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The author thinks that studying Venus is worthy pursit even though its dangerous because no one really been on Venus before even though its very close to us because of some of the conditons it has. For example the author states in paragraph 2 " each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." so on ones really been on it to have much time to explore it and thats why they want to know more about it. Another reason its dangerous for them to study the planet is because it has the hottest surface tempertaure of any planet in out solar system stated in paragraph 3. Astronomers are so fascinated by Venus because it was once been the most Earth-like plant in our solor system so long ago it could of been just how Earth is today states in paragraph 4. Venus can sometime be our nearest option for planetary visit but the returing of Venus seems indisputable. There is many things that cannot be studied or even done because Venus is like no other planet and thats why they want to study it so bad despite the dangers of doing it. | 1 |
we shouldn't use this techlogy to our students because we shouldn't know what your feelings our because thats our priviacy. the only people who should be able to use this technology is our consoulers, and our doctors. This will show them what we are feeling and they could find ways to help us.
The reason why we should use this is that it will help us cut down all the sucides and will help us make a lot more people happy. We would be ableto get helped in different ways then we do already now. this is a new piece of technolgy that could help our world in a big way but the only way we should only be able to use this is if the parents of the or the child if eighteen sign the waiver to tell us we can use it on them. This is a new thing that could help us in school and with everyone who needs help.
The reason why we need this is to help us get more with people trying to endanger them and to make sure everyone can feel better. We can always get help and do everything we can to make sure we have our students to know if we are cinfused or bored on what they are learning. This will help our world out big time and help every student to get better in school. | 1 |
When you attempt to find love there are dangers. The one you have chosen may have a history of being unfit to hold a relationship, or just has a bad makeup due to their past and they don't feel like changing now. Venus is just like the signifacant other you are looking for. Whilst it is a planet, it has numours dangers like it's chemical makeup, temperature,etc. The author couldn't be any better in this story on why even with it's dangers we on earth should venture out and see what Venus is all about. Giving us multiplie reasons why we need to find a way to get someone (or something) over there as soon as possible. The first reason that was broguht upon my eyes was in paragraph eight where it states, "~but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidation endeavors." What I got from that quote was that if and when we are able to achieve the abilitiy to get over to our sister planet we will be able to find and conqure much more challenging issues. Another reason that the author wrote in the text was in paragraph 2 it states, "Ofter reffered to as Earth's 'Twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This shows me that when we are able to get over to this planet we will be able to see 'what is over on that side of the river'.Meaning that we will be able to see what the closest looking planet to earth is really about. The third and final reason the author wrote about in the passage was written in paragraph three as it stated, " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.' This is showing me that we already know alot about the chemical makeup of this planet, but there is always something more we can figure out about this topic. Just like with anything theres always a second story or a second layer that tells us more. Here if we ever do decide to take on this task we will be able to see the entire chemical makeup of our sister planet Venus. In conclusion the author did an amazing job by giving us (the reader) multiple reasons on why we on earth should go and venture out in our solar system and figure out what Venus is truly all about. And maybe we'll be able to create this planet into a new habitat. The only way we shall know is if we are able to venture out and do such. | 3 |
Luke want others to participate in the program ''Seagoing Cowboys'' because when his firend told him to join the program, Luke knew that it was an opportunity of a lifetime. Based off the acticle I read, it says ,''Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China''. According to the text, Luke helped other people, and he wanted them to join in case they want to do the same thing. For example, Luke had turned 18 before arriving in Greece, like he could be drafted the the military service. he wanted people to join the program because they can experience adventures and visit many unique places. Luke also did not only help people but, caring for the animals during the crossings kept him busy. Luke said,'' I'm grateful for the opportunity .'' The author stated, ''And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.''
It also says,"It was1945, World War 2 was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration).'' Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled
at the Panama Canal on his way to China. Luke helped a lot of people during his trips and trying to convince other to join the program. Like that there would more help for the animals and people the need them. This explains how the argument of Luke's point of view trying to convince others to join Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
The author thinks, that exploring venus could be a dangerous thing to do because what he says about how other spacecraft landed there and how they didnt live for a few hour that , that is why spacecraft now have not gone to venus in over more than three decades. In paragraph two in the last sentence, it shows how he talked about spacecrafts.
The author also states how the tempeture is in venus in the third paragph, third sentence ,he talks about how hot it is in venus he said it is about over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and it also say¨beyond high pressure and heat,venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquaks,and frequen lighting.....¨
nasa is putting other lives at risk to go study venus, in paragraph five, frst two sentence it tell how nasa might have people go and discover more about venus.
My opinion on all of this that the author was talking about. It feels like a movie like,maybe in the future who knows when, we might have to go to venus because of something that happen in earth. we are going to leave homes and everything we worked on and live a new life in another planet. It kinda reminds me of that movie ¨Wall-e¨ they left earth nasty and a lot of poultion and went to live in a spacecraft in space. I would not want to live like that because what if somthing happened in the spacecraft. Back to what i was talking about, yea it would be cool to live in another planet, but those people that nasa is going to send out ton explore venus, have to explore it really carefully. I find it really interesting how there is a similar planet to earth. | 1 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author gives the reader basic insight on what Venus is, its history, why scientists are trying to explore it, and the challenges scientists have faced.
Overall it is a very informative article and the point of it was to convince the reader that despite all of the struggles there is that comes with exploring Venus, that it is worth exploring anyway.
Though it is an admirable arguement, it is simply not supported throughout this type of article.
In the article, the author does not support his or her argument well because of his or her informative over-kill, lack of analysis, and lack of data in his or her favor.
To begin, the author gives us too many facts that are simply just an introduction. In paragraph three, the whole paragraph is stating facts about Venus and its atmosphere.
For example the author states that, "...atmospheric pressure is 90 times great than what we experience on our own planet."
This does resonate with the arguement considering that it is about how Venus should be explored despite the challenges.
The real problem with this example is that this is placed in the third paragraph and everything before it was also facts.
The author spent three paragraphs talking about the weather of Venus instead of analyzing how it should be disregared and we should explore it for better reasons. Additionally, the author gives facts that have nothing to do with the arguement provided.
In the second paragraph, the author states that, "...sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus."
This simply has nothing to do with the supposed topic.
Not only is there too many facts, but these facts have nothing to do with the topic and the author seems to -in fact- trail off a bit.
Multiple times.
Additionally, the author seems to provide no analysis towards the plethera of information.
For example, the first true analysis is seen is in paragraph five when he or she states, "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
By the time someone is writing to paragraph five, there should already be an extreme of amount of noticable analysis before that.
The basic structure of any arguement would be to state a fact, and give a well thought-out analysis about that fact and how it applies to one's topic.
The noticable structure here, would be an overwhelming amount of facts, and then slight analysis by assuming that the evidence speaks for itself.
When you have that much information thrown at the reader at once, the evidence really doesn't speak for itself.
That's where the supposed analysis comes in.
The analysis is supposed to connect the dots for the reader and explain how it applies.
It seems that is lacking here.
Finally, the author seems to be arguing against themselves with the type of evidence that is being presented.
Throughout the whole article the author seems to be only stating the things wrong with this idea.
For example in paragraph two, the author states that, "...no spacecraft survived the landing for than a few hours."
Then backed that up with no analysis on how that should be worth the risk so scientists can can continue exploring.
This is a problem because that is the point of the article: that despite all the risks, scientists should perservere. That's is not what followed that unsettling fact, though.
All that followed was more facts.
Additionally in paragraph six, the author finally states a good fact on how exploration can continue, but then follow it with analysis that once again goes against the arguement.
For example, after talking about the solution NASA has made to this problem, the author follow it with, "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can only provide limited insight..."
This was a poor choice of support because the author is basically going against his or her idea, without reconciling it.
In conclusion, the author makes it unclear which side he or she is trying to prove.
It is a very well-written article, but only for informational purposes.
If one it looking for a well-supported idea on how despite all the risks, science should continue, this article is not the place to look.
If anything, it seems that the author is arguing against continuing to explore Venus-considering all the facts and analysis that went against the idea.
Once again, this is a well written informative article, not an arguable one. | 5 |
The Facial Action Coding System would be a vaulubale asset in a classroom but it could be intrusive to others peoples feelings and emotions.
There are few good reasons why the system could be benificial to a classroom. since it can caculate all 44 majormuslces like the Lateralis or the orbicularis oris. It can get students who are depressed or being bullied help they need instead of waiting around for them to get help themselves. Another good reason why its benificial for the system could be in a classroom is that it can show if a student is confused on a question or problem and dont like getting help from a teacher the scanner can spot them and see if they can get help.
people will hate the facial action codeing system because they wont like people intruding on their feelings even when they are hiding them for a reason. the system can be scary to many people because it could offspring other systems like reading your mind for say. it could be hated for the fact that people dont like talking about their emotional feelings to strangers and the system just sucks their expressions off their face and detects their feelings upsets many people.
The Facial Action Coding System is a perfect system if you wanted to know one's feelings or just to have your computer know what your feeling and understand that maybe some day it can help you with your emotional problems. | 2 |
Have you ever thought about a computer reading your emotions? me neither, that sounds pretty cool huh. Well today its possible for your emotions to be read by new technology called "the Facial Action Coding System" created by Dr. Paul Eckman, this allows computers to recognize human emotions. I believe that this new technology can change things and improve the relationship between computers and humans.
Now lets take it back to Leonardo da Vinci and his Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa. Da Vinci studied human anatomy to help him paint muscles on the face as precisely as possible to show specific emotions. This painting was the first to be tested on this new software, yes a painting not real physical human face. The result showed hat Mona Lisa was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. The whole process of calculating emotions begins with a computer constructed 3-D model of the being identified, the 44 important muscles have to move like human muscles. the movement of one or muscles is called a "action unit".
Dr. Eckman has classified the six basic emotions which are; Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Dr. Haung says in this passage that "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly)". humans calculate emotions everyday, you can tell when your friend is mad, sad, tired just by looking at their face. but not everyone can some people have trouble reading facial expressions on people.
Think about a computer knowing your exact emotion. For example when your doing an assignment that requires you to do research and the computer can tell that your getting bored with the website that you found by indentifiying your emotions at the moment, it could give you other sites that might interest you. | 1 |
Richard Nion, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole and other companies have all agreed to abolish the Electoral College and I to agree for many reasons. One of the major issue is that the voters don't know what really happens to thier vote. Another issue to add is that ''the electoral collage is unfair, outdated, and irrational".
Do the citizens that go and vote for their candidate actually choose for the candidate's electors? In the text is states that not only do I vote for candidate's electors but also '' help choose the state's electors when you vote for the president''. This meaning that my vote counts for several things, but was I aware? Maybe not because I simply think I'm voting for a candidate running for presidenty not the candidate's elector. The Electoral College was ment for a compromise between Congress and Citizens not all these extra people.
''This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could loose again''. Certainly this doesn't makes sence because how could the winner of the votes loose? Which is one of the reasons why the the Electoral College is unfair. Also in the beggining of the article it's said that '' A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President''. Meaning that the president already has an advance in the votes. I think that the Electoral College process should be gone for its unfairity and be replaced to a new way of election.
In the new way of electing our president should be in a few steps and also not worrying about the candidate already having an advanced amount of votes. Instead of the votes going place to place they should just be in the state and counted for equaly no ajustments, then after the election send to Congress or the National Archives as part of the offical records of the presidential election.
In conclusion the electoral College should be taken out permantly and be replaced by a new way or process when it comes to the citizens votes and the election of the cadidates. | 2 |
Have you ever heard of the facial action coding system? The facial actions coding system enables computers to identify human emotions. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all fourty four major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Pretty cool,right? But is this technology really valuable for students in a classroom? I'm going to give you three reasons as to why i think this technology is not valueable.
Firstly, students have a right to keep their privacy. it might be very embarrasing for a student that wants to keep their emotions private to later find out that teachers know exactly how they feel. Even though by just looking at somebody you can whether someone is happy,sad,mad,and etc. If someone doesn't feel comfortable with their emotions they can seek the help they need. Students might not want to attend school anymore due to the fact that their privacy has been taken away, and at any second they might be questioned about their emotions.
secondally, students attend school to learn. By cutting precious timeout of their day to try and read their emotions many students will not get the learning that is needed. Students will start to get bad grades and fail many classes if they are not learning the right way. Many parents might get upset, because they might not want the their kids to go through this process. If the teachers have the parents permission that would be a whole different story.
Lastly, Many students already go through stress due to having many school assignments and trying to keep their grades in good shape. If teachers put another stress factor on kids it could be very hard on them, and also could lead to depression. This generation if very private with everything that goes on in their daily life activities. I know students will not like everyone knowing about how they all are feeling everyday. Students deserve to be happy or sad without everyone knowing.
This are my three reasons as to why i feel that the facial action coding system is not valueable to students in a classroom. They need privacy, not having many stress in their lifes, and lastly they need their learning time. | 3 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because student can know what other people are feeeling just by taking a picture.
In the text it states that "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face..." This mean that this Dr. Huang can take a picture and can tell how you or a friend are feeling. Another example in the text its states that "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." This means that when someone takes a picture or paints one of you, they can tell if you are happy, sad, anrgy, worried, or evean scared. Final example is that in the text its states "....Theory of Emotions, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also many even produce them." This means that even if you don't feel emotions than they can change that for you to feel more happy or even sad.
In conclusion these doctors can just take a painting or a picture of something and can tell what your feeling, I think that this is valuable to the student because it gives us a chance to see people where feeling back in the day. | 1 |
My opinion on driverless cars are, that they are dangerous cause it may not be made right. Its can hurt other people on the rode if wheel spins out of control .Also there are careless drivers that may get the car and start txtin and want pay attention to the rode because it drives on its on. They seem very dangerous.
The article driverless says "none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless" there are many things wrong with this idea and can cost many life if not done correctly. The wheel may keep going while you trying to control it and may hurt someone or yourself if not used corrrectly. Why would anyone want a driverless car that still require a driver? This is how people think they may think because the car is now driving they dont need to do anything,Wrong that may hurt someone this is why that is dangerous. Also installing intertainment systems can very much distract the driver if you dnt want to driver why buy a car? That shows that our generation cant do anything for themseleves people are going to forget how to drive . | 1 |
Welcome my name is Luke, and I am here to tell you all to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I myself participated in this a few years back. When I graduated high school a friend of mine invited me to go to Europe on a cattleboat. Of course there are some advantages and disadvantages but, there are mostly advantages. If you have not already participated in it here are some reasons why you should.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is a chance of a lifetime you will get to be in places like Italy, China, and Europe. You will be able to go sightseeing. As I remember I went to tour an excavated castle in Crete, I marvled at the Panama Canal, I saw the Acropolis in Greece which was special to me, and so was taking a gongola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. You will also be helping a lot of people and you can't be drafted by the military because it counts as a service. On August fourteenth we arrived we got the seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. On the way back we got to play baseball and volleyball and other games where the horses used to be. The dangers part is falling off the boat. In fact I almost fell off a boat but then I cracked my ribs. Also the job involves hard work.
Please join the Seagoing Cowboys It is a good program and you will help many people. Thank-you for reading. | 1 |
Each year more people are killed by driving accidents then the combined deaths of murder and accidents involved with firearms.
Many of these deaths and associated accidents are caused by driver error such as reckless driving, speeding, texting while driving, and driving under the influence. As a result, many traffic regulations, such as the institution of specific rules of the road, police enforcement of safe and sober driving, and required safety features, such as airbags and seat-belts, have helped to reduce accidents and mortality rates on the road. Yet, these mortality rates are still high due to the human trait of being able to fail due to biological reasons (fatigue, anger) and psychological and cognitive reasons (driving under the influence due to a false belief that "alchohol does not affect me that badly" or that "I do not need a seat-belt, I likely will not get into an accident). Henceforth, the addition of automated driving systems into cars are of extreme benefit due to their ability to negate these human tendencies and traits as well as adding a degree of redunency to driving.
First off, automated driving systems are usefully as they can negate the negative effects of human biology such as fatigue and rage. As demonstrated on paragraph seven, the article explains how care manufacturers are considereing the implementation of cameras which can monitor drivers. While the article implies that these cameras are to be use to detec whether or not the driver is even looking at the road, it is not wistful thinking to believe that this technology can be improved apon to detect facial features (such as opening and closing of the eyes, swaying of the head) to detect fatigue or other features (angry expression) to detect drivers who are tired or experiencing road rage. The car from this point could take measures, such as suggesting the driver to stop at a gas station to get coffee or to pull over to calm down, and thus prevent the driver letting his or her biological symptoms affect his or her ability to drive safely.
Additionally, these automated cars can also be used to stop drivers from preforming reckless things while driving due to their stupity, ignorance, or inmaturism, by forcing the driver to comply with driving law in or for he or she to driving. One example of this forced compliance could be that an automated car could demand a breathilizer test to be preformed in conjuction with the use of a key in order to start up the car, ensuring that only sober drivers can operate a vehicle. Additionally, the car can also perform a similar action by requireing the driver and passengers (which could be detected by sensors and cameras) to have their seatbelts on before driving. Finally, a car can either force a driver to pull over if it detects that the driver is driving recklessly or alert athorities so that they can stop the driver before he or she has the chance to hurt someone else. Henceforth, the computer systems in car can help a driver not to cause an accident by either their physical and/or cognitive state or by their irresponsibility.
Finally, automated cars increase safety due to the concept of redundency. Since there are two capable operators in the vehicles, (that being the human driver and the car itself) one can take over in case the other fails, such as the car taking over if the driver falls asleep or the driver taking control if one sensors has a malfunction. This redunency improves safety as both systems have to fail instead of just one in order for an accident to occur. This redundency is why commercial aircraft have an extremely low likelyhood of failure, as the plane has both human redundency (two pilots in case one becomes incapacitated) and mechanical redendency (auto-pilot kicks in if both pilots become temporarily unable to address all the issues occuring in flight as well as back up systems in case something like electronics or pneumatics fail).
Henceforth, through a combination of redundency and the ability to help drivers protect themselfs from their own faults, whether they be physical, emoutional, or mental, the automation of cars will make the act of driving a much safer endeavor. While some may state that automated cars can never reach the intuition and agility of a natural driver, automated systems should and would not replace human drivers but instead suplement them as in the case with commercial aircraft. Henceforth, when the risks and the benefits of automation in driving are weighed, one can come to the conclusion that automation is driving will inevitably make the endeavor much safer. | 4 |
The value of using this technology to read students' can be useful we do it in a every day life anyway when we look at our friends and can tell something is wrong,or when you come home and your mom can always tell something is wrong. These computers could tell if students do not understand and are confused , or if they do get it and understand.
These computers tracks your emotion-recognition as it states in paragh 4. Some kids are afriad to raise there hand you would not have to raise your hand then if you dont get it the teachers would already know that you dont get it. Dr. huang saw that artists studie human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles to also so emotions as it states in paragh 5.
This could help out teachers and students alot. Students would not have to be scared when they are confused, teachers would know that you do not get it so they can help you out till you do get it. When u are just having a bad day teachers would know that and so they dont get on you for being angry when they call on you or try to talk to you. This is why i am for using technology to read students emostions expressions. | 1 |
Things aren't always as they appear, just because it looks that way doesn't necessarily mean that it is that way. The formation on Mars does look like a face but it is just a land formation it's not like land formations are rare. Coincidences happen all the time, this is just one of those times. You can't judge something based on how it's looked, you have to really pay attention.
Formations are a very common thing, both on Earth and on Mars. It is nothing strange, what is strange is that it looks like a head. But even at the picture was taken in 1976 with a much lower quality of camera so things wouldn't have looked as clear as a more modern camera, the other picture was taken in 2001, technology would have advanced and improved much in that time span as it was 25 years later. The quality would have improved so it would have been much easier to see and to know what it really was, it was just a coincidence and coincidences are just as common as land formations.
Coincidences happen a lot, and this is just one of the instances that it happens. It may look like a face and something that was made but when you look at it again, with a different perspective you see what it really is. Like sometimes you will have food, like chips and it will look like a face or an object, but just because it looks like that doesn't mean that is that. Or sometime you will see something, but then have to look again to see if that's really what you saw, it's the same concept. Just because you see it doesn't mean it is that or that is even there. Magic is a good example as it is just an illusion, it's happening in front of you but that doesn't mean it's actually there, because when you see how it's really done it's not so magic. The clouds may look like animals floating in the sky but they are still just clouds. All of this brings it back to the same point, that the land formation may look like a face that was created but when you really look at it and realize what it is you know what it really is, just another land formation.
You may say that aliens made something like this but that just doesn't make sense. That's like saying that people made the Grand Canyon or that people made the Rocky Mountains. These things would have made by what was there and things that affected them, not by people or aliens. There is no evidence that aliens even exist, so with lacking that proof how can you say something that never existed or at least something that is unable to be proved existed made this.
It all loops and loops and loops. You end up with the same thing and it just becomes repetitive. You can say that aliens made this but you lack proof, where as it's just a land mass has plenty of evidence to back it up. It is just a coincidence that it looked like a face. | 3 |
Venus is the closest planet to Earth. The planet Venus is known as Earth's twin because its the close to earth density and size, and is also sometimes called the "Evening Star," In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." The author claims that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The aurthour says in paragraph 4 that Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary vist. The author also says that Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have many forms of like, like Earth. The author also says in paragraph 8 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.
I think that we should not waste our time to explore Venus. Even though the planet is somewhat identical to Earth, the planet is very chaotic and dangerous. In paragraph 3, the author tells the readers the many dangers of Venus. The planet is covered in a thick atmosphere of about 97 carbon dioxide, and the atmosphere has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what Earth is. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature in our solar system, considering that Mercury is the closet planet to the sun. The weather on Venus also has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes. Yes we can look and take samples, but the spacecraft we sent to Venus has not survived the landing for more than a couple of hours. We could vist Venus, but it could be nearly impossible with Venus conditions.
Venus, Earth's "twin," is similar to Earth in size and density. But the clouds and temperatures make it nearly impossible to live on Venus. We sent many spacecraft to Venus, but none could survive for a couple of hours. The conditions of the planet is chaotic, and the atmosphere is as toxic as it could get. Astronomers think that Venus was probably covered with oceans and had life on the planet. Venus today, has a rocky surface, which includes valleys, mountains, and craters. We should study the chaotic planet, but living conditions are nearly impossible. | 2 |
Overly usage of cars not only has drastically harmed the environment but humans as well. This is why many countries have now leaned towards limiting the usage of cars. It might seem absurd especially if you heavily depend on your car to get to places, but the truth is cars harm. They're killing our world and therefore they're killing us.
Cars release carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. If humans or any other living beings are heavily exposed to such gas they will die. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse emission in Europe...50% in the U.S"(source1,p.5). Everytime we turn on our car engines we are harming ourselves. For small countries with little abundance of cars this might not be alarming at all. For huge economic countries such as the United States and France, car abundance is a serious deal. "Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France"(source2,p.14). The more abundant cars are the faster we are deteriorating ourselves. Cars cause broken acidents, broken highways, and heavy traffic, which leads to...acidents. Either way cars cause death so we might as well not have them at all. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Getting on a car is dangerous from whichever way you look at it. There's either angry drivers, drunk drivers, crazy drivers, and you're emitting monoxide gas. A world without cars is like our own little "world peace".
No cars would mean more space, simple as that. "Parks and sports centers would bloom"(source3,p.28). People would have more places to visit and spend time with family and friends. "Restaurants and shopping districts have cropped"(source3, p. 28). We woulld have safer and prettier landscapes. A healthy yet fun world."Pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety"(source4, p.43). Many cars lead to heavy traffic which causes people to freak out and speed. No cars would mean that people would begin finding local jobs. Jobs that they could go by walking, riding a bike, etc. We would be healthier because at the same time we are exercising, and keeping our air clean. Having less cars is better for us in any way you look at it.
Limiting car usage means we would have a safer environment to live in. There would be more space for fun recreational areas. And our lives would be less at stake. Our bodies would be healthier as well as the world that we live in. Limiting cars sets better steps for the next generations to come. | 2 |
Being able to tell exactly how somebody else is feeling would be very valuable in a classroom. Able to tell when one of your classmates is sad, angry, or happy. You can change the subject of whatever your class is talking about to make someones mood change. You can tell if someone is being truthful about their emotions.
Not everyone will just go up to you and start talking about how bad their day is or how happy they are because they could be very shy or don't like to express their emotions. If you're able to tell if someone is sad or scared you can then think of the best way to make them feel better or make them feel comfortable and safe.
When a teacher can tell if one of his or her students are feeling down they can say something funny or have a fun activity for the class to do, just to get the student distracted with whatever their going through just for a while. Teachers sometimes even will pull you to the side and ask you what is going on and just being able to let everything out can even make you feel better.
How do i know i can trust someone? This article has explained how a rela genuine smile can be distinguished from a fake and untruthful smile. I would really like to be able to tell how or when when someone has good or bad intentions with being my friend.
The Facial Action Coding System is very conveniant and valuabe to students in a classroom. It is very suptising how youu can point out somebody's emotions with just the muscules in their face. If you can tell if someone isn't feeling okay or is down you try your best figuring ou thwta you can do to help them out. Put a smile on somebody's face. | 2 |
My position on driverless cars that there is a cause and effect to it. You can have postive effects and some bad effects such as having someone drunk in the car and they do something reckless in the car. But a good effect is that you can have someone avertise the car or use it in a good way. You have good reason that you can be having long dinstance driving and might take a nap if you get tired. then wake up and take control of the car. You might have the car for it's breaking system and not know that car that close to you and it can save someone life. But there somone bad effects like somone with out there driver liscense might get a smart car and get pulled over with them in it or have some thing bad happen to them.
Then you got the waitng on the law there might be some states that might not like the smart car and have people getting hurt and having it be the people that created the car problem. Such as california,Nevada,Florida,and the District of Columbia. they belive that you need somone with a licesnse to be driving the car so they baned it. They belive it be more reliably and safe. Who falult could it be the driver or the manufactur. But automakers still making there work and plan to have them ready by 2020.
Then you got senseing the world like travling long places in a smart car or having them racing. There alot of radio recivers and satilete information it has to be for the car to work right. You gonna need some type connection in the area at all times so the car don't do anything wrong. Then you got many car manfuctors trying to work on there own types of cars to make there's better. Then they got sensors for the cars for speed sense to know how fast you are suppose to go. Then for the breaks so you dont have out of control skids down the road.
Last thing is you have advertisement for the cars in movies and on tv. Trying to get people to drive them and persuade them to get it and not make it a money issue. Make it easier for public transportation and taxi-system. Then try to make it a better way to get around in all of the coutires and states. But in my option i think it makes it esaier for people to get around and it's a cool thing to have and have this technogly to make moving around alot easier. | 3 |
Dear Mr Senator, whats the point in voting if our vote may not even count?
In the Electoral college people citizens vote for a slate of electors who then later go and vote for president. However, sometimes it doesnt work that way. The electors are not obligated to choose the president that the people want. The Electoral college is corrupt and needs to go away.
The people of America dont like the Electoral college and want something new. Stated in source 2, " Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanksto the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent off voters would prefer a dirt election to the kind we have now." In short, people were so unhappy with the election and the way it ended. people would rather have direct voting than to continure with an Electoral college.
The Electors in the Electoral college arnt always innocent. They can lie, cheat, they go behind the backs of the states citizens and not even vote for who the citizens want. In 1960, segregationists in the lousiana legislature tried to get rid of the democratic electors. They wanted to replace them with people who would oppose John F Kennedy. Sourse 2, number 11 says "In some vein, faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whoever they please..." This means that with an Electoral college, the person you want to vote for may not even get picked cause of lying electors.
Even though the electoral college is a pretty bad thing, there are still a few upsides. The Electoral college avoids te problem of neither candidates getting a majority of the votes. In sourse 3, number 22 (There is no pressure for run-offelections when no candidatewins a a majorityof the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the electoral college, which invarable produces a clear winner...) Simply this says that without the electoral college voting can be difficult and stressful.
In conclusion, The Electoral college may not be the best thing for our society, and also can we even trust that our votes even matter? either the Electoral college cant be trusted and it needs to be gone for good, or something needs to change. | 3 |
The electoral college needs to be kept, it is the easiest way to vote for a presidential canidate. People may not like it because the people who are voting for a president really are not voting for the president, their voting for the electors to vote for the president. Which makes sense, but the electoral college is simple and yet very reliable in many ways people dont see.
The electoral college is based of popularity in a state. I can see why people dont like that because certain states like florida has the maximum of 29 electoral votes, but wyoming only has a maximum of 3 electoral votes. The presidential canidates look for states that have the most electoral votes, but they also need more votes than the other canidate so every vote counts.
Citizens may think that the canidates dont care about their state, but they do in more ways than you think. The electoral college has a requirement, trans-regional appeal, which means that a canidate is popular in a certain region of the U.S for example, Mitt Romney he was the most popular in the south in 2012's election. Romney did not canpain heavily in the south so he did not gain any electoral votes by increasing his popularity in the states he knows he would win in.
The electoral college is definatly something to argue about but in my opinion it should be kept. The Electoral college may seem a bit unfair but its also the most easiest desion making tool when it comes to electing. Its been around for years it would make no sense to get rid of it. | 2 |
Driving can be a huge hassle. Having to spend money on gas, making sure to not go over the speed limit, and being a safe driver at all times to avoid any accident. There are many advantages to limiting car usage. Such as helping out our economy and reducing pollution, having alternative ways to get places, and not spending money on a car. In not driving you would be the one to benefit from it.
Living in a world that constantly looked beautiful and being able to breath in clean air would be a wonderful thing. We could all make this happen by not driving so often or at all. Cars let out gases that ruin our air. Excessive driving with all the fumes coming out damages our air. Not driving can make a remendous difference. In "Paris bans driving due to smog" according to Duffer in paragraph 5 he described, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." After banning driving, France managed to make a stunning change.
Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. There are many alternative ways to get places. Such as riding a bus, walking, biking, and so much more. Public transportation is nothing to be afraid of. Doing so helps our community. In the passage "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" according to Rosenthal in paragraph 7 he suggests, "'All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,' said David Goldberg, and official of transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States . . . who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars."
Spending money on a car takes big bucks. There are an abundant amount of other alternatives than spending money on a car that damages the ozone. There are other ways to put your money into good use than spending it on a car. The amount of people wanting to do this could lead to negative implications for the car industry. In "The End of Car Culture" according to the author in paragraph 6 she implies, "Companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves "mobility" companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle."
In conclusion, there are many advantages of limiting car usage. Help not just your community, but the world. Every little thing matters, no matter how miniscule your action is. Not driving helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saves a big part of your money, and you have alternative options for transportation. Think of the ways you will be helping our world. | 3 |
In the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming" the author talks a lot about how driveless cars could be a good thing and a bad thing. My thoughts on driveless cars are negitive. My thoughts are only negitive because anything could go wrong.
One of my thoughts on driveless cars are what if you have to suddenly stop in an unknown place how whould the car know it has to stop. A driveless car could be or maybe would be the cause of most car accidents. Everyone wouldnt even know how to work it because we wernt born with it. It would maybe be a great technology but most people wouldnt be confortable doing or not doing something they havent did all their lifes.
Another one of my thoughts on driveless cars is when i think about a driveless car i think about all technology and there isnt a 100% chance that there wont be a malfunction. Most technology makes mistakes of has some type of glitch, so why would you put your life in the hands of a driveless car.
On earth, people are becoming lazier as the day goes by all the technology we have barely makes us want to move off of our couches. Which would also be another negitive thought about driveless cars. | 1 |
Computers reading human emotional expressions may be valuable or unvaluable to people. Some may not think it is, but it could help with many things in society. Computers reading emotions could help people understand emotions better than we do now, they can help with the lesson plans of students, and even computers will be able to perceive human emotion.
Computers reading human emotions may help humans understand the look of people's emotions. Most human communication is nonverbal, even including emotional connection. People do not always say how they are feeling so it would help us be able to know without asking. We also unconsiously imitate each other's facial expressions to show a certain emotion. We can understand why we make those faces and why exactly they show the emotion they do.
This can help students in schools. Computers and teachers would be able to understand the student's emotions just by looking at them to know if they are bored, confused, or enjoying class and what they are learning. They could easily modify the lesson depending on the majority of student's feeling on it so students want to learn more and actually enjoy it. Teachers dont have to ask and can get an honest opinion.
Computers reading emotions could also just help technology be more fit to us as humans if they understand how we feel. If computers could perceive emotion, they would show us what ads we liked and which we don't and could be shown more of the ones we enjoyed. Universally, people make the same facial expression for the same emotions so it is easy for the computer to figure out. The computer could also tell if there is a varying degree of expression because not everyone makes the exact same facial expression without change.
Computers reading and perveiving facial expressions may seem scary to some. Some may think it is doesn't allow you to keep privacy, but the technology will help us in many ways. It will help people understand their own and other's facial ecpressions, it can let teachers know what is going on with their students as they learm, and it can allow even computors to know what we want based on our expressions only. | 2 |
I think our supports explore venus imposible . Because this is explore do the god support the posible.
Twin venus is the closest planet to eatth in terms of density and size, and accasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, venu, and mas, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus.
Because venus is sometime right aroud the corner - in space terms - humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud -draped world.
Numerous factores contribute to Venu's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.
Our supports ti is dangers but we take a chellenge because we do the try.
Our's look went if we can what can't.
If our sister planet is so inhospitable, antronomers are fascinated by Venus because
it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
Athick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blantkets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmosphere. On the plant's surface, temperatures average over 800 degree Fahrenheit' and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet.
Also notable , Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.
Long ago, Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our knowledge of venus.
The thought of computers existing in those
day may sound shocking , but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all.
By comparison systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat and other fores.
Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
If we do try did attention work and we are a sucssece. But it is
for our dothe hartwork.
Our have above all necessity nallege computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. | 0 |
Would you want a driverless car? The devlompemt driverless cars has been going on since the 1950's. At first they were using magnetic pulses but then later the tried using sensors. I would not want a driverless car. What if you bought a car that wasn't manufactured correctly.
In paragraph 9 of the article, they were asking who fault would it be if the car's technology failed and someone got hurt then whos fault would it be, the drivers or the manufacturers. See, the car would have to be of high mantance in order to keep it updated with new roads, construction sites, and more.
So if you're driving your driverless car and your hands have to be on the wheel the whole tome, what are you gonna do during that time when the car is driving and your just sitting there. Like it asks in paragraph 8, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"
In conclusion, no. I would not want a driverless car. There would be far too many risk in driving a driveless car and you would get very bored waiting for your turn to drive. | 1 |
It is so hard to believe that our world today has come to cars that can drive themselves, or drive around for us humans. The future is here and it's time to quit holding these new inventions off and time to start accepting that the worlds technology today is limitless. People in our world today are becoming so intellegent that they can invent anything they set thier minds to.
First of all, if these car companies have been working on cars that can drive themselves since the 1900's, why should they stop now? Is giving up really worth throwing away 70+ years of hard work and dedication towards inventing smart cars that can drive themselves? NO, don't give up, continue to strive for a better and also safer future for the world today and generations to come.
Additionally, not only are these cars really cool and mind blowing, but very helpful to certain people. Imagine someone who has no arms, legs or even a disability that keeps them from driving and thier dream is to be able to drive a car one day, or even just to be able to sit in the drivers seat of an actual moving vehical. Well, with these new cars, their dreams can come true.
Finally, safety is the major key for these vehicals. No one is going to want to buy these vehicals or even be in one, if they aren't safe. As soon as companies make sure that these vehicals are 100% safe for families to be in and drive without the risk of a bad injury, there is no doubt that people will be all over these new cars.
The worlds future holds many more great inventions that either haven't been thought of, or are being carefully worked on and studied right now. There is no doubt that these cars are the next big thing. So many people will be inspired to create more things if they know someone could create a safe vehical to drive itself, then they can create an invention even better. | 2 |
In the course of human existance, humanity has always been striving for progress, you might say going the extra mile, in order to better our society. One such great invention was the automobile which allowed us to travel great distances in a short period of time. Consequently, the natural instinct, to grow and improve, has been transfered to the idea of the automobile through the self driving car. Self driving cars are the future of transportation as the offer a host of positive benefits including, precise driving capabilities, increasing affordability, and new safety technology.
The self driving car has begun implementing technology that can revolutionize a car's self awarness. For example the article states, "spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3D model of the car's surroundings." Unlike the human eye, the LIDAR radar sees anything and everything; not only does it never miss a single detail, but it also has a 360 degree view that current drivers simply do not possess. These sensors are expecially useful when backing up and driving backwards, as many drivers struggle with getting a full view of what goes on behind them. However, with the LIDAR radar, this problem is eliminated, making backwards driving easier. Putting radar into the drivers seat is not so much about losing the human touch of driving, but getting a more accurate perspective on the road.
Secondly, the technology is finally in a place where self driving cars are becoming a feasible economic option. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the self driving Google car, said, "There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there...Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." In fact, alot of the technologies, including radar, used in self driving cars have been around for a long time. However, in recent years, they have become alot cheaper and precise, so that the dream of creating a self driving car is a reality. The goal of the self driving car was never to create a billion dollar high tech vehicle accessible only to the rich, but one that could be mass produced and avaliable to all. With cheaper, mass produced technology, it seems like this is not too far up the road.
Finally we see that the self driving car may actually be safer that regular drivers. With so many deaths accounted to texting and driving, the idea is that people would be able to safely text when the car drives itself certainly has its appeal. However, when the car needs a human touch, "displays [texting] can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not avalible to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." Shutting off the display would force drivers to pay attention to the road during tricky situations and reduce the number of car crashes. Secondly, the use of sensors helps detect and prevent crashes. The article says, "sensors have become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. This information from the sensor can cause the car to apply breaks on individual wheels," which could stop potential dangers in their tracks that the driver may not be aware of. In the end, a self autonomus car is always vigilant and is never distracted, making it safer than having a human driver.
Self autonomous cars are more accuate, becoming cheaper, and are safer than today's cars, making them the car of the future. It is only a matter of time before someone develops a self driving car that can be mass produced, and when that day comes, we should embrace it with pride. Together, let's drive towards creating the car of tommorow, today. | 4 |
Over the past years massive car usage has increased bringing multiple determents. Today fellow citzens should relize the harm to the world brought ,by upgrowing car usage. The advantages of limiting car usage is a benfit promoting communities that,are less dependent on cars,and can be a improvement in air pollution cosequences. The advantages to begin limiting car usage can have many benificial effects in the worldwide .
Innitialy , the advantages of limiting car usage is a benifit due to the fact that communities will be less dependent on cars. In source 3 pargraph 28 the author explains an example of a benifit of limited car usage stating "uneven, pitted side walks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush -hour restrictions have dramaticly cut traffic ; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have croped up." this shows how human beings are using cars less by walking increasing some health issues ,creating less traffic accidents and increasing the economy by shoping with the money they have saved from not using cars so constantly. There are many other bennifits such as in source 3 in paragraph 28 proving how "parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city. " This means by when the author says " bloomed " through out the city explains how individuals of all ages are starting to enjoy the outside activities especially in parks and sports centers making it over populated with people . This gives individuals the advantage to go out exploring new people and challenges decreasing issues in the world such as obesity, self confidence , and a healty status .Although car usage can be a neccesity while on the other hand as a fact that decreasing car usage can only bring bennifits as the ones in the world shown today .This solution could be the start to a numerous amount of oppurtunities that can benifit not only in one way but manny.
moreover, the advantages of limiting car usage can be a improvement in air pollution consequences. The issues of harmful gases from cars on the run has affected issues and consequences as global warming from excessive amounts of air pollution. In source 4 paragraph 29 the author explains an advantage of less car usage for global warming by stating " president obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states 'greenhouse gas emissions , uneveiled last week ,will get a furtuitous assist from an incipient shift in america behavior ; recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars , driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by ." this explains how the decrease of car usage has protected the ozone layer from harmful gases from car gas, fuel, and chemicals making the issue of global warning to bennifical rates at some points . As a fact using cars may bennifit exucess for weariness and body pain although worldwide limiting car usage up to now with these improvements has only bennefit for a better place to breath air that is growing to being less harmful and a cleaner enviorment to live by decreasing newborn bacterias that can harm us. improving global warming is something we all bennifit from either now or later.
to sum up over the past years massasive car usage has been a determent worlwide. today there are issues procceding to the awarness of individuals of upgrowing car usage. limiting car usage bring advantaes such as peaople that can become less depent on cars and decreasing air pollution .this issue is the matter to all of us. | 4 |
The discussion of driverless cars, is a big one. Some people believe that they will be safer, more fun, and easier to use. And then there are some people who believe that autonomous cars are not a very good idea. I believe that autonomous cars shouldn't be used until they can do everything that a human can behind the wheel.
I do not think that autonomous cars should be used in public until they are perfected. There are quite a few reasons why they should not be used yet. First, they can only drive in specific weather conditions. Secondly, They are not completely driverless. To me, a driveless car means that there doesn't even have to be another person in the car for it to perform like a regular vehicle. Thirdly, the cars will be very expensive with alot of technology on them. The cars with have sensors all over the car, 3-D mapping technology, and cameras. And i do not trust car munufacturers with video footage of random people.
Finally, i don't believe that driverless cars should be used yet because they can only go 25 mph by themselves. Which means they can only be driven on side streets mainly. You can't drive them on open roads and on the interstate because those speed limits range from 30 mph to 70 mph. I believe that driverless cars can be useful when they are perfected, but until then i'll stick with manually driven trucks. | 2 |
Most people might suggest to keep the electoral college work. Yet some other people don't. The method "Winner-Takes-All" is only fair enough, because why should the person who lost earn a reward , the people made their desicions, and whoever lost, goes back home.
Keeping the Electoral College also avoids problem of election, because once the votes are in, and they count the votes, there are no more talking but to accept the winner.
Winner Takes All, when competing in for election, its not right to share your reward with the opposing component. Once you win, you take it all. when election comes and the citizens vote, "They are likely to be most thoughtful voters, on average(and for the further reasom that they will have recived the most information and attention from the candidiates), and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election." (source#3, paragraph 20). Although people may disagree and say "Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the"swing" states."(source#2, paragraph 13). Yes, that may be true, but again, when the people vote, they only want what they want, no jokes.
The Electoral College is helping to avoid problems of election. | 1 |
Im Here To Speak On The Idea Of Driverless Cars . I Think It Is A Great I dea , And I Think Every City / State Should Try It Out . Now Of Days People Get Tired Or Worn Out Driving , So I Think It Would be A Great Idea . Me Personally If I Was Able To Get One I Would . This Would be Very Awesome .
Having A Driverless Car Can Be Dangerous But At The Same Time You Still Hvae The Opportunity To Take Control Whenever You Need To . This Would be A
Great Idea For Those Who Come Home From A Long Day Of Work And Dont Want To Drive . Those Who Want To Take A 10 Hour Trip But Dont Want To Get On A Plan Or Drive . I Think Everyone Should Give It A Try . It May Be Some Pros And Cons To This But The least We Can Do It Give It A Try . I Really Think It Would Be a Great Idea .
To End This Off I Say I Agree To The Driverless Car . As Long As You Can Control It When Things Get Out Of Hand It Would Be A Great Product , I Relly Think Everyone Would Like That Idea . I Mean Think About It , No Driving ? That Would be So Awesome Especially For The People Who Drive All The Time . Driving Can Be Tiring Sometimes , So Therefor I Think Driverless cars would be A Good Thing To Put On The Market | 1 |
The reason I think you guys/girls should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program is because you would have lots of fun and see lots of animals. Also, you can ride horses and catch cattle running away.
Also you may be able to meet new friends and see your friends there as well. And, your guys/girls could sleep with your best friends in the same cabin in bunkbeds. you can also make your own breakfast.
Some people may help you with other things like cleaning, working, and catching animals if you are just starting out. Also if you live in America you can take a boat there. You may see some of your relitives and kids you might make new friends.
Did you know that when you go there you can...... play with the animals and sleep in the barn that they have and train with Cowboy stuff. And you will get as messy as a pig in mud when you go there.
So I am going to start to rap things up and going to say ''Come on down to Seagoing Cowboys Program.'' So this is my last thing that I am going to say this goodbye and come on down now i have to go have some fun. BYE!!! | 1 |
To began with i would love to say i cant wait for the driverless care. its chaning the whole game these car makers better come up with something new before drivelss car take over. i feel like this new project would be good for people around the world. i have three main points to help you understand where i'm coming from. first off the car would use half the fuel of today taxis and offer far more flexiblitly than a bus. the cars have been driven more than half a million times without a crash. GM has developed drivers seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of baking into an object.
First, i would like to speak upon my first point" the car would use half the fuel of today taxis and offer more flexbiltiy than a bus". if we get driveless car we are looking at less money spent on fuel more moeny in your pockets and you can do more trips when your driving the drivelss car compare to a regular car. second,"the cars have been driven more than half a million times without a crash". Thats wonderful because now of days people are looking for somthing safe for them and their family. i dont know about you but i would choose this car in a heart beat because its more safer than the regular cars. Third,"GM has developed driver seats that vibrate when the vehicel is in danger of baking into an object". thats really amazing and would come in handy for winnter when all the snow is on the ground and when its pooring down raining and you cant see. this car is also good for new divers and for people who have trouble seeing it can help you to not get in a accident.
in my opinion, i would i pick this car over a regular car because it have the basic things that i am looking for in the car. once again the car would use half of fuel in today taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. Thier cars been driven more than half a million times without a car crash. GM has developed drivers seats that vibrates when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an objcet. can i ask you a question, after reading all about the new driveless car would you drive it? | 2 |
Do you like driving? If you do you may want to look into some of these new driving restrictions. In places like Germany, Paris, Bogota, and even in the United States people are driving a lot less. In other countries driving is partially banned. For instance in Bogota driving was banned for one day. Many said it was a relaxation and even a stress reliever.
Driving you car less can help many things in multiple ways, such as the environment or even people. The more we drive the more we hurt the environment. Places like Vauban, Germany have expensive parking spaces and if you want to drive then you must buy the parking space that cost $40,000. These spaces are at the edge of the city and you must walk home if you must have a car.
In the United States we have been buying less cars ever since 2005. In 2005 we hit our driving peak when we had sold most cars and were driving the most. Now that we are in 2015 less people are even getting their license. "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak." Sociologists believe it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. "A recent study found that driving by young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009."
In Paris they banned drivng due to smog. They had near-record pollution, so they decided to ban driving. This was only a partial ban but it still had a big impact. "On monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine." Then the same would apply to odd-numbered plates the next day. Congestion was down 60 percent after five days of starting this partial ban.
In conclusion if we start driving less we will be less stressed and will be doing good for the environment. At the rate we are driving less we will be doing many good things for the environment and for other peopleas well. | 2 |
The subject of Mona Lisa feels 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.
This conclusion was drawn from a new computer software that can recognize emotions.
While that's a pretty awesome example of what this technology can do, there's the lingering question of if this technology should be used in classrooms.
While it could read emotions to decide if lessons need to be easier, there are more cons to this technology than pros.
Therefore, this technology is not valuable enough to be used in classroom with students because humans have more complex emotions that can't be explained with six emotions, teachers are already in classrooms to assess these emotions, and this technology is just not practical enough yet.
First of all, the new emotion-reading technology cannot read enough emotions to be valuably used in classrooms.
The article stated that the software can only recognize happiness, surprise, disgust, fear, and sadness.
How can a software only recognizing six emotions effectively judge if a student is struggling in class.
Humans have more complex emotions than what can be defined through different percetages of just six emotions.
Also, struggles bring upon different emotions in humans depending on how someone takes that struggle.
Some people may feel confused, while others will be indifferent and just move on.
While this software can't even recognize these complex emotions, how will it effectively assess someone's feelings of confusion in class?
Secondly, classrooms are composed of a teacher and students.
The teacher is there to carefully assess the learning of the students and adjust the pace of the course.
Teachers can read emotions of students better than computers because they are human just like the students are humans.
Humans can relate, recognize, and comprehend other people's feelings better than a computer software. Also, having difficulties understanding new ideas is part of the learning process.
When one does not understand, they go to their teacher for help.
This helps students learn how to form relationships with other people including their teachers.
If a computer analyzes how a student feels and adjusts the lesson, the students will never learn the valuable lesson of how to face struggles and overcome them with help from other people like teachers.
Lastly, this technology is not developed enough yet to be valuable to use in a classroom.
The article stated that a home PC can not handle the complex algorithims of the software. If a home PC can't handle it, the laptops at schools probably can not either.
It would be quite costly to implicate this software into the educational system making it lose its value.
The high cost is not overweighed by the outcome, so it is not practical enough.
In conclusion, the emotion-recognizing software is not valuable enough to be used in classrooms.
The software can not recognize complex emotions, teachers are already there to find these emotions and adjust the lessons, and it is not cost-effective to implement this technology in classrooms.
While emotion-recognizing software is a great leap forward in technology, it is just not valuable enough to use in classrooms yet. | 3 |
Something big is beginning. Cars are starting to be a questionable need. Of course we need them in some situations. But the sales of cars are declining. People are becoming more united as one. The way it should be. If we worked together, we could accomplish many things. But besides that, cars give off emission that gets trapped in our atmosphere. We need to conserve the ozone layer. Without it, skin cancer is sure to hit hard with the UV rays beating down on us. I believe that cars are becoming outdated. We still need them, but do we really need so many? So many giving off harmful gases and destroying our home? The smog must be clouding our perception of things because we aren't thinking straight. We're destroying our planet because of money. I get off topic because the truth is here and this essay is a way to spread the truth. United as one. We can do anything. We're all equal. Nobody is better than anyone else. No country is better than any other. Anyone's beliefs do not overpower anyone else's. So yeah, cars aren't so bad, but they're not all that good either. We drive past others every day not wondering where they're going. Don't you want to know what you're doing? Yes. You! We're all the same person.
Great minds think alike huh? Well...shouldn't we address the real problem then? Money is a piece of paper. Material. Why do we need it. We PAY for food and water. The things we need to survive. I can understand why we do. But what if we worked manually for a good cause then got payed in food and supplies for that? It could work. We don't aknowledge eachother. It's like we're scared of eachother. I don't why. We're all animals trying to achieve happiness. We can do it. If people stop boxing in their beliefs and limit themselves. The mind once stretched to new ideas, will never return to its original dimensions. Expand your mind. I'm not saying do drugs. Just be more open-minded as we all go home at the end of the day and wonder what everybody else is doing. How do they live? The same as you. Our body is an extension to our soul and our mind is what puts energy out there. Imagine this, your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are seeds. Decide what you want to grow and let it be put out into the physical world.
I don't care what I make on this writing test because, maybe, just maybe my thoughts will be heard by someone who thinks the same. Studies show, there is an increasing talk about something you'd hear in a prophecy type of movie. Indigo children are being born every day into this life the government has set up for us. These children have a keen learning ability and natural IQ of 140. They won't like this new world we are forced to abide by. I, an indigo child, awoken by my own thoughts and the ignorance of this world, must say that through all the things going on out there. There is a change coming to balance out the world again. I'm about done with this because my hand is starting to cramp up. But how can a 16 year old who grew up in Fort Walton Beach, FL, know all this? It's a big world out there and there's a lot to see and I don't plan on leading a government based life. I'm going to live my life the way I want. Money in my pocket or not. I advise you do the same, and find inner peace. Meditate and be spiritual. Not religion-wise. You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. Goodbye. And have a great day. | 0 |
Participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program is an amzing opportunity for many people. It gives people the opportunity like myself to see amazing places and to help people in need. l have learned more about other countries and I have learned that helping people in need is important. By becoming a Seagoing Cowboy you will also be kept busy by taking care of different animals and if you are a trouble maker this will be perfect for keeping you out of trouble.
One reason you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you will get to tour and see many different places. For example during one of the trips I got to tour an excavated Crete and marveled at the
Panama Canal on my way to China. Also I got to see Europe and China and I was able to see the Acropolis in Greece. I also took a gondola ride in Venice. Being able to tour and visit these different places made me learn more about the world. Another reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that it will keep you busy if you are a trouble maker. You will have to take care of lots of animals by feeding them and giving them water. You will also be kept busy because you will have to pull up bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ship and stalls will have to be cleaned. One last reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that you will be opened up to the world. You will be more aware of people of thier countries and thier needs and you will be more caring and grateful.
In Conclusion becoming a Seagoing Cowboy you will have an amazing time and youl will meet lots of new peolpe. You will learn lots of new things and you will be more aware of people in need. Also not only will you be working you will also be able to play games with the other cowboys like baseball and volleyball. | 2 |
Cars Driving On Their Own?
I am against Driverless Cars. This is because you can't trust the computers in the cars to not make mistakes. If the car makes a mistake and the passengers get hurt, there is no one to blame. What if the car causes a wreck and kills someone? How will their family have closure? They won't. It's not like you can put a car in jail like you can a reckless driver. These are some things to think about.
People would use this car as an excuse to go out dinking more. This would cause an increase in alcholism, leading to more deaths from liver failure. It would make it easier for people to conduct drive by shooting and get away with it. Even if they got caught weeks later, they would have had the time to make it seem like they weren't near the area because computers can be minipulated. Crimes would extremly high and there would be no one to take the blame.
Another question is, who would be responsible? Would it be the maker of the car or the "driver?" How many people would get tickets, because the police can't be sure that it wasn't the car that was swirving in between the lines? What if there is a bad signal and the cars stop in the middle of the highway? You can't trust a car that drives itsel, it's just not safe.
These cars would make it easier for rapists to track their targets. The cars would be putting lives in danger because people could track where they were at. Serial killers would be able to find people and not be thought of as a suspect because they wouldn't have to go near the person to find them. Is that really what seems best for the world?
It would mean people spending more money to buy and fix these cars. The minimum wage would go up causing the prices of other things to go up. The economy would hit a low and we wouldn't have the money to cover it. It is a ignorant idea to hav cars that drive all on their own. Think about that next time you think it's a good idea. Think about the peoples lives that would be put in danger. | 2 |
Reducing the Toll on the Human Race with Driverless Cars
The development of driverless cars would be an amazing thing.
So many bad situations could be avoided with driverless cars because the human drving a car is an enormous variable.
The payoff of using driverless cars would be giant as well.
Granted, it would be expensive and the period of time it would take to completely phase out regular cars would be lengthy, it would be a worthwhile investment into the future.
The development of driverless cars would be an amazing in incredibly helpful step for society and the car manufacturing world.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are killed in car accidents.
Many of those accidents are a result of neglegence on the fault of the driver.
Driving while under the influence, driving and texting, driving and making calls, driving and eating, driving and putting make-up on; all are things that cause car accidents that could be avoided with driverless cars. With driverless cars, passengers would be able to go on the road and not have to deal with the stress that comes with driving around on busy roads, or the stress that comes with taking into consideration bad drivers, other people driving under the influence, or just other drivers in general.
Driverless cars would eliminate the biggest variable regarding cars: the driver.
A driverless car would be beneficial to many people, but they would be even more beneficial to the companies and factories that construct and sell the cars.
They would be expensive to buy, but would pay off themselves every time an incident is avoided.
Not to mention, eventually the regular cars would be phased out.
This means that car companies who build and sell the driverless cars would be making a sensational amount of money.
Finding the equptment to build all the driverless cars would be expensive and time consuming, but the process would be worth it to have all the new cars made and on the roads.
Driverless cars would change the way the world works.
There would be no "new driver anxiety" when teens get their liscenses.
There would be a dramatic decrease in the death-by-vehicle statistics.
It would not be suprising if one day people no longer needed to buy cars, similar to the article when Sergey Brian said, "...such cars would change the world.".
There are so many options that arise when considering such an invention.
What is a city decided to have fleets of taxis and buses with driverless cars?
Driverless cars would be an added benefit.
Then no one would have top buy a car and spend the money to take car of it with upkeep, and car companies would still make a lot of money.
With driverless cars, the impact on the environmet would be very much less than those cars of today.
The options and pros are endless when it comes to driverless cars.
The world would experience a shift in function if driverless cars were introduced.
The number of deaths and accidents involving automotives would decrease exponetially and life would be a little less stressful for many.
The attack on the environment would be lessened, and roads would be safer.
There are pros and cons for any situation, but in the case of driverless cars, the pros seem to greatly outweigh the cons.
The quality of life would increase, and the variable of the human driver would be eliminated. Driverless cars would be an excellent addition to the car lots and would be an amazing tool for people in everyday life. | 3 |
Do you smell that? Its the smell of gasoline and exaust fumes. Cars are taking over suburban areas. Spewing out polution and contaminating the air. There are solutions, and cities across the world are trying them.
One city that has impacted many is the city of Vauban in Germany, this city has car free streets. They were able to acomplish this by making stores and buisnesses walking distance. Apariently people are happier without cars, Heidrun Walter (citizen of Vauban) while she was walking the streets of Vauban said," When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way.". Furthermore having car free streets is also benificial to the fitness of the citizens. Without a car you are forced to walk or ride a bike which is a form of exercise.
Vehicles are terrible for cities. Cars spew exaust fumes that rise into the air and polute the cities. In Paris they almost hit record high polution levels. Cars were banned untill the polution level went down, smog covered the cities. The polution got trapped in the layers of the smog. The smpog levels rivaled Beijing, which is the most poluted city in the world. The only way to cut down on polution is to stop using cars, or switch to hybrids and plug in cars.
Some cities are taking it days at a time. In the city Bogata, Columbia there is a day where no one is alowed to drive. In Bogata they have this one day where no one is alowed to drive, they have this day to cut down polution levels and clear the streets. Other cities have started doing the same thing. This day is very benificial to the cities It helps decrease polution and smog levels and traffic jams. More people are riding bikes, going to parks and since more people are walking they have made broad, smooth sidewalks.
These movements are changing cities and making them healthier. Soon there will be less cars clean air and happier cities. So, are you ready to change. | 2 |
In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" there are examples proving that this is just a landform. In the beginning of the article is starts out with the things that could have been true such as an alien artifact. Throughout the years technology gradually improved, therefore we could see more. Some still don't believe that it could just be a landform, but I am going to try to give you multiple examples so you can see what we saw.
The first part of the article is information about what we found. It mentions how everyone made a big commotion about the Face. Who wouldn't though? We don't see this often, but it is in fact a butte or mesa. Back in 1976 we didn't get the best picture. So we got closer tried to get the best shot possible. After we got closer, also in 1976, we ended up with a success and get a clear photo. Yes, it did look like a face, also depending on which angle you look at it though. Some say it looked like it resembled an Egyptian Pharaoh. It took a lot of research to realize what it was, we had an idea but we weren't so sure in the beginning.
We have people believing that NASA is lying. I can assure you we are not lying. With our budget, we wish there was an ancient civilization. This would be a breakthrough! So for everyone skeptic, and the people thinking we are lying it isn't true. We put so much money and time into researching this. It isn't an easy proccess. It's actually really hard, you have things you have to find out. We also didn't want to give out false information. We had to let people know the truth and that is why we didn't just tell everyone there was a face (landform) on Mars right away.
Eventually it led to the media. The Face was all anyone was talking about. It was everywhere. In the article it talks about how it became a "pop icon." It talks about how this ended up starring in a Hollywood film. It appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. It was all people would talk about in the grocery lines as well, or as the article calls it, "haunted grocery store checkout lines." This went on for 25 years. This was a very big conspiracy, well that's what some wanted to believe. Since it was everywhere and there were so many rumors about it, this got the people who were big conspiracy theorists all wound up. No matter what information we presented them with, they just didn't want to believe, they were feeding into their own opinions and basing everything off of the untrue rumors. There are many people who still don't believe us to this day.
We are almost 100% sure this is a landform. We have looked very, very closely at these pictures, and it has changed overtime. If you look in the article, at the very beginnning they have three pictures with different years, the first was taking in 1976. The second was in 1998 and the third was in 2001. If you look closely they aren't the same, it's a landform, it changed. We have also looked at things on earth to try to compare. We have landforms in the midwest that look like this as well. Sure some don't look exactly the same as "the Face" but that's because they are landforms. Landforms are different. Things erode and change overtime. In the article it says that Garvin had looked at some things as well and he said, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." and "That's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This is how he sees it, Which is also fact, there is a Plain in Idaho that he thinks is similar. The lava dome may be something that could have occurred with the mesa on Mars too.
In conclusion, I am writing this and including many reasons why the Face was not created by aliens because I am giving the truth. I have given more than enough reasons and so many different facts. I hope you believe me along with NASA. It's just a landform. It changes overtime, it just happened to look like a face. We get that it looked like a face, but when you think about it, it also depends on how you look at it. It was weird to a lot of people. We are sorry for any false information that was brought up. Just know that false information wasn't from us. These are the facts, I hope I have convinced you. | 3 |
Living in a world covered in dark,suffocating smog is not the first thing that comes to mind when we imagine an ideal enviornment. The smog that hangs over our head at this very moment is an example of what humanity has contributed to this worlds health,disease. If we call this our home then we should find a suitable solution to provide a more stable condition of the Earth's well-being. Limiting car use is a uiversal solution in which countries across the globe are taking part of. It has been shown on numerous occasions that limiting car usage, or even going to the extreme of banning them, has created a stress free atmoshpere, a healthier world, and has lead to economic growth.
The "smart planning" trend that has grown in popularity in the United States and Europe is a stepping stone to how we plan to stop the exagerated use of cars. In Vauban, Germany with their 5,500 residents have made the ultimate sacrafice and have completly given up cars, besides the $40,000 parking spot you wish to obtain along with your house. A residence has remarked on how she was "...happier this way than when [she] had a car,"that when she had a car she was "always tense," not the exact response most people belive, yet eliminating that rushed enviornment has increased the supporters of anticars. Buissnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza from Bogota, Columbia (which has implemented an effective program that has banned the use of cars on certain days) looks at this event as a "good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," and as it has shown he seems to be right on that.
12% of the atmospher over Europe is made of of greenhouse gases while in a America, where car use is more frequent, in certain congested spots could be as high as 51%. Cars make an incredible barrier as to what we can achieve in enviornment conservation. On a Monday in Paris (the city of lights) the use of cars was banned by the government for the fog was at to of a horrendous state they needed to "clear the air of a global city." Even though on average the plague that is infesting the atmospher is approximately 147 micrograms of particulate matter(PM) per square meter, while in Brussels it is 114PM and in London 79.7, if this is what it is on average imagine how much worse it must've been to banish the use of cars to clear the air. Even though it seems to be quite a scarafice, as we see in Paris 4,000 people were fined for driving on that Monday and 27 of them had their cars impounded purely based on their reaction, we see a trend of the decresing intrest of buying and using cars anyway and after a point in time we see a posotive result in the long run. As Drexel University sociology professor puts it "...we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift," as in relation to America one of the leaders in car production and passion. Preventing the use of cars will substantially help the enviornment, just that one day of a driving ban on Paris was able to let the smog clear up enought to allow driving the next day, I guess you can see those lights a little brighter now.
Part of the "smart planning" trend we are able to recognize is a need to aid in the effort to save our home. The fact it promotes healthy living and an increase in businesses in suburbs making tsuburbs more in touch with consumers needs as seen in Botoga where "parks and sports centers have bloomed," and ,"new restuarants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up," it has morphed stressed societies into happier ones, and the potential to make for a better world is something undenyably needed in society today, a change to help us all. | 3 |
In this article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I am for the development of these cars. Im for these cars because they are safe and Smart cars they have been tested to work like a human person. Driverless cars are coming. These cars can change the world.
Driverless cars are safe and smart because they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves now that's a smart car. Driverless cars have necessitates the car being able to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs. All though you have to pullin and out a driveway these cars are amzing.
Driverless cars are/ smart-road systems workes surpisingly well. The have the skill of a human at the wheel. Computer hardware and software make driving safe. The car is developed were the driver's seats will vibrate whe the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.
Having this car would change the world! In the article they say that Dr. Werner Huber, A BMW project manger driver, Says "We will have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." Drivers no longer need to take over. These cars are amzing ,they are the future.
This is why I am for the develoment of these cars. Im for them because they are safe and smart. These driverless cars are amzing. Having these cars with change the world in the future. | 2 |
I belive that having a driverless is crazy, and not a good idea. I also think it's a waste of time.They have been working on it since 2009 and still dont have cars going great by themselfs. The drivers still have to take over "when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues".
It also sounds too expensive
with having to have each car have "sensors on left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensors, a GPA reciver and an inertial motion sensor", not even mentioning the LIDAR that uses lasers for constantly updating 3-D modling of its surroundings. The U.S. doesn't need to spend money on an idea they need to spend it on things we actually need.
The car can only handle speeds that go up to 25 mpm, but the driver still has to keep thier hands on the wheel. You also still have to help when navigating through work zones and around an accident, so the driver must still stay alert at all times. It's also illegal in most states to even test computer-driven cars.
A few states have given permission to limited use of semi-autonomous cars, but don't worry they think the other states will follow when it gets more reliably safe. "Tesla has projected a 2016 relese for a car capable of driveing on an autopilot 90 percent of the time ." So if you're asking me if I am agianst or for the driverless cars it would have to say that I am agianst. | 2 |
The face on Mars is not an alien artifact. I believe it is just a landform, and here's why, there has been photos that have been taken since the original 1976 photo that said that it was a face. What the 2001 photo has shown us is that it is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. A butte or a mesa are common around the American West. JIm Garvin, a chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program had said that it "eminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, that's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars." Secondly, I believe that it is a landform because NASA has photographed this photo more than once to determine if it was an alien atrifact and after their second trip to Cydonia, they had enough information to say it is a martian landform. So in 1998, they had waited nearly eighteen years since the first photos of the face. The research crew took a new photo of the face that is ten times sharper than the 1976 photo. When it was released to the public, it had turned out to be a natural landform, not an alien monument. Lastly, I believe it is a nautral landform because in the 2001 photo of the landform, the Mars Global Surveyor took a new photo of the face using the camera's maximum resolution "Each pixel spanned 1.56 meters, while the 1976 photo had spanned 43 meters. So, this abolishes the possibility of it being an alien artifact because if there were any egyptian style pyramids you would have been able to see them" These are the facts that I believe determine that the face on mars is just a landform and not an alien artifact. | 2 |
Have you ever thought about having a car that can drive around by themselvs? I am sure that there are some of you have got annoyed about you want to get to places but you can not drive. Now there is a saying about driverless cars, and it's really a cool and conceivable thing to see in our future generation. There things I will prove for my opinion of there should be a car like that in the future.
I am on the side of there should be driverless cars in the future. Why? Cause I believed it will be convenience for people in daily life. It might not pass the law for now days but how will you know about the future? We as a human are the ones that can change our generation. Things got changed so fast and evolved day by days. If you didn't even try to how will you know it doesn't work out? My point of view to have driverless cars is they are convenience and futuristic. You got to change your stubborn and old mind of thinking toward the things you can or can't.
Those are my ideas of why there should be driverless cars in the future. To have driverless cars are convenience and cool.
You never know how things will turn out to be like. Which you got to step on the game, know what's coming, and live it and play it big. Be enlighten about what you wants to be and how you will change the generation to the next level, which the driverless cars could be one of yours begining. | 1 |
Cars are a normal form of transportation some might say, but in Vauban, Germany there is a car free town. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this new experimental district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders". Says paragraph two in the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", some people may find this scenrio strange but its actually becoming more common. Many countries all over the world are starting making either a "car free day" or on certain days, making people pay fines for driving.
First, an example of a "car free day" is in Paris, France. This city has typically more smog than other European capitals. "Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found". After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear air pollution of the global city". Monday motorists with even number license plates were ordered to leave their car at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)". The same would apply to odd number plates the following day". The congestion went down sixty percent in the Capital of France, the smog cleared enough monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd numbered plates on Tuesday.
Secondly, another example of a car free day is in Bogota, Colombia. "Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work on car-free day". This day in Bogota has been celebrated for three years straight now, "where cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of seven million". The goal of this day is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Even when it rains on car free day in Bogota this doesn't stop people from participating," says Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. A businessman says "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
In conclusion, countries all over the world are trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and smog. Paraguay, France, Colombia, and even America is trying to get people to use different types of transportation and reduce smog. So citizens all over the world should just for one day not use a car. One person can start a revolution for their community, city, or state. If everyone all over the world could do this we would reduce tons of greenhouse gases amd smog. We can make earth a better place and more healthy enviroment. | 2 |
Driverless cars are becoming popular. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of the driverless car. The negative aspects of the driverless car are stronger than the positvie aspects. Some of the negative aspects of the driverless car consist of: the amount of money/modifications needed, having to stay alert at all times in the passenger seat, and waiting on the law.
In the article, the author asks the reader a question. He asks, "How much smarter did the cars need to be?" He answers his own question in the reading. He mentions that the cars needed a whole lot of sensors. They needed sensors for 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. There are many modifications that needed to be made to the cars to make them smarter. Along with the modifications comes with the expense of the equipment. None of that equipment had to be cheap. In this case, The amount of equipment is a negative becasue of how much the cars need.
Another negative is that there always needs to be an alert driver in the passenger seat of the car at all times. In the article, the author says, "The car can handle driving functions at the speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This makes the driveless car seem less important. Also, the author mentions that the cars can steer, accelerate, and brake on their own but they are designed to notify the driver when the roads require human skills. This means that the driver has to stay alert and be ready to take over when they are needed. Because the car isn't fully driverless, the manufacturers have to make the driving fun in a new way. They have to use heads-up displays that can be turned off when the driver needs to take over.
For the driverless cars to be legal, we have to wait on the law to be passed. Many of the driving laws focus on keeping the drivers, the passengers, and the pedestrians safe. Safety is best achieved with an alert driver. The assumption is that a human driver is the most affective and alert driver. As a result, the only states that allow computer-driven cars to be tested are California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. Even though the cars have been proved to be more reliably safe, traffic laws will need to be changed along with liability laws that will need to be established in case of an accident. This reason is a negative one against the development of driverless cars.
Though there are many positive reasons for the development of the driverless car, the negative aspects outrule and over power the positive ones making the driverless car a hassle to develop by the amount of money/modifications needed for the cars, always having to stay alert in the passenger seat, and the wait for the legalization of the driving of the driverless cars. | 3 |
The use of this technology called the Facial Action Coding read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it will be very benefitile for the schools. The schools needed this technology to identify the emotional expressions of the students. Sometime things happen in school that the teachers don't know about; they don't know how their students are feeling. There are three benefitile about this technology. The Facial Action Coding System help the teachers identify the emotion of their students. The second is, it really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much the computer can do. The third is, it will help you tell if the person that is the most important to you is sad or happy.
The first reason is the Facial Action Coding System is valuable because it help the teachers identify the emotion of their student. It said in the article "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". Some of the students in the school won't talk about how they are feeling in the classroom, and some of them would be scared to ask question when they are confused. The new technology would help the teachers so much on how to find out if their students are understanding the works they did in the classroom.
The second is, it really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much the computer can do. Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. Everybody in this world needs someone that could tell if they were happy or sad, so they would feel like someone is understanding them at lest. " Eckman has classified six basic emotions; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness". These are the great things Eckman has classified that can help us and make us smile.
The third is, it will help you tell if the person that is the most important to you is sad or happy. Sometime we can tell that the person is happy or sad, but we can't not tell it all the time. We can makes the wrong assumption about a person by the look on their face.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System is very valuable to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. So we need the new technology to help telling us about a person feeling. | 2 |
In "The challenge of Exploring Venus" The author suggests that studying Venus should be pursued, despite the dangers it brings. After evaluating the passage I do not believe that the author supports this idea well. In multiple paragraphs he states that Venus has a harsh enviorment, makes collecting information from venus seem impossible, and does not give enough evidence as to why we should explore Venus and the knowledge that could be gained.
In paragraph two and three the author explains why there is not much information on venus and how harsh the enviorment is. In the second paragraph, the authors tells the readers, although Venus is the most similar in size and density and sometimes in distance, we have not sent a spacecraft to Venus in over three decades. He then goes on to explain that no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a couple hours because of its extreme enviorment. By making giving the audience this information in the second paragraph, it already gives Venus a bad reputation.
In paragraph three, the authors goes into detail as to why no spacecraft has survived the landing and why humans could not possibly go there. He starts off by saying how the atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide, talks of the sulfuric acid clouds that also inhibit the planet, the extreme temperatures that average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and atmospheric pressure which is 90 times greater than ours on Earth. It would crush a submarine adept to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans on Earth. With all of this information, he makes Venus sound impossible to explore and gather information on.
The author then uses paragraph four to give the readers a reason as to why scientists are still interested in Venus. The author states that Venus could have been similar to Earth in its earlier years. Scienstists say that it was probably covered in oceans and could have supported life. another great facot is that Venus is still the nearest option for a planetary visit. But in paragraph 5 and the six the author starts to talk about safe options for humans to go there. The author uses evidence from NASA as to what we could do; use a blimp like vehicle or a ship that hovers about 30 miles above the Venusian landscape. However viewing venus from above would not give NASA any insight on what is going on below. The reason the author gives the reader as to why we should explore Venus does not seem interesting enough and the only safe way we could get to venus once again, makes collecting information seem unlikely.
Overall, the author does not give a compelling argument as to why we should explore Venus more. All of the information he provides only seems to be disputed by other facts. The whole article makes Venus out to be an impossible planet to truly explore and accquire information on until we have better technology or Venus's enviorment changes. | 4 |
I am all for this technology that reads students emotional expressions. Because i think it is a great leap into the future.¨Dr.Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate.¨ That is amazing that we can have tech that will evne better to communicate to humans.
I think Da Vinci was a very smart man because he was able to make perciesly the mixed facial expressions.¨ Da Vinci studied himan anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions.¨ A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Hauang predicts.¨ I really dont agree with this because school computures can not see my facial expreshions so how would they know that I am bored or confused on anything.
How can you tell if your fakeing a smile? In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth.¨ I think you could fool somone if you know this information because all you haft to do is follow the real instructions. I think that it is very hard to find out someone´s expresions because there are so many that you can imitate even the real one´s. Last, what if you are a regular person could you ever find out that they are faking or do you haft to be a professional at it? In the article it is mostly talking about how can a regular person finds about someone that is fake at showing there expressions. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of cars that drive themselves. Although, there are bountieous reasons why driverless cars are a good thing, there are also myriads of reasons as of why this could also be a bad thing. From upgrading roads to the invasion of privacy, driverless cars are not looking too good for the future.
The article mentioned "many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads." What that piece is stating is in order to have smart cars or driverless cars the U.S will require "massive upgrades," hence the mention of smart roads.
The roads will need to have built in radio signals to send messages, in binary code, to the car, to alert the car of road conditions or any problems. In response to knowing this the author states that this was "simply too expensive to be pratical." So now that smart roads are out of the question, it is up to technology to teach the car human skills.
Technology is being used to help the cars "mimic the skill of a human at the wheel," as the article states. It has the proper sensors, but sensors alone could not possibly be enough. According to the article the cars are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills. Everything about driving a car on the road is a human skill, not to mention technology is known to have loop holes and gaps hidden throughout it. Statistics most likely shows that there are many ways to hack into the technology and change how a company programs their product to work. If it is not being hacked into, technology and the internet is also known to malfunction often, which could lead to innumerable amounts of incidents.
Another concern with driverless cars is invasion of privacy. The article mentions that while the driver watches the road, the car will be watching the driver. An issue with that would be that if the footage gets out and private information is shown in the footage will the company be held responsible. This could cause issues as identity theft and more to rise. Wanting to be sure that drivers are focusing on the road is one thing, but if it causes a stir with privacy that could potentionally be bad for the car companies and the people in charge.
My position of driverless cars is no technology could drive a car better than humans. Driving is a human activity, it started with humans and should end the same way. I do agree the world would use less gas, but I don't believe it is quite as safe as it seems. There are countries and people who are already in debt, we should be trying to help them out before we try to spend billions on smart roads. We also can not just rely on technology to keep us safe, there are already an aboundant amount of technology malfunctions going on, adding this to the equation would not help. Lastly, one that will probably have more of a concern with everyone would be privacy, I do not believe most people would feel safe knowing they are being watched as they are driving, and knowing that fact could even possibly make them unfocused. Driverless cars was a good idea, but I personally do not believe that anyone is ready for them. | 3 |
Is There Really a Face on Mars???
The landform on Mars is simply not a face or supernatural thing. This is just a mesa that has the resemblence of a face. Many say that it's evidence that supernatural beings actually exist on Mars but, there's simply not enough evidence to support that claim. Also it's a landform that can only be caused by natural/ geological changes. The so called 'face' can't be man-made (supernatural).
When picture were taken of the mesa, it was during the winter season on the planet. Also the Viking 1 was only able to take the picture with 43 meters per pixel. When scientist tried to snap the picture again in 1998 it was durin the winter season of the planet also and the camera had to cut through wispy clouds. So in 2001, on a clear summer day, the picure was finally taken. The difference with this photo and the one from 1976 is that the 2001 photo was taken with 1.56 meters per pixel whereas the 1976 picture was taken at 43 meters per pixel.
Now some people may say ' Well how come the 'face' is in that exact spot and it doesn't move ?' To be honest it would be the same as asking ' Why is Mount. Everest in the same spot and never moves ?' Now do you see the logic. The reason those landforms don't move is because the landforms were created by the planet ( Again not man or supernaturally made ).
Ultimalely, through advances in technology and knowledge about relating planets, this isn't a face on Mars. It is considered to be a natural made mesa. With the pictures taken, they had variables of why they looked how they looked, except the 2001 picture. Some cameras weren't as powerful as the pictures that were later taken. Also the conditions were different so it was hard to get a good, clear shot. Believing some conspiracy theorist isn't always the best choice due to the lack of evidence that is provided to support the claim. | 2 |
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The idea that author supports the studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers in article says Venus sometimes called the "evening star" is the of the brightest points of
light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur starganzer to spot.
The evidence from the article that supports my claim is 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.
The introduction aand conclusion of this essay is second planet from our sun while is simple to see from the distant but afe vantage point of Earth it proved a very challenging place to examiine more to extreme, and Physical conditon exposig a cell phone or tablet to acis or heat capable of malting tin by comparison systems that use machanical parts can be made more resistwnt to pressure, heat , other forces. | 0 |
This is an essay about Venus. In this essay I am going to tell you about the Venus an is it worth pursuit despite all the dangers. Venus is to me is yes it is worth pursuiting despite all of its dangers to the human life form. I belive this cause how are we ever going to know the truth if we don't go and find it out for ourselfs. We have to go out there an look for ourself so that we know what is out there. What really extist was there once life form on Venus. If so whendid they die or are they still there. See we will never uncover the truth if we dont break out of our shell and go exporing to the unknown we have to do it. Nobody esle is going to go out into space and find out what is really up in space.
We have our theory about other life out in space, of the once vallys, mountains and the carter on the surface of Venus so that we have our theory that once a long long time ago there once were a form of life on Venus. Now we have to think about how they lived, how they got their food, how they did all the thing sthat we as humans do but on a planet that has low gravit pulling you down. On Earth we have a greater about of gravit pull us down to the ground than Venus does. Earth has also more water than Venus does now, but what if that was to change . What if the planet Venus had more water than Earth. What if Venus and better things than Earth does. Then why did Venus died what had to happen to whipe out and whgole plant that had maybe life form of some sort and that we know had water and enough oxygen to have the livingh life form of some kind to kive there. So what did happen to the planet Venus. How did this onbce living planet now become with no life form of any kinds.
The only danger of this idea of going to the planet Venus is that what if they don't make it home. Whatif ther are other life form living on Venus still but we just dont know what they are or how they came about there are hunders of thing that we as human we have not yet discover. An maybe will never discover about how we got to where we are today. How we have got what we have today. These are thing that we may never truthy understand about where we came from. How we got to this day in time and how are we going to live these thing are unknown, till the end of time. | 1 |
The Earth is geting really closely to Mars,Venus. The Earth is right next thoes to plants. Also the plant Mars,Venus are on the side of plant Earth. The plant Venus is sometimes call "Evening Star," that is one of the brightest points of light in the night time.
The Plant Earth might have a twin plant venus and Plant Venus is also closest
to the Earth. Both of the Pants don't have the same size. Mars have other planetart neighbor like the sun at different speeds. the different speeds means that there closer to mars and different times to venus." These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other timees to Venus."2
NASA have one of the 3 "particularly compelling" there idea is to send humans to sutdy in the plants venus. NASA might solutisits to the hostile conditions on the surface. Think about blimp like vehichle hoveering 30 or more then miles. That's
what "The Challenge of Exploring venus" is about. | 0 |
Some people like to drive while otherss don't and some countries are making bans or just limiting the usage of cars. This can have more advantages than disadvantages.
When people drive cars they let out pollution into the air which harms the atmosphere. The advantages to this is that if people don't drive that much anymore the pollution can be stopped at a certain point and cause no harm anymore of course the air might still be polluted but with a less perentage. People would definitely use money on something else thtne to try and get the new car or just use it on gas. There are alternatives to limit the use of cars.
Sociolagists believe if this continues with people limiting car transportation that "it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emission, just behind power plants." so if we all got to think about it we are basically doing a favor to oursleves by helpiing the planet by limiting the use of cars.
Another advantge that this idea might have is that the peoplw in the community could stop spending more money due to cuts in the job. They waste money on gas on new cars, etc. When really you could be doing something bttter with taht money.
Most poeple dont even really need cars they use them for the heck of it. Teenagers use it just to go around with friends or go to work but really they could limit that use and find another way of transportation. This isn't saying to just stop using your car but just findfing a way to say that if you dont really need your car but just using it for fun then you could limit that use and instead of driving to places that are close to you just walk there.
The author of "The End of Car Culture" Ellisabeth Rosenthal even said that her own kids being 19 and 21 "have not even bothered to get a driver's license...." they find other ways to get around she said "they organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends" as i said before there are alternatives to limiting the usage of cars and this could be one of them if you are with friends and all are going to the same palce then you ca just share one car so that not all of the cars are ut it can avoid traffic and cost less money to you also.
In conclusion, I say that there are alot of advantages to limiting the use of cars and we could most definitely make more. | 3 |
People often wonder when the world is going to end; will humans need a new place to live? Scientists have been researching alternatives to living on earth, such as living on mars or venus. Both planets would need some modifications before humans would be able to take residence but both planets are possible alternatives for when earth decides to die. The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" explains some of the difficulties scientists have to deal with when trying to explore venus. The author of this article shows his readers that by using maybe older technology mixed with newer thinking the scientists at NASA might be able to penetrate Venus' surface long enough to get the samples they need and in return protect the lives of their astronauts.
Scientists at NASA have been trying to figure out how to penetrate the atmosphere of Venus without losing any lives. They have come up with ideas like sending astronauts about 30 miles above venus to get some samples, the only problem being that getting samples would be next to impossible (pararaph 5). The reason for this being is that the men simply can reach down to the surface becuase the temperatures are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the high pressure is enough to crush a submarine into a dime (paragraph 3) Not only that but the weather on the surface is absolutley horrendus, presenting errupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightening strikes (paragraph 3). These lightening strike have proven a problem for probes sent up to the surface of venus becuase they just get shocked and are no longer of use.
Luckily for our dying planet though, NASA is working on creating a simple and sturdy machine to go up and collect samples, the last one they tested lasted up to three weeks in their simulaiton of Venus (paragraph 7). Another way they are modifying these machines is by using older technology becuase it does not require electronics, and without the electronics you get out the risk of lightening destroying the million dollar toy (paragraph 7). A good thing about using mechanical parts versus electronic parts is that mechanical parts are said to be, "more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." (paragraph 7).
By using mechanical machines NASA can ensure the safety of the astronauts and get the samples they need to discover is Venus is in fact, a habitable plantet. The author shows this by explaining how using austronauts simply is not enough and that by combining older technology and newer thinking that scientists at NASA can penetrate Venus' serface and discover if it is habitable. If NASA combines their thinking with the older, and sturdier technology the advencements they could make would be tremendous. They could discover is Venus is habitable and possibly be able to modify it they way they need to so venus can become habitable. If the process does not work with venus they could use their research on mars or possiby other planets in the solar system. | 3 |
In my opion in how i fell about the Facial action cording system enables in how the computers can help identify how people fell in tell the human emotions is i blive its some how can be real in some how not be real. for eaxample in the storey it shares in tells us how people use it in it worked on them i have also seen it done on most tv shows so that is why i think that this could or may work ought. I also think in blive that it can also be not real a wil for example i have not use it befor or on other peoople .Also it still queston me on how a computer thinks that it could some how read a person emotions. Also using this type of work on students in kids can also be not much of a good thing if you think about because yes some people do get sad in really upset but not everone knows why they are mad or why they fell mad in somtimes people can fell sad with ought eving knowing that they are sad or unhappy. We aslo have people who dont want people to know there sad which is why most people had there sadness with happyness to show that there not sad because they dont want others to know how they reallt fell inside as will .So in my own words to me it could mean a god thing but aso mean a bad thing as will to. | 0 |
It is my belief that the author has done a good job of suporting his claim that we should study Venus even with the present dangers. From the article I read I have three pieces of evidence from the text that will now support my claim.
In the first paragraph, lines 1-2, it is stated that Venus is oftencalled Earth's twin. this would be a major reason to study it, so we know what to do with it if we need to use it. It was also said in the same paragraph and lines that Earth is the same Density and Size of Earth, therefore it would be a good planet to study so we can learn more about planets that share sizes.
Another piece of evidence I have from the text is from paragraph 4, lines 3-5, "...It [Venus] may well once have been the most Earth-like planet on out solar system." That would be a major reason to study this planet, later in that paragraph it goes on to say how it may have had been covered in oceans and wildlife like Eath. Why wouldn't we study it.
That is why I belive the author did an excellent job of supporting his own claim that we should be studying Venus. | 1 |
So "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a great little short story that includes very interesting facts and it's all on how to go about studying the planet Venus despite the dangers. That's not even half of it either in other words let me give you some knowledge that I have gained from this wonderul author.
And this is where I'll tell you about the why scientists are still discussing further visits to the planet, so it say's in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" that it once long ago may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system then also Venus still today has a surface of rocky sediment besides that includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters fun fact Venus is called our "Sister Planet".
Now let's go to some of the reason's why human-beings aren't able to survive on Venus basically the story say's venus average temperatures are on average eight-hundred fahrenheit,the atomspheric pressure is also 90 times greater than what we experience from here on earth there for as you can see the conditions are too extreme for humans to survive on the planet.
Furthermore let's talk about how NASA plans to study Venus. So NASA's solution is like imagin a bimp-like vehicle hovering thirty-plus miles above Venus to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up there, but it doesn't mean it's not going to hot it will be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and thje air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.
Finally for this conclusion I will just voice my own opinon about the short story on "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the thing I liked about the story is that it wasn't that hard to break everything down in to a little essay but besides that it was good and very informational story. I loved it! | 2 |
Since WW2 America's advancement has been revolved around the car. This has gone well but as todays population is on the rise so is traffic. In small towns across Europe people are switching to a fast growing trend- car free cities. Car-free cities are gaining popularity because it works so well. There is more advantages than you may think.
A small town in colomia has started a movement that is growing quick. Similar to the people in Europe they are supporting less car use. They do a car-free day where the goal is to reduce smog and air polution. On car-free day anyone who uses a car will be fined 25 dollars. Since the mid-1990s the town of Bogota has made 118 miles of bicycle paths.
In Paris, France smog is causing problems. Source 2- On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine. Odd numbered license plates were picked the following day. The more we drive our cars, the more toxins we put into the air. After a week of less cars the smog reduced significantly. Limiting car-usage can be very rewarding.
The idea of car reduced communities is also taking thought in the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. They have realized how much better driving with less cars really is. Source 4- At the Mobile World Congress last year in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford executive chairmen of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesireable. All across the globe communties can benefit from less car use. | 2 |
Humans. One of the many smart species on planet earth. The species that seems to think they can do anything, including going to Venus. Although Venus is highly dangerous with its high temperatures and extreme clouds of carbon dioxide, it is a worthy pursuit that could be a great benefit for the knowledge of anybody living on earth.
The information that could be gathered is rather incredible. Already this world knows a few features Venus holds, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." It is so amazing to think that already we have this idea of a planet. With hard work and dedication it could be valuble, to further investigate our sister planet. Even though the conditions the planet are critical, we know the dangers. There is a benefit to the planet, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." The author knows what to say, because they know that the conditions are harsh. And great reward the sccientists recieve what they would need from this raging planet.
The value of this planet is not known only because there is not enough strive to make it happen. The "human curiosity" is what leads this planet to greatness. Scientist that want this mission, have to be willing to do whatever it takes for knowledge. They have to "get up close and personal despite the risks." Those risks will lead to everything that a scientist could hope for. There is no reason to not believe the author when they say the mission will be worth your while. Only because there is something magnificent about that planet so similar to ours. the author so confidently states, "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." They so beautifully say what is needed. Imagaination and the need to innovate, for future greatness, is so important for the challenges ahead. Although this world still has unknown factors, finding out incredible things about Venus could change science, and could change the world itself.
Venus is our sister planet, one of the closest to us. How has our natural kick for curiosity not taken over? Humans always want to know everything. Making it clear, there is no point in just letting this fantastic adventure wait. Danger is always a component in exploring something new, that is why humans are knowledgable and powerful. So scientist should not hold back, they need to bring all their smarts to this adventure, and really make something great. It could result in the most indulging finds. | 3 |
Driverless cars are coming thats no good! Since 2009 google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions. Thier cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless. The Google cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
In my opion driverless cars are pretty dangerous and stupid. I think that becasue drivers would try to play on their phone more and do other things that will not make them keep their eyes on the road or their surroundings. Just because the cars are "driverless" doesn't mean they cant mess up or have a glitch when they are driving and when they are playing on their phones. Having driverless cars is a huge mistakes they will put peoples life at risk and so many people when end up wrecking and dieing because they are more worried about their mobile devices.
My second reason I think "driverless" cars are stupid is becasue people will not pay attention to their surrounding. People will pay attention to the things that are inside the car and not the things outside the car like other cars around them or even other object around them. People driving the car will be more focoused on the radio or all the cool features that come with the car like the new bluetooth radio or the new settting on the radio. The new cars will have so many new featrues that people will not even realize they are on the road.
My last reason I think the cars are stupid is becasue what are people gonna do when the car breaks or glitches up. The first batch of cars will have issues just like the first batch of everything that is new. The car could glitch up at any moment when the car is in motion and some one is in it. What are people gonna do when they are driving and the car just stops driving itself and runs off the road into oncoming traffic or runs off a mountain. What are the people gonna do when their family memebrs die because of the cars glitching up and killing their brother,sister, or cousin. The first thing they are going to do is blame the company and sue them for everything they have.
That is why I think "driverless" cars are stupid and dangerous. People will not pay attention they will car more about their phone. People will not pay attention to their surrounding they will pay attention to things inside the car. And the cars have a high chance of glitching up and killing the driver or maybe another person in the street or on the sidewalk. That is why I think they are very dumb and dangerous. | 2 |
The face on mars is really just a butte; that is just a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa. NASA has even proved that with the first pucture. But people still didnt beleave them.
Science can prove this by taking pictures every few years to see the diffrance. In the oragnle photo in 1976 it does look like a face but, that was from 1976. Then in 1998 they took a other photo and it dosnt look like a face at all but, people still didnt beleave them so in 2001 they took one more picture, and it revealed it is just a mesa in the martian area of Cydonia. In Cydonia there are many mesas and buttes.
So that proves that the martian face is really a mesa. But you will still come up with awsers for the missing fetures like a ¨cloud¨ in the way, so the camraes couldnt get a good image. So like I said before NASA sent a other probe to get a good image and it was in 2001, and it pleased the publuc. | 1 |
So you think that the land formation coincedentally 'a face' created by the weathering. Proves to be a significant amount of source to say there were aliens or a civilation. One thing will not prove anything there are no signs of homes or even indented marks of other species being there only this simple marking. Well i beg to plead the opposing side see what you have seen from 1976,1998, and 2001 is technology has proccesed this and its clearly nothing but a mark. Your conspiracy will live on if this was a life form why would it only be one life form? where are the others there are no trace of them a form of life can not just be created by nothing it has to reproduce. There is only sign of one so there for it does not exist as of the evidence given it is simply just a mesa, a mesa is a rock formation.
this is just a coincedence that it looks of so nasa revealed they wish there was life form to give us more to study of but not much evidence comes from a plain old rock that looks like a face. in conclusion you personally will not change your mind about this becuase it a conspiracy life has been held up by this making money off of this rejoicing of nothing but a rock. Just like area 51 another conspiracy theorys where there is claimed to be unexposed life form when really its just a testing site for us millitary. Also the illumanati claimed to be the ones running the music industry and society. there many conspiracy theorys, but maybe just maybe theyare controlling us of what they dont want us to know making people think the conspiracys are a joke when in reality they are true. Iastly nothing can come off a rock as i said its a natural formation a rock to be 'told'. | 1 |
If u want to see or visit unique places with your family make sure u sigh up for Seagoing Cowboys program .My Personal opinion is that it seems worth it and Fun and exciting .You get to China ,Europe,italy and even more .Tis guy named luke had to help is aunt katie on her farm. As a boy had perpared Luke for hard work but not dangers at sea .As the second night Luke served as a night watchman.
One day he got on the ship and he had fun especisally coming return trips after animals had been unloading they played baseball volley ball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed .They played Table-tennis tournaments. Fencing .Boxing ,reading whittleing .And games also hepled pass the time .
These are some activity there while you are on the ship. There might be even stuff for the adults on the ship while people are witing to visit the nice places. This is why u should join the program of seagoing cowboys. | 1 |
With technology rapidly evolving, new devices can be developed and old ones can be improved. However, not all old devices need to be improved further upon. For example, self-driving cars seems to be a catastrophe of an idea. They require manual driving in certain haphazard situations, such as navigating work zones. They also lack human caution and feeling, and bring up serious legal issues.
First off, a "driverless" car is not truly autonomous; it requires to be maunally driven in certain situations such as work zones and etc. In paragraph 7, the passage reads that "...all are designed to notify when the road ahead requires human skills...This means the human driver must remain alert..."
This means that the human driver must fight off any other distractions and focus on the road despite the fact that they are not driving. This would entirely contradict the purpose of a driverless car. However, manufacturers are proposing an alert system so the driver can be notified in the event something like that does happen. Ironically, that feature would be abused and drivers would be conditioned to begin to pay attention to the road after that system is set off. A faulty piece of hardware can easily cause that system to bypass a hazard or work zone. This would result in potential harm to the driver, passenger(s), workers, and even other vehicles.
In addition, driverless cars lack the perception and understanding of a human driver. For example, if someone is stranded on the side of a road and needs help, or their car needs to be jump started,a driverless car is not going to stop for them. It lacks empathy and generosity. Only a human driver is capable of helping out anyone who is stranded or needs help. Another huge problem with the autonomous automobiles is that there are legal gaps and anomalies when it comes to any damages done by these cars. The passage brings up an important point in paragraph 9. It says "...new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." This brings up an immense anomoly: if two of these driverless cars crash into each other, who is liable and who is immune to any legal claims? Would the manufacturer be liable or the driver be liable? What if a driverless car crashed into a regular car, or someone's child? There would be too many new regulations and concerns wiht the law if these cars were mass manufactored. It would also be relatively unfair if a driver who did not program the car's GPS and driving system was sued and held reliable.
In conclusion, these machines require the quick and panicky control of a human driver in a random situation, and also lack human emotion and compassion in case any specail situation does occur, such as someone's car breaking down and etc. In addition to that, they also bring up many legal impracticalities and complications. Although they make traveling alot easier on the driver, they are not a safe, practical, or reliable invention that enhances the quality of human life. There is nothing wrong with the tradition of manually driving a car so why change it? | 3 |
dear senator:
the electoral college most be important that makes the people to chose what do they want it consists to make the people take their own desiton about who do they want to help them and make their lives better in al the ways, the electors have to be near the people of the town or city cause in that way the people feels more closer to them and they can trust the work of the electors.
the certificate of ascertainment declares that the winnig presidential elector in the state ans whows which elector will be represent the state at the meeting of the electors in december of the election year,that means that you help choose your state's electors when you vote for a president because when you voete for you candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.
after a presidential election , the governor prepares a "certificates" of ascertainment"
your state are sent to the congress and the national archives as part of the official records of the presidental election.
on source 1 the author is trying to explain how does this works,to help the people of the town and especially that if you vote that means that you are helping to the elctors and that probaly wil not help if you dont choose the correct person. | 0 |
Venus, also known as the "Evening Star," is one of the most challenging planets to work on. With its many volcanoes, and its atmosphere full of sulfuric acid, there is nothing safe to this planet. So why do us humans continue to pursue the trip despite the risk? Is it due to the similarity between it and the Earth? Is it really "a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents?"
To start off, Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, despite being second closest to the sun. This is because Venus contains the most volcanoes out of any planet. The thick atmosphere of Venus is composed of almost ninety seven percent carabon dioxide blankets. Like so, the clouds are made up of highly corrosive sulfuric acd, in which adds to the dangers of exploring this planet. On the surface of Venus, temperatures have the capability of averaging over eight hundred degrees Farenheit. To build off of that point, the atmospheric pressure is ninety times greater than what we experience here on Earth. Thus, these conditions are far much more extreme than any human being could handle.
An environment like so has the capability of crushing a submarine that is designed to dive into the deepest parts of the ocean, and along with that the temperatures would liquify many metals. Other factors such as powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes seek probes attempting to reach the surface.
In addition to atmospheric conditions, lets revisit why we even discuss further visits to Venus? Todays astronomers are extremely fascinated by the planet because they believe it was once one of the most Earth-like planets in our solar system. It is prpedicted that in some point in time, Venus was once largely covered in oceans and may have even had the capability of supporting various forms of life, similar to Earth. Venus still has failiar features to Earth, such as a rocky surface, valleys, mountains, and craters.
To continue the idea, how close are we to Venus? Earth is located between its two planetary neighbors, Mars and venus. Lets recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, in which is a crurcial consideration while considering the long time frames in order to pursue space travel. This may seem indisputable to many, however we need to consider, "what are some other options for pursuing such a risky mission, while creating something in which can be both safe and scientifically productive? NASA has proposed an idea of basically hovering thirty miles above the surface in order to avoid the harsh conditons of the atmosphere. The upside, it would be a moree safe alternative. The downside, Astronauts would be unable to collect samples from the surface of Venus, which brings up a whole new concept of being "scientifically productive."
In conclusion, is Venus still worth the pursuit despite the conditions humans can and will face? We still are unsure of a final answer. If we want to further human exploration in space, then it is quite possibly worth the risk. If we are not in nedd of expanding research, then it is not necessary. However, it is quite the given that NASA
would like to expand its knowledge. NASA
continues to work on otherr approaches such as using a heavy duty material in which would last weeks in the conditions. Some equipment used in the past for others sorts of events, doesn't even require electronics at all, which is a major upside to the research of Venus and its aroma. Modern computers would be much to delicate to function in such conditions, and that is why NASA conitnues to pursue research and exploration of Venus. Finally, it is worth it to pursue such a captivating planet despite the intimidating factors. We can now reach a point in which nobody else in the world has reached. | 3 |
My position on driverless cars have a very negatice impact on it. I have a strong opinion on why I think driverless cars are very dangerous and a waste of money or time. It requires lots of skills and time for it to become somewhat of a driverless car, even with it needing a human behind the wheel just incase something goes wrong or the driverless car doesn't know how to react to it. The driverless car I think personally, is a very outrageous idea to even begin to think or waste any sort of knowledge on it.
Starting off that the driverless car hasn't fully became self sufficent on its own. In parargraph 2 it states, "Google cars aren't truly driverless". So why call it driverless when it still needs help of a human to get it through issues and hard tasks. It also states that the car still needs help with dealing with "complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents". Don't you think humans would be parnoid or get bored of always having to wait for the car to let them know its their time to take control to take over. How would humans stay focused on the road at all time when the car is doing somewhat of the whole job. In paragraph 7 it says " considering putting cameras to watch the drivers are ramining focused on the road", but do you realy think that will have a healthy and safe out come? No.
Coming on to how
much money it will take to put these skills and fixing up the issues for these driverless cars. Starting off how will you get people or maily the goverement to helo you out with these risky cars.The cares require many sensors according to paragraph 4. They need sensors for many things on the car and in the car for it fuction properly and effectivly. They need them for brakes, roating sensor on the roof, a video camera in the near and back mirros, a gps, ect... Many sensors just for the car to take off. That right now is big bucks that maybe isn't worth it, when its not even mangable byitself. But if you have't thought of it yet, the roads and highways still need sensors for the cars to pick up on what they need to do. And what if they don'y work? Was it just a waste of money? It also states in paragrapgh 5 that " required massive upgrades to exsisting roads, something that was simply to expensive to be practical".
Now coming in with thw law. Law basing off the cars off if they are safe enough for people and for their surroundings. It states in paragrapgh 9 that "onlt safe car has a human driver in control at all times". SO why put people lives in danger just to test out a driverless car. Also states " most states its illgeal to even to test computer-driven cars". They are still trying to figure out if these cars are even relibly safe for people to even get in them or the cover on their laiblity. Who will they balme when someone gets majorly hurt over a driverless car? " driver or manufacturer".
At the end of the day, i think personally that driverless cars are just a waste of time. A waste of a discussion with all the negative consiqunes that these cars can cause. I don't think these cars deserve to still have a chance to continue to progress in the future or have a chance to develop. These cars aren't meant for people to be driver themselves or family on an everyday life. | 3 |
Is the use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a class room valuable? There is new technology being devloped that can read emotions of people and paintings faces. This technology is valuable in the class rooms because it can help teaches keep the students focused and out of problems. This techology can read fake and real smiles which can be used to tell if a student is engaged in the subject or not.
The facial expression technology can be used to help teachers help the students know what there doing.
New face reading technology can give a voice to the quiet ones in class and help the teachers know what they are feeling.
The text explains what muscles are used to smile and fake smile."Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi palpabraeus make crow's- feet around your eyes.(That's instuction #2.) But in a false smile, the mouth is streted sideways using the zygomatic major and s diffrent muscle, the risorius . To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a"smileing" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful". Now this is helpful in classrooms to know what students are really feeling and can even prevent
suicides if the teachers can use this information to help the student get the help they need.
The face reading technology can use the data to process sadness and boredom and can help the students more than the teachers. This technlogy is being created by some people that have studied these facial expressions and emotions. In paragraph 5 the author explains how the doctors that created this tecnology know their data is correct."yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinchi studied human anato my to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. The artist of the painting where also students of there craft so they would have pin point accuacy.This helps people now that they can lay back on this idea of face reading tecnnology.
Knowing that the technology is very accurate this can be used in the classrooms to help more that just the teachers, students but even the principles know if there staff might be off. This can help principles and advisors know how there teachers are doing. Say the teacher is in a bad mood and has a history of lashing out on others the priciples don't want there students are unhappy in there learning enviroment. The emotinal reading tecnology is great of the learning enviroment.
Is the use of technology to read emotinal expressions of students in a class room valuable? the technology is very helpful to teacher and advisors alike. It has the potential to stop many incedents in classrooms and the entire school. In the end no one can neglect the fact that this is very helpful.New emotion reading technology is the future. | 3 |
Limiting car ussage lowers the polution rates. A quote from lisabeth Rosenthal's passge "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
", "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Many people can go without personal cars and making smarter ways for transportation such as a bike, a bus, or carpooling with a friend to get to their destonation. A statment from the passage "
Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog ." "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifting smog..." Meaning less cars make the road safer by limiting the number of cars allowed to drive on that certain day.
Places are banning cars on the roads on certain days to limit the number of drivers and limiting the amout of polution. From the passage "
In German Suburbs, Life Goes On Without Cars ." it states "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States and elsewhere to separate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning."" By telling drivers they can only drive on certain days helps the environment and cutes back on smog and accidents.
The United States is also joining in on the "smart planning" movement by cutting back on the number of drivings on the road and number of cars owned by people. More people are taking the bus now rather than wasting and polution their gasoline. More people everywhere are taking bikes, walking, and carpooling with a friend to save money and gas. We now have electric cars where we can charge our cars in an outlet rather than filling up the tank with gasoilne.
It is better for you to walk or ride a bike to your destionation its smarter too. If you ride your bike, walk, take the bus, or carpool with a friend you are impaction greatly on the environment by reducing accidents and limiting smog. You can also save money on not taking your car everyday to work or school, taking the bus or carpooling can do alot. | 0 |
In my opinion driverless cars are safer and more efficien than nomal car.In paragraph five of the passage it says, "the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and ruduce power from the engine,allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." A driverless car can be safer on the road because it wont get distracted by something else and will have better reaction time than a human.Humans can easily sometimes get distracted by things they see while driving or by their phone.A driverless car will still need a driver when needed to navigate a work zone or around accidents.
If the driver gets tired or needs to call or text someone the driverless care can drive itself safety and the driver will not cause an accident,because he did not pay attention to the road. The driverless cars can be used to reduce traffic because it will cause less accidents. It can also be used to get a drunk person home safe without any accidents occuring.The driverless care can also help people that are learing to drive by assisting them on the road and preventing accidents.Driverless cars can also help people get to their destination without getting lost.
Driverless cars are smarter than humans.They can break by themselves when the sensors detect another car behind them to prevent an accident.Driverless cars also have the ability to break faster than a human can.In paragraph five of the passage it says, "the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and ruduce power from the engine." They can also assist old people while they are driving to reduce road accidents.
Driverless cars can also help our planet.Driverless cars will use less fuel and be more efficient than normal cars are now.In the first paragraph of the passage it says " The cars he forees would use half the fuel of today's taxis." The reduction of fuel beign use will help our ecomony and our planet.It will help our planet by reducing all the harmful toxic gases that go up into our atmosphere every day.
In conclusion driverless cars will make the roads safer,reduce accidents, help our planet and our economy.With driverless cars on the roads it wil make our roads safer.It will also help our economy grow and rise.It will also help our planet and ruduce the toxic gases in our atmosphere.Driverless cars are the future. | 3 |
Sure driving your car is the fastest and most convenient way to reach your desired destination. But is it the most friendly to the environment? The answer is no. Decreasing the amount of vehicles permitted on publis streets would greatly help reduce this issue. Driving an automobile is very harmful for Earth. Many countries have been trying to decrease the amount of vehicles on the streets.
In Vauban, Germany, the residents have almost completely given up driving. Home garages, street parking, and driveways are forbidden here. The roads are completely car free except for public transportation. Car ownership is allowed, with the consequence of paying $40,000 for a spot to park, along with a house. Vauban's ideas are being adopted around the world.
Over in Paris, partial driving bans have been enforced to help prevent the build up of smog. Every Monday drivers with even-numbered license plates are not permitted to drive. The same rules applied to people who drove vehicles with odd-numbered license plates on Tuesday. If they failed to follow their orders they will be fined with with a 22-euro, or $31, fine. About 4,000 motorists were fined and a recorded 27 had their vehicles impounded because of their ractions to the fines. Because of the warm days and cold nights, car emissions were trapped under the warmer layer of air. Enough smog cleared on Monday so they dropped the Ban for Tuesday.
Bogota, Columbia had a program which involved millions of Columbians skating, hiking, biking, etc. This was during a "car-free day" where only public transportaion was allowed. Their goal is to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation. Any violators were fined $25. Other Columbian cities such as Cali and Valledupar eventually joined the event. Since then, 118 miles of bicycle paths have been constructed.
There are many ways to reduce the amount of gases released into the atmosphere. Limiting the amount of automobiles permitted on the streets is one of the biggest ways to solve this issue. If everyone would join in on these events we could restore what we have taken away from the environment. | 2 |
Venus is a planet in our solar system that many scientist want to explore. Scientist also say that venus has many dangers to why they are being prevented on going. The author suggest that venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it plresents. The author gives us many examples on why venus is a worthy persuit for scientist. Many of the examples that the author gives us are things that scientist today are searching for.
The author says that their can be life on Venus. In the text, the author states, " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." The author also states, " Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on eath." Another thing that the author states, " planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."
In the story, the author says that NASA is working on a way to get a blimp like vehicle to space. In the text it says, " NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." The author also says," Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian land scape."
The author say that technology is a way to be able to see Venus in a safe way. In the text it says, " Many reaserchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus." The author also states, " 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." | 2 |
Driveless Cars are the future? Many may think so but some may oppose them. The're people whom think they should be the ones controlling the car not the other way around. But why not let the people who want them have it, yes some maybe be lazy not wanting to drive. Others would just like to relax while being in their cars. Yes I do believe this cars should be continued to be developed, but people should still have some kind of control of those cars.
Many just think that just because those cars are selfdrive that people dont have to worry about driving. They are wrong they still should be able to take over in cast of en emergancy or if they just want too drive instead. They would also have to stay awake and watch if the car is going the right way or something. Meaning that you would still have control over your car and tell it what to do. So that way if there happen to be en accident they cant blame you for it. Also in many cases you or the manufacturer would be blame but I believe the police should dig deep and see whos fault really was and not just blame someone for believing it was them.
Driveless Cars should be continued to be developed as technology is the future. Yes many may believe that people are just letting others do the working for them. But its the 21th centery. We should be able to keep expanding our technology to everything and everywhere. Including cars as it could help to not have as many accidents as we now have. It would be a win for everyone as they also use half the gas taxis use now days. Plus you'll still have control over your cars but you can also just relax whenever you want. | 2 |
Driverless cars have much potential to be a large part of the near future. Although right now in the present, these is still work to be done. Laws need to be revised. More work needs to be put in to how these cars react to treaffic jams and construction. Currently, these vehicles test drivers still require alertness to what exactly the vehicle is doing, although the sole fact we're this far along with what was once only an idea is amazing.
These driverless cars are loaded with sensors and cameras to accuratley dictate it's surroundings and where it needs to go. However, in heavy traffic or contruction scenarios the driver may still need to take over. This is a good thing the car can alert the driver, but much more work needs to be put in to how these cars will operate in non-ideal conditions such as construction, traffic jams, and weather. Can these driverless vehicles accomplish such a thing? Yes, they can. Perhaps sooner than anyone anticipated. Considering it's been over half a million miles without a collision, I'd say these cars have a bright future.
As of 2013 BMW announced a "Traffic Jam Assistant" feature was in development. This feature will allow the car to make its way through tough spots in heavy traffic situations at speeds up to 25 miles an hour. This is a milestone in the race towards a truly independent driverless vehicle. Currently the driver is still required to keep his/her hands on the wheel in these scenarios to be prepared for the worst. However, this will not be the case for long. At the rate driverless cars are progressing, a fully pledged driverless vehicle will be a reality soon enough.
New laws will have to be put in place to deal with the legal aspect of these vehicles. Different situations will need to call for different charges and outcomes to determine whos fault it was. If the driverless vehicle warned the driver to take control, and said driver didn't, then the blame should fall to the driver. If the vehicle runs a stoplight, and the vehicle did not send any alert to the test driver, then blame should fall towards the company.
The future is closer than most realize. Tesla has already done amazing things with electric vehicles, and plan to have a driverless car that can remain independent 90 percent of the time out by this year! Other popular companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have driverless vehicles in development and claim to have them out by 2020. Who knows what we'll see in 10 short years? Maybe the idea of a driverless public transport system will be a reality. Or maybe most will have an affordable self driving car. Whatever the case, one thing remains certain. Driverless vehicles have a big future ahead of them, and we are no where near done hearing about them. | 3 |
With our ever progressing technology, smart cars are in our near future, but in the past were only seen as progressive impossibility. However, now with more advanced technologies people are really getting the idea of smart cars, with self driving systems and entertainment on the go. Regardless, should self driving cars be on the road? With concerning technologies, unsure reliability of a driver, and legal concerns, in our day and age they should be kept off the road.
With our current technology we could in fact build a somewhat self sufficient car that could drive on its own, but it would not be entirely safe. Automotive radar sensors although have progressed with technology, they can not seem to fully achieve going through unexpected bumps in the road. Areas such as work zones or accidents are unable to be passed with our current technology; this could lead to several accidents if undetected and the driver is not paying attention. Our current technology, until improved, could not withstand these cars.
Technology is everywhere. Cell phones and mobile mp3 devices are all around. Texting and driving is a major issue in our society, it is one of the leading causes of death in teenagers and some adults. With automated cars you would expect this problem to go away, but the somewhat self driving cars we have now need a responsible driver. The attention of the driver is needed incase of a problem were to occur with the vehicle. The prompt says that, "...the human driver must remain alert and ready..." This could be a problem if one where to drive intoxicated or even carelessy enjoying a ride on the road, problems could arise from the seams of the small manufacturing errors.
Legal issues have already begun with these cars; many states do not allow them. Few states allow there to be testing; all for safety concerns. The prompt states," Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passenger, and pedestrians safe.." These laws are in place for a reason; our technology is not advanced enough to be reliably safe in these cars. Not only this, but if the device were to be the cause of an accident, who would take the blame? The manufacturer could be the reason for ones injury, but perhaps the case would settle it to be the fault of the driver. This would bring tensions between the seller and the consumer of the product. These cars should have warrantys and waivers signed by in individual in this case, rather than being surprised later on by liability towards a problem they had no control over.
The idea of a new innovative idea excites everyone; but the safety concerns of the people should be adressed and issued first. Without proper ideals and checks we can not allow something to hurt our society just for the advancements.
Until our technology secures safety, people entitle themselves reliable, and the laws and manufacturers address their appeal, autonomous cars should stay off the roads. | 3 |
More and more advanced technology is coming about these days. Though most of it is positive, there are always downsides to all new inventions. Driverless cars are one example of new technology. Google founder, Sergey Brin believes that these new cars could change the world but maybe not for the better as he might think. This invention is dangerous and can cause more harm than good.
People need to be the ones who are in full control of the car at all times. Having a car that does most of the driving for someone could be extremely dangerous. The car does call for some human control. This brings the chance of potential danger. You would get used to not having to drive.
All of a sudden, you must react fast and you might have to take control of your car. For you to have to take control it is probably already a scary or dangerous situation and having to react fast to controlling wouldn't help.
Everyone has expierenced a time when their technology did not work. This could pose a threat to peoples lives when it comes to these cars. One of the driverless cars could stop working one day while in the middle of driving, like cars tend to do. An accidnet could easliy be produced from such a thing happening. The driver unaware of what just happened to the car and once again having to take control quickly would be very harmful.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", a passage says that the driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. All types of technology and products expierence malfunctions. The cars would most likely be no exception to this. This means that a car might not brake when its suppose to or it might accelerate at the wrong time.This could put the passengers in the car in a life threatening situation.
The article says there are ways to get the drivers attention when he or she needs to take over. Inventions like seats that vibrate and an annoucement made. As before, if the car was to have some sort of malfunction or had a defect it might not do these operations when or how its suppose to. Once again the people in the car are in danger that could have been prevented.
Driverless cars can cause a lot more danger than a normal car. They are not a safer or more efficient way of driving. Driverless cars should be banned
from being tested or produced. Do you want to take the risk of putting your life in the hands of a car driving itself? | 2 |
You may think living without a car would be impossible. But just take a moment and think about if your life would be easier? Most of you are thinking most likely no. But I will show many examples on how living without a car would only make your life easier.
In all honesty. There wouldn't be any more car acidents. Which means there would be less deaths and injuries. Another advantage would be having more money because you wouldnt have to buy a car and pay for car insurance. You may be reading and now are starting to think that this isn't bad at all. It may be a hasle to get around but you'd be saving so much money.
In our eoconomy saving money is everything. So if people don't use cars. And they save up all their money. Then they'll be set and more happ with life. Mostly because they're not fed up with multiple car payments every month. And one more additional thing is that it will make the enviorment more safe and not as air polluted as once was.
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Sick of driving for long hours when attending places? Hate getting tickets for speeding or missing roads signs? For heaven sakes sometimes when driving legs, fingers, or other body parts can cramp up! Say good-bye to cars that require to have a human driver at all times, and say aloha to driverless cars! Driverless cars have pros like GPS navigation and they provide more safety for the people, but cons such as weather conditions or technical errors.
For the old folks, looking back into history television and cell phones were major and exciting changes. So now the young generation wonders what the next big thing will be. Driverless cars will perhaps be the next big thing? To me this is a fabulous and efficient idea! Personally, I dont know how many times someone has asked me for directions. My headache finally has come to an end! With driverless cars there is a built in GPS reciever using google if I recall back to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming." Nobody will ever need help on how to get somewhere. Just tell them the place and time and the cars will get you there possibly without a humans help the whole car ride.
"Safety first!" is what they say now days. Watch for road signs and don't run the stop sign is commonly heard. Sometimes, when you go out late at night to a party, you have to watch for drunk drivers and be aware. Driverless cars have everyone covered. If everyone had a driverless car, the cars have the roads signs programmed in them. The drunk driver's wouldn't be the ones driving because the computer will. Many people often get tickets because they disobey roads signs and break the speed limit. How can you get in trouble for something you didn't do. Why don't we just add on the fact this will help you save money too! Man, just like McDonalds "Im lovin' it!"
Some people will obviously be against the idea of driverless cars. The "haters" can't dull the shine of such a magnificent idea. I can't dull the fact that their conterarguments are something to consider. The weather is a great example. In some environments snow and rain can cause wrecks if the car is not somehow modified that the roads are bad. I suggest four wheel drive on all driverless cars. Another con is the fact that we are relying on technology. What if technology fails or the computer system goes wrong. Can we live with such uncertainty? Spare ourselfs the time to review and fix today to die tomorrow in a possible wreck due to this fear. By 2020 hopefully as they said, these cons will be reviewed and more reliable by then!
Aloha to driverless cars! The cars sound like a spectacular idea! I'm very excited to see what these cars will do for society. They have advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion, with any product this will always be true. Driverless cars have pros like GPS navigation and they provide more safety for the people, but cons such as weather conditions or technical errors. | 2 |
The Facial Action Coding System is a good systyem you should put into society hands.It would help so many people out that are not that good releasing your feelings out. People would learn how to talk or how to cact around that person. Such as when they could anliysed Mona lisa face was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful,and 2 percent ang
It could be a huge game in the world to help people out that have something bothering them. Also it could be a big factor as even lower the sucide rate becasue then you would kknow if qa person is feeling depressed or mad. a person would be able to help someone by just doing a face scan and not saying a word because even though you could just talk some people are not comfortable with expressing theirs selfs.
This system should really get brought into the society, it could help so many people in so many different ways that could befit us and them. people would feel more comfortable if they didnt have to talk as much if you knew how they where feeling and you approach them they right whay. | 1 |
Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because "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."
scientists want to further understand Venus so they're trying to make technolgy that can with stand the 800 degrees Fahrenheit, atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than earths, an "atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide," "and clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid." So scientists and the author think this is a worthy pursit because trying to further understand Venus (Earth's twin) is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size." Venus also has simular weather patterens and ground structures to Earth it has volcanoes that erupt, earthquakes, lightning, a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountians, and craters. It is believed that "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life."
In conclusion "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers" because Venus is alot like Earth and scientist want to learn more about it but "not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endevaors." | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
You should keep the electoral college vote the same without the popular vote because the winning candiate's share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. Aswell as the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives majority of the votes cast.
To begin, the reason is that the winning candidate's share of the electoral college invairably exceeds his share of the popular vote. for example in the 2012 election, Oboma received 61.7 percent of the electoral votes compared to 51.3 percent of the popular votes. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is very possible like the total number of votes-538-is an even number, but it is highly unlikely. It is less likely to have a dispute over the popular vote but it is more likely to have a dispute over the electoral vote. In 2012's election voters in toss-up states are most likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing canidates- knowing they are going to decide the election. Causing the popualr vote to go up. When we as a community should not want to president be chosen by a popular vote but by the electoral vote, it is only fair!
Also, the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives majority of the votes cast. For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning the majority in the electoral college. Did you know that there is someone from a small state and they only get three electoral votes. Well, they are not treated equal and only the large states get more of the attention from presidential candidates than a small state ever will.
It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. You should keep the electoral college vote the same without the popular vote because the winning candiate's share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. Aswell as the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives majority of the votes cast. So I'm going to leave you with this. What will you choose? The popular vote of the electoral vote? It's up to you not.
Sincerly,
An american Citizen. | 2 |
Cars make it exceptionally easy to travel and move around. Auto use permets an individual to go to places they have not been before. In Europe, the countries that share the Schengen space allow Europeans to move freely. To avoid pricy plane and train tickets, a lot of Europeans use their cars to go to an entirely different country and experience a variety of different cultures in a matter of hours. It is most certainly a priviledge. Despite the many pros of having a car, the cons outweight them. Throughout this essay I will explain the advantages of limiting car usage.
In many countries and cities car usage has dropped. Some countries,it is purely accidental or due to economic reasons and in some cities and countries, this decline is intended. In a city called Vauban in Germany, citizens have given up their cars. In this city,street parking,driveways and garages are more often than not forbidden. This may seem strange to not have the priviledge to own a car or a garage. But most of the residents have moved out from the city to live here. Heidrun Walter claims that she is much happier this way and before she was always tense.70% of the Vauban's family do not own a car, and 57% sold their cars to live in Vauban. This particular city is a mere example of a growing trend in Europe,the United States and various other country. The plan is to seperate suburban life from auto use;this movement is called "smart planning".
In opposition, to these efforts, automobiles are usually an important factor to the suburbs where usually middle-class people live. This causes a huge impediment to current efforts to significally reduce greenhous gas emissions from passenger cars. In Europe,passenger cars are the reason for the 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions; in the United states that number almost quadriples in size in some car-intensive areas. The approach is to make suburbs more compact rather than having malls on the border on distant highways.
Due to smog and pollution to this global city's air, Paris enforced a driving ban to put an end to polution. 4,000 drivers were rightfully so fined that day. This issue had to be taken seriously for a greater cause. For example, for the smog levels to decrease and to purify the air in the cities and suburbs and to prevent pollution. Public transit was free for those five days that the ban was enforced. Congestion dropped 60% in Paris, ever since the driving ban. The smog rivaled Beijing, which is often known for being one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed because of a tax policy in favor of diesel fuel in France. More than half of vehicles run on diesel fuel in France.
In the Colombia's capital, Bogota, many colombians hiked,skated or took buses to work in spirit of their car free day. Personally I think this was an extravagent idea. It teaches people to not be so dependent on cars. This day significantly reduced traffic jams,smog and promoted transportation. This was a wonderful oppurtunity to lower stress and air pollution at the same time! Parks and sports bloomed that day, sidewalks that were unfinished and in poor conditions were replaced,the traffic decreased and restaurants blossemed. This car free day had an amazing impact on this community and the world.
Due to recents studies, Americans are driving less and buying few cars as the years go by. The miles driven have peaked in 2005 , but as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person dropped 9% , and was equal to the percentage in Janurary 1995. Scientist state that this decline is beneficial for carbon emissions and the enviroment. Although this might affect dearly the car industries. The rise of cellphones,internet and apps this permits a more flexible way of making commuting arangements,and the evolution of vans services.
A lot of people have been using public transportation and biking to get around. There has been a drop from 16-39 year olds in getting their license. Getting license is not as big as of priority for those people. They revolve their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take busses and trains or car-pool with friends.
To conclude, I strongly believe that limiting car use would benefit different aspects in peoples lives. But for people to give up using cars,the recontruction of suburban cities is a very important. I live in the suburbs and despite the houses around, you would need a car to go to the grocery store,restaurant and to have fun with your friends. Highways usually circle around suburban cities and that may cause congestion. To make car usage less of a priority for citizens, we would have to think of the greater cause and to restablish cities to not prohibit people from moving around. The decline in car use will improve the world for the generations to come. | 3 |
Dear every state senator of the United States of America and the District of Colombia, the Electoral College has an unfair sysytem. 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. The citizens of the U.S doesn't have a say in the desicion of whose going to be their countries leader. Hopefully these senators come to realize that it is a fair oppurtunity if citizens also have a say when the desicions are being made. For the good of the United States of America and the District of Colombia, Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America would be an amazing change.
To commence with, citizens don't have a say in whose their leader. According to the Office of the Federal Register, "Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are." No where in the process of deciding which president should be chosen , does a citizen have a say in who they want. These are citizens who work and give tax money to the state and help the important people like the senators, presidents , vice president etc., they deserve respect and have a chance to be a part of a popular vote for the president of the united states of America. Although having popular vote can still fail to satysify some masses of people , it is a way where everyone could be involved in fair desicions. "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." The man said it himself. Bradford Plumer is against having the Electoral system. Hopefully one day state senators of the U.S. and the District of Colombia doesn't fail to realize that their system of voting for the president and vice president are unfair to the Citizens of their country. Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America instead of the electoral college because citizens aren't having a say in any important decisions.
Furthermore, desicions may fall into the wrong hands. "Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. (The senate would choose the vice-president.)" The election is only a few swing voters away from a disaster. What if the house of representatives only has one political party? then does the president who is in that political party always win? There are so many reasons why citizens should have a chance to have vote by direct popular votes, that way descions wont fall into the wrong hands.
In conclusion, the state senates should consider making a new sysytem of voting;changing to election by popular votes. | 3 |
Dear Senator , I have read a lot about electoral college voting. It seems like a legit way of finding the right president to be in charge of our country.
But it also says that it's a compromise between the votes in Congress , and the votes of the popularity from the people. Is it a 50/50 compromise or does Congress have a stronger voting advantage over the people?
I think that if your going to make Congress's choices , able to rule over the peoples , then there shouldn't be two sides of the voting. Its not fair to us. It should be an equal advantage. There should be a way for that to happen if there already isn't one. Congress and society need to have an equal chance at electing the best man for the job.
The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism. A non-democratic method of selecting a president ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes , the winner. The cause of this is probably because Congress think theyare more wise and think this throught more then the people do. But I think differently. The citizens of the US , can be just as smart as Congress. Maybe even smarter or wiser.
I honestly think that you should leave a majority of it to the people because we can the research before we vote so we know which one would make the best choices for our country. If you gave us a chance to show you what we can do and that we can be smart about things , then maybe you would recommend the people being in charge of more things. | 2 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because that is what Venus is - a different, wonderful place to study, but has dangers we do not face on Earth. In the text the author states, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encount on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of pur oceans and would liquefy many metals." This piece of information from the text is saying that here on Earth we have humans diving into the deepest parts of the oceans, with protective gear (a submarine), to explore the unknown. However, if we would to send a human to Venus, with protective gear ( a spaceship), they would not surive because the heat Venus has melts metals and would destroy the spaceship. The author then states, "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." In this piece of text the author is stating that yes, even though Earth has volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and lighting we do not have those weather conditions because someone is trying to study the Earth. That piece of information is saying that if we were to send a spaceship out to Venus it would be impossible for it to land because Venus has volcanes, powerful earthquakes, and lighting strikes to prevent probes from landing on its surface. It is clear to see that Venus does not want anyone on its home. As the author states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Sciencetists want to know more about a planet that could've been Earth hunderds of years ago, but at what cost? Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system (paragraph 3) to the point if we do send a team up there their protective gear will be melted not to metion maybe even they would be melted too. Venus' weather is almost like a sercuity guard. The weather is literally trying to stop probes from landing on its surface - erputing volcanoes, powerful earthquaked, and frequent lighting strikes (paragraph 3). Maybe studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, but if you ask me maybe Venus just wants to be left alone and just be another planet we don't bother. | 2 |
"Driverless cars are coming" ! I CANT WAIT, Driverless cars will be a success to the argriculture of technology. Honestly, i think that it will make a big differnce diffence on the way people get transportation from place to place.
First of all one thing i think will ciome in handy when dealing with driverless cars is customer service. There wont be any one in the car with you so thats one less complaint about the driver being rude if youi need a ride somewhere as if it were a taxi or and uber. People may disagree with the idea of driverless cars but there are just as many if not more positive things about them as there are negative things about driverless cars.
Think about all the handicapt people on earth that cant drive and would rather not get on the bus, they would not have to call a taxi either if there is a driverless car in ther garage. A lot of people do not like to drive everywhere because it can be exhausting to many. That is where these cars come in handy , because they might still want to drive in there own car but just dont want to drive it.
Another fact about these cars is once they came out they would be evolutionary. People are already amazed at the fact of the creatation of hover boards ,and if that exites people then how do you think they would feel once a driverless car is released? since 2009 google has had cars that can drive independently. those cars still need a human in the car just in case of parking in garages or road blocks, or even traffic detours.
The only bad part about these cars i think is the price it may cost to purchase one of the driverless cars. Drivers would not get board waiting to drive because once the driver is ready to drive he can turn that mode off. It also is just a new and improved way to trasport and have fun while doing it. you would be amazed at how many people turn out to like it after they had bad thoughts on the driverless cars . | 2 |
The author who is talking all about the planet Venus in this story, is explaining its history and some interesting facts also. Venus is usually called the "Evening Star" in paragraph one.
Venus is often reffered to as Earth's "twin" on paragraph two. It is also the closest planet to the Earth where 7.6 billion people are today. Each planet orbits the sun in different speeds and when the Earth fully orbits the sun, it is a brand new year! Every time NASA tries to explore Venus with a space prob or something familiar, it would never end up touching the ground of the planet due to a mailfunction with the gravity most of the time.
The author explains that Venus is a popular plant and should be mostly known for being so close to the Earth. Even though NASA has accomplished moon landings, might mean we could accomplish landings on Venus or another planet. | 0 |
Our society today is filled with lots of extravagant ideas including new and improved technology. For years, cars have been driven and made to where the person that is driving the car has full control of the car. Each year, manufacturers and futurists find new ways to improve cars. Automakers find problems that they can solve to make a car easy to drive. They also find new ways to improve the safety and efficiency. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has discovered something that might change the way we use cars forever.
Driverless Cars. That is something that no one would ever imagine. A car has always been made to where you have control of what direction the car goes and when the car should stop. But as you see in movies, there are driverless cars. While driving this car, the driver has almost no control over what car is doing. Ths driverless car has sensors that tells the car if it should go or stop. The sensors can also cause the car to reuduce power from the engine. Some may think that this change might make a huge impact on our future, but many others disagree. I am a part of the people that disagree about there being driverles cars in the near future. There are many reasons to support my argumentantive decision. One reason is because this would be absolutely unsafe for the driver and its passengers. Many of today's technology has many faults and disadvantages. If for some reason something goes wrong with the wires or the engine of this driverless car, who know what could happen to any driving the car. The car may catch on fire, it may crash on its own because you have no absolute control of the car, or it may even stop working.This may also
cause conflict between the driver and the manufacturer of the car. The blame could be put on the driver that the car was not properly taken cared of. Another reason why disagree about there being driverless cars in the future is because these cars may also be very expensive. Technoogy can take a very long time to process and the manufacturers have to make sure that nothing terrible happens to the car and its driver. It also probably cost tons of dollars to make a car like this because of all of its technology and hard work. The makers of the car may put a huge price on the car and Americans may have conlict and troubles with not being able to afford the car that they want. This can also cause the manufacturers to lose a lot of money and that would not be good. In this driverless cars no one really knows how it will behave and what it might destroy.
In conclusion, I disagree with the idea of making driverless cars. These cars can be very dangerous and it can be unaffordable. Everyone wants a car that works correctly. And everyone wants a car that they have total control upon. Being safe and secured is all that matters when it comes what car you are driving and who is completing its actions. | 3 |
The Electoral College is best described as outdated and obsolete. It was designed so that, when there were too many states and poor technology, the vote could be fairly and reallistically counted, by voting between a few people from each state. This was good and efficient for that time, but, with the technology available to us today, it is impractical and easy to corrupt. if you live in a mostly Democratic state as a Republican, your vote is regarded as nothing, and you would have no reason to vote in the electoral college, instead of throwing your vote into the entire mass of the united states, where it has a chance to even slightly influence the vote. Also, since larger states are given more attention, due to the all-or-nothing attitude of most states, other states are given less information and are forced to make more wild guesses than votes, a result of having less information.
When the idea of the Electoral College was introduced, the telegraph was still pretty hot technology. All votes would be counted by hand by an impartial court, counting off the vote of every single person individually, out of perhaps more than a million voters. Instead of this, each state would record their own numbers and dispatch a group of electors, who could not be influenced away from their vote, while sending a horseman or a few across the hundreds of miles of U.S. territory with a few little scraps of paper with votes on it would be impractical and dangerous. bags could be lost, a rider could have an accident, entire counties would be unaccouted for. The Electoral College was a nessecity as well as a stroke of genius, and I applaud the man who thought of it. However, this was when the telegraph was a stroke of genius, too. Now we have a cell phone the size of a notecard that can store thousands or millions of votes alone. We have processors that can count the number of people that like apples versus oranges and come out with a percentage, verdict, reciept, and the best bussines option as soon as the numbers are input, as soon as we push that little blue "Enter" button. We can send the votes through the air in the billions, without as much as wires to conduct them. there is little or no possibility of tampering or miscommunication, and there are records to back up and correct every single little error. it is much smarter, safer, and more accurate to initiate a simple counting program on the computer, with each individual terminal sending all of it's results and information to a higher terminal until all of the information is scored, backed up, double checked, counted, percentaged, and a final verdict is reached. This can even be done in a way to run the information separately to different computers, to minimize tampering. The electoral college is obsolete, a small parasite of politicians who just dont want this to end. we dont still use the telegraph, do we?
The electoral college is not only obsolete, unnesessary and parasitic, but also unfair to many voters. The main ways this unfairness can be identified are extreme, and each really deserve a paragraph of their own. Let us imagine a scenario: a democrat lives in a mostly republican state. He goes to vote. His vote is passed along, checked off, and placed aside for a time. When all of the votes are in, the republican votes outweigh the democrats. Now, our democrat's vote, his wife's vote, the democratic guy who works at 7-11 down the street's vote, Joe's vote, Bob's vote, Billy's vote, "That girl Suzie's" vote and ALL THE DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN THE STATE are all, essentially, thrown into the furnace, and will do so next election, the election after, and essentially every mostly republican election after that. In a popular vote without the barrier of the Electoral College, all those votes would flow into the pile for whichever canidate they voted for. Then the pile would be counted, divided into the total votes, and percentaged. then, at lest the votes could count for SOMETHING, other than a waste of time. But wait! there's more. Most states have an all-or-nothing ideal, meaning if politician A got 51% of the votes in California, while politician B still got 49%, Politician A gets 55 votes in the Electoral College, while politician B gets squat. This does not represent the best interests of many of the people in that state. this is unfair. It also means that larger states have the advantage, because they get more votes, like California (55), Texas (38), and Florida (29), while smaller states get less, such as Alaska (3), Rhode Island (3), and Hawaii (4). Just to add insult to injury, this means that larger states are more fought over by politicians, leaving smaller states practically ignored. This is unfair to people in the Dakotas or Montana have no information to base their votes on, instead just picking a canidate by mainly party affiliation. the biggest political battles are in fact fought over the biggest states, in the forms of advertisements and propaganda. Although the propaganda is truely just that: propaganda, there is some truth in them, and the voters in bigger states are more well versed in the political and practical advantages of one canidate over the other. Article 3, while defending the Electoral College, in fact condems itself, by saying that voters in so called "swing states," where there is no true dominant party, are likely to be given the most information on the canidates as they battle over who will get that state's votes in the college. The same thing can be said for the bigger states, because neither politician can really afford to let the other gain the upper hand in that state. Therefore smaller states, or states that are basicly marooned on one party are ignored or disregarded as worthless and unattainable in any case, so they widthold information from them, forcing them to vote blindly in favor of whichever party they choose, which votes may be discarded anyway. With an uncensored popular vote, the political canidates will be forced to advertise for all of the united states, instead of just the bigger or indevisive states. this will also remove all of the unfair advantages from the larger states, including more information as well as an unfairly weighted voting system.
In conclusion, the electoral college was the most efficient and sucessful way to vote, back in the 1700-1800. However, with current communication and transportation technologies, the College has become obsolete, to the point where it should be buried at a crossroads with a stake through it's heart. It is unfair, biased, impractical, and just overall worthless. We should put our newfound technology and knowledge to use and do away with the electoral College, once and for all. | 5 |
Lukes particapation to the Seagoing Cowboys progam allowed him to experience adventures. The one thing it didn't mention in the artical was his family where were they the whole time Luke was on board.
The artical never mentioned a mom or dad.
Was Luke alone with no communication skills.
I think you shouldn't join the Seagoing Cowboys because you wouldn't get to see your family for as long as your with the Cowboys. Yes, it's an adventure but you could get sea sick or worse home sick. If you get home sick you may not know what to do.
You wouldn't want to go out in the sea, unboard animals then go back to main land. No one wants to do that. To many people would get sick and not want to go back on board and that would just put more pressure on you to do more work. You won't know if you have a certain amount of time to do certain things on the boat, who knows.
Luke may have loved all the adventures and great times, but that's only one person's point of view of the whole idea. You would need more oppinions in order to see if it is a good service to work for. Everybody may say joining the Cowboys is an amazing idea but others may say it's a terrible idea. How much money does it cost to join the Cowboys, They never mentioned that either.
Luke's particapation the seagoing Cowboys was amazing in his mind but thats his mind not yours. Choose wisly on whether you want to join the seagoing Cowboys. It's your desicion not Luke's or anyone elses. | 1 |
First, Venus is the closet planet to Earth by the size distance and density. Although the sun is very close to Earth, Venus is closer and is also the hottest. It has a temperature of over 800 degrees. Visiting this planet can be absolutely risky, but it could be worth it , because of the simple fact that it has not have had a visit in 3+ decades. From scientists view, it is very possible that Venus could have a planet like Earth.
On a second thought, this hot and dangerous planet is worthy to go be viewed , because this can possibly solve questions for people. The beneficial part of this comes in where maybe all these theories are true or false. The author tells us how postively this visit could be. The fact that a human can maybe land for longer than a few hours.
Furthermore, this planet could've and possibly currently be a planet like Earth, but because of the dangers going in could effect and reject people from entering. The similarities between Earth and Venus is the valleys and mountains. Both Earth and Venus have other rocky sediments that are similar too .
Lastly, Venus have yet to have a human on there. Scientists and people around the world are curious and focused on Venus, getting there, and how long can a mission land and survive. Landing and being able to investigation on Venus could be done, but with alot of effort. The heat and pressure could cause serious problems. Venus is the closest and one of most unknown planets in our Solar System. | 1 |
Seagoing Cowboys helped many people, and got to see some pretty cool things along the way. They got to experience things that most people could only dream of. I'm Luke Bomberger, and I was just one of the many Seagoing Cowboys helping other countries get back on their feet again.
We helped so many people affected by the war. We took animals, food supply, and more to people whose countries were left in ruins from bombings, and other attacks of World War 2. So many people, that would have otherwise not have been able to do very well, got animals, food to feed their animals, and food for themselves. Helping them helped me to be more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy wasn't all that serious though. We would play around on board, usually after all the animals had been unloaded, and we were heading back. We would have baseball and volleyball games in the empty stalls where the animals had been kept. Table-tennis, fencing, and boxing were other sports we found a way to play. There were also things like reading, whittling, and games we used to help pass the time.
Along with our jobs, sightseeing was something we did everyday. I got a side benifit of seeing Europe and China. In Greece, I got to do something I think is pretty special. See the Acropolis. In Venice, Italy, I got to take a gondola ride on one of the many streets of water. I also got to tour an excavated castle in Crete, and saw the Panama Canal on the way to China.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy helped open up the world to me. Instead of being drafted into the military, I got to help people in need all over the world. When my friend invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat, I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime, and it really did turn out to be one! | 2 |
Venus is a crazy amazing planet! Striving to study Venus is a great pursuit. NASA has worked on equipment and electronics made with silicon, and have been tested to make sure it is safe. This Technology that NASA is working on will help the idea of studying Venus. Although this may seem risky, There's more projects that NASA has made in the past that could also help the study of Venus. The author supports this idea by explaining all the benefits and some positive, possible outcomes that venus may have for us. Human curiosity could lead us to many equal endeavors.
There is so much to be explored in Venus. In order to get there and discover new things NASA's equipent was tested in an enviornment similar to the one in Venus so that way it is safe. All of the equipment lasted three weeks in those conditions. Despite of the the little time NASA has to find new things on the planet, they would still have to go through difficult enviornments to get to there. For example, the temperature will be hot, around 170 degrees fahrenheit. It's a risky condition but survivable for humans.
Overall, studying venus can be a hard challenge. As time goes NASA will continue to build better electronics to help study the planet. In the future this technology will help the challenging task of studying Venus. The author beleives that it's worth achieving this task. | 1 |
I am agaisnt the devlopment of these cars. What would be the point of having a driveless car thats not really driveless. I am agaisnt the devlopment of these cars because it would be very expanisve to fix, does most thngs a human can do and driving problems may occur.
First, if the car was to break down and the sensors were messsed up it would be very expanisive to fix. According to the article, "Totyota 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 interial motion sensor'. If you were to get into a bad car crash and wrecked the car and wanted to get it fixed it will be super expansive. Mainly because all though sensors are high tech and advanced. So basically your fixing the car and paying for all the technology it needs which is going to be alot of money.
Secondly, the "driveless" car does mainly what humans can do theirselves. In the article it says after all the listed sensors, " The combination of all this input is neccessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel". It also says later in the article, "They can steer, accelertae, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents". If this "driverless" car can do what humans can do themselves then what is the point of making the car. Ecspically not if the car isnt really driving. Someone would pay all this money to do something they could have done themselves.
Lastly, with this "driverless" car driving problems may occur. technology does crash and does disfuction and may move faster than us. In the article it says, "even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or manufactuer?" The article makes a valid point. If those cars a developed those type of questions will need to be answered and conflict will occur. Technology can cause an accidnet just as easily as a human can but if that happens who is at fault? How would the situation be handled?
In conclusion, I am agaisnt the developmnent of "driveless" cars. For the three reasons listed and more. "Driveless" cars are expanisive to fix, does most things a human can do and can cause more problems. | 3 |
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