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I think that u guys should join the Seagoing Cowboys because we help the people who was in world war II and need our help. One reason I think u should join is to help people in need. One more reason is that way we could help them gane trust and gane happyness again. This sows why I think that it would be a good for u to join the Seagoing Cowboys and help the people in need like the Europians.
The Seagoing Cowboys are people how help and work hard to get what they need to live and we get them food a things like that. This is why I think that u should help.
The reason I joined was to help people in need. I hope u do the same as what I did an did and I hope you do it for a long time .This is why it is important to help the people in need. | 0 |
Using cars creates admissions that damages our ozone layer. Communities around the world know this and are doing something to relax the damage being done. They are doing temporary bans on cars along side with other cities, and trying to make cars with much lower emissions.
Using cars in major cities makes it so noisy but also makes it very bad for the environment, and ourselfs. When you live in a major city like for example New York City, people choose to walk rather than drive cars. Not only is this healthier for us but it is much more healthy for the rest of the environment.
In suburban Germany there is a town that has banned cars from the street completely and has most people riding bikes and walking. Most of these people dont really car so much about having to walk or ride a bike. In Colombia they had one day where they banned cars and in their city of 7 million people, most people walked or rode bikes. Germany and Paraguay arent the only nationd that are taking a part of this, other nations like France, and other eurpoean countries are joining in. President Obama has also pushed for cars with lower emissions and higher gas mileage. This will help save people money if they dont really have it, and help save the amount of gas used and emissions caused.
With all this in mind it would be useful to lower gas emissions or even to stop using cars in general. It will be healthy for us and the environent. We dont even have to get rid over cars completly either, we can just switch over to electric. Theses are easy solutions to our problem, and also giving us and advantage in the world we live in. | 2 |
If Venus is so inhospiable, why are some scientist discussing visits to its surface? "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," is abut the risk and how hard it is for our technology to survive Venus' surface to explore. This is how the author supports his ideas of studying Venus.
Here are some of the authors claims on why it is imortant and worth it to explore Venus. The author thinks that studying venus is a worthy persuit despite all of the dangers that come with exploring the planet. The author says that astronomers are facinated by Venus because it it could have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. Also becuas Venus was porbably covered mostly in oceans meaning that life forms could have lived on the planet. The planet also has rocky sedement, valleys, mountains, and craters just like Earth. Venus can also be our nearest option because space travel takes such a long period of time. Because of these reasons the author thins that Venus is worth exploring eventho the risk is so high.
In "The Challenge of Ecploring Venus," the author has supported his ideas. The author said that Venus is most Earth like and could have also suported life long ago. Also that it sometimes the closest option for exploration. I think that we should explore Venus more If our technology advances enough to allow us to explore safely. | 2 |
Hi, my name is Lucas and I had an amazing experience by being a sea cowboy. I got to visit many places that back then many people cound not visit. Also I made a lot of good friends. When my trip with the animals was over my friends and I would kind of have a party we would play games like volleyball, fencing, baseball ext. Like I said this opportunity opened the world up to me. I am glad that I now understands other countries needs and the people from those countries. When I was done being a sea cowboy my family and I had like foriegn exchange students stay with us. I could also teach my family about the foriegn exchange student. Like what his country was like and what animals I brought to that country. Like I said this opportunity had a lot of good effects come out of it. So if you would like to travel the world and learn what different countries needs I suggest being a sea cowboy. | 1 |
The Challegene of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" is a planet similar to ours. It is the closest on similiarities to Earth and scientificis plan to explore it. However, it could be a bad idea because it has a lot of pollution, high temperatures and weather problems.
One reason of why exploring venus is a bad idea is the pollution. The text says "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus". It means that there is a great pollution that humans are not able to stand. If people tries to go to Venus they could probably die.
Another reason is that venus has higher temperatures and weather problems. The article says " temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater." It means that the temperatures are stronger than what we can stand. Humans are not used to it so it would be difficult and risky.
One more reason is the weather issues. The article says "Additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqueakes, and frequent lightning strikes to proves seeking to land on its surface". The weather is a great issue since they could destroy everything. It will be so hard to explore, not even machins would be able to stand a strong weather.
In conclusion, exploring Venus would be a bad idea since it is risky for humans. If you still think that scientifics should explore Venus, you can look for more information on internet. | 3 |
People make many facial expressions to tell how they are feeling about certain people or situations. There really a need for a software to detect how a students emotional expressions are? Classrooms do not need technology for syudent to tell what their emotional expressions are. Students peers are more than captiable of telling weather the person likes something or not. It's also a waste of techonolgy to be put in a classroom.
One reason why technology to read students is not benetfical is facial expressions can be seen and dosen'r have to be heard. In the passage pargraph four it states that, "The facial expressions for each emotion are univeral and individuals often show varying dgrees of expressions." Another reason is humans are the detecters of weather another persons like something or not. In paragraph five it states that, "In fact, we humans perform this same "calculation" everyday. For instance you can probably tell hoe a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." Why need technology when people have their ouwn knowledge of whats going on with a person. Last reason is using your muscles called palpabraeus, in paragraph eight it explains that using your muscles you can spot certain faces a person is trying to make. It says, "To an expert faces dont lie; these muscles clues are used to spot when a smile politician or celebirty isn't being truthful."
In conclusion using technology is not a good use to read student in a classroom. There no reason because there are people when can detect other people's expressions. Students also using their own resouces/knowledge. In the passage it states that, "moving your facial mucles not only express emotions, but also may help produce them." No need technology to tell a person that. | 2 |
The author claims that Venus can be our escape plan if earth becomes unhabitle .He supports this by explaining to us that NASA has made many attemps for a spacecraft to land and collect samples for people to study. But due to the extreme heat ,that ranges over 800 degrees. And pressure that is 90 times heavier than what we have here on earth. Is basically impossible for a spacecraft to survive.
Many plans ideas and plans are being put into perspective like a mechanical computers. That can stand the heat from Venus. And there's also an Idea of a blimp
to travel in ,instead of touching the surface.Even with all these great ideas,there are limits to what we can do.Heat and pressure are not the only setbacks. There are active valcanoes ,powerful earthquakes and even lighting. The possibilities to living there are slim to none.The only reason Venus is being considered is becouse it's closer.
Maybe there will be one day where a man set's foot on mars and a famous line that will be put into the history books ,or internet. Depending on how long it takes. Mankind has done impecable things. And venus is just gonna be the next milestone | 1 |
Today we are going to talk about the study of Venus is worthy.Because Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Sometimes it's called the Evening Star. But I don't think that Venu is a star! It's the nickname that is misleading it's real personality.
If you
don't know Venus is the second planet from the Sun.Yes Venus is a planet because in the passage it said that"Venus is actually a planet".Venus is closest planet to Earth according to it's size and density.But also sometimes during the rotation it comes close by the distance too.Because sometimes it right around the corner in space
human have spent numerours spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each mission was unmanned and none of the spacecraft
lasted
more that few hours on this surface.
And I think that could be danger for Earth in future. Because it is colsest to planet Earth. And if none of the spacecraft lasted long enough on this surface of Venus than it could effect the Earth if it comes more closer to Earth.Humans need Oxygen to survive but on Venus there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. And also the average surface temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenhit, and the atmopheric pressure is 90 times greater than humans face on Earth and as I said before it could be dangerous to Eath if in the future Venus comes more closer to Earth.
So I think we should learn more about Venus and try to protect ourselves from any harm happen in the future from Venus. | 1 |
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I think the ¨Unmasking The Face on Mars.¨is just the Face of a natural landord.A lot of people might not think it is just a natural landform because on the picture they take on 1976 and 1998 it just excatly look like something else.Here is the reason if you still think it is a something else not a natural landforms ¨New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA´s
Mars Global Survey spacecraft eveal the Face on Mars for what it really is:A mese´´.
One reason is that few the scientist believe that the Face on Mars was an aliens artifact photogarphing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyors arrive at the Red Olanet in Sept 1997.Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeard on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform.There was no alien monument after all.People might still thinks it is an a something else but it was not true.
Other reason is that when they take a pictures of Face clearly scientist and NASA can see what it really was after all.¨As a rule of thumb, you can discern thing in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel sizw,¨he added.¨So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the grounds or Egyprian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you can see what they were!¨But not everyone was satisfied.The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 98- a cloudy time of years on the Red Plante.The camera on boad MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics,alien markings were hidden by haze.
Final reason is that i really is a natural landforms.What the pictures actually
shows is the Martian equivalent of a bute or mesa-landforms common around the American West.¨It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,¨say Garvin.¨That´s a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.¨
Introduction is that I still believes that the face is just a natural landform because if you read closely on the article you could see what it really is.If you wants to watch closely on the picture you could see just more than a natural landform. When they take a pictures of Face clearly scientist and NASA can see what it really was after all. | 2 |
The author made it clear to us why they feel like we should persue Venus. The author had many facts to back up his idea that exploring Venus is worthy but can be dangerous. The author described many aspects of what could happen if we go to Venus. The author is very interested about Venus and gave a thorough explanation of why we should pursue Venus despite the dangers by giving supportive details of how it relates to planet Earth.
The author gives descriptive details on how Venus is just like earth and why we should go there in paragraph 4. The authors says that ¨The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters¨. This part of the text makes it to where Venus is a safe place to go because it ¨includes familiar features¨ as earth does. Which makes the reader believe that their is another planet like earth out their in the Solar system. Venus having ¨valleys, mountains, and craters¨ shows how closely related the planet Venus is to Earth. By the author putting this into the text give us a visual of what Venus really looks like if we touch down and started to build a civilization their.
The author gives the reader a realistic condition of Venus of why it is worth it but dangerous. In paragraph 5 towards the bottom the authors describes the conditions by saying ¨...temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth./ Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans¨. The author gives us a little scare of how it is dangerous because the temperature levels is ¨at around 170 degrees¨. That is very high and seems that no one would be able to survive there. The author also says ¨air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth¨ which is saying that the air level of 170 degrees is as close sea level so we could pontentially survive it. The author ends is by saying ¨Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans¨, which explains why he believes that it is dangerous but since it is survivable it is worth the try.
Furthore more, the author gave great explainitory details of what could come if we live on Venus, that of the good and the bad. Throughout the text the author explains ways that Venus is dangerous but can be liveable towards humans. The authors explains ways of how the human population is trying to get to Venus by telling us about NASA
tryna build technology that is suitable for those conditions. The authors explains their idea with strong arguments and facts that make it understandable to theit idea. | 4 |
The advancement of technology has helped humanity a lot in several ways, such as comuters,phones or even, planes to travel the world. These advancements could help students to learn in school. The facial recognition mentioned in this article is amazing for the following reasons: it could give students an easier time understanding material, it could introduce new ideas into peoples minds about career oppurtunities, and it could draw students focus into their work.
This facial recognition could help students understand their material better by molding the lesson if the student is confused or bored or possible even distracted. This would be immensely helpful for students who may have trouble comprehending certain subjects like math or English. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson,like an effective humn instructor."
By shaping the lesson around the student it makes it more possible for a student to pass a class and graduate from highschool or college. If the student seems confused the lesson can slow down and work through the problem with them. If the student seems happy then the lesson can speed up and throw harder work at them.
Technology such as facial recognition in an acedemic situation could take the slowing down of harder classes and us that to drive new ideas of new technology into peoples heads. These programs could take calculus and make it to appleal to students with a mind for working with computers. This would open job oppurtunities for millions of people in the United States alone. It could take biology and slow the lesson to then advance it into so many different branches of biology.
Students get distracted; it's a thing that happens. what if it wasn't as easy to be distracted. what if your lesson shaped itsel ito something you liked because you undersood it, because you could make sense of what the lesson was about, and pllied it to real world situations. A lot of the reasons students get distracted is because they dont understand their subject or it's too hard so they stop to take abreak and dont come back to it baecause they know that they'll be just as confused when they come back to it as they were when they left. If your lesson slows down to incorporate your confused look or your stares of boredom it could mke the lesson easier to help you understand it which will in turn capture your attention again. I know multiple people who would love to have tis tech, myself included.
This would be an amazing advancemement in the acedemic worl but it's very far off. When this becomes widespread it would boost the economy of its country by a lot. I believe this technology would be beneficial for the following reasons: it would help students undertsand their material, it could introduce new ideas into peoples minds about career oppurtunities, and it could draw students focus into their work. | 3 |
The use of technology being able to read emotional expressions of students is not valuble. It invades student's privacy. It's a likely chance that a student emotions will not change because of what the computer detects, and also some people may not like the idea of being so closely connected with a computer/ technology.
There are many times where you have probably witnessed a friend or person's face looking too calm or sad to you, and when you asked them what's wrong they tell you nothing. Eventhough when they tell you this you know something might be wrong. After a while you start to just let it go,respect their privacy and wait til they're ready to really tell you whats's on their mind. This applies the same way from a computer to a student. Some students may not want the computer to be invading their privacy and knowing what's wrong with them, they would rather keep it to themselves.
It's also a likely chance that a students emotions will not change just because the computer can detect it. What if the the students feelings are more deeper than how they feel about the work? a computer won't be able to change that. In the article the author informed that the FACS (Facial Coding System). will be able to detect on if a person liked an ad or not. Though that might be a swell idea most people don't always like being stopped by ads when they're trying to watch or read something they really want to. | 2 |
In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile by "Nick D'Alto" the author gives differnt claims from different scientst on how a computer can detect emotion by our facial muscles. Computers can detect emotion because it can no the difference from fake and real feelings, for example in the article " Its all about those muscilar action units. They even indicate the differnce between a genuine smile and a forced one." Another reason how computers can detect emotion is because just how a friend can look at you and can see rather your sad, happy, mad ect. a computer can program those emotion into styem. another example " The new emotion-recognition sotfware tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa". Than in paragraph three "Dr.Paul Eckam" has classitied six basic emotions and he use those emotions " associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" . Fianally, in pargraph four Dr.huang said " Even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression". (meaning that just because someone isnt smilling as broadly doesnt mean they arent has happy or excited as they appear)
And thats where video imagery can recognize facial movements in a real face or in a painted of "Mona Lisa". Computers can detect emotions because its about the muscles in your face that can determine rather you are being geuin or not. | 1 |
First , me and my partner Christina was in the lab one day when we discovered a mask on Mars. Me and Christna thought different things about the mysterious mask on Mars. My thought was that it was just from natural landform but , Christina thought different she kept going on about how the "aliens" made the mask to tell us there living on Mars. I asked her alot of time about why she thought that and you wanna know what she always said! She said "isnt it obivious that no one else in on earth and so no one can make it". I was thinking she was crazy! Shee must of been off her rocker . Some facts from the story is that "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head. . . formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." and " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image appeared on a JPL web site , revealing . . .
a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."
Last , what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. | 1 |
Venus the closest planet to Earth. Literally.. distance and characterisitics wise as well. Both planets are about the same size, density, and ocasionally closest the sun, at least in different speeds. Venus is a very interesting planet due to it's location and characteristics being shared with the Earth. Although there is one big difference, we don't live in Venus, or know much about it really. There is a whole other planet that we lack knowledge of due not pursuing the idea of it. Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents because, it's the Earth's "twin", there could be potential life in Venus, and it could improve soceity's point of view on innovation.
The Earth's "twin"
Venus is considered to be the Earth's twin because of the characteristics they share. Both planets are similar in size, density, and distance from the sun. They're very similar in some ways except for that fact that we live on Earth and not on Venus. If there are so many similarities why don't we live on Venus? Venus is the closes planet to Earth for it's traits. "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason since no spacecraft survivied the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue expalins why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades" states in the article. That sentence from the text shows that we haven't visited Venus, and certainly not recently, which means we don't know if we could for sure not use Venus as a "second Earth".
Potential life on Venus
There could be potential life form in Venus. I know this because in the text it states"Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" that sentence shows that potential living forms could be or have existed in Venus due to it's oceans. Looking into the idea of Venus potentially having some type of life form is one step closer to making it the Earth's "twin".
Improving our innovation due to Venus
We could use Venus for our advantages and disect its intergrety. There could be potential life forms on Venus and it's much more than just a planet. "Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray" that sentence shows that Venus is a planet that would allow scientists to think outside the box, in a more innovative way of thinking. The text also states "Not esay conditions, but survivable for humans" this sentence shows that there would be some challenges along the way but it would be a whole different way of thinking that could lead to a new innovative world.
In conclusion
Venus is a planet worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I say this because Venus is considered Earth's twin, due to the size and locations. There could be potential life on Venus, maybe we could potentially end up living there. Venus would help us, soceity, scientists, etc, to think in whole different way than we're used to. To innovate ideas, to maybe compare things on how they would on Earth verus in Venus. Venus is worthy of pursuing due to all the amazing factors it comes with, and could be a major step for Earth and humans. | 3 |
Mars the red planet is our next destination for the human race and we want to find out as much as we can about it before fully exploring it. Something interesting has occured and many people think that it's the work of aliens. Why would aliens want to buid a giant face? Is it really the work of aliens or just a natual landform? I'll tell you why it's just a natural landform and not an ancient Egyptian-like pyramid.
With the recent photographs of the so called "face" it has become clear to me that it is just a natural landform as seen in the picture taken in 2001. The phoograph shows that the mesa is made from the same dirt as the dirt around it. If aliens wanted to buid shelter, wouldn't they want to buid something more sturdy? Also wouldn't there be a quarry of some sort to get the resorces to build that thing? It is just a natual landform just like the ones you would see on Earth.
As said in the article, the time of year that the photo was taken was during a cloudy time of year so that could have made the photo blurry and harder to see thus making the mesa look like a face. Garvin even says that it reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Mars is a cold desert planet with very little atmosphere or resources. There have been signs of water on Mars but that is long since gone. If there was life on Mars it's long gone but it is very unlikely for life to have ever existed there.
Space harbors mysteries and we as humans have a desire to uncover them. When something wierd happens (the face) we get to work in uncovering what it really is. There really is only one way to find out what it is for certain; we have to go there and see for ourselves which will bring up more and more questions about space. | 3 |
The Electoral College should be abolished because citizens can't vote directly on which canidate they want. The electoral college is unfair because a candiate that wins the vote of the people, they can't become president if they don't have enough electoral votes. For example when Al Gore was elected, Gore won the popular vote but could not become president because of insufficent electoral college votes.
It is not fair to the people that their vote cannot count unless it goes through the Electoral College. The Electoral College bases on what the overall state vote is, instead of the individual voter, thus making it unfair to each voter if they do not get an equal say in who they want as president. Said in source two, "Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." The citizens should be able to choose who governs their country. Direct elections are much easier than having an Electoral College. The voters vote, the majority wins and we have a new president.
In the Electoral College system, the voters vote of another set of voters who vote for the candiate of their party. The Electoral College way is much more difficult than having a popular vote method of voting.
In some cases,when no candiate wins a majority of the popular vote, in source 3, "For example, Nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral college(301 and 370 Electoral votes, respectively)." This could be a clearer solution to havings run-off elections. Also in source 3, "There is no pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the voters cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidentail election process, is reduced by the Electoral Collage, which invariably produces a clear winner." The president should be choosen by what the people want. There are also some citizens who may be a republican in a democratic state and vice versa who's vote wouldn't even be considered because the Electoral College will be voting for the overall states vote. In a popular vote everyone gets a say in who our president will be.
Having the popular vote method is a way to give all citizens a voice in who they want their next president to be. It's also a way to get people involved with government. If everyone gets an equal say,Then the president is choosen fairly among the citizens instead of a group of electors that go by the states overall vote rather than everyone getting equality. After all, America is a democracy and the electoral college isn't very democratic. | 3 |
There are good arguements that you can have to be against the developement of driverless cars and for them. There would be benefits going either way but there would also be some downfalls. In my opinion, I argue against these cars.
First of all, the developement of these cars requires a lot of money and time. The manufactures of these cars could be using that money and time much more effectively. A lot of these cars require new special roads that use magnets or electrical currents. These roads cost a lot of money and would replace regular roads that are perfectly fine. Not to mention, most people would probably still have normal cars so the roads would only be for the few who get these self driving cars.
Another important issue is safety. Self driving cars aren't always going to accurate. Technology isn't accurate all the time and driving is something that I feel like shouldn't be left for technology to do. People should have to be aware of their own surroundings and drive their own cars. I feel like people wwould get used to just having technology do everything for them and eventually people wouldn't even have to learn to drive to have a car. These self driving cars are not able to drive in work zones, construction sites, or any type of accident which is where you need to be the most cautious. Not to mention, these cars allow you to do other activivties while you're driving since you don't have to be actively driving the car at all times. People could text or be on their phones or do soemthign else that distracts hem completely. Having a signal might not always be effective. People might also have to wait periods of time to drive themselves and this could cause people to get bored and start to get tired. If someone fell aslep at the wheel and then needed to direct the car, it would just cause an accident.
While on the subject of accidents, those could be a problem as well. It could cause many legal problems if there was some type of accident in the car. People could say that it was the person in the car "driving" or they could say it was the car's fault. Once you blame the car for the accident that brings in the makers of the car which starts a whole legal mess.
In my opinion, these self driving cars aren't a good idea and peopleshould just stick to driving the cars themselves. I think that they would do more bad than good in the long run.They could cause problems with safety, legal issues, and finacial issues. We should just stick to driving the cars like we always have. | 3 |
All throughout the world, experiments are taking place that replace the personal automobile with safer and more environment sensetive choices. Life in places, such as Vauban, Germany, is built around the lack of cars. Bogota, Colombia hosts their own Day Without Cars. Although this scale of events hasn't happened America yet, the youth of the United States aren't using cars as much as they used to. In all these cases, quality of life has improved and the environment isn't suffering as much as it previously did.
The residents of Vauban, Germany have made a monumental decision in the aspect of cars. According to the article
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , in the new district of Freiburg, the only cars that run in the streets are the trams that run to downtown Freiburg. This is done so that "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway." This "smart planning" allows people to get to where they need to go without using cars. Placing busy businesses on a main street would normally be a bad idea because of the amount of congestion it would cause. In places like this, congestion isn't a thing that can happen. A walk could get you to central places allowing you to access the more important of places. The same article states that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emitions." The envirnment is in a state of constant decline with the amount of greenhouse gasses and chemicals we are exposing to it. The lack of cars is a great way to put us in the right direction. The article mentions that cars were responsible for "up to 50 percent [of greenhouse gasses] in some car-intensive ares in the United States." Imagine how much clearer the sky would be with smog reduced by half. The implications of removing cars from our lives could mean the difference between severe global warming and living happy and healthy.
Three cities, deep within the Colombian urban areas, host a day where cars are not allowed. Andrew Selsky describes how "parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city; uneven,pitted sidewalks; rush-hour traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." In Bogota, this singular day where cars were banned gave people a reason to try out public transportation and personal locomotion. Paris took a similar approach when, According to Robert Duffer, they "enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of he global city." Cars with even-numbered license plates were enforced to not be driven. The odd-numbered plates were the ones that were taken off the streets the next day. The two day ban allowed the envirnment to recover after extremely high smog levels. The rule that was applied in the Colombian cities was also enforced in the worldwide city of Paris. Both cities benefited greatly from a temporary ban of cars.
Car culture has always been strong within America. Elisabeth Rosunthal implies that for several decades, cars were a must-have object, but now, the youth are not as interested as the previous generations. Rosunthal shows how "America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth, the number of miled driven in the United States peaked in 200 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspecive." If the largest cities stopped relying on cars as much, everybody would benefit. Even the car companies would have something to gain with advances in more personal vehicles such as bicycles. The environment would have an immense amount of weight taken off of its shoulders. In the US, where the 2nd highest source of environmental harm is cars, the impact would be monumental. The article relates that "people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume hte habit." Teens all across America are car-pooling and finding new ways to help the environment while also getting to where they need to go.
Life is getting too busy. There is always something that needs to be done. Cars may help but there will never be enough hours in the day to do everything. Leaving personal transportation behind will be the next big step towards a more relaxed and stressless life. The advantages easily outweigh the disadvantages. | 3 |
Think about computers, now think about them knowing what your feeling in class and how they can help. Dr. Paul Eckman came up with computer software that can do just that. By reading the muscle movements in the face this computer software can tell how you are feeling. I believe that the technology of reading students emotional expressions is valuable in the class room because it can see when a student is confused and help like an actual instructor, if you get bored and the computer can read that from your expression it can help keep you on track, and having computers that can read expressions can be helpful when there is not enough teacher help in the classroom.
The computer technology can effectivley see when a student is bored and can help like as if an actual instructor was there. For example, if you find yourself bored and drifting off the computer can detect that to keep you up and focused on the task at hand. Having that computer there to keep you up can be very helpful to you as a student and the teachers. This shows how this technology could be valuable in the classroom.
Having something that is right in front of you that can help whenever you're confused can be very helpful. So say I'm in math class and I get confused on a problem. The computrer can sense that I am confused and do something to help me until the instructor is avalible. You could also be listening to a new topic and get cnfused and the computer could see that and pop up with some quick tips or facts to help you out.This kind of help could be very valuable to students and instructors.
Having computers in the classroom that can read expressions can be helpful when there isn't enough teacher help around. For example, if a teacher has a large class and there isnt anyone else in the room that can help out the computers could take that over. The computers could see that a student is confused or feeling something else and help out with that while the teacher can help other students. This technology could be very valuable in big schools with few teachers or even smaller school that just have the lack of help.
This technology can be helpful in many ways to teachers and to the students in the classoom. It can help students when they are confused or lost. It can help students when they are bored and drifting off in class. It can also help when there arent enough teachers around to help students. I believe that this technology is valuable to students in the classroom. | 3 |
Luke should not be a sea going cowboy.This is why in paragraph 2 he said when he went over seas world war ll was begining, if he was caught by any air troopers they would have bombed the boat he was on and it would have sinked into that deep blue ocean. For example when he was on the boat he had an hourly role call acording to the story he fell and cracked his ribs if the metal pole did'nt stop him he would have went over board and eaten by a shark but he was fine he had to take a break for a couple of days. Why he should'nt go over seas to be a sea going cowboy is that you can get hurt a lot and get sea sick but the most important thing is that if he keeps up what he is doing he will get really hurt do his job any more. In paragrah4 when he was discharged he had made nine trips across the world
acording to the paragraph. | 0 |
Today I'm writing about The Challenge of Exploring Venus. Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star". Its one of the brightest points of light in the sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from the sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.
First, there's a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we expreinced on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liqefy many metals. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather presnt additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
However, peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atomosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of Venus.
Last, NASA is working on other approches 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. Another project is looking back to an technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important rolein the 1940s during World War 2. The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
Finally, I'm talking about all the things i talked about in my paragraphs. I talked about Venus and it's nickname, the amosphere percent, orbiting and hovering and then the NASA. | 0 |
Not being able to exactly calculate what an individual is feeling is not always simple. Imagine being able to immediately detect another person's emotion. The Facial Coding System has the ability to do that. This is a recently invented software that can identify one's emotions by tracking facial movements. There are many great aspects to this new invention. The use of the Facial Coding System in classrooms to read the emotional expressions of students in our classrooms, should be put into action.
This software will make learning less stressful, and more efficient for the student. According to the article, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". By putting this software into play, one can avoid being "confused or bored". It will postively influence the student's education since it will have the ability to "modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." Not only the student will benefit, but also the teacher since it can be time-saving for them. In the article it also stated that, "Empathy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconciously imitate another persons facial expression." This demonstrates how we "unconsciously" can come to the conclusion of what someone's emotional state is. Most teacher's do not know why their student is acting or responding the way they are. By the use of this invention teachers and students can avoid many debates and students could gain emotional aid. Learning will be successful.
We need this in our classrooms. We have heard and experienced lots of negatuve aspects from computers but this is why experts are developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate, like the Facial Action Coding system. Who would not want to see students more engaged in learning? | 2 |
Car alarms, car horns, and engines are basically the only thing people hear nowadays. The number of cars in the streets are simply begining to get out of hand.
Citizens all around the world, we all should really try to limit the amount of time that we are spending using our vehicals.
If you really take a moment to think about it, this could honestly turn out to be a really good thing.
Cars are not neccisarily a need, they are a want. I can undertand if you are going to be traveling a far distance that two feet cant get you, but certianlty and ten minute walk to the grocery store/market cant hurt.
Limiting car usage is very important. Most families tend to spend about about $20-50.00 on gas a week. One advantage to limiting car usuage is saving a ton of money on gas that could easily be spent of food, to feed your family.
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When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" " People who have decided to limit the amount of time they spent using their car, are much happier.
One advantage to limiting the use of cars is that the air would become much more fresh and clean, and it would become alot more healtheir for us citizens.
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Its a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said a busiinessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seated bicycle with his wife." "
Most people that have decided to stop using cars or have significantly limited their car usuage, have nothing but positive things to say.
If more people became aware that not spending so much time driving was a good thing, and simply limited their care usuage, the air would become so much more clean, and alot more of us would be happy.
A former citizen has shared with us that one advantage to limiting car usgae for her is that her children have
"... organized their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car pool with friends." She has also mentioned that her children were not in any rush to get their drivers license, even though where they live a car would would definetly "...come in handy." Most people have really been able to enjoy walking and not using their cars.
Driving your car is not intirely a bad thing, but simply limiting your car usage is a wonderfull thing, and many advantages come to limitng car usuage. You save a great deal of money on gas when you decide to walk rather than to drive, the air become a lot more clean and heathy for our lungs, and many people are able to focus more on the important things in life, like jobs and friends and family.
If you decide to park your car in the garage and put away the keys, you'd really be able to see how nice it is to just walk to your destination rather than drive, it's a great way to realx and to just enjoy yourself. | 3 |
Are you in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Have you been in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Do you know what the Seagoing Cowboys are? The Seagoing Cowboys program is were every day cowboys, get on a boat and travel to a place that is recovering from a war. They take animals, food, water, and what ever else the people need. They have people that have to take care of the animals. They have to give them water two (2) to three (3) times a day, feed them and clean out there stalls.
If people would join the Seagoing Cowboys, other countries would have a lot easier time recovering from a war. Luke joined right when he got out of high school, he says" It opened the world up to me." You could be someone telling what happened to you while you helping other countries. Luke says " It made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs." Later on his family hosted a number of international students and exhange visitors for many years. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys you are not only helping another countrie you're helping your own.
If you ever decied to join thte Seagoing Cowboys, you helping your own countrie and another countrie. You would be saving peoples lifes. If it wasn't for you people every were would die from starvation, but you could help them. Every day there is a war going on. Think about all of those people in the wars who have a family to sapport. You could help them. You would also get to see some of the most beautiful places on Earth. | 1 |
I Luke think you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join because it is a chance of a life time. Also you will be able to see new things like Europe, China, and Venice, Italy. You could also see an excavated castle in Crete and you can see the Panama Canal.
For those of you out there who love riding boats or want to ride one, this is the perfect program for you. You can bee on a boat for the longest of a month at a time just going to a place like China.
Also if you love helping for comunity service or helping others this is perfect because you can have fun and help others while in this program. The other cowboys and I played a lot of fun games while abord the boat like baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals had been held. We also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other activities to help pass time.
My final reason you should join this program is if you love animals this this is the at most best program to join. This is true because you are always near the animals you get to feed them and pet them and even talk to them you know if you like things like that. They also start to seem like your own pets. Just I just want to tell you do not name them. If you name them then you will get to detached and will be really sad when you have to give them up. Trust me I named my favorite horse and it was so hard for me to leave Betsey in China. I hope you will be joining us in this program soon. | 2 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it talks about how different companies are making cars that can be driven with no driver, but some have made ones that are almost driverless. Some companies used different ways to achieve that goal but some failed. In some states you cannot even test out driveless cars. There is an arguement wether people agree or disagree with the car. There are both positive and negatives of driverless cars.
There is a positive side to having driverless cars and one of them is that it will use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexability than a bus. There are cars with sensors so if you come close to a pole or something it will make a noise so you can stop before you hit it. The sensors will also be able to control the breakes and reduce the power of the engine. That will create a better response and control than a human driver. It will be much more safer if we have driverless cars because if a perosn is texting and forgets to stop the car, it will stop itself not causing any accidents.
There is always a negative side to everything and the negetive side to this is that if we rely too much on technology to do everthing for us then we will not know what to do once it fails us. Lets say that we finally have driverless cars and there is an accident ahead, but the car does not stop. At that point what will we do? We will not be able to stop the car because we forgot how to use one after all these years relying on the technology. Like it said in the article, if the technology fails and someone gets injured whose fault is it? It said in the article that some cars are partly driveless except when going up or down driveways or going past an accident so at that point the drivers have to take control. We will all still have to learn how drive.
We should go against the development of these cars because at some point all technology might fail. It may seem safer to have the driveless cars, but I think that if cars have sensors to prevent some things then that will be fine. We cannot rely too much on technoloy even though it is extremely useful. Technology has helped us save lives in the past years. There is more negatives than positives so in that case I believe that we should not allow driverless cars. | 3 |
The author suggets that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is the second planet closest to our sun in our solar system. Venus also neighbors with Earth and Mercury. Sometimes we're closer to Mars or other times we are to Venus.
Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. that could mean Venus could be our nearest option to go, other than Mars. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.
In conclusion, It's a good idea to study Venus because some day, you never know what happens to our planet and might to go to another planet to survive and form a life there. I would rather choose to go Venus because of all life forms it had long ago and maybe humans could still survive in that planet. | 1 |
The creation of these car will truly define what our generation is made of. Self-driving cars is a great idea and process, although it may have many faults, it may reduce the risk of car accidents. Driverless cars are a great advance in technology and with the perfect twists and tweaks, these cars could impact our futures majorly. Driverless cars may reduce the risk of accidents, help the driver multitask in a way, and seem very efficent in achieving the goal of changing our future. Self driving cars is a unique idea and it very well may be our future.
Self driving cars could help us reduce the number of accidents. The idea of the car assisting us is a great factor into why these cars could be useful. In paragraph 10 it says, "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." That leaves a little room for the driver to make decisions. That means the driver is still in control. "The only safe car has a human driver control at all times" (paragraph 9). The car is not driving itself, it is assisting you in the fact that you are in control of what the car does or doesn't do. With the tweaking of these cars, I feel as if this would be a conveniant idea, and help reduce the causes of car accidents.
Texting and driving is one of the greatest factors to the cause of motor vehicle crashes. The ability the smart car has to help the driver multitask could help if not stop the crashes caused by someone texting or paying attention to something else. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves" (paragraph 7) With the ability to do practically any driving skill with little help by the driver, this could very well give the ability of multitasking to drivers. Knowing that being able to eat or text while driving and having no troubles may help the effect texting and driving has on cars and drivers.
The self driving car seems like a consistent idea. With technology on the rise we very well could have the perfect car to fix all our problems. All of the car manufacturers are trying their hardest to do what's best for drivers. "they needed a whole lot of sensors" (paragraph 4). With the improvements on things like the sensors, this car could be one of the greatest accomplishments ever. "Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own" (paragraph 4). This goes to show that they are taking advantage of the new opportunities they receive each and every day. This use of technology to help the car could help lead to one of the greatest improvements in our era.
With driverless cars, our whole lives could be changed. The reduction of accidents and deaths will drop with these advances. A car that can do the impossible can very well be our future. With these cars and their assistance, the sky is the limit. A very creative thought, that is not only interesting, but efficent in what it does. | 3 |
Wouldn't you like to be able to do your make up in the car without worrying about crashing? Or perhaps bring back a loved one that passed away due to crashing or a mobile accident? With the driveless cars i think that you could. Accidents are one of the greatest problems in not only america but in whole world. You wont be able to bring back a loved one that passed away butity will be more preventable now. I think that driveless cars will be a great idea.
People die every day due to mobile accidents. For example i have an uncle that past away because he was in an accident. The whole family was destroyed, it shook our lifes up. With the driveless cars i feel like accidents will reduce by alot.
The drivelss cars will be very helpful. For example not every morning you wake up on time, if your running late you could do your make up in the car while your on way to work or wherever you need to be. Also if you need to take a call or you need to text someone, you wont have to worry about crashing and putting peoples lifes on risk because the car drives itself. Lastly, taking care of your kids, everyone has or has a baby in the car and know the struggle when they cry or get hungry, its not so pleasing but with the driveless car you would easly be able to assist them.
Safety wouldnt be a big issue. You wouldnt have to care or be worried that your children are going to get run over because with the driveless care it was sensors for it to stop when its near an oblect or the seat will start buzzing for you to to stop. The driveless car would still be steerable incase soemthing goes wrong or it doesnt stop.
Many things will be prevented with the driveless cars such as deaths and dangerous injuries. You could assist your children, do your needs, and most importantly theirnwill be more safety for everyone. Thats why i think that having driveless cares are a good idea. | 2 |
The face on Mars was spotted by a Viking 1 spacecraft. When the spacecraft was circling the planet and snap shotting photos of landing sites for Viking 2, it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. The face was first dicovere in 1976. The last snapshot was taken in 2001.
Some people believe the face was made by aliens in Mars and aslo that it could possible be made by the atient Egypt. This face became a pop icon. The face has starred in Hollywood films and it has appeared in books and magazines. Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars.
After all, the face is just a landform that the shadow had made it more like a face. There are no evidence where the face had other connections to be discovered. It was naturally formed by the land and the rock formation and also the shadows that made it look more like it. | 1 |
In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy oursuit despite the dangers it represents. The author gives many supporting details to his claim. He claims that there are dangers in exploring Venus as a whole, yet he also states that it would have a harsh impact on humans if scientists where sent to Venus also. He also claims that scientists should send mechanical computers due to the lack of protection the current technology has.
According to paragraph 3, states, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the seepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals." This piece of text by the author states how dangerous exploring Venus could be. He starts by stating that humans encounters on Venus would be extremely dangerous because of how dangerous Venus could be. He next gives an example on how if humans sended a submarine that could hold the preasure from the depest of the oceans, in Venus, the submarine would be completely destroyed and melted.
According to paragraph 5, states, " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." This piece of text by the author shows how NASA has an idea on how to send scientist to Venus without some problems. NASA states that they can send scientist by a blimp-like vehicle hovering over several miles over the ground yet they would have some dicculty solving the atmosphere problem. This offers another challenge to how humans are able to explore Venus.
In conclusion, the author states that there is many challenges in discovering Venus. Yet he gives many examples on how humans or machines could be able to discover Venus. With these exmaples he is able to state, there would be many other challenges that humans or the robots would have to encouter. These challenges include the heat and preasure of Venus. Also, the carbon dioxide atmosphere sorrounding Venus as a whole. | 2 |
If driveless cars are comming in the future I dont know how i will feel about it. Growing up i never seen or even thougth abut driveless cars untill i was a teenager, i just thought about the cars now and days and is these the only cars that we will see in the future. I can't imagine it calling for a taxi if im far away and just getting in a car with no one in there, it would just be wierd, but it will be something that it will just be someting that i have to get used to. When i started to get older i did used to think about driveless cars because i started to see them in television shows and movies, and i also thought how it would change the world forever.
Some part i wouldnt trust it, if you really think about it self driving cars it sounds alittle dangerous. You have to really do alot of things while your driving, you have to use everything in your environment i just think if you made a driveless car you shouldnt have to worry about crashing or even tinking about it. If they did made a driveless car it should be able to drive whenever and wherever and more than just half a million miles without crashing i think you should be able to drive how long as you want.
Then details say that half a million miles without a crash, so does that mean that every half a million miles you are going to crash. I just dont know i think it will look very cool but the only thing that matters is that does it drive well is it really safe its alot of things that can happen. I do like that the detals in the passage say that if you want to take over the wheel you can take over whenever you wanted. Like i was saying you have to really pay attention when your driving from the cuts and turns and also the bad
traffic and then a driveless car, a car doesnt even have a brain it a vehicle not a living thing but one thing i do like is
all of the alerts and sensors that the car have to protect you.
Yes a drivless have good things but also could have some very bad things. Thats just like in a few states like California, Nevada, Florida and Columbia all of those states dont really allow you to use semi-autonomous cars they care about your safety. They just dont think it is safe because you are not driving the car, the car is driving by itself, there many good and bad things about this were just going to see what it is going to be like when it happens. Just like it say in the passage says if someone gets injured whos fault is the driver or the manufacturer. | 3 |
The author descibes how new techology called the Facial action Coding system enables compurtures idenify human emotions. By telling and us in a art that software can tells us the emotinal and or feels on someone in a art desgin. This is really great that a computer software can tell us how happy, sad, mad,or every arger someone is off of the the way they looked in a art design." Eckamn has classified six basic emotions Happiness, surpise,anger, disgust,fear and sadness and then assoicated each with charcteristic movements of the facial muscles." In Mona Lisa art design she making really sad or even bored but with the new sysytem Eckman can make this little art something that even one would love to look at. The new system in the software computue is really upgrade its things like. Now the technogly can tell someone of any kind how the person was feeling while doing this art, Back in the 1900 centries they wasn't even able to watch tv or talk to someone unless it was though writing a letter now of days we can text or call. This is every important to social behavior cause now we can tell how the people earlier on this world has feeling about the art and how they exppress their self through the art use pencil and paper, And now we can get a better understand of the art that was in 1800 or 1900 history. | 0 |
Driverless cars have many postiive and negative effects and ideas that they could have on our world.
The driverless car that Google cofounder Sergey Brin invisions "would use half the fuel of today's taxis." (P1)
This would allow for the United States to purchase less fuel and in the end prevent us from spending so much money.
These kind of cars would be a great help to anyone making a long distance trip.
You could begin your trip one day and fall asleep and have driven several hours.
The idea has been tested by many different companies and is still being developed to this day.
Driverless cars would be a great benefit to the people of America, it would allow for people to save money on gas, and not have to worry about crashing because the car would drive itself.
With all of the sensors and other driverless cars, it would seem that the manufacturers could prevent accidents.
I believe that driverless cars could be a great benefit to this country, but they cannot replace all cars with them.
We still need fire trucks and police vehicles to keep people safe, but they would have a great impact on our nation.
One way that some companies are making driverless cars is by using "smarter roads." (P3)
General Motors for expample designed a concept car that could run on a special test track.
This track would send radio signals to the front end of the car.
Another way that some companies are trying to make driverless cars are by using sensors.
Google modified a Toyota Prius with "position-estimating sensors, a rotating sensor, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." (P4)
Google used all of these sensors in different ways to begin to develop their own version of the driverless car.
The driverless car has been attempted by many different companies and each one has their own version with their own flaws.
Driverless cars seem to be a thing of the future, but in reality it could be here before we know it.
With all the different technology and all the money some of these big companies have it is a wonder the driverless car is not invented already.
The different companies have designed driverless cars now that still require the assistance of a driver.
The cars can brake, accelerate, and stop by themselves.
"All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." (P7)
This allows for some people to argue that driverless cars are not reliable, and it is not that at all.
Driverless cars have no way of knowing what to do in a situation like that.
The smart thing is to have the driver take over in that spot and would prevent a potential accident.
The problem with this is that the car needs some way of notifying the driver if he falls asleep.
Some designers have thought to use a vibration in the seat to alert the driver.
The Google car for example has a voice that announces when the driver needs to take over.
"Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." (P7)
One big argument when it comes to driverless cars is the potential for an accident.
The worry is that if the technology in the car quits working and the car crashes, who do you blame?
To me it seems like the manufacturer should be blames since they designed the car with the technology that failed.
The driver had no control over the technology, he just had to wait until the car needed his assistance.
This argument is one of many when it comes to driverless cars and it is an important one.
If the car crashes somedbody has to get blamed and if the driver is not actually driving why would he get blamed.
This could be one debate that pushes back the release of the driverless car until someone comes up with a compromise.
In conclusion, I believe that driverless cars would be a great benefit to our country as a whole.
I assume and hope that a company will release a driverless car in the next few years to allow me to experience such a thing.
It would be like a roller coaster.
You do not know how you are going to get where you are going and do not know how bumpy the ride will be but it will be an adventure.
That is what intrigues me the most about driverless cars, the adventure that is coming.
"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." (P10)
This just makes me even more excited for the release of driverless cars, it could happen in the next 4 years.
A driverless car would be a great invention and would allow the United States to make money if they were able to produce it and sell it.
Driverless cars are coming to us soon and they are going to excite many people because of the technology put into it, and also the seemingly magic wayt hat it drives you.
"The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." (P10) | 2 |
In this article the author presented both positive and negative aspects of the driverless cars. I believe that the a person should be driving a car at all times. First, the driver cannot be mad at anyone other than himself. Next, if you start doing that anyone can be in a car and people will be asking to lower driving ages and other things like that. Finally, you cannot go back and sue the company for the car hitting someone it was completely your fault not the companies.
The first reason I think people should drive cars is the driver cannot be mad at anyone if he/she gets in a wreck. The whole problem with accidents is that no one will admit they started the wreck. If you were to make the car drive by its self more people would be making the excuese of it was the cars fault. In the article it talks about the people going back and arguing with the company for the car. It wont be better for society it will make people be more of a excuese person and not take the fault for what they did. With people still driving there will be no reason to argue about it being the cars fault it was yours.
Next if you make the cars drive themselves everyone will want to get in a car and they will want to lower the driving age. If the car can drive itself they believe there is no room for fault. The car wont get in wrecks and anyone can be in the wheel. That is where more people will be arguing about the driving age and to lower it to allow younger people to be in control. The younger you are the dumber your choices are. If you let a younger kid get behind the wheel the car still might get in a wreck.Then everyone will go back to yelling at the company and no one can blame them you were arguing about making the age lower to drive.
Finally, if we keep people behind the wheel you cant go sue the company for the car getting in the wreck. With the person being in control of the car no one can be to blame other than you and the other driver. No one can go sue the company looing for money. They can use their own money for the damage they caused and rightfully need to fix. They need to be acountable for the damage they did and fix the problem that they caused. They shouldnt be able to put all the blame on the car and go back and sue the company that developed the car.Also think about all the money that is being put into these cars. So all together to sue the company and make the cars there is to much money being involved.
In conclusion there are many reasons why I believe cars should be driven by a person. First, the driver cannot be mad at anyone but himself for causing the wreck. Next, everyone will want to get in a car and they will want to lower the age on driving. Finally, if we keep people driving they will not be able to go back and sue the company for the car getting in the wreck.That is why I believe cars should be droven by people not autopiloted. | 3 |
The Challenge of Exploring Venus is about scientif that think that venus is the planet that is more like to the earth. At the biginning of the play scientif think that venus can be the best planet that most look like the earth."Often referred to as earth's "twin," venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size,and occasionally the closest in distance too."this quotattion is saying that venus is the closest planet to earth and it is the earth twin planet."Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. todayvenus still has some features that are analogous to thoes on earth. the planet has a surface pf rocky sediment and inclodes damiliar features such as valleys,mountains,and creters." this quotation show that venus can have life and is like earth because both planet have life and if scientif can probe that humans can live in venus can be a good news.my conclusion is that venus is athother planet vesias earth that have life and is the earth twin plante. | 0 |
I beleive that we should just stay with the voting we have. Because many people are used to that way of voting. I trully think we need to just stay the way we areif we do the other way of voting people will just stop voting all togethar. and all the hard work of the electors will be for nothing.
If you were in charge of the voting procces would you changa it? If I was I wouldint do a thing. to many people just would hate the goverment for what they have done if they change it. My parents for one thing are some of those people.
if we were to change the way we vote. Many people would be lost because the government would just wont explain the new voting way. Just how many people do you think would agree with me? too many people wont be able to feel like there voting if this new way of voting is passed.
Just how would you feel if you had to do something you do every day differantlly this year? I would feel so weird if I did something differant. Every doesnt like change that much. I would hate anyone that would change something i do every year. | 1 |
Join the Seagoing Cowbaoys program.This story will be about a boy named Luke Bomberger. Luke just graduated high school, His friend invited him to go to the Seagoing Cowboys program. How could he say no, so he went and joined the Seagoing Cowboys program.
It was 1945 Wold War 2, The UNRRA hire the Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the animals on board. "The cattle-boats trips were an unbalivable opportunity". Luke always said. Being a Seagoing Cowboy wasn't all what luke did, he loved seeing places like Greece,China. But his favorite was Acropolis in Greece. Caring for the animals keep Luke bissy. But on one rainy night he slipped on a ladder, a stip of metle saved him from falling over. But even with two cracked ribs he still had fun on the boat.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was a adventure for Luke Bomberge. It made him more aware of people im other countries and there needs. Well I hope you like that storie about Luke Bomoberger. Also I hope you join the Seagoing Cowoys, If you do i bet you will have so much fun | 1 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom, I feel, would be very valuable. I feel that it would be very beneficial for students and teachers. In the artical it explains that one facial movement can mean you're feeling many different emotions. This could be helpful in classrooms if somebody is feeling confused, the teacher could recognize that and tweak the lesson or help the individual. It could even help show if the majority of a class is having trouble with something so the lesson or subject at hand can be further explained.
Another way facial coding in classrooms could be quite helpful is for students with special needs. For example if theres a student that is confused or frustrated with a topic but does not know how to put that into words, the facial action coding system could help tremendously. Over time i feel like this would be a beneficial tool to have in classrooms for children and teachers. | 1 |
I agree that driverless cars are coming. I agree because people are becoming lazy and try to find every short-cut they can. another reason is it makes driving more entertaining. And last a person can still controll the car if he or she wishes. Thats why I believe that driverless car are coming.
The first reason why i believe that driverless cars are coming is because people are getting lazy. People are gitting lazy by instead of walking they use hoverboards. Since people are getting lazy the next step is to have someone drive their car for them. People would buy this type of car so they would not have to put there feet on the pedal all day. Thats how I think people would buy this type of car.
Another reason is that this car would be more entertaining. It would be more entertaining beacause someone who is driving could use their phone because the car would drive it's self. The car could have a tv that someone can watch but when it their turn to drive it turns off. The driiver wouldnt have to be concerned about crashing when looking away because it could drive its self. Thats how this car would be entertaining.
Last the driver could still control the car if he or she wishes. The car notifys the diver when the road area requires human skill. This means the driver must remain alert and ready to take over when the situation requires. The GM has developed driver seats that vibrate when there is danger of backing into an object. Thats how who ever owns the car could still control it if he or she wishes.
I believe that driverless cars are coming. I do because of all of th information I said like that people are getting lazy. Also it would be more entertaining. And last a person could still control it if he or she whishes. That is why I believe driverless cars are coming | 2 |
Throughout history, different types of exploration and discoveries have made an impact on what we know today. This new knowledge has allowed us to progress overall as a society and learn from our mistakes. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite its dangers through the uses of facts and examples.
First, the author refers back to the failed, "unmanned" missions that have been sent to Venus. The passage notes,". . . no aircraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". By stating that no one has survived this trip, the author is trying to invoke the feeling of the unknown in the reader's mind. No one has stepped foot on this planet making it fresh terrian for knowledge and exploration. This evidence backs up the claim that studying the planet would be worth while because NASA has been learning through their failed missions of how to advance in technology. Later in the text, to further the argument, pargraph 3 states,". . . temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet". Through the use of this fact the actuality of the differences of Earth and Venus come into perspective. The dangers of this planet should motivate people rather then drive them away because of what they can teach the people of Earth to with stand in drastic situations such as space travel.
Second, the authors use of examples also contributes to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite it's dangers. Paragraph 5 states,"Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landsacpe." By telling the readers to "imagine" the thought of exploring a dangerous planet doesn't seem so crazy after all. The reasoning of being able to exist above the surface of the dangerous planet would allow for human inhabitance and exploration from a closer and safer view. This is nescesary because humans can benefit from the new area and figure out new ways of coexisting with the planets dangers and overcoming them.
Through the uses of facts and examples the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" explains how studying Venus would be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. This pursuasive argument is repetitivly supported througtout the article and is a powerful source of influence. | 3 |
The facial action coding system is a computer system where it can actually tell how you're really feeling instead of just looking at your face when you're smiling and say oh, you're happy no it actually looks beyond that and can tell you hgow you're feeling.
I think the coding system could actually be helpful or valuable in the classroom . The text states that a classroom computer could recognize when the student is becoming bored or confused." If a student is on lets say like ixl ( a math website) and is stuck on a problem like they are confused the system could actually break it down and help them with the problem.
The facial coding system could actually be valuable to about almost anyone . IT could maybe replace therapists and or guidance counselors because the computer could read how theyre feeling and make them feel happy if theyre sad . It could very well ask them questions on how their day was or by simply giving them a compliment . I would keep testing it to make sure it wont mess up or make the users mad enough to where they break it or get mad at it and throw it down because what you want to do is make them happy. | 1 |
I am against driveless cars because I believe that these cars will cause a lot of automobilistic accidents. I believe this because they are only cars, and although scientist have creted many self operating inventions that work marvelously, cars are different from those invetions because there are more risks if the car were to stop working, many lives would be at stake. I am aware that there are still numerous car accidents now due to drunk drivers, texting while driving, and stuff of that nature, but I feel that driveless cars will cause more accidents, possibly taking the lives of people.
Another reason I'm against driveless cars is because people will become lazier than they already are, they'll get used to not driving but when they need to drive an older model car, like the original ones they'll be so used to the car driving itself they won't remember how to drive, or they'll forget they still have to pay attention to the road because the car isn't driving for itself now.
As paragraph 9, Waiting on the Law states "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." If the car operates on its own, the "driver" will not be alert to what is going on, and this will cause a lot of accidents as I said earlier. | 2 |
I don´t like the way driverless cars are. You aren´t really learning how to drive if you have one of those cars because they are pretty much driving by itself except for when needed. So if you´re learning how to drive and you´re trying to get your licenses and their not using one of those drvierless cars, then you are in trouble because you are so use to the driverless car. Driverless cars are cars that drive themselves but would need the driver to pay attention to the road whenever the car needs them.
It would be a waste of car parts making them. I know a lot of people would probably be willing to pay the price and buy them because some people probably can´t drive. Lots would pay and buy but some would probably be against it . People who can drive are the people to make fun of their friends or others because they have a driverless car. I think it would be better if they actually made it driverless where they can driver through anything and anywhere. They wouldn´t need the drivers help at all. If they did, I think it would be great for some people because when they go out with their friends and get drunk, they can just use that car and get home safely without crashing or killing others on the way home.
So overall I think they shouldn´t make them unless they are really driverless without needing the drivers help. To some people it would probably be waste of money and to others it probably would. It would be awesome either way because you probably wouldn´t even have to have a license to drive but rhey still have to have an age limit like 17 or older to be in the car by yourself or something like that. You never know what would happen if a 13 year old got into the car by themselves. Stuff may happen.
Driverless cars should have lots of technology in it such as cameras, computers, tv, gps, etc. It would help a lot of people and the car itself when driving. It needs all of those so the drivers and the people with them wouldn´t be bored if they´re going on a long trip. | 2 |
To:Barack Obama
Hello dear president, my name is Nathan and I think it's already time to admit that the Electoral college system should always be part of our government.
The electoral college process was established by the founding fathers in order to settle an important compromise in our nation. This electoral process consists of regulating the way in which our nation will decide who will be the next president. Consisting of 538 electors, a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. This system allows the most experienced people to choose the future of the nation, and changing it to anything else would slowly cause the whole federal system to collapse. The electoral college method may not seem democratic in a modern sense, because it's actually very unique. This method turn off potential voters for a reason; The candidate that must be chosen is the most prepared one. There is so many factors related to the immense amout of security the college electoral process brings to our people that changing this precise system would be like deciding to turn off the country. Choosing an unprepared president will potentially cause the economy to break, civil wars involving every state, protests, and our nation's reputation to die. It was also revealed this year that in the states in which education is one of the main investments, nearly 90% of the people were in favor of the keeping the system the way it is. The electoral college method is professionalism at it's highest level, and any other different system is clearly inferior to it.
It's politically notable how the nation is reacting to this possible change with disappointment and sadness. I hope you as the leader of the people we all love, will understand the amount of value put in this constitution, and notice that changing it would be catastrophic.
-From: PROPER_NAME | 2 |
I think the technology to read emotional expresions of students is valuable because it would help the student more if the technology knew why they were having problem and where they were having problems at. The Facial Action Coding System could also be a bad thing because some people are more hands on learners and can't
work with computers and some students might show expressions that don't have anything to do with the tasks at hand .
Telling someone to make a certain face cannot change how they're feeling on the inside.People could be feeling a different way then they're really showing on the inside.The computer wouldnt be able to tell how your really feeling it can just tel how your face is looking.
In conclusion I think this facial coding system could help some people and othere need hands on. I dont think it is neccassary but can be valuable.They should get this technology to help the special needs kids . I think it would be very valuable to them because what if they can;t tell you how they're feeling then the computer can. | 1 |
I do agree that "Driverless Cars" could be a good thing it is a large step for the human race. It would take technology to a whole other level.
In paragraph 5 it states that "sensors can cause the car 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." Which means or brains or slower then the advanced technolgy that there is to come. Where our human instinct "fight or flight" ,such as panic or shock might accure , a compuer would do as programed to act with no feeling and just steer away from harm.
In California, Nevada, Florida ,and the District of Columbia they have started to allow some working w/ the cars and the Google company is hoping soon more to follow as soon as the cars are more reliably safe.
Automakers are continuing to work out problems abd should have all the problems worked out by 2020 , and they grow closer to the destination everyday. | 1 |
The Face on Mars is not made by aliens. There is no proof whatsoever of any signs of life on Mars, which means no aliens. The face on Mars is just a natural landform that coincidently looks like a human face. Given the shadows and shape, the Face very much looks like it has a human nose mouth, and eyes. Although up close, there is no resemblence of a human face. Therefore, do not let this anyone fool you.
Pictures have been taken by NASA of the Face to prove it is just a natural landform. Pictures taken from 1976 appear blurry, and not clear, so it is easy to believe that aliens created the Face. Although, in 1998, the pictures taken aren't as blurry, and you can see the structure of the landfrom clearly. Lastly, the picture taken in 2001 is clear and visible. You can perfectly see that close up, the Face is just another natural landform on Mars. From far away, it looks like a human face because of the shadows, but up close, it is nothing more than a simple landform.
Furthermore, on 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor went back to looks for the Face again. When they snapped a photo of it, it was indeed "ten times sharper than the photo taken in 1976." This revealed that it was just a natural landform when the photo appeared online. "There was no alien monument after all."
Some people who still believe that the Face was created by aliens say that "alien markings were hidden by haze", but the Face was only hidden because it was winter when the photo was taken. Since it was winter in April 1998, it was also the "cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." Therefore, the camera used had to "peer through wispy clouds to see the Face." This proves that aliens markings are not hidden by haze; it's the time of year where it is cloudy on Mars, making it harder to see the Face.
Plus, when NASA took another picture in 2001, it was taken using the "camera's absolute maximum solution." Based on what I read, "each pixel in the image spans 1.56 meters, compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." There simply can't be anything you can miss using the camera's absolute maximum solution. Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, even said, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground of Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could what they where!"
Finally, NASA's explanation about the Face on Mars is based on credible information and research. People who believe aliens created the Face often get the information inside their head, making up crazy theories that aren't actually true. Furthermore, NASA went on missions to prove that the Face isn't made by aliens. They took high-quality photos that show that it is just a natural landscape. Besides making things up on their own, skeptics probably take information from the internet on websites that other skeptics have made about aliens creating the Face. You can never trust the internet, and the skeptics who made these websites probably put down their own made up facts and theories to get people to join their side.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is not created by aliens. It is just extraordinarily shaped to look like a human head, with shadows to create the illusion that it has eyes, a nose, and a mouth from far away. Up close, there is not resemblence of a human face at all. Pictures, missions, and years of research have proved it. Plus, there were no signs of aliens, or any life on Mars when they conducted this research. The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. | 5 |
BAM!!!!. Knowing that you crashed your new driverless car due to a technical failure, must suck. Driverless cars should be a dream not a goal. I am against the development of these cars, Its dangerous!.These cars require lots of attention because you never know your car could crash at any time.
The main reason why I am against driverless cars is because the danger it could cause. technology always fails at one point in life and using it on cars could cost a life. As said in paragraph 9, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?". Driverless cars requires lots of attention even though they're "Driverless". These cars arent smart enough to recognize signs or advanced problems, paragraph 8 states "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?",
Driverless cars coming soon, What? before even thinking about driverless cars think about the money it will cost to upgrade roads !. These cars will not work off-road unless they want to put more more in these extras roads. In paragraph 3 it says,",but they require massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical. Building these car will also require lots of money to biuld and buy.
Thinking of getting a driverless car in your near future? I don't think so. Risk yourself and your money if you want to be in a situation of life or death. Driverless cars should be a dream not a goal . I am strongly against the development of these cars. | 2 |
I am going to try to convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
It is a fun job to have.
you get to see the world.
You can have fun on the ship on the ride home after you delivered the cattle.
You will have many friends to ride with you so you will never have a bad time.
Now I am going to try and convince you to join.
A reason for you to join the seagoing Cowboys is it is a very fun job.
You get to do whatever you want after the cattle are taken care of.
You can play games with the other people.
You can play cards.
You can even play baseball after the cattle are dropped off.
You will have many people on board the ship.
You may not know them but you can make friends.
It would be fun and you would definitely not be alone.
If you had friends on the ship you could have fun all the time.
You could play all kinds of fun games with the people on board the ship.
After you drop off the cattle food and supplies what are you going to do.
Well all that space that the animals were in is now open for baseball game.
That's right you could play a baseball game on a ship like that.
Just don't hit a home run too far.
You could play games, read, and even play a baseball game and who says that isn't fun.
Another good thing about Seagoing Cowboys is that you can see amazing sights.
You could ride past China.
You could almost go anywhere you wanted, after the cattle were dropped off.
Sightseeing is a very fun thing to do.
You can see stuff you have never seen before.
I think it would be kind of fun to be a seagoing cowboys out would miss your relatives though.
Remember why being a seagoing cowboy is fun.
The job is a fun amazing job.
You will have friends on board.
The ride home will be amazing.
There would be a lot of sightseeing on the trip.
Those are the reasons you should be a seagoing cowboy. | 2 |
In todays society pollution levels are higher than they have ever been. This is because of cars; every time u start up ur car you are polluting the earth . You may not can see it but it happens. There is a way to stop this though but it will take alot of time and convincing, becasuse who would wanna give up their car it is such a easy source of transportation and some people couldnt go without it.
There is also a possibility that we wouldnt have to go completely without cars. We could go to electric or just find a totally different resource to run a car. I am sure there has to be something else than just gas that could run a car. It amazes me how we make all these crazy futuristic inventions but we cant make another substance to run a car. I think we should stop worrying about just stopping car usage completely and try to make something else that will run a car.
Some people may say "you now how difficult it actually is to find something as precise and accurate working as gasoline?" Well yes i do understand that but if we all got the best brains inn the world together and tr to figure this out i most definitely think we can do it. Maybe we wouldnt have to just get the smartest people to help us, we could get everyone in the world to help us. Some may also ask "well how do you expect to do that?" well its simple you have to do the same thing we would to stop smoking SPREAD AWARENESS. Doing this would help a huge amount.
I think alot of people take the whole no car thing the wrong way, cause lets face it there no way we could go without cars. | 1 |
The author supports his opinion very well by giving good reasons why it would be a great leap forward if we were to explore the our "Sister planet." he even gave examples of how we could explore it with even being in such a dangerous enviroment, as he said in the in the story" imagine a blimp like vehicle hover 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape." Even thought it's a dangerous mission if we send more unmaned ships and drones to venus we could find a easier way to send the first human there.
The author also sates some of the downsides such as "A thick atomosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus." And he also states "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degress fahrenheit." which would be deadly for any human without a special suit. Even though this mission could put
somebody's life at risk is could still be a huge leap forward for space travel and the exploration of the universe. If the world were to ever collaspe unto itself we as a race would need to sutible planet to make our new home, And if we make venus safe for humans in my opinion that would be one of the top choices.
In conclusion venus is a very dangerous planet, but if scientist just study the planet for a long time, We might be able to make it suitable for a man or woman to finally explore the surface of our " Sister Planet." This may take years or even centuries but the author firmly believes that if we just keep sending ships and drones that we can have enough knowlege to explore the planet further. | 2 |
I perosnally don't think it's a good idea,because most people don't really pay attention to the road if someone,and or,something else is driving for them.Driveless cars are pointless if it's not fully automatic,why is it called "driveless" when you still have to pay attentoin and drive at certain points in time ?
With the driveless car there could be less accidents,because of the sensors and flashing lights in the car,but overall the driveless car still isn't a good idea because there will have to be some sort of binary code on the road for the car to read,with that it would be way to expensive to pratically work .
In conclusion the driveless cars' wouldn't be a good idea,because people wouldn't really drive anymore,they're just partially driving and that wouldn't be fair to anyone who loves driving, if in the future they made every car "driveless".
In the future,how would having driveless cars' help our economy out ? How do they plan on saving fuel?What if the car just shuts down,who fault would it be? Those are the things that i want to know.Say the car is driving by it's self and it crashes into something who would really be blamed,i think it should be the car manufacturer , because if it isn't the persons' turn to drive,why should they be the reason that the crash happened ? | 1 |
Dear, Florida Senator
I believe that we should get rid of the electoral college system because it has so many flaws. The electoral college has robbed prsidental canidates like (Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob dole, & Al Gore) of their chance of becoming president, even after they won the popular vote, but their not the only ones who wants a change to the way we elect our presidents, recent studies show that over 60 percent of voters would like a change to the way we elect our president.
The second thing that is wrong with the electoral college is that your not voting for the president your voting for the electors who pledged to that person. Also people from larger states are complaining about what happens with a tie because if their is a tie the house of representives decide,but the thing that is crazy is that 1) representative from Wyoming would have a much say a the 55) representatives from California.
The third and final thing that is wrong with the electoral college is that the electoral college is unfair to the voters, because the winner take all system canidates don't spend a lot of time in states they know they will not win. Canidates will only focus on the areas that they know or have a strong chance of winning. Like the year 2000 campaign seventeen states did not see the Canidates such like Rhode Island, & South Carolina, so how do they think they feel not knowing the person running this country?
I strongly feel like you guys should really consider a change to the way we select our president.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME
SCHOOL_NAME | 2 |
Every person needs some form of transportation.
For most people that form of transportation is a car.
Cars are used not only as transportation but are also used for recreation and competiton.
Self-driving cars may take away from the recreation and competition parts and make the hobbies of many people become non-existant.
One could argue that roads would be safer with cars capable of driving themselves, but the reality is a computer is no replacement for a human brain.
A computer with all the little circuts and fuzes it has is not able to make a decision that solves problems beyond the one it is currently faced with.
Therefore car accidents will stil loccur and when an accident does occur who is to be held accountable?
Who wil pay the cost o fthe damage? "Who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"(paragragh 9)
One cannot simply say that the the dumbest car is the one to blame.
Nor can he or she say that the drivers are at fault if they had no control over their car.
Driving can also be used as an escape.
Some people race their cars as a hobby and others just enjoy a nice Sunday cruise around town.
Either way they are not driving so they will not find the refuge from day-to-day life they seek.
What would be the fun of going to a track and sitting in a car you love and then have it drive itself around the track.
Pushing a car ro its max and diving into corners and accelerating out of them is what makes driving fun.
Without the roar of an engine reving at eight thousand RPM and the squeal of tires barely golding on to asphalt what would racing a car be?
A major issue with autonomous cars would be that of cost.
As the founder of the Google Car Project said "Radar was a device at the top of a hill that costs two hundred million dollars.
It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack."
The U.S. cannot afford a road system that will put us deeper into the sixteen trillion dollar hole we are in.
The price of cars would also rise making them for only people who could afford them.
A car with a higher price tag means a smaller market will be able to purchase them and less money is to be made.
Less money made means less money spent by the employees and that will make the economy worse.
Creating cars that drive themselves will take away from the hobbies of many people.
Transportation is a must in modern society.
Wether it is public or not people need to move from place to place. | 2 |
doesw the electoral college work?
yes the electoral college works cause it helps people get into a college that they would like to get into or want to it can make them happy and then later on in life they can make better choices to live free and get god jobs and have anice apartyment and other things of that sort much it is for the.
''under the electoral college systems voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president if you lived in texas for instance and wanted to vote for john kerry youd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry on the off chance that those electors won the statewide.
the electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the canidxent who recevies the most popular votes the winner the advocates of this potion.
a dispute over the outcome opf an electoral college vote is pooible it happend in 2000 but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote the reasons is that the winning candidtes share of the electoral invaribly exceeds his share of the popular vote in election for example obama receievd 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes.
cause most of the states awared electoral votes on a winner take basis even a very slight pluerality in a state landslide victory in that state a tie in the national nationwide vote is possible cause then total number of votes 538 is an even number but is highly likely. | 0 |
Studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite how dangeous it may be. The author states many pros and cons about studying venus. Venus is much like earth. In paragraph 1 it states "Often referred to as earths "twin".
One of the pros is that we could get more information about venus. According to paragraph 8, "... should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." I personally think that if we found a way to land on venus and study the rocks and gasses, then we could find new things that we dont have here on earth. We will eventually find a way to land on venus and study all the organisms if any. NASA is working on a new ship to send on venus right now. So far it has survived the climate for 3 weeks.
A con is that it can be very dangerous because we have no idea what gasses or rocks venus might be made up of. In paragraph 2 it states "...since no spacecraft survived the landing for more and a few hours." Venus can be very dangerous. We can only see what its made of by studying it from far away. Even with NASA's technology we still have trouble seeing venus up close because of the atmosphere it is made up of.
Venus has many pros and cons, but we will eventually find a way to land and collect samples. Scientist are finding new ways of technology to help with that problem. | 2 |
This artical is about, FACS (Facial Action Coding System), which is a new software
that has been developed, it improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This computer software was made so a computer can detect your emotions to understand what you like and dont like. The author states that, "The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate."
I believe that we should use this process on computers at the schools, so that the computers better understand the schools students. The author states that, "This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries." This software can express many different emotions such as, happy, mad, sad, ect. It can also store infromation, as to what you like and what you dont like, by the way your muscles movwe in your face. In paragraph 5, the author states, "Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical infromation as electronic code." It can also help a student if he/she is having trouble on the computer, it can do that by reading the emotions on your face by the way your facial muscles move in a certain way. The author states in paragraph 6 that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
The author wrote the article, FACS (Facial Action Coding System), to help computers camunicate better with humans, by reading the way their muscles on their face move, or react, to express how humans feel. This new computer software would be a good thing to add to the schools computers, that way the computers can better communicate, and help, the students if they are confused or bored. Even if you have different face expressions, or mixed emotions. the auther says, "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion). Computers need to be able to better communicate with humans. | 3 |
Driverless cars
I think driverless cars will be an accident waiting to happen. I think they will just become an danger to people. Sergey Brin is talking about driveless cars, but for a start they arent even driveless at all.
They have a lot to look into before making these cars legal like road condition, an accident, or work areas for the county to do work. There still has to be someone toughing the steering wheel to make the car even move. Before these cars can even become worthy of driving elder people or driving at all it needs to pass a saftey corse or something i think to be able to get on the market.
If these people making these car think about all the promblems that can occur, saftey for the people riding inside the car, and other people around the outside of the car, and make sure that car works like its suppose to before sales start. I think it wouldnt be a bad think to do, but as of right now its just to dangers to trust something that has failed or could poosibly die from. | 1 |
The culture of the cars is a easier way of transportation for the people, yet do the people know that these cars are space consumers and cause smog in most areas of the world. By just reducing the amount of cars invarious locations the amount of space would increase the therefore make town or city more accessable for the large population. this change of culture may benifit the population by just having the public transportation and biking.
To begin with the space comsuming in suburbs makes it hard most people make a living in the tight area and having the certian parking areas may be the only way to have the space needed to get to where they need to be, yet its all timed. this makes people more tense when they had to worry of a parking spot. The people in Germany weren't allowed to park the sides of the road and have drive ways unless they payed an extra $40,000 along with a home. As said the text Vaban, had completed a trend of separating the car use from the surburban life, this is what they called the 'smart planning'. Aslo to include that other areas of the world such as Beijing, China, has to worry more the amount of smog polluting their air and making people ill. In Paris, France, diesel fuel was blamed for the pollution because most of the cars were made up of this fuel. they were rank the most polluted area comparedto other locations. Therefore to reduce the amount of the complaints of the lack of space and pollution the want to either rid of the cars or just buy more plug-in-cars and hybrids for cleaner air.
Not to mention, that in Bogota, Colombia they completely banned the cars from their country for a day to promote an alternative transportation and reduce the smog. the voilators are faced $25 fines. As said the text, the stress level has dropped and therefore has madeit easier for the people to more around and not get so aggrevated. The authorities from other countries came to the event to see what they had in store for the this program, and as said in the text the authorites say that "these people are generating a revolutionary change and this is crossing borders. And in the United States, President Obama has "ambtious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions" Americans are buying fewer cars and are getting fewer licenses. By creating a new network that has the pedestrains have bicycles, private cars and commercial and public transportation. this to show time saved, conserved resourses, lower emissions and improve safety. by not just completly getting rid of cars but just reducing it, it may help them to have more smooth system.
To conclude this, the culture of cars has been a issue for someyears and in some areas very diificult to handle therefore they have created a more effiecent way to make life easier for most people. the world has to reduce the smog and increase the space for more compact living and larger populations. By not to get rid of the culture car completly but to just reduce it can be benificial to the people and the world. | 3 |
The progression in the development of driverless cars is not a recomendable idea and would do more harm than good for drivers. With self-driven cars, drivers would become lazy and unfocused in their driving. The development of such cars would not only pose threat at every turn for the passengers of a car, but would also deprive drivers everywhere of basic driving skills and knowledge.
The main reason that driverless cars would be a danger to society is simply that they are electric, and malfunctions occur in technology frequently. It is stated in paragraph 7 that the vehicles would be equipped with "driver's seats that vibrate" or "flashing lights on the windshield" to warn the driver of upcomming terrain that the car would not be able to maneuver on its own. The problem in this is that if a battery were to go out in the flashing lights or the vibrating seats malfunctioned, the driver would not be alerted of the forthcoming danger, and a crash would be innevitable.
Another threat posed by the innovative vehicles is the driver becoming too comfortable in the vehicle. When the driver places all of his trust into an electronic to keep him safe, he loses his focus and edge needed to be prepared for potential dangers on the road ahead. If another car or other unexpected object, such as a deer, were to pull out infont of an electronic vehicle suddenly and without warning, the chances of said vehicle stopping on its own are slim to none. In paragraph 8, "in-car entertainment" is promised to "'interpret the fun of driving in a new way'". Including in-car entertainment to drivers is doing nothing but promoting distracted driving. It is included in the article that this form of entertainment would be safer than texting and driving because the system would shut itslef off when the driver of the car was needed. This claim leaves a great amount of room for error, such as the fact that people often fall asleep while watching a show or movie because they feel relaxed, so it is innevitable that this would also happen to a driver being distracted. A self-driven car would be promotting laziness and unawarness in drivers and would lead to more crashes because of this.
The development of a driverless car is not a logical idea for numerous reasons. Drivers would be more likely to become distracted from the road and from doing their job as a driver in a car that only partially required their attention. A self-driven car would be unreliable and unsafe to the driver, passenger(s), and others around the car. Cars were designed to be driven by a driver, and manufacturing them to be driven by themselves is encouraging people to place their trust and safety into something that is not dependable and reliable. To conclude, producing a vehicle that is self-driven will promote drivers being lacidasical and unfocused, and will thus lead to more crashes and failures on the road. | 3 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. Yeah, it might be cool to see how one of your friends if feeling, but at the end of the day, that's their problem. This app could be useful in some way but would you really want to calculate someones emotions? There are three ways that this app is not useful including that the app could not be accurate, it could end up making you lose friends, and how it's none of yout business on how anyone feels.
One way the use of this technology is not valuable, is that this app could be a total joke. There is a posibility that this app could be accurate, like in paragraph 3, it says, "Dr. Huang relies on the work of phychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System)", but in reality, we really can't know. Let's say you download the app and use it on a friend to see how they're feeling. They put on the brightest smile you've ever seen, and the app tells you that the person is happy. In reality, they're the most miserbale people you've ever met. This app may work, but at the end of the say, no one knows what anyone is going through and this app isn't going to change it.
Another way that this technology ins't valuable, is how it can somehow make you lose friends. In paragraph 3, it reads, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprice, amger, disgust, fear, sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." What if you use the app on someone who you tought was your friend and you found out how they really feel about you. You're going to feel so sad and disappointed in that person that you're going to be mad that you used that app in the first place. Or maybe you make a gift for your boyfriend or girlfriend and you used the app to see how they realy felt about the gift only to find out that they hated it. You would feel upset and possibly get your heart broken even more when they break up with you for giving them that terrible gift. This app really isn't a good idea.
The last way that this technology has no value, is that the way on how others feel, is none of your business. In paragrpah 5, is states, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." That statement is accurate, but no one really knows how anyone feels. Picture this, you have a best friend who you think is the most happiest person in the world, never in a million years would you think they're depressed. You download the app just for fun and use it on your friend to see how they really are feeling, you find out that the're really sad. You try to talk to them, but they get mad at you for being in their business and you come to the conclusion that you did do something wrong, because it was none of your business in the first place. How someone is feeling, is none of anyones concern and this app in an invasion of privacy.
In conclusion, the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. This app can ruin your relationships and there's a possibility that it isn't even accurate. | 5 |
I am against driverless cars. I believe that driverless cars, although they may change the world, are too advanced a technology, and some people wouldn't like them. Driverless cars would be run by computers, well who's to say the computer won't malfunction or get a virus, ending in the taking of a life? Paragraph nine brings in the same problem when it comes to the computer driven cars. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- The driver or the manufaturer?" Driverless cars could cause more accidents than preventing less.
Television and movies have always seemed to have an interest with self driving cars, as paragraph two put it. Look at all the cultural icons that have had self driving cars, Inspector Gadget, the Jetsons, and Batman being three icons. The self driving car seems a bit preconcieved for our technology today. I know how many viruses and crashes a computer has, and if that happened on a highway, going 55 mph, that would cause a wreck. Of course there are sensors,in a car, but they woukldn't be fast enough to come to a halt without a driver slamming the breaks. "In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilick brakes. Sensors have became more and more advanced with technology, since the 1980s.
Smart roads, could have become more developed, if we had found a better way of sending the signals through to the cars. Cars now, have sensors telling you when you're going to back into something, and there's even cameras that you can put on the hatch of the trunk for a better view to back up with. The technology in the "Traffic Jam Assistant" requires a human driver when a problem occurs. The problem with self driving cars, is that they don't know where a recent accident is, or where work zones are. These cars are not the safest models out there, and I wouldn't allow myself to drive one.
Driving laws would have to change due to these self driving cars. Not all the states are allowing the self driving cars to be tested. Traffic laws woukld need to be change. There's also the insurance policy, who would be to blame in an accident? The car manufacturer for it malfunctioning, or the driver behind the wheel? These car that are driven entirely by themselves, seem to put others at risk. Many people could be injured from one small glitch in a command code being sent to the car.
I am against having self driving cars, because driverless cars could cause more accidents. More people would get injured, or even killed, in more automobile accidents than they already do. Television has sparked this idea of self driving cars, but these cars are still under development. Self driving cars need to be tested more, and proven more reliable, before being sold on the market. These cars are too advanced for the world at the moment, and with more work they may finally be reliable and safe to drive. | 3 |
It is hard to imagine a world without cars being controlled without humans. Cars have been a mandatory factor in most of our everyday lives. If we as humans decide to cut out the human factor to driving, there are consequences. Consequences such as the threat of saftey, the lost jobs surrounded around vehicles, and the overall question; are self-driving cars nessecary?
Not very long ago, I like many before me, got my liscense at the age of sixteen. That day will forever linger in my mind everytime I put the keys in the ignition. As a young driver, my saftey is always a concern. I learned the true aspects of saftey in my drivers education course, and saftey has been stuck in my mind since. If we create a world where us as humans are no longer in control of saftey, are we not creating an unsafe world? I am expected to put my life in the hands of some machine, rather than putting life in my own hands.
Several years ago, the auto industry was a major factor for income for most people. The jobs surrounded by cars have always been imparative for humans. Then, machines took over the jobs humans had lived off of. Making the auto industry more efficient, but leaving many without jobs. Now we are faced with a similar situation, where the driverless cars take jobs from people who live off of driving.
The auto industry has been relatively the same over the past few years. Cars have become safer, faster, and all around more productive. Now comes the change of a lifetime, the change nobody really needed. Sure, self-driving cars make life easier for everyday life. But, sometimes we need to take a few steps back and remember; how far is too far? The auto industry does not require this change.
Negativity is all that comes from this change. The auto industry will not benefit from these self-driving cars. They will create lawsuits and disaster. These driverless abominations will make the living jobless. This audacious movement will create an unneed and irrational situation for us, the people. | 2 |
If we want driverless cars so bad why dont we just take a taxi or a train. I think that we shouldnt try and make driverless cars just yet because we dont have the money to do so.
To make driverless cars we would need millions of dollars to even start constructing the ideas. Like it said in the article no car today is driverless, they may say it is but there is some situations where the car will still need human assistance. I think driverless cars would actually be pretty dangerous because what happens if the panel where the car is running from messes up or shuts down, then your car would have major problem or go off course from where you wanted to go. Another reason why I think that driverless cars are a dangerous idea is because what happens if the car breaks down on road side? Are we gonna have a google engineer come from 1,000 miles away in 10 minutes to help us? Probably not.
Yes driverless cars would be nice, but what I am saying is that driverless cars could also be very dangerous, and put our lives in dangerous just to have luxury. To me i dont think that having a driverless car is worth putting my life on the line for. In conclusion driverless cars would be nice, but we dont have the money to afford it, and they would be a very dangerous project to construct and test out. | 1 |
There are many different things that you could do to help out the ecosystem, and reducing your car use is certainly one of them. A study conducted in Europe shows that 12% of greenhouse gas emissions are the result of passanger car over-use. But of course as humans we are bound to resist and not give up things that make our lives easier. Yet there are many alternatives to not driving a car, for example car pool, have family members pick you up, buses, trains, taxis, bikes, etc. As you can see is not a matter of lack of alternatives but a lack of interest in helping out nature and everything that it helps support.
A very important way in which car usage affects our lives is pollution, many places around the world are trying to impose taxes and fines in order to keep people from over-relying on their cars. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city", things like this are quite obviously why the ecosystem is not at it's worst yet. One of the most polluted cities in the world Beijing competition for Paris until law enforcers stepped in to resolve the issue. Another city fighting pollution caused by car use is Bogota, who has once again banned it's over 7.2 million population from using their cars on the "Day Without Cars" event. The Day Without Cars is an event that if not followed could be penalize citizens most likely monetary fines of around $25 dollars, although some were even arrested for not complying with this method. Described by Andrew Selsky as a "program set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during this car free day". Not only is this helping out the rest of the world is bringing people closer as more people go to parks, sport centers and spend time together.
With more bans and restrictions on car usage of course the car usage is destined to decrease but although it might sound terrible it could actually lead to healthier lives. With less cars on the road the air you are breathing will be more pure and healthy and less polluted. More people will have to walk which will decrease heart problems, obesity and other diseases all over the world. If people don't buy cars then companies like Ford, Toyota, Honda and more will make less money and some might run out of business but that will not happen since most people are not ready to make a commitment such as giving up your car. But if cars are not being purchased then they will stop being produced which can lead to a better economy since the government won't be spending billions on gas, diesel and such. Apparently the amount of miles driven by a person yearly has decreased over the last couple of years which has led sociologists to believe that if this pattern persists it will have many beneficial implications for the environment, even though it could have negative implications for car industries as i stated before.
Car usage will decrease since people are driving less and less every year and young people are buying less cars according to a study in 2013 that found that "driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009". Even though many experts can't be sure yet, the drop in sales and decrease in usage has led many to believe that the U.S. has already peaked in miles driven and possibly car sales. There is no accurate way of predicting whether this will bring completely positive or completely negative consequences. President Obama's ambitious goals to change the greenhouse gas emissions has proven to shift or change the way people act as recent studies show that "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by". | 3 |
First off , In my opinion I think that there is no face on the moon. Some of NASA believe that some aliens made the face on the moon years ago. I believe that there is no face and that is beacuse there are no aliens. If there is a face on the moon it was probably made by an astroid or a meteorid that crashed there a few years ago and it was just now starting to form more into a face. If it were aliens who created the face on the moon, why didn't they come back time after time so the humans could see them. Honestly, who is there to blame for this mysterious face on the moon? Many people may ask, what should we do to figure out if there is a face or not. Well in my opinion, I think we should have NASA send someone or some people to the moon and see whats really going on. NASA also doesn't have evidence that there are aliens that did it. They just assume that there are aliens basically. Maybe there is really no face on the moon. I really think that maybe NASA should either just let this go or they should just send someone to space to chck it out. I just don't like how NASA has no evidence that there are asliens who made the face. I think maybe NASA should just go check it out for themselves.
Second, 25 years ago when Viking 1 snapped a photo of the face on the moon, it didn't really look all that good. Even when they took the photo from 1998 and 2001 the pictures still didn't look as nice as they should. People could always just snap a picture and rearrange things in the photo and then make it seem like there is an object there when there really isn't anything there. In the paragraph it even say's "new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NAA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa." That could possibly mean that when they were looking at photos they could have saw something else but rearranged the photo to see another thing that they didn't see but they wanted the world to belive them that a face wa on the moon. That is my opinion on if there is a face on the moon. | 2 |
If i was convincing someone that the the face on the planet mars is not a created by aliens i would say. That the reason it looks like that is because it formed a shadow giving the illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth. and if he still didn't believe me i would say that. They had sent a Mars Global Surveyer arriving at The Red Planet in Sept. of 1997 18 years after the Viking mission ended and then on April 5 of 1998 when tyhe Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time the Mars Orbitor camera team snapped a picture 10x sharper then it was on the original viking photos which would reveal that it was just a natural landform and that there was no alienmonument after all and just a illusion of a shadow. And this infrmation would prove to him that it's not a monument created by aliens and that i was just a illusion created by shadow reflecting light. | 0 |
Cars that drive themselves are useless because they will only drive us for a certain amount of time until we are alerted to take over. Driverless cars will make us more lazy than we already are. We all will get bored of staring at the road for countless minutes or hours waiting for our turn to drive.
Driving our cars to and from our destination is already being lazy. Now that cars will be able to drive by themselves will make us more lazy. If we get too comfortable in the car while were watching the road we might eventually fall asleep and we wont get the alert of when we have to take over. This is a reason why driverless cars is a bad idea.
Imagine yourself staring at the road with out anything to do. You will eventually get tired of that and might want to do something, but you wont be able to because you have to keep your eyes on the road for any alerts. If you have a car that you can drive by yourself youll be pushing on the gas and moving the steering wheel around. Thats much better than doing nothing. This is another reason why having a driverless car is pretty much useless.
If the car has a malfunction while it is driving by itself and it crashes or hits something, you will be responsible for it. Even if you did nothing to the steering wheel or the gas pedal. You will have to pay the fine or go to jail, depending on how bad the crash was. Cars that drive themselves could be a really bad idea in the future.
Driverless cars is a bad idea for the future. They are pretty much worthless if we're still going to have to pay attention to the road to take over whenever there is an alert up ahead. We will get tired of waiting for our turn to drive whenever we have to. If there is an accident that occurs while you are in the car you will be responsible for everything even if you didn't do anything. | 2 |
Can a computer recognize the subtke facial movements we humans use to express how we feel? This text is explaining how technology is identifying humans facial expressions and if it is valuable or not.
The use of technology to read emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuble because in the text it states, "Infact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, ect. Dr. Huang new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps his emotion algorithms are a different sort of "Da Vinci Code"! The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. Imagine a computer that knows when you are happy or sad. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Based on all of this information, this is basicaly telling me all the benefits this new software computer can do. In my own personal opinion, I think it would be a great idea to have software like these to have at school. Ideas like this one could actually end up helping a very long way.
In conclusion, a software identifying human emotions is a great idea to bring into this world. Throughout all of the sadness, the happieness, and all of the aggressiveness, it could help people a long way. | 2 |
The name of the boy was Luke Bomberger and he help the world war ,he crossed the Atlantic ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help the people that needed help with the world war two. The war stareded in the year 1945 and it was over in Europe , and many countries were left in ruins .The time that they receive their orders to report the New Orleans was in August 1945 .Luke help all of that people he save every body he was prouded but he was really esoteded he was happy to.''In August 14 we arrived.''Luke says. And the Pacific war ended they were so happy they wher proude to.
And that awarness stayed with him ,leading his family to host a number of international student and exchange visitors for maney years .H help alot of people and the poeple that he love his family .The family they wher so happy of they were scareded but when Luke came he save them and theyv were so prouded for him they thout that they were going to die or that Luke was going to die because that was so scary for him to doit that was so,so, so ,so, scary.
He couded die but he didit so good that he didint die. He was proude of him self because he safe alot of poeple in the town or place. | 0 |
The three reasons that I have will make anyone want to join in the program, Seagoing Cowboys. First of all there are a lot of really cool and fun experiences. Also, you'll get to help people and make there lifes better. Lastly, it's a once in a life opportunity. Its going to be exciting.
You're going to having lots of fun here. If you like animals well this is the trip for you; you're going to be spending most of your time with animals. While you are on the way to your destination you'll get to see or visit places you've only dreamed of, like Japan. Lastly, if you ever wanted to see the pasific ocean,well you're going to sailing on it. Your in luck because your going to help out too.
Also you get to help people. I'm really sure everybody would be happy to help people out there. You may even feel like a super hero afterwards. Also you can even save lifes in need. It's only offered once.
It's a once in a life time chance for you and others. This chance is the only time you'll get so don't regret it latter that you didn't join. It will be an honor to serve in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You can join with a friend if you want. Now lets reasume it all.
Make sure you join us because, you'll get to have really fun experiences. You'll get to help people. Lastly, it's a once in a life time opportunity. So join now and you'll never reget it. I garante that if you join you'll love it. | 2 |
Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars.
NASAs Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face.
They call it "The Face."
The Face is very interesting.
Many people could have different opinions about how the Face could have gotten on Mars or how it was made.
Your opinion could be that either aliens created the Face or it is just a natural landform, but you would need to have reasons to back up why you believe so.
Aliens have been believed to be real, but others do not think so.
There is no real proof yet, but many scientists and other people are still trying to find clues and details about aliens on other planets.
This leads some to believe that if aliens are real, that they could have created the Face.
How could aliens create something as complex and interesting as the Face?
Aliens could not be that smart.
To think about it being a natural landform, it is pretty complex, but it may just be the way that we are looking at it and are seeing it.
The way we see the Face all depends on the way you are looking at it.
Scientists have named it "The Face" because that is what it looks like, but maybe if someone else looks at it, they would not even see "The Face" at all.
They may see something completely different.
If you think that aliens created "The Face" first see if there is anything else that aliens may have been thought to create or where they came from.
If there is no proof to aliens, then how could they have created something?
And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing ... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West.
It almost reminds scientists of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
If these are actually landforms that are naturally formed on Earth, then "The Face" is certainly a natural landform itself. | 2 |
As human beings we must care for the earth that was so kindly bestowed upon us, meaning we must do all in our power to prevent it from self-destructing due to our carlessness. One way we seem to have recently discoved we can make a difference is that the limiting of car usage is an enormous step towards our goal. Cars have been a topic of contriversy worldwide, as it seems people refused to stop the usage of such a helpful tool in todays society, but as time goes on we have opened our eyes to a world of better choices. Citizens from all around see that car usage can be cut down, and it will be an astonishing change for both humans, as well as the earth. The limitation of car usage will provide a more healthy enviornment for the earth as well as those who live on it. Cars are a simply a machine in which we have allowed ourselves to believe that life can not go on without it. Here we will discover how truley wrong we were.
Although we all understand that these vehicles allow use to save much time by getting us to our destinations quicker, it does alot of harm to our planet as well. As stated in the article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars", cars are responsible for 50 percent greenhouse gas emission in certain areas of the United states. The fuel we use to power our cars is released into the O-Zone layer, and into our atmosphere which creates a greenhouse affect and slowly, but surley destroys our enviornment. However, we have the power to protect the planet we live on for we have so many different choices of transpertation that causes way less harm. Cutting down on driving is a simple task in which we can all participate in.
Next we focus more on how car limiation affects ourselves. Driving take a toll on us because other forms of transportation do so much good towards ones self being, but as humans we seem to always take the easy way out. If we didnt always use cars, and took a walk for instance it would improve health as well as many other things. In an artice written by Andrew Selsky it states that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." The less smog in the air, the better we can breath which will improve our health, and walking is good for that as well. We don"t need cars to live our lives. Life goes on without the use of a machine.
All in all cars we must care for this world as well as ourselves, and this is the first step towards this goal. Some fear that this change in society will have horrible consequences because we are so use to cars in our life, but these vehicles dont control us. By use limiting car usage we are providing a healthier enviornment for both human beings as well as our earth. Lets take the steps toward making this world a better place to live for us as well as the many generations to come. Don't you wish to live in a clean, and healthy world? | 3 |
Everyone should have an opinion on what they think is right. Congress should change the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States. The Electoral College contains of the selection of the electors and there is a meeting of electors to vote for President and Vice President. The popular vote shows what citizens want, lets people have the freedom to choose who they want to be president, and have a better result.
First of all, the popular vote shows what citizens want. It tells the government what they are doing right or wrong. For example, if people say they want a democracy, that tells them that they want the right to speak for themselves. They want the freedom of speech that they deserve.
Furthermore, the opportunity to let people make a decision of who should be president for their country. For example, when people were voting for Obama or Romney, Obama had the most popular votes. That shows that the citizens trusted Obama in representing our country. They liked what his plans were going to be and trying to help us with our problems.
Lastly, it provides an accurate result of who should be president. It gives the percentage of how many people actually voted for the person that is going to be elected for president. For example, Obama had 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and 51.3 percent of popular vote. The votes show that people wanted Obama to be president instead of Romney because people like Obama's future plans.
In summation, instead of having an Electoral College, it should an election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Popular votes helps the government understand their citizens better. It lets them know what people want from the government, allows them to have the freedom to make a choice of the president, and gives the government a picture of how many people liked a candidate's plan for them. All in all, popular votes would make elections for the president a lot better to understand. | 2 |
My position on driverless cars are that they are dangerous. Technology could fail you at any given time. The car could put the antilock brakes on when they are not needed and cause you to get rear ended. The sensor for when something is in front of you or behind you could go bad, which could result in hitting something or running a red light. If a new road is built or updated, and the map has not been updated in your car yet, the car could get you lost. People would become careless and not pay attention period, and know nothing about the driving rules and regulations. Finally, if you crashed who would be at fault the driver or the car company.
Technology has failed many times in the past. Planes have crashed, ships have sank, and electricity has gone out for days at a time before. You would be trusting your life and your family and friends life completely with that piece of technology. Today, most things are technologically ran, but with some type of human control to it. Although, humans fail at times to, we can try to correct our errors when a car really does not know when it did something wrong.
The car could put the antilock brakes on when they are not needed. When you are driving and randomly brakes in front of you, you tend to end up getting in a crash or almost crashing. If the brakes locked up for no apparent reason you would get hit, and many people die from accidents each year. You could also be driving close to another car at a normal speed and the car could brake, thinking you would crash and you could get slung from your seat, becoming injured.
Sensors that see if the car will back into something or run something over could go out. They could go out while you were sleeping in your driverless car and you could potentionally run a red light, hit a person, or crash. Even if something went out when you were awake how could you control the car to get to the nearest car shop.
If a new road was built in a small town, how long would it take for the map in the car to update, or how accurate are the maps actually. The new road could be the only way out of the town, and your car would not of gotten the update yet about the new road. Being lost, and having no control over your car is a pretty bad thing. Now, even Google Maps does not know where some things are and takes you the wrong way.
Overtime, people are going to become careless with how they drive, they will not pay any attention to the road and not even know they ran a stop light till they get a ticket in the mail. Then, they could easily take it to court and blame the car manufacturer. People who drive normal cars could blame driverless cars when they get into an accident saying their sensor was not working or the car has a default to it.
Lastly, if someone gets into a crash, whose fault is it? They say in the article they do not know who would be at fault for the crash. The car company could have a lawsuit against them if someone dies in the car, or because of the car. Would the company get sued, having to pay for injuries or anything else, or will it be the driver's fault for being careless and not paying attention. You do not know if the person even had any control over the car to begin with.
Driverless cars are dangerous. If a car relies on technology 100% it is almost a definite things will go wrong with the driverless cars. Technology is not safe 100%, technology assistance is not a bad thing to have, but when it is in full control, it tends to not be the safest. How smart can a car actually be, because a person designed it, and we are prone to flaws and faults. All in all for the technology to be fully in control is dangerous. | 3 |
This is a a landform from mars and also this is just shapped to look like a human face . How do I know this is a land form because this is a rock just like on earth . The darkness just makes it look like a human face . This is a landform because it looks like it is coming from the ground you can see it that it is coming from the ground and from what I know people havn't gone to mars . This is just a face made from rock it is just like if you were to go to a rocky place but they are shaped like a face . It say the photo shawdow makes it have like a illusion that of eyes , nose and human mouth .This is just giving it more attention to mars about this photo it say only a little bite of scientist
thought it was made by aliens . It says it only can show
a natural landform and after all there was no alien monument after all . In conclusio there were objects in the photo sothis now proves there was no aliens in mars that said " Let's make this picture happen and let's make it like a human face" . | 1 |
There are many advantages of limiting your car usage and it too can help the Earth. Limiting car usage can be very helpful towards your health and your environment around you. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Robert duffer and Andrew selsky has all written down thier opnions down suggesting for more people to use bikes, buses or even walking to help people use less cars.
Why, would anyone walk but have easier transport by driving a car? because by walking you being saving money and lowering down pollution that is in the air. In
In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars written by Elisabeth Rosenthal; she is explaining how in Vauban,Germany is a "car-free" city and if you own a car owership you would have to pay a lot of money just for a space in your home for you car. Elisabeth has eclaimed that " Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home". This quote is showing how by owning your own car can cause too much money in a place that doen'st allow cars but when they do allow cars, you have to pay double of the price of a normal car. There is also something else that is interesing that Elisabeth has also stated: "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car- intensive areas in the United States". This quote is showing us that cars waste too much gas and it goes up into our greenhouse and it is destroying our planet. If the percent number keeps going up, our earth can be harmful.
Also, by not using your car, it can lower down rush-hours and traffice. As stated in this quote by Andrew Selsky written in
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota: "
Rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffice; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up". That is very good for the people because they would getting plenty of exerices while walking and they would not have to deal with beeping cars behind them or being stuck in the same place for couples of hours. If more people people come into walking or riding bikes to their homes,schools,or jobs; the bike places would get a lot of money for their bikes and that is good because the car dealership places would get less money and would close down. This quote from
The end of car culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal reflects how the bike shops would get new priorities: "New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation". This is showing how paying for a bike would benefit you and the planet by not buying a car that is polluting the air.
Finally, Paris has been noticing smog going everywhere in france and needs to do something about it so they enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the air. As stated in this quote by Robert Duffer who has written
Paris bans driving due to smog,
"Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has . . . [a] tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline". This quote is explaining how using up too much gasoline can lead to serious problems like having heavy smog everywhere in the country. That only does France have heavy smog but Paris does have the most smog, other European countries as well as stated in this quote: "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic metere compared with 144 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found"(Duffer). Having so much smog that you aren't able to see toward can be very dangrous.
In concluson, Being able to save your money, and help out the Earth can always be a good thing. Polluting the air can lead to many problems in the future and that could damage many lives and places. Always know how to respect your planet by always using less gas or no gas at all. Biking and walking can lead to a better future and it would turn out better than using a car. | 3 |
I strongly beleive Driveless car will be useless in the future. The engineer might pull it off in 2020,but i still beleive most people will be uninterested. Driveless cars are illegle in most state,Nobody know the price yet but Driveless cars are most likely will be over price,people hate changes,and it does not gaurentee for safety. I beleive that Driveless car will be useless.
I strongly beleive Driveless care will be useless in in the future because it is illegle in most state and i will lose my driving skills. Even if we can afford them but if its illegle how are we going to drive and get around? First,nobody want to go to jail,just for driving a driveless car. Forexample,only California,Nevada,Florida and the district of colombia are the only states that allow the Driveless car because the other states knows that;it is just waste of time. Third,i rather drive a a normal car because i had already passed my lisence so i do not want to lose my driving skills. Finally,I still want to the driver,i dont like the ideas of car being its own driver.
I strongly beleive Driveless cars will be useless because it will be over price.
First,most of the Americans are middle class and most of us can not afford cars like this. Second,Most people buy used car because they can not afford the new one or they want to save up the money. Driveless car will waste alot of monet. Forexample, the gas and battery price willl cost alot because it uses battery for mostly controlling it self with gps. Finally,Driveless car will cost you alot and it does not gaurentee for a ssafety so there is no piont of wasting money on something useless.
I strongly beleive Driveless cars will be useless in the future because most people in USA hate changes. Forexample,I hated when my teaches changes my classes,and I hated when my coaches changes our practice time. People like the same routine,nobody want to charge their car over night or changes the oils with more expensive stuff. Third,most people like what they are driving everyday because they like the routine and it is affrodable. Finally,Driveless car will changes all the routine and it will cost alot more.
I strongly beleive driveless cars will be useless in the future. I beleive the engineer will pull it off in 2020 but it will not worth the time. First,Driveless cars are illegle in most state. Second,dirveless car will be over priced. Third,People hate changes so what is the point of making something that is useless. Finally,we love what we have and Driveless cars will just be useless for most people. | 2 |
My argument is going be about why other poeple should join the program. The program " Seagoing Cowboys " is about getting animals to other states in a boat. They will take care of the animals l;ike feed them.
Why i feel that other people should join this program is because they help animals . They will help people , meet different countries ,states . For example , Europe , Canda , and even Italy. They can also meet other persons in the world , kids , maybe even famous people .
Luck bomberger joined the Seagoing Cowboys program and had a good time with his friend Don Reist . Luck and Don both went to Europe in a cattle boat . They took care of horses , young cows , and mules. Luck said " the day the pacific war ended." " They got their seaman's paper's and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster , headed fror Greece ." With a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.
That is my arguement about why other people should join the " Seagoing Cowboys " program. I hope that incourged you to join the Seagoing Cowboy program and help animals in need . | 1 |
Is it possible that the face on Mars could have been created by aliens? Some people believe that the Face on Mars was formed by aliens; however,
I do not believe that is possible. A few of the pictures taken of the Face on Mars were taken when it was cloudy,but that is the only information that suggests that aliens could have made the face. Many scientists have done extensive research on the Face on Mars, and they have found that it is nothing more than a natural landform in the shape of a face. If you believe aliens formed the face on Mars, then be prepared for multiple facts that go against that belief.
Numerous scientists have studied the area in which the surreal face formation is located, and they have found various mesas. Martian mesas are common around Cydonia, the place in which you would find the face. Because of these facts, it is believed that the Face on Mars is just another Martian mesa that is coincidently shaped like a face. NASA even captioned one of the pictures saying "Huge rock formation that was formed by shadows, giving the illusion of a face." This explanation makes a tremendous amount of sense more than aliens creating the face.
Although quite a few people vehemetley express their opinions that the face is evidence of life on Mars, NASA says that they are not hiding any information about alien life. Why would NASA keep life on Mars a secret? If life was found on Mars, NASA would share the information because they would make a lot of money from it. They would make history if they had proof of life in Mars! Some defenders of NASA even wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. There is absolutely no way that NASA would turn down that amazing oppurtunity and keep the evidence to themselves.
The picture taken by Michael Malin is another reason to believe that the face was not an alien creation. He took a picture that was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos by using his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC). The picture taken on April 5, 1998, revealed that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. There was no reason to believe that the face was not natural, but some people still believed that aliensdid in fact make the formation. The tenacious scientists were still determined to find evidence to make everyone see the truth.
April 8, 2001, was a cloudless day in Cydonia, and Mars Global Surveyor was able to get close enough to the face to capture a extraordinary photo.
The picture was taken using the camera's maximum resolution. If there were objects in the picture near the face, you could have seen what the objects were. There was nothing unusual aroung the Face on Mars.
The picture shows a Martion equivalent to landforms common around the American West. It reminds some people of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, which is the same height as the Face on Mars. This evidence supports the idea that the giant, face-shaped formation is a natural landform, nothing more, nothing less. Aliens are not even proved to exist, let alone form a landform like this one. | 4 |
Cars are apart of are everyday lives this is nothing new about this. Mabye you already relized this and
I'm sure you heard the damage it causes to the air. It's just a known fact, cars cause pollution. This kind a lifestyle that is very destructive to everyone. Electric cars are being made ,but how we power those car still causes damage. That's why some cities are makeing a change and there should be one. Sure cars get to point A to B a lot faster than just walking. Also it cause to loss are oil, a nonrenewable resource, if we limit car use we can decrease the smog, the oil loss and just make everything safer.
To get started, smog or greenhouse gases has always been an issue. The majority is from cars, what happpend in France is an example of this. France "enforces a partial driving ban" they did this because th smog got so bad they had to and if they didn't obey they were fined or impounded. This is just one example and you bring up a point that they mostly used diesel. Burning oil is still burning oil call it what you will, but it was to show the amount of smog it created. There are always a way to get around without cars like bikes or trains. I'm sure most people will start giving up there cars for electric or a bike sooner or later and hopful before it's to late.
There's also, oil and how much we loss of it. Prices is just going to keep rising and it's just a waste of the resource. Eventully you will have to give up your car because gas prices are too high and just not worth it anymore. By then the about of damage will almost be unrevesable we need to make a change, if you limit the amount you drive the more you helped recover from the green house gases. Keep in mind buses and trains take a hell of a lot less fuel to run, people use it all the time and some trains that are electric can travel faster than a car. Lossing are oil won't be worth it there are a lot better aplications to use it in.
Don't forget, safety is just one more reason to stop using your car. Everyone should know this one cars are dangerous and are unpredictable. You can't tell if someone will run the red light or cut across in front of you. They account for a lot of deaths every year, it could be a drunk, texting, sleepy and ect. That can cause a crash like a said unpredicablity is the killer. You can't walk into someone and die or trains crashing into each other is kinda impossible there's just too much safety measures to stop that from happening.
So really, you should a least try to stop or limit the amount you drive everyday. In the end we loss are safety, are oil and are earth. It's just not worth it we can change to electric cars that run on renewable resources at least or take the buses. In a way people already started "driving by young people decreased 23 percent" so even if older generation don't stop at least the next generaton is a little more wiser on the situation. Limiting your driving is not as bad as it seems we keep are oil, we keep are lives and most importantly we keep are earth free a pollution. | 2 |
In many places like Bogota, Colombia and Paris, France there are many advantages to not using cars because:first, it would "promote alternate transportation..." and "devoid traffic jams", and second, it would help to "...reduce smog."
To begin with,according to Source 3: Car-free day spinning into a big hit in Bogota states that "It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted..." because the Bogota leaders wanted to reduce traffic jams and promote alternative transportation. This is a great advantage because by reducing traffic jams and promoting alternative transportation, you are decreasing the number of death by car accidents and helping people with the choices of other transpotation methods.
In addition, according to Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, it states that "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."This ban was a huge advantage because in the article it states that, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." and that thanks to the ban, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday."
In conclusion, The bans stated in Source 2 and in
Source 3 have advantages because they will "...reduce smog", "promote alternative transportation..." and "devoid traffic jams." | 1 |
Dear Senator,
Change is not always a good thing. The Electoral College being changed is definetly not right. Many may be persuaded by fleeting emotions into a strong desire for changing the Electoral College. This however isn't as good an idea as people may think it is. It's unnessecary to fix something that isn't broken.
The Electral College so far as been working extremly well. Its a benificial system that our founding fathers created. The Electoral College has kept balance and silenced the chaotic voices of the citizens. According to source 3, "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." This is a fact because the human mind is fragile and tends to let anger or ego get the better of them. This will then be the cause of uneeded casualties.
A lot of people find the idea of changing the Electoral College to be satisfing. In thier mind's this will make things more "fair". Source 2 implies that, "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Many will believe this because their not able to see the big picture. The Electoral college as stated in source 1, "is a process, not a place." It's not about being unfair or cheating. The electoral college is valid system that has allowed the election of a president to go as smoothly as possible and it is in every way superior to the popular vote method.
So let's be realistic and leave things as it is. Comparing popular vote to the electoral college is like comparing a newborn baby to an adult. The fact of it is that the electoral college is the more reasonable method to use whereas popular vote is unreasonable because it'll only give birth to more problems. The Electoral College has been and still is the best method to elect a president for our great country.
Your's Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
Through the development of driverless cars, there are many postive or negative aspects that can be contributed to their manufacturing. Overall, I beleive that with these developments and engineering that has gone into the manfucaturing of driverless cars, we have improved the safety of regular automotive vehicles and the standards that safety should be set at. While the development of accessories that are created for safety are commonly used in these driverless car, these safety measures can be used in development of everyday vehicles.
When creating the idea of driverless cars, many furutrists have come upon the idea that we do not need smarter cars; we need smarter roads. The development of roadways that General Motors and engineers at Berkeley tried to use were incredibly advanced. The roadways at General Motors provided the invention of an electrical cable that was to be embedded in the track, this would send radio signals to a receiver that was on the front end of the car. The engineers at Berkeley used magnets that had alternating polarity. With this new-found developments, these people created smart-road systems that worked incredibly efficently. With these developments that were made, the realization that smarter roadways may not be the correct option, but smarter cars truly hold the future. This lead to a new wave of developmental ideas.
With the development of smarter cars, automakers had come upon the manufacturing of accessories that would help everyday cars. While smart cars really do need an abundance of sensors, often times regular cars can be improved with these added. With the development of anti-lock brakes, the sensors were able to exhibit a better response and control compared to that of a human driver. The development of smarter cars has lead to furthering the improvements in sensors and the computer software and hardware that makes driving safer.
In 2013, BMW had annouced the devlopment od "Traffic Jam Assistant." This vehicle was able to drive partially by itself, but int he event of work zones and accidents, it needed the assistance of human drivers. Soon, automotive companies realized that it was a necessity to have a way for a car to gain a driver's attention. Some of these companies had seat that would vibrate, an announcement system, and flashing lights on the windshield and other displays. Through this abrupt realization, manufacturers have begun the merging of these concepts into everyday vehicles.
Through the creation of driverless cars, we have made everyday cars safer and more reliable. They are now less liekly to cause accidents. If we further the development of driverless cars, who knows where the roadways will be in twenty years? We could have the ubiquitous use of driverless cars, perhaps they could become further assimilated, maybe laws will change for safer roadways. Perhaps our everyday cars will be the safest as can be. We really don't know, but so far, the develp,ent of driverless cars has seemingly revolutionized the automaking world and planted a new seed in everyone's minds about the future which only we can change.
In conclusion, because of the devlopment of driverless cars, we have made roadways safer with the creation that have come about through their manufacturing. Without the thought of using driverless cars and making vehicles and roadways smarter, there would be a lack of development in the technological safety of vehicles. There would be far more accidents because of the lack of ability to brake, which has been stopped since of the perfection of anti-lock brakes, and there would be a lack of ability for driver's to remain focused on the roadways without the development of vibrating seats in order to gain a driver's attention when they are veering off the road. They have truly revolutionized the car manking industry and the future that we will hold. | 4 |
The author states in paragraph one, "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." This is stating that Venus is safe, but you need to know challenges come along with it. In paragraph eight it says, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value." the author values the challenge and strives for the goal.
Although the author may enjoy studying Venus and it's challenges, this study comes with it's difficulties. The author states in paragraph six, "Or maybe we should think of them as challenges."reffering to how they, "cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." The challenges they face predict how worthy of a pursuit Venus really is. The author states in paragraph five, "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." this meaning that this would be a risk, but they will survive.
The author states in paragraph eight, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts." this is saying what we do or where we travel should not be limited by dangers and fear. If we let dangers and fear overcome us, will we ever get anything accomplished? We let danger and fear go, and let the power of adventure come through. | 1 |
You may be questioning yourself, why is limiting car usage a good thing? How does it benefits us? Well, have you ever heard of global warming? Global warming is caused by air pollution. Global warming is destroying our planet. Therefore we need to act before its to late. How can you help? Its simple drive less, walk, and inform others about the situation. But there is other ways the government can help and that is by limiting car usage. The less amount of cars in the city the better it is.
However, countries like France, China, and Colombia have banned driving in order to clear air pollution from their cities already. In Paris they banned driving due to smog. Those who violated the rules were fined 22-euro which is $31 dollars in America. However 27 people had their car impounded due to their reaction to the fine. And around 4,000 people were fined. Then after five days of intensifying smog, the smog arrived to Beijing, China. China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. They faced major issues and blamed diesal fuel, since France has a tax policy that favors diesal over gasoline. Appearently Colombia seems to be the country that succeeded on reducing the smog. The day without car is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota, Colombia in the mid-1990s. Everyone seemed to join the movement to redue air pollution.
In other hand, president Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions will get fortuitous assist. Has America passed peak driving? According to Elizabeth Rosenthal, recent studies suggest the Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 to 39-year-olds getting a license. No one seems to bother to get drivers license. Many prefer to walk or take public transportation. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Does this mean we care? I hope so.
In conclusion, the way I see it is that people dont care. Someone is trying to fix the problems while other make the problem even worse. Its like you're trying to fix you car and the next day someone destroys your car for no reason at all. Yes, some people are helping but it not enough. With your help we can help stop air pollution. Limiting car usage will definently help, because the fewer cars there are the faster we can reduce greenhouse gas. Its not the same when you have millions of vehicles in the city than when you have hundreds of them. So less car will help. We need you to join now. And dont forget to inform others what going on the world. That way we can have more people joining the fight to stop greenhouse gas. | 2 |
The computer software is very valuable. It can calculate diffrent emotions, it can tell if the smile is fake or not, and it can show varying degrees of expression. The new computer software can recognize if your friend is happy or not.
The software can calculate diffrent emotions. On paragraph 3 it says that Eckman has classified 6 basic emotions, happyness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This means that the computer can calculate which emotion is showing the most by calculating the muscel movement. The emotion that has the most percent is the emotions that your freind or someone is most likey showing.
The computer can also detect if your smile is real or not. In paragraph 8 its says ''if the zygomatic is streched sideways then you are fake smiling. The zygomatic is a muscel in your face that can make you smile and if you stretch it sideways then the smile is fake. If you were to be mad you could fool your friends but not fool the computer.
The computer can show the percent in which you are smiling. Paragraph 5 it states that the computer software stores simular antomical information as an electronic code. The code enters in the computer and it reads the code to tells you the percent of youe emotions. It dosnt take a long time at all it reads your face with a 3-D scanner.
The computer software is very valuable. It can tell a lot of emotions that you or your friend has. Wouldn't you wanna know how happy or sad you or your friend are? The computer would just do everything for you instead of you asking questions about your friend or you friend asking questions about you. | 2 |
Many people live in the USA voting for the next president, but there are people who think that the election system need to change to become better. I personally think that the election system should stay.
First off, the founding fathers created the Electoral process. The Electoral process is a simple but complex system that holds up are government. The system protects us from people accidentaly picking a leader that may end up being a tyrent or worse. Many people may say "What about Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, or bob Dole." Well it's vary likely that there will be more people like that if we change the system and start a new.
Even though, citizens of the USA think that the Electoral Collage is Anachronism. That statement is not true. If the Electoral collage was outdated the U.S. would the government system would have fallen awhile ago. even if there may be ties between the Electoral collage the system will have a plan B. While I'm Electoral collages the representives of the state are chosen by the people if the wrong disison was made people should balm the people who chose that person.
In the end, the people are the one to blame not the system. The system may have a few flaws but the flaws are only made by the people vote. Some one may say "If the system was perfect there whould be no need for blame." but nothing can be purfect."
I think that we shouldn't change the election system | 2 |
While NASA's greatest scientists were working hard in their Jet Propulsion Lab in 1976, an eerie picture appeared on their monitors, as the spacecraft they sent to Mars, the Viking 1, has taken a picture of what looks like an alien-built human face on Mars, though it was actually another basic landform on the red planet. The reason Viking I was taking pictures of Mars was to scope out possible landing sites for its sister ship, the Viking 2. The scientists did realize that this "face" was just another common Martian landform, so when they put the picture up, its caption stated that it was only a rock formation resembling a human head. In order to fully prove to everyone that the Face on Mars was just a landform, they even sent the MGS, or Mars Global Surveyor, to retake pictures of the area presumed to be the face. They even sent it back for another round of retakes thanks to peoples' suspicions of cloudy weather blocking the view of the face! Thanks to many tests and retakes, scientists have proven that the Face on Mars is just another landform.
While Viking 1 was taking pictures on Mars to find a landing site for Viking 2, it snapped a picture of what appeared to be a gigantic face staring at them like a man staring at the stars with binoculars. Although scientists were very surprised when the face appeared on the monitors in their lab, their sensation lasted only a short time. They figured it was only another common Martian mesa with shadows that only resembled a human face. So that they could get enough hey-everyone-check-this-out popularity for the red planet, they made the image of the Face on Mars public, and the NASA scientists gave it the caption noting that it was "a huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Thanks to this new caption, public attention for Mars, but it ended up dominating people's view on Mars, making them create conspiracy theories rather than convince the truth that it was only another landform on Mars. Despite the people making the Face on Mars a well-known pop icon, it always was and always will be another Martian landform.
In order to prove to the people that the Face on Mars was an ordinary-as-white-paint landform, they sent a new probe, the Martian Global Surveyor, or MGS, to Mars in 1998 to try to retake pictures of the face. The MGS succeeded at its task, as it swayed public opinion away from the idea that the face had to do with alien life existing on Mars at that time. Thousands of looking-forward-to-this web explorers were waiting for the picture to become public, they were also disappointed by the fact that it was a natural landform rather than an exotic alien monument. However, not everyone was satisfied with these results, as they wanted more proof that the face was a face and not a landform thanks to cloudy weather. The MGS did succeed in proving that the Face on Mars was not a face, though more attempts were required to get the idea to everyone.
Not everyone was content with the results of the MGS expedition, wanting to believe that the cloudy weather at the time the picture was taken to be responsible for the lack of the face's visibility. Despite how NASA's chief scientist for their Mars Exploration Program, Jim Garvin, stated that "it's not easy to target Cydonia," the people wanted more retakes. NASA was able to get the MGS to get better shots of the face in April 2001, and they were able to capture a wonderful photo with the camera's maximum resolution, which dominated the Viking 1's resolution by being nearly thiry times better. Thanks to Garvin's reasoning and the high-as-the-sky resolution of the MSG's new pictures, they were able to prove that the face was only the equivalent of a butte or mesa, both of which were common landforms. Thanks to the MSG's multiple trips, they captured enough well-detalied pictures to prove the true identity of the Face of Mars.
The Face of Mars is only an ordinary landform, and it always will be just another ordinary landform. The scientists began with a caption to the original photo stating that it was a landform only resembling a face, then they sent the Mars Global Surveyor out to try to prove that the Face on Mars was a landform. They also later sent the MGS out again during not-cloudy-at-all weather to let everyone know for sure that the face was not a face. All of these efforts combined let people know how the Face on Mars was not a face but only a landform, but there are likely still people out there who belive that the Face on Mars is still some type of alien relic. Despite how popular the conspiracy theories about the Face of Mars being an alien monument, it was only a standard landform the whole time. | 5 |
Do you think is valuable to read the emotion expressions of students in a classroom?
I believe using technology to read emotional expressions of students is valuable because you can identify how they are feeling and learn their emotional expression. Is also valuable because you can tell if it work well or not. This is a way of testing this new technology and using it. Is to see everyone emotion such as happy,sad,angry,excited, shocked, etc. This is also a good idea to use this technology so they can identify if the students emotion is real or fake.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The purpose of this technology is to identify each emotion expression. You can see the students emotions even if they are trying to hide it. The article also said that "new software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others." Is a better way for humans and computers to communicate, also can calculate.
Teacher can help the students by identifying their emotions because it will make them feel better. This technology will be so useful because you don't have to worry about looking at students let the technology handle it. Is valuable because it shows how they feel their expression and emotion." The technology can identify six basic emotion happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. "The technology can associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."
The article said "the process begins when the computer constructs a 3D computer mode of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model. What the technology does is first it identify the emotion expression then is match with the characteristic movements. Each facial expressions emotion are universal stated in the text. Is valuable because the technology can also identify mixed emotions, it can do alot of cool things. It is believe that humans perform the same impressive calculation everyday, which is true.
In conclusion i really believe that using this technology to identify students emotion expression is valuable. Not only does it help the teachers but i think it can really help the sudents too.
The most valuable thing from the technology is identifying multiple emotion or mixed emotions. This technology can also be really useful in the future becasue it has tons of things it can do. I agree with this claim that using this to identify emotions are valuable and helpful. | 2 |
What is The Electoral College? It is a process the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified cirizens. The process consists of the selection of the electors. Most states use a ''winner-take-all'' method that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The Electoral College is the method we use for voting and selecting our president's.
Thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency. Over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Therefore I think that we should change to a popular vote. Over 50 percent of the people agreee, and I think that should be enough proof. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency.
The problem with the electoral college is that you voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, wwho in turn elect the president. For instance, if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you would vote for a slate. The slate containing 34 Democratic electors pleged to Kerry. Most likely those voters would probably win the election because Texas is a big state and a high percentage of the people voted Kerry.
The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. Just as Romney was a solid regional in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states. This causes the method to be difficult to chose a for sure winner. Usually elections are always close.
The Electoral College restores some of that weight in the pollitical balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. The method may turn off potential voters. Especially for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in Texas and Republicans in California. I think that we should changeb to a popular vote method. Either way, people should be encouraged to vote because every vote counts. | 2 |
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There reason why the author says to how he supports the claim is becuase we could have question like these ,"why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?". So thats why we should or theres a good reasson why we should learn what we can from things like these.Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.People who come learing things like this know how and where things goes when comes on to things like this .The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Thats why back then it wasnt easy isnt learing things like this becuase bascelly now everything we look for or eveything we do now is by phone or a comuter or something the back then wasnt there to help as much knowing to what it is and what it dose.So that the why aother would ask how or why we would wanna study this or if it was worth it.
"Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges." its worth so much for you to see how much to learn or how much you get from listening, from it or to it's not just what you can see out of it.Reason would be becasue you wouldnt just know things like this you would know what to expcact what they say.The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?,Theres a lot of reason why its worth studying thiis you have question and you want answers and you cant even figere that put becase of you dont know thow things and becuase you would see things that dont make sense to you.
Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.In teh article it says how things can, be done a other or a onther it aways come to back and how things.It
come back yo what we know at the end of the day. | 2 |
The Face is nothing more than just some landmark. Sure, it may have looked like a face in 1976 but now we have better technology to study it. From what we have found, its just a landmark, you're a scientist, not a conspirasist. You are just believing what you want to beleive, and what you believe has no scientific evidence.
When the mesa looked most like a face was in 1976, that was over 20 years ago. Technolgy has advance since 1976, I mean look at what we have now compared to back then. The NEWER photos from the NEWER peice of technology, the Mars Global Surveyor, has taken better photos of the mesa. That's right: a mesa.
Even when you get disproved, you try to argue about it, now you're just arguing from a point of ignorance. Gavin said, and i quote, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the sameheight as the Face on Mars."
In conclusion, there is no face on Mars, just a mesa. You are arguing from a point of ignorance because anything you can be shot down almost immedently. Technology has advanced to meaning that we can get a better look at the mesa. So just look at the facts, and stop believing everything you hear. You're a scientist for crying out loud, act like one. | 1 |
Smart cars can be very helpful in many ways. But, they can also be bad in many different ways as well. These smart cars are good and bad in ways we might not understand. Smart cars are bad because they can't drive into or out of a driveway, they can't go around construction sites or vehicle accidents, they also give the option for the driver to not pay attention to the road.
Driving in and out of a driveway shouldn't be so difficult for a smart car. It is impossible for a smart car to do just that. In the article it states" They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways."
The creaters of these type of cars should make it where smart cars can do anything. Driverless cars dont make sense of a smart car at all.
Construction sites and vehicle accidents are all around the city or town you live in. Do you want to be notified by a smart car, when to take over the wheel? Smart cars should be able to drive around sites and accidents, but no they can't. In the excerpt it states " They still alert the driver to take over when dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." We want the cars to do everything, so we don't have to. And then there is another problem with these smart cars.
Smart cars allow us to not pay any attention the road ahead of us. These cars want to driver to be fully alert of what is going on outside of the car. In the article it states " Such displays can be turned off insantly when the driver needs to take over." But, when the car drives for us there is no point of paying any attention to the road. Then this causes accidents that they can't drive through. Now we have hospital bills to pay just becasue we wasn't paying any attention to the street or road in front of our faces.
Smart cars are not so smart after all. Why do we have to take over the wheel in certain situations? If they were so smart, don't you think they would be able to do what we want them to do. There is no point of buying these expensive cars if they don't do what we expect them to. Smart cars should be able to drive in and out of driveways, go around construction sites and vehicle accidents, and do everything so the driver doesn't have to take over. | 3 |
Venus, sometimes called the 'Evening Star," is so seeable, that people can spot it by looking through a horoscope. Many people see venus as a star because of its sharp brightness, but venus is actually a planet.
Many people are against landing in Venus, because of the danger it could cause. for example, in paragraph three, venus is stated to be "Temeratured above over eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." But despite all this, the study of Venus is a worth pursuit, even of all the danger it presents. Venus is the closest planet on earth, making it easier if people wanted to land. Just like Mars, venus is known to be an earth-like planet and could have possibly had oceans and supported various forms of like.
As more technology advances, NASA has a compelling idea to possibly land on venus safely. In paragraph five, it is stated: "NASA's possible solution to the hostile onditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." This means that there could be a bump-like vehicle used to hover 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian. The vehicle would be a safe thing to use, because it is made for the rocky textured planet.
Venus is a planet that many people call the "Evening Star." Usually, it is so visable, because people usually see a sharp, brightness. It is known to be spotted easily by looking through a horosope. | 2 |
In the years of 1976, a spacecraft snapped photographs for possible sites for the Viking 2 to land. In the photo that was taken, a fairly large head-looking object that was nearly 2 miles long was on the Red Planet. This caused many people to believe; What if there's life on Mars? It seems like a head but i strongly believe it is just a natural landform.
Scientists have proved that the theories of the object being a sign of life was highly unlikely. However when it comes to consipiracy theories, people are very stubborn to believe them without any proof. The scientists figured that it was simply a mesa which is pretty common around there except according to the text, "-this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." Later, the image was unveiled and it certainly caught a lot of attention!
Since it caught a lot of people's attention, it soon starred in a Hollywood film, was in books, magzines, and radio talk shows according to the text. This would obviously cause more people to believe it is a sign of life on Mars, since it went so viral. But the thing is is that it is not evidence of life, yet so many say it is. It has not been scientifically proven. NASA themsleves have said that it is just a natural landform. Also, movies, magazines, and books overexaggerate things so they really aren't evidence.
I believe it is a landform just like any other. Here on Earth, we have plenty of landforms. According to the text, scientists have said that landforms are very common around there, specifically Martian mesas. Coincidentally, this landform just so happened to be shaped like a head. There are plenty of landforms and other objects that look like other objects. Here on earth we could have a rock shaped like a heart or a pond shaped like a nose.
I also believe that it is just the people's imagination that leads them to believe this. Sometimes our imaginations and theories can't always be correct. There are plenty of conspiracy theories out there. I believe that if you do not have solid evidence for such theories, don't believe them.
On April 5, 1998, the object was proven to be a natural landform which proved some scientists wrong about their theories about it being an alien monument. It was proven by the Mars Global Surveyor which flew over Cydonia to check on the unusual object. This proves that there is no life on Mars and that the "face" is just a natural landform.
According to the text, it really is the Martian equivalent of a mesa or a butte which are common around the American West. So this concludes my argumentative essay on why I believe the Face is just a natural landform. | 3 |
Why do we have Vice Presient,Presidednt,ect..? Its because of our founding fathers. They decided that it would be easier if we had people controling the world that we live in. They also came up with a system for this its called,Electoral College. this system helps to decide who the President,Vice President,House of Representatives ect,... Each candidate running for Presidentin each state has his or her own group of electors. You can choose your state's electors when you vote for a candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.
After the Presidential election,your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. This certificate also declares the winning presidental candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent yuor state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your states Certificates of ascertainments are sent to the Congress and National Archives as part of the official records of the presedential election.
Under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the presient .Voters sometimes get really confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. Voters cannot always control who they are voting for but that is ok. the state decides who to pick the elctors thats in first place. Its ok to make mistakes sometimeas. HEY were all human ,no matter what were will never change. If uyou want to pick a person that you think is best for the job then go ahead and do it. Its your choise on who you pick, not your naighbors. So you decide,make the right desicons. | 0 |
The use of this technology (FACS) that is able to read emotional expression does appear to be pretty valueable because what these creators are trying to do is improve student learning, how effective it is, and how efficiently students learn. By being able to see and identify a student's emotions it could help see in what ways they could stay concentrated and help them focus at the task at hand, this is important since people usually have a short attention span, especially if it's something undesireable.
Not only can this be efficient for students but it also can be efficient for adults and anyone using the web. "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different," Here not only is it being talked about the convience for people and their interests but also an advance in technology. Having a computer that can identify what you like or don't and tries to accomodate your likes and dislikes is a major technology advancement as well as a satisfaction to the consumer, here being students, teachers, as well as parents. The FACS is a valuable resource not only for students but also for people in general, it would help modify everyone's learning environment and how they learn things and this truly is important to the students, teachers, and parents at schools. The article goes on to say ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." What's being discussed here is the idea that this use of technology could help improve a student's learning, the way they learn, their learning style, and keep their attention on the task as well as having them learn based on what they like and what keeps their attention drawed. The use of FACS to read students' emotional expressions seems to be very valuable in the matter that what's trying to be done is for the students' benefit and is trying to get them to improve their learning and cognitive skills based on what the way things are being taught.
The goal here is to make a piece of technology that's going to help computers identify and read the emotional expressions of students' in the classroom and help keep them from being confused or bored by modifying these lessons based on their interests and the way they react to things, being able to accomplish this goal will really help set these students on a more cognitive path that will help them be more successful in the future. A student learning based on their interest could really change the future into a better one with the help of a technology advancement. The FACS is something very valuable that can help improve and advance students and all of us into a better future and bettering education for students is very important as well as it is for the teachers and parents, creating a better future for these students and the education system is something really valuable that FACS is trying to do and improve and that is very significant. | 3 |
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