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Driveless cars would be something wonderful as most people
would say. Driveless would be a good thing to have but it could also cause a lot of problems. It might seem good now as you sit and think about it, but you also have to think about other things that come along with it. Driveless has a lot of things to it to think about. They also have many positive and negative aspects.
When it comes to driveless cars I'm against the development.
To me driveless may seem or sound nice but I think that they will cause many problems as time goes on. One thing is from reading the passage it says that the cars are driveless but you still have to pay attention because when the car isn't able to do a certain thing, it may need human help. This a major problem to me because people don't pay attention to the road now with cars that they have to drive, so this isn't going to make anything better than it was. Another that will happen is that this could lead to many and more deaths if people aren't serious and cautious about what they are doing. These two things are major t reason why there shouldn't be driveless cars, but there are definetly many more.
Driveless cars isn't the way to go if you want things to get better. I think we should keep it the way it is and have human contolled cars. From what movies and television show, driveless car are our future. I just hope some people sit down and think before it happens. | 1 |
Google has made an driverless car, wonder who and why the came up with something so unruly. Antilock brakes,Gps,magnets are some of the things used to modify a Toyata Prius.Driverless cars shouldnt be coming the should be staying with the ides left in 2009. I believe taht these kinds of cars will be dangerous to people on the street. This is excalty why car crashes could be more possible. What will happen with this car in todays time?
Unpredictable, outcomes with driverless cars could alway take place no matter where you are in the whole entire world. NO one should recommend a driverless car to me because i will surely not but nor will i recommend it to anyone else. Saving serveral lives ahead of time. People will still purchase this car because they are making it as high-tech as they can so more people will be interested with the car and could most likely buy it. Which would you rather do? Sit in a car while it drives itself being lazy or sit in the car start it up and put you hands on the steering wheel?
In Conclusion, what if someone is drunk with a driverless car and something happens to the vehical and there are people trying to cross the street the drunk man/women in the car cont do anything at all the try to save them or even thereself. My word is there dangerous and thats what im sticking to. | 2 |
Have you ever thought about driverless cars? Well I have, to many things can go wrong. One is the car does not have eyes. It would also be boring just wacthing the road. Many people would fall asleep instanted of being ready to drive when the driverless car can't. So I strongly disagree with driverless cars world wide.
First of all, the car can not see, it only has senors. As it states in the text, .... "they need a whole lot of senors." For example, lets say a bird flys past the front senor the car is automuclly going to slam on the brakes. If a human decides to drive that day, it is going to run into the back of the driverless car.
Secondly, it takes all the joy away from turning 16 and getting your liecense. For many kids, like me I can not wait till I can drive by myslef. Just thinking about makes me happy, and also not needing to ask for rides anymore that will be great for most kids.
Lastly, As it states in the story, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themsleves, but all are desinged to notify the driver when the road ahead requries human skills." All that I am getting at, is that prople can fall asleep and not wake up when the car needs the driver to.
These are my reasons way the diverless car is a bad idea in eyes. Hopefully you can take these reason and not contiue with driverless cars. Thank you for reading my statements and have a great day. | 2 |
Today in the recent years car usages rates has been sky rocketing. "All of our developement since World war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change", said David Goldberg. Ever since the gas emissions has been causing problems and polluting the air, and causing smogs. Like in Beijing, China, and other European capitals. It is also almost 50% of the green house gas emissions in Europe in car-intensive area in like the United states!
There can be a solution to this situation..... Car free days! While of the exception of plug-in cars. This helps promote alternative transportation and reduce Smog and a polluted atmosphere. "Public transportation was free of charge from Friday to Monday", "The smog cleared enough on Monday" said BBC.
Or automobiles can be banned completely. Like in the Suburbs Vauban families do not own cars and 57% of families sold their car to move in Vauban. Drive ways and home garages are forbidden generally. By this action stores are placed walking distances rather than a long distance like a highway. Cars can be allowed but only can park in only to places, large parking garages and where a car owner buys a space of $40,000 with there payment of a house! Thats a lot of money.
It is your choice would you rather be fine $40,000 for a parking space along with your house. Be fined every time you decide not to take part in the car free day to help pollution from car emissions. Or do the right thing for you,your family,your kids and your world. To help decrease the usage of automobiles. Lower the stress and air emissions. | 1 |
Do you believe in aliens? Do you think that aliens made The Face on Mars? Well let me tell you, they didn't. It resembles traits of natural landforms that we on the Earth have too. Do you see where I'm coming from?
Yes, I understand it's' a planet we haven't been on yet don't you get that, they could have perfectly normal things just like the Earth that happen every day. Do you understand now?
No?, well on April 5, 1998, when Mars GLobal Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time and the MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharer than the origina Viking photos. It is a real landform that was caused by natural things that happen, it was no alien monument. It is very hard to get to the face in space because our teams have to go different places, we have to look at different things.
I see your point of view though, I get that MOC could have gotten the picture wrong, but you see it was ten times as sharper than it had been years before. Yes, it was cloudy to and that could have caused some major differnces comapred to when it is sunny. The "alien markings could have been hidden by haze", you never know though, but we don't make it over the face very often, it's hard to get a better view from it.
The picture could have been photoshopped to make it look different, I know its in the late ninety's but it wen tto a Jet Propulsion Lab where the face started to apppear into a face. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common arounf Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptain Pharoh. It was a good way to engage the public attraction to Mars. It became an icon in mocies, books, talk shows, it was every where for 25 years. Many scientists believed it was important to NASA and very few believed it was an alien artifact, after eighteen long years the Vikining mission was over.
Do you believe me now when I say that aliens didn't create this face on Mars? It is very posible that they did but, not very likely that they did. You have to look at the facts that it might actually be a natural landform, this argument could go either way but again look at the facts and how we got a ten times sharper look at it and how Mars works, it could work the same as Earth and we don't consider Earth to have aliens on it, we don't blame aliens on our land features. Every planet is different and Mars could turn out to have storms and earthquakes and tornados just like we do on Earth, just remember that next time you think that aliens are real, look at all the facts, ALL the facts and then make your decision. | 2 |
"The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon." NASA discovered the face, on Mars, when they took a picture of it in 1976. Some people believe that the face is real and some don't. Although, it might look real, it is just a messa. So far they only have older pictures of it, they also have confimed it a messa, which is common on Mars. A cheif scientist for NASA said it reminded him of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain in Idaho. Therefore, if the Face was real then why haven't we gotten more pictures of it.
In contrast, they only have older pictures of it. Very few scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact. "Scientists figured it was just another Martian Messa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." However, people thought it was a real face. When the picture went online or on TV, people thought it was "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. Even though some people are defenders of NASA, we still shouldn't give them money to see if there is an actual ancient civilization. If we do we could possibly be putting that money to waste. We should think about if the pictures are real or if they were photoshopped.
However, NASA has confirmed it a messa. Which is a natural landform. Since it is windy or cloudy on Mars this messa could have been pushed around to make it look like a face. Even though we got pictures we would still be able to see things like airplanes, Egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks. We could have actually seen those on the ground. NASA dosen't even pass over the face that often. In contrast, we would not be able to get much information on it. So we should not even worry about how to figure out what it is.
Therefore, when scientists Jim Garvin says it reminds him of "Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," we should think about how is he right. When a scientists says something big and important we are listening and comparing something on Earth to Mars means that it could have been caused by erosion. Even though we are just getting pictures of it isn't enough. We could have better pictures now then they did back then. In conclusion, erosion and plains on earth come naturally. We have no idea what that could be made of it could be made of, sand for all we now.
Therefore, we may have confirmed pictures it is a face. But do we have pictures that it is not just darker sand. The face could be anything on Mars. Because their pictures confirmed it a messa, it is a natural landform. In contrast, it formed naturally. Just like how it looks like Middle Butte in Idaho. Which was formed naturally. If this gets people saying that their could be life on Mars we probably would have found it by now.
All in all, if the face was real then why don't we have more advanced pictures of it. NASA only has older pictures of this so called "Face", it looks like a natural landform in Idaho. So next time NASA gets people crazy about another ancient alien civilzation, think about how they need to prove it. | 3 |
I agree with the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars are going to benefit a lot of people. Driverless cars can be safe. Every year there is an upgrade in everything, also there is always new developed technology.
Driverless cars can benefit a lot of people in many ways. The people who can't drive can benefit with these cars. The "driver" can just sit and observe where the car takes them. Of course the driver can take over a situation of an accident or work zones, the car will always need some human skills, as it's states on the article. Even though these people aren't so familiar in driving they can still do it in these small situations. How? Because the car is going to have a lot of new technology, the car can explain what to do during those situations.
Driverless cars can be safe. They can be safe because its going to have a lot of technology that can warn you when you and the vehicle is in danger. The car is going to be equiped by vibrating seats when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The car will also have flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. The article also states that the car is also going to have cameras watching the drivers and making sure they are focused on the road. This driverless car can be safe in many ways with the stuff equiped that helps prevents any danger.
There is always an upgrade, new technology, and new inventions every year or more. You don't think everything right now is going to stay the same? Obviously not. These past 16 years i've observed the drastic changes in everything. I can see the future cars coming, driverless cars is one of them! The article also states that we only thought these cool stuff can only be in fascinating movies, it can also be in real life. These future things are going to change the world completely.
These are my reasons why I agree with driverless cars being developed. Driverless cars are going to benefit people, the driverless cars can be safe in many ways, and also every year or more there is new developed technology or an upgrade. Things right now are not going to stay the same. New things are always made. We might not see it but our next generations will. | 3 |
In more recent human years, travel has grown and grown and grown, when taking a horse from one side of America to the other would have taken countless years in the past, now we get in our cars, hop on to US1 and drive for a few days and we are on the other side of the country. Cars have connected people all over the world, allowing them to reach loved ones, and friends and family easier then ever. Although with every good thing comes some bad. Cars run on gas, and when they use the gas they cause pollution, that is slowly destroying the earth, second driving a car can encourage people not to walk and exercise since they can just push a pedal and go as fast as they need for as long as they need, finally running a car costs lots of money. Having to fix up the car and pay for gas to run the car, people without cars would have lots more money to spend on other nessesities like food and water.
But with todays technology it doesent really matter if you drive or not, cars are becoming more fuel efficient and even hybrid, the amount of benefits to negatives really does not balance out, being able to go anywhere or being 0.00000001% help for the environment, also driving cars creates jobs for people everywhere, designers, mechanics, gas station workers, etc. So although, yes not driving would help the environment, it would also cause hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs, crippling the environment and destroying america, a country that basically survives off car sales. When your wife is giving birth and it takes 30 mins to drive to the hospital, are you going to be happy that you sold your car to save the environment? | 1 |
Many people use cars to get around every day. It's become a common form of transportation and a way of life. But with this, there are also negative effects of having the widespread use of cars. It pollutes the earth with substances like smog and uses up more resources from the earth that it needs to, taking from the resources later generations may need. There are several benefits to reducing the use of cars, such as a cleaner and less polluted earth, and we as people will start to become smarter about our resources.
There are several countries where smog is a serious issue, making it warmer than it should be and dimming the area. not only this, it destroys the Earth's atmosphere. There are cities where they hold days where nothing but public transportation is allowed, and people who violate will be fined. Days like these decrease pollution and create a better environment for ours and other generations to come. If cities all around the world took stands such as this and began to have multiple days of no cars or even ban them, the world may become a cleaner and less polluted place, and the atmosphere may not be destoyed as easily. What it seems, is that all it really takes is just some effort from us to make the world a better place.
With the banning of car use comes the knowledge of how much of our resources we have wasted on them. We may start to realize what we have done to the earth, and in turn, ourselves. It is an extreme pollution to the earth, destroying the atmosphere and depleting the metals and materials used to make and drive these cars. With the reduction of the use of cars comes the fact that we will no longer destroy the earth with gasoline and diesel fuel, but instead try to keeo if clean and preserve what we still have left.
So, if we try to reduce the usage of cars worldwide, we will stop the massive polution we have created and will gain the knowledge of what we have done, instead of living in blissful ignorance. There is something we can learn with this. Without cars, smog would almost not be caused by us, and we as a race will no longer destroy our home. | 2 |
The technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can do a lot more than just read emotions to us now. It can help us understand each other, help us answer questions we didn't have the power to answer, and help us become closer as a species. The human emotion is very hard to understand, but once you do your life can become a whole lot easier.
First I think that the technology is valuable because expressions are one of the keys of understand ourselves and each other. In the artical is states, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." I think expressions are a way to become a sentiant being to.
I also think its valubal because their are still lots of questons to be answered but can t because the lack of technology but most of it can be answered by just using this. In the text it states, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." all of the words said in the text were all just based af a 2D photo think what we can do with a photo that's already 3 dimensinal.
Finaly I think that as a spices that amotions sre one of the thing that can hold us back or bring us forward in the future but that just a hypothosis of what i think. In the text it states, "Accoding to the facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving you facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." Emotions are one of the keys to our future and it's to early to tell but hopefully it will be special.
The human emotion is very hard to understand, but with every thing that is said in the artical you can only hope the computer really becomes something special for all of us to observe. | 2 |
I am a scientist at NASA who is trying to tell you that the landform you saw on mars is nothing more than just a natural landform. It may look like a face but it is really not. What it really is, is a natural landform that our viking took a picture of on one side of mars. The picture that you saw is nothing more than a picture taken at the right moment so that it makes it look like that mars has a face. The reason why it looks like it has a face is because the picture was taken at the moment on when the landform had a shadow at the certain places of the landform to make it look like it has eyes,nose, and a mouth. If you look at the picture from 1976 you can see that it shows more of the face and that it does look like a face. But then if you look at the picture taken at 1998 and 2001 you can see that the natural landform on mars is starting to break up and that the shadow on it is now sarting to fade away. So you won't have to worry about aliens giving out a message to us saying anything bad. It's nothing more than just a natural landform and a picture taken at the right moment. | 1 |
I think that emotion calculating technology in a classroom could be very valuable. This technology could help teachers to keep students interested. This could also help to teach students in a way that they enjoy and understand. An advanced technology like this could also help teachers and counselors to know when a student is feeling sad or depressed so that they can possibly help the student. This technology would be very valuable in any classroom, it could be the innovation that every classroom needs.
The FACS (Facial Acting Coding System) works by looking at the 44 major facial muscles. Every different facial muscle movement means something different, and this is what the FACS looks at to give a reading of the different emotions that the person is feeling. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal. The FACS machine was invented by Dr. Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science. Dr. Huang relies on human psychologists like Dr. Paul Eckman to help decifer the expressions that facial muscles give. Dr. Huang used this technology on Mona Lisa. The readings said that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Using this technology on Mona Lisa is a prime example of how this technology can accurately measure a persons emotions.
This technology could be useful in a classroom in many ways. One way it would be useful, it could measure a students emotions to find out when a student is bored of a subject. This would be useful because if teachers know when a student is bored they could help to make the subject more interesting. Making subjects more interesting in return would raise students grades and happiness in school. This technology could also help counselors. This technology could help counselors by showing themwhen a student is sad or depressed so that they can help the student and also try to fix the problem causing those emotions.
Facial expression reading technology would help classrooms in many ways. This technology could potentially raise student's grades and even help to make students happier. This technology could also make students happier and help then to stay interested and having fun while learning. This advanced technology would be very beneficial to a classroom, it could even change the world of education all together. | 1 |
Dear Senator,
I feel the need to eliminate the Electoral College process of voting and just have a regular election where the President with the most votes wins, as simple as that. Each vote counts as one, and there will be more or less votes depending on the state and its size and population.
Just like Source 2, I feel "The Electroal College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. " "Abolish the electroal college!". When you vote, you vote for "a slate of electors, who in turn elect the President" (Source 2, Paragraph 2). Why can't it just be a regular election where you either bubble your democrat or republican representative instead of being so complicated and misleading. This can get people confused, and get them to vote for the wrong candidate without them even realizing! "Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." (Source 2, Paragraph 2). In the 2000 campaign, 17 states didn't even get to see the candidates in a campaign ads; they focus on the "bigger" and more important swing-states to win. Each person should count as one, and each state should be as important as the other, just varying in the number of voters they had.
In Source 1, it says how "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress." You're electing electors instead of just who you want for President. To top it off, you can't even control who your electors vote for! So people can vote for an elector thinking that he's going to vote for the Republican party but then he votes for the Democratic party. This process can be very misleading. "Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always.". The disaster factor as mentioned in Source 2 could aways occur.
Some counter-arguments might include the certainty of outcome, and how the Electoral Vote might be greater than the Popular Vote. But at the end of the day, the people are nominating their president, they don't want others to do it for them. The Popular Vote representing our country as a whole with all individual votes added up should be the deciding factor. A tie is almost impossible in that circumstance also, because what are the chances out of millions of citizens the number would be perfectly split in half. If a president appeals for a region, then let them vote for who they believe is the better candidate. At the end of the day, the majority wins. Swing states won't have to be a factor without the Electoral College, and big states are just counted them same, one point per vote. Run-off elections won't be necessary if the highest percentage president wins, even if its not majority.
So, hopefully you see my view on this issue and the Electoral College can be eliminated.
Sincerely,
Gabe | 4 |
Driverless cars, something you never thought you'd hear in the twenty-first century. Driverless cars can be an amazing thing, but also be an awful thing if used horribly. Aside from the name driverless cars are not particularly "driverless." Sure there are some good things and some bad things to driverless cars, but the bad things out weight the good things. Driverless cars should not become a thing in the state of Indiana or any other state.
Say you're driving down the road with your spouse and children, out of nowhere a car comes flying at you, not slowing down or anything. The car rams right into you, killing your spouse and children. As it turns out the car was a driverless car, it had malfunctioned and the manufacturer claims that since they were not driving the car that hit you and killed your family, they do not have to pay, so you go to the person who was in the vehicle, and they claim that since they technically were not driving it either, they also do not have to pay. So now here you are, hospital bills, funerals to plan, and no money to pay for any of it. You are the one who got hit, you are the one who lost everything that day, but because the car was "driverless" no one has to pay.
Even with the name "driverless," there still needs to be a driver while backing up, pulling into a driveway, or even through traffic jams. They try to get you with the name but really you still have to drive. Long day at work and you just want to go home and sleep? You are in your driverless car going home and all of the sudden boom, traffic jam. The car starts going crazy trying to get your attention but you are in a deep sleep. Then it happens, a car got tired of waiting and rammed into the back of you. You go to court and the judge puts you at fault because you should not have been sleeping while on the road, but your 'driverless' car was supposed to take care of it right?
As said in the tenth paragraph, they are continuing to work on the assumption that the problems will be solved, what if they don't get solved? You could have just got a brand new driverless car, under the assumption that the problems will be fixed, but what if they do not get fixed? Are you gonna be the next one to pass away or are you gonna be the next one to kill someone? You will never know because driverless cars are unpredictable. Driverless cars are not safe.
On the other hand, driverless cars can be very convient, you taking a long trip? No problem the car can drive most of it for you. You can sit and relax as the car is driving on the highways smoothly and perfectly. Driverless cars can get you the opportunity to be able to relax and not have the drive the whole way on your horrid trip. You can just sit back, relax, prop your feet up and it will be all fine.
Even with the minor plus sides to driverless cars, many deaths can still happen. Things can still malfunction no matter how many times tested. Not one piece of technology is perfect, so why should this "driverless" car be any different? Trick question, it is not. The car can malfunction just as well as any other piece of technology or even any other vehicle. They make the car sound like it will end up being perfect but it can not. Nothing is perfect, not even technology. | 4 |
The position I have on driveless cars is that I am not sure if we can truly rely on these cars. If you are going to invent a type of car that is really driveless then invent it. I think if it is going to be a driveless car then it should stick to its true meaning "DriveLess". In the future I think we will have the technology to create these kind of cars where they are sold worldwide but I think the government wont change or make new laws for these cars. Which I dont see why they would because these cars do seem safe with all the systems they have for safety of the driver.
Technology plays a key part for the invention of these cars. Big Companies such as Google,BMW,GM,Mercedes-Benz,Audi, and Nissan all have driveless car projects they are working on. As the technology gets better over the years so will sensoring, the gps signals, antilock brakes, and driver assistance. Even Sebastian Thrun the Google Car Project founder thinks that the technology is catching up to the dream. BMW has announceed that they had developed the "Traffic Jam Assistant" that lets the car steer, accelerate , and brakes its self. Although there are very few examples, just think about the technology will have in the future if we already have this kind of technology as of today.
Safety of the driver and the passengers also plays an important key role in driveless cars. When the technology increases I think the safety of the driveless cars will increase to because Google said they had a project car that went over five hundred thousand miles without a crash. In a driveless car today though the driver must stay alert at all times, because any kind of a situation can come upon such as navigating through work zones or around accidents. Google and GM have developed warning signs to tell the driver when the driver should be ready to take over.
All these reasons are why I think these big companies should have laws to where they can work on the development of these cars anywhere. It is something that can be created today instead of in the future only if we let it happen. | 2 |
FACS
Do you ever feel like your on class but you still don't understand what your teacher is saying? Or maybe your too afriaid to say that your not comprehending the material in front of everyone. Maybe its the oppisite, you completely understand it and now class has left you bored. This is why the Facial Action Coding System would be very beneficial because it helps tell who is truthfull, it helps teacher grow, and it can help us communicate with one another.
Not only can this device also known as FACS decipher what emotion we are making. FACS also can tell if the emotion such as a smile from a student or a polotician is genuine. These all have to with the muscle movements within your face. As it says in paragraph 8 in the article there cplete different mucles being used when
a smaile is being forced. I suppose its true that it takes more muscles for frown then it does to smile.
FACS being able to tell whether students expressions are genuine can be very benedfical to both the student and the teacher. For example if the teacher was asking the calss if they had understood the lesson and the facial expressions seemed a bit worrysome then this would help the teacher be able to go back over that certian material a few times and help the student get the help they need. In
paragraph 6 it says "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional commuincation." In this it works the same way if the student has become bred with the material.
There is alot of different things that we need to be able to understand in order to take full advantage of this technology. In order to do that we need to understand each other. Even though we communicate through many facials. FACS will help us move forward in that.
In conclusion this is why the Facial Action Coding System would be very beneficial because it helps tell who is truthfull, it helps teacher grow, and it can help us communicate with one another. | 2 |
Driverless cars seems like a great idea doesnt it? But think about it, people in the future are not really going to know how to drive a car. Cutting the past out isnt going to help in the furure.
First of all, Getting a driverless car you still have to drive. No one wants to drive a driverless car, and thats where a lot of crashes are goin to start. A lot of people are not going to be paying attention. Especially on the highway because the car can steer, accelerste, and brake themselves but cannot drive themselve through road work. Thats where the accdient is going to happen at, if the driver is not paying attention.
Additionally, most states have made it illegal to test computer driven cars. They say the law will be tooken down once the cars are approved. But what if in some states they dont take the law down, if the driver has to go through that state to get to another, there's going to be a problem. The driver then has to drive. But the driver doesnt really know how to and they only know parts of driving because the car did the rest of that.
Also, a driverless car is a very nice kind of car. they steer it self, accelerate , and brake themselve. It can function its speed up to 25 mph. Has a special touch sensor to make sure the driver has control of the wheel. Plus has an alert system to when there is a problem ahead the car can't keep control anymore.
In conclusion, cutting the past out isnt going to help the future. People in the future are not really going to know to drive. Contact Tesla and Google confounder Sergey Brin to tell them if this writing sounds . | 2 |
Luke Bomberger was a man who had no idea that he would go to different countries when his friend asked him if he would like to go with him to Europe and China and he didn't want to say no because it was a once in a lifetime thing so he said yes and he experienced a lot when he went to China and Europe when he met poor people like France,Belgium,Denmark,Poland and many more including China and other countries. When he realized that the other countries were going to have a community of law inforcment Luke was excited because the countries were recovering from war! It took them 2 weeks to get to Europe and it took 1 month to get to China. When Luke got to China he was suprised how it was there plus some areas were taken by the Japanese meanwhile the rest of China was in pretty good shape but they still had to take care of the mess that happened in the war by the Japanese. When Luke was still in Europe the countries had a lot of buildings damaged and a lot of people died due to being a jew or romaine but when things were recovering the communities in the countries got better. Soon after Luke got back home safely he realized that not everyone has a home or shelter and it made him think more of people and himself also so now he gets how the war was in Europe and China so he was glad that he had a home and fodd and shelter. After a couple years later Europe and China got better afterwards plus it became a better community also China got better after the war ended. Before war started by the Germans and Italians Europe was a normal country and Japan,Korea,and China were normal also before Japan got involed with war and now things are recovering but some are still hurt about what happened during the war but its over and the community got better over the years and Luke finally understands and now e got closer to people that have no homes and to himself also. | 0 |
Car's get us where we need to go. You can say that we relie on car's. Car's have thier pro's, but also have thier con's. They have a big inpack on our atmosphere, with all the carbon dioxid they give off. Experts say that, it's a huge impediment to curret efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes.... Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe.... and up tp 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. All these gases are inffecting out atmosphere. For example, PAris typically has more smog than other European capitals.... Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussles and 79.7 in London, Reuters found.
In Bogota, Colombia- in a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day. Leaving the streets of this capitla city eerily devoid to traffic jams. The program is to promote alternative transpotation and reduce smog. Programs all over the world have been started to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline.
In 2006, Vanban was completed as an example of a growing trends in Europe, the United States and elswhere to separate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning" Vauban, home to 5,500 resident within a rectangular square mile, mat be the most advance expreiment in low-car suburban life. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to wher the country was in January 1995. So evey body is giving up thier car for a day why cant you? | 2 |
Hello I am Luke Bomberger and i'm going tell why you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
The reason anybody wouldn't want to pass up the oppertunity like the Seagoing Cowboys is because it's a opportunity of a lifetime. The reason I say this because it opens up the world to you, it lets you see amazing things in other countrys. This program also allows you to help other people in the world because of war. It really doesn't hurt to help other people in the times of war. The Seagoing Cowboys also doesn't have you traveling alone on your missons, you have other people to travel with! There's things you can do with your crew mates that I did with my mates such as baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and more.
A few examples of the benefits of being a Seagoing Cowboy is sight-seeing. You can see famous structures from all over the world including the origanal Rome, the Statue of Liberty,and the great wall of China. Another reason to join is to make friends. I was already friends with of them, Don Reist but i've made more friends thanks to joining. | 1 |
If cars were limited if there use there could be many advantages that could save humans from polluting the air. The smog in major citys would be cut down or even eraticated. In Sourse 2 they say" Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals...". In response too this they banned people from driving to cut down on the pollution of the the air. In sourese 2 they say " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog...". If major citys put limits of car use then they would be able to cut down on the smog of the city and also the pollutants in the air.
Also if the use of cars and other gas run vehicals were cut down on you could also on the greenhouse gas emission. In Sourse 1 it talks about a suburban area in VAUBAN Germany and how they baned the use of cars. In Sourse 1 it states that "Passaenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emisions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States.". To repel against the greenhouse gas emission VAUBAN got rid of there car usage making there suberbs more walking friendly. I the United States were to follow in the lead of VAUBAN the 50 percent greenhouse emission gases will be cut down. | 2 |
The auther gives out good examples for the reader why we should study Venus more, like he said in paragragh 4 "long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth." The auther wants venus to be a living planet so humans can live in Venus. Venus have some type of mountins, valleys and craters. The auther states "Futhermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearset option for a planetary visit, a crucial considering given the long time frames of space travel." This is probably why the title of this story is called "The challenge of exploring venus" because its going to be a challenge trying to make Venus a living planet.
The auther does state some resons why its going to be a challeng
living at Venus he states "On the planets surface, tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." So its likely that this is going to be impossible to live in Venus but thats why this is a challenge for the people that are going to try and make this a livable place for humans.
They have tried landing space ships but they where unsuccessful trying to land the space craft at Venus. But NASA wont give up they trying have study it even harder. In paragraph 7 it state" some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in shuch conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers." So NASA have some powerfull stuuf to study Venus even harder and there not going to stop studing Venus until they found a way to live there or there is no way to live on Venus. | 1 |
Current education in schools are based on standardlized education with all student having simmilar classes, even if student are confused or bored with class. Which could cause more possibility to fall credits. Because of these problems, the recognizing emotional expressions of student by computer are valuable to prevent left behind than other students.
The emotion recognition technology could bring more computer based education with more personalized class even if one of the student are confused or bored. According to Professor Thomas Huang, from Beckman Institite for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, this technology brings ability to "Classroom computer could recognize when student is becoming confused or bored" and "Modify the lesson, like an effective human instuructor". Computer emotion recognition techology could bring more ability to make class attractive and prevent student from falling their grades and credits or even giving advanced education for each person.
Also, faking emotion recognition technology is difficult. According to "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, if someone is trying to fake smile, "mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius" which makes sytem to recognize false smile. From this technology, with educatuional purpose such as recognizing emotional expressions to prevent left behind student, this will give another creditbility to system even if student tried to deny their actual feelings, such as confuse.
The emotion recognizing software would be valuable to prevent many student from falling grades. The facial recognization have some of problems such as teachers could be easily unempolyed, or privacy problem. However, it could bring more hope to make education personally and flexible to extend each of their ability. | 2 |
Have you wanted a vacation from work but couldn't find a great place to go spend your time. Are you are looking for a great place to hang out with buds. Or, are you in need of a job. You should come on down to be a Seagoing cowboy. It is a great place of family fun. And is a good place for relaxation. Come down if your looking to have the time of your life. The clock is ticking down for this great time of fun.
First of all, comming to be a Seagoing cowboy is a once in a life time event. Just think of Luke in the story. Luke had two jobs without no break. He worked at a bank and, Luke also worked at a local grocery store. It was just another day at work for luke until his friend stoopped by. Luke's friend "Don Riest" invited him to go on the Seagoing cowboy trip. Luke couldn't pass an opprotunity like that. So Luke decided to take the spot to go.
When Luke left he was just looking for vacation. But instead Luke got a job as a Seagoing cowboy. Luke, again, could not pass up an opprotunity like that. So because Luke couldn't pass a job like that he accepted the offer of a life time. Luke felt very happy that day of an amazing job for himself. Because Luke knew he was in a great deal for himself and a great help for the Seagoing Cowboys on the boat. He was also a great help for animals.
If you are looking for a place you and the whole family could enjoy. You should come on down to be a Seagoing Cowboy. On the ship we are very popular for fun. On board we have so much activities. We have activities such as volley ball, table tennis, boxing, fencing and many more. So are you going to pass up this once in a life time event you need to get tickets and come down.
Are you looking for a good spot to relax and hang out with friends. You and whoever you want can come down. On this cruiz, you will have a blast. This boat is good for many celebrations. It's good for celebrations such as birthdays, New Year, Christmas and more holidays. So don't blow your only shot of having fun. You should get a ticket "NOW"!
And, do you want your family to be sad. Or, do you want you family to have the biggest smile on their faces. Don't worry about space because we have tons of space for you and loved ones. And space for all of your family. Now do whatever you can for you not to not miss this event for you and your family.
I hope after reading you have concidered making a great decision. No not a great decision. you can make the best decision of your LIFE! please consider making a family fun choice. Thank yoou for you kind hearted people for reading out there. And I hope you make the right decision. The decision for you and your family. | 2 |
Just another day working at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Day's at the Lab went by as any other day for the scientist's, not finding anything new up in space, just a few minor event's here and there, but nothing big. I went in my office, and was informed today we were going to try and find any possible landing site's for Viking 1's sister ship, Viking 2. As usual we went to work. Orbiting Mars for what seemed like an eternity! I'm literally bored out of my mind, until out of the corner of my eye I see something, not just a star or anything, but to my eyes looked like a human face staring right back at us through Viking 1.
Confusion is all us scientist's felt when we saw that face on Mars, just plain fear and confusion. Nothing was spoken much about it among us scientist's since we were all super shocked and speechless, that was until we were on our lunch break. All I heard was "Alien's", really alien's can they possibly pin this "face" on Aliens! The table next to me also seemed to think alien's made this Egyptian-type face. I dont know what came over me something just clicked and I said "How can you possibly pin this on alien's?!" of course this started a one-on-one argument with me and another scientist "What do you mean, how can it not be Alien's" he answered. "First of all, it was spotted near Cydonia, a part of Mars where Martian Mesa's are commonly being found everyday, so how do we not know it isn't just another Mesa?" "If you think this is a mesa, how would it take form to look like a human being's face? Dont you think that is too much of a coincidence to happen?!" at that I left it alone, maybe it was too much of a coincidence, but that wasn't going to affect my thought on the "Mesa"
The word on the "Face" spreaded around the world, becoming a hot topic for people everywhere, most of them thinking it was made by Alien's. I didnt really get much into it until that scientist kid came up to me again, "Still think it wasn't made by alien's?!" "Of course, why wouldn't I?" "How can you not think it was alien's! The picture became known to the world and everyone think's it was alien's, which they are probably right!!" "How can we know for sure this was created by alien's!? Think about it we dont have great technology yet, that "Mesa" was in the form of a face because our photo was too blurry and it was really cloudy!!" I really didnt want to end up on the wrong foot with this guy so i just walked away.
April 5,1998- I walk into the office and apparently we are going to take a look at Cydonia for the "Face" again. This was actually a releif to me, because I know that now our technology is way more advanced and we could see with a sharper picture what this thing really is, a mesa. So it happened Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and took a picture ten time's sharper than the old one! As to my conclusion, the egyptian face ended up to be a mesa! This mesa took form of a face because of the shadow's that went over the mesa. As I heard of this new's I couldn't help but look back at that one scientist, and whipering "Look who the right one is now!" with the most accomplishing smirk on my face that I can make. ;] | 2 |
Since the invention of modern transportation human society has prospered in many ways. Inventors' and engineers' creations over the years have evolved from such menial things like the wheel to beautiful masterpieces like luxury automobiles. Many wonder what this field of technology has in store for the future. Some companies already have a glimpse of what is yet to come. With the given informaiton in the article "Driverless Cars are Coming" there is logical reason to believe that driverless cars should be developed.
Driverless cars could be a revolutionary invention in the human lifestyle that would change the environment of the world of transportation. The text states,
"The cars... would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more felxibility than a bus... such cars would fundamentally change the world". Gasoline consumption has become a controversial issue that worsens as time goes on, but driverless cars have properly addressed the issue which may save the global fuel economy. The article states, "Google has had cars that... have driven more than half a million miles without a crash". One of the most rampant killers of people on this world is automotive accidents. The driverless car has the potential to save lives and still gives the driver the opportunity to navigate the vehicle at the appropriate time. For information on the avoiddance of accidents the passage mentions, "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone". The technological implementations in these vehicles are far more advanced and have the potential to collectively save lives.
Although the benefits of these cars have been mentioned there still may be some dissadvantages to these vehicles. The text mentions liability issues associated with these cars by explaining, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?". The driver may come into conflict with the law which may result in a lawsuit against the manufacture for their negligence. When consumers buy products from manufactures they most likely assume that the companys' products are reliable and that issues will properly be addressed. These things may trouble some individuals, but the passage states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time". This adresses the potential problems associated with these cars and will allow the driver to handle situations on and off the road.
The article "Driverless Cars are Coming" gives ample reason to believe that these cars should be developed for the purpose of improving quality of life. This revolutionary technology has the potential to save lives and avoid injury. The cars also aid in the global initiative to not exhaust the world's natural resources. Although these advances could lead to issues automakers are hopeful that in the future these problems will be solved appropriately. The pathway to the production of these cars is not yet clear, but despite roadblocks these cars will reach their destination in common human life. | 3 |
I got to do many things when I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. I didn't expect to be able to join something that helps other people. While doing what I love and, seeing all the magnificent things. You could too.
It's an amazing feeling when you are helping other people. In the Seagoing Cowboys program you are taking horses, young cows even mules and they are being shipped overseas. They are shipped to at least start helping countries after World War II.
People might think it's hard and tiring but I was doing what I love and all the hard work paid off in the end. I love being a 'Cowboy' and taking care of those precious animals. It's what I was meant to do in life and many other people feel the same way.
Some might say, 'What's in it for me?'. Well I didn't spend all of my time working I still had free time. I toured many places and did many things like, taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I also got to see Greece and China plus a significant amount of Europe. I took nine trips, more than any other Seagoing Cowboy.
In conculsion I got to do many things and you should join because no matter what others say if you love helping people, doing what you love and seeing magnificent places on the way Seagoing Cowboys would be perfect for you, like it was for me. | 2 |
I am against driverless cars because they could cause confusion and delay. They can also be one of the most dangerous things that man kind has made. The safety of the cars are a problem.
First, there are people in the world that are smart and can hack into almost anything. What if someone hacked you car and was able to control where you car goes? Either they are out to kill you or just mess with you. Hackers like that could have you car crash into something to either kill you or to target somthing else. They could have your car plung straight into a body of water. But there are the hackers that can mess with you. They can keep you car from turning on or even mess with where you want the car to drive to. What if terrorists got a hold of our car systems? I dont think the world needs anymore wars.
Next, what if its not he hackers but the car itself? The car can simply have something wrong with it. The car could probibly have somehting wrong with its technology, and It could malfunction and either kill you or just not work any more. when you are driving and your car suddenly stops driving in the middle of a highway, what would you do?
Lastly, " who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer? You were the one that was driving it you could of done something to the car. But then again, the car company could of made a mistake in the technology resulting in your accident. Each side of the conflict would think that it wasnt there fault, and it could go back and forth in court.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good idea in the future. All they cause is confusion, danger, and delay. Driverless cars are just another cayotic thing the world has to deal with if it started to become a bother. | 2 |
I think that this face reading technology should be used for students in a classroom.
I think this because if a student is confused or doesn't understand a question sometimes it is embarassing to raise your hand and ask a question. Often times when students ask a question that other peers don't have they can get made fun of and bullied for it.
Students could also use this technology for when they are bored in class, if the facial action coding system sees this it can put new activities on the computer to keep the student focused and on task in class.
One con to this idea that i have noticed is that it would be very expensive to get this modern technology in schools across America.
Especially catholic schools that recieve a big chunk of their spending money from donations and need money for every need of the building, athletics, academics, etc.
I strongly support the idea of having this technology in classrooms across the United states, I feel like it would raise the level of quality education and even lower the level of bullying across schools.
I think they should avoid using this in elementary schools because it should be important to learn to
develop good social skills and how to communicate with people while you are in elementary school. However, in grades 6-12 i think this technology could be extremely benefial to students. | 2 |
What are the advantages of limiting car use? Eventhough cars are a really fast way to get from one place to another there are many other ways for example a train,air plane or boat. There are too many cars on the streets and many crazy drivers. People should stop using cars because cars make greenhouse gas and it's causing the air to be polited. Another advantage for limiting car use is that less people are going to be geting killed because of car axcidents or because of drunck drivers. Also if people stoped driving cars aand tok there bike to work or were ever they go more people would be in shape becuase they would be doing some excersice too.
Too many cars on the steets are poluting the air and thats not good for us because we are cutting down trees and we are going to run out of air to breath at some point if we continue like this. Thats why poeple should stop driving cars and ride a bike to there job or take the train. Also cars make geenhouse gas, cars are responsible for 12 persent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states. We are also going to have less death because many people die in car axcidents and becuase of drunk drivers and less kids are going to be getting hurt or killed if there on the street because they dont have to worry about cars hitting them. For example if a kid is playing with a ball and the ball goes to the street the kid is probably going to go get it but he wont get hurt because there are no cars on the streets.
Eventhough cars cause greenhouse gas, air polution and death they are also very help full because if you have to go late at night to get food you have a fast way to get to the market because u have a car right out side your door. Also if something happens to your son in school or if u or someone needs medical attention you have a fast way to take them to the hospital or to get to were they are. But theres a down side if you go out to see what happend to you son in a hurry you probably going to have a car axcident and get seriously hurt or worst. Too many people use too many cars the streets are always crouded with cars at all times and some of these people drive crazy or they try to show of there car by going fast and end up getting killed or killing someone els.
This are some of the advantages of limiting car use less people would die,we would have more air to breath, and there would be less green house gas effect. And i think think that it is a good idea to stop using cars and take your bike to work because you would be helping earth and will be getting some exersice at the same time. And you would also be helping to to save earth and have a better future for you kids. Well this is what i think but what do u think? | 2 |
What do you think about the Face Of Mars? I think that Mars was made like that it is rocky and collected all the rocks and it made the face.You should really check it out because some things are ment to be probaly like the face of Mars.Mars is made out of rocks and know one has been there so it could've a been an human. The ancheints had'nt even had that type of technology so it wasnt them. There arent any sign of aliens so it wasnt them.Who could it been know one it was made like you need to belive in me because if we hadnt touch it yet know one has.
Mars was built with a face and i think it was made like that.hen all the dirt and rocks collided together it was collected all together and made cluster of dirt and rocks to make a face.If people lived on mars we would've got a message or more clues that they were there.Mars landform was built like that and just made that face.Is that a clue? I dont really think so becaue more and more clues to tell us they were there.If there were people on mars think about it how would they breath.
It takes a long way to get to mars long ago they didnt have electricity.If people long ago went to mars how would they build that face and make it that tall without any tools.If NASA look at Mars everyday and dont see any life signs how and who would make the face. I really think that mars has had a transformation then the face had appered.
If the something like that happened on earth then you should know that its just a natural landform.If aliens had made it then were are they at now.We would have saw a ufo flying in the sky.I mean I dont know why people believe that aliens mad that face if they dont have any back up or any proof.Then look at the picture who would put holes in a human girls hair.Now look at the thing across that a land formation there no way someone was really there playing with dirt and rocks.
Even though it look like somebody made it really its just art. Its a land formation and just a cluster of rocks with holes on the face.The face on Mars is a beutiful thing and it was just fantastic.But its just a natural landform that why it has all types of holes next to it and everything.Mars is so far away and there no way back so
who made the face know one. | 2 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" By Nick D'Alto the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify humans emotions. This technology is very valuable for the classroom. The statment is true because as said in the article the computers will be able to read ther emotions and adaped them selfs to make it seem more intertaning. This technology would play a mager roll in learning. the text states in paragraph 6 that "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"," Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor",that help for students and teatchers would be amazing. Plus what would it hurt ? its not a painless unnoticable process that helps the students get a better education. With this in our cumputers it can read the emotions of students better then the teacher ever could and can get the learns more focused and smarter. This technology will help out students more then ever and is to valuable to pass up and should be in every classroom posible | 2 |
The senate should remove the Electoral college and make the popular vote system the main way on deciding who's president. The electoral college seem's to have many flaw's that can make voting a disaster. Voter's aren't truely voting for a president, they vote for a slate of canidates who then vote for president.
The worst part about this type of voting is the disaster factor (sourse 2:paragraph 11). It clearly says '' segragationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeede in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. This shows that the results of an electoral college can sometimes not be decided by the people, but mostly on the electors of each state. People say the the electoral college is an easier,cleaner, and faster method, but when it comes for the people to vote for president; The electoral college system wont suit what the people mainly would like.
The electoral college is an unfair way to vote for president, During the 2000 campian program, 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.(sourse 2: paragraph 13). These things shows that the candidates dont care about having the smaller states votes, but wants bigger populated states like california and texas. This is often called a '' Winner-take-all'' system since it each state doesn't get to see what there elector is really all about. Also it can show that with the electoral college, electors can vote for a president who is regionally favorable and not nationaly. This can often make the voters feel less satisfied with thier president since there president might not show intrest in there opinions.
The Electoral college also avoids the problem of elections in which there is little to no popular votes what so ever. Nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes,while winning a majority in the Electoral College (sourse 3: paragraph 22).This goes to show that the Peoples votes dont usually matter when it comes to voting for a president but the electors do.
Once agian,The senate should remove the Electoral college and make the popular vote system the main way of deciding who's president. This will be benifitial to many states that want to be involved in the election but feel that there saying in things wouldn't matter. | 3 |
"The Challenges of Exploring Venus" is an artical about how Venus is a close neighbor yet incredibly hard to study up close. The author suggest that is is worth the risk needed to study Venus and he had some compeling arguments. after reading this ask yourself would you take the risk?
Venus is a very extrem environment, with temetures that can melt tin. it is so extream that no space craft had survied more than a few hours on the surface of Venus. The planet had an atmospher of mostly carbon deoxide and is rittles with cloudes of sulfur. Despite all of that the author still belivews we should continue to explore Venus.
on of the authors key pointts was "...once have been the most earth-like planet inour solar system." The auter went on to say "Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth."
I belive this is a great reason to explore Venus more deeply, because if it has any truth to it why is the planet so deadly now? we should lookinto its past and make an understanding of what happend to Venus so we know what could happen to us and possibly even try and prevent it.
The author concluded thier artical by saying "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value,not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also,because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." i belive this is the authors main point, not just that we should know more about the planet but that it keeps us sharp and provieds problems to slove. The human mind is curious and will alway want to "know how it works" or "whys it do that" and if we dont presue those questions then we are learning nothing.
So in conclusion althoghVenus is an extream environment we should explore it more deeply. We should try to find ways to do so. the author gave many points but his best one was simply that the peopel are curious and want to know so show us. | 2 |
Around twenty-five years ago something obscure was found. NASA's Viking 1 was circling Mars and taking photos, little did they know that the would discover the Face.
The Face is indeed a natural landform. The Face is a rock formation with the characteristics of a human face, on the red planet Mars. The article states that the face is located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98-a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet.
NASA has been trying to prove the face is indeed a real life occurance. They have worked real hard to get pictures. Mars Global Surveyor is mapping a spacecraft that looks straight down to scan the panet in a narrow 2.5 km-wide strip. They often do not passover the face but when they do they make the most out of it.
Many people have gone crazy for the Face. The Face has appeared in Hollywood movies, novels, magazine articles, radio alk shows, and even grocery stores during halloween. I guess you can say the Face has become the Face for Mars.
Scientist has proven tha the Face is real. The Face represents wha has been or whose to come onto Mars. It has been twenty-five years since the discovery of the Face. Let's hope there is more to come. | 2 |
A lot of people agree that limiting car usage is a great idea. it can help reduce stress. it will decrease all of the pollution in the air so we can live safer.
With the limitation of car usage it will help pollution all around the world decrease. This will be very useful because we wouldn't need to worry about global warming as much. With less pollution the next generation will be able to live safer knowing there air is not filled with dangerous toxins. This limitation will extremely benefit heavily polluted areas to limit the pollution and probably have the people live longer.
This limitation will also help reduce stress. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," says Heidrum walter. This goes to prove that without a car you dont need to worry about car related problems like car jams getting in your way of being late. It will also reduce stress by you dont need to worry everday not to get into a car crash and possibly lose your life.
With the limitation money can be saved. If you dont have a car you dont nedd to pay insurance. Without a car you dont have to pay for gas and that money can be used on other things. Some places fine people just for driving, so not driving would benefit.
As you can see this car limitation can benefit us a lot of way. Saving money, reducing stress, and air pollution is just a couple of great things. | 2 |
Our curosity leads us to many things despite the dangers, Every human on earth are curious, about something. Curosity can lead us to danger or it can lead us into something big.
The author claims well enough to make you think, if studing venus is worth doing. Despite the dangers isn't it better to try then not have tried at all, progress is still progress. Someone or some, but a lot are curious, it is what makes us human, thinking of doing or having the challenge in us. Wouldn't it be amazing to to discover what Venus has in store? Venus could have things that we never thought of could exist, this makes the progress worth knowing. This made me feel curious of knowing more about it, One day knowing what scientist have discovered in planet Venus could be something amazing.
The danger that comes along with worth studing venus seems better not to try to move on with our lifes and stop trying to explore venus. But has that stopped people doing amazing things despite the danger it comes along with it? People have climbled all the way to the top of
Mount Everest being the biggest mountain on earth, coming along with danger with involving death or getting your hand or leg getting cut off because of the low temperatures. People going through the heardest things in life but later on succeding even when getting discriminated or getting yourself killed. But then you are known to being the most inflentual person on earth. All those things turned out to be amazing things, that know matter the consequences or danger it's better to try then not haved tried. There is something that will come along the way to get there. In evidence " Another project is looking back to an old technonolgy called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940s during world war II . The thought of somputers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears annd levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormosly powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat and other forces." So that's a step to trying to get to know more about it. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
Even though we been on earth for a thousands of years, But we are just getting to know or discover more things even out of our planet earth. Curosity is always on are minds for an example how many candies do you think are in that jar? or how did you make that object fit when it seems impossible to make it fit, and many more that makes us wanting to know more. " Astronomers are facianted by Venus because it may well once have been most Earth- like planet on are solar system.
Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Today, Venus still has some features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. " Wouldn't that be amazing to know how close or different Plant Venus could be to are planet earth. Only trying will get us to are answers. | 2 |
I think everyone should be in the Seagoing Cowboy Program. Everyone should be in the program because it helped me more aware of other countries and their needs. It also helped open the world . This just may help you feel the same way it made me feel, greatful, and I want you to have the same experience I had.
Everyone should join the program because it helps awareness. Also because it is a opportunity of a lifetime, you would never want to miss. In the process you experenice a lot of unique thging's. Some cool things that you will experience are: the Pacific war ending, traveling over the Atlantic Ocean, China, and more. This would be a life time opportunity you wpuld not want to miss.
Some more reasons why you should join the program is because you would have a lot of fun. Some things you would do are: play baseball,volleyball, table tennis, boxing, and more. These things would be a lot of fun if you get your friends and some family to also come and join the program. You would do all of these fun things but also do some work. Everyone would have a job and be put to work. Don't worry, your job won't be that bad.
In the prgram you will also go on cattle-boat trips. Every cattle-boat ride is an unbelievable opportunity. On the cattle-boat you will have the benifits of seeing Europe and China. Every cattle-boat ride is not only an opportunity, but its an adventure. Its and adventure you can't miss.
This about everything you will be doing in the program, and maybe even more. A lot of people have done this, including me. All of these things helped me open up to the world. I hope everyone can join the program have almost the same, or the same experience. This is an opportunity you can't miss, dont pass this up. You will bed missing one of the best experences in your life. | 2 |
This is my variation of the essay for "Driveless Cars Are Coming". I think that it is a great idea, but it should only be for the elderly that can't drave and for the handycap. Regular people want to drive, but some don't because their "tired, or busy, or its to much work." But I believe that driving is a responsability that people signed up for when the got their license. If you don't want to drive, then why did you get your license.
My second paragraph is about why would you want a driveless car? I personally would never get a driveless car for several reasons but I'll give you three. My first reason is i would like to drive because it gives me a freedom I never had. My second reason is what happens if one night an E.M.P. goes off for some reason and my car locks down, I can't get out with the doors being sealed shut. And finally my last reason is I want to some day listen to my favorite song in my 1970 Dodge Charger Supercharged down the highway to my old house, but if driveless cars are the only cars then i cant live my dream.
My third paragraph is about which car company should be able to make these "driveless cars". Honestly i beleive only Dodge and Chevy should make these cars, because their one of the oldest car companies around and they know cars like Bill Gates knows Microsoft. If you allow them to make these cars then they'll make them better. Imagine a driveless car in every vehicle type, from muscle cars to exotic cars to trucks to RV's to boats to planes to spaceships. We could be the most advanced nation in the world, no we would be the most advanced world in the galaxy.
This is my conclusion to this article. I believe that we could do this, but we have to be smart about it. Driveless cars must be in safe hands, not reckless drivers. The government just has to let us do this. If we don't then we'll be trapped in our variation of the stone age. So who wouldn't want a Driveless car, but it has to be a great Driveless car. | 2 |
I think that driverless cars could be very very dangerous and could cause lots of harm among the people on the road. i feel as if people would get to comfortable in the cars and wouldnt really pay attention to the surrounding traffic pedestrians or other roadblocks then you have to think of all the other possibilities and the consequences and all the legal fees and laws for anyone hurt.
the car companies are trying to have the people in the cars always have their hands on the wheel but people would end up taking advantage of their new found freedom in the car and it could turn into bad horrible disasters the cars are able to drive and what not but they cant navagate through difficult things the cars are also supposed to have heads up displays but i find that, that could prove to be a terrible decision in the endbecause if people get to comfortable they may end up sleeping at the wheel not tpaying attention or just being dumb.
so thats why i think we shouldnt have driverless cars becuase i dont think that everyone would use the cars as safely as the manufactorers wanted them to be used. Then you have to factor in the driving of people without the driverless cars will the driverless cars be able to react quick enough if the other people are driving eradically we dont know yet and thats what could cause lots of problems legally with the companies and individuals. | 1 |
Will driveless cars be the new thing? Would it be a good thing to have a driveless car? I don't think so, only because what if it begins to malfunction, and we get more car crashes out of them then we do driving a car ourselve? I think we should srick to driving our own cars.
Although these driveless cars are like riding on robot humans, what if they begin to malfunction causeing way more car crashes or destorying more than a person driving a vehicle itself. Having a driveless car sounds great, and thats what all drivers dream of especialy elders, but if you think about it, it could be just as dangerous. Even with the driveless car theres still driveing youll have to put forth and do at times, like when this get to dangerous for the car to handle. Well what if the car got you into that dangerous situation? Driveless cars are a bad idea.
They may come with all the latest technology and so much cool gajits, but if you think about it, it all might come falling apart sooner or later. As the years progress the cars are turning into this like in 2013 BMW came up with the "Traffic Jam Assistant". Honestly there putting in cars what we get on the outside. I dont think a car should be so advanced.
GM devoloped driver seats that vibrate when the vehichle is in danger, the only thing i like that they put i the car is the text free hands while youre driving, because you wouldnt be in all that much danger if you would just pay attention. If you really think about it driving safety is common sense and the driveless car is pointless.
Are driveless cars the new thing? Will it be a good thing to have a driveless car? I dont think a driveless car is the safest and best thing for this world right now. | 2 |
Beyond Venus
For decades people have been examining and exploring planets. Although, each of these ordaniry planets are fascinating none of them compare to the planet Venus sometimes called the "Evening Star". Venus attracts attention from many different people and the reason for this is the numerous oppurtunitys it could bring to us in the futrue however, Venus also is a dangerous and challening planet for humans to study.
Venus is referred to as "Earth's twin" and the reason for this is that it is the closest planet to Earth regarts to density and size and sometimes even the distance as well. In fact the distance varies , the article states "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sub at different speeds" this means that the Earth is sometimes closer to Mars and other times closer to Venus. Venus being close to Earth brings numerous opputunites for humans to explore.
Secondly, Venus has many different factors that make it difficult for humans to explore. In the atomosphere thier are clouds filled up with sulfuric acid which would make it hard to not only see but breathe. The article states "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These details prove humans would have a hard time adapting to these condtions as of now. Also Venus experience weather condtions extreamly powerful due to the heat and high pressure.
Finally, Venus offers oppurtunity's and innovations that might be possible in the near future. This planet is the closest Earth- like planet in our entire solar system and has features like Earth they include valleys, mountains, and craters. Beneifically, Venus is our closest option for humans to explore. Even though Venus would be difficult to study researchers and other scientists are working on ways to innovate so we would be able to have lasting machines that help contribute to there knowledge of the planet Venus.
In conclusion,
Venus attracts attention from many different people and the reason for this is the numerous oppurtunitys it could bring to us in the futrue however, Venus also is a dangerous and challening planet for humans to study. The article also states "Striving to meet the challenge presneted 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." Venus is a ordinary planet, | 2 |
Dear Florida Senator,
As a citizen, i believe that the Electoral College system isn't a very smart idea. If you think about it, it's pretty unfair to us votes. We live in a country where they say that we have the right to vote. But in reality, with the Electoral College system in play, that right is taken away from us.
Basica lly , when we vote, we don't actually vote for the president himself. We are voting for the slate of electors, in hopes that they vote the way we would like them too. Although is is rare that an electors votes against his own party, it isn't unheard of. That right there is a huge reason why we cant trust this system. We cant control who our electors vote for.
In worst case, there is a tie in the electoral vote and the election is thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegation vote on the President. Because each state only gets one vote, there would be only one person representing the 500,000 voters in Wyoming, and 1 person representing the 35 people that live in California. This is an unbalanced way to represent each state.
Basically, the Electoral College is unf air to voters. Because of the winner-takes-all system, candidates don't spend much times in the smaller states because they don't count for so many votes. They focus on the larger, "swing states" that will count for more. For example, during the 2000 campaign, there were 17 states that didn't even get the chance to see the candidates at all.
In their defense, the Electoral College does avoids run-off elections. For example, in 1968 Nixon had only a 43 percent plurality of popular votes, but won the electoral vote. There is a lot of pressure when no candidate wins the people vote and this stress is reduced, which produces a clear winner.
All in all, the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and can't be trusted. People who support it, need a reality check. They don't realize that the system completely disregards their voting rights as a citizen. | 3 |
The creation of "smart cars" is new and exciting, but is it safe? Multiple car companies are working on cars that drive themselves. Tesla claimes that they will release a car capable of driving on autopilot 90% of the time by 2016. Also Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020.
Google has had cars that have been on the road independently since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, so far. Google cars arn't truly independent, they are required to have a person in the car to take the wheel in case of simply pulling in or out of a driveway or complicated traffic issues.
In most states it is illegal to even test the computer driven cars. California, Nevada, Florida, and the Dristrict of Columbia have led the country in allowing the use of semi-autonomous cars. It should be illegal in most states, because it is dangerous. If one of these "smart cars"
were to crash who is responsible? The driver,the car company, or the state? New laws will be needed to cover liability incase of an accident, in these states before the cars are tested.
All of these "smart cars" that have been created, and are on the road still need a person in the car. Why would someone want a driverless car that needs someone in it? All these big name car companies are claming to have these "driverless cars" soon, but how safe is it going to be for states, and pedestrians on the streets? If these "smart cars" are created, states need to make sure that the cars are 100% safe for everyone. | 1 |
All humans have emotional expressions. Emotional expressions can be detect by other humans that are in his/or her life. Any kind of technology cannot really tell what his/her expression is. Humans can detect other peoples emotional expressions, but computers cannot detect it. It depends on if the technology is working or not.
In the passage, the author is explaining how a professor has some sort of technology that can detect a male or females emotional expressions. Technology is not a good way to tell a person's expression, because technolgy can lie to a person's face, but it can always work. The author said, "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do"(D'Alto Paragraph 6). The author is promoting that a computer is a better way to detect a human's expression.
Computers can lie to someone about his/her emotional expressions, but the computer can always tell the truth. The author mentioned, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr, Huang preicts"(D'Alto Paragraph 6). Technology can either detect or not dectect human's emotional expressions.
Humans can other people's emotional expressions, but computers cannot detect his/her expressions. It depends on if the technology is working or not.
The author's passage had some great detail from professors that believe the computer can detect the emotional expressions. The technology may work or it may not work at all. | 0 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System can be valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we can know how that person is feeling at the time. Would you like to know if a person is feeling sad,happy,bored, or even angry? Of course,not only do we know how they feel but we can also take a step futher on helping them. If a person is depressed we can talk to someone close from them and explain what they are going through, or advice them for that person to take therapy.
The Facial Action Coding System is also a great start to poeple who are new to school or even to sports. If a person feels sad because they arent doing as good as their other teamates, The coach should use the software because it will let him/her know why that person isnt really trying in the sport. Another reason why im for it is because teachers really dont know when you are bored or confused. Especially if you are one of those shy prsons that dont like raising their hand. By using this software teachers can go up to you and explain you with what you are having trouble. If a student is bored with what the what teacher is teaching, she should probably try something new to get the students attention. This technology can also show us when someone has a fake smile for example if you think that you have a friend that really isnt your friend and you talk to her she might be giving you a fake smile because she probably doesnt like you.
The use of this software can determine if you are having problems in your house,the expressions that will show would be sadness and probably anger. In todays world you may be going through a lot but people may not know and they would treat you like garbage. This would then cause you depression and probably then commiting suicide. Having this technology "Facial Action Coding System" in hands can help you stop somone from danger.
having this technology can ressolve a lot of problems with putting yourself into it. Every perosn has a falling action and a resolution to their story. With just a facial expression it can change realtionships and friendships."Making people smile" is what we need with Facial Action Coding System! | 3 |
The use of technology to read emotions in the classroom is not valuable because it would not work as efficatly as planned, it would give false info, and it would waste time and money.
The use of technology in the classroom would not work as planned because some sutdents would not want to do it. They would not want other people to know what there emotions where all the time. It could maybe even make some students uncomfortable. So the use for all students may just not fit.
Another reason it would not work is because it would give back false information. If one student had a bad day it might say that he dosen't like that class. It could say that he dosent pay attintion in class at all, but one bad day dosent make a kid a bad student. We all have bad days.
The last reason that the use of emotional recognition tech. would not be valuable in the classroom is that it would waste time and money. It would time because it would take extra time for it to read everyone's faces fast enough that it would give accuate results. It would waste money because the device that would read students face would probley cost a fortion. Then the people who et the results may try and charge you for the information.
Thats why i think that the use of technology to read emotions would be a waste of time and money, not be vary effective, and give false information. | 2 |
I believe that this computer would work wonders in a classroom. It could allow teachers to know which of the children in the classroom are having problems understanding the lesson, allowing the teacher to help them more. This could also help other studys of the human anatomy, as it shows how facial expressions are done and also what they mean. In the famous, "Mona Lisa" painting, many people observe her smile and think that she is being forced to smile, and that she is actually scared, frighted, or just angry. Using this computer means that we could debunk/prove this theory. This could also solve crimes, some that have not been solved to this day!
This computer could also help with crimes as it could show that if a suspect is making a certain facial expression, they are lying or telling the truth. This could help police catch people who are breaking the law, but not put others in prison for nothing. This computer could help with these problems that occur in the real world, and it would save lives in the process. This would be very helpful in peoples daily lives, and it could help people who have problem such as mental health. If a child is slower than other children, this test could help decide whether or whether not these children need the extra help. If they do need help, this machine could even put them in the correct classes! | 2 |
In this essay, I will be showing how the face on Mars is just a plain everyday landform.
In 1976, a picture was taken by the satellite Viking 1. The picture on Mars was found to be what looked like the face of an Egyptian god. The pictures taken were blurry but showed to actually be a face indicating there was life on Mars sometime in the past or even here in the present. NASA kept studying this mask for years to come. A few years later, another satellite took pictures about 10 times sharper and clearer. But in this picture, the so called mask just looked like a normal everyday landform. The media was not happy with this picture. But this picture did show proof that there was just a landform just like on Earth, that was nothing special. Even one of NASA's global surveyor said that there are landforms on Mars just like on Earth.
In conclusion, the landform on Mars was just a simple regular crater that looked like a face in a poor quality, blurry picture. | 1 |
The myth of driverless cars on the road have become more of a reality. As the public starts to recognize more and more of this technology, people are realizing just how useful driverless cars can be. The problems that these cars can solve heavily outweigh the problems that the cars might make. Though some have their points in argument, the driverless car needs to be brought the attention that it deserves. I am for the development of driverless cars.
The positive aspects of driverless cars are endless. These cars will give a fresh idea for public transportation. The epidemic is at large in big cities like New York or L.A. All of the taxis, buses, and subways that crowd big cities could be relieved of a large portion of their traffic. And driverless cars would stop much polution due to the amount of fuel they save over the average car.
Driverless cars are also very safe. In "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the article reports that driverless cars "have driven more than a million miles without a crash." They also alert the driver to take over when things get a little tricky for the cars. This is a very smart way to further prevent crashes. The car and the driver work together to produce a safer way of driving. There are many applications, like sensors, radars, and cameras, that mimic the skill of a human behind the wheel of a car. Most likely, even more safer than a human's driving skills.
Some may argue that the problems that driverless cars will produce will highly outweigh the problems the cars will solve. Driverless cars will largely decrease the sale of normal cars in America. And driverless cars are not completely driverless. The response to these points can be answered by the fact that driverless cars will make everyone safer on the road and will provide driving opportunities to those who otherwise may not be able to drive. And that is the number one reason we make things: to make Americans safer and give opportunities to those who believe they have none.
In conclusion, driverless cars are indeed coming. The public needs to be open-minded to the possibility that this might be the future for America. This could be the start of an idea that helps and benefits millions. We grow closer to this idea everyday. As said in "Driverless Cars Are Coming", "...such cars would fundamentally change the world." | 3 |
"The Challenging of Exploring Venus", many scientists are wanting to exlpore Venus atmosphere. But it comes with risk and danger, possibly NASA scientists can break through that though, Venus is 'Earth's twin", yet is a challenging planet for humans to study. Why? The thick atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus, with a tempature over 800 degrees Farenheit and an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than what we could or would ever expirence here on Earth. Not to mention the erupting volcanoes, powerful earhtquakes, frequent lightning, with the hottest tempature of any other planet; traveling would be indisputable. Venus at one point was "Eath like", the planet still has familiar features such as rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters.
Someway scientist have thought of some way to possibly research the mysterious planet, NASA has created a so called 'blimp' that would allow the scientists to be able to hover over Venus landscape 30 miles up. At 30 miles up, Venus would be at a 170 degrees Farenheit and pressure would be what it seems like at sea level on Earth. It is not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. Although, most forms of light can't penetrate the dense atmosphere, concerning standard forms of photography and videography ineffective or not clear. There would not be any samples of rock, gas, or anything else that would be of use. To have a thorough mission and search, you would have to get up close and personal, despite the risks, and danger. Creating a more resistant of objects that could sustain the pressure, heat and other forces. Venus is a difficult and dangerous planet to research, but perhaps one day scientists will be able to create the most effective way possible. "Imagination and Innovation, not Danger and Doubts" | 1 |
There are many people that believe that the ailens bulid the structures that are on Mars, but many don't have reasons on why they think that. There are many reason why aliens bulit the structure but not very good reasons. While there is scientificly proven facts and statements that the aliens did not build the structures and that it is all natural landform.
Many people believe that the aliens bulit the structure but they are wrong, there's no alien building something so we can capture its making. Just like on the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" sentence 7 it says, "Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The first time the Viking took the pictures the camera didn't have the good resoultion that the camera had now, so it looked like a face or alien monument but really it was just some natural landscape.
Although there are credible information, there is just people who don't believe the information. They think it really was aliens building the monuments/structures. Like it says on sentence 5 "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." Meaning that the conspiracy theorists believe that it is NASA trying to hide the real evidence on the aliens. They think NASA is trying to trick them and they are not falling for it. But whar they don't have is credible resourses like NASA does.
Now that technology has become a lot better NASA could now use a better camera for better pictures for the natural landscape on Mars. Like it says on sentence 11 "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." says Gavin, this is saying that now that they have a camera that is 3 times better they could now see things much more clearly and better and all the natural landscape there is.
In counclusion, the structures that were seen on Mars are really just natural lanscape just like when it says on sentence 12, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa-- landforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." says Gavin, this is comparing the Middle Butte to the natural landscape on Mars because it's saying that landscapes do have things in common like how they are naturally made by, the planet it's on. | 3 |
I can see that you migth of think that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars.". Might be created by aliens but it's not. I have information that this natural landform is not ceated by aliens. "Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.". This is saying that the natural landform is formed by shadows.
And another thing is that they went again to see if they could take a picutre again of the natural landform but, they had a better camera they would allow them to see better if it was true that the natural landform was true. " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 metters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo.". That is saying that they got a better camrer, its can see more thing that the other camera could not see.
This is another example that the camera can see that the other camera could not see. " So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!". that us saying that it can focus from farther distance.
The last thing I will tell you is what they found out about the picture they took with the better camera and to see if it was ture or not. That the "Unmasking the Face on Mars.".
Was created by aliens or the shadow was making it look like a face. " What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte mesa."
In conclusion all of this "drama" was for nothig becuas it was not created by aliens it was just mother nature that did all of this. All it was the shadow that maked it looked like it had a face. | 2 |
This new technology could be very helpful for teachers in the classroom.It can help so many people in so many different ways. In the classroom outside the classroomand just in life imprarticular.Nowadays its hard to get honest responses from people because they just dont trust others.But with this device i believe tht since the person already knows or has a clue of how this person is feeling they'll share more about what is going on.
If you use this device in the classroom it will help teachers see where their students are happy and not so happy. Teachers can learn more skills from this cause most the time if the student is happy with the subject they will understand it an be able to get one step closer to perfecting it. Instead of teaching it and no one understanding how to do it.Kids dont speak up sometimes because they dont wanna be made fun of or critisized for not knowing how to do something.So they often just give up and fail. But with this you can pull that student to the side and let them know that you understand and your their to help them if they need it.
Another way this can come in handy is it can save a persons life. You never know what people are going through in their life their mind could be anywhere. To the point that they wanna take their own life or even worse someone elses. With this if u scan someones face sometime and it comes out as zero percent happy,sixty percent hatred,twenty percent mad , and twenty percent sad. Something could be going on in this persons life that a counselor could talk to them or even get them some kind of help before they do something that they will regret for the rest of their life.This device can be very valuable and believe this should be used in other places. for greater success,protection of others , and a better life . | 2 |
Reading the emotional state of students is NOT valuable. The coding system can always make mistakes and asume you are angry when in reality you are quite happy. For example, "Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." This is not always acurate, all faces are different and it could detect that you are sad even though you are excited or happy.
Although there is alot of evidence that this technology could actually work; for example. " They even indicate the difference betwen a genuine smile and a forced one. In a real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles the begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth." Yes that is good evidence, but you cannot be sure of the accuracy because again, everyone has a different face and smile.
Emotions also do not come from the face they come from the brain,heart, and on the inside. Not the outside . So if someone seems like they are mad or they look mad,sad,happy, or all of the above, that could just be their face and how they look. How could a computer even calculate how you feel?
Yes it can look at you and assume you are happy but are you? Maybe even sad, excited, even surprised. Unfortionatly that is not possible for a computer to detect that. Hopfully one day! | 2 |
My Opinion on Electoral Vote, is that we should have a direct vote with all americans to be able to pick not just other people that are with goverment it is not fair, we vote.. yes? but we don't get anyhting out of it. They say we can vote but that vote never counts, only Electoral Votes do. We are like basically thorwing a vote to nothing.
We should have us Amercians to be able to vote. Not just politicans, it should be the land of the free, not something that is keeping us from changing or helping are country that we think it's right. Well not I like it should be are turn. Over 60 Percent of us Amercians want change in this and I think we should have it, you must be 21 years old or older and it should just be U.S.Citizens only, you have to be born and rasied here.
Popular votes don't even matter now because to be honest there not even counting them. So really what is the point here? Direct vote for U.S. Citizens or have the Goverment choice for you in a way they choose there Politicans. The most votes should be able to have a a goat voting and so on. The Electoral colledge has plenty of problems like, People in there get the wrong Electoral votes mixed up which is a big issue and needs to be fixed right away.
The majority of the Electoral votes are 270 there are 538 electors its required to elect a President each state has an enrollement of which each state can have or obtain pretty much if the state is bigger the Electoral votes proceed to be higher and higher, which isn't excalty fair we wanna go with our own votes etc. We deserve to makeour lifes easier not the goverments or anything like that we are equal and it should stay that way.
The president election is held every 4 years and a big deal and which is a problem is, voters cannot vote for who they want vote for, but the state electors, can make the president and give him this so called power, anyways that's a state issue, change should be here soon but, thats a little of my input on here for which Electoral votes or Directs are right, change will be soon so just keep your hopes up and keep your head up straight. | 1 |
Back in 1976 while NASA's Viking 1 space craft was flying around Mars near the Cydonia region when it snapped a picture of an odd landform that baffled scientist for years. It had come across a mesa that resembled a face. NASA said that it was just an optical illusion to make it look like a face. When NASA first revealed it to the public it drew some attetion in the entire country. It had a movie, books and was even in every grocery store check out aisle for 25 years.
NASA then began prioitizing photogaphing Cydonia to see if it was an alien artifact or not. They then sent another spacecraft eighteen years after the Viking missions.They took a better picture of the face as soon as they could, even though it wasn't a clear picture and was taken during the cloudy season on the Red Planet they seen that it was not a face but a landform istead.
There are many reasons why this was a landform and not an alien monument as even the first NASA report said that the shadows were just an optical illousion to make it look like something it is not. Many scientist then said that the face was like a butte that was located in the Snake River Plain in Idaho. In 2001 NASA sent another spacecraft into space and got an even better picture of the mesa and put an end to the conspiricies that said that the mesa was a face.
In conclusion, the "face" had attracted alot of attention to NASA and Mars as it became a major pop culture refference.That then began to deminish as NASA's photographing technolegy got better they then revealed that it was a butte that was just an optical illuosion.There were so many facts to debunk the myth that NASA's deffenders hoped that it was an alien artifact so that they could get more money. | 2 |
IN the Article "Making Mona LIsa Smile", the auther describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables ccomputers to identify human emotions like the Mona Lisa Smile.
In the article it says that she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgust, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry somethings or technology cant do that or some people cant do that at all and that is suprsing but what they call it is the "Da Vnci Code" an the name sounds cool and makes seans.
Well the whole process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of all faces; all 44 major musals in the model must move like human muscels. Movement of one or more muscels is called an "action unit." Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologist, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, Creator of FACS. Eckman has classifed six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger,disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles .Here is a example in the article 1. Raise your lips at the corner of your mouth.
2. Than Squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinking at the corner of your eyes.
3 Holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, toward your eyes.
According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emoton, moving your facial muscels not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.
A renowned drama couch, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotons on stage. | 0 |
Dear Mr. Senator, electoral college is a process that consists of selecting electors,meeting of the electors where they vote for the president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. electoral college should not be changed to election. electoral college should be kept because it will help save the tress by saving paper, one wouldnt have to go anywhere because the electoral college is not a place,and because there are 5 different methods of choosing the president.
saving paper is extremely important. paper comes from trees and many animals and wild life have homes in trees. with electoral college one wouldnt need paper to vote, which is a paper saver. the electoral college helps a lot when it comes to selecting electors,metting of the electors and where they wil vote for the president, and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. by saving gas one is saving money which can be used for any nessessitites.
gas now a days is extremely expensive,but with the electoral college one would be saving money because the electoral college is a process, not a place, and it doesnt require one to travel anywhere,whch saves gas and money. with the oney saved one can buy the nessessities that are needed. the electoral college offers a lot by just being a process. it helps save paper and money,whch is good for wild life and humans.
when it comes to methods for choosing the presisent and reasons to keep the method there isnt just 1, theres 5! the first method is that certainty of outcome.. it states that a dispute over the outcome of an elecotral college vote is possible and it happened in 2000,but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. a winning candidats share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. for example, in the elections that happened in 2012, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney, b ecause almsot all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis,ev en a very slight. method number 2 is everyone's president. the electoral college requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal. no region(south,northeast,etc)has eneough electoral votes to elect a president. method 3 is swing states. the winner-take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012's election-to focus their campain efforts on the toss-up states. voters in toss-up states are more likely to poay more attention to the campain-to really listen to the competing candidates, knowing that they are gouing to decide the election. method 4 is big states. the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population0 losy by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the consitutuion. mthod 5 is avoid run-off elections. the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
Mr. senate you should keep electoral ollege because it saves paper,saves gas and because it shows us the 5 methods that should be used for choosing the president. the electoral college offers a lot to wild life and also to humans by savikng trees and gas, which saves us humans money that one can spend on nessessities. | 2 |
Facial Action Coding Software, or FACS, is an impressive software. It has the ability to to scan someone's face, and then analyze it to come up with calculatedpercentages of said person's emotion. I believe, however, a computer with this capability has little to no value in a classroom.
First, the article does specifically state "Your home PC cannot handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." Most schools do not have anything stronger than a home PC because they cannot afford it. Next, Dr. Huang predicts "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This prediction could come true, assuming that all classrooms are devoid of any teachers.
The article also states many other jobs this program could do without replacing humans in workplaces. For instance, FACS could be used by news organizations to tell if politicians are lying or not. Another example stated in the article is using this software to select ads on the web that you will like. And finally, in paragraph 9, it says according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, that smiling may not only express emotions, but create them. The author asks ,"Did making a happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happier?" On the other hand, wouldn't seeing another human make the expression cause the emotion to be a little bit more powerful, rather than having a robot tell you to?
In conclusion, because the computers needed to run the facial software are not cost effective, there are other jobs it can do without replacing teachers, and it is better to smile because you see something that makes you smile, I believe a computer software capable of reading human emotion through facial expressions has no place in a classroom. | 3 |
America's great past time might now be just that, in the past. This isn't baseball though, it's the usage of our American vehicles. America was the frontrunner in the invention of cars and has the motor capital of the world in Detroit. However, We've come a long way since the model T and now it is time to move forward into a new, cleaner era of transportation. Cities all across the world have begun the process of minimzing the usage of private motor vehicles to help stop pollution, and to encourage the use of public transportation. The trend is already upon us in America as well, as a study showed that between 2001 and 2009 the amount of young people driving has decreased by 23 percent. Life without cars has proven beneficial to many cities around the world and it is time to spread to all cities.
First off, limiting the usage of cars will vastly decrease the amount of pollution to our environment. Recently in Paris, France the government banned all drivers with odd license plates on the first day and all even number plates the second during a two day effort to minimize the smog and pollution of the city. This method proved to be very effectiveas the capital decreased its congestion by 60 percent. This little experiment may seem like a very small accomplishment, but it should serve to be the precedent by which other countries can help stop pollution. If this was done once evry month in major cities around the world it would cause a major decrease in pollution. In the long term it shows people that having their own car isn't always necessary and it is better for the environment to use public tranportation, and or other means to get to one's destination. Bogota, Colombia also participated in their second anual car-free day. This was considered to be a huge success by their mayor and many other South American leaders came to witness it themselves. They were all thouroughly impressed by the programs effectiveness and have thought about implementing it in their own countries.
Secondly, limiting car usage will result in different city layouts that could prove to be more desirable and efficient. In Vauban, Germany they have decided to go nearly car free with 70 percent of residents not owning a car. Car ownership is allowed but the owner of the vehicle must buy a space in a large parking garage for 40,000 dollars. Many of the residents claim that they lived a more stressful life when they owned a car and are now much happier because of the sale of their vehicle. This has started a trend in Europe of small suburban communities going car free to help the environment and their lives. This shift into a car free world is sparking the idea for new city designs to make them denser so mit is easier for people to travel from place to place. Stores can be placed only a walk away on a main street as opposed to a large shopping mall that is along a large highway.
In conclusion, limiting the use of cars and motor vehicles would prove to be extremely benficial for our world and our society. It would help solve the pollution and global warming crisis by limiting the amounts of carbon dioxide we put into our atmosphere. It would also change the shape of our suburban life, making it easier for people to get from place to place while still maintaining their green lifestyle. An Earth without cars becomes an Earth with a more peaceful environment and a healthy atmosphere. | 4 |
Venus is our closest planet to us besides Mars (sometimes) but does that mean that we should start to think about the possiblities of us landing there? The author of the article "The Challenges of Exploring Venus" is suggesting that we should go forward and try to study and hopefully go to Venus despite the dangers that are capable of happening. Venus may be our "twin planet", but it is very different from Earth. I think the author of this article supports this idea very much.
There are a couple reasons on why I think the author supports this article. One is because he talks about how Venus could have been. Venus is the most Earth-like planet that we know in our solar system but they don't exactly know if it once was like us or not. Astronomers think that Venus was once covered with oceans and it could even have supported forms of life. The author also talks about the features of Venus today. The author points out that the plant has some siliar features as us like valleys, mountains, and craters. The author ends the paragraph ,where he talks about this, with this sentence, "The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making a mission both safe and scientifically productive." This makes me think that the author is trying to get us informed about the options that it could take to make this Venus situation be safer.
This information we know about the planet is very different than ours. One of the details that the author points out is that it has a thick atmosphere of amost 97% carbon dioxide. Another thing he says is that the clouds are made up of sufuric acid and that the tempature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The author makes it clear that the conditions on Venus are very extreme and it would make a bad environment for us. With this information, the author makes it clear that NASA is still trying to find a possible solution for saftey reasons and informational reasons.
One of the ways that NASA is trying to study venus is by sending a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." They would have to be in the air to fly over storms and get out of the way of the unfriendly ground conditions. In the air, the tempature would still be way too hot but they think that humans would be able to survieve that condition. The air pressure in the air will be close to the same pressure thats on the earth. At the end of the paragraph that talks about this , the author says that obviously these are not the best conditions but they are survivable for humans.
These are my claims on why and how the author is telling us that he supports the idea. He talks about the similarities and differences about the planet and Earth. He also talks about the possibilities this could happen in the future once we get more information. This is why I think that the author is supporting the idea of studying Venus even if the conditions are bad. | 3 |
Dear, state senator
The Electoral College should be removed from our way of voting; we should change it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because state senators are voting for our president and not us . As stated by Mr. Bradford Plumer in his article "
The Indefensive Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong
".
" Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of elcetors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to cote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. On the off-chance that those electors won the statewide elcetion, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes."
This claim tells how the president is choosen and its not by our votes its by the slate of electors votes.
Also,the Electoral College should be removed from our way of voting; we should change it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because the electoral college is a disaster waiting to happen. Mr. Bradford Plumer states in his "
The Indefensive Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong."
"
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 crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse."
The importance of this quote is because it tells us that there could be more disasters to come from the Electoral College.
The Electoral College should stay our way of voting because with it we avoid run-off elections. Mr. Richard A. Posner states in his article "
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"
that we avoid run-off elections. "
The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent of plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electotal College (301 and 370 electoral votes, respectively).There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner...."
The importance in the counterclaim is that it shows that the Electoral College process had a clear winner.
Also, the Electoral College should stay our way of voting because of majority vote. The Office of the Federal Register states in their article "
What is the Electoral College?"
in the third paragraph. "
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House od Representatives plus two for your Senators...."
This quote shows how each state has so many electors.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is both good and bad for our voting system. Some systems are wrong and some are right but its a hard decision to make with the Electoral College because its both wrong and right. We dont need no disasters in the voting system we already have enough disaters in the world that we live in. | 3 |
Twenty five years ago we discoved something different on the surface of Mars.
This natrural land form looks just like a human face.
Some people believe that it was created by aliens.
However, that is not true.
There many explanations on how this land form got there, but there is no evidence that claims it was created by aliens.
I am a scientist at NASA and I was one of the people who discovered this land form.
Although some people have very convensing stories as to how that land form got there, it was not made by aliens.
Many people think it is a natrural land form, while others think it was created by aliens.
The team of scienctist that discoved this land have talked about how we think it got there, but one of only logical explanation is that it was hit by a meteror.
Mars has lots of crators on the surface and it is just that.
A crator.
There is no way aliens could have made this land form.
It is over two miles long. For them to make this it would have taken many of hundreds of years.
I personal think that if there are any aliens they would not be an advanced civilization to create something like this.
Another reason why they could have never made this is how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.
This land form is just like they face on the moon, no one made it.
It just showed up after years and years of being hit by meterors and the push and pull of gravity.
Personaly I do not beleive that aliens exist.
There is no evidence that they live on mars, let alone any other planet.
If they do exist I would have no problem with that, but as of right not there is no evidence that they do.
Even though some stories are very convensing, there is no way aliens could have made this land form.
If there was more convensing evidence then I might reconsider my opinion, but as of right now there is no more evidence.
So I will not be reconsidering.
The land form is over two miles long which would be nearly impossible for a very underdeveloped society to create.
Also how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.
Therefore there is no possible way the aliens made that face, it's just a land form. | 2 |
Have you ever looked at a friend and they thought there was someething wrong wgen there was nothing wrong. Well I think this technology can be very valuable because it can give the percent of how people are,find what they feel even if they look differnet, and it will give you steps to help.
First it give the percent on people and all they feel. They just have to do the math and look at all the muscles in there body. Then they will put it in the six different feelings. Then add it all up and which every one is the highest is what that person is feeling.
Second it will make sure we are not thinking wrong about someone who looks like thet are feeling something when really its something else. It will give you an ad for how you are feeling and mak you watch it,but if you start to feel something else then it will give you a different ad to watch. It will give you a lesson how what you are feeling so you wont get board.
Last reason is it will give you steps to help you. step one it might tell you to lift the corners of your mouth. Second it will tell you to crow's-feel around your eyes. It will know if you are lieing and it will wait till you are telling the truth about it. It knows how important feelings can be so it wants the right one.
That is why I think that this technology is very valuable and will be helpful later in life. It might help people start staying out of fights and getting in trouble. | 1 |
I am aganist the development of driverless cars for many of reasons thats a bad choice for people to agree to aproved this. The purpose of driverless cars is bad idea just without thinking it I already know its going to cause some problems. As for one reason what if theres a sitution where the car doesn't know how to respond to the type of sitution. Second reason what if the car has a issue that can indanger your life , third reason driverless cars can increse many people grow obeasted.
They said that the cars knows some situtions that could happen but theres of things that could go wrong. What if theres something that some traffic works for got to put a sign will the car know not to avoid it no it will not know. Say if you told your car to take you to a place maybe the cars GPS could go wrong it could take you somewhere you might know of. What if there was a fire nearby and your car wasn't programed to avoid fires.
What if you told your car a command but doesn't respond then your stuck trying to frigure out the problem.Say if the car took you a wrong turn but you tried to tell it to stop but doesn't your gonna have to wait so it can finsh its distenation. Another command you might tell yout car to do was to give u control of the car but it doesn't let you have control what im trying to say your car now has 100% control.
Driverless cars is bad for your health theres many reasons why. Ok one many people are going to take advantage of the cars by not walking or just taking the car everyday. That doesn't seem healthy its more like making people more lazy than they are today. These cars is just making a loop hole for people that can't walk to many place thats something to understand but for those people that can chosen not to. So I say let the people that can't drive that actually need these cars not those who use it for no reason other than being lazy.
The Driverless cars is a great idea but maybe they should revise it before they make it for everyone. Also they should make sure that the car should respond to commands and know all the situtions that could happen in everyday lives of people with these cars. | 2 |
I believe studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because, Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky, its reffered to as Earth's "twin", and this planet is so inhospitable that a spacecraft couldn't survive a landing for more than a few hours. In this passage it explains all of the faults of a planet so close to us. The planet Venus, has weather issues and is one of the brightest points in our solar system. Although it can seem dangerous to even want to explore this planet, it has its reasons why it should be explored.
This planet is a planet NASA has attempted to explore. Due to the conditions of Venus they have failed to learn very much. It has been 30 years since a spaceship has touched down on venus. In paragraph 3, it states, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." It then goes on to explain the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These conditions are not suitible for humans on Earth. With these issues, scienticts are still ready to know more about this planet. The author shows even though the planet has many faults, these are the things scientists need to discover and understand.
Venus is often reffered to as our planet Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest to our is density and size. In paragraph 4, the author says Venus is the most Earth like planet. They believe Venus was covered with oceans and could have supported forms of life as Earth is able to. Venus also has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes on its surface. The weather on Venus is similar to some of the weather we get on Earth. Scientists want to see how many more similarities Venus has with Earth. Venus could also have a species more capable of their contitions.
Venus is also one of the brightest points of light in our night sky. "Evening Star," which is another nickname for Venus, makes it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus being one of the planets closest to us and one of the few planets almost anyone cansee even from home makes it easier and easier to find reasons that scientists feel the need to explore such places. My own classmate herself once told me "We need to start learning more about Venus. It could mean so much to have knowledge of our sister planet."
I believe studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because, Venus is one of th brightest points in the sky, it is reffered to as Earth's "twin," and this planet is so inhospital that a spacecraft could'nt survive a landing for more than a few hours. In the passage, the author shows evidence to support their reasons as to why Venus has value. All the reasons listed show how Venus can be of value to scientists. It is important for the scientists to understand why the weather is the way it is and how similar Venus is to Earth. We could live there or we could meet a new species. Knowing everything about Venus could benifit and change so much about science today! | 2 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says "Evening Star, is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. However it is misleading since Venus is actually a planet." Although people think Venus is a star it is a good idea for someone to study it because not that many people have that much Knoledge on it.
"If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface?" People are discussing visiting the planet because no one has visited it in 3 decades and it has probably changed. In the article it says "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." If someone could go visit Venus and see how it looks now and see if Venus could still have some type of life form on it now. Also they should take people to Venus and see how long they can live there.
In conclusion, even though numeros space crafts have been sent up to Venus the and have not compleeted their mision they still should go to venus and test if it is safe for humans to be on or go to. | 1 |
After NASA found this landform, some people think it was created by aliens who once lived on mars. It is obviouly not a face. I can tell you why.
This "face" NASA found is just a landform with shadows casted on it, in paragraph 3 it says, a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth." The key words in that paragraph are shadows and illusion. That is some proof that this "head" is a landformation, not some alien artifact left behind, while the alien civilization on mars was being ended or moved somewhere else.
If you look at the pictures of this head at the beggining of this story, the first one does look like a face, but the other two don't look so much like a face. That is because technology has also advanced not because there was a face and now it is dieing away. There is another 1976 oicture of the face down farther under paragraph 5 it is also more clear than the one at the top, but remeber the keywords shadows and illusions.
That is all I have to say about this topic, I liked the informative story, and I think the face on mars does look cool. I'm sayig it is just a landform and also I do belive there are aliens but just not any where near our solar system. | 2 |
I disagree of the production or development of driverless cars. The cars that are being developed to be driverless sounds like it could work but there are to many factors that are holding the car back from actually being safe and driverless. It will take many computer run test to make it accident free or cable of going through traffic like humans. Weather could have an effect on the devices that are making the care driverless, they could malfunction and that could lead to a car crash. How much will these car cost when they are sold to the public. Are we going to depend on the driverless car to much.
A car crash happens everyday, cause of humans. Sometimes the weather has an effect on the accident. Driverless are can still get in car crashes, cause the car will be a computer with standard driving skills, but humans can change the way they are driving when ever. Driverless cars cant do that, they will still have a driver in the car just in case the gets into a situation. How reliable will the alert system be. If it doesnt work right the car could get in a crash and injure or kill the driver in the car and the one it crashed in to.
Weather could have an effect on the driverless cars abilitys. The Devices it has could be damaged by the rain of hail of storm. Which could leave the car blind in what device gets damaged. If the device is damaged then the car could possibly get into a car crash. What if the driverless car gets in to a fog and cant see with the cameras it has. That could lead to a car crash. Also the driverless car could get hacked.
Will anyone be able to afford a driverless car when they eventually become the only car allowed on the road.
The car that Tesla has released to the public is not a cheap car and also its not a fully driverless car. So when they release a fully driverless car to the public, will the middle and bottom class of people be able to afford these, Probably not. The Government will have to help out people that need to buy a driverless car, and we are already indebt from many things.
Once these car are released, humans will be to dependent on these cars. Eventually they will be used for military purposes. Which would cost alot of money. Also the cars will be electricals, which they can be destroyed by a EMP bomb. A EMP is a bomb that destroy any electrical thing in its blast radius which means the car will be effect. That would mean a waste of money. Taxi company would close down cause of driverless car. Taxi require humans and driverless cars don't. Many people would lose there job cause of driverless cars. Also what about Sports races. Like Nascar, there car would be replaced by driverless race cars. There no entertainment in that. | 2 |
"The Face" Is Not A Face
The 1998 dicovery of, the Face has gotten its fair share of publicity throughout numerous years. This photo that was taken on NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, as it was searching for possible landing sites. This "face" is nothing but a natural landfrom that happens to look like a face. There are many persuasive and factual reasons to back up the fact that there has been no alien formation on Mars.
First, there has been no real, hard evidence that this human-like figure is actually a face. The article "Unmasking the Face on Mars," even says,"it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." (Notice, it said likeness.) Just because one article and a Hollywood movie says that this was alien created, doesn't mean it really was.
Also, any natural landforms can look like something it is not. Have you ever looked at a rock or even a cloud and said, "Wow, that looks like a [insert object or name]!" There have been plenty of instances in which something has been mistaken to be someting it is not. For example, The Little Dipper, as we call it, is said to look like a spoon. Does that mean that there is a big, shiny spoon in the sky? Of couse not, so why should we say the same about a formation of rocks on Mars that happen to look like a face.
Lastly, NASA has even confirmed that this is just a natural rock formation. I know this because, NASA unveiled an image of this "face" and captioned it, "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth." So, this rock's shadows have given the illusion of a human-like face, which leads to the assumption that there is no real face.
You might be thinking," Well, why did the people who discovered this even release the information if it wasn't comepletely factual." This is beacuse of the conspiracy theorists. Think about it , if you would have never heard about this Face on Earth in books, magazines, and radio talk shows, would you have believed it? NASA is a very trustworthy and credible association and if information wasn't released until it was proven true than none of this would have happened.
In conlusion, the Face on Earth is nothing but a myth, until there are reliable discoveries that have declared it real. Since there is no evidence that there has been alien formation on Earth, it is just a hoax. I hope I have given a sufficent amount of reasons to argue that the Face is not a face. | 4 |
The author supports the idea of studying Venus is worthy pusuit despite the dangers it presents by giving us details on why it is worthy on of studying Venus even to despite the dangers. It also gives us how the features on how Venus looks just like Earth. It also shows how other life forms could have live there a long time ago.
The article states that Venus is our sister planet in our solar sytem. The aticle states that astronmers are fascinated by Venus beacause it may well once have been the most Earth like palnet in our solar system. In the article states that a long time ago Venus was probably coverd by largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. The article says just like Earth, Venus still has somes features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus has a suface of roky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
This shows why it is worth the risk to be evaluate the planet Venus even though it persents danger. | 1 |
New Planet, New Home
"It is hard to leave something that you really loved." my mom stated, Rebecca Sulayao. Here, in this case it is really hard when the things they get used to will going to be dissapeared or gone. When something gone they need to get or find another one. They can find the same as like this or just like a duplicate of it. But, in this case leaving home or finding new one was hard. Because, all the memories are there. Finding a new one was hard they need to transport all the things that they left in there home. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggest that studying venus is worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it present because it is same as earth, human curiosity, and the planet Earth will dissapeared after how many decades.
First, In some cases planet Earth and Venus have some similarities. The Venus has some good nature too. In paragraph 3 it said there that "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." It explain here that the planet Venus has more atmospheric pressure than Earth. Also, In paragraph 4 it said there that "Long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Eath." it explain here that even the scientist discovered that the Venus and Earth have same similarities and the nature of Venus can supported life.
Second, because of the human curiosity the scientist want to know what is going on to our neighbor planet. In paragraph 8 it state there that "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." It explain here that the people should not make a story. They should know their limits when it comes to imagination and telling story that is not true. In paragraph 7 it said there that "NASA is working on the approaches to studying Venus." it explain here that because of the curiosity the NASA or the scientists that work on that try to explore things outside the Earth. Since the people are curious on what is happening on some planet they used technology. Because of the curiousity they used some technology and invented new one that has many gears so it can reach the Venus. But because of the heat of the Venus the gadgets they invented was not working. It will work in how many decades then after that it will crashed again because of the Venus temperature.
Last, the Earth will slowly dissapeared after how many decades. It is hard when the Earth dissapeared.That is why the scientist try to investigate new things outside our Earth. They trying to figure out when or where the people will live after the Eart dissapeared.They should examine fast as they can so the people can move on different planet. Because who one knows when will planet Earth will explode. In paragraph 1 it said there that "Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." It explain here that they trying to figured out the Venus. Because the Venus should have same characteristics as Earth because if not the scientist should try to search more information on other planet. It is hard to examine something when it is new. In paragraph 2 it said there that "Often referred to as Earth's "twin" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of densitity and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." It explain here that this a good sign because the people need the same characteristic as Earth have. Until now they still working on it they try to figured it out more so as soon as possible the people on Earth can move to Venus.
In conclusion, The planet Earth and Venus have same similarities. While Venus is more on danger because of the characteristics and material of it. Still the process of exploring Venus was still on process. The human curiosity lead the scientist to search more on what is outside on Earth. The Earth will exploded after how many decades because of the global warming and the people on Earth should evacuate as soon as possible. Life must go on even if we are living on different planet! | 4 |
Venus is worthy place to study but dangerous. The reaosn in doing theis is because of the challenge there is. trying to study something with out going for yourself. that is pretty hard to do. One you have the biuld something that will either help your or something that can with so the temputure of Venus. Two the distance of getting there and back. Gotta have something to hold that uch fuel to go there and come home. if a human is going you need to have a food stock for them to last
of the Planet.
Just like when they sent a robot to the planet it had to out a material tthat can withstand the planet itself., But that only lasted two weeks. Now they are try to go for longer the two weeks.
In Conclusion i know that tcan do it its just going to take some time for it to happen. | 1 |
Venus the "Evening star", Venus is the most closest planer to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Also can help with solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.
According to the article, 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.
According to the article i paragraph 2 , In Venus 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. But this time can be changed.
For example in paragraph 7, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an 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.
In conclusion, Venus can help with solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Also Venus is the most closest planer to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Don't the planet Venus can one they help us, the "Evening Star." | 2 |
The author did not really have a set tone. He argued for both sides a lot of the time and there was no one specific side that i could see that he sided with. The author gave specific details for both arguments and made very good points for both sides. He made points such as its very similar to Earth and It might have no contained signs of life. He also said things like ¨Its too hot and the atmosphere is too much for a human being to handle.
In paragraph 4 the author writes, ¨It may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.¨ They also say ¨The planet has a serfave of rocky sediment and includes familar featured such as valleys mouthains and creators.¨ The authers tone in this suggest that he thinks the idea that we could travel to venus would benefit us greatly and it might actually be like Earth.
In paragraph 3 that author states that ¨A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide balnets Venus.¨ He also says that ¨Its far more extreame that anything humans will encounter on Earth. This means that going to venus might be able to kill and it might not be sutable for humans to live on. Its so hot on Venus that it would liquify most medals so even if we got there we couldnet expand and build anything.
The author makes valid arguments for both sides but i had a very had time deciding what side he was arguing. There was just as much posative as there was negative. He had no one clear side throughout the whole article he was arguing why we should and why we shouldent go to Venus. | 2 |
Studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers because in the article it says that numerous spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, maybe thiss issue explains why nit a single spaceship has touched down on Venus more than three decades, Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to studydespite its proximity to us. Also, the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking land on surface. However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering standard forms of photography the dense videography ineffective. Venus is so hot that it can melt metal. | 0 |
Dear state senator,
The United States has envolved to a rather unique voting system. It is based off of points regarding population. Which ever canidate has most votes in that state wins the points. The points then add up to a score and who ever recives a certian amount of points win. But, some could say this system is unethical and outdated.
Starting back to our founding fathers is when this system orignated. But, why do we still follow this system? Although it is tradition, is it not a good time for change. After all society is increasing to a much greater perspective. When the founding fathers created this system it was a much different time then. Today society has envolved to technology, equality, and high levels of population. The founding fathers most likely never expected the future to be like this. Also today magority of individuals of envoking changes in their lives. We should move with the flow of socitey and change with it. When does tradition become long enough? Maybe now or maybe in the distant future. But, no matter the case we should change and move forward soon, so we do not get lost in the dust trails of the human race.
Life is full situations of unfairness. But, would you expect a goverment to be unfair? Most likely not. This system prevents most citzens voice to be revealed. It takes an advarage citzens opinion on who they want to lead and puts it into a dark cave. It takes votes in each state and gives it an advarage overall vote for that state. How is that fair if the United States does not tally all votes? Instead they just award points. How are points going to show how a country feels? No, we should tally everyones votes instead of the states votes. Also most of the time states follow their govermental believes regarding being a republican or demorcrate. Maybe this shows that a state is bais and is rigged. We will never no because the goverment hids stuff from us. Maybe our votes are not ever taken into consideration. Maybe it is just numbers estimated to show that they are and they cover it up by saying "oh it is just points do not worry about your opinion". If any of that is ture, which it most likley is then shouldn't we envoke an ethical change for rights.
Why should a system that is old and shelding the truth remain with in a goverment that "cares" about their citzens? Are they afriad of change? Maybe they just do not want chnage because it is so easy to hid everything with the cracks and creaks of this system. But, they will never listen. They silence citzens by telling a lie. They make you think they no best. They allude to you that they help you. But what have they really done. Yes, offer protection. But, also put us in debt, made us loss jobs. They are to eaten up by ego the miss the concept of everyday citzens. Look into the truth of what is really out there. | 2 |
I personally think that it is a big step forward towards a better future, if used properly. I agree that many politicains lie these days, but with technology like this can make a better nation out of us. This example is, i feel the best example of the story. Using this technology properly is the safest way to do it, but. I believe that using in a classroom full of students can be a disaster, i am a student myself. It's why i perfer not to be emotionally monitered throught these computer, most likley because alot of things happen putside of school that teachers arn't aware of. So using that type of technology on students, the'yre emothion would constanly be changing due to being around drama in and out of school. Another reason this would not help the students is because they need to learn how dectect these emotions themselves, and so do the teachers. Using this type of technology can help our courts determine wether a criminal is guilty or innocent. We could use this in way to get people out of danger, such Zologist. they feed and tame animal to be less aggressive, if this computer can detect emotion, then it can help avoid attacks from wild animals. This technology is impressive and can be used in different forms to make things better around us, they can make life easier and get us farther in future. being able to make computers that can detect emotion, can make a robot detect when its being theatened, can see when criminals are up to somthing. technology like this can help us get farther then the planets we know now. I my opinion on this is, i can agree it is an amazing invetion, and can be used an a lot of good, and bad ways its just the way people see on using it. we can both beleive that it should be used to get are nation farther then it already is, but lets not let are own technology controls us. | 1 |
Cars can be very dangerous to this day. So many people are get hurt driving in cars or driving the cars. There are so many things cars can do that can hurt you or before you know it you're dead. Would you want to be that person that gets hurts because the car can drive by itself? I don't think anyone would want to be that person hurt because of a car messing up and it wouldn't be your fault one bit. I would rather take responibility on getting hurt or dead then knowing I can't do anything about it because my car is driving itself.
My position on driverless cars are that you should drive the car yourself. In paragraph 7 it says, "This means the human driver must remain alert to be ready to take over when the situation requires." Most humans aren't alert driving by themselves let alone being alert when something goes wrong and not knowing when it will be. Technology is really good today, but it is also can go bad whenever it wants to. You don't want to be put in a sitituation where you don't know when something bad is going to happen and you aren't paying attention so you can't do anything about it, next thing you know you're in the hospital or even worse in a coma. I just think having a fancy car that can drive itself is not worth getting hurt over. It's really not. In paragraph 8 it considers, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" It's not about having fun driving. It's about getting to one destination to another. You can put your family in danger.
Having a car to drive itself it's not worth getting hurt over. Technology is really good in all, but it could always go wrong not knowing when. Cars are already dangerous today. I think it would produce more reckless drivers and more accidents around the world. Most people are never focused on the road all the time, and when you have a car that can drive by itself you have to be focused on the road at all times. There are still a lot of postive things to this. It's not all negative. I just think there are more negative than postive. | 1 |
"Hey Gary, did you read the draft of "Unmasking the Face on Mars" that NASA sent us?" I asked my friend who I work with in editing NASA's articles. "Yes I centainly did! And I think that the Face on Mars is clearly an alien artifact." he replied. "What makes you say that? There's not much evidence to prove that theory and I did not expect that from you Gary, you're such a logical person! Cleary you should think an alien made artifact is not logicly science! Right?" I asked. "Well... what do you think?" Gary asked daringly. "Sure, let me try to change your mind!" I shot back.
"The first picture of the Face was taken in 1976 when cameras and technologys were not that advanced yet. And the article says that a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The article states that it was formed by shadows which gave the illusion of the face.
But people began to think that it was an alien sculpture. So on 1998, NASA
sent MGS to the Red Planet to take a better shot of the Face, the picture revealed a natural landform of Mars. But people like you, Gary, weren't convinced because it was winter where the Face was located so the alean markings were hidden.
Then in April 8, 2001, MGS flew to Mars on a cloudless day to get a better look at the Face. The camera the team used was a high reselution camerica, each picture spaned 1.56 meters. So if there were any alien like artifacts, it would have appeared in the picture. But it actually showed landforms that were common around western America."
"So what do you think now?" I asked after my speech. "Hmmmm, maybe you're right for once. You've stated your prespective reasonably. I never expected such a logical and scientific answer from you" He said. "Well thank you." I replied. "No, thank you." He said. "Because of your explenation, I will think of other interesting facts differently." | 2 |
Driveless cars are an excellent idea. In the article it says that the cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis, and would offer far more flexibilty than a bus. There are many complications when it comes to driving any type of car. You hear a lot about car accidents, deaths, injuries and much more. What they are trying to do is create a safer car. I think this is a great thing because we would be using less fuel, the driver would be more focused, and it will make driving safer.
Everyday we go through so much fuel to get around. We are hurting the enviroment tremendously, and something needs to be done about it. It seems that it would also be cheaper to drive a smart car. We depend on cars more than anything to get us around, so why not make something that saves us money? People would feel at ease while driving too. However, driveless cars are not completely driverless.
These cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all of the cars are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills. This will definatley keep people aware of whats going on around them; new drivers espcially. The smart car will keep you alert at all times; which most normal cars lack today. After a while people get so used to driving that they do not pay attention. This makes the road a dangerous place. GM has created a sensor to let you know when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The seat will vibarte, and the Google car will announce to the driver to take over. Manufacturers are considering using cameras to watch the drivers to see if they are doing what they are supposed to do.
Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, says, "We have to interpret driving in a new fun way." Some manufacturers hope to bring information systems that use heads-up displays. In this way, the in-car system is safer, and safety is a big concern. Another safety feature is a special sensor that makes the driver keep hold of the wheel.
With many manufacturers working to improve these cars, and to help make them safe; it will turn out to be a huge step in the world. Smart cars have come a long way. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe. It is amazing how we can make technology, and even better when it has a positive outcome. They should definatley continue improving these cars because of less fuel usage, drivers would be more focused and alert, and it will make driving safer and easier. They are still growing with ideas; they are getting closer and closer to their destination each day. | 3 |
Exploring The V!
Have you wondered what it would be like to land on a planet that is very dangerous to the human life?
Theres a Planet called venus and its very dangous to explore because of all the diffrent planet fetures that planet earth doesn't have. Venus is very dangerous to human life because of its tempatures, It's amospheres, and the surface of the planet.
Venus is a planet that human life can never set foot on because if its tempatures. In Paragraph 3 Line #3 the author says "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit". The human life form couldn't handle that much heat. In Paragraph 3 Line #7 the author states " These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth". None of are planets in are solar system have the kinda heat as venus does.
Venuses atmostphere is really dangerous to humans. In Paragraph 3 Line #4 the sentence contiuses and says "And the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". The atmoshereic presure is really strong on venus as well. In Paragraph 3 Line #8 the author says Such an evironment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals". This planet is pernounsed as the hardest planet to study.
The surface of venus is rough. In Paragraph 3 Line #11 the author says "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface". Venus is really like earth, but has alot of diffrences as well. In paragraph 4 Line #4 the author says " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and coad have suppoted various forms of life, just like earth". Venus could have had other forms of life in are solar system, But we will never know.
Venus is a hard planet to study and exam. (NASA) is trying to find new ways so we can get astronots on the none life planet. They have tried to land on venus with some rowbots but the tempature is to high and melted the metal of all of the robots. One day we will be able to land on venus and posable live on that planet that evryone thought no one would ever be able to step foot on. Venus will be a liveable planet one day. We all are going to keep working on was to live on it. One day we will find out. | 2 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", there are aspects that suggest driveless cars are or could be both beneficial and a potential for harm. Combining reality with the article, I firmly believe driverless cars will be more harm than help.
There are so many varied scenes and scenarios that are possible while driving; a person will never be fully aware of what scene could appear in the future. In the text, it is stated that "Human drivers must remain alert" (paragraph 7) suggesting that the "driverless" cars may not be programmed for EVERY possible scenario. The cars' reflexes may not be able to manage fast accidents or random incidents that can occur. What will the consequences be when the car isn't prepared and the human's attention is not in full focus on the road or the car?
Starting after the first Industrial Revolution, the world began to rely on machines and other inventions to provide faster and less labor. As much as technology is honored, faults still have occured. The world has seen machines malfunction and cause injuries or even death. Machines can never be fully trusted, at any second a virus or unintentional happenings can cause a machine to disprogram. In movies, it has been common to base a horror story off of a malnfunctioned item. At any given time, these cars could malfunction and not do the correct thing. For example, the brakes could get locked up and the car could lose the ability to stop. Another possible occurence is the steering wheel could lock or get left and rights confused. A simple malfunction can cause a lot of damage.
While the driverless cars improve and increase in function, humans' trust in these cars also increase. Humans will began to trust more in the cars' ability or drive, and slowly began to lose concentration while in these vehicles. Since technology is such a big role in society, people will focus more on their tablet and phone and let the cars' do all the work. People might not glance up for minutes at a time. If an scenario occured to fast and the car needed human help, the human may not be prepared. In the matter of seconds, we might not be able to react fast enough to get into proper position and get our minds focused on what is happening outside the car.
Technology improves everyday. As said in the text, driverless cars have been an idea for a while; but not all ideas are good ideas. Today's society already relies on inventions for less labor, the last thing we need is a driverless car. The road is not always the safest place. The road is very mysterious and can cause many tragic consequences. Not everyone will use driverless cars, so there will be potential hazards with conflicting into regular cars. The world will be a better place if we stop worrying about how to be even lazier, and more about what has corrupted us. | 3 |
All around the world car use is declining and we are witnessing different approaches that reduce pollution and reliance on cars. In Vauban, Germany, an experimental suburb does not allow any cars and is compact so that transportation can be by foot or bike. In Paris, a number of days banned the use of cars for a large part of the population due to the amount of pollution and smog. In Bogota Columbia, one day a year is reserved as car-free day in which all cars are prohibited. Many other cities are joining in this "Holiday". Obviously the over-use of cars in todays society and the pollution it causes in large cities is a problem. These societies are taking steps toward making the areas better places to live.
The car-free community experiment of Vauban Germany was completed in 2006 and is home to 5,500 people. Many of the residents in the community including Heidrun Walter feel "...much happier this way". In my opinion a car-free community in which I can walk to any friends house or store sounds exciting and enjoyable. Also, the amount of pollution it would decrease would be outstanding. Many communities are noticing this trend and are interested in how it is catching on.
In Paris, France a ban of cars with certain license plates was enforced to clear the air of the city. The ban was enforced after near-record breaking pollution. The smog created an unhealthy atmosphere full of congestion. After nearly a week, the smog cleared enough that the ban was rescinded.
A car-free day is taking hold in Colombia, started by Bogota, in which one day a year all car-use is prohibited. The citizens are often excited to participate and for the last three years the turnout has grown. This participation helps the pollution in the society and influences other communities to do the same. All of these societies are taking different approaches to reducing car-use but they are all working. Hopefully limiting car usage will continue to grow throughout the world. | 2 |
The world as we know it is quickly and frequently changing. Everything is now digital in at least one aspect. We are in now what one might call the Digital Era. Although the times are changing some things need to stay as analog as possible. An example of this is driving. New technology allows for driverless cars, but this could possibly be one of the most dangerous enhancements that has been created.
The idea of driverless cars has been fancied by visions of the future on televison and movies, but that is where they need to stay. Engineers at Berkeley tried to develop a similar smart car to the one Google has created, but they quickly found out that, "these smat road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was too expensive to be practical,". The upgrades that were needed to help these cars functon were, " electrical cables that sent radio signals to the front end of the car,". These simple adjustments to the roeads could cause cities to purchase the cables, consequently causing that city's government to dig deeper into the taxpayers pockets to pay for them.
Even with the advancements in the driverless car technonlgy, the car can only perform, " at speeds up to 25 mph,". This would the require the driver to still take control of the wheel. This simple fact make the driverless vehicle irrelevant anyway. The whole point of a driverless car is not have to be dependant on humans. With sensors that operate up to a limited speed, " the human driver must remain alert,". Although in support of the driverlass car the question, " why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver," comes up in the article, proving the uselessness of this type of car.
These new cars also could allow for texting and driving, which is one of the number one killers for teen drivers. Driverless cars may have slight warning signs for when the driver has to take over but they can go unrecognized. most traffic laws, " are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times,". In the new cars the human driver is only available for small amounts of time.
All in all, driverless cars are neither needed nor necessary. They are not truky safe and they never will be no matter how many advancements are made to it. The idea of driverlass cars may seem to be the next big thing, but they need to stay in the world of science fiction and never see the light of day. | 3 |
Driverless cars are being manufactured all over the world. Is this a good idea or a bad one? Driverless cars are a bad idea. A driverless car can cause so many problems and when a problem occurs, who is to blame?
Driverless cars are being made but have not yet approached roads in cities or a real street. Manufactures have ,are many successful cars of this kind without any problems. The cars are being sent on get droves all of the time. A driverless car model was made with magnets but had to be driven on a magnetic rode. The problem with that is it would cost way to much money to make every street magnetic. On cars today they have cameras sensors and all sorts of gadgets to help cars become more safe. On the new cars all of these factors are enhanced but not necessarily safer. A scenario is
what if these driverless cars come to a stoplight that is out of order. Normally the car that he gotten their first would go ,but how would a car know something like that. Another scenario is a kid is on a bike riding how will a computer know to stop pr process that information fast enough to make a life or death situation. There are so many reasons why driverless cars are not safe .
Also what happens when an accident occurs? Is the crash the drivers fault or the cars fault. A computer can't make rational decisions like a human can it can answers questions , but not make decisions. Having a driverless car would cause so many problems if there is no drover who is to blame and what if some one is actually driving their car and another isn't and there is an accident who is to blame. There couldn't even be a case because you would have a human arguing with a computer on what happened.
Driverless cars are not safe . New technology is being made everyday ,but a car will never have the brain of a human . A car and a human can't think the same so on a rode together who knows what will happen. Driverless cars will evuantually be on rodes ,but until their flawless they shouldn't be . | 2 |
I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join because you could be helping the lives of the lives of thousands of innocent people whose homes where destroyed in the wars. One of the interesting things of joining the program is that you can see a amazing sights from all around the world.
It is an unbelieveable opportunity for a small-town boy. Helping these people you can get the benefit of going to China and Europe and their famous landmarks. If you go to Italy there is a chance you could ride in a gondola in Venice,Italy. When i was in Crete is saw an excavated castle. On your way to China you can marvel your eyes at the Panama Canal. If your not in the mood for sight seeing you can go downstairs with some of you co-workers and play some baseball,volleyball,fencing,boxing,reading,whittiling,and Table-tennis to help pass the time while on board.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me.
It opened up the world to me and was vey grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of peolple in other countries and their needs. That awareness stayed with me for along time. It lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. If you had any job or chore working on a farm then this job will be great for you.
When your on night watchman duty be careful when it rains. Because when I was on night watchman duty it was raining cats and dogs. I was climbing down a ladder when my foot slipped and I fell in my side. I nearly slid stright off the deck. But before i could fall i grabbed on to a piece of metal before i could fall off. I couldn't work for a few days because of a few cracked ribs. But if you do join just know that your co-workers are there to help you with injuries.
In conclusion, I think that you should join our Seagoing Cowboy program.
Not only will you be helping us by joining but you will also help innocent lives of people who were harmed in the war. | 3 |
Cars are useful machines that get you around. But what you may not realize is the many problems that they may cause. The emissions from car tailpipes can cause environment issues and pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Some advantages from limiting car use include environmental improvements and recreational and personal advancement. Reducing car usage would be a benefit to most cities.
The atmosphere has been at an all time high in pollution, smog and green house gases are effecting cities. In Paris, France near-record pollution has been occuring and Paris decided to enforce a partial driving ban to help clear the air of the city. According to the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog. Coldnights and warm days caused the warm layer of air to trap the car emissions into the atmosphere. In Bogota, Colombia there is a declared day without cars in the capital city of 7 million people. According to the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, the turnout was large and even the rain wouldn't stop them from participating. Carlos Plaza which was interviewed for the article stated "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. Using less cars will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants according to Elisabeth Rosenthal author of "The End of Car Culture". Overall limiting car use will be a big factor in conserving resources and lowering emissions.
This limitation of cars would be beneficial to personal and recreational purposes also and not just the environment. In the town Vauban, Germany 70 percent of families do not own cars. According to the article "Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, citizens claim to be happy this way. "When I had a car I was always tense. "I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter. In this new approach of limited car use, stores are placed just a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. This provides an easier way to get what you need in a fast and convenient manner. In Bogota, Colombia, parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city and sidewalks are being replaced, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. A network of public transportation could be created to save time and improve safety. Reducing car use creates an opportunity for more recreational buildings and stores to be created near your community for your benefit.
Reducing car use would be a huge environmental benefit, helping lower the amount of smog and carbon emissions. This would also create the opportunity for recreational and business improvements, which would help create new shopping districts and recreational buildings closer to your community. In general limiting car use would create a cleaner and safer environment but would still be able to provide you with new entertainment and a stronger local community. | 4 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. The article is mainly about whether not driverless cars will or will not be useful in the future. Driverless cars may be useful in the future but there are both positive and negative aspects of these cars.
Positive aspects stated directly from the article is that the sensors of the cars will be more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. In paragraph 4 it states that " Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." This is important imformation that highly supports the positve aspect of driverless cars.
Although driverless cars are advanced but there are also negative aspects of these smart cars. In paragraph 7 most of driverless cars are listed and it directly states that, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through the work zones and aroung accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the drivers's attention whenever a problem occurs. GM had developed driver's seats the vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under considerations are flashing lights on the windshields and other heads-up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." These are the main negative aspects of driverless cars.
In my opinion I am for the development of these cars. Because we had come so far with technology, so far that most technology seem nearly impossible. I believed that in a few years from here that the will have driverless cars perfect with no negative aspects. Because soon enough we wouldn't need to remain completely focused and wait for your turn to drive. So far driverless cars have many negative aspects but those negative aspects are decreasing because we are finding ways to help make driverless cars advanced.
Driverless cars will be amazing once it is perfect with no negative aspects. We are just waiting for the law to approve driverless cars. Driverless cars may have positive and negative aspects but I believe we can have these car perfect in just a few more years. | 3 |
World War II has started in Europe and they need help. This is time that you can be a Seagoing Cowboy. You could go on a ship over the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. You can help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA, aka the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and they have joined with us, the Seagoing Cowboys. We need help to save these countries, so come on down and sign up to become one.
You can get orders to go to places like New Orleans or Greece. You would have so much fun going there. And you would get free time after you finish. And you would need a partner to help you get the supplies out. At night, you'll need to be a watchman to keep on guard and also find the people you're trying to get to. So you need to be awake. You will need to your duty for these people. If you graduated from high school, you can join us like Luke and Don.
You can be a great person for those people in the countries. And for your free time, you can play table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and game to help pass the time. Your friends could beat you in those games.
You could have an adventure with us. Luke said, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs" and that is true. And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. You could be Luke as well by helping many people become saved by you and your partner. | 1 |
Have you ever wondered what will happen if we keep using cars as a means of transportaiton? All the air pollution, killing the atmosphere, wasting valuable reasoruces. The future is going to be a place where we can't even breathe in air without having a mask on our heads due to smog. Going green as in limiting cars is a tremendous idea for the communites, and for the planet for various reasons. No smog in the atmosphere, greener communites, and more benefical ways of transportaion. Once you go green you will go never back.
To start off, Smog is one of the main disadvantages of owning or being in heavily populated area where they use cars frequently. Smog is when the cars emit there gases out of there tailpipe, and get traped in the atmosphere causing people to have problems breathing. Articles in the city of Paris in France said that they had to ban cars due to the smog in the atmosphere. They hit a near record of air pollution and stopped people form using there cars on certian days to clear the smog from the atmosphere. On that five day period of the intensifying smog actually rivaled the place of Beijing, China which is known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. Once the smog cleared they rescind the ban of car usage only to be a the same place there are going to be now if they keep on using cars.
In addition, cities around the world are creating new communities where they are not allowed to use cars. In Vauban, Germany the residents there are in a set up where they cannot use cars in there everyday life. 70 percent of the people over there do not own a car and 57 percent sold their car just to move into the community. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrum Walter, a resident of the city. Other places in the world like in Bogota, Colombia is in a program that they cannot use cars in there life. The life were they are no cars is a good life for a community and for everyone else.
Lastly, the end of transportion is not done, but people are finding new ways of transportation. Newer ways of transportation has stared in New York they have a bike-sharing program has skyrocketed. As well as car pooling since only one car or van is being used rather than 4 of 5 cars it is more efficient. People in the United states are using these ideas in there everyday life. Sutdies have shown that are less likely to get their drivers liscense and get a car. The world will be in a better place without car usage.
To summerize, limiting car usage is a extrodinary idea to make the world a better place. To cease the air pollution of smog, to make greener communities, and to make efficent ways of transportation. | 3 |
Would I want technology to read students emotional expressions,no cause I would'nt want people in my head knowing how i feel that's ain't nobody problem to know how i feel. TO me that's weird that technology can do that.
Why would they want that,some people like to be by they self when they in they feelings.
In paragraph 1it say that at least according to some new software that can recognize emotions.
But it can help to tho cause how about if somebody sick but they dont know thats how we can know if that persin sick, just thinking. How do it work what they do ti find out the emotions of the person, do they put plugs on they face.
How do Dr. Huang know that he can do this ,like how he know this wont hurt nobody doing this. so by weighting the different units the software can even identify mixed emotions.
In paragraph Dr Huang observes that artistssuch as Dda Vinci stidied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. He got a new computer software stores similar anatomical ibfornation as electronic code so they both are working on the same thing. | 1 |
If people limited the use of cars the earth would be able to have enough time to clean its atmosphere, but the only downside to this is that in cities buildings are farther away then they are like in passage 1 where as everything is in walking distance, but in cities that are meant for walking to different locations would cause a major problem with older adults. I do see this happening in small towns but cities would be more difficult to travel to unless they rebuilt everything within walking distance.
Now if America's citizens are driving less each year then let it happen and in a few years come back to the data that is presented in passage 4. So basically let it all happen on its own and not have to force it like Paris has done with giving out fines for whoever is driving a car with odd numbered license plates on mondays and even on tuesdays. I hig | 0 |
Hi, Im luke, If you are sitting around looking for adventure, stop by the seagoing cowboys program and find your adventure. We can help lots of people and so can you! We can take care of horses, cattle, and mules that were shipped overseas.
Once you get your seaman's papers then you can aboard a boat as you travel across the 7 seas, with cargo full of all sorts of different animals like horses, cattle, and mules. It takes about 2 weeks to cross the Atlantic and the sheep have to be fed 2 or 3 times a day but you will get used to it.
You can also have lots of fun once you get on the boat. there are games you can do to pass time, The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
There is a lot of sight seeing on the boat too, you get to see China, Europe, Acropolis, Greece, Italy, and lots of other great places around the globe. You can take a granola ride in Venice, Italy of maybe even tour a castle in Crete, and marvel at the Panama Canal. Like i did There are lots of fun things you can do at the Seagoing Cowboys!
So if you you like to have adventures, sight seeing, or even play a lot of fun games, come on down and sign up for this wonderful journey. We can take all the people we can can get!
So sign up at 4354 Seadog Lane, Florida. I think you will enjoy it, I know I did. | 2 |
Cars are used everyday in work and social life, and they play an important role in transportation, some people buy them for fun and others buy them as a neccesity for daily life. But recently we have been cutting back on the usage of cars and we could extend the life of our planet by simply not driving.
Transportation is the second largest source of America's emmisions and it caused Paris to ban driving for a little while due to smog, environmental conditions worsen by the day and it is apparent. Yet we still drive our fancy cars around like there isn't a problem. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe and up to 50 percent in the U.S." states Elisabeth Rosethal from the article "In German Suburb Life goes on without cars." That is a lot of pollution entering our atmosphere.
Americans and other citizens around the world have increasingly recognized this problem and started taking the initiative to change it. In Bogota, Colombia one day out of the year all cars are banned except taxi's and busses. "Violaters faced 25 dollar fines... but the turnout was large, despite the gray clouds that dumped rain showers" Andrew Skelsky says from the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota." This just shows what we can do if we try, and for the first time two other cities joined the event. | 2 |
Driverless cars should continue to be develop and made more efficiently. These cars will help keep the driver and it's passengers safe in the future if the manufacturers continue to test and develop these driverless cars. It is also important that the human race continues to advance in everything it can. As time goes on things will change and the human race will eventually be forced to evolve with it.
Driverless cars have been around since 2009 accourding to the article. Google being one of the main benifactors has had their cars
drive "more than half a million miles without a crash"(para 2). These cars still have a human driver and the car is made to alert the drive when the car cannot do a funtion on it's own. For example if there was an accident to get around or roadwork the car would alert the driver. Google is still trying to change their driverless cars and make them even more safe for those who are in and or around the car.
Safety is a huge issue with driverless cars and the manufacturers who make them have come to make safety one of their main priorities. Google changed a Toyota Prius by adding sensors all around the car. Theses sensors are placed in areas where the vehicle should be able to detect almost anything that goes by them between a certain range. So, it depends how close or farway an object is for the sensor to detect it. Google even added a "dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings."(para 4).
All in all, the benifits of having a driverless car in our future would be neverending. If there were ways to reduce deaths due to car accidents or texting while driving then it should happen. Safety should be key when it comes to automated vehicles and the next step for safety with vehicles will be with using driverless cars. Driverless cars are the future and they will be what our next generation uses. | 3 |
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in America. With driverless cars, these accidents would be far less frequent. They have faster reflexes than any human. Also, once they are fully developed, accidents resulting from texing and consumption of alcohol will be a thing of the past.
In 1980, speed sensors were put on the wheels of cars to create antilock brakes. Since then, they have been further developed to sense dangerous situations and react to them. They can apply brakes and reduce engine power in a much faster manner than any human could. As this technology develops, cars will become much safer and more capable of handling situations on their own.
Most car accidents are caused by human fault. People consume alcohol, use drugs, are distracted by their phones, eat, and sometimes simply don't pay attention. With driverless cars, these things wouldn't be an issue. When driverless cars become fully developed, people can endeavor in whatever mindless activity they choose and not hurt anyone on the road. Road rage will become less of a problem. Speeding will be a thing of the past as well as many other traffic violations.
Driverless cars are a great idea. They will make the road a safer place and will be more convenient for people who like to multitask. The judicial system won't have to waste time and money dealing with traffic violations. All around, these would be benficial and I can't wait for them to be a part of our everyday lives. | 2 |
Giving details and information, I think the author explained well the dangers of Venus. He explained the temperatures and how hot it can get there, how it can melt metal things and that it's just not worth living there. But it is worth exploring as in studying it, the rocks and maybe they can find something that could possibly live there. The author supports the idea of studying by saying in paragraph 8 how "Venus has value" and how "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limilted by dangers and doubts but she be expanded to meet the very edges or imagination and innovation.
The author says that it gets over 800 F in Venus, says that it could've been possibly like Earth years ago, where humans can live in. But NASA has to do more studying on rocks and other sediments and onjects on Venus. The author explaines how much carbon dioxide is covering Venus, and I believe carbon dioxide is so good for a planet. The planet isn't very useful to live in since it crushes metalic things, and for example cars, something we need to get around places. | 1 |
Limiting car usage can be helpful as we try to reduce our negative impact on this great big miracle of a planet. Reducing or even eliminating the use of cars would greatly drop the amount of damage done to the ozone. Even then, some people living without cars found their life to be less stressful. Aside from these two simple solutions, a life without cars can save so much more.
First off, without cars the pollution that's depleting our ozone would be nearly gone. The gas emissions from tailpipes account for 12% of greenhouse gas emitions, and in some places even 50%! Life this advanced on a single planet in this great big universe is such a miracle. We need to protect our planet from greenhouse gasses if we wish to continue to exist on this planet.
Secondly, not only do cars cause a great deal of life threatening polution, but some people living without their cars found their life to be less stressful. Owning a car is not only expensive due to maintainance but because of these fluctuating gas prices! If you were to sell your car now and either walk, bike, or ride the city bus to work or school you would save thousands. While keeping city busses would still cause some pollution it's not as great the amount of pollution as millions of cars. Also, walking would help keep the world in shape since it is a great way of exersize.
In conclusion, getting rid of cars would be the best thing we can do for the planet. Not even getting rid of them but at least reducing the risk of them. It would keep the world in shape, and keep your money in your wallet. All of this while reducing the harm we are doing on our miraculous planet. | 2 |
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