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The "Face" that was found on Mars is not an aliens. The "Face" is simply just a huge rock formation which resembles a human head. If it was an alien the head would have anteanas on it and the head would be shaped differently than it is. Even though it was eighteen long years after the Viking Mission ended that we took a photo of the head doesn't mean that is is and alien.
On April 5,1998, when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flew over Cydionia for the first time,Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera(MOC) team took a picture. This picture was ten time sharper than the original Viking photos. When the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landforn and not and alien.
Well not everyone was happy about it not being an alien. It's not easy to find the Cydonia. We just don't pass over the "Face" very often. But on April 8,2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia MGS went for another look. This time we rolled the space craft 25 degrees to center the face in the field. Malin's team captured an extradinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.
In conclusion, what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. The picture was never an alien head. | 1 |
Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students is very valuable! You can tell if they are interested in the current topic that is being teached, Next you can see if they are having a overall good day or bad day at school & finally you can tell if they could be stressed out about something in particular.
I think that it would be a good idea to use this in certain classes that are being teached with like new teachers, or with a new math subject that is currently really hard or easy to see how their overall current mood is at the time being when their face would be getting scanned into a 3-D model and constructs all the 44 facial muscles to see them clearly
Next, in my own personal thinking it would be a good idea to tell how a student is feeling and I think this could save lives, if the student is feeling anger,disgust,fear & sadness and maybe distruction I feel as this could help set up counciling and help the student in need and get him back to a good and happy state to be in and nothing bad might happen in the future.
Thirdly, having the technology to tell if the student is stressed out at home or in the school work place is mostly the best idea to ever have and to see if their are issues at home that is making him/her do bad on their school work. Next it would be good to have seeing a day before a test and seeing if students are worried about a test coming up the day before.
Finally, I believe that having this technology in school could possibly improve grades and overall morale of the school and make it a better and happy & fun place to be at, instead of being the area where we childern frown on and dislike going. Next, I think that having this technology in the classroom seeing if the students are enjoying the subject is a good idea & you could see if their having a good or bad day at school which could save lives in the very long run finally, you could tell if the student is being stressed out or just worried before the day of the test. Overall I think that this would be a great idea to have in classrooms all over the United States and the Nation. | 2 |
New technology is always created, and it only gets better and better every time. Technology is very important in schools because most kids are accustomed to interacting with technology on a daily basis. This makes school a little more fun for students who do not enjoy school as much as others. But did you ever think technology could be used for emotional purposes at school besides making it a little more interesting? There is a new invention called Facial Action Coding System that could help teachers and students have a better learning environment. Using new technology like Facial Action Coding System could be used in the classroom to help quiet students understand a subject and give teachers results of how the student feels.
In a classroom there is always some students that need help but do not want to ask for it. That means that their grades will most likely go down, and it will not be the teachers fault. Students feel ashamed to ask for help when they don't understand something because they don't want to look dumb in front of their friends or teachers. This problem has been going on for a long time, but new technology like the Facial Action Coding System might just be the solution. This new technology can read the students facial expressions when they are confused. "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor'" (D'Alto 6). With this new system students who don't like to speak up about their lack of understanding can get help without telling their teacher. This will prevent their grades from going down and improve their understanding. Therefore, the Facial Action Coding system would benefit the students who find it difficult to communicate their needs to their teachers.
In addition, instructors can learn the students' ways of learning and how they feel when they get the results from the Facial Action Coding System. It can be a challenge for teachers to understand their students because most students don't open up to their teachers. "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc" (D'Alto 5). Like with friends, teachers might notice their students might be feeling down, but they don't want to ask because they don't want to make them feel weird or the student might deny that they are not feeling well. It is impossible to know exactly how a person is feeling, and without knowing that we can't offer help. If the Facial Action Coding System was in the classroom students and teachers could have a better teacher to student relationship without too much awkaward communication.
All in all, technology is being created to make our lives a little easier, and a classroom can be difficult to run without communication. The Facial Action Coding System can help students and teachers understand each other to be succesful. For example, if a student needs help but doesn't want to ask for help the system will recognize confusion and change the lesson so the student can have a better understanding. Afterwards, the teacher will get the results and approach the student to give him or her the help they need personally and in private. If new inovations are being created we should use them to help us understand one another. | 3 |
Technology is evolving and its evolving fast, for the fact that now we have a computer that may read students faces to determine if they lost interest and than alter the thing they are looking at. We will be talking about what this technology could leade to, what it may mean for schools, and how positive it may be.
Now this technology is quite advanced but, could it be a little far? Personally i feel this technology could be something positive in our lives but it could leade to many bad things. People will start relying on their computer to make them happy, people who have loved ones may just use a computer to read their emotions rather than actually trying to figure it out.
Schools are always trying to keep students happy, or willing to learn. But they seem to always lose their interest, so maybe it will help classes and maybe help advance students to a better grade or maybe even get them somewhere were they feel intrigued in. It could also help for the fact of students who are angry, helping them relax or putting them in a different situation.
This technology is very positive but still has its down sides. In my eyes, I see this as something negative for the fact being that humans need to try and reach someones heart and know them. We cant have technology just tell you if someone is happy or if they upset. You wouldnt really get any experience in social skills.
So to end this off, i do not agree of having this. This technology will end social skills and hurt schools for the fact of no one would be used to one another. Social skills is one skill everyone needs to have, learn, and use on a day to day bases. | 2 |
You hear it all, throughout breaking news; to protesters trying to make a difference in our world. Pollution is dangerous and people don't fully understand the costly effects to our everyday living. Transportation is a way of means by transitioning from one place to another. The most popular way of transportation is the vehicle. A fast and easy way to get to your destination with just a turn of the key, or in this case now-a-days, the click of a button.
Acres of land being towed to create bigger roads, or streets because of the vast majority of people using cars to get around. With each car means more gas or diesel, more gas equals more money, and more pollution. Our atmosphere can only take so much from the faulty mistakes we choose to do everyday. Places like Paris and suburbs in Germany are becoming more aware of how much cars can effect our Earth. After days of near record pollution Paris decided to enforce a 'partial driving ban' to clear some of the air in the global city. The way they enforced this was motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home. The same would apply for the odd numbered license plates the following day. After this, smog and congestion decreased by 60 percent in the capital of France. Other places like Bogota, Columbia is having 'car free day' where millions of people would enjoy their day outside hiking, biking, and taking buses for work during the day. These decisions and actions cleared the streets in Bogota and avoided jams, leaving the people to have a nice day enjoying the outdoors. Carlos Arturo says "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
This doesn't mean give up cars all in all. Rather, limit the use of driving your car. America's love affair with vehicles seem to be dulling down. After 2005, the number of miles driven started to decrease. Part of the explanation to this lies in the recession, because tight budget Americans could'nt afford new cars, and the unemployed were'nt going to work. Sociologists believe if these patterns of decreasing numbers of car owners and people driving-- that it will have beneficial outcomes for carbon emissions and the enviroment. On the opposing side this has a negative effect for the car industries.
The positive effects will benifit future generations to come, with clean air to breathe and a fresh start. By limiting car usage there would be less traffic jams, more people getting in touch with their surroundings and even losing 3 to 5 pounds while they're at it. Transportation is a way of means by transitioning from one place to another, it doesn't always have to be a vehicle with so many other options you can choose from. Make a difference in the world, one less car at a time. | 3 |
Venus, the second planet from the sun, can be seen shining bright in the sky. However, not much is known about the neighboring planet. The authors uses information about Venus and possiblities for the future to help support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
Venus is referred to as the earth's "twin." Though Venus could not be any more different than Earth, it poses a possibility that it may have been similar in the past. "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth" (paragraph 3). "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (paragraph 4). To explore Venus and find connections of Venus to Earth could lead to future breakthrough of a habital planet.
To show the exploration of Venus might not just be empty hope, he proposes ideas atronomers may have to analyze the planet. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray...Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans" (paragraph 5). However, this may restrict close observations, especially since limited light can penetrate the planet's atmosphere. To solve this problem, the author proposes another solution. To overcome the delicacy of modern computers, astronomers are thinking of going back in time and using mechanical ones. "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces" (paragrah 7).
In the passage, the author presents both solutions to complications with the mission and possible breakthroughs that the mission might bare. Either by staying out of range of Venus's atmosphere or using mechanical computers, the hardships of surviving on the harsh planet could be overcome. The rover or blimp may bring back valuable information that may indicate a Earth-like haven from back in time. With endless hope and possibilities, the author has shown the worth of a mission to Venus. | 3 |
Technology has been used for decades in education, from the basic computer to smart boards technology has been commonly used to improve the learning capabilities of students in modern times. The 'Facial Action Coding System'
technology has the ability to help professors and teachers around the world get more into the minds of their students and engage the students into a classroom where learning is not a unified thing, but more customized and free depending on student ability.
Firstly, with technology becomming more popular, an increasing number students are having the ability to learn through technology. Along with that teachers and professors around the world have had to adapt to the higher usage of technology and programs to teach their students. This program gives teachers and technology the ability to adapt to their students, and encourage even confused or fearful students to learn by engaging a learning environment where a student's computer or device could read and recognize the confusion or joy a student is undergoing while learning,and therefor helping the teacher know the students level of understanding.
Secondly, having a program installed into the lense of cameras in students devices would open up new insight to teachers. For example, if a student watches a video lesson in a History class and is confused by something then their teacher could find the question, or peice of video, and simply adjust the lesson to fit the demographic and understanding of that child. There are many benifits to this technology including in the home, if a parent were to have the ability to see where their child was confused or frusterated the parent could also take some time to cover the missing material. This also prevents students who are fustrated but are to fearful or anxious to ask for help to not recive the assistance they need. This technology could open up door ways for students instead of them being lost in the information, but this technology is still new. .
Finnaly, one of the main reasons students do poorly in the current education system is that the student feels like they are not reciveing enough help or that they are lost. With average class sizing being anywhere from 22-32 students, a single or even two teachesr cannot assist all of the students individualy, and this creates a problem. Using the 'Facial Action Coding System' teachers can register which students need help and those who dont and pay more attention to the students who need help. This would therefore increase the amount of students able to retain information and help the school. Being lost in a lesson wouldn't be so common of a problem.
In conclusion, the 'Facial Action Coding System' opens new advancments in the the education systems by encourgaing an environment where teachers could have the technology to know when a student was confused or not understanding information, and also giving the ability for teachers to construct a lesson to fit the children who don't directly understand. It also proves a good method for parents to get involved in their child's learning and help the student with direct problems at the root instead of complications with the entire subject. So yes, this technology is very vaulable to the education of millions of students around the world who don't fully grasp their teachers learning methods or are just confused. | 4 |
We have lots of nieghbors close to us from space by that I mean planets. Earth, Venus, and Mars orbit the sun at different speeds. Scientist would mostly consider Venus because they feel like it is more controlable than Mars. On the planet's surface on Venus is that they have an average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and pressure 90 times grater than what we experience(paragraph 3). These are verry high temperature and pressure for humans to encounter on earth, even if humans ever went to live on Venus, such an environment would crush our society in the deepest parts of the ocean and would liquefy many metals(paragraph 3). Beyond that high pressures of heat impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface, such weather like that can kill more than one hundred humans a day. Scientist and astronomers said that, " long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans, mountains, craters, an valleys just like earth"(paragraph 4). NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray, just imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 0r so miles above the landscape on Venus(paragraph 5). They also said that the temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrengeit and the temperaute would still be at close to that sea level on earth. Our travels are beyond but should not belimited by dangerous and doubts but should be expanded to meet edges of imagination aninnovation(paragraph 8). | 0 |
It is not worthy pursuit while it has the dangers it present. here is "in my opinion" the most dangerous things that venus has to offer.
The first danger on the planet is the atmosphere. It says that almost 97 percent of the atmosphere that blankets venus is carbon dioxide. since venus has more carbon dioxide then oxygen, you would die from the lack of oxygen.
the second danger on the planet is gravity. we can sustain the gravity on earth, but trying to sustain gravity that is 90 time greater than trying to get on venus would be extremely difficlut.
the third danger the planet has to offer is heat. if the tempature is 800 degrees fahrenheit, i would profer to go on a hot, sunny day on earth rather then having a normal day on venus. i don't think that have air conditioners would help the fact that you would be cooked alive on venus.
they're my three of the dangers that venus has to offer. if we have to examine venus, i am leaving. | 2 |
In my position on driverless cars is in both positive and negative views because it may sound fun but it is also not fun because people can really get hurt. The reason I said it is in a positve and negative view is because sometimes people dont know what there doing or how to drive correctly. Driverless cars are good in some ways and bad in some ways. Also because it is expensive to make cars like that. Spending alot of money on that. Also it may take a long time to make more than one driveless car. I think its positive and negative views on the driverless cars.
The reason I say it is positive is because it drives by it's self. Also because it alerts you when you have to take control on the wheel. Another reason is because they can steer, accelerate and brake themselfs as said in the article. Also because the seat vibrates when its in danger of backing into an object. This is a positive thing because what if something is happening in the car and you need to fix or help someone thats in the car with you, you can easly switch over and do what you have to do. Another reason is it has a camrea in the car to watch the driver while the driver is watching the road. It also notify the human thats in the car to the navigation system through work zones and also around accidents. Also they have sensors in the car on top of the the car to see if there is any cars around them and also they use a laser beam to form a constantly updating 3-D modle of cars surrounding.
The reason I say it could be negative to is because what if the driver is not quick enough to take the wheel when the car notify them. Also because other drivers would get bored, they would get tired of waiting on there time to drive as said in the article. Also because some drivers may think its thier oppurtunity to text and drive or talk on the phone and drive when its really not. Someone could really get hurt if the driver dont pay attention to the road. Than on top of that new laws would have to be made. Also what if something go wrong with the car? Who fault would that be?
Some people are just not fit to have a driverless car in there sight. Some people may think its a joke or game and drive for fun but some one could actully get seriouly hurt. Some people dont have self control. Also some people dont know how to be responseable with having a driverless car. As i said before i think its positive and negative. This is my conclustion on position on driveless cars. | 2 |
In the challenge of exploring venus the author suggest that studying Venus because int the artical is says '' Venus is often referred to as Earth's tine '' ( para 2 ). This is saying that Venus is as simular to Earth. Another thing the author suggests that studing venus is worthy, in the artical it says '' NASA has one particular compelling idea for sending humans to sudy venus '' ( para 5 ). This is facting that "NASA'' is wanting to send scientest to venus to float above the fray. another detal In the artial says that '' researchers can not take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else from a distance'' (para 6). There for the artical is saying that scientists are seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understang venus. All though scientist ans NASA are trying to acomplish the mission to under stand venus they have to get threw many steps in to acomplishing the flight to venus. It says they are striving to meet that challeng presented ny venus has not value, not only because of th insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosty. | 1 |
On May 24, 2001 something strange happened on Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft circled the planet, looking for possible landing sites for Viking 2, when it captured a human face lurking on the ground of Mars. An enormous head seemed to stare back at the cameras from Cydonia. The NASA scientists soon found out it was not an alien marking. The Face is just a natural landform called a Martian mesa.
To begin, The Face natural landform is not the only Martian mesa in Cydonia. This region of Mars is actually quite common for having these weird Martian mesas. This mesa was different from the others with "unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh(2)." This information led to the research of an ancient civilization on Mars. The research found that there was not an ancient civilization, although many people wish their would have been.
Since many people wanted to find an ancient civilization, conspiracy theorists hoped to prove NASA wrong. The theorists began to throw false accusations at NASA including, "Some people think the Face is a bona fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists(5)." NASA defenders stated that they wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars and that they would not lie. NASA flew over Cydonia once again and snapped a picture ten times sharper than the originial Viking photos. The picture proved that it was just a natural landform. This didn't stop the conspiracy theorists from pushing forward.
To conclude, the theorists believed that since there was a haze on Mars when they took the photo, that the haze could potentially hide ancient Martian markings. This kept NASA pushing harder into their research. "Neverless, on April 8, 2001- a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look(10)." NASA rolled the spacecraft to center the Face in the field of view. They took a picture with extraordinary resolution. If anyone could see anything they could see it. NASA concluded that the Face was equivalent to a butte or mesa- landforms commonly found in the American West.
The Face is just a natural landform called a Martian mesa. The trips NASA took around Mars prove that the Face is a natural landform commonly found in Cydonia. The Face is a giant rock plated with shadows for eyes, nose, and a mouth. Consiracy theorists still may believe that their was an ancient cicilization, but NASA indeed showed them wrong. The Face will always remain a great landform discovery on Mars. | 3 |
The arthor has this great idea of exporing Venus in the future because as of now our technology can't sand the presure of Venus's atmosphere pressure. His idea, is to expore Venus since it was probably once very simaler to Earth.
Yet " Each previous mission ws umanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecrft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isse explains why not a single spaceship has It tuched down on Veanus in ore than tree decades." It far to risky as of now. You see we can't even get to the deepest parts of our oceans and they want to send a spacecraft to Venus. The conditions in Venus are nothing compared to anything we humans have experamented on earth. Even if we do get to the deepest part of our oceans that is still nothing compared to what Venus is like."These conditons are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and wouls liquefy many metals." Thats not even all of it the temperature is also noting we've seen before. "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheroc pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiece on our own planet." It seems imposible to even try to going to Venus with everything that us haman need to live . There is to many facters that they'd need to look into the temperature and atmospheroc problame but also the weather on venus. Weather presents additional impediments like eruoting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking ao land on it's surface." There is to many facters that they'd need take into consideration before they move on with there plans and ideas.
NASA thinks they have a solution to be able to explore venus. "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Veanus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imgine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or s miles abovee the roilin Venusian landscape." At that distance the temperature would be arounf 170 degrees Fahrenheit and air pressure woud be close to sea level. Yet even there the condestions would be harsh for the scientists onborde. Inside the ship and out side. Plus scientists aso dont know all of the facters with going to Venus Since they haven't been able to gather samples of any rock, gas or anything else from our sister-planet. "Therefore scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to undersand
Venus would needto get up close and personal despite the risk." | 2 |
The Conspiracy that aliens created the Face on Mars is a false statement. The Face is just a natural landform. The Face shows resemblance to American Landforms. On April 8, 2001 they used a Mars Global Surveyour (MGS) to take a more detailed picture of the landform. I will explain furthermore.
In paragraph 3, it stated " huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." When NASA showed it to the public they hoped it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars and it certainly did. After NASA showed the public the Face on Mars it had became a pop icon. "It had starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows---even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"
The Face on Mars is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. Garvin says, "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 same height as the face on Mars." On April 8, 2001 they used a spacecraft called Mars Global Surveyour (MGS) and they took a picture of the landform in the spacecraft's best picture resolution.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just another ordinary landform that is a Martian equivalent to a butte or a mesa. Also, I think that the winter conditions made some of the features on the face. For example, the picture after paragraph 5, the eyes, nose, and mouth could've been made by the rough winter conditions. In paragraph 3 it states that, " . . . formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." The word that stands out the most in that sentence is illusion becuase it makes people think that the shadows were created by aliens. | 2 |
Is driverless cars really what we need? In paragraph seven near the bottom it staits that the human in the car needs to be alert. If it is a driverless car shouldnt the driver not have to be alert? if the driver still has to be awear of all the suroundings then is there realy a point in having a car that drives its self, but can not preforn simple tasks like pulling in and out of a drive way (paragraph two).
Also lets take into acount how many people may think that its okay now that there are cars that drive their selfs that they can get behind the wheel when they are intoxicated. What about a case where a person falls asleep because they are getting bored waiting on the car to tell them its their turn to drive.(paragraph Eight)
Some people will not wake up to alarm clocks let alone their car telling them that it needs help. Texting and driving no doubt will get worse the driver may think the car can handel it for one more text, but it couldnt.
With how the draving laws change are we going to have to spend more money to get our cars to download the new laws and even then will we really be safe? Will the driving age change now that knowing how to drive is not really needed?
Yes the cars have sensors and GPS and cameras but even people have missed seeing a Deer, Racoon, and in some cases even people. Also how is a car going to know the difference between a person daydreaming and one that is alert? What if the car notifies you too late that they dont know what they are doing? Will you be left with all the blame? (papragraph 9 last sentance) Yes its an intresting concept but not intirely safe. | 2 |
He is very smart. He found that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. He also found out that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. And sometimes the closest in distance to.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets covering it. There are even more dangers in Venus like the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. The second biggest danger is that it's average temperatures is over eight hundred degress Fahrenheit. That average temperature on Venus is way to hot for anyone to survive. The biggest danger is that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. And on Venus there is signs of additional impediments like erupting vlcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
The biggest reason way I like it is because Venus might of been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. So that why i think they should try to build a blimp-like vehicle. They are trying to make a way so that humans can go to Venus and survive. Or get a machine that's strong, able to handle the heat, take pictures, and even evidence. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology enables computers to identify human emotions. The invention of the Facial Action Coding System lets us read human emotions better than we do now, but is it valuable in a classroom?
In my opinion having a Facial Aciton Coding System in our classes would not be our number 1 priority, for example getting better access to wifi servers that would allow us to use our computers for projects on google without it crashing. In the other hand in paragraph 6 when the author stated "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." I really liked that idea, because it could help out some students whose strengths may not be in that subject. In my case, that could help my me on better understanding my Geometry homework, but my computer would end up crashing and the whole purpose of the experiment would be destroyed. There is another thing we could do also, we could refer back to what we used to do and just ask our teachers to help us. We do not need a computer to explain the lesson better, I have seen there are a lot of visiual learners who have questions in my class and I don't think the computer could talk back to them and give them an answer they want to hear.
In conclusion, while the idea of having a machine identify your emotions sounds cool and fun, it would not be an essential to the classrooms it would just save us money to refer to the system we use today, which is to jsut ask our teacher. | 2 |
Dear, State Sentor
I feel that you should change to the popular vote for the President of the United States. That way they people can really choose who they want to be president instead of the government having to jump in and help the people choose who they want as president and some people dont vote because they know it doesnt matter.
With Electoral College the voters don't vote for a president, they vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. For example the Jhon Kerry ''voting'' if you were in Texas you voted for a slate of 34 Democratic electors that pledged to John Kerry. The Electoral College is a process that makes voting easier for the government. They have to select electors, then they all have a meeting to vote for the President and Vice President, and then the counting of the eletoral votes by congress. It consists of 538 electors. But a major of 270 electroal votes in order to elect the President. Another example John F. Kennedy had a popular that vote would have went to him.
The Electoral college is unfair to voters,because of the winner-take-all system in each state, the candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, which focuses only on the tight races in the "swing" states. It as become unfair,outdated,and irratonal. The electoral college is widely regared as an anachronism. We are in need of a change because this has been going on for years and years. So why not change it up i think it should have been done a while ago but it never to late.
The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. Which is not every fair some people are'nt as rih as others so they sould'nt descrimate people by the way they look or dress. Because for all you know they look gurst so your not going to try and listen or understand where they came from. But they could be President material they just dont have the outter look, that everyones looking for."Don't judge a book by it cover."
The swing states go through the most with the electoral college,because its a winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates as seen in election. Voters in toss up states are more likely to payclose attentionto the campaign. They get the most feed back for the government. Also they get attention from the candidates as while. The bigger states dont get much attention. | 2 |
Driverless cars have more cons and disadvantages then they do pros and advantages. The author of "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents positive and negative aspects of driverless cars but I really only see the negatives. If there are driverless cars, then there could be a lot more crashes then there already are. Driverless cars are pointless and show a great amount of negatives, show that no one in the car will be paying attention, and there are so many safety issues.
First, there are many negatives regarding driverless cars. Technology in the future may be able to have cars without a driver at all. In the article though, the author states that currently they would not be truly driverless yet. The driver would still need to stay alert and be able to take over when needed, like driving through a work zone or when they are driving through an accident site. When a person is driving a car, they already need to be fully alert and know what is happening around them at all times to stay safe. If we have someone sitting in the drivers seat waiting to have to take control, then what is the point of not driving it when you pretty much need to continue to know what is going on at all times? There is always the fear that something will go wrong and the car just will not work right. This could cause serious injuries and even death to the driver and passengers in the driverless car as well as other cars and people around them. Another issue is that there is a lot of poverty and familes without enough money to buy a regular car. The amount of technology and work needed to make these driverless cars will put The United States of America in even more debt then they already are. As well as many other countries around the world. The cost for these driverless cars are a huge negative that will result in many people not being able to afford to buy them.
Secondly, when the car is driving without a driver but still has a driver in the drivers seat, the driver could be on their phone, reading something, or listening to music and not paying attention then all the sudden the car alerts them that they need to take over but they are not ready and do not know the reason why they are in the situation to take over the car. This could cause crashes and serious injuries to the driver and other passengers in their car, as well as people in cars around them. Nobody can promise that the driver will be able to pay attention at all times when the car is driving itself. It is kind of like having someone in the passenger seat, they are not driving so they are on their phones, reading stuff, and listening to music, not paying attention to the road. Same goes for a driver just sitting in the drivers seat and not driving the car. They could be not paying attention and then all the sudden they are surprised with the need to start driving in a situation they have not been paying attention to. In paragraph eight of "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author expresses that they are trying to bring up in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-ups displays. The author states that this could be a safety feature, but who knows that will work perfectly, or that the driver will be entertained by that?
Lastly, the safety issues regarding the driverless cars could be an endless list. If the driver is not paying attention, like I expressed in the pervious paragraph, the issues with safety grow bigger then they already are with actual people driving cars. If the driver has no clue what is going on because they were on their phones, reading something, or listening to music and then suddenly they have to take over, this could cause a crash that could cause serious and minor injuries as well as death. The amount of crashes that happen today with actual humans driving cars are already through the roof, if something messes up with the driverless car, it could be very bad. It is just like how your phone can mess up randomly and stop working, what if that happens to the driverless car?
The author of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" expresses both postive and negative aspects of driverlesscars. I believe that driverless cars have more negatives than positives and are pointless. They also show many safety issues that can put many people in danger and show financial disadvantages. In conclusion, driverless cars should not be a thing in order to keep everybody safe. | 3 |
We should use this technology for students in classrooms because it could tell if someone could need help more than others. This technology could be amazing in lots of classroom situations. Some students are sometimes confused and are too shy to ask for help, the teacher would exacly know with the student's emotional expression. This sort of technology is what we need to help so many students in their classroom, it could change the world!
This could help a teacher whether or not a student is being bored, so the teacher could make the lession more fun or enjoyable. In paragraph 6 it says,"a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused for bored, Dr. Huang predicts." School could be a lot more educational with this, seeing how students and teachers use their emotions. The lession with this technology is helping everyone who is useing it, this could become really effective. Again in paragraph 6 after what I quoted it says,"then it could modify the lession, like an effective human instructor."
In conclusion having this type of technology is super helpful for everyone, classrooms would grow with diffrent kinds of learning. This would be really succesful with deaf people because maybe the person can't explain their emotions vividly. Also this could be another form of communication for them in the classroom, this is revolutionary. This sort of technology could be used in diffrent kinds of classes such as art, drama, speech, and even career classes. This is the reason why I think Facial Action Coding System could help out all kinds of classrooms around the world. | 2 |
In this discussion, we will discuss the positive and negative apsects of driverless cars. With the article at hand I will show you what details support these both arguements in aspects of driverless cars.
The positive aspects of the car are that the car will can autopliot for you.
Here in this article it says, "They can steer , accelerate , and brake themselves , but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents."
The another positive aspects of this driverless cars are that it can save fuel as half of today's taxis and offer more flexiblity than a bus. It will save money for building another car or perhaps save fuel for the world. For the ability to move around as much more than the bus it can be a time saver if anyone is in a rush.
The nagative aspects of the car is that what if the technology fails and whose fault is that. Is the driver or the manufacturer's fault? Here in the article it says, " Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who fault is that---the driver or the manufacturer?"
The another negative aspects is that it still cost a millions of dollars to build this new technology car. Here in this article it says that, " The sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there, and the mapping wasn't there. It wasn't something you could buy Radio Shack."
My conclusion is that we must wait till the development reaches safety level to even commercial it to the world. | 1 |
Personally, I believe that there are many advantages to limiting usage of a motor vehicle. There would be less air pollution, quicker public transportation, and more social contact.
Firstly, as stated in almost every article the main goal of stopping people from driving their cars was that their was too much air pollution going on throughout these cities. There was a near-record days of pollution which made some cities in Europe decide the make partial laws to restrict people from using their cars all the time. Personally I think that is a great idea to stop people from driving cars. People not driving cars all the time benefits everyone because the air pollution would eventually be hazardous to everyone leading to casualties and deaths.
Secondly, public transportation would be so much easier to get around with since there is barely traffic around. Could you imagine how easy it would be to get around using the bus or a taxi since there would be no traffic jams or accidents on the road. Of course since basically no one would have the accessability to cars there would be much more public transportation but i doubt it would amount up to how many single cars you see on the road.
Also, one articel stated that, Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." meaning that all this occured due to the dramatic change in everyone driving their cars. I believe that this happened as a social thing because of everyone is always alone in their motor vehicle driving past everyone without a word said, rather than walking past a person with a smile on your face and making face to face contact. Usually the parks and sports centers are getting all these people in there because everyone walking or biking would pass by a park and say that they would want to hang out there for a minute since they hadn't been before or just walk in it to check it out since its on the way.
In Conclusion this is what i think of the advantages of limiting car usage. I think its good for the environment, makes public transportation quicker, and makes people more social. | 3 |
Driverless cars are fuel and it more active than a bus. An article entitled, " Driverless Care Are Coming" discusses how the author present both positive and negative aspects of driverless care. In the article, Google cars are not correctly driverless. Some people are argument for or against the development of thses cars.
The positive about the driverless cars are that it's become smarter. According to the article," Antilock brakes and driver assistance still seem a long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take us wherever we desire, but Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car projec, believes that the technology has finally begun to cath up to the dream." A BMW project manager driver stated that, they hope to bring enterainment and important informaton system. They hope that driverless car can be entertainment and safety.
The negative aspects of driverless cars is that it would make people boring. It would not be entertainment to wait for people turn to drive. According to the article,"Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotationf sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirroir, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." Some people argue that, the most important part of technology system is the spining sensor that on the roof. Some said that, sensor are not new to them because it respong to the hazard of control.
The argument for the development of these cars are that some states are allow to used half stonomous cars. So the manudacturers thought that more state would allow limited use of the half autonomous cars. It continuing saying that, if the technology didn't work and someone is hurt they can't blame the river or the manifacture. So, new laws will be need if the traffic laws change to cover an accident in the future.
The automakers are working on the project for the a car driving that can drive themselves around 2020. People are hoping to see this new driverless cars in the future. People believe that driverless cars world change the world. | 1 |
The face on Mars is just a natural landform. It was not created by aliens. If it was created by aliens, Then the discovery would benefit NASA. I can help you to understand why it is just a landform and not an alien artifact.
The face was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows to make it look like a face. Eighteen years after the face was discovered, we sent Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team to take a picture ten times sharper of the face. In the picture, It was revealed that it was just a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. Later, there was a second picture taken up close even more than before. There were no signs of alien existence around the landform.
After looking at all the pictures taken and research found, we can conclude that there was no alien monument to begin with. Like I said, it was just another natural landform. Has you understanding about the face changed? | 1 |
We currently live in a world dependent on machines; becoming more and more enveloped in this idea of reliance. However, now we have reached a point where that reliance is harming us and our planet, and it will continue to do so if we don't adjust our lifestyles. Seeing as that we've recently reached that point of realization, we are starting to limit ourselves to the things that do harm our planet, including limiting the usage of cars. Living in the twentieth century almost inevitably means relying on cars for transportation. Although it may seem impossible to convince so many to pursue this act of limiting the usage of cars, it is surely not impossible, as we've seen from the recent efforts made around the world. It will take time to adjust to the drastic change, but the benefits are worth the while. A few of the many advantages include, the conservation of our valuable space, improving the quality of our environment, and allowing for the opportunity of new ideas, developments, and change.
The first of the advantages may not be the first you would think of, yet it is certainly an important one. By limiting our use of cars it would save and replenish our amount of space that we currently have available. It's not only the cars themselves that take up space, but it is also the space left for street parking in the big cities, the massive parking garages used at shopping malls, and the driveways and garages at the houses in large suburban neighborhoods. This method of limiting the use of cars as been successfully applied to a town in Germany, known as Vauban. In Vauban, '' [r]esidents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars '' ( '' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' ). The town of Vauban, has given up their areas of street parking, driveways, and home garages to limit--almost entirely--their use of cars. With the removal of all traces of automobile usage, some may be concerned about how they are expected to reach their desired destinations, but in Vauban and many other places preparing the follow this plan, stores will be placed '' a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway '' ('' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' ). Although some may be concerned with the potential limit on their car usage, they must be reminded that the space originally used for cars will certainly not go to waste, and will be used for bigger and better purposes that will not harm our planet.
This second advantage is the one most associated with the limit put on our use of cars--the improved quality of the environment. The environment can be improved with the decrease of greenhouse gas emissions, which in turn improves the quality of the air that surrounds us. Our President, Barack Obama, has '' ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions '' ( '' The End of Car Culture '' ), but that can only be done with the cooperation of the citizens. Fortunately, that cooperation has been seen with the '' fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior '', in which '' recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by '' ( '' The End of Car Culture '' ). It is understood by professionals, that if the pattern continues, '' it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions '' ( '' The End of Car Culture '' ). Although some may be reluctant to pursue the path of limiting their use of cars, they should be well informed that by doing so, they are improvong their overall state of living by not producing these harmful properties that are being released into the air that we breathe.
This last advantage is most likely the most considerably accepted by the public, because of its simplicity on their part and the benefits they recieve from it. With the limit put on the use of cars, that allows for the opportunity of new ideas, developments, and change. The idea of limiting the use of cars has gone global, from Germany to Colombia to France, this idea is quickly becoming one widely accepted by the public and their officials. The idea of a car-free dat has sprouted from Colombia, in which the citizens of Colombia are encouraged tohike, bike, skate, or take the bus to work rather than using cars for transportation ( '' Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota '' ). The public has responded positively to these recent changes, saying, '' ' It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution ' '', which was spoken by '' Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife '' ( '' Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota '' ). Not only have new opportunities for the public been introduced, but so have new developments. The new developmets include '' [p]arks and sports centers...uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks...and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts '' ( '' Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota '' ). The citizens of various cities can also expect to see plans in which '' ' pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected networl to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions, and improve safety ' '' ( '' The End of Car Culture '' ).
There have been many advantages associated with a limit put on the use of cars, including the conservation of our valuable space, the lowering of the greenhouse gas emissions, and the opportunity for new ideas, developments, and change. All of these advantages can be fulfilled to their entire purposes, but it is a group effort as a planet. We can continue to live in the luxury of these advantages, as long as we do our part to limit our use of cars. | 4 |
I think that the creation of cars that can drive themselves can have a mainly negative impact on the world for a couple of reason one is it would make many people jobless, if the car malfunctions a passenger can suffer a crash that is fatal, and if we needed a emergency ride how fast would it be able to make it thier to pick us up. these are all main concerns of any human being so do you think making these cars is a good idea?
First, if the creation of these cars were to actually succeed in making the new public transport system then it would put many taxi drivers, bus driver, and trolly drivers jobless. If all of the taxi drivers and etc. drivers were to get fired then they wouldnt be able to pay bills making them most likely homeless wich would be putting more weight on an already existing problem. Just for these cars being made it already makes a major problem even larger wich would degress america even farther than it was before. so thats my first reason that i think counting the progress of these cars would be a bad idea.
Second, what if there was a malfunction? would we still be safe? these are the questions that should be asked, If there was a malfunction in one of these cars would we be safe most likely not because there is no driver to take over if this happens and its because its a driverless car. Accidents if there was a accident would the car company be held accountable or the passenger. There is already so many car related deaths just think how many these cars would add on to that. thats my second reason that these cars will be a bad idea to keep manufacturing.
Lastly, In the article it says that we would no longer need to buy cars because the driverless car will be a public transportation well, what if there was an emergency and someone would need to be rushed to the hospital how fast could it come pick you up and get there. Not only that but if a another person was throwing up or bleeding in the car how many people would still wanna use it. Diseases would be another problem it would cause more spread if somone were sick and in a car and then another person had gotten into that car later then they have a possibility of getting sick too. thats my third and last reason that making these cars are a bad idea.
In conclusion though many people think this would be a step up for america or even humanity it wouldnt be mainly because for every problem it fixes it causes two more. Those are my three reasons making tons of people jobless, accidents may increase, and emergency plus diseases. | 3 |
I agree that we should continue the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars will make driving so much easier and safer for everyone. It would also take away any road rage one might have when behind the wheel of a vehicle. Also it would assist in containg any traffic problems that one might have. In addition to that the driverless car will have much better fuel consumption.
Going along we have learned that in the introductary paragraph that one will no longer need to buy a car, but instead they can call the driverless car service for a ride. This kind of tech isn't to far away either. In the text it says that Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have the cars that can drive themselves by the year 2020. From now, only 4 years are left until they meet their deadline, and I for can't wait to see it. One problem most people see is that who will be liable if someone gets in an accident, the manufacturer or the owner of the car. I would say that it would be the manufacturer because they are the ones selling the car, but such a thing will rarely happen because of the smart sensors that are attached to the cars.
Although there are pros and cons to the driverless car I for one think the pros out weigh the cons. For sure the safety of our roads will go from not safe to very. Also the total carbon emission thing will reduce significantly because as it says in the text, the fleet of driverless taxis will use only half of the fuel of today's taxis. All-in-all I would say that driverless car would be very beneficial to need of everyday people, and that development should be encouraged. | 2 |
NASA is fighting to be alble to to go to Venus . They have been researching diffrent methods on how to sustaine life on the planet . In the text it says that "Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers but should be expanded .."(8) Yes we are trying to figer out our planet earth still but there may be diffrent ways we can help explore the ocean and lower in the earths core .
We have never been affriad of danger and we always try and try again . with the man on the moon and rovers on mars. NASA has been coming up with an idea on how we are going to the hostile planet."Venuse would allow scientists to float above the fray . Imagine a blimp like vehicle hoveroring over venus 30 or so miles above the rolling vensian landscape."(5)Even if it not on the planets surface as close as we get is good progress and we have presisted with danger still in the path in front of us .
NASA
has gotten us far with one big idea .So planets like venuse are always worthy pursiting with all the dangers . | 1 |
Sometimes we take advantage of how lucky we are to own or use a car each day. Imagine how much cleaner the countries that don't necessarily have that advantage are.
There are several advantages in reducing the use of cars in our world. Many of the advantages have been listed throughout these four passages. In order to help make our environment a cleaner place, we must take into consideration what the advantages are of limiting car usage.
Heidrun Walter, from Germany, stated how much happier she is without a car. We could share the same happiness she does in using a different method of transportation each day other than a car.
Pollution is high all around the world and a lot of that has to do with the fumes and gasoline which come from cars. If the whole world took part in what Columbia does each year, then our world could be so much cleaner. Even after Paris reduced the amount of cars used for only five days, the congestion had gone down sixty percent.
By reducing the amount of cars which take over the road, the amount of accidents would be profusely lowered as well. Cars are excellent sources of transportation, but they are also the leading cause of death around the world.
Anyone who has ever used a car knows very well how expensive it can be to maintain a car. A monthly gas bill could add up to hundreds, oil changes, tire rotation, and all the other things required in keeping a car will add up to be very costly.
As a result of lowering car usage, people could benefit from it by getting daily exercise. In America the percentage of obesity is high compared to the rest of the world. People rely on cars to bring them places and they forget the fact that they also need daily exercise. Exercise is known to help relieve anger and clear the mind. By walking, skating, biking, or even rollerblading, we would allow ourselves time to think when we are upset or frusterated or maybe even happy! The streets would be much safer if there weren't people who had mixed emotions driving around.
Decreasing the amount of cars on the road defintely has benfitted all the countries that have taken part in it. There are no major disadvantages of being "car free". Most Americans do have abililty to drive a car so the thought of not having a car could be upsetting.
Our communtiy would benfit from this change vastly. It doesn't have to be forever, but decreasing car usage would be helpful to our big world. | 2 |
The electoral collage should be disbanded. Not only is it unfair to minority party voters, but it also is unreliable.
The electoral collage consists of people voting for an elector, which in turn votes for a presedent. This may sound like a good idea, but in reality, it over-complecated and scrambles things. This has lead to a less wanted canidate able to win the election. During 2000, presidential canidate Al Gore recieved the popular vote, but not the precidency, due to the proccess of voting for the electors, rather than the presedents. This led to Al Gore recieving 266 electoral votes, and George W. Bush winning 271, therefore electing a less popular president. Not only that, but the ellectors being voted for may not even vote for the canidate they say they will.
The winner-takes-all strategy was placed to reduce the chance of ties and have the canidates focus on taking over the swing-state votes, but an unintended consequence was the reduction of voting from minory party votes, for example, when a Democrat in Texas or a Republican in New York votes, they hardly get any say, and therefore may stop voting. A popular vote for presidency would allieviate this problem and make it able for anyone from a state to have an equal voice in the state.
Popular vote would lead to members of different states having the same amount of power, while the electoral collage leads to unequal representation. Because of the Senate's two representitives per state, people in less populous states have more power. For example, California has 2 Senate representitives and 35 million voters, and Wyoming, with a much smaller population, has the same amount of representitives in the Senate, leading to a Wyoming resident having much more than a Californian one.
All in all, the ellectoral collage is a bad idea. Not only does it ensure inequallity, but it also leads to inaccurate voting and discrimination against a voter who votes for a minority statewide canidate. To trully be fair to all voters, the popular vote method should be implemented to resolve all the problems. | 3 |
Transpotation has been a key part of many socities around the world today; from getting to and from jobs, visiting familes, and running common everyday errands that life brings. But, in some areas, they are opting to go car-free, and in many ways, it is making positive impacts within these evolving areas. From lowering emissions and greenhouse gases, to providing a more stress-free way of living, opting out on cars can make huge positve effects that everyone should look into.
Cars, especially in the United States and other leading nations, have many suburban ideals that bring them to have one of "the world's prime car cultures". The U.S, for example, is the birthplace of the Model T, one of the first cars that was ever made. However, over the last decade, America's love for cars has gone down slightly, and is headed lower each year. Looking into the future, this shift could have great affects on today's socities; which includes letting off fewer carbon emissons into the enviornment. This decrease would happen because transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions into the atmosphere, just behind Power Plants. Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gases in Lowering the amount of car emissions will additionally help achieve President Obama's goals of helping the enviornment and doing something good towards it during his time as President.
In addition, France is a prime example of how lowering the amount of cars on streets will have positive outcomes on the enviornment. Because of excessive amounts of smog in air in Paris, they came up with a clever system to reduce the amounts. An alternate day schedule is what was put in place, allowing motorists with even numbered license plates to drive one day, and odd-numbered drivers the next. Failure to leave their cars at home on the days that don't apply to them resulted in a 22-euro fine, which didn't stop some drivers. But, despite their reactions, the idea had many postive impacts and cleared the air of smog. Countries all around the world have seen the impressive facts come to life that reducing driving can lower the amount of emissions we put into the enviornment.
Limiting the amount of cars on the road also has other advantages other than the postive impacts it can make on the enviornment. Germany, for example, is experimenting by forbidding street drving, driveways, and home garages near the french and swiss borders (Vauban). As a result, 70% of Vauban's families do not even own cars and 57% sold a car to move there. One resident says "When I had a car I always always tense. I'm much happier this way". This idea shows how being car-free can lower stress levels | 3 |
In the story " The challenge of exploring venus"
the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit. venus its proved to be the most challenging place to examine. In paragrah 1 they said that "venus is the second planet from the sun", which makes it harder to see up close .venus is one of the plants that that havent been search yet sp that whats make venus one of the plants that need to be search and worthy to do so. In my opinion i think they should study venus more because its a lot of thiings they can discover and they can know more about the planet. Venus in my words is a more secretive plant because no one has ever successfully sent a spacecraft up to venus and it came back. In paragraph 2 it said that "venus has a reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study", which means that venus is still left unknown and has no research on venus. Another fact about venus is that it is the mist earth like planet in our solar system. In conclusion, i think that venus is so special because we dont really know too much about venus as we do to the other plants that's why it makes venus so important and worthy to figure out because we dont have too much proven facts about it. | 1 |
I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will get to go so many places. Have you ever wanted to go to the Acropolis in Greece? If you join the the Seagoing Cowboys program then you might do just that. Luke a real Seagoing Cowboy has also visited an excavated castle in Crete. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you'll get to go there and many more places.
Another reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys is you will get to help people. You'll get to have that warm feeling inside basically all the time. You'll also get to take care of animals aboard a ship. You'll get to work with animals like horses, young cows, and mules. Luke got to do just that and had the best time as a Seagoing Cowboy.
My last reason of why I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is because it will open up the world up to you. You'll go many places and when thats done you will do many different activities! You will get to do boxing, table tennis, and fencing. If you dont like active activities then you can read or take up whittling. Luke got to do all of this and had the best time there. This is why I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
Regargless of whether this should or should not be used to read the emotional expressions of students, this technology is very advanced. It is so impresive that computers are being evovled to understand us even more. When it comes to students, im sure many of us get distracted or bored very easily when it domes to school work. Having this tecnology in our computers could help us complete school with out having to worry about not understanding wht going on or how to do things or even if you just don't care. This tecnology can help students all over in many different ways.
A simple senario, a student is at home doing school work. The student doesn't understand the lesson and therfor can not complete the work simply because they do not know how. If the computer detects that the student is confused then it can sugest help. This help could be a instructive website over the work or a direct contact with the teacher of this class. It doesn't do the work for them but it can provide opportunities.
Same senario except the student is doing schoolwork on a program that is directly hooked up to the face recongnition program. The computer recognizes that the student is getting bored of the wokr and can either sugest a new work load, or just change the questions/work for the student.
Overall this technology should be used in classroms and school work because it can provide help for the student. This technology doesn't really have any side affect other then a better graduation and or completion rate. This advancment needs to be put into action. | 2 |
NASA discouvered a weard landform on Mars that lookes like a face. Some scientest, and people think that it is a sign of life or aliens. Most scientist think that it is a landform not aliens. I allso think that it is just a landform because Scientist have found simmilar landforms on Earth.
JPL Web site revealed to the public that it was a natural landform. The landform had nothing to do with aliens or life. But not everyone was satisfied. The face was located 41 degreas north martain latitude where it was winter in April 98 a cloudy time of the year on the Red Planet.
The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, aliean markings were hidden by haze. Mission controllers looked again, Mars Global Surveyor is a maping spacecraft That normaly looks straight down and scans the planet.
Like a fax machine in narow 2.5 km wide strips They dont know if it pasced over the face very often. Sur veyors then got another pictuer using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
They discrern things in digital image 3 times bigger than pixel scize. So if ther were objects in this picture like airplans on the ground or shacks you could see what they were. What the picture actualy shows is the Martain equiveliant of a Buttel or mesa Landforms comon around the American West. | 2 |
Thousands of people around the world use cars. It's an all-around good mode of transportation. Unfortunately, the fumes that cars emit are harmful for the environment. There are ways to limit car usage. Limiting car usage has many benefits such us the decrease in greenhouse house gas, the decrease in smog, and resources are conserved.
First off, reducing the usage of cars can cut the amount of greenhouse gas produced dramatically. One can easily cut down on car usage by using other means of transportation such as : riding bike, riding the train, and plain walking. Greenhouse gas emissions are very harmful and are mostly caused by car emissions. Around fifty percent of passenger cars are responsible for these gasses (source 1.) If we limit car usuage we can promote a healthier environment.
Additionally, reducing car usuage also cuts down smog. Smog is another deadly gas that isnt just dangerous to the environment, but also to us. Smog is polluted air which can cause sickness. Many cities around the world are increasing in smog due to the overusuage of cars. For example Paris almost broke the record for polluted air, which is held by China, one of the most polluted cities in the world (source 2.) If we reduce the usuage of cars, we promote cleaner air for ourselves. Just by limiting the car usuage for five days in Paris, the smog went down sixty percent (source 2.) The advantage of limiting car usuage would be cleaner air.
Finally, limiting car usuage is beneficial because it conserves resources. If we dont rely on cars, we could make cities more compact (source 1.) Therefore reducing the amount of land destroyed to build malls, highways, and houses. This would save tons of resources that were going to be used on building and natural resources (source 4.) Limiting car usuage would improve life all around.
All in all, the limit on car usuage would benefit the environment, it would benefit our health, and it would aid the conservation of resources. | 3 |
The reasons why Luke join the Seagoing Cowboys program was because Luke knew it was an opportunity of a life time.
Another reasons was because it was an adventure, but in the story it says," Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger." He had fun on board especially on return trips after the animals had been unload.
It was fun after unload because they played baseballand volleyball games in the empty holds where aniamls had been housed.
They also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whitting, and games help time go pass.
He said," The cattle trips were an unbelieveable opportuinty for a samll town boy."
While helping people he had a benfit of seeing Europe and China. "But seeing the Acropoils in Greece was special," he said.
"So was taking a ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water."
Luke aslo tuored an excavated castle in Crete and Marveled at the Panama Canal On his way to China.
Luke was amazed of place he went and saw.
It kept Luke busy when caring for the animals during the crossings. Being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up a world for Luke.
Luke said," I'm grateful for the opportunity."
Luke added," It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
This are the reasons why luke became a seagoing cowboy to become a more awareness people. | 1 |
In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author starts off by saying the percentage of the different effects Mona Lisa has in her smile. He states that she's 83 percent happy , 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The use of the new technology called " The facial action Coding System'' in my opinion does not tell you how your honestly feelings. There is no way the computer can see the way you are feeling , just by smiling at the screen does not mean that you are happy. People smile at the screen all the time and has different feelings. Weather the computer can determain how you feel the only person how actually knows how you feel is you and yourself only. A computer can not recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel. There is no way the computer will let you know how you feel , the article is basically saying that just be smiling or looking at the computer it can determine how you are feeling. Once getting to paragraph 3 it starts saying how the facial Action Coding System works they start off by telling us how the process begings, " the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face: all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." From that sentance in the article it is basacilly saying how the computer has a 3-D sensor on it, and when placing your head infront of it it will scan your muscles and from there determine the way you are feeling. As humans we perform this same impressive "calculation" everyday. It is hard for a person to determine how ypu are feeling with just facial expressions , for example I could have a smile on my face but inside I could be feeling sad or mad and only I would know no one else. So the 3-D sensor they have on the computer to determine the way you are feeling is not true , a computer can never determine the way you are feeling it can never say that you are 5 percent happy and 90 percent sad , it does not work like that. Only you and you only know the way you are feeling and thats it. So no a computer can not determine the way you are feeling it can not determine the percent of nothing only you know how you feel and nothing else knows how you feel. | 1 |
I had so much fun being in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I would tell anyone to try it, and I am going to tell you why it is such a great thing to do.
First, you get to help others in need. It was felt amazing being able to help those who were hurt in the war. I also got to visit beautiful Europe and China. It was unbelieveable too seing the Acropolis in Greece. Taking a gondola ride over wonderful Venice, Italy was breathtaking. I also had a tour through a castle, how great is that? I was also marveled by the Panama Canal on my way to China.
If you enjoy animals, you'd love this job. While on the two week trip crossing the Atlantic, the animals kept me very busy. I got to feed and give water to them about two or three times a day. But, stalls had to be cleaned.
It was always fun on board, especially on return trips because I got to play baseball and volleyball, which were held in the empty animal holds. We did many other activities, like table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games.
Mainly, this experience made me more aware of people of other countries. This awareness even lead to my family generously hosting some international exchange students.
The Seagoing Cowboys is an amazing program. There a many reasons why I believe this, and I tried to list most of them. If you do not try this fun, great, wonderful thing, then you're missing out. | 2 |
Many americains are unable to drive, whether it be from disabilities or out of pure fear. Americains could feel at ease with driverless cars though. Driverless cars could provide a safe and efficent drive for everyday Americains. Driverless cars are safe, efficent, and even smart.
Safety is a key factor in a driverless cars hard drive. Sensors, anti-braking, and even driver assistance are all key safety functions in a driverless car. These help better protect the driver behind the wheel in case of emergency. Driverless cars made by Google have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. This shows that driverless cars are not only safe, but even efficent.
Although safety is huge concern, being efficent is a whole diffrent matter.
Driverless cars are efficent by allowing the driver to have full control of the vehicle and even making sure the drivers paying attention. These cars can be equipped with special touch senserss, which would allow the car to make sure the driver has ahold of the steering wheel. This makes sure that if the car is in need of driving assitance, the driver can safety comply. By allowing the driver full control, this makes the car efficent and smart.
Being efficent is one thing, but being smart is a whole diffrent ball game. These cars respond to their surrondings all the time. With the use of a tech called LIDAR, it uses lazer beams to form a constant 3-D image of its surrondings. This helps the car better navigate on roads and in traffic. These cars are not completely driverless though. If their is roadwork ahead or a big amount of traffic, the car allows the driver to take control and maneuver the car out of the situation. Special sensors in the steering wheel allows the car to know if the drivers hands are on the wheel. This makes the cars not only safe, but very smart.
In the end, Driverless cars should be in development because they are safe, efficent, and smart. These cars are capable of withstanding everyday traffic efficently and even safetly. Cars like these could potentially help thousands of Americains in their everyday life. These cars could revolutionize Americain life for the better! | 3 |
If it were me, I wouldn't have technology to read students' emotional expressions. That would be very creepy and computers break down all the time. Let a computer get a virus see what happens... It's just a mistake waiting to happen.
People should use technology to better our education services and fix up the hoods. Those would be better causes. Another great cause that technology could be used in is to invest in disease cures and control. Those four things would benefit the United States tremendously with our technology in this day and age behind it. Now on the other hand, using this technology to read students' emotional expressions would be successful, but it is also an invasion of privacy and wouldn't really benefit the World or let alone this Country in comparision to some of the other things i mentiontioned.
Me personally i dont feel like it would be a good investment. I feel like there are better things that you can use technology foroppose to reading somebody's mind. Although, it does have it's benefites.... It is not something that i would look into. It's a invasion in privacy. I just feel that its creepy and if a kid is going to talk to you about something he will! | 1 |
Pollution as we all know is a growing concern in our world today. There have been many efforts to decrease and try to ultimitley end pollution from recyclicng to not leaving your rooms light on. But the perhaps the best idea is that of car free towns and days to decrease pollution. Many countries have already statred these ideas and the turnout had been rirdiculously successful.
Limiting car use is also a great way to stop traffic congestion in rush hours and reduse smog in big cities. For example, Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer states, "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France." This piece of text shows how reducing car usage can slow traffic jams and make driving around faster and easier.
Another great reason for limiting car use is that 50 percent of the pollution in the United States is from gas emissions. That is why in order to protect our countries enviroment and even our planets the limitation of car use is necessary and even vital.
In all the limitation of car use is a great plan to stop pollution and make roads easier to be driven and through and even safer many other countries have done so and it has been successful so it our turn to try it out. | 1 |
You know people should really particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys program and here are three resons why. Even though I haven't been there just hear me out.
First of all adventer. I know people have to have adventer in their life.Big adventer or small adventer doesn't matter. But the Seagoing Cowboys program will defintly provide you tons of adventer, you go to different contries meet different people from all over the world.
Second of all you make new friends. If it's on the ship or in different contries friendship is one of the most important things in the world and you will defently will find it in Seagoing Cowboys program.
Last reson is fun. The Seagoing Cowboys program will definlty provide that, you get to traval around the world meet new people and hang out with animals, who would want to miss out on all of that.
Now for concluson I think nobody would be able to put down a offer like this don't you think I wouldn't this would be a trip I be begging to go on those are all the reasons you should go on Seagoing Cowboys program. | 1 |
In the story the author presented both sides fairly. He stated the positives and negatives of driverless cars. I belive that driveless cars could soon be a common thing everybody uses.
First thing that might be a big problem is that they use radars and those can cost two hundred million dollars, that right there is a down side. One of the positives of the car it can do is that BMW announced the "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can go as fast as 25 mph, but you have to keep you're hand's on the wheel. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. It is all design to let the driver know the road ahead requires human skills, such as nabigating through work zones and around accidents. BMW's project manager driver said that it hopes to bring in-car entertainment and information systems. Some of the display can be turned off when the driver must take over. The in-car system is a great safety feature. One of the biggest down fall is the law. The law focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. They also said that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. Because of this most states, it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars. Some manufactures believe that even more states will follow as soon as the cars are proven more reliably safe. One of the biggest question is that if the technology fails and someone happens to be injured, who fault is it? Is it the driver or the manufacturer? I believe it would be the drivers fault because it was there fault they decide try to have a driveless car. This is one reason many people won't want to buy those type of cars. Even thought it has a big problem it can also be use for good things. Google cofounders said he can foresees they the cars will use half the fuel of today's taxi and is far more flecibiloty than a bus. Everybody wants to save money of gas so everybody would want to own one. He also stated that the cars would change the world. Another good thing is that if you're running late and you don't know that fastest way to get there, you can get you're car to drive you there while the car is taking the fastest way. If you are on a road trip and you been driving for six hours stright, you might get board of driving. So that's when you activate the car to drive by it's self, instead of stopping and taking a break and take long on the trip. If the car is driving when you're taking a break, then you will get to you're desination faster. But that could still be a while before we can do that. Driverless cars have a lot to work on before that can truly happen.
What to I think about driverless cars? I believe they can become a everyday thing we use. The only thing few thing stopping use from that is money and the law. Once we can get the more to start making these and we make a driveless-car that can meet the requirements, then we can start pumping out these cars that everbody would want to have. Just by nameing a few thing they could possibly do, is making everybody want to have one. | 2 |
Sitting in class and listening to the teacher drone on and on about a particular subject that one finds completely boring sounds like the perfect time to take a nap right? Well, Thomas Huang, of the Bekham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois has been working with Prof to create a system that can detect human emotions through facial expressions. Facial Action Coding System is highly beneficial for students' emotions in the classroom. People try to decipher other peoples' emotions on a day to day basis, so much so that body language and facial expressions is a key part to how the human populace communicates. Considering the fact that all emotions are universal, the system can detect any one person's emotions and even break down mixed feelings. Try to imagine the scenario with the boring teacher, but when the Facial Action Coding System detects the class as bored the lesson changes into something much more interesting and captures the attention of the class and enabling a happier school environment.
The students at SCHOOL_NAME see the same faces day in and day out to the point in which one can all tell the emotions of others through their face, however sometimes it is hard to get a read on how people are feeling. In paragraph five, Nick D'Alto states,"In fact, 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." The significance this piece of textual evidence has is precisely that if a student had a problem with expressing their emotions or even themselves could not describe what they are feeling the computer system would be able to help by diagnosing the emotion and that could prompt the student to open up to a trusted adult so that they can move past ther hardships and focus on school. Humans use facial expressons to communicate just as much as verbal communication. When you understand another person's emotions you can begin to communicate effectively with said person.
Emotions are universal; whether you are from America or China your facial expressions will be compatible with each other. Expressing emotions is a good way to communicate even if you can not effectively verbally communicate with someone. This coding system can even decipher mixed feelings so that one can always effectively communicate even if the person in question does not speak the same language as you. The text states in paragraph four,"By weighing 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)."
Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions, so when a student is watching an online lesson and becomes bored, the system will detect that and find a more interesting lesson to try to re-grab the students attention. Some may say that this system is ineffective because it can only graph the emotions of people. However, this system allows the computer to alter the subject's learning path to create a yearning to learn. Students need to want to learn in order to actually retain the information that is ground into their head on a day to day basis. When a student learns something they are particulary interested in their ability to remember and recall the information increases incredibly. The author writes,""A classroom computer could recognize when a studen is becoming confused of bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"" (p. 6). The goal for the human race is to become more intelligent and to do so we need the help of computers to keep our youth interested in the world has to offer in the educational system.
Every day humans try to detect what other people feel and usually can pick up only tiny hints. If we were to bring the Facial Actioin Coding System into schools the students would benefit tremendiously! Non-verbal communication is just as important as verbal communication and this system will enable a more productive school day by keeping the students interested in what they learn, keeping communication effective, and a bonus is that all emotions are universal so it does not matter who you want to communicate with language barrior or not. | 4 |
In this article of the " Making Mona Lisa Smile" I wouldnt beable to choose which side to be on with using this technolgy to read students' emotional expressions. Is it good for us to know how other people may feel, or is it invading in our own privacy. Our expressions are key to alot, but does this technlogy work I mean what if someone faked an expression and the technolgy gave us the wrong data back.
This technolgy proves Mona Lisa's expression, " 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". Do we know that for sure? That she was feeling that way at that time, it is a painting. The artist could easily make a mistake on her face and give the wrong expression. This technolgy can be right, but the exact percentage of the persons feeling, that person doesn't even know that so how can a computer tell us it?.
" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles". There are six emotions this technolgy collects thats happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This technolgy can be good for our future to tell us some what of the persons expressions, but I domt beleive it will give you the 100 percent truth in things.
Computers aren't smarter then the human poulation itself I mean we created them. It might be smarter then one human, but not at. Someone can move there face and it doesn't have to be an exact expression. Without this technolgy knowing all expressions how is it going to know are right one. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored; bored maybe, but some people don't show expression to those things. To an expert, " faces dont lie", but humans lie all the time and yes you can tell by there face most of the time. But people get a way with murder, robbing, stealing, all from lying I mean did they tell form there face there were? No, because nothings 100 percent and I believe nothing can be that powerful to come up with those kinds of calculations.
From the short description of my thinkings, you tell me what you thing? I make these faces all the time, but yet doesn't mean im having the expression on what they make. No body should need a computer to tell what your feeling. Ask that person ? Don't let technolgy make up the world. There trying to find a expressions, movments, and etc. all with computers. Robots are being made from us, are world is changing so fast. When is this going to change ? Soon there going to have robotic figures working in businesses or fast food resturants or resturants period. We are left with what ? | 2 |
In the article unmasking the face on Mars NASA's 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.
It was an enorumous head nearly two miled from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet calle Cydonia.
I dont think the face was real in the first place because the face is really blurry and its half in the ground.
NASA knew it wasent real when they unvelied the image for all to see.
The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars.
"But the sensation was short lived."
"Scientists figured it was just another Martian messa, common enough around Cydonia,only this one had unsual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon.
It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years.
What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around american west. | 1 |
The Face on Mars
The face on Mars is a mysterious object Mainly because how it resembles a human face from the first picture in 1976 but that picture is outdated. One of the most recent picture taken in 2001 shows that the "face" is actually just a landform that appears on Earth and it is common in the American West. This landform is that appears commonly on Earth is known as a mesa. If the face on Mars was proof of an ancient civilization on Mars NASA would have better funding than it allredy has and there would be more exploration on Mars.
Although the Face on Mars has become an icon in pop culture that dosen't change the fact that it is just a mesa and at that time the camera wasn't nearly as advanced as what we have now.
The combination of cameras that werent nearly as good as the cameras that we have now and the shadows that the image had on it made it look very similar to a human face when NASA first took a picture of the mesa. More current pictures show that what looks like a human face in one picture actually is an average land formation on our own planet. So in conclusion the Face on Mars is nothing more than a naturial land formation that can happen on Mars and Earth. | 1 |
Driverless cars are in our near future, but is this the best way? There are many reasons why I dont believe so, such as the fact that they are going to need to make logical decisions and could be dangerous to drivers and pedestrians due to the drivers not needed to pay as much attention to driving.
What does it mean for a computer to make a logical decision? Lets imagine that your in a driverless car, and your headed towards an inevidable crash that will kill you. The only way to get out of it is to go on the sidewalk, where 3 small children are playing hop-scotch. If your watching "in-car entertainment" and the computer decides that you need to take over at this time, there is no time for us as humans to think. This is a major problem that will come up. Unless everyone's cars are fully driverless, its hard to prevent this scenario. This would mean we would have to make traditional cars as we know it, illegal.
Fully driverless cars are coming, but there are a lot of problems that we need to address before that happens. The idea of logical decision making for a computer processing things in 1's and 0's is a hard conundrum to overtake. Once we address whether or not the government keeps or takes away our driving privledes, then we can garauntee that our roads will be fully safe. | 2 |
"Vauban streets are completely "car free"-except the main street thoroughfare.." Soon our country will be car free. With all the gas pollution we in the air car's need to be banned from our country. Many countries for example have already banned people from driving cars, like Bogota,Paris, and German. In Bogota in stead of banning the cars everyday they what is called a "Car-free day" in this car free day people either hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work or school. Violators faced $25 fines. In Paris they enforced a partial diving ban to clear air of the global city. If people dint leave their cars at home they suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. When the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party they only banned odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. In German you are not allowed to drive a car but you are allowed to own one and if you do own one you must pay $40,000 to have it parked at your home. " Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in eroupe, the untied states and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use.." The untied states needs to do something about the auto use. We should use the new trend to try and not use cars anymore or do what Bogota does and have car-free days. This new trend wou;d help our contries and states. It was help the air not be as polluted as it is now. We dont want the air to get as bad a china or any other counties because then we really wont have a choice of a car-free day. People today should take the oppertunity and walk place that are close to home instead of driving places close to home and putting that extra pollution in the air. Obama is rethinking about this trend because accordng the text 23% of young people driving has decreased witch mean either less people are going to be driving because they dont have a licenece or the young people will start to drive without a licence and not care. Countries have open new programs where they get kids to go bike riding aound the block or country or to go hiking or just anything to save from driving everywhere. these programs are across the nation. Many people do them adults and teens. Instead of using multiple cars to go to school or workwhy dont yall just think about car-pooling. walking or riding a bike. Technology today makes people feel like their more connected without going out to drive somewhere to meet. " ..America's love affair with its vehicles seem to be cooling." A research company in 2005 did a rea | 1 |
Dear, State Senator
Some people in the America are worried about the voting for the president. Some people are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, and other are in favor of channging the voting system to popular vote. Going in favor of Electoral College has only one good favor like in Source 1 it says that "The Cerificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent oyur state at the meeting of the electors in Decemeber of the election year."
In the Electoral College there is somthing a bit unfair, if on of the presidential cadidate went after the bigger city's like Florida,Texas,or California (as showed in the picture in Source 3) the would have a big lead in the race for one of the cadidates. If one of the presidential cadidates got all three of them then it would be like a win-win for them. After they got those three it would be that hard to go after which ever state he want to get to vote for him.
Even though Electoral College is a good way popular vote would give a clear vote on who would win the presidential election. If we went with popular vote it would just matter on the people's vote on who they woluld want in the White House. If there is a tie, then the should find one person off the streets and ask them who would they want to win the presidential election. All they would have to do is give him a piece of paper with both names and he would pick one. If the state went to popular votes then Obama and Romney would most likely had a closer race then what it was. In Source 2 it says "According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct electin to the kind we have know."
But know that you know some people in America don't like the Electoral College and saw what they had to say mabye just mabye you will consider changing how we the people ofAmerica vote to choose who we want in the White House. | 1 |
Driving is the primary way of transportation, to get from point A to point B. It's a great way to reduce traveling time, and traffic is almost nonexistent. Some people would say it's better than walking, or riding a bicycle. But what if we limited these polluting vehicles and replaced our transportation for our daily routine? Well, we can. Limiting car usage can help us from lots of city and/or regional pollution. It can improve safety and conserve the resources we already have. Saving even more time is also something all people want to try to accomplish. Limiting the use of cars can help make this world a much better, and more breathable, reusable, and not a time-consuming place.
To begin with, the answer to why we should limit the use of cars is stated in the form of pure science: pollution. All around the world, from North America to Asia, every continent has a majorly polluted city. Beijing, London, Mexico City, Miami, New York City, you name it! Major cities nowadays are becoming more polluted than ever before, due to gasoline and diesel fuel used in cars today. Overpopulated cities can have too many cars, and too many cars driven can increase the amount of polluted air around us. In document two, the capital of France, Paris, is home to almost ten million people. After days of an almost-broken record amount of pollution intoxicating the city, Paris enforced a driving ban for two days. Cars and motorcycles were forced to be left at home, or a steep fine will be charged. Even though almost 4,000 drivers were fined, congestion in Paris decreased by nearly 60%, after intense smog. Diesel fuel was the culprit to this pollution, due to France's tax policy that favors diesel fuel rather than gasoline. Diesel fuel cars make up about 67% of cars in France, comparing to an average 57% of diesel engines in Western Europe, according to Reuter's. The smog cleared enough on Monday for the French politicians to rescind the ban. In document three, Columbia's capital city, Bogota, had a goal to promote alternatives to personal transportation and reduce the amount of smog throughout the city. Day Without Cars was born, one day every month where cars are not allowed to be driven, or a fine will be charged. The turnout of people was immense, even though rain showers and thunderstorms poured onto the event. Mayor Antanas Mockus stated that the Day Without Cars "was a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Parks and sports centers rose from the city streets, and sidewalks have been paved for bicycles and ongoing pedestrians. Limiting car usage is not be a bad thing, considering we need the air we already breathe.
Furthermore, limiting car usage is not a bad solution to the global pollution, and is not a bad solution to improve safety and conserve resources, either. Teenagers all over the world are more prone to accidents than any other age group. Getting your license is great, and driving alone is equally as awesome, but having no regard for safety while driving? Not as awesome as it sounds. For an additional document, it's life itself. Driving on a daily basis takes up gasoline, and lots of it. On average, a normal driver takes up about twenty gallons of gasoline a week, if not, more. Diesel fuel used in pickup trucks and semi-trucks is more expensive, but lasts longer than regular gasoline. Resources have dwindled since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico of 2011, and regular Americans are running out of the food for their car. On the safety spectrum, looking out for a street to turn at, for pedestrians, and for people that may cut you off sounds like a blast, but safety and crashes/accidents end up to be a result in many driving situations. Many people consider for driving to be unsafe, due to the statistics of daily crashes on highways, and even intersections, which happen to be the most dangerous place you can have an accident. Those types of people have put a hold on driving, and have caused a decline in the nation's miles driven per person scale, stated in document four. As of April of 2013, the number driven per person went down almost nine percent. Factors to that decline may have been the 2008 stock recession, or the fact that cars got smaller and more expensive. As a result, more people started to walk to work, or buy a bicycle, like they use mainly in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Safety is becoming a subject that is mainly disregarded by citizens, and resources are becoming less and less, yet the alternatives for driving, such as walking or taking the city bus, are becoming more and more popular.
Moreover, car usage should become more limited because they are other ways, faster and more efficient ways, to get to your destination. Major cities all over the globe have a multitude of ways to transport people from one side of the city to the other. Taking buses, walking, taking the subway, helicopter, taxis, anything! Except a car. Car use in major cities is almost unheard of, as traffic is everywhere in a big city, and overpopulation can cause the traffic, or at least, be the contributing factor of it. People want to get to another place in sixty seconds or less, and driving in that matter never happens. For example, car use in New York City is busy. Of course, being "the city that never sleeps", cars are not the best way to get around. Walking or taking the subway underground helps get the people around easier and faster. As expected, a large drop in the percentage of teenagers getting there license has occurred, according to ducment four. New York has a new bike-sharing program, and it's skyrocketing bridge/tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities taking place. Driving by young people decreased significantly between 2001 and 2009. Woven into a connected web to save time, new alternatives to the polluting machines we call cars are slowly backing up into reverse, and disappearing from the category of main transportation.
In conclusion, limiting car usage is the best option to acheive all of the contributing factors. Pollution hurts cities and their environments, even their people. The air we breathe is more important than the amount of time it takes reach our destination. Safety improvements need to happen to make drivers have common sense and to not run over someone crossing the street. Resources are limited everywhere, and what we'll do after they've been gone? That answer has not been found yet. Saving time is our number-one priority, and we try to beat our records every time we go somewhere, whether it be using the same mode of transportation, or trying out a new one. Next time, be spontaneous for a day, and don't use a car. Try a new way to get to work; taking the subway and watching a new scene come at you every two seconds; or walk to work and admire the time slowing by around you. Breathe the fresh air like never before. Remember: it's not the destination that yiou should look forward to; it's the journey. | 4 |
Driverless cars are coming and are here to stay. There are many doubts about these cars as Dr. Werner Huber has expresssed ,"Why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver?" That is very, very good question , but people fail to realize the benefits that driverless cars bring.
Texting and driving has caused many deaths, but that could all be diminished. The driverless car can be taken over by a human whenever it is needed , such as: when going through work zones or moving around accidents. The drivelesss car is able to be turned off and on-on demand . The built in car system feature could safe many lifes. If a driver chooses to use a smartphone on the road , the driverless car could take over. Driving a driverless car means safety , and safe is better than reckless.
Driverlesss cars have driven by themselves with more than half a million miles without a crash. These cars have the best technology within them. Radar sensors, GPS recievers, internal motion sensors, the list goes on and on . All these special features are helpful and allowthe car to actually mimic the skill of a human driver. Speed sensors are yet to fail on not detecting and responding to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. Many more improvenments for this car are coming and will allow them to handle harder tasks on their own.
The technology needed for this ambitious car is present. The founder of the Google Car projects believes that technology has finally pulled through to catch this dream of driverless driving. In fact in 2013, BMV announced the innovation, " Traffic Jam Assistant." This innovation alerts the driver when his assistance is needed.
Work is still being done to perfect the driverless cars, even though some states such as : California, Neveda, Florida, and the District of Columbia have made it illegal to even test computer-driven cars. Driveless cars have various accomadations that can't be obtained by humans. Their sensors allow a better response and control than a human driver when using breaks. It is easy to tell driveless cars will give alot back to society. Even, Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, stated that he believes such cars would fundametally change the world. | 3 |
On the histories of
Venus they thought t it was a star,And gave it a neakname "Evening star".Ten people got creouse and start studing it,and when they learned that it was the secound planet on our solar system they wanted to land on it.
But it was different than any planet .The surface of the planet was hot even thou venus was the second planet it was hotter than the first plant mercury. it was over eight hundred dgrees fahrenhieit,But even thou it was that hot scientes did'say it was imposeble,insted they they said it was a challenge that is stoping them to not land on venus.
even thou they could not land on the planet they are trying to make some machines that's
strong to land on the planet.Like the item that made the 1800s computers it was strong metal,And they said that maybe that will help them
make it to thier goal.
And espesioly because it's the twin of the Earth they have to study about it. what if we found any criture that live deap in side that unic planet.And like they said "human curiosity will likly lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors".
And yes it is worthy pursiut despite the dangers it presents.if one day they landed. it would be easyer to study the planet more and learn about it's spesial place,and if it was like Earth it will tell us more about our planet and learn more our home Earth. | 1 |
The Electoral College its a process, not an actuall place. The Electoral College process works by a selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and they count the electoral votes by congress. I think this should not stand no longer because "under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."This is only one reason why the Electoral College should not be in progress. Another reason why is "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry."
"This explains why we as a hole nation united in one should change the Electoral College system to election by popular vote this allows everyones vote to be acounted for."The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. American people should say there pretty lucky that 2000 fiaaco was the biggest election crisis in a century;the system allows for much worse."Consider that state legislature are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people."Now you might be getting an understanding of what I mean by we need to get rid of the electoral college method to popular vote.
"Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. But just because we did not get the electoral college removed doesnt mean we cant still try afterall we were close. The main problem with the electoral college is the fact that "each state casts only one vote, the single representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters. "And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voter in Hawaii had voted the other way. "The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe." That is why the electoral college must end because it lets congress choose who they want to be leader not us.
That is why the electoral college must end because it lets congress choose who they want to be leader not us. That is my reason why. | 2 |
Cars are used for transporting from place to place, but is it really the best way to get somewhere? There are many factors that are being affected when using cars. Many people believe cars are the best way to get somewhere but the only good thing about a car is the amount of time it takes to get somewhere. Even time isn't a good reason for why cars are being used. Limiting car usage would have so many advantages that people should take advantage of.
To begin with, some people use alternative transportations rather than cars. For example, Germany, Paris, and Columbia don't use cars on a daily basis like most people do in other countries. Those specific countries have either banned cars or they just don't need cars to transport from one place to another. Source 1 states, " Residents of this upscape community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars." In my neigboorhood, most people walk to the Publix right near our community because they either don't have a car or they just prefer to walk. Although it might be quicker to go in car, it is environmentally friendly to ride your bike or walk. In Source 3 states, " 'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said the businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as her rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife." Taking a walk somewhere or riding a bike can be a great workout or just creates calmness if you are stressing. Alternative transportations are a good because then people wouldn't cause any harm to the environment or affect anything else.
In addition, smog is an issue that should be reduced which would limit car usage. Some places like Paris have already reduced smog so they could clear the air in their city. Source 2 states, " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after five-days of intensifying smog..." When the smog arose in Beijing, the amount of cars reduced which cleared the streets of France. Smog could be seen as a good thing because once it arouse, the amount of cars used decreased. Limiting car usage is a good thing, and people should realize that.
To conclude, there are so many advantages for limiting car usage. People have many other options instead of using cars and they should take advantage of that. Smog has created cars to be banned in many cities. Alternative transportaion makes many people not use cars and that is a good thing. Next time think about whether you want to use a car or just use something else. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this claim very well by showing how survivable Venus could be.
Firstly, the author states, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." This shows that we would have healthier and more energy were we to live on Venus, and living on Venus is the main reason to explore it. This piece of evidence also shows although radiation wouldn't be any better on Venus, it also wouln't be any worse. Which could be a tremendously amazing thing.
Secondly, the author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans that could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Although this evidence speaks in the past tense, this still shows how little we know about Venus and how much we could know if we were to explore it better. Even though it is intensely dangerous, it is beyond worth it if we were to attempt to start life on our twin planet.
Lastly, the author states, "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." This shows how well the planet is, in the present; as well as how good of an idea it would be to find out more about it.
In conclusion, there is still so much left undiscovered of Venus, and the author layed out many good reasons as to why we should still continue trying to explore it. Besides, history never would have been made, in all of time, if no one ever took a few risks here and there. | 2 |
I don't agree with using this technology to read students emotional expression. I think it wouldnt be a machines business to know how your feeling because some people like muself sometimes dont want to know how you really feel. For example. if I was feeling down one day about my dog passing away, and my little sisters want me to take them to the park. Im gonna stay as positive and happy as possible so it doesnt ruin their day. I would take them to the park making it seem like im happy, then eventually be happy myself after the fun we have. I wouldnt want some machine telling me or other people my emotions because thats my business.
Our emotions belong to us only and we choose for people or other things to know how we feel when we want to.
I am not the only one who sometimes hides the way they feel for a bit. We all know if you try to stay positive and have a good day that you will get over no matter what the situation is bringing you down. If you stay positive and happy, then it will all go away eventually instead of expressing how you feel and staying depressed or crying all day.
It seems like this technology can be useful or pretty cool to use on histroical people. Like who wouldnt want to know how Abe Lincon felt when he took his picture to be on the dollar bill. That would interest me by alot. Only because that is history and its very intersting, but using it everyday of your life can be really annoying and show less privacy. It is a good way to cheer people up like if a friend was feeling down and didnt want to tell you how he or she felt at the moment. That is understandable, but like i explained all you have to do is asume that they are feeling down and cheer them up the best you can and carry on with the day. Eventually they will be back to they're old self again.
Knowing how someone feels right off the top can be annoying for some people like myself. It can cause others like myself to feel very uncomfortable and not wanting to express how they feel because some machine does it for you. Maybe some people want to express how he or she felt a few days after they felt down or depressed. I highly disagree with thus technology being used in our everyday lives to see how we feel, although it would be very nice and interesting to use this technolgy on histroical pictures like the famous Mona Lisa or how President Abe Lincon felt on the dollar bill photo. | 2 |
I think that use of technology like this in classrooms could be a dangerous prospect. Many things could go wrong with technology like this and could have some major consequences.
First teachers could end up losing their jobs. All of this stems from what has happened in history. Take factories as an example, factories used to be full of people making and producing everything, but the recent surges in robotic workers has left many without jobs that would have otherwise been a great livlihood. This same thing could very well happen to teachers with little to no warning.
Second off there are people that are affraid to have cameras or video monitors on their children because they are known to have been hacked into and can lead to crimes including kidnapping and robbery. Adding this sort of computor facial recognition software could increase hackability of a schools network or technology. Sometimes hacks can go undetected for days or weeks at a time and once you find out it has been happening it is suddenly too late.
Finaly it would be a huge change for everyone that is currently enroled in pulic schools. Once you reach students above grade 4 it could be a struggle to get them on a different "type" of learning such as a computor program that can mold the lesson to a persons emotions. You also lose a sort of connection to the teacher. Most people remember certain teachers for certain reasons, whether they were funny, told stories, truly cared about students, or were just overall a great teacher, but all of this would be lost because no computor at this point has TRUE intelligence, some may mimic actions of intelligent life but none has achived it yet.
Adding this sort of program to schools could be extremely dangerous in many ways. People would be at risk for losing jobs, school-wide hacks, and a true emotional and phisical loss. | 3 |
The author starts by introducing what she/he is going to talk about. The author gave information about his topic. The author includes soem reasons to why they should visit and explore venus no matter the risk. "Astronomers are fasccinated by venus becasue it amy well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system." Her's another reason why the author thinks that venus is worthy even if it is dangerous. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mouains, and craters. Furthermore,recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit," The author also talks about why it would be a risk
to send space ship he/she gave an explanation to why it is a risk. In paragraph 2 he/she explains "since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched
down on venus in more than three decades."
The author gave many reasons to why NASA should try to put more effort in trying to visit it. And since he gave some information he/she proved their point. | 0 |
A day without drivng your car? who can't do that. Also making the Earth a better place to live? awsome! Taking advantage of a limiting car using its a great idea because people are lowering air pollution and there's no more rush-hour. Getting stuck in traffic isn't pretty nice and most likely if you have a meeting your going to be late. Also people just dont want to own cars anymore.
To start off, I like the idea that people are limiting their car usage because people are lowering air pollution. In source 2, the author explains "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog .. rivaled in Beijing, China, Which is known as one of the most polluted cites in the world." This means that cars are bad for the enviroment they had to decresse the number of cars so they could stop the smog becuase they didn't wanted to end up like china. But however, not useing cars is affecting car industry like it states in source 4 "since transportation is the second larges source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. But it could have negative implication for the car industry." Never the less, air pollution is the main problem like in source 3 in Bogota "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." The reason they are doing this is for people to find another way to get to their destination and to reduce smog as it states.
Furthermore, I like the idea that people are limiting their car usage because there's no more rush-hour. Advoiding traffic is great like in source 3 " Bogota, Colombia- In a program that's spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or tok buses to work during a car-free day.. leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic." Colombian's do this to advoid traffic and its a cool way because you could ride bikes and skated. Likwise in source 4 some Children don't get their driver license its not because they're lazy it's because they don't need them, yeah they come in handy but they're not interseted for example in source 4 they stated "They organized their summer jobs and socail life around where they can walk or take public ransportation or car-pool with friends." having a car isn't a teenager main interst, they rather walk to a close by place or car pool with their friends.
To sum up, in my opinion I think limiting car usage is a great idea because less air pollution, rush-hour, and some people just don't want to own cars. | 3 |
Being a seagoing cowboy was much more than adventure, for me. I love being able to go out on the sea and have fun will helpping people with there problems make me super happy and I wouldn't have this job if my friend didn't tell me about it. For example (the world war11) I got to go to many places like China, Europe, and Italy.
I was happy to help all this people with there problems and when we got to go on a ship, we had the opportunity to take turns to watch over the animals at night to feed them and to make sure that nothing bad is happening like fighting our the bottom of the ship is being filled up with water.
So I signed up to watch them and so I got the job. I had to stay up super late to watch them and to I went to tell the captin that every thing was okay and so on my way I slipped on some water and I fell.
I had almost fell overboared but I didn't, thanks to a peice of meatel on the side of the boat and i was happy that I didnt die. I am thankful that I am still alive after breaking my ribs, and slidding down a latter. I soon recovered and was back to the job and so we took all the animals back to were they were.
So we made a game place were they were. We played a whole bunch of games and we did are ruiten, until we had another jod were we had to go get animals and watch over them. I am thankful to be able to do this job with people who care about me and support me well this job.
I wonder what are next job will be? Will I break another bone in my body? Can I survie another animal watch? Will I survie breaking another bone in my body? I don't know if i can survie another bone in my boby that can be broken?
After about a month we get a call to go get some animals and so we went to go get them and I have to say it was a long ride to go to Teaxs and it was close to were my uncle lived and so we got there and there was a huge sand storm and so we had to go get alll the horses, and take them to the sea and then I relized that my uncle had this one horse and it did not like me at all. As we were getting the horses around I seen that horse. The captin asked me if I wanted to watch the animals that week and I said ", Yes I will'. So I was up all night watching all the horses and so I had to feed them. I was feed the one horse that hated me the most and it kicked me right in the neck as I was feeding him. I was out for a really long time and my best friend came down there and found me on the floor "sleeping".
He woke me up and said are you ok and I said yes and so I tried to get up but I couldn't and then I relized that my neck was broken.
So I was rushed to the hostpital and I had to get a neck brace and let me say that thing was a pain in the my neck. I was sent back to the ship and so I could work so I asked were are all the horses. My best friend said we sent them back. I said okay, I didn't really care about that. At this point I dint care about anything. A few weeks past and I was able to get back to work and I didn't have to wear the neck brace anymore. The captine said", No more working nights anymore". I said", I agree I can't risk breaking another bone in my body". So I didn't work on nights anymore whitch didn't bother me at all. | 0 |
You should participate in the Seagoing cowboys becuase you could visit alot of cool places.
you could go anywhere you wanted to.
Its also good if you like to help people.
If you love helping people then you should participate in this program.
another thing thats good about this program is that you can do it with a friend.
If you like to hangout with your friend alot then you should participate in this program.
Another thing great about the Seagoing cowboys is that if you like helping animals you should do it.
You get to take care of and look after all the animals on the boat. feeding and looking after animals is a great to do with a friend.
even if you dont like animals.
The seagoing cowboys program is an unbelivible opportunity for somebody to go across the ocean and see places people dont get to see everyday.
I had been to europe,china greece and have even crossed the ocean 16 times!
The favorite place ive been to was venice,Italy,a city with streets of water.
Theres also so many places you can go.
Ive been to China,Greece,Europe,Venice,italy and even crete.
There I toured an excavated castle.
This program is the perfect opportunity to visit any place you want to.
There are some flaws to this program.
Its very dangerous.
I almost slid off the boat in the middle of the night.
your also going to be in the ocean for hours until you reach your destination.
But all in the end its a really good program. | 2 |
Driverless cars would be cool, but they're not safe enough to have around. The drivers have nothing to do, the driverless feature in the car could get messed up, or even the things that alert the driver that it's their turn to drive. There are so many dangers to having driverless cars, this is just a few.
For example when all the driver has to do is sit there, it will be takenadvantage of. People could fall asleep at the wheel and not be able to take over the driving when they're needed to. A lot more messing around would occur so the driver would not be focusing. Drivers need to stay focused on the road so everyone can safely arrive to their destination.
Never know when the driverless feature could have a glitch or break down. Cars break down all the time, what's any different about the cars systems? Nothing, these cars could have been manufactured incorrectly. The GPS could also stop working or hit a glitch and you could end up 20 miles away from where you want or need to be.
Imagine. You're in your driverless car, somethings coming up that you need to take over for, but you're just talking away and having a big jam session with all your friends. Your car means to alert you but the system is broken, the car keeps moving but it thinks you're driving, you hit a construction worker. Now you have a huge fine to pay plus you have to get your car fixed.
With these new driverless cars their drivers aren't going to be paying enough attention, your car glitches out, or you're to busy having a jam session with your friends. So many things could go wrong. These cars would be teaching the youth they don't need to pay attention, the car will do it for them. All in all driverless cars are not safe and should not be developed. | 2 |
Venus is our second closest planet to the sun. But we do not know what Venus actually looks like. Like in paragraph 4 Venus could have been once like Earth. I could have been filled with oceans, plants, trees, and even mountains it could be
anything just like Earth. But we don't know. Yes it would be nice to explore Venus. But what risks will it have.
In paragraph 5 it states " NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus". They are wanting to study to see what it has. Yes Venus is one of the hottest planets more than Mercury. And yet we are wanting to risk in searching and seeing what Venus actually looks like. Venus can also melt any kind of metal. Yet we want to risk because of our curiosity.
In paragraph 7 it is saying that once ago Venus had better electronics. But to actually know. They were more advanced then our technology now an days.
I feel that the need and the curiosity that we humans have could take us to success of it could take us to be faliures. | 0 |
They'res ton of advantages of limiting cars usage. For example, walking, hiking, biking, and for the younger crowd skate. Turns out if we were to do this we would'nt be alone! Communities all around the world try to alter driving cars. People in BOGOTA, Columbia. Even VAUBAN, Germany. In Germany people have given up on cars and street parking, driveways and home garages are not allowed, according to "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
" By Elisabeth Rosenthal.
In BOGOTA, Columbia, cars are banned leaving only buses and taxis which are permitted for the Day Without Cars in the capital city of seven million. In There city, their goal is to slim down the usage of cars with even a twenty-five dollar fine if caught. They've been doing it for about three years, according to "
Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota
" By Andrew Selsky.
If people all around the world can do it, I'm sure ours can too. | 1 |
In my oppion they should use the Electoral college to desied who wins the Election.
They should always use the Electoral college because it wouldn't be fair if they went by the population of a state, just the simple fact that some states are more populated than other. For instance states like New York, Florida, and California are more populated than, states like Hawaii, Rhold Island, and delaware.
The electoral colleged should always be the proses they use to elected a President of the the U.S., in my opinion the electoral colleged not only right but fare. Its equal rights and justice.
The Electore college states that you live in texas it right to voted for your own candidated.
Or in any state that you live in.
The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisism in the century; the system allows for us much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of people. Back in1960. | 1 |
How
The NASA can studying Venus
Introduction, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" The article is about the Venus that Venus is teh second planet from our sun, Also the nickname is misleading since Venus is
actually a planet. In our solar system, and Also often referred to as Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds, and also Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped wold.
First, In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" say that planet Venus, sometimes called the "Evening star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Also the Venus have a nickname that is misleading since Venus is actually a planet, In our solar system. But Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earht , it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.
Secondly, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) they want send humans for studying Venus. But the NASA say have the solution for studying Venus and the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. And the NASA say imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above teh roiling Venusian landscape.
Lastly, However Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide, but because most forms of light cannot penetrate teh dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. But the NASA say they are working an other things for studying Venus and another project
is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computer and this project
devices the first envisioned in the 1800s and the project also going to use in teh World War ll.
In Conclusion, When the Nasa see working in the send Humans to Venus for studying Venus, the NASA say have an possible solution for studying Venus and they working an other things for send the humans to Venus and The NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. And another project
is looking back to an old technology calle mechanical computers. These divices were first envisioned in teh 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s, and our travels on Earht and betond should not be limited by danger and doubts. | 0 |
Why the face on Mars is just a Natural land form. 1976, Mars Global surveyer took an image on mars and it looked like shadowy likeness of a human face. So you can say that, but i think your wrong. The Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors it was short lived, and scientists think it was just another Martian esa.
Nasa says that it was probably a Lava dome that maybe made it look like a face. Scientists kept telling people that it was just Martian Mesa. In April 5th 1998, Micheal Malihn and his Mars Orbiter camera team snap the human like face 10 times to see if they could get another good look at the face. Thousand of web surfers were waiting for the picture could be on the jpl site. Then they had revealed that is was just a regular artifact.
It couldnt have been an created by aliens. Scientist said it was just the shadow giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. Authors thought it would be a good way to to engage public and attract attention to Mars. And Mars got its Attention?
The face on mars had basically become something that everyone was talking about. It had appeared in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, radio talk shows, and magazines. It had Haunted the Checkout lines of grocery stores for years. So They tried it again.
April 8, 2001 it was a cloudy day in Cydonia. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution, and it still didnt work. The information a gave shows you that the human face figure was not true. Overall it had to have been a Lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. | 2 |
The new software "the Facial Action Coding System" should be allowed to read students emotional expressions. The reason why the new software should be able to do that is because some students could really be interested in these new technologies and make it better and find new ways to improve it. Or They could be feeling down and you run the test on the student to see how he or she feels. In the text it states that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored".
With that being said about the computer knowing if a student is bored or confused about the lesson. The teacher can pay more attention to the problem that the student has and give him or her extra help.Students are confused all the time and they might not ask for help or tell the teacher, but with the new Facial Action Coding System they can get help without asking because they may be shy. Or it may be a type of student that just never talks in class. The new technology can also help on may things in a class room like if two students argue they can run a scan and see their emotions and how they feel.
In paragraph 6 it states" most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". What that is saying is everyone feels differant and has their own opinion and ways on how they feel on something. And not everyone shows their emotions but with the new technology that can change everything and might make everyone happy and the students may change the way they are acting towards their peers. It also says in the text "imagine a computer tha knows when you're happy or sad". If a computer knows that and can recognize that then maybe it can give you good ads on the computer to cheer you up or brighten your dayif you are feeling sad. That can change a students day and make them want to focus more in class.
As we can see the Facial Action Coding System is a good pruduct and has muiltiple positive effects on reading a students mind. Like being able to brighten their day, change the mood of a student. If they are interested in new technology like that it could give them new ideas in the future to make something like that on their own. It also even helps teachers on knowing if a student is having a hard time focusing or confused about the lessing. It also helps knowing if a student comes to school 92% mad then people should leave the student alon to cause less tension or maybe even stop violence. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and should be able to rad students emotions. | 2 |
Making Mona lisa smile
The Facial Action Coding System improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of humans and detects how people truly feel even when they are trying to hide their emotions. Facial Action Coding System would be effective and valuable in reading emotional expressions of students in the classroom because;
Classroom computers would be able to know when they need to modify the lesson when they notice the students look bored or confused and that could make learning more effective to students. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it would modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This shows how learning can be made much more easier and fun.
The facial action coding system would be effective in classrooms because it would make computer-animated faces more expressive when teaching. "The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery, most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication". Sometimes muscle clues might be wrong because sometimes people might not be able to indicate a genuine smile and a forced one but facial action coding system would be able to detect when students are happy and when they are lying.
"Most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc".
In conclusion facial action coding system would recognize the subtle facial movements students use to express how they feel | 2 |
First of all,we don't need these cars because they seem dangerous and not safe to the our envirnment,and now knowing that there going to build these car are going to take a lot more money from our government and they will cost way to much just for a car that can drive itself, like why would we need these cars? See in paragraph 9 it states that the driveless cars are illegal in California,Nevada,Florida,and the District of Columbia.
Second of all, I wouldn't buy this car because of the new technology that it has and what if the wires start glitching and you crash and you die? Who's fault would it be if that had happened? The driverless car sounds cool and all but you really got to think about the defects in the car and how it effects the car runs and how it will cost to get its oil changes and how much the check ups will cost. See Toyota is a good car company but in the past some of there cars killed a lot of people and the airbags didn't work. The same ccompany is going to make more,more new car to get more money.
Third, see in paragraph 9 it states," If the technology fails and someone is injured,who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer? Thats the number 1 reason why I wouldn't buy this car is because of that question "Who's fault is it"? Whos fault is..... who fault it is, is the person who bought the car ans the person whol designed and built it, thats who fault it is.
In conclusion, the reason I wouldn't buy this car is because of the self driver and that doesn't seem to safe and it will cost way to much for that person and because of the that question "whos at fault". | 2 |
All around the world, people are using gas-gusling vehicles of mass destruction. Recently, Germany came up with the revolutionary idea to limit the use cars by forbidding street parking, driveways, and home garages in the new, experimental district of Vauban. Others have joined the bandwagon as well, instituting new laws, such as the "Car-Free Day" in Bogota, Colombia, and the partial-driving ban in Paris, France. France, Germany, and Colombia are the predeccessing countries to the innovational car usage limitations. These limitations have many advantages, such as a decrease in pollution, traffic, and a long-term positive culture shift.
Pollution and the emission of green-house gases is one of the common issues troubling countries world-wide. A limit of the use of cars and other various vehicles that run of fossil fuels has been proven to help counter the depleation of Earth's Ozone layer. According to
Source 2: Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog,
"[The Smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world... Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals... [Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found." The city of Paris had legislated, "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home... The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day" (
Source 2
). Resulting from their legislation, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday" (
Source 2
). Paris, originally one of the worlds' most-polluted cities, decreased their pollution so much in one day that it was deemed unnecessary to continue the ban for the odd-numbered license plates the next day. "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" (
Article 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
). A decrease in these emissions could have significant effects, as witnessed in Paris. Also, a Local Colombian businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza claimed that the Car-Free Day was "a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" (
Source 3: Car-Free Day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota
). The government and their factions are in agreement that the ban on cars is only positive. Whether it is Colombia, Germany, or Paris, the restriction on drving was a major success. Imagine if more countries around the world opted to institute this ban; there would be no energy-crisis nor would there be as much of a pollution issue.
Along with the decrease in pollution, there would be a massive decrease in traffic. The vehicular limitations in the beta-countries (France, Colombia, and Germany) have shown that the restrictions imposed decrease the amount of traffic significantly. Based on
Source 3 , in Bogota, "... a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." Rather than having a holier-than-thou complex, these Colombians supported the greater good of their country and ceased use of all cars on the car-free day. A positive domino affect occured in Colombia as well. According to
Source 3 , "Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." These beta countries have improved the standard of living by meerely putting some restrictions on driving for brief periods of time. The United States has seen various changes as well. While there are no current driving restrictions, new priorities are being discovered, such as the bike-sharing program in one of America's most heavily trafficed cities, New York. According to
Source 4: The End of Car Culture , "New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a poliferation of car-sharinf programs across the nation." Nations are beginning to catch on to the contagious cold of revolutionary alternatives to driving and traffic crises.
France, Germany, Colombia, and the United States are already seeing positive changes. The long-term culture shift is proving to be an aspiration for many countries. According to
Source 4 , "The internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends. The renewal of city centers has made the suburbs less appealing and has crawn empty nesters back in. Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work." People are becoming more connected through digital devices as societies become more technologically advanced, therefore the need for a large amount of privately owned cars has become moot. In Vauban, Germany, Heidran Walter, a media trainer and mother, claims, "When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (
Source 1
). Commoners, such as Mrs. Walter, are respoding positively to the laws of the experimental district of Vauban, which has very few areas and opportunities for cars. In fact, "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here" (
Source 1
). This modern-day industrial revolution is drawing vast numbers of people into the areas inwhich cars have become a rarity.
Source 1 also states that "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning"." The beta countries have had much success and have not seen failure yet. Although in France, "Almost 4,000 dricers were fined... [Twenty-seven] people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine" (
Source 2
), it should not be considered a failed experiment. Of the millions of people who live in France, they only saw a small fraction of driving infractions on the day they limited driving. The long-term culture shift that the world is beginning to see is certainly moving in a positive direction.
Between ISIS and the iPhone, the world has come across a variety of both positive and negative circumstances. Considering all of the positive effects of limitations of cars, including but not limited to less traffic, a decrease in pollution, and long-term culture shifts, there have been many advantages to the switch to a car-free enviornment. Even though transportation may take longer, it will be safer and better for the enviornment. Not everyone country can guarantee that all of their citizens will abide by the new laws, as shown in France, but a small fraction of the trouble is better than the mass population of millions, and in some places billions, wrecking havoc on the planet. | 3 |
Driverless cars? I feel as if they arent safe on the roads, like they are moe likey to get into an wreak. What would the driver do when the car was drivng its self. How would the car alert the diver quick enough to make the driver take the wheel. I just feel like these things wouldnt be safe on the roads.
Who would be responsable for the wreacks caused by these cars? the driver wasnt driving so how is it there fault? Would u blame the car or the person in the car? I just dont know what we would do if something where to go wrong with these cars while there on the road. How would we know who was responsable. These cars may be cool and may look fun, but what would we do when somthing goes wrong and the car doesnt seem fun or cool anymore. When someone gets injuied in the car would they take it off the market?
I just feel as if driverless cars are not the best thing that the everyday person would need, I feel as if people on the roads would be safe with out those cars on the roads. Also these cars might not even work when u need or what if the driver falls asleep and what if the car doesnt even know where it is going. How would we know that these cars would be a hunderad percent safe, or at least close to a hundered percent safe. This is why I feel the roads would be more safe without them on the roads. | 2 |
Many countries and places are starting to reduce their usage of cars. In multiple places they are to considered "car-free" or they have ensued partial car bans, even going as far as setting a specific day to "Car-free Day". The issues in most of these places is the reduction of the smog that is thought to be produced by diesel vehicals. The fights against polution are really starting to take effect in a multitude of places, such as, Vauban, Germany. Paris, France and Bagota, Colombia. And their efforts against polution is really starting to take ahold and become popular.
In Vauban, Germany- The people of this high class community have completely given up their vehicals. In Vauban, street parking and other car related items are forbidden in the "experimental new district". The main thoroughfare however, is one of the few places on the edge of the city where car ownership is allowed. But, there are only ever two places to park. A large set of garages at the very edge of the development. Where said car owner would be required to but a space and a home for 40,000$. Just for a parking lot.
Resulting factors from this Car-Free suburban, people seem to be happier without their vehicals. Vauban's residents seem to rather enjoy "the swish of bicycle tires, the chatter and laugter of the wandering children, drown out the occasional distant motor." Vauban is to be considered a main component of a movement called "smart planning". When finished in 2006 57 percent of it's residents sold their vehicals to move into the residence.
Germany's efforts in the past two decades have never been as successful as Vauban has been. With its 5,500 residents withing a rectangualr square mile, it is considered to be on of the most advanced experiments in low-car/carless suburban life. Germany has been attempting to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transport. Whether it be bikes, walking, skates or some form of physical transport. Near by these carless suburbs, they place stores along a main street near the suburb and not in some mall miles away on a interstate/highway.
Even though Germany is trying to create a utopia of carless suburbs there are still places that still thrive on the dream of large New York-ian style suburbs, private garages and spread out homes. These were the deam towns of the 1950's. Granted some of these ideas are still highly appealing to most places, places are staring to look more and more Vauban-like.
In Paris, France- Paris enforced a partial driving ban on it's residents to help clear out the choking smog, which is rival to that of Beijing, China. Paris officials ordered motorists with even-numbered license plates to keep their cars at home or they will be fined 22 euros or 31$ in American currency. The same ensued for those with odd-numbered plates the next day.
Due to this ban and fine on automobiles, almost 4,000 people had their cars impounded due to their reactions to getting a fine. Granted in the same token street congestion was down nearly 60% in France's capital. France, and Paris officials blammed diesel vehicals for their abundance of smog, although there is a tax that favors diesal gas instead of regular gasoline. So in turn to this gas tax, diesal made up 67% of all vehicals in France.
Unfortunately due to the high percentage of diesal vehicals the Paris has more smog that any other European capital. Although this ban did have a few consiquences, delivery companies complained of lost revenue. While people with plug-in cars, hybrids, and cares carrying three or more passangers. People found that public transit was completely free of charge during the experimental period of this car ban. The smog thankfully cleared just enough that the ruling French party to rescind the car ban for odd-numbered plates a few days later.
In Bagota Colombia- Colombian officials set to spread a program across to ohther countries. Millions of Colombians hiked, skated, biked, and or took buses to work durring car-free day. For a period of three years Colombia has dedicated one day to car-free day, all violators would be fined 25$. In a city of 7 million. The goal is to reduce and promote alternative tranportations to and from work, school, home, and to reduce smog levels umungst the city.
Despite the heavy rains and grey skies, the turnout was more than expeced. And for the first time, two other Colombian cities joined into the event, spreading it further than ever. Officials from other countries came to Bagota to see the car-free event and were exstatic. Claming that the people of Colombia were generating a revolutionary change, and it's crossing borders.
This day has been a work in progress ever since the mid 1990's. Bagota has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths. The most any Latin American city has ever seen in years past. An abundance of parks and sports centers have popped up, sidewalks that were small, worn and pitted have been completely replaced with smooth broad sidewalks and paths. Even new upscale dining and shopping districts have popped up due to this car-free day.
Goals set by President Obama are seemingly being unveiled as time passes due to studies suggesting that Americans are buying fewer cars, and all together driving less and less as time passes by. With the United States being one of the worlds largest car capitals, it seems that love for cars is dwindleing with efforts to keep down polution and smog levels.
The most accurate assumption today as to why the US's love and total buying of cars has dwindled so drastically is due to the recession that we had experienced. Cash-stapped Americans couldnt afford to buy new vehicals and that seems to be a persistant happening as the years pass. Unfortunately major car companies are starting to suffer due to this fall of people indulging in a car purchase.
Companies such as Ford and Mercedes are already starting to "rebrand" themselves as mobility companies and reorganising their product with wider varieties. Not only has car buying dropped, so has the rate of people between the ages of 16-39 getting a license. Most people are turning to car-pooling, walking or public transportation to get to their jobs, or other places, so in turn, getting a license is in not in the forefront of their mind.
Many countries are getting on the bandwaggon of fighting against polution, ensueing laws against driving all together, creating temporaty or partial bans. And they see a difference in their smog, polution levels. These people/countries are taking the innitiative to take care of the major underlying problems to much bigger problems such as global warming and problems of that nature. There are changes happening, and these changes are benefiting everyone. | 3 |
Dear Senator,
I believe we should change the electoral college. In my opinion the electoral college is unfair. To begin with it reduces the amount of voters because the voters believe they don't have a say in the election. As Richard A. Ponser said "It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California."In addition, we do not directly vote for the president, we vote for people who we believe will vote for the president. Also I don't think it is fair that if a candidate gets the majority vote he/she should recieve all of the votes from the state. I believe we should go to direct voting. Where we the people get to directly vote for the president and after the whole nation has voted we tally up the votes and see who got the most. This method would be best because people would prefer it more and it would make people believe they have a say in who becomes the president. In addition, it is better than the Electoral College because there is less room for errors and it will not be as unfair. In addition, it will make the candidates work harder to get votes and they will try to visit more of the states because if they know that if the majority of a state is democratic they believe they will easily win the votes from that state, but if it was direct voting they would go to these states to make sure they can get as many votes possible from it. Also another issue with the Electoral College is the picking of the electors. The picking of the electors could be bad because these electors could be bad people who get a lot of votes for one candidate but still pick the other one. To conclude I believe we should get rid of the Electoral College because it is an unfair voting system. Instead we should change to direct voting where every vote counts.
Sincerely,
Bobby | 2 |
~How far would you consider too far? I ask this question for the sake of driverless cars that are starting to become a thing and starting to be tested. They already have been considered illegal in some states, California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. These have some positive aspects, but for now we are going to look at the negative aspects of driverless cars.
~These cars have many sensors, a few cameras, auto brakes/accelorators, and GPS', but if the wiring is wrong or anyhting happens to them, they will malfunction and could easily cause serious injuries or even death. The GPS' would need to be updated every-so-often because new roads are built and some roads are closed. If the GPS is not updated, then you could easily go off road or not even be on a considered road. Some GPS, like one that i own, is very old and does not have some of the newer roads on it, but it has only roads that do not exist anymore.
~"Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" is a good question because I know i really like to drive and be focused with just driving and the radio. Most drivers also really like to drive on their own and be in contol of the car, going fast, or slow, and stopping. A manufacturer said there would be "in-car entertainment", but if you think of that there could be so many things that are considered "in-car entertainment". Kids, if they are in the car, then they could easily have a movie player playing like some family cars have. If the adult has something other than a radio, it could actually be more dangerous than what they think. This is because the warning signs, depending what they are could be ignored if they are distrcted with other things.
~Warning signs. Some may think they will help and get the drivers attention, but others may disagree. The warning sign of a voice going throughout the car and making everything else stop playing is a very good idea. The other examples of the warning signs that were mentioned were not so good. A vibrating seat could easily have a person thinking, if they are on a bumpy road, that it was just a bump and not the seat/car telling them to get the wheel and go around what ever is in the way. Flashing lights could easily be blown off as another car flashing their brights and not think as much of "oh, I need to start driving!" They would more-than-likely think that their brights are on and they should turn them off.
~Technology breaks and we all know it. If one thing were to break or stop working, the person, in the driverless car, and anyone around them is in possibly a lot of danger and the driver is puting others and him/herself at risk. The car is wired up and probably carefully looked at, but if one were to actully buy one they would not know if something is broken or messed up. The technology most likely has batteries and they all probably need to be replaced every once in a while or charged, but if someoen forgets to... then the car will not be working properly
~Who's fault would it be if someone were to get in a crash? the company or the driver? This question struck me and made me think. I thought it would be the companies at first, but then i thought a bit more and cme up with a conclusion: If the person owns the car and paid for it and everything, it would be the owner of the cars' fault because they knew what they were getting themselves into." The companies might be at a bit of a fault, but not much. The fault would be the owner/driver of the car.
~In the end, i still think of this driverless car as a very negative thing. It make use less gas, but it will not be less of a danger. There are already things on the road (drunk drivers, car chases, etc.) that we all have to deal with, so why put another danger onto the road and put us all into more risk than we already are? | 4 |
There are many dangers that come along with studying planets. Along with the dangers, there are also countless benefits to learning more about different planets. In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author addresses the point that Venus is worth taking a closer look at and focusing on, no matter the dangers it could put one in. Although many people believe that the author doesn't support this idea well, the author provides researched evidence and past experiences all throughout the passage to support this idea.
In, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author includes well researched evidence to support the idea that Venus is worthy of studying further. When explaining NASA's ideas on sending humans to Venus, the author states, "NASAs possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." This provides evidence that shows what a solution is to avoiding some of the difficulties that occur when trying to explore Venus. The author was able to support his idea throught the use of NASA and it's research. The passage continues to come up with a plan on the best way to float above Venus when the author says, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth." This factual evidence that is included ensures that the author is supporting this idea to the fullest of his potential. Researched and factual evidence that is provided all throughout the passage shows how the author supports this idea thoroughly and well.
The also supports his idea of studying Venus depsite the dangers because he includes past experiences that make this idea stronger. When explaining past explorations to Venus, the author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Facts that have been presented that occured in the past help the author support his idea that there is reasons why people should look into further studying Venus. These past facts present the idea that Venus once looked like Earth did, and if that is true, there are reasons why it should be looked into further. The passage later explains examples of NASA's approached to studying Venus when the author says, "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II." The idea of looking back on past resources to help the studying of Venus would help the process. This past project is a key tool that helps support that Venus should be studied even though it can be extremely dangerous. Using past experiences such as the ones included helps support and grow the authors idea.
Ultimatley, it is understandable why one would believe that it isn't smart to look into studying and experimenting with Venus; however, the examples of the researched facts and past experiences help to support the authors idea that despite the dangers, Venus is worthy of studying. There may be many dangers that come along with studying different planets, but based off the evidence the author provided, Venus has avoidable ways to make it safe to study. | 4 |
Making Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted and 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Mona Lisa is a Painting that is drawn by the use of color painting and other handful material, when humans are drawing with their hand and feelings it shows the facial expression and emoyion of the drawing. Technology cannot be used to express humans feelins or emotions, even with what is installed in it.
With the use of technology, the facial expression and emotion of Mona Lisa and even other drawing emotions and feelings cannot be expressed because technology has no feelings or emotions, also emtoins cannot be calculated, "Hold on! Can we actually "calculate" emotions-like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?".
Technology cannot express feelings to human, so it cannot be used to calculate human emotional expression.
In technology, the human muscles, 3-D computer model of the face and all major humans muscles are installed in the computer, "The process begins when the computer constructa 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an action unit". Technology should not be use to paint or even draw because technology cannot express human feelings and behavior. The use of technology to read emotions expressions of student in the classroom is not valueable because technology can never calculate the feelings or expression of humans.
In conclusion to the use of technology to calculate humans emotional expression. Technology cannot calculate humans expressions because humans emotion and facial expression varies from time to time and based on what there are seeing and feeling at the moment, so technology cannot calculate human expressions. If technology can calculate humans feelings the our phone or other electronics devices should have been able to tell us where we want to go to at a particular moment, and be able to know when calls should come in or not. | 1 |
in the "challenge of exploring venus" the author says that venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He supports all his claims further in to the article. he says that it is one of the hottest planets even though its not directly next to the sun the pressure holds the heat in, its hot enough to melt certain metals but he says that scientists ar taking the risk because its so far the only planet that could have been just like earth in the past. he brings up some of the characteristics that venus has that earth has too and he also brings up some of the physical features that makes them think there was living life on it at some point and time in the past. Our sister planet could have been covered in many oceans and held many kinds of life. just those little two facts bring the scientists in and make them wanna learn more about it. venus has rocky sediment, mountains and craters which earth all has. in order to explore venus they would have to be very careful because how deadly and dangerous it could be they bring up a spacecraft very relative to a blimp that they would be able to use and study and explore venus from a very safe area without causing any harm to the scientists on board they would be about 30 or so miles above the surface area it would still be very hot around 170 degrees farenheight but do able because the blimps outer layer would keep the scientists from burning up or getting too hot . they are coming up with other ideas other than the blimp like spacecraft they havee also come up with the idea to send a roverthat is made out of silicon carbide that has lasted 3 weeks in venus like conditions. the scientists only want to learn more about venus mostly for its path and what it could have looked like and to make a breakthrough with some big news that venus was almost identical to the place we live on called earth. as the author says in his last paragraph "striving to explore venus has value not only because of the insight that will be gained but out of your normal human curiosity" for the last point he says " our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." which in total supports his whole statement of is venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 2 |
Driverless cars are becoming a big thing in the world today. They can help with traffic problems. They can also help with people who are not qualified enough to be on the road. I am against it because it could still have accidents and they could be just as worse as normal ones today are since before you come up on an accident the passenger in the car has to take over and that could be catastrophic.
Having cars that are driverless is a bad idea since it could end with fatalities still. If a car crashes right in front of a person then it could switch off of auto onto man and then what if the person is not ready and they collide and have another crash. The text states that "If traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" A lot of companies will get sued for if there driverless cars mess up and cause a fatality.
Another reason as to why this is a bad idea is that what happens when a senser quits working and misreads and collides. The sensers could be a bad idea since nothing lasts forever. What about if the GPS read something wrong and hit something. The technology is the thing that is worse about the driverless cars. What does a person do if something like this were to happen.
Lastly, if we do have this technology it will probably get rid of a bunch of jobs and cost people way more money. If it is this smart then a consumer would have to pay a fortune to get it fixed at a dealer more than likely. The older shops that we have now will go out of business and then there will be a lot of jobless people that had their main skill as being a mechanic. Where will they find work? The more we advance this technology the world is growing and there will be no jobs available someday.
Overall, these cars will cause a lot of harm throughout our country. On the other hand they will be able to help people that don't know how to drive very well or physically challenged people to be able to get out and do things on their own. | 2 |
Dear state Senator,
I am writing to you today to tell you the Electoral College is not fair, takes power from the people, and is very unclear in many areas. There have been many instances that prove this point and we need to change before the power of presidency goes to someone who doesnt deserve it.
In the 2000 presedential election Al Gore lost. How is this possible if he won the popular vote which is the real voice of Americans? Well the electoral college decided otherwise. Someone who was supposed to be representing your vote at the meeting of the electors decided he didnt believe in the thousands of votes people picked and voted for whoever he felt was right. This is unfair to the people, and the presedential candidates.
How can someone justify our government as a democracy, and then turn around and say were putting the powere of voters in the hands of members of Congress and The House of Representatives who may not believe in what the states popular vote is and pick who ever they want? They can't. This process takes away peoples votes and gives them no say in the government. If we don't change then were taking away peoples rights.
As if that was'nt enough to get rid of the Electoral College theirs more. What if theres a tie in the Electoral College? I mean it's very possible 135 members vote one way and the other 135 the other. Well in this situation the house of representatives would decide. This means the same state that has 100's of millions of voters would have as much say as a state with thousands of voters. Where does the millions of votes from the other state go? Down the drain. This is why the unjust electoral college system must be stopped.
Wether your a voter who got cheated by the electoral college or Al Gore who got the presidency taken from him you should realize the electoral college is unfair, unjust, and must be stopped so people can have there vote back. | 2 |
Imagine driving on your new car that can drive itself with the help of your "assistance" only at certain times. While you are paying attention to the road your daughter or son may need your help with spilled drink, unlocking a device, or even a "quick" glance at them. You gave the automatic driving system your trust just for a few seconds, but in those few seconds anything can happen; an acciedent can occure while your back is turned. Now with this example the people should think twice before buying a driverless car.
Self driving cars seem to be "the future" for cars, though many people do not agree with self driving cars. There is one big variable for these types of cars such as public safety. The first priority for the driverless cars should be for public safety, can people actually count on the many sensors and cameras attached to a car? As of today nothing is perfect, just like the sensors and cameras, there will be some type of system error at a point in time. After the accident, as stated from paragraph 9, "who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer"? The first accident will cause the public to go againts the public and the company will lose its only consumer.
Cars that can drive on their own can be very exciting. Since 2009 Google has started a project of a driverless car. As stated on the second paragraph, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash..." A big question comes along next to these big projects such as, what will the car do if it comes along an accident or a road construction? Google's answer to this is " they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." Driverless cars can do many things a normal car can't do.
The driverless car that Google had tested is just a single individual that was properly observed and was better taken care of. For the half million miles it had driven, consider the half million people that might drive these cars compared to one test. From one to half a million is half a million more risks that Google had invented. Even the company knows that a car is not a car without the driver. The driverless car still needs a driver so that the car an alert the driver when needed. Now what if the driver was not alerted fast enough or not alerted at all do to a malnfuntion? There are many flaws about the "future cars" that manufacturers can not control.
Now if the driver had just stopped at a rest stop or the side of the road to see what the child needed at the back of the car, the whole family would not have to risk their lives because of the driver trusting a computer for just a second. Think twice before buying a driverless car, because nothing is perfect in the world. | 3 |
Dear state senator,
In reference to our state we would prefer keeping the electoral college instead of abolishing it. Under the 23 Amendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a state for pupose of the Electoral college. If you take this away, there will be anarchy all around us, and I assure you that you dont want this to happen.
The electoral college is a right for us, and it lets us know that we have a right, and a say in this country. It would be wrong to take that away from us.
What have Richard nixon, Jimmy carter, Bob dole, and the AFL-CIO all, in their own time, agreed on? They all agreed on abolishing the electoral college. And they are not the only one's who have said it. According to the gallup poll in 2000, shortly after Al Gore, thanks to the quirks of the electoral collge, won the popular vote but lost because of the 60% of his voters prefered a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders.
I urge you to please consider your peoples feelings on this matter and consider not abolishing the electoral college.
Sincerly, a concerned citizen. | 1 |
"What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two or three years before the downturn,"said Michael Sivak. When people hear this they automaticly think "oh no!"or "this is not good news". In reality its the complete opposite ;that's fantsic news .Less people buying cars are not just better for the Earth but better for the person their self too.
Less car uses could reduce three major things,one being a person's health ."When I had a car I was always tense .I'm much happier this way ,"said Heidurn Walter. When it comes to car most people worry about the most simplist things like when should they go to get their cars checked or it breaking down the road who should they call or what should they do .If you don't own a car or take the bus or even car pool more you would'nt have to worry about that. less car uses takes stress out your life. Not only stress but it could give you the oppertunity to be healthier. If you chose walking or rideing a bike every once in a while it gives you the opertunity to be healthier and more active.
Not using cars as much not only takes stress off your life and gives you the opertunity to be healthier ; it saves you money too. Each year the gas prices go up and everyday citizens find it hard to pay for it .Transportion is the second largest source of America's emissions. Also ,using less cars can save you up to a million in money each year. In Bogota,Colombia every year they have a car free day where they either hike,bike,or take the buss to where ever they need to go and this alone helps communtiy and it's enviorment. helping it clear the air of the global city.
Futhermore,speaking on the enviorment cars are one of the biggest reason for air pollution today. This makes it hard for people to see also for people to drive in .In Beijing ,China it is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Beijing traffic 60 percent was downfor five days due to the intensifying smog they had .This showes how just by driving cars can ruine the enivorment by not only ruining the air but also stop people from seeing what is going on around them also.
One should not give up driving a car completly ,but should reduce its uses. This can help you save money,be in better health ,and also help the enviorment by keeping the air clean. Also,there are many ways to do so ,and you still have the chance to get to where you need to be ;examples are busses,walking,car pooling,or even rideing a bike. Reducing car uses saves you money, but also keeps you heathly. So next time you get in your car think about a new way you could get from point A to point B. | 2 |
In America we have lots of cars, lots of roads, leading anywhere you want to go. In Europe they have car free cities where things may run a lot smoother;quicker. Limiting car usage could raise property prices due to lack of highway noise and can protentially save the world from population extinction due to smoke from the tail pipe.
On houses near the highway , of my knowledge, the price is usually lower because you have to suffer the aggonizing pain of the cars honking an zooming past. In the passage "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars""When I had a car I was always so tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked the streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out occasional distant motor." Most American families want to live in quiet and peaceful homes. If cars were to be limited there would be less noise and then there will be a higher value for the houses next to the roadways.
Smoking an second hand smoking is one of the leading causes of death. All cars have a tailpipe and all cars let out ridiculous amounts of gaseous smoke during the average cars lifetime. In an article I read about Paris, titled "Paris bans driving due to smog", the goverment was over-whelmed by the amounts of smog in their city. They proposed a law to restrict drivers from driving on certain days based on their drivers license plate numbers. Thereby reducing the smog in the city. Then when the smog was cleared ramoved the restriction. Less smoke means more fresh air, more fresh air means more healthy and active people running around the world creating more jobs for a better future.
All throughout the world goverment, kings and parliaments are trying to dispel smoking while cars are one of them, without them there will be higher property values and less greenhouse gases in the air. I believe with less cars in the world we will live a easier life with less coughing and wheezing. | 2 |
In the passage the Author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit desite the dangers it presents. In the first paragraph the author says ¨Venus, sometimes called the Evening Star, is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.¨. In that quote it is saying that the Evening star is so bright that someone is not really paying attention could see it because it is so bright it can not be missed. It is also saying that it is one of the brightest points of light which means if you are lost you could look up and hopefully see that star and it will give you some light to find your way. Another quote from paragraph one is ¨However, this nickname is misleding since Venus is actually a planet. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun¨. This quote means that even though Venus looks like a star because it extremely bright, and shows off an extreme amout of light it is a planet. Many people mistake Venus as a star but once they find out it is a planet they are amazed because of the brightness of it. In paragraph two it says ¨Often referred to as Earths ¨twin¨, Venus is the closest planet to earth in tearms of density and size, and occasionally the closest distance to earth¨. In that quote it is saying that Venus is known as Earths twin because of the size. The Earth and Venus are about the same size. It also says that Earth and Venus have about the same density as each other. In my opinion I think that the planets should all be different sizes and densities because of the fact that everything is different. When it comes to planets they should all be different sizes, so that people can easily point out the planets and be able to name them easily and not get them mixed up because of them looking the same size in the atomosphere. In the passage in paragraph three it says ¨A think atomosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankes Venus¨. In this quote it states that most of Venus is covered in carbon dioxide. If scientists wanted to go study Venus they would have to have many layers of protection on because carbon doxide can be very harmful to the human body. Especially since the carbon dioxide percentage is so high it can extrmely hurt the human body of anyone that goes to Venus to study it. My thoughts on this topic are that if they want to study it they should send up a professional to put something on Venus that can dectect any movement or anything on the planet. They should do that so the scientists wanting to study Venus can study it from a safe distance and out of harms way. | 0 |
In my opinion driverless cars would be a positive thing to take action here in the future. My reasons are more industries are working towards making driverless cars, they can drive, steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when nedded. Driverless cars can also mimic the skill of a human at the wheel, and do things on their own.
More industries are working towards making new driverless cars. The text states, "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." The text also states, "Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." The information above states that more companies/industries are looking forward to having driverless cars here soon in the future.
My next reason for driverless cars is that they can drive just like a human with driving skills. The text states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are desighned to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." The text also states, "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." The informaion above clearly states that the cars can steer, accelerate,and break themselves with human like skills.
My last reason for driverless cars is that they can mimic the skill of a human driver and do things on their own. The text states, "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." The text also states, "Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." The information above is evidence from the text that driverless cars can mimic the skill of a human driver, and do things on their own.
In conclusion, I am for driverless cars because industries are working towards driverless cars. My next reason for driverless cars is because they can drive, steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when nedded. My last reason is because they can mimic the skill of a human driver and do thing on thier own. The reasons above are why I am in favor for driverless cars. | 3 |
Dear Senate,
It's offical, The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's really hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: "Abolish the Electoral College."
The Electoral College is a non-democraic method of selectiong a president that will be by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. According the the "In Defense of the Electoral College" article," the Elecoral College method is not democraic in a modern sense.....it is the electors who elect the president not the people." So bascially we are voting for the electors and we keep our finger crossed that they vote for the president we want. It is unpractical that the people vote for the president they would like to govern their counrty and then the opposite party wins. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly ater Al Gore, thanks to the quirks of the Electoral College, won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct elecion to the kind we have now. The last election was yet another close one thanks to the Electoral College, which the popular vote winner lost the presidency. After all of this the Electoral College still has its defenders...
At the most basic level, the Electoral College is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates that don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad.(Source 2)
The Elector Voters in toss up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates knowing that they are going to decide the election. But other types of voters just like the "play around" according to article two.
The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apporionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution but is this system really the most logical one to use?(Source 3). True this system has worked for many years but it is time for a change. People are starting to think it is unfair and really poinless to even vote when the president they want will possibly not win anyway.
The single best argument against the Electoral College is what we might call the disater factor.( Source 1) The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. (Source 2) Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. So that popular vote would not have gone to Kennedy. (Source 3) In the same vein, "faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please.
Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. There are some reasons for retaining the Electoral College but it still lacks democratic pediree. And the people should have the right to vote on the president they think is the best for
OUR
country. After all its,"We the people" not," We the electors".
Sincerley,
Highschool Student | 3 |
Was the Face on Mars created by aliens?
Do you think the face on Mars was created by aliens? I don't... and that's because it's to many reasons that prove it's not. I'm a scientist at NASA and I helped prove these reasons. We found that it is just a butte or a mesa, aliens are not even real, and there is no life on Mars.
It has been proven that it is just a butte or a mesa, this is what the picture actually shows....landforms. A friend my mine, Garvin says that is reminds him of "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" that's here on Earth. So that states that we have the resources to prove it is a mesa!
It has been proven aliens are not even real. I mean people "say" they have seen one and even took pictures of them, but that doesn't mean they are real. We have not yet seen or even captured one for testing yet which proves that they are not real. This person who tells me that they "think" aliens created this face doen't even know if it's true. Therefore this is just a thought that is not true.
On another note there is no life on Mars, as proven by us (NASA). We have tested for air and a way we could live there without holding a oxegen tank around and there is no way. People think we are hiding if there is any life on Mars and if the face was created by aliens, but why would we let the World know that we were even researching about life on Mars or that we even found a face on Mars if we didn't want the World to know? Yes, we've done research over and over again to prove to the World that there is no life on Mars and that the face is just a mesa, so we ask that the World believes us and keep the peace.
I have given my reasons why aliens did not create this face on Mars, and you may or may not agree, just please I ask you to keep the peace. | 2 |
The advantages of limiting car usage is they have less greenhouse gas emissions, being less tense and more accessible to public transportation.
The good thing about less greenouse gas emissions is the air is more dense and is a huge impediment to currrent efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Also another advantage is being less tense and a good thing about being less tense in can reduce high blood pressure, lesser chance for heart attack for people 40 or older, and you won't be so stressed because stress is a main cause for heart attacks and high blood pressure. Finally, the good thing about it being more accessible to public transportation is its just like carpooling everyone can ride in one vehicle and use less gas to make the air more dense and clear so the less gas you can use the better the air will be more clear so everyone can breathe in clean air for their lungs but if you don't like to use public transportation use you can always walk, jog, or even run because it's a great way to excersize your muscles. | 1 |
First, the author begin talking about Venus, the things we should know, but the challenge place is to examine more closely. Also the author says that is referred to as Eart's "twin", and is very similar in size and, is ogaerur planetary neighbor, the thick atmosphere, the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, our sister planet is so inhospitable.
Then, the author talks about the thick atmosphere and
that is more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.Also talks about our planet surface, and atmospheric avarege over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, fainly they says that these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth.He says that are not esasy conditions but the NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. And also Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.
Last the author is ending with a refection, they says that is a challenge go to Venus, and how this option is value,and he also says how human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors, last how our imagination and innovation are doing us exploring the Earth and the moon. "Striving to meet the challege presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." | 0 |
Cars are believed to be mandatory in life today. They get use where we need to go quicker that it is to walk or ride a bike. Cars have many positive effects, but also many negatives. The gas emission percentage from cars in several countries have risen dramtically. Many people say, having a car stresses you out. By cuttin down on car usage, our world could be a cleaner and stress relieved place.
In many middle-class populated cities, the amount of pollution is sky rocketing. Because of this, some cities like Vauban, Germany are making their communties car free. Doing this can cut down on the amount of gas that comes from the tail pipes of cars, making the enviroment healthier and making it easier to breathe. Not as many cities are going as extreme as Vauban, but they taking the extra measures. In Paris, France the amount of pollution to due to car usage was getting higher by day. So they enforced a partial drivng ban, if they didnt follow this law they would have to pay the thirty one dollar fine. In Bogota, Colombia, they have a car free day that is now spreading to the borders, such as Paraguay. Even by cutting down a few times a day will not only help the enviroment, but will also help people breathe easier too.
Having a car can put a lot of stress on someones shoulders. You have to worry about maintence, gas prices and even traffic on the main highway on your way to work. If you take away that stress people will be happier than if they got stuckin traffic to or from where theyre going.
Driving is something that doesnt require much physical effort. It can make people lazy. In Bogota, Colombia during their car-free day, people ride bikes, skate or even walk to places. In New York's bike-sharing program not only is it cutting down on gas emissions, its also helping people stay in shape and bemore active.
So while having cars helps us get places sooner and quicker, its also having any negative effects people are turning a blind eye to. If even one city cuts down on driving for one day, it could help the enviroment. Many cities, states, and even countries are trying to cut down on the negative effects driving has. | 2 |
Alien Theory: Debunked
There may be evidence as to why people believe in something as comical as aliens; mass UFO sightings, various reports of alien abduction, passages in religious books and scrolls that show odd evidence of a species not born on Earth, or even on manmade structures such as the ancient pyramids or Egypt. However, we still haven't found credible evidence that aliens are real. The Face is not some sort of bona fide of evidence on life on Mars that NASA would hide. The Face is merely just a natural landform.
After the discovery of the Face, NASA unveiled the image for the public to see. A caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." Authors who knew about it reasoned that it would be a good way to engage the public's attraction to Mars, which it successfully did. The pharaoh look-alike of the mesa was named "The Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. Many conspiray theorists said that NASA was just hiding more from the public since they said it was only a natural landform. Aliens and ancient civilization became a wide belief, even scientists believed in this. But due to this, the Face became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997; 18 years after the Viking missions ended. The chief scientist for NASA's MArs Exploration Program, Jim Garvin said "We felt this was important to taxpayers."
When NASA's Viking 1 caught a picture of the Face while it was simply finding a region for its Viking 2 to land, mission controllers may have been amazed or mildly frightened to see this on their monitors. This discovery was short lived because scientists such as myself figured it as just another Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia, a region on Mars where the Viking spotted the legendary Face. The first photos had bad quality, the best photo having 43 meters per pixel. On April 5, 1998, the MGS flew over Cydonia for the frist time, Micahel Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original Viking photos. Those who have grown curious to this discovery were upset to only see that THe Face really was only a natural landform. Howver that day they took the photos was a cloudy day on Mars. And so, more disappointment was caused when on April 8, 2001-a cloudless day on Cydonia-MGS took another chance and took another photo. The pixels in the latest image spans 1.56 meters, which is much more better than the original photos from the Viking.
As a rule of thumb, that picture quality would capture more landforms or manmade structures if there were any, but there were not. The latest picture shows the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa which are landforms that are common around the American West. "It reminds me most of the Middle BUtte in the Snake River Plain of IDaho," says Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes for of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. However, Mars doesn't have life on it. That planet is labeled dead to some scientists.
Though there may be some instance of some alien life form out there, such as the Wow Signal, there isn't enough credible evidence that the Face was made by aliens. As I have already said, landforms such as that MArtian mesa are common on Cydonia. This one just happened to look like a face due to the shadows casted onto it.
Living in the universe alone or with unknown species out there is terrifying, but without enough credible evidence, aliens don't really exist. They're jsut a pigment of imagination caused by the odd funtions of the human brain. All of those alien abductions were most likely hallucination from drug use pr mental diseases. With all of these factors, the alien theory with the Face is debunked. | 3 |
To begin my argument, I want to say I believe with all the positive values for driverless cars, that nothing compares to a human. Humans are the smartest animals on the planet, and that comes with the proof that driverless cars will make errors much more commonly than a healthy human would. If the driver must pay close attention to the road he or she may aswell drive themselves rather than watching a vehicle drive.
Quite possibly the vehicles could be used for say elderly yet that provides a much higher risk in possible accidents. There is no purpose in the vehicles even if they are supposedly driverless due to the constant and important attention requirement. Regardless you must pay attention to the road. Your eyes cannot stray off nor complete other activities like being on your phone or watching movies. Especially where it states that the plan to improve on the vehicles capabilities and add a feature to focuse on the driver's eyes to keep them paying attention. This defeats the purpose of being able to relax or sleep while the vehicle takes you to your destination.
Concluding my opinion, the entire idea of a self-driving or driverless car is completely redundant and rethorical. There is a very dense and hollow purpose for the creation of self-driving cars other than the fact that people want them. There is no real purpose at all other than people being ignorant and lazy. My opinion stands with driverless cars and I refuse to agree. | 2 |
Diverless Cars Are Coming
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents both positive and negative aspects of these driverless cars. I think that driverless cars are useless. I don't see whats the point of driverless cars. In the future I assume that mostly everyone will be driving a driveless car because now a days people are really lazy.
As the author of the srticle said "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." I believe that as well. I know that by giving this world more technology everything is going to be different its not going to be the same anymore.
I don't seem to get why even driveless cars are invented. Driveless cars are for people who are lazy and mostly how the world is now, mostly some are lazy. Some people don't really care about anything anymore because they are always going to think about how there is always going to be something new that is invented to help them out. Like for example I believe that driveless cars should be requested for old people. Old people want to be around but some don't know how to drive and some don't even have strength or much energy to be around. But as I see how everyone wants the easy way out now a days its just so confusing. Like what has happened to our generation? All these kids with techonlogy. Back when we were their age we didn't even know what was going on. Back then people would invent something very often and now since we have technology the inventors want to add more and more to what we are all addicted to already.
Therefore, driveless cars are useless. They are not worth it. They aren't dangerous but they aren't that safe either. It takes its risks because you are letting a machine drive for you not you. Of you control the machine you can go your ways, do what you like, and or be more safe because you would have control of everything. Like it said back in the article "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." I agree that "..the only safe car has a human driver in control at ALL TIMES."
I don't plan on buying myself a driveless car fi they ever come out. I don't plan on getting one or letting anyone of my family memebers get one. I just think they are dumb. Even though i haven't yet seen one or tried it out. I'm not the type of people when they see something knew or just people everyone has it it they want it. I just do myself. But I beleiev our world is going to be bad in the future like look how we are today. Just imagine us in the future I bet we are all going to end up looking like robots. | 2 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author explains how new technologies are allowing compters to read facial expressions. The use the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms is valuable, because it will benefit both students and teachers. This technology will help teachers identify if their students are understadning the lesson and if their students are enjoying the lesson and staying engaged.
The Facial Action Coding System will help teachers identify if their students are understanding the lesson they are teacher. In paragraph 6 the author states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huange predicts." Teachers could use this technology to monitor their student's facial expression when watching a video or an online lesson. Teachers could ensure that all their students are understanding the content they are teaching. Teachers will be able to modify their lessons and how they are taught based on their students' reactions. They could also insturct their students to take notes on these computers, so that the teacher can identify if their students are fully engaged or not.
Teachers will be able to understand if their students are enjoying the lesson or not with the Facial Action Coding System. The author states, " The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive--for video or video surgrey." This technology will not only help students and teachers understand each other better, but will help students have more fun as well. Teachers will have the ability to show more interesting and engaging videos and online simulations to their students, so that they will stay engaged and focused on the lesson. It will give teachers the ability to monitor the enjoyment of their students, so that they will be able to modify their lessons t o help keep their students happy and focused. This will also help teachers make their future lessons more enjoyable or less depending on the reactions of their students.
In conclusion, I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms is valuable, because it will benefit both teachers and students in the classroom. The use of this new techology will help teachers know if their students are understanding the lesson, and it will help students stay engaged and focused on the lesson. | 3 |
Driverless cars are the future of the world. The plan is to have cars that drive themselves by 2020, but do we want this? No, let me give you my opinion on why not.
I dont think driverless cars should be manufactured and produced and put on the streets. First off I don't like the idea of a vehicle that drives itself on its own, "selfaware technology" makes me uncomfortable. Second, It's a very lazy thing to create seeing America the way it is now, Our health definetly won't get any better and it says that they aren't completly automated yet and can still be driven by humans around construction sites and other hazardous material in the road. There is also the question of what the driver would be doing behind the wheel of the car while the car is driving. Watching the road? What if someone were to fall asleep while the car was driving itself?
In conclusion would making these types of cars really be worth it? and if so how would they be able to work around all of the errors of a human operator? How would they pay for all of it with us being as far in debt as we are? The questions remain. | 1 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. One reason why I thik is valuable for a classroom is because it can see if you happy, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Another reason is " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Lastly, teachers can communicate with their students better and understand them, if she knows the way they are feeling. Can this app be spread through all teachers in schools?
First reason is because it can see if your happy surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This can help students to be more kind to their friends because they know how that person is feeling. It can also help them selfs to realize the way they are feeling because sometimes you don't even know how you feeling. It can help students to change their emotions and feel better about themselfs.
Second reason is "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. This can help teacher to know when students need help. It could also help the teacher see if they are bored and make the class a little more fun for students. Teachers can learn more everyday about her students and see her kids have any problems at home or in school.
Last reason is teachers can communicate with their students better and understand them, if she knows the way they are feeling. The teacher could help the student by giving him space or time alone and not be so hard on him. Teacher could communicate with the student and help them get their feelings out and make them feel better. Teachers might start giving their kids more leassons abou how to feel and how make themselfs get up when ypu feel like the world is against you. Students might start coming to class more happy.
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom it can be valuable. For teachers to know students feelings. For teachers to also make the classroom more fun. For teachers to communicate better with students. This could be really helpfull for teacher the most. That's why this could help a classroom with students. | 3 |
It is hard to imagine being a scientist at NASA, But if i was a scientist at NASA discussing the face with someone who thought it was an alien structure, I would use three pieces of evidence to support the claim that its just a natural land form. The first piese of evidence would be Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos. The secouned piece of evidence i would use would be Malin's team captured a photo using the camera's maximum resolution. The third piece of evidence i would use would be the picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa.
The first piece of evidence, On April 5, 1998, The MArs Surveyor flew over the cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos. What the photo revealed was a natural land formation not an alien monument.
The secouned piece of evidence, Malins team captured a photo using the cameras maximum resolution. In the Viking photo the pixels were only 43 meters, But every pixel was 1.56 meters in the 2001 photo. That means in a image three times larger than the pixel size you would see objects such as airplans, pyramids or small shacks in the photo.
Finally the third piece of evidence, The picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which is a common land formation around the American West.
Thouses are the three pieces of evidence i would use to support my claim and convince someone that the face is just a landformation.
Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos revealing a natural land formation. Malin's team captured a photo using the camera's maximum resolution that would have shown any ariplans or pyamids. Finnaly is is equivalent to landformations on earth. | 2 |
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