenthe driver needs to take over"(paragraph 8). The thing about this is not all humans have a quick reaction time. That is why have a human driver that does all the driving is better because it gives the driver time to react. Lastly self driving cars dont have a law were if a self driving car hits something or someone the car gets put into the dump. No the law says that if a human someone or something it goes to jail. So if it is true and a self driving car malfunctions and hit someone do the company get sued or does the driver goes to jail? If the driver goes to jail, I bet a less people will go out and buy a self driving car becuase all technology malfunctions sometime, nothing last forever.
I think cars should not be able to drive themselves. Cars were made so humans can have fun and go places that are to far to walk. Cars should just be able to help out the driver to insure everyone safety not give in-car enterainment beacsue 9 times out of 10 that driver will crash because their reaction time is slow. When it comes down to it and you are in the car would you want to be able to see around you and stop the on time so you dont get hit or hit something else or would you rather be watching tv in your car untill the car needs you and you get hit or something hits you because your were to slow to hit the brakes? I would choose the first one because i value my life and the life around me. But the chose is yours, just remeber that once cars take our jobs there is now going back. | 3 |
A computer reading your emotions? In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smila" the author talks about how Facial Action Coding System is able to read emotions and how it may help students in the classroom. This technology in a classroom will not be beneficial because it is costly, may distract students, invades privacy, and may lead to ineffective learning.
In paragraph 7 the author states "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile". The average home PC's price ranges from about $200 USD to $500 USD. Since the average home computers can not handle these algorithms then the school must purchase higher end computers which will be very costly since every student will need one. Also every student travels throughout the school so the school must be able to purchase laptops with this advanced hardware and software so that the students will be able to use them in every class they attend.
In paragraph 6 of the article the author states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and "then it could modify the lesson". When in a lesson at school not every student will enjoy the lesson, which will cause them to have a bored or even tiresome expression. Having this expression will cause the computer to attempt and make the lesson more intresting; but what if the student is still bored? The computer will keep trying to modify the lesson which could cause it to lead away from the original goal of the lesson so much that the student is no longer focused on the original topic.
Having a computer constantly reading your emotions will invade on your privacy. Paragraph 6 states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" "Then it could modify the lesson". When detecting the student is bored or confused it will have to relay this information to the teacher letting them know that due to the student's emotion that it will be modifying the lesson to accomodate them. This means that when a student may be having a bad day or may just be in a bad mood that it will recognize that and store that information so that the teacher can know. The student may not have wanted anyone to know but now this program doesn't allow that student his right to privacy.
Since this program will be modifying your lesson due to your emotions it may lead away from what the teacher was originally trying to teach. If the intended goal is to teach the student how the mitochondria works withing a cell but the student has a bored face on the program will try to modify the lesson. When the lesson is modified it will try to catch the attention of the student even if it has to continue modifying th elesson. The lesson can be modified to such an extent that the student does learn the lesson partially but not as exstensively as the teacher had originally intended.
Facial Action Coding Systems is a great asset in scientific field. The program though is not practicial within a setting such as a classroom. The program may lead to expensive purchases for the school, more distractions for the students, privacy invasion, and lessons which do not teach exactly as intended. | 4 |
The long list of benefits that comes from limited car usage are mostly based on where you live and how much you do your part. Laws and restrictions have been arriving across the entire world to see the effects of having little or no automobiles in the community. Other countries that have an intense cloud of smog need to ban car use in the millions at a time to help settle down the atmosphere there.
Life without cars today can be very well described in Elisabeth Rosenthal's article
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars . In her article she describes how the community is shaped and condensed in order to make travelling to necessarry places easy through walking or bike riding distance. This is the kind of turn around that the world needs as well. With the amount of pollution happening, this is a good experiment that will hopefully spread all over the planet.
The amount of pollution affecting certain cities across the world is getting rather out of hand. In Robert Duffer's article
Paris bans driving due to smog , he talks about the intense pollution over France's capital, resulting in the partial ban of almost
HALF
of the amount of cars on the road at once. Those who violated the ban's rules were fined, and thousands of cars were impounded as well due the the reaction of citizens when they received the fine. In paragraph 14 of the article, Duffer states that "
Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France ,
after five days of intensifying smog."
The ban clearly worked, showing that it was indeed the heavy number of vehicles on the road all at once.
Programs all across the world have gotten people in the millions to find other methods of travel that did not cause any pollution. Columbia is a huge example as shown in Andrew Selsky's article
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota . In the article, Selsky specifies about how millions of Columbians have taken alternative modes of transport, whether it be hiking, biking, or skating as opposed to general driving. Even on account of rain, the citizens found ways to get about without using their cars. This is making Bogota a more human and social place as well, as Selsky states, "
Parks and sports centers have also bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks."
This event is happening for the good of the people and of the planet, and it seems like everyone is okay with that.
With the way our world is rapidly changing with a new generation and new technology, we are going to have to adapt from our old habits. Young adults are not seeing the full necessity of buying a vehicle when they can get to where they need to go by other means that are less expensive and less harmful to the environment. The need for everyone to have a car is slowly going down. It may never completely go away, but it is reducing greatly. | 3 |
Have you ever been in a situation where you have very little to no control at all? How anxious were you in this situation? This feeling is something that we have all been through at least onces in our lives. Having known this feeling very well myself, I feel that having Driverless Cars would be a huge mistake. Having the ability to sit back and watch your car drives itself would lead to one being distracted more often because they would have more time to check a phone or send a text. Having independent cars could also result in more accidents that were the after effect of a computer malfunction. Another flaw that was stated in the passage dealt with the fact that if one crashes, there could be an endless fight of who is really liable, the driver or the manufacturer. Having the technology to make self dependent cars would lead to more time for distractions, a higher chances of malfunctions, and law sutis over liablity.
Having Driverless Cars would allow most of the population to have more time to get distracted. If a teen has just gotten a new tablet and wants to get it all set up and go some where at the same time, they would be able to do this. They would jump into their car and start messing with their new toy. If a little kid happens to run into the road while the driver isn't paying attention, the car probably wouldn't have time to react. Now the driver has to deal with a man slaughter charge just becuase the car was supposed to do it for her. The situtation is also a perfect example of how these cars could malfunction.
Another flaw to the new concept of self driving cars is the fact that they could suffer computer malfunctions at any time. If the driver needs to drive through a dirt road, the car could hit a bump that would knock a wire lose that controls the speed of the vehicle. The car could also get rain water into on of the control panels that migh end of leaving one stranced on the side of the road due to an electrical fire. Another computer flaw is that nothing is perfect. Not every single computer hard drive or control panel is going to be exactly right.
One little mistake by the developer could lead to an entire city worth of cars having to be recalled. At this point if a driver is in a recalled vehicle and gets into an accident, who is there really to blame?
The final reason to keep independent cars just a dream is the fact that there is no way to tell who is really liable for the accident. If a civilian is driving through a street in the city while another is on a bike and they hit at a intersection with numerous blind spots, who is going to take the blame. Will the pedestrian on the bike be charged because he wasn't aware of the unknown blind spot? Will the civilian in the car be charged with unvoluntary man slaughter because he/she expected the car to stop, or will the manufacturer be charged because their flawless design lead to the death of a innocent citizen? There are so many reasons to just leave this unlikely vision in the minds of the creators: however, these three are really the things that companies need to pay attention to.
The way that people can get distracted so easily, the way that computers can malfunction, and the way that people will try to put the blame on others are three reasons why companies need to leave independent cars in a dream. People should never have to worry about a car with a mind of its own killing innocent people. The entire idea of Driverless Cars is completely filled with flaws that could lead to infinite problems in the driving world. Driverless cars should not be part of our future or any one else's after that. | 3 |
A growing trend in day to day life that is occuring around the world is "car-free" day. Car-free day has spread in cities and towns around Europe and the Americas to separate suburban life from automobile use. This is benefitial in many ways to the growth, forward movement, and health of towns. So far Europe, Asia, and the Americas have given up car usage for a day, and even given up car usage entirely.
Different cities practice car-free day differently. In Paris, the near-record pollution was at its height. The city participated in car-free day by enforcing a partial driving ban and making people with even numbered license plates leave their cars at home. The following day, the odd numbered liscense plates were confined to home. Any person who didn't follow guidlines and conduct was fined. The congestion of smog in the capital of France decreased by sixty percent. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals, like Brussels and London. By participating in the car-free day, Paris was able to contribute to cutting down the greenhouse gas emisisions and temporarily fix a few environmental concerns in Paris. Even though they had some effective results, Paris wasn't the only city that participated in the trend.
Across the Atlantic ocean in Bogota, the program allowed Colombians of Bogota to hike, bike, skate, or take public transportation to work. The car-free day left the normally buisy, full and loud streets devoid of traffic jams. The goal to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog was enforced by minor fines. Despite the fact that rain showers were common, it did not stop the people from participating. The people of he town viewed it as a day of taking away stress and lowering ar polution. The day without cars has been part of an improvement campaign since the mid 1990s, and has since been practiced at least one day out of the year. Authorities from countries all around the world have gone to the event and were impressed and some were inspired. Even other cities that are in Colobia have joined the event like Cali and Valledupar.
Back in Europe, the city of Vauban, Germany, has taken place in a permanent car-band. Street parking, driveways, and home garages are nearly forbidden in the experimental and new district of Freiburg. While car ownership is allowed, there are only two places to park. People that live there generally like the way of life in Vauban. Many of them sold their cars just to move there in the first place. The overall feeling of living in a city free of cars seems to lift stress of the people that live there. Therefore, the people are happier and more productive. Vauban is known as the most advanced experiment in attmepts to make suburbs more compact and have a minut number of vehicles. Supermarkets and stores as a result have been moved to a closer distance so that they could be walking distance away. Our development as people over the past century hads been based on the car, and Vauban goes completely against the idea that progress is based off of the car.
Even in America, Obama is ambitious to change the amount of the United States polution. While although cities have yet to participate in car-free day, Citizens are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses across America each year. This gives researchers the idea that America is passed the peak driving level. American life has been integrated with cars from the time that the Model T was born. As the amount of jobs decrease, people just can not afford to buy cars. People in America have lost the general idea of a car and it's uses. Young adults in college have learned to use other ways of transport like carpooling with a friend, public transportation, or walking to the destination. The amount of people has dropped more than twenty percent and still continues to drop. This incipient stage of American life has implied the idea of alternatives to multiple motored vehicles.
Cities all around the world are deciding to practice their own car free day and are decreasing the use of cars altogether. The practice of car-free day has caused parks to initiate, sidewalks to be prepared repaired, cut traffic, give joy to the people, and overall diminish air polution. | 3 |
Was there life on Mars? Around 25 years ago, NASA's spacecraft named, Viking 1, was in search for the sister ship, Viking 2. While searching, they spotted on Mars, something in the form of a human face! Could it be signs of Aliens on Mars? It seemed to be looking at
a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. Among the mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Lab, there must have a number of people shocked to see face on their moniters. It was sensational while it lasted. Scientes firgured it to be another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia.
NASA decided to show the rest of the world what they had seen. The caption read as, " huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." It was reasoned out to be a good to get attention to Mars. It actually worked! Since then that face became a pop icon showing up in flims, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines!
Many people came to the conclusion that there was life on Mars. Well, they were wrong. Scientists keep trying to figure it out. Soon it came to a dead end. The picture actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. "That's a lave dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars." | 1 |
The argument of the face on Mars, which I am here to discuss. I will be discussing these key things: What the face is and Why NASA wouldn't want to keep life in space a secrect.
The "face" is a rock mond. The shadows caused by the sun make the illusion of human features. The "face" is similar to some locations on Eath as stated by the cheif scientist. The "face" is the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa.
NASA is a program that would like more funding than already grated. If there is a major space break through NASA, would be grated a funding boost. NASA would not hide the sign of life from the public's eyes. NASA, most likely, would want to promote life in space.
Now in conclusion, the "face' is a rock mond and NASA would not life to hide alien life. Now that I have covered the topic what is your view on the face on Mars? | 2 |
Why I think that Luke should join the program. I think he should join the program beacause he is a good person in the story. Also I think should because he really does anything bad in the story he just things that won't get him in trouble. But also he is a good child in the story he deserves to be in that program because their is no actual reson he can't be part of that program. Also Luke does really deserve to be in that program because i don't think he has been in any other program in his life as it said in the story. But one thing that really stands out to me is that why cant he be part of that program because their really is no reason that he shouldn't be in that program.
Why Luke should be part of the program. I think that Luke should be part of that program because in the story it said that Luke really wants to be in that program because he has worked his whole life to be in that program. And another one of the reasons I think that he should be in that progrsm because he has worked his whole life for to get that program and also in the story it said that Luke would not give up to get into that program and be part of the program because he thinks that he deserves to be in that program and I think that he is qualified to be on that program.
why I think that Luke should be in that program. He deserves to be in that program because he their is no reason he should't be in that program. He is also a hard worker like it said in the text if I was Luke I would never give up to getting into that academy because if that was my dream I would never stop trying to get into that academy because I want to do something important in my life like join the academy Luke wants to join or be a doctor I never give up on my dreams. that why I think Luke should join that academy. | 0 |
Driverless cars should be developed. If driverless cars were used, rather than normal cars, people would save money on gas. In the passage, it says that the driverless cars use half as much gas than a normal car does. Also, driverless cars can be safer than normal cars. If all the cars were not being driven by people, would there even be traffic? So the car would not need an emergency driver just in case there is traffic.
Firsr of all, driverless car safety is constantly being updated, to make sure that the car doesn't get in an accident. The car has multiple sensors to know where it is going. There also still has to be a driver, so when there is traffic or road construction the driver can take over, helping prevent an accident. The car has an alert system that tells the driver to take the wheel. The driver also has to keep their hands on the wheel.
Additionally,The driverless cars could help a lot with public transportation. The driverless car can be used as a taxi to take people to nearby places. A driverless car could even prevent drunk driving because the drunk driver wouldn't be driving, the car would be driving. The drunk driver would get home safely.
In conclusion, driverless cars should be developed. They are very safe in protecting the driver and pesestrians. Driverless cars can help a lot in public transportation. Whether it be a bus stop or a drunk driver. Convince your governor to allow driverless cars. | 2 |
I think it is valuable to use this technology in schools or what ever there is they want to know or use them for or even on other things, beacuse you want to know if your students are sad or what they are feeling like on a day to day bases.
Since some kids dont really tell you whats going on with their life, and you see them sad or crying but they wont tell you what they are feeling like. So I think you can use these. I think students will find very interesting these computer models, beacuse they have 3-D cumputer models that recognize their faces and get every little muscle of their face to make almost like a replica in order to see the facil expressions you make, like when the cumputer recognises your face it shows if you like something or not like the ads on your phone.
If you like it it shows more like those you just watched, but sometimes In my opinion, feel like it just wants you to stay on your phone and kepp being on it, and I find it kind of creepy that it knows your face and the way you feel. But for the most part teen and other people would like these in a cool way to use. Just like they tried using it on a Mona Lisa painting to see what she was feeling back then, beacause she looked like she was very mad at somthing.
But other wise i think it will be great and i think they should use them in schools. I find it very interesting for many students and myself to use, I think they should allow it in many schools | 2 |
"Skrt!" "Boom!" That could be you in a car accident. Car accidents are really high in america and thats terrible. Many people believe that driverless cars will help reduce accidents. They won't reduce accidents they will only increase it because technology fails alot, it wont have fast reactions, and drives wont see whats going on.
Todays technology is great, but it fails alot. Once they perfect technolgy then maybe they could use a driverless car, meanwhile they shouldnt use it. I think its a great idea and descisons that some states wont allow or test driverless cars. They can hurt someone by technology turning off. What if someone hacks and goes and controls the car? People need to realize that its a bad idea.
How can a driverless car react? A human would have to be awake and see whats going on. If a car spuns out the car wont stop because it wont see it and its only focus is getting the human to the destination point. Humans rely on technology way too much. Its not safe, but it is usefull dont get me wrong.
The most important thing is that driver will trust the car and they will just sit back and relax. They wont see whats going on because they trust the driverless car. What if your running late and the car goes only its speed limit you wont make it to your job or the plave you need to be. Thats why driverless cars shouldn't be used until technology is perfected.
They are many reasons why we shouldn't allow driverless cars. I believe we shouldn't allow them until they are perfected. Until then we shouldn't be using them. There is also good things about driverless cars like using only half of fuel a regular car uses, but they stll aren't safe. | 2 |
Google field-tested a driverless car that drove five hundred miles with only one accident, which was when a human was driving the car. Driverless cars are hardly a new idea, but recently in the 21st century, it has become more and more of a reality. Ever since 2009 "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions" (Author). Driverless cars haven't been perfected yet and still rely on human assitance now and then, but with a few more years of research they could mass-produced.
Driverless cars should be used to replace current cars, trucks, and buses. They could be used like taxis and would use half as less fuel than what current taxis use. Additionaly, they are more manueverable than buses and are more practical for wide-spread use. Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes "such cars would fundamentally change the world" (Author). If the future he envisions is to become reality, then there are some barriers that need to be broken through.
Currently, driverless cars have to rely on human drivers to manuever through roadwork, accidents and other complicated traffic issues. We have yet to acquire sensors and technology advanced enough to handle situations like these. That hasn't stopped companies like Google who "modified [a] Toyota Prius [that] uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the reaviwe mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor" (Author). This car, dubbed LIDAR, cannot drive on its own as of yet. Other companies have just been developing driving assistants such as BMW's "Traffic Jam Assistant". Another big problem for companies trying to advance cars is states themselves. Since most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, most states have made illegal to even test computer-driven cars because lawmakers believe "safety is best achieved with alert drivers" (Author). States like California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars. Still, manufacturers believe that "more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe" (Author). Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident.
While completely driverless cars are somewhere in the distant future, and most people are still apprehensive about them, the impact that driverless cars can have on the economy and the world is astounding. As more and more years go by, companies are getting closer and closer to figure out this complex equation. People will just have to get used to this new advancement in technology and move on because these cars can make a difference. | 3 |
I believe that the election for our president of the United States should be chosen by popular vote and not by some random people we don't know. If I wanted to have someone to be in charge of what goes on where I live I would want to have a say on who should be in charge. I think that if a popular vote wasn't the determining factor in whom won the election; then that person didn't really win the election.
in the election of 2012 Barack Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Mitt Romney. the amount of electoral votes should not determine which of the nominees will win the election i should be whomever receives the majority of popular votes. in the election of 2000 Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, he received 271 electoral vote compared to Gore's 266 electoral votes.
There are many people who travel to vote for our president and it would not be fair to them if their votes didn't really matter because someone else made the final decision. If our president isn't chosen by the citizens of the united states then the person that was chosen by unfair terms and bias choices isn't really the president of the united states; but is truly the president of the men and/or women in the electoral college who chose he or she.
The president should be chosen fairly by a just and unbiased vote cast by the people of the united states. Only then is it truly fair and right to the citizens of the United States to call that man or woman our president! | 1 |
Venus is like the non explorable planet. The technology we have in the world today is not good enough to wistand the envirnment of Venus with its extremely harsh conditions. One of the things the is keeping people so interested is that Venus at one time was supposedly the most Earth like planet in our solar system.
We have tried to explore Venus multiple times but the explorations have been un named because after a few our the spacecrafts broke or quit on us. We think that this is because of Venuses harsh envirnement constisting of acid rain and clouds, the hottest surface temprature in our Milky Way, and the fact that it is so hard to catch the planet when it is close to our planet. "Also notteble Venus has the hottest surface temprature of any planet in the solar system, even though mercury is the closest to the Sun". Thats a reason why we cant land and stay there. One of the reasons we believe Venus used to be like Earth is because of its nottable past. "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth".
We are working on more developed technology as the years go by, but we are still not able tpo land and stay on Venuses surface. We are getting closer but are not ready or prepared to try again yet. | 1 |
Most people have been riding in cars there whole life and never once rode a bus. Knowing that it is bad of our planet Earth and yet we still do. But there are places and people who gave up their cars, whether it was for ever or just for one day. Many of us know that cars are partly responsible for Global warming and pollution, they are responsible for 12 percent because of gas emissions. The most polluted city in the world is Beijing, China. To avoid having that title of cities decided to take action.
Cities like Mexico City, Paris, and Bogata(Colombia), have certain days a week when certain cars can not be driven due to pollution that it may cause. To enforce this rule citizens will be fined if driving a vehicle that is not corresponding that day. However, citizens do have many other forms of transportation that are economical, buses and taxis are still in service every single day. Bogata has a population of 7 million, and they have a day called
Day Without Cars that happens only once a year where absolutly no one is allowed to drive there own car with the exception of taxi and bus drivers. If you are found driving you will fined as well. Carlos Arturo Plaza claims that 'it is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution' as he rode a two-seated bicyle with his wife (paragraph 24, Car-Free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota by Andrew Selsky). Recently two other Colombian Cities gave joined this Earth friendly event.
Vauban, Germany is a small town that is slowly growing because unlike most towns this one has no cars. There may be a few familys that own one car but they never use its only there for emergencys. In fact street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district (paragraph 2, In German Sburd, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal). 70% of the familys do not own a car, and 57% sold a car to move there. The citizens claim that when they did have a car they are always tense but with this new life style they are much happier and stress-free.
We are witnessing a long-term cultural shift. Every year few and fewer citizens are geting their licenses and few cars are being bought (paragraph 29, The End Of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal). It is now more common that many cannot afford a car because the prices are going up and you have to invest in it, plus car-pool is very popular. This cultural shift will be good for everyone and good for our planet. We need to take a much care and give so much to it because this planet that we call Earth is the reason that we are here. | 3 |
An argument that I have about Luke's point of view about the Seagoing Cowboys program is when the artical said, " By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips, the most of any Seagoing Cowboy," and " It toook two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China". Who would ever want to take that long overseas.
Then, he also said," Caring for animals during the crossings kept Luke busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be cleaned". I wouldn't want to work that hard overseas either.
Finally my last argument is when he said, " On his second trip, Luke served as night watchman. His job was to check on all the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Luke's heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide, keeping him from from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic. But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs. Who would ever want to go through that and get broken ribs. That is my argument to not be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 1 |
So obviously by reading the title in this excerpt, you can infer that this whole passasge is about Venus. How close, conditions there, and other basic backround knowledge. Why would the author want to include this? Because this excerpt is about the possibility and dangers of exploring Venus up close and personal. The author, in this passage, provides good detail, and opinion, causing me to agree with said author that Venus should be explored.
Like I said in the intro he starts of by painting a picture in your mind about what scientists at NASA are dealing with here. First, he gives you some relatable information about it. That to the normal human looking up at the sky, it's just a very bright star that's actually a very close planet. Then he proceeds to provide on some technical facts about condidtions. He says, " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus...On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."
To persuade someone something this big, you have to give reasons for them to care. Good ones too. So the author did just that. He explains many reasons why a mission to Venus whether it be manned or unmanned should be sent to Venus. He claims that the reward outweighs the risk. Do keep in mind this is a planet at an of average 800 degrees Farenheit. Well he explains that the planet might've once been like our home. That a variety of creatures must've once called Venus home. There is convience in the fact that it is very close and space travel is very long and that it's surface has some barren natural structures and valleys similar to that of the Arizona and Nevada region.
He also gives ways or really one way to go about doing this. In the passage he reminds the reader that the surface temperature is an average 800 degrees. He also needs you to remember about the atmosphere containing acid-like forms melting metal in minutes. Basically, the surface is the no-no zone. So how do you do it? He mentions the idea of having an aircraft vehicle, sort of like a blimp to go ahead and stay up in the air avoiding the hellish conditions of the ground. There is still some risk but overall a lot safer. He also gives the idea of fully mechanical machines to calculate as it takes steel metal longer to melt. All the while making you confident in the idea of an mission to Venus with these ways or concepts in mind for the sake of science.
So in conclusion if the author's goal was to persuade me, he definitaly persuaded me. He provides evidence to convince you there is a way, he convinces you that there is something to be had in Venus, while also telling you to beware as it could go wrong in a lot of ways for us. | 3 |
Simply think of a future in which a computer program is able to adjust itself to the needs of a student, a home-body, anyone, just by looking at their face. Imagine how powerful and monumental a change like that could be. There would be easier design of virtual lessons to individualize to each student, there's home computer use, such as playing calming music when the computer detects stress, and then there's better facial representation in things such as movies or video games, as our understanding of the expression of emotion and emotion itself grows. Although there are some concerns regarding it, the Facial Action Coding System can be slightly modified at worst if such concerns are not settled, and there are plenty of solution and measures to unwarrant such concerns.
In order for the a student to successfully learn through a lecture or a class, the number one way to ensure their overall growth as a student is maintain their engagement in whatever activity they're partaking in. One way virtual classes can become more interactive and individualized from person to person is with the Facial Action Coding System, a system that's capable of reading a person emotion through a complex algorithm and outputting a near exact description of their emotion. This kind of program could create a whole new level of interactivity in lessons by allowing a computer to be able to detect whether the student is engaged or bored, and adjusting the lesson accordingly.
Not only that, but such a technology would also lead the way into a whole new level of interaction between computers and their users. For example, the Facial Action Coding System could lead the way in paving a path to more support from a computer. For instance, the use of such a program could allow a computer to detect the users emotion and be able to compensate or assist in stabilizing it, such as playing calming music when it detects its user is getting too stressed.
Lastly a computer with this amount of power would allow the gaming and movie industry to flourish, as a greater understanding and interpretation of emotion will lead to more advanced and more realistic CGI, allowing for more realistic representation and depiction of human faces, and more importantly, their emotion. This innovation could lead to a whole new level of realism and graphical enhancement for both games and movies alike.
Although the Facial Action Coding System provides a large number of benefits, that's not to say there aren't many concerns related to it. One large one is likely the rising concern of granting the computer to much power over us in fear of some cataclysmic event. However, such an event will likely never occur, due to the simplicity of a solution in order to prevent it. Such a solution is as follows, simply put in place a safety feature to disable such a system, so as to prevent it from getting out of hand if the case arises.
The Facial Action Coding System is overall an incredible advancement in the terms of video games, movies, and computer enhancement in general. Allowing for more individualization from person to person on how the computer is able to respond to their emotion, from individualized lessons similar to a human teacher, to more enhanced visual representation and expression of emotion in video games and movies. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. It, when originally pictured, may have looked like some sort of face or alien artifact, but with new high-resolution imaging and 3D altimetry, we can see that this "Face" is just a mesa. This type of mesa is commonly found in the region of Mars where the Face is located, called Cydonia. These mesas are also commonly found here on Earth, in the American Southwest. The fact that these types of landforms are commonplace means that the Face is nothing special.
One piece of evidence that supports my claim is the new photos. Back in 1976, when the Face was first pictured, the pixel size on photos of Mars was 43 meters per pixel! That makes for a very blurry picture with not many details. When the Face was photographed in 1998, and again in 2001, the pixel size was much smaller, at 1.56 meters per pixel. This means that objects on the Martian surface bigger than 5 meters would be picked up in detail by the photo. This proves that the new picture shows it all: a common, everyday mesa.
A second piece of evidence that supports my claim is that NASA would not try to hide alien artifacts in their pictures from the public. This is because if NASA found life on Mars through one of their studies, they would become very popular for the fact and would draw a lot of attention. They may have even won a Nobel Prize, so NASA would definitely not hide it. Conspiracy theorists who claim the Face is alien would be completely wrong because of this fact. NASA isn't hiding anything. The Face on Mars is just a mesa.
A third piece of evidence that supports my claim is that NASA was excited about displaying this photo and wanted to learn more just like the public. They wouldn't have given all this trouble to the Face just to lie about it to the general citizens. NASA was probably disappointed when they found out that the Face was a mesa, but they had to tell the truth. Mesas are common around Cydonia, and also common on Earth, so there is no reason for NASA to lie.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is a completely false object. This "Face" is just a common mesa, found all the time where the Face is and on Earth. NASA did not lie about the Face because they had no reason to. The new, high-resolution imaging says it all. The Face on Mars is a mesa. No doubt about it. Case closed. | 3 |
Here are the reasons why I think you should join the program. You will be able too see parts of the world that you've never seen, In the text it states "the cattle boat trips were unbelievable for a small town boy,besides helping people I hade a side benifit of seeing Europe and Chinaand Greece. You will be helping the nation in the text it states ''To help these countries recover their food supplies.'' but there are some reasons not too join, for instance you are on long trips to other countries in the text it states, " it took about two weeks for us to cross the Atlantic Oceanfrom the eastern coast of the United States, and a month to get to China. Another reason not to join is, it is dangerouse on the ship with waves rocking the boatin the text it states " one rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Lukes heart was raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. He couldn't work for a while do to cracked ribs. those are the reasons to join and to not join it your choice to join. | 1 |
Computers are becoming more similar to humans over time, as new technologies are developed. One such technology allows a computer to recognize a person's emotions based on the movement of muscles in their face. Some say this technology can be used in the classroom to slow down a lesson for a confused student, or make it more interesting for a bored one. However, the truth is that while this technology certainly has its merits, it may not be reliable in the classroom because it cannot accurately determine a person's emotions, understand their cause, or properly respond to them.
Although fairly accurate at times, this software that detects emotions may not be always accurate. For example, according to the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the software calculates that the woman in the famous painting "Mona Lisa" is "2 percent angry." This is likely untrue, and Leonardo da Vinci probably never intended this. She does not appear angry, and if anything, da Vinci simply could not recognize facial expressions well enough to accurately depict the emotions that he intended the subject of the painting to have. Additionally, the article states that there are six basic emotions the software can detect: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise. These emotions are useful, but this also means the computer cannot detect emotions like guilt and confusion. These are very important emotions in the classroom, and the computer must be able to detect if a student cheats on a test or does not understand a concept. The software is very limited in detecting emotions, and this could lead to adverse consequenses.
Sometimes, not only are a person's emotions unclear, but the cause of a person's emotions may not be obvious given the current context, because people often live in the past. A student may appear to be confused, but only because the student does not understand a joke they heard before the lesson. The article says that the computer could recognize this confusion and modify the lesson, despite the fact that the student's confusion has nothing to do with the lesson in the first place. Also, if a student does not understand a certain part of the lesson material, the computer will not be able to detect the exact part; the student will be confused no matter what part it is. The computer will be forced to explain and clarify everything, when the student may only need a small part clarified. In a similar way, the student may still not understand the material afterwards, but the computer cannot ask the student why this is so, because it only detects the student's confusion.
While detecting emotions and their causes are important in the classroom, the most important thing is responding to them appropriately. For example, if a student is feeling sad, this will likely affect their retention of the material being taught. However, the computer likely cannot alleviate or eradicate this sadness, because it is most likely caused by an outside source. The computer may try to comfort the student, but the student will know that the computer does not actually feel any emotions and will not be comforted whatsoever. Additionally, the student may feel bored, but the computer may not be able to change this if the student feels that the material being taught is boring, because the computer has no choice but to teach this material to the student. As a result, even if the computer can detect a student's emotions, it may not be able to do much about them.
No matter how useful this emotion-reading software is, it should not be used in the classroom. It may falsely detect an emotion and change the lesson when unnecessary. It could also assume the wrong cause for an emotion, leading it to make a lesson longer or more thorough when the student understands it already. Additionally, the computer may detect emotions well, but it may not be able to fix them or change them, making the software pointless. Technology may have great benefits, but detecting emotions in the classroom is not one of them. | 4 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System in classroom computers seems like a smart and innovative idea, but not every student may agree. The technology could effectively see if a student is bored or confused, but may not be able to detect if a student is really learning. This new technology may not be effective and could disrupt a student's learning and the system of schools in a number of ways.
Every student is different and unique in their own way. Their hair color, skin color, height, and race. This statement is also true when it comes to a student's unique and preferred learning style. Some students may learn better by taking colorful notes or just plainly listening to a teacher's lecture. Some students learn better by filling out charts and organizers, but some students may learn better by watching a video. The idea of the Facial Action Coding System is to make an online lesson less confusing or boring, but if a student can't grasp a concept from an online lesson or video then the system is useless for that specific student.
Going along with the topic of different learning styles, the technology is valuable only for computers. This causes leaving out how a student learns with paper notes or a textbook. In most high schools and schools in general, there is usually always an online version of the textbooks. It's not rare to see high school students carrying their paper textbooks because it is easier for them to grasp the concepts by being able to read and feel the pages of a book. A computer with new technology is also useless for that student.
Students who learn by watching videos or having an online lesson have to battle the risk of getting distracted. It's easy enough to get distracted by opening a new tab and playing a game, or browing to find fresh conspiracy theories to read. It is possible that this new system could be as easily as distracting. Students may spend their time trying to falsely give the system a face, mimicing the movements of the "orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus" muscles that signal a genuinely happy face. This leads to a student spending more time trying to trick the system rather than paying attention to the lesson and disrupting their own learning by doing so.
The Facial Action Coding Sytem in schools would "modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor," as Dr. Huang predicts. If there is technology that modifies a lesson to be more effective for a student then the positions of techer would become less valued. Teachers would go to college and spend great deals of money only to become a backup instructor for the new technology and more like a chaperone for students. If everything can be found online, including textbooks and lessons, then what position does a teacher hold?
Altough the new Facial Action Coding System proves how innovative and resourceful technology is becoming, it could become less effective and valued by schools. It seems like a good idea for computers to become emapathetic and understand nonverbal communication like humans do, but not when it makes human interaction and teaching less valuable. It seems like it could be a great and effective system for workpaces, but it may not be the right match for students in school. | 4 |
Many Citizens have the advantage of limited car usage, believe it or not. The evidence that has been obtained from the short articles states that by restricting car usage we can reduce pollution in the air. Because of the pollution issue, the Enviromental Protection Agency are promoting "car reduced" communities ( "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, from the
New York Times
).
Over the past few years there have been an astonishing decrease in car ownership. It seems un-real since transportation is ranked number two largest source of America's emissions. As time goes by, over each year, there has been an obvious considerable amount of Americans buying less cars, driving less, and not to mention, getting fewer licenses. The question is why
?
"It's a good opportunity to take away sress and lower air pollution," said a businessman names Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife ( from "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, from the
Seattle
Times
). Carlos and his wife ( located in BOGOTA, Colombia ) accepted the idea of not having a car the whole day, which, as he stated, "relaxing". The event of the "Car-free day" started off small in the mid-1990s then over time, bloomed into an event where any, and everyone could join.
There could be many reasons as to why Citizens have the advantage of limited car usage. One reason could be that people can't afford it, another reason could be that they are trying out a new lifestyle to see if it is to the persons need. | 1 |
Driverless cars are super new and talked about idea. Many people today love that idea of driverless cars. I completely disagree with that idea. Driverless cars can't perdicted whats happening around it or keep people 100 percent safe. Some exmples from the article "Driverlees Cars Are Coming" are we need smarter roads not cars, cars still need to alert people, and todays laws.
In the article, it descibes that "futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads". It also states that "the smart-road systems worked surprisingly well but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical". Driving cars dont have a course to follow all the time. What if you want to go off road or something random gets in the road. The car wont be able to stop or slow down to see those things.
Saddly the driverless cars are not driverless like they say. In the artlcle it talking about the cars steering, accelerating, and braking themselves but need a human skill to navigate thtough work zones and accidents. Even though a car with steering, accelerating, and braking and the cars alert you when u need to take over sounds amazing, to me it sounds very dangers. Think about it how much time do you have to react? If people are just sitting in these cars do you really believe people are going to watch the road? people will become way to relexed, i could see myself falling alseep. I don't feel as though the is very safe.
Driverless being legal is of course very important but that will need a change in traffic laws, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If a horriable acccident happens with a driverless car who is respondable? In the article it bring up that very good point. they are so many unknows and dangers of completely relying on a cars or on a person to watch the roads.
As my conclusion driverless cars can't perdicted whats happening around it or keep people 100 percent safe. The exmples I used to supports that is that we need smarter roads not cars, cars still need to alert people, and todays laws. Having driverless my be great for somethings in the furture but right now its so unprediable and unsafe. Driverless cars need alot more time to delovep and more laws need to be made and ready to go before driverless cars are. | 3 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents information about driverless cars. The article sheds light on both the good and bad aspects of driverless cars. The article talks about many of the topics that come with the subject of driverless cars. Some of the topics of driverless cars that made its into this article includes: safety issues, obstacles that had to be overcome during the creation of driverless cars, and laws that will clear up some of the issues that driveless cars pose. Driverless cars should be the ideal mode of transportation in the near future.
Sensors have been in use in the automotive industry to add safety to there vehicles, and this technology will help make driverless cars much more safe than human-driven vehicles. When driverless cars can completely be self-driven, they will be using many sensors to be safer than their human-driven counterparts. With completely driverless cars, there will be no more room for human errors; there will be nothing that destracts driverless cars. Google has been making semi-driverless cars which have driven more than half a million miles without a single accident. These cars use a multitude of sensors to estimate the distance of objects near them. Sensors have been in use for over 30 years in the automotive industry to improve safety. One of the most important uses of sensors was with the creation of the antilock brake. These sensors were used to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.
Driverless cars are going to be more eco-friendly than human-driven cars. Sergey Brin, a Google cofounder, believes that with a system of driverless vehicles, there would be 50% decrease in use of fuel. He also said that creating a public transportation system comprised of driverless vehicles would fundamentally change the world. With driverless technology, programs could easily be created to help reduce the use of fossil fuels when possible. Driverless cars in the future could perhaps shut off the engine while waiting at a railroad crossing. This is just one of the many uses that programming could help reduce the use of fossil fuels. Regenerative systems could also be put into use to reduce the use of fuel. Hybrid technology has been put into use by many manufacturers today, and could definately help driverless cars become more eco-friendly.
Driverless cars are the future of transportation as we know it. There are many positive aspects that will create a much greater society than what we have today. With it's safety features, vehicular accidents will become a thing of the past. With the fuel-saving ideas that are up-and-coming for driverless cars, the impact that we have made on our environment will hopefully be reduced. Driverless cars are going to be the new kings of the road. | 4 |
the aurthor is trying tell us about venus the evening start is the one of brighest points of light in the night sky.
venus is the planet and it the second planet form to our sun. venus is the closet planet to earth of density and size.
no spacecraft survived the landing more than a few hours. this issue explains why msot single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. on the planet's surface, temperatures avarage over 800 degrees, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. venus has hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar systmes, so even though mercury is closer to our sun.
long a go venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could supported the various forms of life, just like earth.
(NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to their
knowledge of Venus.systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. | 0 |
"Unmasking the face on Mars." Is it created by aliens or not? some may think it's a face created by aliens but we have some evidence to state that the face on Mars is certainly not created by aliens, just another weird formation just like on earth.
The Face on Mars is not created by aliens beacuse when doing research we were able to find that a rock may have hit and the formation of the rock formed to a face. If it "were" that aliens had created that it would be impossible especially it being two miles big, we would've seen the aliens. Just like on earth there are weird looking formations that have us saying if it's even possible for it to be here on earth. The unusual shadows that made it look like Egyptian Pharoahs had us thinking twice but it defintely was a councidence. On April 5, 1998 when Mars Surveyor flew over Cyondia for the first time they found it it was just a natural land form and was no alien monumeant after all.
There is more evidence to stating that The Face on Mars was not created by aliens than there is stating that aliens did form it thats why we as in Nasa belive The Face on Mars was a natural landform. | 1 |
Technology advances every day making human life a lot easier. All technology is meant to make human life easier. Driverless cars is a technology that has been around for several years and that keeps improving with every year. this will bring them to the market very soon. Driverless cars would be a good idea because they would provide more safety as technology keeps improving, they would make a lot easier for a human to drive and driving would also be more enjoyable and more entertaining.
One of the reasons driverless cars would be a good idea is for safety, safety is a big and important concern when it comes to driving. Manufacturers are working every year to make these cars more independent and safe to drive. Improvements in these cars include sensor improvement, computer hardware and software to make the care saftier and more independent. As technology keeps growing these cars are being equipped with all these new sensors, cameras, and computers that improve the car's system and ability to drive independently.
Another reason driverless cars would be a good idea is because as all technologies it would make human's life easier in a certain way in this case driving. A person driving a driverless car would have the advantage of doing other activites while driving. Activites like texting, look around an unknown place while driving and other type of activites would be possible with this technology.
Another reason these cars would be a good idea is for in-car entertaining. Drivers would get bored waiting to get to their location and manufacturers know that and because of that they are thinking about including in-car entertainment. Imagine going from one state to another, sitting back watching TV while your car does the hard work for you or try to video call a family member and show them the city you live in. All these things and more could be possible if driverless cars come to the market.
Driving a car can be very difficult sometimes with all the traffic, getting a phone call, not seeing a pedestrian and many other things that a driver has to be aware of when driving. As technology keeps improving these cars keep improving as well. These driverless cars could make driving easier for humans, more enjoyable and more safe and they could also change the world and the way we live by providing us with all these advantages that are not available at the moment. Manufacturers should keep improving these cars and the states should change the law and make the driving of these cars legal. | 2 |
The Electoral College is full of debates, but the biggest debate is if they should still have power. They should not stay in power becuase The United States of America is a democracy. Its is easier and more democratic if the candidate won by popular demand. What is a democracy good for if the Electoral college can change their choice of who becomes president. Many of the representatives in the Electoral College are unfair to voters and sometimes cheat the voting system. Would you want that running your countries choices? I dont think so.
The voters choose a canditate in the electoral college but they can always change their votes. For example, "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." stated in source two. Basically, If you want a republican president to win you would vote for a republican represetative of the electoral college, but thats not always the truth. Voters can not control the mind of a representative, in a few seconds they become of member of the oppsoing sides and thus they have your vote. This is known as unfair use of your vote that can obviously not be taken back.
2000 was the the year many people realized the lies of the electoral college. Bradford Plumer, author of The Indefensible Electoral College states that "Al Gore . . . won the popular vote but lost the presidency." This means that the electoral college is cheating the voting system and lying to their voters. So, do your votes even matter? No, not really. "Over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now" said by Plumer. This system we have for voting is basically useless to us and just gives the electoral college more power to run us.
The Electoral College does have some good reasons its still in power. In source three written by Richard A. Posner, he states that " . . . the pressure of the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner." In other words, when there is a run-off election or tie, the electoral college brings down this pressure making the choice so its quicker to make a choice on who becomes president. Sadly, very few people find the Electoral College useful but they do do a lot of things that help make the elections easier on the voters and putting less pressure on the candidates.
In the past few years people have realized what the Electoral College actually does. Its is true to believe that they grab our vote and change it last minute. They also can help in the process of the presidential election, but they make the voters confused and get called unfair adn cheaters, which is true. If this country was truely a democracy then the people would have complete ownership on who becomes president not the Electoral College. | 3 |
In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author writes about many differennt things that have stopped us from being able to travel to Venus. One big thing that causes a treat is how hot the planet really is. Another one is the atmosphere. One of the biggest of them all is that the planets are moving at different speeds.
Why is the planet so hot. Now no one really knows why the planet is that hot but not only is it to hot but the pressure in that atmosphere is also very high. The planet averages a temperature around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The amount of pressure in the atmosphere averages around 90 times grater then what we have on Earth. With these conditions it would make life on Venus for humans inpossible like it talks about in paragraph 3.
Another big thing that causes a problem for use is the speed of the planets. Even though Venus is the closet planet to Earth at other times Mars can be. So because the planets are moving at such different rates in speed this is making it hard for us to send thing to it because the timing of the planets is off. All of these are talked about in paragraph 2.
Although humans may not be able to vist Venus anytime soon these are some facts from the passage that help support that. So I think that the author did a good job at putting information in that supported what he had to say. | 2 |
The electonal are very impornont for the people in the u. s because they need better leader in which they vote every four years.
There 270 electoral vores required to elect the preasident well the 23rd Amendment only let's us have 3 elecotor and treated like for state for purposes of the electoral college were 'discussin the word state also refers to the districy of columbia'.
Why dosen't the u. s just have better party well we only the two great party but what about the other onces? we as people should change that because i don't think it's very fair to have only have two big party somepeople would agree with me if we just ask qustion about why should we should have more big party but why not all of us should change that for the last 300 years we have been vote for the party.
"In 1976 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have just deadlocked the election 1976 a tie would have occurred if a" mere 5,559 voter in Ohio state by 3,687 voters in hawaii had voted the other way election 'is only a few swing voters aways from catastrpe".
Do you know if state have lots of vote on which they vote for the person who is running for president they would mostly be in office by just only four state if they get very high vote lets ask in explan like Ohia they get 50% of the votes most likely they would be the president of the u. s that just a fact right there to show you.
In 1968 thorw 1992 they both had only a 43 percent of plurality if popular votes, while winning every electoral and college 301,370 respectively invariably produces a clear winner of which they vote for like for explain like obam they mostly vote for him over about 2 years ago back in 2012 well that because big states vote for him and he got to be the president for the last 6 years of office. | 0 |
Driverless cars would be very beneficial to our society. It would make an immense impact on our culture and provide simple, fast ways to get around. In the article, many different positives are thoughouly expressed. Because of these specific examples, I believe that driverless cars will be extremely important in America's future and greatly benefit our use of transportation.
The United States, as well as other parts of the world, experience oil and fuel issues. There are frequent shortages of these particular substances, which are extrememly important for our daily lives. In the article, it is said, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." In this quote, from the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," Google cofounder Sergey Brin expresses that these driverless cars will be beneficial to America and the rest of the world. He says that these cars will use less fuel, which unfortunately tends to run short. Driverless cars will benefit the the world's fuel issues.
Another positive to driverless cars are the entertainment and noficiation aspects. Drivers will be able to get different things done while driving. They also will no longer need to worry about distraction factor of driving. Drivers won't have to worry about trying to answer a phone call, respond to a text, or change a song and drive at the same time. The article states, "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to driveres trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." In this quote, Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, explains that a driver won't need to worry about answering a text. The driver can answer the text or phone call while the car is not in need of assistance. Fortunately, the car only needs manual assistance in areas of road construction or accidents. This feature of driverless cars will greatly benefit driving today.
However, these driverless cars still do obtain some faults. These faults are included in the article. "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. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." This shows that drivers must retain some sort of awareness of what is going on around them. They cannot take naps or completely zone out, especially when approaching an accident or work zone. Although there are few flaws to the designs of driverless cars, these flaws should be fixed very soon. The article states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." This quote shows that many of these issues should be resolved in the very near future.
Because of these specific examples in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I believe that driverless cars will be very beneficial to America and it's many modes of transportation. Driverless cars will use less fuel than our typical cars we use today. They will also require an immensely small amount of attention. Most importantly, any small flaw that these cars possess will be resolved extremely soon. Driverless cars will change our lives for the better. | 4 |
Although there are some cons for the development of the driverless cars, there are many pros. I agree that these driverless cars should be made and sold to the people of the world. These cars consist of striking features that will amaze all. This is a type of car people from the past would dream of having in the future. Now, they no longer have to wait.
The futuristic cars are here and ready to be driven. These driverless cars, created and thought of by Google employees , are made up of a plethora of sensors and necessities needed to make the car safe. It's antilock brakes and driver assistance are two of the key things of this astaunishing car. This driverless car has many features that will leave people in awe. For example, it's "Traffic Jam Assistant."
With this feature the car can maintain speeds up to 25 mph with the help of important sensors. These sensors make sure the driver is gripping the wheel.
Although the car is said to be a "driverless automobile," it is responsible to inform the driver that it needs human assistance. Due to this, the driver is required to pay their full attention during the whole driving trip. The car is programmed to rapidly recieve the attention of the driver when a problem has occured. To help inform the driver, there are minor alerts that notify he/she that a problem has developed. These alerts include seats that vibrate, flashing lights on the windshield, a simple announcement that says the driver should prepare to take over, and other heads-up displays.
There are a host of revisions that need to be made to make the car better and safer. The manufacturers are in the process of considering adding cameras to watch the drivers while on the road. Other ideas that are under consideration are in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. The displays would be able to turn off instantly when the driver is in control.
Due to the driving laws, the release of this car is delayed and will not be released until such laws change. The law consists of endless safety precautions. Traffic laws state that "the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."
This has effected the decisions of most states to make testing these computer cars illegal. If these driverless cars prove to be safe and reliable, there is a chance that states will accept them.
The driverless car is an idea that will change how we live today. Car accident rates may lower; causing death rates to decline. This is a car everyone dreams of having, with many more features to come. The driverless car, created by the staff of Google, is made up of many safety features, sensors, and necessities needed to drive the automobile. The idea of this car is fascinating and should be sold all over the globe. | 3 |
Could driverless cars prevent less accidents and be more safe for other drivers?
Driverless cars could prevent less accidents for drunk drivers, texting and driving, and other people who are on the road.
Other drivers on the road get in accidents and get killed from the people in the other car. The other person could be drunk and hit them. or they could be texting and get into an accidnet with other people. But if we have driverless cars we could prevent those people from getting behind the wheel and being in danger of killing other people for there stupid mistakes. It wouldnt only save the life behind the wheel but it will help save thousands of more.
thousands and thousands of people die every year from texting and driving. They have made apps on your phone to prevent you from it, there are commercials to stop you, and there is even a law now for it. But it still seems like they can't prevent this from happening. But with driverless cars i feel like the number of accidnets for texting and driving will decrease. It could just be a safer and easier way for people.
Drinking and driving is one of the most talked about and one of the biggest leading casues in accidents. If you got caught drinking and driving and you get pulled over you can go to jail for it. They have all these ways to try and prevent you from doing it. They even have sad commercials on television for it. But if we have driverless cars than it would be a much safer place on the road. there wont be thousands of accidents due to drunk driving now. and it will save not jsut your life but many others as well
If we could prevent drinking and driving and texting and driving by using driverless cars i think it would be a better world and it would save thousands of lives in the world | 2 |
In this life i think that there should be a limited amount of car usage. For the simple fact that gas is bad for the earth. In many way to some people this may be untrue. But I think that the limited amount of car usage would be great for the earth. My reason being is that car's make people excersize less, causes smog , bad for the enviroment.
To begin with, i think that limited amount of car usage is good for lazy people. I mean people will waste gas just to drive 3 minutes to a store when you could walk to save gas. It really makes no sense that a average person could be so lazy. You can be doing two good things at one time. By just walking for your health and saving up on gas,The text says,"Many experts expect public transport serving suburs to play a much larger role.
Next, I think it is a good idea because it wont cause so much smog which is a bad thing for the air. According to the text,"Paris has banned driving due to smog Paris enforced a partial driving bad to clear the air of the global city". The last thingwe need to do is be breathing in dirty air and pretty much gas. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. Twenty seven people had there cars impounded for their reaction to the fine.
Also, My final reason is that it is bad for the enviroment. Luckily The text says,"President Obama's ambitious goals to curn the united states". Its about time some one point out the wrong honestly in my opnion if i was president i would ban driving to unless your like traveling to a far out state or your work is really far. I think that is should not be allowed.
So to sum it all up, I think that a limited amount of car usage would be good for the enviroment. And have a good impact on the world. Once again my reasons for it is that make's people excersize less, causes smog , bad for the enviroment. So my fellow citizens think about what you are doing to the world and how it not only effects us but how it also effects you. | 2 |
In today's world, technology is everywhere. Technology helps assist in everyday tasks and brings about new levels of creativity. In this new age of innovation, smart cars fit right in with all other aspects of our digitalized lives. Not only could driverless cars help in many other ways regular cars can't, but they also allow for an increase in safety potential. Overall, driverless cars will be beneficial for the modern world.
The use of driverless cars can vary from ecofriendly transportation to customization for individual scheduals. By using driverless cars as a taxi system, gas consumption would majorly decrease. The taxi system idea could also lead to new ways of public transportation. These cars could take their passengers anywhere they needed to go through a direct route. Passengers would no longer have to wait for long periods of time on buses for their stops. These driverless systems would allow for greater flexibility overall.
Driverless cars would also help communities everywhere with safety. Since these smart cars are loaded with sensor technology, they can help limit the amount of crashes that were regularly happening. The protypes of driverless cars have gone millions of miles without crashes and could help stunt the commonality of vehicular crashes and deaths. Driverless cars could also aide with the safety for learning and elderly drivers. Oftentimes, teenage drivers and drivers with slow reaction times are the causes of accidents that could have been avoided with easy assistance. Smart, semi-driverless cars could be the answer to these costly problems.
Ultimately, driverless cars would have an extreme influence on today's society. The assistance from technology has changed the world we live in and will continue to do so. Driverless cars are the step in the right direction for driving innovations all across the world. | 3 |
Venus is Earth's sister planet. But along with being our sister planet, Venus has the highest recorded temperature of any planet in our solar system. Along with having the highest temperature recorded, Venus also has an atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than the atmospheric pressure on Earth. Clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid also coat Venus's atmosphere, making it difficult to even make it through the outer layers of Venus's atmosphere. So why would Earth's scientists still want to vist Venus?
According to the article, Venus is the planet that is most similar to Earth, well at least it used to be. The author tells the reader about how Venus was probably covered in oceans that could have supported life, similar to Earth. The planet also has many other land forms that are similar to the ones we have here on Earth, such as, valleys, rocks, and craters. The author proceeds to say that "the value of returning to Venus is indisputable." Although there are many dangers of sending vessels back to Venus, the author states that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA, is working on ways to send astronauts to Venus. The author also tells the reader that solar power on Venus would be abundant, and that radiation levels would be similar to those on Earth. He goes on to say that the temperature would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, not an ideal temperature for astronauts traveling to Venus, but it is survivable.
While traveling to Venus may take Earths scientists years to figure out, and be very costly, the information we could learn would be invaluable. Although Earth's scientists may be faced with many problems while trying to get astronauts to Venus, from the information provided in the article you could infer that he strongly believes that it is possible, and not only believes that we could travel to Venus but encourages it. | 2 |
When you lower the usage of cars in a certain area, you could see many benefits. Remember when you would hear occassionally that pollution in certain areas are affecting the world. And is it sort of worrying that you might be in one of those cities? Well, one of the main contributors is cars. Driving around, dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Swiping its claws at the Ozone layer. Many countries have suffered this pollution the hard way. As in France, they had to ban certain cars after every few days or so. Because the Smog in there was so dense. The pollution could have been very harmful if not given the right precautions. Scary right? Thats why citys like Vauban, Germany have noticed these facts and are now trying out some very "Eco friendly" solutions to help. They simply didnt use cars. They resident of the area knew of the danger and gave up their cars for the greater good. And it worked. The city was and still is very clean. And peacful without the very few sounds of motor cars from a distance away. A few city caught on to this, as they are also worried about pollution engulfing their atmosphere. So a few other city like Bogota, Columbia. Have made a car-free day in which the only means of transportation was a: Bus, foot, or bike. Which lowered the number of people you would see on the street. It was a big success in Bogota. But few other countries have caught on to this. Like Beijing, China. The most polluted city on earth, is like a giant vortex of smog and trash. They didn't notice yet. And might be one of the few city that find out the hard way when you keep putting smoke in Mother natures face. But our country, America. Is finding out the safe way to travel with less pollutant use. We are trying new and better means of transportation. As in Biking, Carpooling. Or just walking if the distance isn't that tough. Fewer teens these days could honostly couldnt care less about a drivers license. Now they just carpool with other friends or take public transportation. The percentage of peak drivers have descresed to a percentage that of which was around 1995. These pieces of evidence tell us that we can make this world a better place, for the good. Its just a simple step to a bigger door. To where we actually don't have to worry about global warming, or pollution in certain countries. We should just live peaceful lives. And not about whats gonna happen first. Vauban, Bogota, Paris, Asuncion Paraguay. And small parts of the United States have thought about this. When will the rest of us get the picture? Limiting car usage is very vital to pollution and will kick it down a notch. And we could wake up in the morning to see a beautiful glimering sky. Shining its blue flourescent light back at you. Not a giant billowing ball of black smoke that will cover your sky. Turning it into a Gloomy, dull patch of depression on your day. That is why you have to lower your car usage every now and then. Or else, it could end up like that. It might end up as in you make the decision. Or your peers make the decision. You really should consider the darger of what might await you when you step into your car. | 2 |
In the article "Making Mons Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enable computers to identify human emotions. I disagee about using of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
Technology, such as phones, laptops, or any devices, is not always true. They can predict about how people feel or their emtions. For example, in the second paragraph in the first sentence, it says, "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face".
Every people have different types of emotions. It's true that they have different kinds of emotions but what if it is fake? Computers are like robots. Computers can't prefer if someone is smiling or upset. Computers don't understand if someone is really smiling for real or faking smiling. It depends on someone's face. For instance, when a friend talk something fun, I smile but when a friend talk something boring, I smile too so they can be happy.
Is putting on a happy face actually work? I prefer not because it depends on someone's emotions inside instead of the outside. Not everybody can read someone's mind. In the last paragraph in the second sentence, it says, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotions, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them".
It can be true, but it can be false. People don't know what is going to happen next. So people have to figure out on their own. So I disagree that about using of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. | 1 |
There has always been an argument about the "Face" on Mars since it was discovered. Many people believe it is natural, and others think someone made or put it there. A mask that looks perfectly in task can't be a landform, many people say. Since the face has been in magazines, books, and even tv shows, it is considered something everyone has an opinion about. There has been many pictures, and photographs taken of the face. In 1967 it came out as a clear mask, untouched as some would describe how it looked. Scientists and other specialists have studied and researched it as time has passed. Some people say it looks like it belongs with the Egptian culture. Spacecrafts, rockets, and monitors have supervised the face ever since it was found. Debatable I would say whether it is a landform or it is natural. The argument is quite fascinating in many ways. Books have been written about it, talk shows on televison have talked about it, and people have came up with evidence and facts for what they believe of the "Face on Mars."
If you are a person like me, you would believe the face is a landform. I could easily tell, and prove it is indeed a landform. It is too close to the sun, you would instantly die. When people found out about Armstrong's trip to the moon, they were excited. But can anyone go to Mars? Of course not, it's way to hot. The distance from Earth to Mars is a wide spread. Going to the moon is one thing, but going to Mars is another. Thinking and dreaming about going to Mars is all nice until you realize it is not possible. Everyone knows you can go into outer space, and the moon. But everyone also knows you can't possibly go to Mars, and come back alive. Plus to get there and back, would be tough. Fuel doesn't last as long as you think it does. Just ask the Apollo 11 crew about that. You have to be prepared and knowing the possibilities on what could go wrong. It also takes a lot of money to go to the moon, think about how much it would be to go to Mars. Nobody could have put that face on Mars. People would think you were insane if you told them that.
The Face is ordinary, there is nothing else like it or even close to it. Everyone has their own belifs and stories of what they think happened. There has been many people who tudied thius face. It is definitely a debate. Hopefully one day we will find the truth. Maybe it will be breaking news like it did when they very first found the face. | 1 |
Well the bad thing about being over seas. Is that when you or one of your family members go.
There is a 99 percent chance that you or your family memeber will die or get hurt.
Luke also wanted to go seasgoing to show his friend how manly he is. Because his friend thought that hhe was scared to do something that is not normal in his life.
So Luke wen't over sea to show his friend he is not afraid. But when Luke is over seas something bad happens. Luke is feeding the animals, and he trips over something and just about fell over board to his death.
Luckly a peace of medal was sticking out the side of the ship and caught Luke before he almost died. Aways be carful when you on a ship traviling. Something bad aways happens. But anways Luke had a friend come along so they could hang out like most friends do.
Luke and his friend was on the ship, and they stopped at a place where the horses and the animals had to get off. Then the boys had to find something to do so where the horses and the animals stayed is where the two kids started to play games like Baseball, Volleyball, Table-Tennis, Fencing, Boxing, Reading, and Whittling.
So when the two boys were done doing their stuff like playing games they wen't back to their homes, to see their families. But when their time was up off seeing their families they both wen't back to the ship, and said bye to their families for a long time then it was time to go.
The two boys did the same things they had done the last time they were on the sea. Then finally the day the two adults have been waiting for has now arrived to them. Now it is time to go back to their homes for good, and stay with their siblings and parents, and friends.
One thing that all the people noticed when the two got back fromw sea. Is that the two boys they use to be are now gentlemen, not lids anymore. Then the never let those two lovible boys go on sea again. They couldn'y loose the boys again. Not now, not ever, never again.
But of course they left again they could not stay with their families for ever. They just had to go back on seas again they had to. It was like their life when they wen't on the ship.
The audults were now old enough to go to the military. Lukes friend wen't on. Lukes friend entered the military as soon as possible. He really wanted to support his countries.
When the two kids got back to each other and started hanging out again. THey both wen't back to the sea job again cause they really liked it. They wen't there together nine times so they could see each other alot, and they hung out alot of course.
When they got bak the two boys wen't straight to dee their mothers to see them right away. But when they got there they did not see there mamas at the house. Then the siblings and the other family memebers came out and told the two boys that their momas were gone.
The two boys thought gone that the momas just wen't out get food, or to go out and eat together. But then the siblings told the two men that their moms was dead. | 0 |
In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author believes that studying Venus is very viable despite how dangerous the planet is. The author, however shows many reasons to support this belief.
The main reason why it is so difficult for us to explore Venus now is that the planet has an atmosphere made up of sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide, meaning that for humans and machines alike this planet is uninhabitable. There is also the fact that Venus is the hottest recorded planet, and that mere metals would turn to liquid being on there. Even with these challenges, astronomers still believe they need to explore Venus, as it's structure is very similar to Earth; meaning that it may have been able to produce life at some point. Although the odds seemed stacked against us, many scientists have been trying and testing out theories for years, such as with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, believes that they could send astronauts near Venus in a blimp-like vehicle, avoiding the immense heat and radiation that awaits on it's surface. Even with this theory, it does not fully help our curiosity of the planet, as with staying above means there is no way to collect samples of gas, rocks, or virtually anything. Other people at NASA have also theorized and worked on other approaches to studing Venus. They believe that simplified, silicon carbide reinforced electronics could help emmensely, as the metal can stay intact in Venus' harsh conditions for over three weeks.
Even with all the dangers of Venus being known, researchers are working on innovations that will help us learn more about our neighboring planet. The author states that "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." And with all of the facts he presents, he is very certain of this claim. | 2 |
Today i will be disscusing the the different aspects about driverless cars. In the first paragraph I will be talking specifically about the postive aspects of driverless cars. In paragraph two im going talk about the negative effects on the situation. For our third body paragrapgh i'll be introducing the
Cofounder Sergey Brin says that he foresees that we'd use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility then a bus. In 2013, BMW announced that these driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but they all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills. Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020! The cars that Google has had since 2009 have driven more than half a million miles without a single crash. They alert drivers when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
One negative question I have for these driverless cars is, "Whats the point of having these cars if you still need a driver"? New laws will be needed in order to cover liabilty in case of an accident. "If technology fails and someone gets injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer? This requires human skills which means humans have to be alert at all time in case of emergency. These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads.
"In 1980's automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. These sensors are in need of improvements so that these driverless cars can be capable to handle more of the driving task that can lead to dangerous accidents. The 1980 cars had become more advanced to detect respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. IN the end these cars just need a lot of sensors so they can sense when things are about to occur.
Today i've talked about three different preview points. In the first body paragraph I talked about the positive upside of the driverless cars. In the second paragraph I had a dicussion about negative effects on driverless cars. With my third body paragraph I ended with talking about smarter cars and their sensors. I really hope you've enjoyed the conversation about these so called driverless cars coming in the future! | 0 |
Use of FACS in the Classroom
Isn't it just the worst when you're frustrated with your homework, but your teacher doesn't seem to get the hint? This is why the Facial Action Coding System was created, or partly. The Facial Action Coding System would indeed be valuable if used in a classroom. It could be useful to kids, teachers, and parents of students. The FACS would be useful to change course of the lesson, or to help teachers decide on lesson plans for following years.
The FACS uses it's technology to evaluate the expression of Mona Lisa-- a painting. If the machine can figure out a non-living painting's emotion, then what could it do on humans? The FACS focuses on facial muscle movements to interpret the emotion of each item it scans. In the classroom, this could help kids by determining whether they understand. If a kid frowns, it can be obvious to the internet instructor that the student isn't understanding what they're being taught. The instructor can then go into deeper detail on how to finish a homework assignment.
In the case of boredom, it can help increase average scores. The software can determine whether a student is bored or not. If a student is bored, they will not pay much attention to the lesson, fall asleep, or maybe even shut it off. It is important to make sure the students are having some sort of fun with what they're being taught. The software could detect boredom and the online instructor would know to put more animations in the lesson, or even change the sounds and add music or a new polytone voice.
This software can also identify mixed emotions. If a student somewhat understands a lesson, but is also bored with it, the instructor knows to create a more lively detailed presentation. It's important to have a reader of mixed emotions in a classroom because of the amount of uncertainty in student's minds. It can also help the instructor know what lessons students understand and which ones they don't. The teachers can then decide what to do from then on, and/or next year, which ways the kids learn and which ways they don't.
The FACS is valuable in the classroom because teachers can change their lessons to fit each kids needs, and change their lessons for the following students next year. Each kid has their own personality, which requires different ways of learning. This software can almost guarantee improved scores in homework and tests because of how it helps teachers determine what the kids don't understand. Having the FACS in the classroom would deeply benefit the students, teachers, and parents. It would be the smartest choice to include this system into every student computer. | 3 |
The way Luke see's the trip is amazing, but there is more to than that. Joing the Seagoing Cowboys program is not only about seeing new places, but its about helping the people and doing as much as you possibly can to help. There is also many ways that this can benfit you. You can learn new languages and taste new foods. This isn't only about the amzing site that you see, but it can also be a nice learing experince. This also let you help people in need. Such as if there was a earthquake or flood. you can help them rebulid everything they had.
It would be a good i dea for more people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because not only do you get to help people rebulid there life, but you get to see amazing places such as Italy, Europe, China, and so many more beautiful sites. joining can also teach you how to speak different languages, live on boat, become closer to animals, see things you have never seen before. This could be an amazing adventure and you could have great stories to tell the family. Not only would this be a great adventure, but it has so many benefits that you probably haven't thought about. Joing the Seagoing Cowboys program would help you so much in ways that can change your life forever.
In the passage Luke mainly talk about how this changed his life because of the amazing places he went to. When readers read this they would automatically think that that is all there is to it, but is isn't that it about helping people rebuild everything they lost and will never see again. Luke talks about how he he was so happy to be with animals on aboat seeing someof the most unforgetable places ever, but what he dosen't say is that these people need more
Seagoing Cowboys. Without Seagoing Cowboys so many people would not have a home, fresh clothes, warm food, or food at all. Luke does although talk about the gorgeus sites. That is 100% true. You get to see some of the most amazing places in the whole world.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboys is so important. Many people wouldn't think that this is something that we need in the world, but it is. It is one of the most important jobs that we need. So many great benefits that you can get from it such as learing new langauges, tasting new foods, meeting wonderful people, or simply living alone on a boat with a few animals. This might not saound as fun as you would think, but it is defeintly something to think about. not only is a great oppurtinite, but it is a great learing experince. | 1 |
The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors , the metting of the electors where they vote for presidents and vice president,and counting of the electoral votes by congress. You should always keep electoral votes. Would you know for sure who would win ?. .Electoral college is the best way to manage who would be the best. To see who would win out of the two people. Why wouldnt we use electoral colllege it helps us know that when two people thats running for a spot and they get the same percentage for popular vote you can use electorial vote to see which one each state , country, or city like.
The electorial college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes by the cast. for example when president obama and romney went against each other for president both of them had 51.3 percent so the electoral vote that change it all president obama got 61.3 percent electoral votes compared to 51.3 percent of the pouplar vote. This is the best way for people to know who really winning and won. I think its best for us to use the electoral vote. Its granteed to help with the prsident and the people to know who is really winning.
The electorial college help you pick your candidate as well. This is for the president to know who would be working for him or her. The best thing for you to do is keep electorial vote it helps with eveything that you need help with. It also help the president out to .You wouldnt want to go without a president do you.
The electorial college is a helpful thing it is really needed. I wouldnt take electoral college out. When you cant see who really is winning what you going to do then without it. Are you going to choose for yourself. But then the people is going to be mad and thats not fair. Maybe some people dont like the opne presidemt and the other people do.
The eletoral college will tell one of the two people running for president if they would win. And it would help to see who the candidate is. Voters in presidential elections are people whi want to express a political perference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. so therefore you need the electorial vote to decide whether the person really win or not. | 2 |
Driverless cars may sound like a good idea. Also they use less gas than a normal car. But will they be clean and easy to use? My opinion on driverless cars are that they shouldn't be legal until they are safe for the environment, People actually pay attention to the road and their surroundings, and the driver actually being able to contol the car at all times.
First is the driverless car safe for the environment? Or are the fumes that it lets off just as bad as a regular car or could they be worse? We should try to find a different fuel for the driverless car. Maybe something like a solar powered driverless car. It already has sensor and everything hooked up to it. It wouldn't hurt to add solar panels to the car.
Secondly, how are the companies so sure that the people in the car will pay attention to their surroundings while the car is driving itself? We aren't people are bad as it is now either being occupied by their phone or radio that they don't really focus on the road. If they are sleeping what if the vibrations in the seat are hard enough to wake them up? Or for the Google Cars what if they cant hear the Voice in their sleep? People would abuse not having to pay attention.
Lastly, will the driver be in control of the car at all times not just when its in a work zone or near accidents? The driverless can should let people control it anywhere because if the sensors malfunction the driver will then be alredy able to control the car. Instead of causing a wreck by randomly stopping or the car going out of control.
Are they safe for the environment, will people actually pay attention to the road and their surroundings, and will the driver actually being able to contol the car at all times? If the companies can fix all these things they should be able to become legal in many states and people wouldn't think twice about using them. If they wouldn't fix these minor mistakes then they have no right trying to make a car that could possibly be dangerous. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
There are many issues concerning the Electoral College and whether to keep it or changing election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The Electoral College is very important considering it has educated canadates. The people do not understand that the United States has many uneducated people. They do not realize that if there is no Electoral College, the people with education will vote to directly decide the president, but so will the uneducated people. The Electoral College wants the best for our country and is trying to benifit the USA, not cause it harm.
Though the Electeral College is a benefit and means no harm, it does have its flaws. Many people when they vote for example, a democratic representative, they expect the democratic representative to vote for the democratic canadate for president. Unfortununtly, sometimes that is not the case. The democratic representative will end up voting for the Republican canadate for president. This issue occurs many times in the Electoral College which is why people are having second thoughts about the Electoral College and wanting to eliminate it so that they can directly vote for the president or vice president they want and think will improve our country more.
The Electoral College is benefitcial because it is educated people trying to figure out by anallyzing and concluding who will represent and run our country the best way possible. In the first article, it says "MOST states have the "winner-takes-all" system", but in the second article it says "Because of the winner-take-all system in EACH state". In the second article, one of the arguments as to why the Electoral College should be abolished is incorrect due to the fact that not every state has the "winner-takes-all" system. Since they got imformation wrong, people can not count this article as a reliable source of information.
Our counrty has been doing very well compared to the other countrys like Korea, Africa, Cuba, China, and etc. People should just be grateful and apperciative that the United States is doing as well as it is doing. The Electoral College is a benifit and it should not be abloished or eliminated from congress, but it should be improved. We as americans should try to advance our country in every way possible, not eliminate something if it does not go our way. We should try to cooperate and improve on the mistakes to make our country better and progress everyday so that today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today!
Sinceraly,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" a writer states that scientists are trying to study the planet Venus. In his article, he claims that while it is very risky, it may be worth it in the end. he also gives details about how dangerous it really is, and what the planet might have been at one point in time.
In the second paragraph, The writer claims that Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin''. But the only evidence he gives to back up this claim is that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of desnity and size." but in reality, Earth and Venus are very differnet. Earth is much safer in terms of temperature, pressure, and gas compaired to Venus. Venus has a blanket of gas that covers it that is, "almost 97 percent carbon dioxide." Plus, on its surface, "temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." with the level of carbon dioxide and the ragging heat that it has, nothing is safe for long on Venus, especially humans. He does state that several spacecrafts have attempted to land on Venus, and only lasted a few hours, but he doesnt state what happened to them. most people would guess that they just melted entirely because of the extreme heat, which is most likely what happened, but we don't know for sure.
Not only is high temperatures and extreme pressures an issue, he also states that there are volcanoes and major earthquakes that happen, plus lightning is constant as well. But there is no context to whether or not scientists are trying to figure out what causes the the powerful earthquakes to happen, or why lightning strikes frequently happen. He also states that, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." But there is nothing that follows it that claims what happened or could have happened to cause high pressures, high temperatures, and a high level of carbon dioxide to form.
While scientists believe that Venus was at one point like earth, there are some facts that show that it has the looks of earth in some ways. the writer says that Venus, "has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." These features are exactly what earth has as well. But there could be more than what meets the eye. In parapgraph six, the writer says that," peering a Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions becuase most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere." This issue puts a damper on scientists ability to study the planet. But thats just it, what are scientists trying to study. The article says,"Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.'' Which is great they are working on that, but what are they trying to collect, find, or explore.
Overall, the article is good, but there needs to be more detail in what is happening. they need information on what scientists are specifically trying to study, what they are looking for, and more detail on how they are progressing in studying Venus. With more details about what they are trying to find, it would be easier to evaluate whether or not the scientist efforts are really worth it, or just a waste of time. A planet that is inhabitable by humans or anything living is already a risk as is. | 4 |
Imagine your country baning driving because of pollution,countrys like Europe and Germany have banned people from driving and if they do it's a fine. In my belief I think its a positive and healthy way to get around town. My reasonings are that it's healthy way to get around town. It's not polluting the air with harmful chemicals. Even young people driving decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009, if this gets to every state in America and people learn more about it, This can become the new culture in every culture. Vauban, Germany's residents gave up their cars and mst of them are soccer moms with jobs, they gave up cars to lower pollution in their country.
To begin most people would find it stupid to give up their cars and ban them because of pollution. Other countrys including some parts of the United States have given up their cars and riding bikes instead, New york has a program called bike-sharing program, studies are suggesting that Americans are buying fewer cars and people are driving less and getting their licenses are decreasing as each year goes by, That's leading researchers to believe has America passed driving? Bogota Columbia has banned cars thats still lasting to this day,even in the rain they bike. 70% families do not own cars, and 57% of people sold their car to live in Vaundan, Germany. According to Heidrun Walters, a media trainer and a mother of two said "when i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier"(Heiden Walters, media trainer paragraph 3). Even this mother of two was happy to give up driving.
Furthermore to validate my point on banning cars and riding bikes, every other country is doing it for their sake of pollution, paris banned driving do to its smog, 4,000 drivers were fined. Arent people geting sick of the traffic and the expensive gas to fuel the car, According to David Goldberg, an official Tranportation for America stated that "All of our development since world war 2 has been centered on the car, and that will have to change"(David Goldberg, an official Transpotation of America paragraph 7). Theres my other point some point america has to change their ways on cars. I know how much people love their cars, But isn't time to change our ways of transportation, I know riding a bike is less expensive then driving a car, which gas prices are increasing and so is our pollution. You can sit and complain about gas prices and how car insurance is riduliously high or you can give up your car, save money and ride a bike.
America if you car so much about pollution and money then I suggest to you to ride a bike, and dont complain how much money your spending on gas. I'm putting my own thoughts to this essay and proof to you that we should change our ways, maybe even think of your own ideas and save money, while doing the next generation a favor and stop polluting the air with harmful gases that can effect us later in life. | 2 |
Driveless Cars Are Coming
So you know how in the movies that take place in the future and they have really high tech cars that run on there own and fly in the sky? Well the world probably is going to have them type of cars. So companies/car manufactures are creating a such thing called driverless cars. Google have even started to create cars like that. The cars are pretty high tech but they is still in the beginning stages of becoming driverless. Right now Google cars aren't truly driverless, the cars alert the driver to take over when pulling in or out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
First, so to me I think it is pretty awesome that we are creating driverless cars. I think it is pretty awesome that technology is evolving into something spectacular. Probably in a ten to twenty years we will have flying cars. Also it not just Google that want or is creating driverless cars it is Mercedes- Benz, Audi,Tesla and Nissan. I also believe that it is amazing what some of the cars will be able to do. Some cars like Google's Toyota Prius that they modified uses sensors. The senses is all around the car. With them sensors they combined all the input that is very highly necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel.
Secondly, although I believe that this is the next step to a futuristic world there are still some downfalls of the driverless cars that they probably need to improve. For one out of everything it is probably really dangerous. The cars can easily not work at all or stop working while in the middle of a busy highway which can harm so many people. With that they wouldn't know who was at fault the driver or the manufactuer who created the car. Also the price of the cars to me is probably going to be a total downfall. The car may really be pricey. It can probably be in the mid hundred of thousands or even millions.
Lastly, I really do believe that this will be an great idea on all parts. It will take so long to master the perfect car with everything intact. I myself will probably love to have a driverless car in the future. I really hope that Google, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan will be able to create the perfect driverless car and possibly more. That would be an awesome experience.
Conclusion, so that is my postion on driverless cars that is in the making. I think it would be an awesome thing to have on the streets if it is safe. If it is not in anyway safe I don't think we should have them at all out on the streets. This is an start to an future where probably everything is smart technology. Like it said in the text, " The road to the truly autonomous car streches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." | 3 |
The topic on driverless cars and be very controversial and tricky, and there are many different views on it. And this is rightly so, as there are plenty of possible positive outcomes from making automated cars, but there are plenty of issues regarding safety, laws, and money as well. As for my opinion, I think they can be very helpful in the future, but still need more testing and time to work out the many problems that come along with this topic.
I personally believe everyone could benefit from automated vehicles. They could help prevent accidents, as even if a drunk driver were to get into one, they could still avoid trouble if the path home is simple enough. The cars could help the elderly/disabled majorly because it could save their lives as well as the lives of others if one were to have any kind of accident whilst in the vehicle, and could also bring the convenience of not having to be transported by others. This applies to teenagers as well. We would not have to worry about reckless driving as much, and transportation could be cheaper and more reliable in the end.
A major disadvantage is that there is still a large risk of an accident occuring. For example, if a passenger gets bored and decides to stop paying attention to the road and the car comes upon an obstacle it can not get across, there is a large possibility of a crash. There are an abundance of ways to counter this though, as shown in paragraph 7. The cars could have sensors in them that automatically flip on the brakes when it detects something, or the vehicle could have some kind of alert that notifies when the driver should take over. Automated vehicles can cause conflict between the manufacturer and the consumer as well. Also stated in paragraph 9, issues could arise if the technology failed.
In conclusion, I believe these vehicles have an astounding amount of potential, but are still rough around the edges. I think we should give it time for the concept to mature more, and for more laws regarding safety to come out related to it. If the dedication is large enough, we could very well have much safer roads in the not-too-distant future. | 2 |
Image someone having a bad day and no one really can not tell if one is or not. Just think of a technology that can read ones facial expressions and how it could maybe benefit the class room.
Many students in school feel angry, tired, bored, or happy when they walk in to school. Dr. Huang, of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinios explains its helpful reasons to be used in school.
In the text Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored ... Then it coud modify the lesson"(D'Alto Paragraph 6). This shows teachers and instructors can come up with plans and lessons that will better student learning. Most of the bored and confused students t do not achieve highly in school is somtimes cause by the lesson that a teacher gives, which can make students struggle in daily learning.
This can impact the school testing level scores and student actions if school is not enjoyable from them. From the quote, "A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored" can improve the teachers and instructors lesson plans better. Then,"modify the lesson" will improve student learning too. This could would be a great way to help the schools and students become smarter and succeed in lessons based on expressons. | 2 |
Its not a good to thing to come up with some new technologie because you probabaly dont know what people been through. You dont no if sonmbody family remember passed or it could be anything iknow i wouldnt want no new technologie about my feelings.
My evidence i got out the article is imagine being able to detect exactly how other person feeling i got that out the article to help me withmy answer. Thats how i found out my answer cause i got it out the article.
The main point of me saying my opion is because how the lady looking in this picture it look like she dont look to happy or less she just making up fake smile to hide her pain.
In article two it says could you calculate your emotions like math my opion of that is no but in the way it seems like people could calculate your emotions like math. | 0 |
We have all wondered about what other planets are like, but some of the closest planets to us we have never layed a foot on. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents to a strong extent. The author supports the idea in the fact that Venus may have been very similar to Earth at one point during time, and NASA is trying to come up with a way to make it possible to explore the mysterious planet.
Venus is a planet that is very close to us, but we know almost nothing about due to its extreme conditions. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea of attempting to study Venus because of how close it was to Earth's characteristics. The article states," Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth,"(4). The idea of another planet being alike to ours is very appealing to people, and the author seems to agree that there should be trips made to explore the planet. The article also says," The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters,"(4). The similarities could potentially have a connection to what Earth could possibly be after everything is gone. If so, then scientists need to be able to study this planet with a very open eye.
The planet Venus is very dangerous to anything that attempts to get close to it. The author provides information over what NASA is doing to try and further the studies of Venus. He says," NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions,"(7). The author cares about what they are doing to try to make the pursuit of the planet more safe and attainable. The author also says," Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation,"(8). The author seems very supportive when it comes to broadening our minds, and horizons of the future of pursuiting the planet of Venus.
To end with the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" very well layed out his/her opinions on what the limits should be on the amount of discovery we do. From Earth posssibly being similar to Venus in the future to NASA coming up with ways to explore and take samples from the ground of Venus the author seems very on board with continuing with Venus even though there are many dangers at play. | 3 |
In the past I have had so much trouble while taking tests, they are either too hard and I don't understand what is going on or I just can't focus. That is a bad thing because that means if
I am doing bad other kids might be doing bad as well. In class computers should be able to use the Facial Action Coding System to alter things to our knowledge if we get confused on a problem, bored, or distracted.
One way computers can use the FAC System is recognizing when we get confused on a test question. When we get confused instead of asking for help from the teacher the computer can take us through steps to solve the problem and then gives us a new problem so we can do what we just reviewd ourselves. The text also gives us a similar way, in the text it says that the computer can tell when we get confused or bored and modify the test or lesson to make it easier.
Another way the FAC System could be useful is if we get bored during a test or lesson. If we get bored during a trest or lession that computer will recognise that and then taylor the losson so it can be less boring and more fun.
The last way that the FAC system can be useful in schools is if we get distracted. If we get distracted by something while taking a test or doing a lesson of some sort the computer could be able to recognise that and give us some sort of brain break to help give our minds a break to think before getting back into the lesson. This can be helpful in many ways because sometimes if you are distracted by sonmething you are not going to give other work your best effort.
In conclusion in class computers should be able to use the Facial Action Coding System to alter things to our knologer if we get confused on a problem, bored, or distracted | 2 |
The technology called the Facial Action Coding System is valuable, because it could be a way of ineracting with the students a difffrent way, be a new subject in school to study in and make a career out of, and it coule be a learning tool for students.
This technology could be valuable in the class room by teachers interacting with students in a diffrent way then they usually do. Teachers could change thing up instead of doing the same things all time. As the author states in Paragraph 7, ''Raise your lips at the corner of you mouth, then squint you eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling at the corner of your eyes. Does your expression suggest an emotion, can your partner recognize which one.'' This peice of information suggests the interaction with people in the classroom along with your own emotios while being at school learning.
Furthermore, this technology could be a new study in school or possibly something to be able to mager in in college and make it a career. As the author begings to explain, '' The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while also showing you how much the computer can actually do. Imagine a computer that knows when your happy or sad.'' This quote from the passage shows what this technology can already do but also intends a possible future advancment, which is when a career, studies, and students come into play.
Finally, this technology could be valuable in the classroom by the students learning more about it or using it as a learning tool. In paragraph 5 the author states that, ''We humans perform this impressive calculation everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how a frind is feeling simply by the look on her face, but of course most of us would have trouble describing each facial trait that conveys happy,worried etc. This quote from the passage shows the possible fact of students using this technology as a learning tool for a class like physic while studding how the brain works with emotions.
In conclusion i belive that this Facial Action Coding System could be valuable in the classroom. It could be used as an interactive tool for students in the classroom so they teacher can change things up, it could become a career in the future or be improved, andd it could be a learning technique for students. | 3 |
The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents realy good. He gives facts and good reasons why people should study and visit venus. In the first 3 paragraphs he gives interesting facts about venus. He says things that we dont have to know but is nice to know. like in paragraph 2 he says venus is referred as the earth twin and is the closest planet to earth in term of density and size. In paragraphs 4-6 he starts to explain why people should study venus and explain how venus is worthy to pursuit. In paragraph 4 he says that "astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar sytem." Thats him explaining why venus is worthy of studing and has earth like features. In paragraph 5 he beins to talk about NASA and them sending humans to study venus. The author says that "NASA's possible solution to the hostile condition on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." He is now explaining how they can make it suitable for people to go study venus. The author wraps up the story talking about human curiosity and earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts. The author supports the idea that studing venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents really good he gave facts and backed up his idea about studying venus. | 2 |
Many people are afraid of the concept of driverless car, and I cannot say that I blame them. These people believe that new, driverless cars could lead to a myriad of crashes injuries, and deaths, because the cars do not have the intelligence or driving capabilities as an average human driver. While I do understand why these people fear the future with self-driving cars, I also understand that they are wrong, simply because they are misinformed, and unknowledgible about the topic.
Self-driving cars are exactly what they sound like, cars that are able to control themselves without the input or command of a human driver. They use advanced sensors and technology to achieve this. While many people think that these cars could only appear in the distant future, they are, in fact, driving around right now.
Google's self-driving car is an example of one such current driverless car. It has been driving itself for months now, and has been in only a few wrecks, all of which were caused by human error, either by someone in a different vehicle or by the human driver of the car, when the self-driving technology was turned off. This shows that driverless cars are in fact, safer than cars driven by humans.
Also, imagine if all the cars on the road were self-driving cars. Because these cars constantly send out signals to drive, what if they could send signals to other driverless cars around them, informing them of what is happening on the road ahead. There's a road block on the your next turn? Your car could be informed to take a detour, to save time and energy.
Driverless cars also mean that the people who were previously driving no longer have to. A busy person could work on his computer on his way to work, or could be sending an important email. Or perhaps someone, having just been out drinking with friends, will no longer be able to drive drunk, they could just tell their cars to take them home, saving people from being injured or killed by drunk drivers. The same could be said about truckers or people going on road trips, who sit at the wheel for a long time. Instead of potentially falling asleep at the wheel, killing or injuring themselves or someone else, nothing would happen, as they were not driving in the first place.
In my honest opinion, self-driving cars are a huge step to the future, and a huge step towards making the world a little safer. While the fears or loss of control or technological malfunction in these cars, causing them to crash, is real and legitimate, it has been shown time and time again that those concerns are not a real problem. The pros definitely outweigh the cons in this sinario. The rise of driverless cars mean less accidents, because they virtually eliminate human error. They allow for people to have more time, instead of driving they can do more important things, and can completely stop drunk drivers. Driverless cars are better in pretty much every way; we just need to spread the news and inform people why it is the case. | 4 |
Unmasking the face on mars is a cool story, but if i was a scientist at NASA discussing the face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens i would tell them its not created by aliens its just a natural landform thats is on mars.
Im not just saying this to say it but what i figured out is that eighteen long years ago after the viking missions ended. That the face that they found was important to the taxpayers. I also found out that the face on mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude were it was winter in april, a cloudy time of year on the red planet.
so my argumentative essay to the people that believe it was created by aliens well its not because when michael malin and his mars arbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos, thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, releaving a natural landform there were no aliens monument after all. | 1 |
How do driveless cars sound? Driverless cars do sound like a good idea, having them take the wheel for you and not have the hard tasks of revesing when you can not see behind you, parallel parking, and not worrying about the speed you are going when the car can do it for you. The problem I see is that if another driverless car starts on its own and drives away without you, where does it go? Another problem would be that if another driverless car comes into your way and you both crash into each other who do you blame the person driving the car because they were not in control or the manufacturers for not programming the car correctly to avoid collisions like this? What would happen if we did get into an accident? Would we be likely to live or more likely to die because we couldn't control the vehicle?
Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws would be needed in order to cover the liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?
All in all I just think we need to test this one out a little more, because just like smart cars they are not accident proof, they are not safty assured, and they are not likely going to save me or anyone else that would be in the car it would more likely kill us then save us or if we are saved injure us badly.
Not only that but what would the driveless car use regular gas or be an electric car? I already know this as well, but there will be protest about this car working or that this car is just another one of those future cars we are not ready for and so forth, how will we promote this so that people will buy this car knowing it is probably bad for the environment? Those are just some questions to think about so just give them some thought and that is why I think we should not have driverless cars. | 2 |
The future holds many great things but one thing that isn't on that list would be driveerless cars. Just thinking about it brings danger, with people inside a car without a real driver can cause many accidents. In the future I feel like our death population will really rise up because of self driven cars. How are they going to know when to turn or what to do in a bad situation. Driverless cars is going to be a very nad idea.
Why do we need driverless cars there is absolutely no point in it. Just so people dont have to drive and they can be lazy. Or because just in case if someone is tired and can't drive much longer. Well would you rather drive your self than a robot car that for sure has no idea what other people can do. Because when people drive and someone is next to them they can tell when they are shifting over but a driverless car can't because all it can do is tell whats behind and in front of it not to the sides. With this idea I am definitly not for it becasue I will rather walk it is just to dangerous and I do not want to take the chance. If they give me an oppurtunity to drive a driverless car and a self controlled one I would rather go with a self controlled one. Now by the time the driverless car is invented I moght be dead. But I would rather be dead from something else than a driverless car.
America has had many deaths and a lot of that is because of cancer, car wrecks, and other sickness and if the driverless car is invented I feel like it would turn into the top ten death causes. No will understand how many causes we will have with them. And im not just looking out for the people bt also google. Google will be a lot of debt off because people will be sueing them all the time. Before they make this a final decision they might want to look into the future because of all the teens also. Teens will play a big role into that and that could cause a lot of damage.
Who ever made this idea is a smart person I will give them credit in inventing something that can drive itself around, but I will also give them credit when it's there car that has caused the most deaths in the world. Plus what if someone tells them to go somewhere and they fell asleep and didn't notice the robot went the wrong way and the person would end on the complete opposite side of a town or even a country. You never know how smart the car can be. And if it was up to me I would not be one of those people who would buy a driverless car. | 3 |
My opinion on driverless cars is that it is a good thing for everyone. If we had a public- transport taxi system, we wouldn't have to use as much fuel if it goes the way Sergey Brin envisions this. In 2009 Google had them independent under specific conditions. These cares have been driven up to half a million miles without a crash. These cars would change everyones daily function in a positive way.
Google has also modified Toyota Prius to use position- estimating sensors, rotating sensors on the roof, video cameras mounted near rearview mirrors,there is alot of technology in this car but there is something way more important in this car. It is a spinning sensor on the roof, Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the cars surroundings and you could use that if the car was driverless. You could do this to see where to have the car go if it is auto.
In 2013, BMW announced the development of Traffic Jam Assistant. The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 Mph, but special sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. These can steer acurate and break themselves, this is a machanic that driverless cares will have to have. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving- Driverless 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have plans to have cars to drive themselves by 2020.
Driverless cars will help tramendasley with everyday people that need to go somewhere but cant drive, teens without a license, elderly people who cant drive anymore many people. When this gets here I hope i can test this out for myself because it would be a positive side to everything driving. By 2020 many car brands will have this in there hands and everyone elses hands. | 1 |
I am for the value of this technology to read students' emotions. I have a reason to support this opinion.
To begin with, this could be used to ditermine the hidden human emotions. For instance, when I am having a presentation about a specefic topic, but I cannot know the audence's true feelings against me because people usually flatter and do not show their real thoughts. However, by using this technology, I can figure out if mine was good enough or not from the data.
In other hand, I believe this has to be limited to protect individual human rights. For example, what if I could read emotions that are shown by folks, they would be bewildered because they have their own private feelings. This might become a big and grave issue later.
As a conclusion, technology is much smarter and more intellegent, but does not have abilities to control human rights. Just because that can decearn the emotion rate, does not mean that can know the real problem beyond this technology. | 2 |
"Seagoing Cowboys" take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. When one becomes a Seagoing Cowboy, one's life is changed forever. There are three main reasons for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, and they are the beautiful places one might visit, the good cause that one is helping, and the fun one can have while doing the job. In this argument, I will elaborate on each of these reasons. First, I will expand on what is meant by beautiful places.
The first reason that I think one should become a Seagoing Cowboy is all of the beatiful places you might visit. When one is a Seagoing Cowboy, and one travels through Europe to help people, there are plenty of opportunity to visit beautiful places, such as Venice, Italy, where one can take a gondola ride through the streets of water, or the Acropolis, in Greece. One also occasionally finds beautiful places on one's way to another place, such as the Panama Canal, if one is going to China. That is the first reason for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Now, I shall elaborate on the second reason.
The second reason for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that one will be helping a good cause. War is a horrible thing, and sometimes, animals cannot be kept. Animals are very important beings, and we should try to protect them to our greatest extent. So going on trips just to help animals, which happens to be what Seagoing Cowboys do, is a very worthy cause. If one truly cares for animals, and one has the opportunity to help both animals and people, then why shouldn't one do so? There is no reason at all. Now, I shall elaborate on the third, and final reason for which I believe one should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
The third, and final reason, for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, is the fun that one will have while doing the job. When one is a Seagoing Cowboy, one often has spare time during the job, and there are plenty of opportunities to meet new people, and to have fun with them, playing games such as volleyball, and baseball. One might even find a lifelong friend, working as a Seagoing Cowboy. If someone does not have very many friends, they would have a chance of finding one as a Seagoing Cowboy. That is the third and final reason for which I think one should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Now, I shall finish this argument.
Seagoing Cowboys take care of cattle that has been sent overseas. There are several reasons for which one should become a Seagoing Cowboy, and they are the beautiful places one might visit, the worthy cause one is serving, and the fun one might have. Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a good idea for all of us. Now why would anyone think otherwise? | 3 |
The author supports his idea very well in this article. He has so many evidence in each paragraph. He has so many ways to back it up . For example here one in paragraph 1 and 2 he said venus was the "second safest planet other then earth why beacause it far from the sun". 97% is carbon dioxide blankets in venus.
In my opinion i agree on what he says in this article for many reason. He is right on soon were gone have to find or live on a new planet other then earth. Then i agree on
paragraph 2 he said venus is the closet planet to earth terms of density and sizeand occasionally the closet in distants too. In paragraph 4 it says that astronomers fascinated by venus because futher vists to its surface most earth-like planet in our solar system.
What thing that good about this article is that has alot facts and things i didn't know about venus. Who would of know that we could of live in a other planet. Who would know that venus was smiliar to earth in many different ways. They evensaid that the temperatures in venus will be toasty. They already having NASA wprking and even studying on venus.
I agree on this article because striving to meet the callenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also only because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be expanded to mett the very edges of imagination and innnovation. | 2 |
In "The Challange of Exploring Venus," the author explains in detail on how despite the dangerous aspects of the planet venus, the overall planet has potiential. They say venus concludes of "Not easy conditions,but suriviable for humans". Human life is definitly possible for the planet Venus, however their are prices that come along with the reward.
Venus is known as "Earth's Twin". It is the closest planet to earth, refering to the size and density. The planets interior consist of rocky sediments and familar features that are seen on earth such as mountains. Venus is seen as the most earth like planet in our solar system, giving a viewof consideration to take a visit. However, there are many downfalls to this planet.
Venus presents many erupting volcanos,powerful earthquakes and occasional dangerous lighting strikes. 97% of Venus atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide which isnt good for human life. There are high clouds of sulfuric acid that harm the air. The average tempature consist of over 800 degrees fahrenheitm follwing high pressure levels of 90x greater of whats on earth.
Despite the risk and harmful factor of Venus, it is still possible to be survivable for humans. Once upon arrival, NASA concludes that "air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth" making it relate more to human life on earth. Venus would be toasty, considering the tempature on but there is still ablities for human survival. | 2 |
The future is coming. In this modern age, we have personal assistants on our phones, holographic keyboards, and even 3D TVs. It's not that far fetched that soon we could also have self-driving cars as well. Self-driving cars are quickly becoming a reality, but they first should be tested so no hazardous glitches remain.
Recently there have been multiple breakthroughs that have advanced progress on making an actual self-driving car. One such advances was the more advanced sensors that are now put on cars. Now, these sensor help alert drivers to where a possibly dangerous situation is, but in the future they could be used as the "eyes" for the car. No car would be able to drive on it's own without being able to sense which direction it's going. As well there have been multiple breakthroughs with computer systems, which would give the car the know-how in order to drive on it's own. Lastly, thanks to satellite imaging, almost the entire world has been mapped out. This, added along with everything else, could really help realize the future of the self-driving car.
Now even though this idea sounds fantastic, it's not without flaws. Sometimes computers will suffer errors in their programming. Most of the time, this isn't too important, but if it happened to a self-driving car with someone in it, the results could be disasterous. The cars would need to be heavily tested to get rid of as many of these errors as possible. As well, there would also have to be a new set of laws that pretain to self-driving cars. One such law would be if a car crashed, who would be responsible, the passenger or the manufacturer?
Self-driving cars are quickly becoming a reality, but first they need to be tested to make sure they don't have any hazardous glitches. In this modern age, we have personal assistants on our phones, holographic keyboards, and even 3D TVs. It's not much of a stretch of the imagination to think that self-driving cars could arrive soon. The future is definitely coming. | 2 |
Many people think that the " Face on Mars " was created by aliens.
Due to the lack of evidence on that theory I have all the reason to believe that it is not.
Like, Earth has all these natural landforms, Mars could also have many natural landforms. NASA would even want there to be Martians.
I can also see how your mind could come to thinking that aliens are real.
To those who say that NASA is just trying to hide evidence.
When in fact, finding an ancient Martian civilization would help them, because they can be granted more money to investigate the life forms.
So, if ther was an alien we would try to capture it the first chance we have.
A big reason that I think that you just believe in aliens is you are just trying to stick with the status quo.
There is no doubt in my mind that some part of you thinks that the " Face on Mars " was made by aliens comes from media, movies, books, radio talk shows, and etc.
Don't tell me you don't go to the grocery checkout and see the magazine article that says, " The Face on Mars was made by real aliens.
Like, Earth has many natural landforms, Mar could very well could have them to.
One big thing that jumps out to me is Mars has never seen a human face before, so how could they have made it.
Another fact is that Earth have landforms just like this particular Martian landform.
Those landforms are butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West.
So, as you can see that all the evidence here points to the " Face on Mars " being just another landform.
Like, the butte or mesa.
NASA has all the more reason to want Martians.
That, media has an effect on human minds. | 2 |
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