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The "Driverless Cars Are Coming" article is one that i mostly do not agree with. I think driveless cars are dangerous. I think they are dumb. I think they are just overall terrible.The car has so manythings that could go wrong with it.
The first reson I do not aprove of these cars are because it is dumb. I dont get why you can't just use a car a person drives constantly themselves. The self driving car could promote people to drink and think it is okay to go home. The car can also draw more distractions on the road. The self driving car is not a good thing in my option. It is just dumb.
My second reason why is because it is dangerous. In the article it says " Some manufactureres hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." That is why it is further more dangerous. It is basicly promoting people to use there phones and other things when that should be focused on driving. That is the secound reason why I dont agree with this car.
My third and final reason why I do not agree with this self driving car is because it is just overall terrible. The car would have all these features which would drain its battery and/or use alot more gas. The cars would be a huge problem to maintain. The car amount of money this car would take to make and have all the proper necesities. The biggest problem is accidents. The reason why is who would be responsible for the accident. In the article it talks about if who would take the blame between the manufacturers or the driver of the car. That would cause a huge increase in lawsuits against companies on who's fault it is.
These are the reasons why im against the production for self driving cars. The whole car its self is a huge reliability. It takes alot of money to make it. It is dangerous. It is just not worth it. That is why im against the production of self driving cars. | 2 |
The Facial Action Coding System is an instrumental tool in defining the emotions of humans, and may even be used for the next hundreds of years. It could read if you're sad, happy, angry, or even disgusted and fearful. Even it may help change what you face every day in your life, especially online and your current emotion. But how does it do it? Simple, it calculates facial data, and should be used in the classroom.
The use of FACS can detect all your major muscles by utilizing a 3D model of the face, and to be moved around to figure out what the emotion is being displayed. And when implemented into classrooms, it'll show how we're really feeling. Just like the classroom computer example, seeing how you're really feeling can change things up. You may be bored or confused, and so, the teacher can arrange the lesson around to tidy things up for your brain. And so, having the use of FACS in the classroom is recommended so we can stay happy for the most part in school. | 1 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because as dangerous venus might be, Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the plante itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, it has 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets, venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfrud acid in it's atmosphere, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest temparature of any planet in the solar system, it may have been one of the most earth like planets.
Venus has a surface of rocky sediments, valleys, mountains, and crates. To get a better look at venus, NASA's solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. However, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance, for this reason, NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus. Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a champer simulation the chaos of Venus's surface.
In the text it says "our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Therefore we should take a risk for Venus because we never know what we might come across. | 1 |
Although Sergey Brin is seen as one who can invent and create virtually anything he can set his mind to, the idea of one day seeing driverless cars is challenging to grasp.
In 2016, a plethora of potential issues arise when it comes to the thought of driverless cars.
These very issues could be the deciding factor when it comes to whether or not driverless cars even exist.
The idea of driverless cars is proposterous in that there are too many regulations necessary for the cars to exist.
Many issues are discussed when it comes to driverless cars, but one stands out most explicitly: safety.
The safety of all drivers is threatened when robot cars are on the roads and highways.
Movies in today's pop culture portray the idea that robots could be an issue to humans because of their inability to properly function 100% accurately.
When 60mph speeds are brought into the equation, it seems foolish to put human lives at risk for unnecessary reasons.
If the cars simply assist humans while driving, it seems that this would be more manageable and more safe.
Law-making is also a conflicting element in the driverless car discussion.
There could be a multitude of court cases where robot cars could be responsible for taking lives.
Who would be blamed?
The process of restructuring laws would be too lengthy and quite useless just for thethought of inventing driverless cars.
It would take years to confirm a set of laws that perfectly fits all restrictions needed for driverless cars.
It is known that the car industry is possibly the largest industry on the planet, but it doesn't seem possible that people would be willing to restructure and reinstitute laws that have been standing for hundreds of years.
The argument could be made that driverless cars allow people to be more efficient while commuting through their day.
This could very well be the case, but this is likely the only positive thing to come from driverless cars.
The safety threats and arising problems produced by driverless cars greatly outweighs the positives.
Driverless cars seem to be a good idea until the many risk factors are taken into account.
Especially when the risks are death.
The car industry will continue to concoct more ideas and ways to make cars smarter and more reliable, but the thought of someday seeing driverless cars on the roads is not very likely.
educated individuals will analyze the positives and negatives of the situation and clearly see that this idea cannot become reality. | 2 |
Scientists have developed technology that allows computers to read emotions on a persons face. This technology can be used in a multitude of areas such as video games and even inside the classroom. Being able to read the emotions of students holds value due to possibly reducing boredom, keeping students attentative, and helping students become less frustrated.
In the classroom students often become bored due to not being interested in a subject they are learning. Unfortunately many teachers do not seem to notice when a student is bored. This is because "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Since students are not usually verbal about their boredom, it is up to teachers to notice it and try to aid in making students more interested. Luckily, new software can detect when a student is bored. This can lead to teachers being able to effectivly teach without causing students to be so bored.
Along with boredom, a computer that can recognize emotions could also help keep a students attention. Similarly to how the computer would react to a bored student, a student who appears to be staring off into space could trigger the computer to "modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The computer could change the lesson to be more interesting to keep students paying attention, and over time the method of teaching could be personalized for specific classes. This could drastically increase how well students do on tests, since they would learn more.
Just as with boredom and attention, a program that recognizes emotions could help out frustrated students as well. "A classrooom computer could recognize when a stident is becoming confused" and it could begin to help them personally, recognizing when the student begins to understand the material better. The computer could ensure that every student recieves the attention they need in order to succeed.
Understanding the emotions of students is highly important. It can lead to better lessons for each student and overall better education. This is priceless in ensuring that each student has a great life. Recognizing emotions is an important part of this process, making the technology that recognizes emotional expressions extremely valuable. | 3 |
Technology is a part of the world today, and it is causing it is grow profoundly. Most people use it everyday, and it is a great tool to use making science, medical, and other occupations develop greatly. Cars are still improving with sensors, windshield wipers, and steering. Once more technology is perfected to cars, then something great can be created, driverless cars. These are dreamt about, the thought of them being furturistic is false. They are coming sooner than most know, and they will be a great invention. With lots of hard work driverless cars will help people in their everyday life, and prevent human error.
Having autonomous cars will make soicety a better functioning place. Once perfected, and these cars do not need any help of humans, this will greatly help everyone. So much time is wasted behind the wheel, people drive hours everyday.
If that time behind the wheel could be used to do something productive, then humans would be more efficent. Drivers might not be getting enough sleep due to the amount of work they have to do. If they have a long commute to work or school they can finish their work in the car. Humans would not have as much rage and would be less stressed. So, once humanless cars are perfected the life of the average human would become easier.
Human error behind the wheel is a major cause of death. People might not be thinking always and run a red light. Hit another car, and someone could die or sersiously be injured. A major problem today is driving under the influcence of alcohol or drugs. People can not always control their actions when impacted by these substances. This could harm themselves or others around them. With humanless cars these problems would disappear, if we have technonlogy taking control. Running red lights, or not using a turn signal, would no longer happen. People on the roads would be safer and less likely to die or be harmed.
With the work of many, and putting more trust into technonlogy humanless cars can help people or even prevent errors. According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" there are cars that can steer and drive by themselves but they just need to be perfected. Car companies like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan they plan to have autonomous cars by 2020. Once our soiciety can put trust into technology, these wonderful cars will become a great help. Driverless cars will save people time or maybe even their life. | 2 |
Is the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom valuable? I think it is valuable becuase in paragraph six line six it states that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." In that case the lesson could be modified to be more intresting.
Computers that can read human emotions just from their faces can apeal to humans more. If you see something you like and smile it will show you more of that. Students could have a more emotional conection with computers. In paragraph six line ten it says "Most human communtication is nonverbal, including emotional communtication...So computers need to understand that, too."
To students it would almost be like having a teacher in the room instead of a computer. Having technology read emotional expressions is valuable because it would be able to read facial featchers better than a human. It would be able to know if you happy if you raise your lips at the corners of your mouth or squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling at the corners of your eyes. The technology can even see more than more emotion like in the Mona Lisa. Paragraph one line one states "Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."
Overall I believe technology to read the emtionsl expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It can help students be more intrested in their lesson. | 2 |
Do you think that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a great opportunity for you? I think it is a great experience for anyone and everyone. Becoming a
Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity because, you get to help many people that are in need, see lots of the world and have great experiences, and it is lots of fun.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is the best thing I ever did. I got to help many people. When you get to the different places, you see how you can really make a difference with what you are doing. It really made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs. This is only one reason becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity.
Another reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that you get to see and experience lots of the world. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy, on my nine trips, I got to see many parts of Europe and China. The most special parts of my trips were seeing the Acropolis in Greece, and taking a gonola ride in Venice, Italy. When you join the Seaging Cowboys, you will get to see much of the world like I did.
The last reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is it is lots of fun, especially after the animals have been unloaded.
It's not just working with animals, feeding, and watching over them. You have lots of fun playing games like baseball, volleyball, and boxing. You have lots of down time with the long trips there and back, and not having to care for animals on the way home after they are unloaded. It is a lot of fun being a Seagoing Cowboy!
Now are you thinking participating in the Seaging Cowboys program? It is a great opportunity and experience for anyone who wants to join. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a great opportunity because, you get to help many people that are in need, see lots of the world and have great experiences, and have lots of fun. You really should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
The Wonder of Driveless Cars
I am all for the the accessibility of having driveless cars . The ability of having access to living in a society of driveless cars would be mind blowing and marvelous. The fact that we could get from place to place without the need of being focused and aware on the road at all times. We would be able to interact with one another better and being able to be more more productive. Also we would have the ability to be safer on the roads with self driving cars than regualrs ones.
If we had driveless cars we would be able to interact with one another better. The way we would interact better is that we have more time on our hands with this time we would be able to talk to our family and friends in the cars with us or able to facetime or call someone we haven't talked to in a while . Another way we could benefit from having self driving cars is that we could be more productive with school or work . We could do any homework or work related assignments in the cars that we can't do at the moment because we have to be focused on the roads. In doing so we have the ability to move forward faster in our careers. The last reason why i am for having self driving cars is that we would be safer on the road because of sensors decribed in the passage. With futher improvement in sensors and computer hardware to make driving safer we are leading to a future with possible fewer crashes and traffics jams.
I am all for the ability to have driveless cars. having the access to having cars that are safer and will makes us more productive with work and our personal relatioships will be wonderful . The chance of having driveless cars in the future will be amazing and marvelous. | 1 |
Ever wondered how your peers feel like but don't know, well now you do! Due to new technology by Dr. Paul Eckman, you can now tell how someone is feeling. But is this new technology useful? And is it reliable? Well let me inform you about it.
Is this new technology FACS (Facial Action Coding System) actually useful? Yes it is, what if "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", well as stated in paragraph 6, the computer "... could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This technology could contribute to the teacher, in multiple ways.
Well according to Dr Eckman, he has programmed the system to classify "six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..." These six basic emotions are then "associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". These muscles are Frontalis pars lateralis (above your eyes) which raise your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger.
Well now that you no about this new technology, you might be able to figure out how someone is feeling, just by the facial expressions that they show. And yes it is useful, and actually reliable. | 1 |
Some people like to imagine the unreal, so when a mysterious face figure was spotted on Cydonia the public blew up. Outsiders, some of them at least, thought it had something to do with aliens and a conspiracy theory, but NASA didn't seem to agree and thought it was nothing but a landform and a picture taken at the right time.
Even thought the figure does seem quite mysterious doesn't mean it's and acient alien artifact. Becuase of technlogy and how cameras dont always capture what really there. For instance, ever taken a picture of a sunset and the colors didn't look the exact same as they did in person, well, this might be the same case. "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face." The camera might have taken the picture in a way that the human eye couldn't see. It might have added extra, or inhanced shadows making it look like a face. You'd also have to think about the angle the picture was taken in. Maybe in person from a different angle it looked like nothing but a rock, but when a picture is taken and the shadows have changed it looks like a real face with eyes, a nose and even a mouth.
Meanwhile back down on planet earth some people may be going insane and think that this has something do to with aliens and a conspiracy theory. There is no proof that the landform has anything to do with aliens except for its odd shape. Since there is no known life on Cydonia people don't know what type of strange weather or temperature changes they could've had that effected the shape of it. People tend to think what they want to believe and not look at the facts. They like to ignore whats really there and think what they want to think to create some type of excitment in their life. "It has starred ina Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows- even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years." Then when a small amount of people started to think this had something to do with aliens more people started to believe also, and thats when it went viral.
However, since no one has been down to see the strange landform nobody can confirm that it is either just a landform or an alien artifact. And it is a strange looking figure and sort of unexplainable so I can see why people first thought it had to do with a conspricy theory. But there are more reasons for it to be nothing but a landform rather than an artifact. The best thing to do is look at the facts and not believe what you want to believe just because it is exciting.
In conclusion, as exciting as it would be for this is odd looking figure to be, or have anything to do with aliens, it's nothing but a landform that looks like an alien face. And because of technolgy and peoples creative minds its features were inhanced and made to look real. You can think what you want and believe what you want, but look at the facts, it was nothing but a mere photographed mistake. | 4 |
Venus is a beautiful planet with dangerous conditions but its supposedly earths twin even though the conditions we face here on earth arent nearly as bad as they are on Venus. The author knows this but still wants persuit it but however he does not support the idea that well.
In paragraph 1 he says that Venus, sometimes called the "evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky even though its a planet and not a star. Venus is the 2nd planet from the sun its still pretty simple to see from a safe distance on earth but it has proved to be a very challenging place to examine closely because of how extremely hot the planet is since its the 2nd planet from the sun.
Venus is also sometimes referred to as earths twin since its the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and at times its closer to earth then the moon and to mars too and thats because of the difference in how fast the planets are orbiting the sun. That means like i just said at times the earth is closer to venus then it is to mars and and sometimes its closer to mars then it is to venus. Most of the time we are closer to venus then we are to mars so we numerous unmanned spacecraft to head to venus but every mission has panned out the same...the spacecraft doesnt survive the landing or it does but it gets destroyed a few hours. Most of what i typed in the last 2 paragraphs support the idea well.
If there was another mission to venus but this time its a manned mission then you or the spacecraft wont survive. The wind would destroy the spacecraft before it evens land on the ground with a person or group of people in it. But if you some how land it then your gunna have to deal with temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit! Lets not forget that the pressure on venus is 90 times greater then what we experience here on earth. So if your not dead yet then your gunna be crushed becuase an enviroment like this could easily crush a submarine that travels to deepest parts of the ocean which have a lot of pressure so imagine what the atmosphereic pressure would do to an average human being if it can easily crush a submarine. Your most likely not gunna survive it. Also the paragraph 3 states that it can also liquefy amny metals and that it has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the universe! Thats pretty crazy! Other then having to deal t=with the heat and pressure you gotta deal with volcanoes erupting, extremely powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. This doesnt support the idea well because if you wanted it to be supoort really well then the author wouldnt have put all the dangerous things that happen on Venus | 2 |
I think that having driverless cars is the most ignorant things i have ever heard. Since when do we put out lifes on the line just so a machine can drive itself. What is going to happen when a dder runs out in the middle of the road and your little driverless car doesn't vibrate or beep in time for you to react and instead of just hitting the deer, the car makes its own choice to swerve out of the way putting your life in even more danger. I don;t believe that there is a technology that can just make choices and stuff on its own. Why not try this type of expierement with trains first and still have the conductor on board just
in case anything goes wrong.
I will admit, at first it struck my attention but the more I kept reading on and on about how there driver still has to be present during the drive because the car doesn;t know what to do when there is an accident or construction going on up ahead. Yes, there are idiot drivers out in the world today and yes they have caused a lot of accidents butI would rather there be a idiot driver out there compared to a machine that thinks on its own but only has to have a driver present. Think bout this, in the article it stated about putting cameras in the vehicle to keep an eye out on the driver. Well sadly, whether you like it or not nobody will pay full attention in a driverless car, people will get way too comfortable and start texting or jamming out to the radio. For example, people don't even pay full attention nowadays in their own car going down the road in full control.
I think the whole camera idea is the most ignorant part about it. If you are so worried about what the driver is going to be doing and keeping you safe from getting sued, then I suggest that you don't even bother wasting your time and money trying to make this car work. Even if they did have cameras on the inside and outside of the car, what do you think would happen if a little kid or a deer ran out right in front of you and the cars little fancy cameras didn't have time to pick it up and brake. Whos fault would it be? In my opinion, it would be the manufacteres fault because if they tell me oh this car is great, it's a driverless car annd when there's a curve coming up and the car doesn't decide to turn and goes off the road putting my family and I's life in danger. I'd sue the manufacturer for everything they had becuase they lied to me. The choice is yours, buy what you want to buy. All I am saying is to make sure it is what you want and that it will keep you safe! | 3 |
Thinking about a future with self-driving cars make me think about shows and movies I would watch growing up. The fact that driverless car might be avaliable in the years soon to come get me really excited. For as long as I can remember, there has been films out about the future and they always seem to have some sort of driverless car or things similar to that. Since the late 1950's people where already starting to come up with concepts about self-driving cars.
My position on the whole driverless cars in the future is that I am pro self-driving cars. And, here are a few reasons why. The cars they plan on making in the future would use up half of the fuel today's cars use. Using less fuel will put us on the right path of working to reduce the use of fossil fuels , and help cut down on pollution as a whole.
Another reason why I am pro diverless car, is because self-driving cars have been tested to drive more than half a million miles without crashing, when compared to humans driving cars. They have also added many saftey feature to these type of cars. Like, sensors that can help prevent skids and rollovers. Overall, driverless cars while have many, many saftey feature to create safer roads.
Now, like anything else there is cons to the pro's i have just mentioned. One of them being that, they will just cost so much money, wway more than regular cars. Like wise, in some states there are laws put in place that will not even allow for such cars like self-driving cars to even be tested. Another thing that was brought up is, " What if the driver gets boerd having to wait for their turn to drive?". Meaning that, car prototypes have a feature that will drive for you but, you have to have your hands on the wheel and the car will swich over to the drive incase of the event ther is road work or acciedent. And, one of the most important things that was mentioned in the article is, "what is the driver where to get in an accident while in a self-driving car?", would the car manufactuer be at fault or the person in the driverless car. Cases like this will be hard to solve due to the many factor involved. All in all there are some negatives aspects to the self-driving car.
To reflect back on everything, having self-driving, or driverless car would be an amazing accoplishment for the human race. There are some cons and some pros to the whole situation, but for me, I am pro driverless cars. Think about all of the inventions that could come from the driverless car. This will open new doors of opportunity for the next generations, as well as this one. This could all impact the quality of life drastically. Everything we do will have an impact on the future. So, we should continue work on protypes to make the roads a better and a safer place. | 2 |
I am against the idea of driverless cars or pretty much any self-acting piece of technology. I just don't see it as safe at all. The concept is supposed to be that sometime in the near future there will be means of transpotation that can think on their own and travel without human aid. So far scientists still haven't gotten that down yet. The cars that are presented in this passage all need human assistance because they can't make their own decisions. So once it comes to the time that the driver needs to put their attention on the wheel they might be oblivious to what is going on. The purpose is that the driver is supposed
to be doing no work, the purpose is for the car to be dealing with driving and so far scientists havent gotten to that point.
Also people buy cars because of the power or luxary of the certain type of vehicle. Some people want to use their skills at the wheel so they buy different types of vehicles. The way it is described it is going to be a public means of transportation and most people want their own vehicle.
At this stage of the driverless cars concept they aren't really safe at all. Once there is a road block or constuction site the driver must take control of the wheel again and during that time the driver could have dazed off or isn't paying attention then a serious accident could occur. Also it states in paragragh 5 if the vehicle slides on an icy road or watever the reason it slid the car has no knowledge of how to regain its stability, it is only designed to go from point A to piont B. The cars aren't designed for a random abstruction in it's path. Another thing is that since these cars that still need assistance have vibrating chairs or cars that have sounds and flashing lights, that can be a problem mechanically because thats just another thing that can brake on the car. Then if thers an accident like stated in paragraph 9 it would be hard to find out who's fault the accident was, so then theres a huge insurince disbute on if the driver is liabale or not.
So all together I really dont belive that driverless cars or driverless transportation is a good idea there is just still too many flaws with this concept. So I am against the driverless car movement. | 3 |
I'm going against the development of new cars, why because when poeple are driving they are going to do other things, like when the car is driving it's self people will be on there phone and all they will think is that they are fined because the car is driving them so they got nothing to worry about. But at the sametime u need to always keep your eye on yhe road because the compan may lie about how the car really works. Like it says in story not all the cars are driving themself but they do have some that do drive themself but it says that thet still need a human skills around somethings. That's the big problem with them people will not be looking at the road when they hear a car that drives by it's self. This car is going to be bad for teens because we all know how teenages being driving these's day, they don't look at the road they will be on there phone all the time. They even do that with the cars that don't drive themself so now amage them driving a car that drives it's self when it needs a little bit of human skills teen are going to tkae that diffrently.It's just going to make more bad things happend in the world like more accidents because no one will be watching the road even when it says to, because it's a relly bad idea so we should juts leave thing they way it is some thing are not woth messing with. | 1 |
In todays society new inventions are constantly being produced. For example, driverless cars, a new model of car that no longer requires as much hands on driving. Some may agree that what the world needs are driverless cars, but in my opinion driverless cars aren't the safest technology to rely on for our transportation. Driverless cars can either benefit or negatively impact our world today.
To begin, I worry that people will not take safety as serious as they currently do. If we have a car that drives itself, people may get too comfortable with not having to be alert on the roads. Studies have shown that driverless cars still need human assistance when, "naviagting through work zones and around accidents" (paragraph 7, line 7). If a driver is too busy on their phone because the car is doing all the driving, then they may miss what's ahead of them which can put them at risk of causing a wreck. In these situations legal standards may become a problem. If the car wrecks, "who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" (paragraph 9, line 12).
Drivers may become less aware of the fact that technology sometimes fails and you will always need to stay alert.
Furthermore, how smart will these cars really be. For example, how will they know when the speed limit changes? If the speed limit is 40 and suddenly you are in a school-zone then it changes to 25, there is no way the car is able to read the street signs. The passage states that, "they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves" (paragraph 7, line 5), informing me that the cars are smart enough but only in certain situations. This could cause major problems with traffic cops and wheather they should give you the speeding ticket or the car. Looking back on the legal issues, "who is at fault", (paragraph 9, line 12).
In conclusion, there is always room for improvement when it comes to driverless cars. New technology still needs to be produced in order to get these cars working right. We need to keep in mind if these cars are safe enough to rely on. New technology isn't always the best option, driverless cars may impact our lives in ways we never thought they would. | 3 |
Driverless Cars are usually something we see in movies, specifically in futuristic or sci-fi movies. When we see these movies, we are in awh and we would love to have them. I mean who wouldn't want a car that could drive it self, but is it the best thing for us?
There are companies now that have cars that drive, for exmple Google and BMW. Google has had drvieable cars since 2009 and they have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but there is still a person in there that has to help out. Although the cars do drive them selves, they can not go through work zones or go around crashes, so the human has to come into play. BMW has a car that they call "Traffic Jam Assistant", this car can handle driving speeds up to 25 mph, but drivers still need to keep their hands on the wheel and when the car does not know what to do then vibrations go through the seat to notify the driver.
Humans have been driving for many many centuries and to think of a day where we won't have to do that anymore is strange. If humans don't have to drive, then they won't pay attention. If these companies really make a car that drives it's self through any kind of condition then what will happen if the car gets into an accident with another car. Will it be the humans fault or the car and say it is the car's fault, who will we blamn the company for promoting a safe car or the people who designed the car. Something else to look at in the situation is how much will the repairs will be?
In today's day in age when we get into a crash the damage is pretty costly and the hospital bills are not very pretty either. But we are talking about a car that drives itself, so it is going to cast way more to fix. You have to repair the body of the car and the the inside just like you do now but these cars can drive them selves by computers and chips. So how much will they charge us to fix the computer and the body?
In coclusion to my argument, no. I dont think we should keep making and testing these driverless cars. There is so much at risk and Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of drving on autopilot 90% of the time. That is not 100% so why are we still wasting our time and money on this. The cost for repairing these cars if there is a crash will go up and there will be law suits to the companies. These cars will not make it very long on the market, so we should stop now and continue makeing the cars that we have now safer and continue rebuidling and finding more things we can add them. | 2 |
Dear Senator
I have been burdened with the fact that our nation's president is not decided by us but rather by a slate of electors who we vote for. I sincerely feel this is unfair to the people of the U.S.There are many reasons to be against this its hard to choose, but I'll give you my three best ones. The slate of electors could change their political views, the decision for our president is not decided by us instead by other people and their views ,but most of all its unfair to most states because the candidates only worry about the swing states.
To begin with the slate of electors we choose could change their political views. In the world we live in nothing is certain so if we choose a slate of electors whats stoping them from changeing their view on politics. This problem makes it harder to choose a slate of electors because you are putting your trust in them to represent you, and they can change their views. However if the people got to decide their views would be represented by themselves so at least they know their vote counts and it wont be changed. This also takes away the worry of their vote changeing because they themselves voted. And this in the end will give you the president that most people need. So this is one potent reason to abolish the electoral college.
Moreover the president being decided by thers and their views is another significant reason to end the electoral college. This country was made to be a nation made by the people,for the people,and by the people.
So if our vote is decided by others that aspect is destroyed. Also if there is a tie in the electoral college the house of representatives decides who is president. The decision will be made by the house of representatives views on politics so you are giving them more power than the people. So the electoral college should be destroyed and the people should decide the outcome. This will let the voice of the people to be heard.
Last but not least most states wont ever even see the candidates because they mainly focus on the swing sates. This means that most states wont see the candidates. And if the electoral college is abolished people wont feel left out and they will know that their vote mattered. This will make people feel like their still part of the nation and that their not left out. Also the candidates foccusing on the swing states truly isn't fair to the states with little votes in the college. And that is why the electoral college should be destroyed. And then after this is done the non swing states will feel important.
To conclude I sincerely feel the electoral is unfair to the people of the U.S. There are many reasons to be against this it was hard to choose, but I gave you my three best ones. The slate of electors could change their political views, the decision for our president is not decided by us instead by other people and their views ,but most of all its unfair to most states because the candidates only worry about the swing states. | 3 |
I am extremely for automatic cars. They seem like a great idea to help get rid of reckless driving and such. The only problum is who to blame if you get in an actsident. That would be a mess of lawers and people with different opions, but that's when we learn and make laws to help prevent messes like that.
I am for the automatic car because it would be very convinient for people who can't drive that well and also they use A LOT less gas then regular taxis. So we can help save our natural reasoruces.
Humans now adays only care about money and power, they care little to nothing how they affect the enironment around them. We now have the technology to take some of that power back for the "little guy", but you don't want to use that technology? This could change the world, and we have had it since 2009?
In conclution, I believe we could work around all the tiny flauhs and change the world with this techology. So I'm very pro-automatic cars. | 1 |
Some people may believe that a driverless car would be the best invention since sliced bread. Others may argue that it would be the worst occurence to happen to man. There are always two sides to each argument. The pros and cons. They are always there continuing to make an argument interesting and decisions harder. The pros may not outweigh the cons, and the cons don't always so-so the pros. At the end of the day it is your decision. Are driverless cars better? More efficient? Or are they simply a dream of the future?
Since the first car ever came out, people have been wondering and wanting to make a car that could drive itself. Almost have a mind of its own. Google has created a car that can drive by itself. Kind of. The car is mainly and mostly independent, but when it comes to doing really hard work, like manouvering around accidents or rather bad traffic issues, the cars instantaneously become like normal cars again. They are once again dependent on being controled by the driver. That isn't very convenient. If one is going to make a driverless car, then why would it need help navigating through certain issues? And if it were driverless, than why is there someone sitting behind the wheel? It almost makes people useless for these cars. And lazy.
In the later 1950's the brilliant engineers of Berkeley had made a car that had certain magnetic fields in it that would sense postive and negative changes in a certain kind of ground that they also created. The car and road fairly well together, much to the suprise of the engineers. So they had figured out a wonderful way to create a smarter, driverless car, but repairing roads is already very expensive, and these cars needed an entirely new and different road system to be put in. That would then increase the cost of taxes, thus resulting in angry people. Is it really worth it to put in a new road, pretty much everywhere, raise tax expenses, just to be even lazier? No it isn't. It wouldn't make much sense if that actually happened.
Even with brilliantly smart engineers creating and designing new ways to create smarter, driverless cars, there are laws in all states that don't allow the testing needed to prove whether or not these cars are beneficial. There are exceptions, however. States such as California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, do have the limited use and testing of partial driverless cars. These laws were put into place for a reason. To protect the people testing the cars, and everyone else. For example, the car is driving down the road, when suddenly all systems are failing. You, as the driver, must regain control, but with systems shutting down and failing, you cannot. The car crashes thus resulting in your injury. Who is to blame? The person behind that wheel? The company? Manufacturer? Or the car itself? There is an easy way to prevent this. Stop trying to make driverless cars.
In conclusion, driverless cars may not be the best way to go. They may seem like the greatest invention ever, but refer to reasons above. Is it necessary to compromise safety, economy, and tax payers dollars, just to be 'cool' or lazy? It is not. Not at all. The process is expensive, and in the end, could result in more crashes, injuries, and even deaths, if the car doesn't function properly. It is a big risk to take, yes, but it is not worth it. | 3 |
I am against the driverless cars . These cars require you to put all your trust into this machinery, to be able to trust in them to get you there safe and back safely. What happens if the car breaks down? or the system crashes? I could be seriously injured in this accident. This states that there will be a computer system that will run this car . But what if this computer system gets hacked and you can easily reprogram it to go to a different areas which could lead to kidnappings. Or just have a bunch of crashes occur all around the world . Sure there are sensors to help with the saftey. but there isn't a 100% assurance on the capibility on hacking into the system. I believe that if you are too lazy to drive somewhere then you shouldn't be driving. Do not put someone elses life in danger due to the lack of effort to drive. There are many ways to get around without having to drive yourself. These are some examples; Carpooling , Uber drivers, Taxi , Bus services, or if possible walk or ride a bike. By doing this you are causing less pollution and you can save money by walking or riding a bike.
Keep in mind that everyone has somewhere to be take your time and be mindful of the people arond you. You have to pay attention, there is this saying, "You have to drive for yourself AND others". Safety is key. | 1 |
Driverless Cars are a big jump in the world, because in the world alot of people do alot of things in their car than just driving. So with that being said I would like to see driverless cars in the future that would be a very great idea. There are several reasons why this would be a great invention, because you have to think about when kids wanna go out places and their parents do not feel like driving places they would not need them to if there were driverless cars the car could go by itself. Another reason could be people would not have to catch buses anymore they could just get in their driverless car .
Having driverless cars would save people alot of time to do things they want such as catching up on work or doing work while the car drives for you. Another reason is you would not have to worry about putting yourself in danger because of trying to complete a task while driving.
In conclusion I think driverless cars would be a great help to the world as we all know it. | 1 |
When you talk about "unmasking the face on Mars" what are you really talking about, well it is a natural forming landformation on mars.When people talk about haunted grocery checkouts, put in movies and books you really think about that pop icon "the face on Mars."Since the first photograph taken in 1976 the formation has looked just like a face.
Just as easily it could be a alien statue it could be a mesa on the Red Planet it is know that mesa are highly common. After a few days of discovery the first photot was released to the public by c aptioning the photo "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head." it enages alot of attention.
When man can reach the Red Planet we will be positive what "the face on Mars." is. Not everyone is satisfied with the picture eveidence. Acoriding to the article the face is located at 41 degrees north on the martian latitude where it was winter in April '98 a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The camera on board had to perr through clouds to see the face which may have caused the image to be incorrect.But the chances of these results be incorrect is 1 in 100 the photo was taken by specialist doing their job.
As if the stress was'nt enough they were sent back up to the Red Planet in the summer of 2001. And whenhey returned with pictures of a rock formation it was certian that the "face on Mars" was just an odd rock formation. With shadows like a face and rocks like a head the face will continue to be a pop icon around the world.Even if the face is only a natural landformation. | 1 |
Though driverless cars may be a thing of the future, my vote is a no. Driverless cars are a bad idea no matter who is behind the wheel. Not only are the drivers put at risk but other people on the roads are put in grave danger when a human is not controlling the vehicle. Driverless cars may appeal to the younger generation because of the flahy technology but the lack of safety tips the scales towards the negative side.
A driverless car's name portrays the idea that humans do not need to be in control of the car that idea is incorrect. Drivers must stay allert and focused while in a driverless car. This is evident when the text states,"They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." (7) This is concerning because people today tend to get distracted while driving a normal car. If the actual driving factor is taken away, drivers could get distracted by almost anything from technology to falling asleep. This would result in serious fatality to not only th person behind the wheel but to people around them.
In addition, the new entertainment systems in a car may be a new and alien experiance, they point to a rough road ahead. In an attempt to get the driver to pay attention while driving a driverless car, entertainment systems may be inserted in the car. This is pointed out when the text says,"Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." (8) Though these systems may keep the driver engaged, when it is time to take over the shift from watching or listening to a system to driving a car may take an extended period of time. The driver would also need to gain a sense of where he or she is while driving in order to take control. This would result in an increase in accident on the road.
No one is perfect and accidents do happen but in a driverless car who is to blame? This issue could cause serious law cases and court battles over injuries or damages indured in a crash with a driverless car. The article suggestd this when the text says,"If the technology fails and someone is inhured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" (9) Not only does the confusion on who is to blame take immense time, it sucks thousands of dollars from the participants in a law suit. Though the court may rule otherwise, the accident could be a result of malfunctioning technology that can not be pinned to an individual.
On the other hand, driverless cars have multiple downsides, some aspects are clear improvements from automobiles today. The new sensor techology inserted into the driverless cars can improve braking and response to sudden stops. The author includes this in the arguement when they say,"The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." (5) This would decrease the amount of damages done to cars from running into or backing over things because the sensors have eyes where the driver does not. The sensors can provide an advantage to safe driving that would not come from any ordinary car.
All in all, driverless cars are unsafe and an illogical invention. The lack of attention that is needed when not driving a car will result in mass accidents and injuries when a driver is needed. Entertainment systems in cars only add to the danger in driverless cars and are unnecessary. Crashes and accidents can not be settled or avenged in court because there is no clear cause to the incident. Though the sensor technology incorporated in the driverless cars gives an advantage for braking and controling the vehicle, the bad outweighs the good in this situation. Driverless cars may be a thing of the future but as of right now, humans are not ready to hit the road without a person behind the wheel. | 4 |
car usage should be limited across the world there are many free car citys. After days of near record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. paris ban driving due to air smug cars are the cause to air pollution today. passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe. If we keep using cars as much it will hurt us in a long run. Are enviroment and the air will not be healthy to breath people will die it will be a huge break out then we will not be able to drive cars.
car free day is turning to a big hit i Bogota in a program that set to spread to other countries. millions of colombians particapated in the event. It was the third stright year that cars have been banned with only buses. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and ruduce smog. people that does not listen and violators faced $25 fines. no0w people are hraing abouty the cause of less driving and diffrent cities are joining in on the fun.
Internet is a big part of why people have stop driving because people fill like they can use there social life to communicate with people instead of getting in there cars and going places to meet up with their family or peers. As of april 2013 thge number of miles driven wentr down 9 percent below the peak and equel to where the country was in january 1995.
Another benifit of limiting car usage is that it will benifit the health ofd citizens citizens both mentally and physically. in the german subborn of vauban, citizens have given uup their cars. A resisdent there says " when i had a car i was always tense. Im much happier this way," Said Heidrum limiting car usage also limit the frequency of trafic jams, accidents, and unfriendly drivers in a hurry along with the stress and frustration that accompany them.
in sumation, a life with out cars mean a healthier, longer lasting planet so every one should particapate we should wanna help the planet not destroy it. This could help everyone in the long run dont have to worry about smug or dangerous air that could kill you. please spread thge word that less driving is very important and cvan save the enviroment. thats the eavantages of limiting car usage for you and me can live a healthy life and dont have to worrie about pullutin and we could breath fresh air. | 2 |
The Face on Mars is a natural landform and not something that was created by aliens. The Face is a natural landform because the sharper pictures that were taken after the Viking photos revealed that it was a natural landform. Secondly, the scientists had taken another photograph which helped confirm what exactly the Face was. Also, the text states that the Face is "equivalent of a butte or mesa." Although some people think that the Face was created by aliens, there isn't enough information to support that claim.
First of all, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team flew over Cydonia in 1998. According to the passage, they "snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." This means that this camera probably caught eye of more objects and got a more detailed idea of what this formation looks like. The Viking photos weren't as detailed, so the people who saw those photos originally got the idea that aliens had created it. The picture that was captured had revealed that this was, in fact, a natural landform.
Secondly, the Mars Global Surveyor went back to Cydonia on a cloudless day, since some people were second-guessing if the picture was accurate or not. According to the text, "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution," meaning that they could retrieve even more detailed objects. For example, the story says that if there were objects like shacks or airplanes, then they could see what they were. Also, the text states that "each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." People could trust these pictures and what scientists say that it is a natural landform because these photographs were very detailed.
Lastly, the very detailed photograph that was taken showed that the Face was equivalent to a butte or mesa. Butte and mesas are landforms that are commonly found around the American West. According to the passage, Garvin compared the Face to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He had said "that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." Also, the scientists had already figured that this Face was another Martian mesa because they were commonly found around the area of Cydonia. This information is showing that the Face is most likely a landform.
The Face on Mars is a landform because of the factual evidence that was found. The cameras that were used were high quality, providing photographs that were very precise and accurate. Also, the photographs had showed that the Face was similar to formations on Earth. Therefore, all of this information concludes that the Face on Mars is indeed a landform and was not formed by aliens. | 3 |
The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit because Venus has her terrible conditions. He gives several examples. One of the examples is that, on Venus there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets it. To even make it harder. The clouds are highly corrosive with sulfuric acidbin the atmosphere.
The second example is that scientists are still talking abot making a vist there when they know the surface is to dangerous. There are astronomers that are real amazed at Venus because they belive the Venus was once almost like Earth a really long time ago. Venus long ago was probably covered with oceans and could have had various life forms like Earth. Venus till this day has a rocky surface, valleys, mountains and craters like Earth. The value of retuning to Venus seems indisputable.
The last example is that NASA has an idea for sending humans to study Venus. Imagain a blimp-like vehicle that would float above the surface of Venus. It would sit 30 miles above the surface For it being that hogh it would avoid the conditions of Venus but it would still be hot. It would be about 170 degress Farhrenheit, but the air pressure would colse to sea level. It would not be easy conditions but it is survivable for humans. Our travels should not be limited by dangers and doubts but we should expand the very edges of imagination and innocations. | 1 |
Can you imagine taking many oversea trips taking care of animals?! That is just what the participants in the amazing program of Seagoing Cowboys do. Three reasons for joining the Seagoing Cowboys are that the Seagoing Cowboys help people affected by wars, the Seagoing Cowboys get to see many amazing places, and the Seagoing Cowboys have much fun on their journeys.
Most importantly, the Seagoing Cowboys save lives. The "Cowboys" take trips with many animals, and all of the supplies to take care of these animals. When the animals arrive at their destination, they are given away to hungry families. The text reads, "UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys"to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."
Equally important,Seagoing Cowboys got to see amazing places on their journeys. The Cowboys travel all over the world and went sightseeing evrywhere they went. When they went to Greece, they saw the Parthenon and a excavated castle in Crete. They got to see many differnt sight in China. The text states, "' So was taking a Gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.'"
Lastly, the Seagoing Cowboys had a ton of fun on their boat rides, despite the fact that they had to take care of animals. They played volley ball in emty stalls. They also had table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. The text reads, " Luke also found time fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded."
In conclusion, you should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you help others, get to see amazing places, and get to have tons of fun on the journeys. It sounds like tons of fun to be a Seagoing Cowboy! | 2 |
Do you think a world with driverless cars would be safe? Well, if you ask me, my answer is no. Let's look at my reasoning as to why.
In the article we read, the author says that some car manufacturers are "bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays". I, for one, don't think "heads up displays" are a great idea. I mean, we may as well put mini televisions in the steering wheels while we're at it! In addition, GM's new vibrating seem less than lovely. Do you want your designated driver's seat massaging them to sleep? I most certainly do not. It just does not seem safe! Are we gonna start showering with the help of robots? I think taking away the privilege of driving is not good. It makes it seem like such a chore. What will teenagers look forward to? Where is the responsibility? Imagine how you felt when you finally turned and sixteen and got to get your hands on a wheel. It must be a feeling like no other! While it is a cool thought, we must really think these thing through, people! Think of the people who have jobs in public transportation. What will they do to support their families when they lose their job to a robot? Driverless can potentially ruin the lives of many.
All in all, I think the negatives outweigh the positives in this situation. Say NO to driverless cars! In a world where everything operates itself, it's nice to have a little responsibility. | 2 |
I am personally against the idea of self driving cars. Why you may be asking yourself, am I against an idea that could possibly be revolutionary? Well that's because of how dangerous and irresponsible the whole idea sounds like. We already have enough accidents as it is. Why add more chaos by throwing in cars that can drive themselves? The idea itself is very unrealistic and is just awaiting to be produced to cause trouble.
Firstly, why are we so dependent on technology? Why is it that we create so many inventions to make regular things even better? We should simply be improving where we are going wrong, not distracting ourselves with new toys that have just came out ; figuritevly speaking of course. We rely on electronics so much that most people woudln't be able to function without having a cell phone or a game system.
Now don't get me wrong, some electronics have truly changed the game for us. We can fit loads of data and information on a single piece of metal. We can talk to people across the world, and travel is as good as that as well. Though most of these inventions depend on a human to operate them. Must we create something that doesn't have a rational mindset? Computers don't have emotions the last time I remembered.
The idea is also extremely unsafe. I already mentioned car accidents that may possibly happen, which they will. Though responsible adults are not the only people who drive on roads too. Teenagers who are learning to drive won't even need to know the basics of the road thanks to these self driving monsters! Teens are the most likely to get into car accidnets than any other age group. Just the thought of a young 15 year old on the road, not knowing how to drive an actual car sounds morbid.
The point that I am trying to get across is not only are these cars: unrealistic, unsafe, dangerous, and accident prone; but that they will be the descendent of humanity. Think about it, whenever you drive in a car with friends, family, or just
people in general; people are bonding, communicating, listening to music, or just looking out the window. With phones being extremely popular nowadays, we are slowly losing ourselves with the increase of these productions. Now with these cars, they will change everything. It's a downward fall from that, which is mainly why I am against the whole development of these machines. | 3 |
Cars are usful for trnsportation, but their helpfulness stops there, however, limiting car usage could result in quite a few benifits. There is less greenhouse gas being emited and people will be healthier and need less space for cars.
If car usage is limited then there are less greenhouse gasses being released into the environment. The human race has been slowly destoying the planet we were given by poluting the air which in turn polutes everything. By limiting the use of cars Bogota, Columbia and Paris, France have reduced smog in their downtown areas and in Vauban, Germany there was an experiment city created to limit the use of car and see how life goes on.
If car use is limited then it will also keep people healthier and in shape becaus if people are walking everywhere or even just to the subway they are moving instead of just sitting. also, it will use less land because houses will not need to be as | 1 |
Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, venus is the second planet from our sun, while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth,
Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too, but now the scientists are more interesting in venus they want to know more about venus. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study. The scientists and
Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus has some danger for human for example the temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions for humans.
NASA is working on other approches to study Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber similutation the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition, that mean scients going to explorer Venus. | 1 |
One way we know that is was now created by aliens i that there was no sign of them when we went to Mars.
Plus we know that it is to hot for there to be living creatures.
Most all of us have has known that mars broke away from the sun that is why it is so hot there. Mars is a big hit in movies, books, magazines, and talk raidio shows.
Some of the people that has went to Mars have taken pictured of what looks like faces in the outer layer of the planet.
How we knew Mars is off of the sun is that it is close to it and it looks identical in almost all the ways possible.
Mars is called the red planet cause of its enormous amount of red on it.
which leads to say it is from the sun.
Plus it is close to 100+ degrees on the planet plus the heat of the sun doesn't help that at all.
Researcher still wanna way to find out how to make it where people can live on any of the planets.
But there is one problem there is no oxygen up in space so those up there would die in a matter of seconds.
I think Mars could be a bad planet to keep going on cause there are more things thhat can go wrong up there. They risk lives every time they r up in space.
If one thing is done incorrect the hole thing fails and then some lives amy be lost.
That is all i have to say about this topic of Mars. | 0 |
The fact that this tecnoligy is avalible to human kind is amizing it can be used in many ways. The passage says that "to an expert faces dont lie these muscle clues are sometime used to spot when a smiling polotition or celebirty isn't being truthfull "its amazing isn't it all we have to do is take a picture and voala we know what the choice is because if he is being truethfull we can say yes he fits but if he is lying we know that we have to make a better choice that just vote on him right of way .
Can you emagine being able to use this like for more than just polotitions like maybe the presedent or a school teacher a dilinquent or maybe even a spouse. this would bring alot of contriversy yes but it is stil amazing because they wont have to do much just snap a picture and thee program will caulculate it think about how many crimes this will solve .
In conclusion this invention is revolutionary program will have a huge inpact in every social aspect. The world wont be the same every thing will be diffrent because we will now what the presedent is really thinking and when he is lying or when he is scared and then we can better protect our selves . | 1 |
To start off, the electoral college is a system thats been around for ever but is getting outdated. I think that some people might want a different system while others prefer the same or dont care. For all we know,Bob Dole could be right about abolishing the electoral college. Or maybe it needs a new way of carrying the votes. Me, I think we should get a new system as well, but heres why.
Time has nothing to do with this way of voting, nothing at all. But maybe we should see some changes in the way we elect a president. 60% of people would prefer that a direct election be held. Others are probably lazy or cant make it if one was held, and thats why they prefer the system were using now. But problems are starting to surface with this, already outdated system.
The very first problem already is the fact that they vote for the slate of electors and not to vote for just the president. Then the fact that you vote for 1 out of 34 democratic electors. If that one that you chose won the statewise election they would get the plethora of votes that were earned. All this locomotion instead of just voting for the people that you want to lead the whole country. If we were to vote for just the president and vice president of the state and whomever else we vote for, less problems would be seen.
More factors are that the state legislatures are basically responsible for choosing the electors. This is a very unfair factor because they choose people who oppose a candidate. If that happens, the popular votes dont transfer to that specific candidate. Also sometimes the electors refuse to vote. This system is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system that occurs.
The electoral college may have been around for a long time, but is getting old. The systems it uses are irrational. Its methods are outdated and bias. There is not much reason for it. We need a new system. | 2 |
The authur supports the ides that studying venus is worthy pursuit because in the stroy the authur says"Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms density. They also say in the differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to venus. Astronomers are facinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system because long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life , just like the earth we live in now. also venus planets gots rocky sediment and includes familiar feature like mountains,craters and futhurmore. The Natinal Aeronatautics and Space Administration had an ides of making wants humans to study venus they also want some thing like a jet so they can fly over Venus to fly over many storms and also to look around planet venus.
In the article it says the nasa are working on other approaches to studying venus because how alike this planet. these are the projects that they are working n is silicon carbon, also they have been mechanical computers these devices were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940's during the world war 11. | 1 |
They caluclate Mona Lisa emotional they said that she has 83 percent of happyness, 9 percent of disgusted, 6 percent of fearful and 2 percent angry. The computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscels in the model must move like human muscles then Dr. Hung relies on the work of psychologists such as Dr. Paul Eckman creator of FACS ( facial action coding system).
For example your frontails parslterails muscle ( above your eye) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised; your orbicularis oris ( around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger. In a classroom computer could recognize when student is becoming confused or bored at the same time technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.
When feeling down look in the mirror and do these falling steps 1. rasie your lips at the corners of your mouth. 2. then squit your eyes slightly to prduce wrinkling ( crow's feet) at the corners of your eyes. 3. holding that rasie the outer parts of your cheeks up toward your eyes that you smiling as a reowned drama coach constantin stanislvsky had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emtions on stage and watching your loves one die will make you cry its the same way watching a movie of someone dieing. | 0 |
People all over the world use cars to drive to work or take their children to school. To most people, the automobile is an everyday part of life. But there are downsides to the extreme usage of cars. Some people are noting this trend and are begining to limit their car usage. Two of the many advantages of limiting the use of cars are that it promotes alternative forms of transportation and it also reduces air pollution.
One positive effect of less cars is the improvement of other forms of transportation. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, the author talks about a car-free town, Vauban, Germany. Because there are not cars, people are forced to use other forms of transportation. Instead of using cars, mothers and their children walk everywhere, people ride their bikes to the store, and a tram is used to go to downtown Freiburg. Another place where transportation has benefited from a car-free society, is Bogota, Columbia. According to the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", written by Andrew Selsky, since car-free day began, bicycle and pedestrian-friendly areas have been improved. For example, since the 1990s, 118 miles of bicycle paths have been built in Bogota. "Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up", writes Selsky. Promotion of other transportation, such as walking, is just one of many benefits of limiting car usage.
Another major advantage of limiting the use of cars is the reduction of air pollution. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States", Rosenthal writes in "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars". By driving less, we can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. "Paris bans driving due to smog," by Robert Duffer, is a prime example of the reduction of air pollution after limiting car usage. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city", writes Duffer. One Friday, the smog of Paris "rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world". On the following Monday, motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a $31 fine. After only one day with less cars on the roads, the smog had nearly dissappeared. This shows that even a day with less cars can make a huge difference in the amount of air pollution. Rosenthal's article, " The End of Car Culture", states that many sociologists believe that if the pattern of less cars continues, "it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment" because transortation is America's second largest sourse of carbon emissions. Less air polution is a very important advantage of less cars.
Overall, there are many advantages of limiting the use of cars. Not only does it promote and improve other forms of transportation, but it also decreases the amount of smog and air pollution, which are harming our environment. | 4 |
Sould we take on the challenge of exploring Venus ?Venus is a difficult place to explore for a few reasons,It doesnt include the distance as it is around the corner in space terms. We have gone to mars so making to Venus isn't the hard part.The challenges start with its envirment filled with erupting valcanos ,frequent lighting storms, and powerful earthquakes .These combined features make it hard to even land their let alone get close to landing there.Venus being close to the sun isn't what makes it hot,the clouds keeping in the heat makes the temperatures average over
800 degerees.
Another challenge Venus presents to humanity is it's viscious clouds that contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid.The atmospheric pressure in Venus is 90 times greater than what we experience here on earth,that presents the problem of how do we get there.Even a submarine who is acustom to going in to deepest parts of the ocean will get crushed by the pressure.Thats when NASA came up witha possible soultion to the problem,Their solution
is to use a blimp-like vehicle that would hover 30 or so miles above the Venusian landsape
Even thought they are above all th hostility of Venus,They are too far away to do any proper research or
even see through the dense atmosphere of Venus.More importantly,Reasearchers can't do any reaserch on rocks,gas,or anything else from a distance.Without any of that they can not do a thorough examination of Venus and the vist would be in vain.Despite the challenges,researchers
are working on inovations to allow our machines to last long enough.
I agree that the presented challenge of exploring Venus is worthy despite it's dangers.If we get to land on Venus one day it will demonstrate that humans can explore anything they like. if we Complete this challenge human curiosity will lead us to similar endeavors.It would also show how elite our space program is and how it once again will blow our mindes.To landing on the moon to landin a rover on to mars,To one day,hopfully exploring the evening star. | 2 |
Cars are a very good tool for getting from one location to the next, but the gas and diesel that powers some cars is producing a greenhouse gas that is polluting our air. A few countries have temporarily banned the usage of cars because of the thick smog that has built around their air space. In Source 1, by
Elizabeth Rosenthal , Source 2, by
Robert Duffer,
Source 3, by
Andrew Selsky , and lastly source 4, by
Elizabeth Rosenthal , speak about how cars are effecting our lives, and polluting our air. The advantages of limiting car usage would help decrease, or even eliminate greenhouse gases.
By temporarily banning the usage of cars, Paris, France succesfully decreased the thick smog that had built around their city. According to source 2, by
Robert Duffer , "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates where ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." Because of this sucessful temporary ban from Paris, by Monday the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescide the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday, according to
Robert Duffer.
In Bogota, Colombia, home to 7 million, has a "program thats set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city errily devioid of traffic jams." According to source 3, by
Andrew Selsky.
It has been three straight years that cars have been banned with only busses and taxis permitted for the
Day Without Cars , the goal of this program is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators of this program would be facing a $25 fine. The turnout of this program is large, even throughout rainfall. "It's a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman
Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a bicycle with his wife.
In some places, such as Vauban, Germany, have given up their cars. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss boarders. The streets of this upscale community are completely
"Car Free"
- except for the main thoroughfare, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there is only two places to park- large garages at the edge of the development, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000 along with a home. 70% of Vauban's families don't own cars, and 57% sold their car to move there.
All around the world there is appearently issues with air pollution because of the cars that residents of those places own. There are many programs in place, such as the temporary ban of cars in Paris, France, and the
Day Without Cars in Bogota, Colombia. The efforts of these programs have not gone to waste, because there has been a significant decrease in smog and air pollution in these places. Hopefully in the future there will be many more programs like these to lower air pollution and save our Earth. | 2 |
I think using technology to scan someones facial expressions would be a great way for people to interact more with the internet and social media . Even though, many people will disaprove of it saying how it evades there child's privacy. Even though this may happen, there could be some good side effects from this new technology. One good side affect was pointed out by Dr. Huang, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor." Dr. Huang also noted how most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. He then goe's to say how these new computers need to learn how to pick up these emotions and understand them, too. I myself feel that by useing this technology we will be able to help students study more, and concentrate more on there homwork assighnments sence they'll be more engaged in the subject because it peaks there interest. From this I feel like the new technology would be varry valuable not just to students but to teachers as well giveing them the opertunity to get to know the students better and to get to know what there students are interested in wheather it's sports or school work. | 2 |
The use of technology reading facial expressions can be good and bad, so i cant disagree with this or agree with this. I say this because the good side of technology reading facial expressions is that it can help students who do school work on they computer which is stated in the story. It could help students lik me who do there classes on computuer by helping us stay into the lessons. It can help stay focused by if the computer see that we are bored or angry it could change the lesson by making it more fun. It could also help with ads that are played when your going threw the internet. It does these by showing a ad, when this ad is showed it see how u react. If you dont like the ad it will show something diffrent next time but if u like it would show something simliar. But the reason i say it is bad because it could have no use for some people who only use there computers for communication with other people. Byt at the end i can say it wouldnt be a bad idea for them to make computuers that can tell your your emotions because im a student who do classes on the computer | 1 |
Some people think that the Face is an artifact from aliens, but the fact is, it's a natural landform. Natural things happen everywhere, so seeing something that happens to look like a face should not be automaticlly assumed to be from aliens. After all, Earth has some things that look odd or familiar to our daily life! NASA is sure that this phenomenon is not from alien activity. Wouldn't you think NASA would tell us if it was?
The Face is just a huge rock formation from the Red Planet. The shadows from at the angle it was taken gives it the effect of human features (3). They released the photo to "engage the public and attrack attention to Mars" (3). People have just gave it such an off turning idea that gives it even more attention than intended. People made such a huge deal out of it that more and more people think that there is aliens existance on Mars.
For the beliefs that the fog that appeared in another photo was due to alien activity; fog happens on Earth too. If we take this even farther, it could have just been that the lens were fogged up, or the area was getting something like precipitation. I do not know for sure, but NASA has been said to have some of the most high quality equipment. I am more willing to believe that it is a fog and not a problem with the equipment (7). Although anything could break at anytime, I beileve that the fog was just a natural thing and not something overall crazy.
NASA's equipment is probably more successful than many would think. If you look at one of the older pictures of the Face, you can obviously see that it is not, whatsoever, the most high caliber evidence. Looking at a recent photo may help you or others see that it is indeed a natural process happening. I believe that most who have a say in what the picture looks like, did not see what was happening in that moment in which the picture was taken. Therefore, making the guess that the lens may have broke, or the foresaken fact that it is just fog (10).
In conclusion, I beilieve everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I like to think the more logical side of this debate. More and more people can do as much research as they please, but with facts know that; the Face is just a landform, that fog can happen just about everywhere, and the fact that NASA has high caliber equipment. I would like to hope that if there was a signal of alien activity, that NASA personal would tell us so we would know how to address the problem. | 3 |
Many people around the world drive vehicles to get from point a to point b. Although this is a good source of personal transportation, it may not be as favorable as people imagine.
Primarily, the decrease in vehicles being a source of personal transportation is fairly beneficial to the environment and ourselves. In fact, this new "phenomenon" is happening all over the world. As mentioned in the articles "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", "Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog", "Car Free Day is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota", and "The End of Car Culture", many citizens of many different cultures see that the lowered usage of vehicle transportation doesn't only decrease how many greenhouse gasses are getting in the atmosphere but also improves our wellbeing by reducing stress levels. Not only does it help us relieve stress and what ails us but it also makes the distance we have to travel to purchase food much shorter, as cited in "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", giving us the opportunity to restock our supply over time instead of buying multiple cart loads at once.
Secondarily, according to the article "The End of Car Culture", having access to busses and other public transportation can improve our safety. It is also seen in this article that "at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford came up with a business plan to create a world where personal vehicle ownership isn't needed or is undesirable. His company would partner up with the telecommunications industry to help create new cities and towns in which many ways such as using a bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation, and simply walking could be woven into a connected network." With this new plan, there would be improved safety by having official drivers providing the bus transportation and private car transportations. Both of these ways are liable to give us extra time in our days by decreasing the probability of traffic and will give us ultimate safety while getting from point a to point b.
There are many cultures in our world today who go along with the plan of decreasing the amount of vehicle transportation. There are many different ways this is being achieved and every one of us can be a part of it. | 3 |
In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus,'' the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The paragraph pretty much talks about what Nasa
and Venus . By the author suggesting that studying Venus is worhty he also state that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit . The value of returning to venus seems indisputable.
example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II. The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all.
Peering Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective, so it despites the danger.
Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiously will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. | 0 |
The travel to Venus would be a very informational trip as scientist could conduct test and see if Venus was much like Earth today. This trip has many hazardous conditions that may limit the test cunducted by scientist.
Information the trip to Venus could provide is very usesfull. As we know so far this is the most similar planet to Earth spite the extreme temperatures; this planet has a surface of rocky sediment and has similar features such as valleys, mountains and also craters. Some of the differences it has include, different atmosphere makeup. Also, unbareable pressure and much more.
Risks that comes with the trip includes extreme heat, dense atmosphere, very high atmospherical presure and much more dangers. To prevent this the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one idea that might work. Creating a blimp-like vehicle that is capable of hovering over 30 or so miles above the landscape, just like the aircrafts we have on Earth. As temperatures will still be some what of an issue, by their calculations, being about 30 miles away will reduce temperatures down to 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The distance will also reduce pressure down similar to Earth's sea level so it will not be crushed instantly. These conditions are not easy on us humans but, is still survivable.
Hovering over the landscape creates an issue to scientist. That being they can not recieve any actual samples from the ground to test. That meaning they need a way to do so without creating more risk. This is where systems that use mechanical parts instead relying electronics come into play. This is because with the 800 degree temperature the surface of Venus provides, even though electronis are fast, flexible and quick they are more delicate in general. This leaves them at a dissadvantage with the harsh climate. As mechanical part systems can be made to resist more pressure, heat and other forces.
In conclution, despite the harsh climate that Venus contains upon it's surface, this mission could be possible. It might take years to develop such technology but will be worth in the long run, if it provides helpful information containing a solution to have earth not end up like Venus. If it does not, we still have new knowledge about space and what may contain. | 2 |
Venus is the second planet from our sun, and it is periodically referred to as earth's twin. Both planets have the same size and density, but the similarities stop there. The atmosphere of Venus consists of 97% carbon doxide, clouds of sulfuric acid, and the hottest surface temperetue of any planet orbitting the sun. Despite this, scientists have tried to send unmanned spacecrafts to the surface of Venus. Scientists think that Venus may have been the most earthlike planet, with the planets surface like valleys and mountains and possible evidence of oceans that may have existed long ago. The author believes that it is worthy to continue trying to explore Venus despite its dangers.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining the similarities that Venus has with the Earth and indicating that Venus is the closest planet to the Earth. In the text it states, "...Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" This quote supports my claim because the author gives some evidence that Venus had some sort of body of water. The author might believe that Veus can be habitable. Another piece of information supporting my claim states, " ...recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." This quote supports my claim because the author believes that if the Earth becomes a place that does not support life, the studies of Venus can help us understand and mve if necessary.
Venus can be Earth's evil twin, with its poisonous atmosphere and extremely horrific temperatures. The author still believes that research should continue given the similarites between Earth and Venus. He believes that Venus is presenting a challenge and one day, with technology, scientists will be able to overcome it. Perhaps one day we will visit Earth's twin. | 2 |
The residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers,in this experimental new district the streets are completely car-free. People feel tense when they drive so they feel better this way, without cars. They are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars. Some of the advantages of this is that the most percent of accidents in the world are accidents of cars, with this is going to be less accidents. They are being adopted around the world in attemps to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation with less space for parking. With the car reduce we are protecting our environment. Others advantages are about health the cars are afecting the air, with cars out of street we are going to have a clean environment.
With this we are helping to clean the air of global city. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while exceptions were made for plug-in cars,hybrids,and cars carrying three or more passengers. Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday.
In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to working during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this city eerily devoid of traffic jams. This is a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution .Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
In United States studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of the Model T; the home of Detroit;the place where Wilson Pickett inmortalized 'Mustang Slly'.But American's love affair with its vehicles seemss to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth,the number of miles in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives,an investment researchcompany. As April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. But by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way. The next few years will be telling. If the pattern persists- and many sociologist believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. But it could have negative implications for the car industry. Indeed, companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves 'mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle.
A sociology professor cites various factors, the Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends. The renewal of center cities has made the suburbs less appealing and has drawn empty nesters back in. Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps facilited more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting work.
With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. The childrens to 19 and 21 have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy. They are interested, but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends. This say that people enjoy more the public buses or walk or ride in a bike because they go with friends thay talk they spend they time better than a car, that's other advantage. A study last year found that young people who drive have decrease 23 percent between 2001and 2009. Commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be appreved this year, Mr. Goldberg said. In previous bills,80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport. There are so many advantages about living without a car we just have to help the world be a better place for everybody. | 2 |
Will this new technology to read students emotional expression be valuable yes , because it is hard for anybody to read anybodys mind or emotion because we dont know when a kid is going too come too school or even at home with a powerful rage.
Also, There is always somebody or a peer that has attitude problems or doesnt comprehend like everybody else does and thats normal not every teen or adult has that happy life everyone else has there's people that would kill for a natural teen or adult life.
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therefore, and this device is the key to determine who is on edge and who has a attitude problem or who is bipolar and there moslikely 10% of students that wake up with as rainy like attitude not everyone wake's up happy they wish they could but they cant and thats no there fault but yes that device will help todays society especially with this generation of rapid attitude.
conclusion, of how this emotional literally device will help determine a teen or adults mood and yes it will its not like god gave us the power too read a human beings mind. | 1 |
First of all i would like to say ,"For one aliens are not real at all so thats out of the convo". I aloso would like to know why is it so crazy for mars to have a face like figure on it. We have volcanos weird rocks all type of stuff , even in las veagas its a figure on the mountens that form the face of the devil . Thats way more scaryer then having a face on mars . But still how do u know aliens are even real ? the face could've came fro anything such as mars getting to hotand starting to brake apart . Neverthless, on april 8th, 2001 a cloudless day in cydonia, Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look . they had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees captured an extraordinary photo using the cameras absolute maxuiam resolution . Each pixel was in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo. | 1 |
Scientists found "The Face" when the NASA's spacecraft Viking 1 was taking pictures to find a landing spot for Viking 2. When the picture was first taken it resembled a human face. Scientists belived it was just another martian mesa because they were commin in the region of Mars called Cydonia. Scientist realsed the picture to the public trying to bring attetion to Mars. They didnt realize how much attention it was going to bring. I'm going to prove it is a natrual landfrom.
The cameras scientists used when the first image of the mesa was taken wasn't the best. In 1998 when NASA's Mars Global Surveyor took picutres of the face you can clearly see that it is a landform. The picture was ten times sharper than the one taken by Viking1. People were still skeptic because there were clouds the camera had to shoot through. They said the alien marking were his by the clouds.
On April 9. 2001 MGS got close enough to take more pictures. They took the pictures and used the absolute resolution to see any "alien markings" the picture shows a mesa.
A mesa is like a butte that are common in West America. There are landforms on earth just like the "alien face" that some people thought proved there was life on Mars. If there was life on Mars I belive NASA would know about it first. The face got a lot of media attention but in the end it is just another mar discovery in the line of many. | 2 |
Teachers, have you ever wondered what your students are thinking when you're teaching them something confusing? Well, with this new technology, you can at least know their emotions. In my essay I will be providing proof of how using this new technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
The use of this software could be helpful in a classroom because it could help the teachers know when their students are confused about something they're teaching so they could improve the way they teach. In the text, Dr. Huang predicts that, "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" (pargraph 6). The text also states that, "then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (paragraph 6). These quotes show how this new software could help an instructor/teacher know when their students are confused or bored and how knowing this information could make them a better teacher.
Secondly, this new technology could be helpful because it could strengthen the relationship between student and teacher without any words being spoken. In the text it says, "most human communciation is nonverbal, including emotional communication" (paragraph 6). The text also states that "they even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one" (paragraph 7). These quotes show how this software could help a teacher better understand their students emotions when their giving a fake smile maybe around a bully or harasser even when there are no words being spoken between them.
Lastly, the technology is valuable in a classroom because it identifies all different types of emotions and muscular movements so teachers understand their students feelings a lot better than they would without the software. In the article it states, "the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" (paragraph 3). The article also states. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- [programmed into the software] happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (paragraph 3). These quotes show how different types of muscles in your face are used in this software to identify emotions to create a better understanding of students feelings about their peers, work, or teachers.
To conclude, this software could be very valuable at a school where children are being bullied because some students are afraid to say they are going to school in fear, or even at a regular school where some students are confused about their school work and don't want to speak up. If you are an administrator reading this, think about all of the reasons why I believe that this technology could be useful in a classroom and then think about all of the students in your school who could either be too afraid to speak up about being bullied, or that are too afraid to ask their teachers for help and will never know how to do something until they finally gather up enough courage to ask. These things are actual problems that need to be addressed and there's finally something that can identify emotions and feelings about these types of problems. | 4 |
I believe that the face was land made because in the picture from 1976 in the fifth pharagraph, it looks like a face. But when you look at the other pictures at the top of the article you don't see any dips that point towards alien creation. I belive that like, in the article, it was just an effect of the light and shadows. The shadows could have been made by a higher point of the mesa and when the light hit it just right, it made it look like a face. In the last pharagraph, Jim Garvin, the cheif scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Program said, " It reminds me of Snake River Plain in Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
To me Garvin's idea of what the Face on Mars really is, seem very logical. There have been land formations that people say are made by aliens. But, for all we know it could have been man made millions of years ago. We will never know because we don't have strong enough evidence to prove if it was man made, a creation made by aliens, or was simply made over time. Looking at the third image at the top of the article, you can see that there is nothing on the surface of the Face on Mars. "As a rule of thumb, you can discern thins in a digital image 3 times bigger then the pixle size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shake, you could see what they were." Garvin said in pharaghraph eleven.
From far away the Face looks like, well, a face. But, once you get a close up of it you can see that it was only a forplay of shadows. The things that we hear about on the news, in magazines, radio talk shows, films, and books get so blown out of praportion that people will read it and believe that there really is a face on mars that was created by aliens. I understand that there are some things that we really don't know about, and maybe never will. But, I believe that if there are aliens, that we would be given some strong evidence that they were on mars, earth or wherever.
But, for now, we will have to keep looking into things and discover more things about earth and the things that happened on earth and to earth millons of years ago. When technoligy advances and we get more chances to look at things and get deeper into research, we will know if there really are aliens or not. | 3 |
Some reasons the face is a natural land form is,there was a close up picture taken of it in 200,After the image was pixilized it was proven that there were no buildings around or in the face.
In 2001 there was a close up picture taken of the face. it confirmed there was no alien life, " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform(7)." In the picture the face isn't very defined like a statue would be, there are only shadows where land forms like rocks are making the illusion of a face.
A few people were not happy with the picture, saying that there could be alien markings on it, or a shack. So scientists got a pixilated picture of it, showing every detail of the face," It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, says Gavin.(12)" So, it is in fact a natural land form. Before it was probably a rock, or hill. If a person back in that time had the technology to see it they would have seen something not yet weathered down. But now after centuries we see a face.
In conclusion the face is a natural land formmation. That is proven by picture and logic. It is not defined enough to be made by aliens. | 2 |
It just seems like yeasterday that technogoly was interdouce to our culture, from the telephone, to the probabily the most useful thing in out daily life, cars. For decades companies have been trying to perfect the whole idea of car from hybrids, to eletric power cars. But now the next big think coming from our generation is driverless cars oming from companies like google. Already other compaines are building driverless cars and sayign they'll be release by 2016. But I know if they carry out on that idea fro that release, its going to be a disaster in every way possible, here's why.
Before we I go into the mees that is driverless cars, what I can say is a great system that was added was a combination of still having the driver in the drivers seat with his hands on the wheel, and being able to perfect a error thats happen in the progam of the car. Becuase at the end of the day, technogoly was made by fulad people and will make tech fulad no matter what. But the compaines are praising this as if nothing is going to go wrong. The stats do show barley any crashes occur, but the one problem is were not talking about mutiple people having one by just one car in a certain area.
Lets say its 2020 right now, and everyone has a driverless car. You go cars from different companies and all running at different severs from that compainies. How are two different branded vehicles are going to react to each other with hundreads of cars running at the same time, the sever is going to crash. Althought a situation like this might not ever occur, theres more problems that still ned to be speak of the driverless cars.
Every if this was never a problem in the first place, in this future there going to be people with vehicles that still need to be manualy driver, and vehicles that are driverless. What the problem is in the situation is when reading the text, these driverless cars hit a max of 25mph. Althought these cars will most likely be block of on going on hight ways, just on mains roads this is going to cause alot of road rage to certain. just for these car only going 25mph, soem people are going to be block off from going to their destation right on time.
So it seems driverless car are going to cause any more problem unless states outlaw car that arn't driverless to the public, but that would just be a stupid idea and would just make a problem all by itself. But in many ways that's what companies are think to do, make a system that would be too complex for anyone to understand. Changing the basic law of roads is what companies are thinking about. This would elemate many people do to the major change in the system. Most likely people would have no choice and be forced to buy a driverless car under their will.
This whole situation of saying this is going to be the next big thing is somthing we've seen before every decade. If I had to piredict what would happen if driverless cars do release in 2020. Pretty much any new like this is going to have problems now just becuase these cars now need to be quickly made which can lead someone to question the quality of these car. Not to mention the poor millage these cars will have, and pretty much these cars are going to be over price and not worth the vaule at all. The trend of these driverless cars might died around the mid 2020s and will have to wait until the tech is perfective to be re-release to the public. In a nutshell, theres going to be some major flaws with these types of vehicles if release in 2020. All you can do is don't buy then right as they come out, becuase I wouldn't be surprise if the next days theres numerous of crashes in the coming days. | 3 |
Is facial action coding good for students?I would say yes it would be good for students.Theres many reason why i say that it would be a good thing. I think it would definitley benifit students learning and the attitude toward school. Here are some reasons why i think its a good thing.
Facial action coding for students.....? I think that it is a great idea. I say that because say a kid is in a bad mood or is sad and then the computer then figures out that the kid is sad and the computer can do something to make the kid happy and not sad.This can also help students cause if the computer detects that the student is getting bored then the computer can do something to make to were its not boring and has the kid excited to do the work. There are also some thing from the text that i thought could really help students for example"a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" Dr. Husng predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". There are my reasons on why it would be good for students.
Facial action coding is a good thing as proved in the paragraph before. Facial action coding is something that can be used to change the future and chang the generations to come.This would be a good thing if it was put in to place. With the facial action coding there would be a big diffrnce. Those are my thoughts of facial action coding..... do you agree? | 1 |
The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is an amazing tool but using it in a classroom is both helpful and pointless. Being able to find out a persons emotions is a good thing to do but everyone isnt the same and emotions are the same way. people's emotions work in different ways and sometimes people can assume that your either angry.happy or sad just by your facial expression but in all honesty your just cool and thats the problem with the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) because first of all technology isn't always right second of all technology can't reveal or say how a human or person feels because its not that person and the FACS was programed to study facial movements and mucles like it says in paragraph 3 " the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer modelof the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" but what if the expression on the person's face that the FACS is programed to think that is the expression for sadness isnt that at all? What if its just that person's regular face and acutally could be happy but because the computer is programed to take the expression of sadness because of his or her facial muscles in conclusion the technology from the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is impressive but it wouldnt really help much for students in a classroom. | 1 |
Hi im Luke Bomberger and I want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys. There are so many things you get to do as a Seagoing Cowboy.
You get to go to so many differnt places, you get to play games, and you get to help people and animals. There are so
many differnt things you get to do as a Seagoing Cowboy if you don't join you will be missing out on a HUGE opportunity.
Helping people and amimals is a nice thing to do. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys then you get to help people and animals. When you help some one, that feels good right. When we help amimals to, that will make you feel twice as good from before. if you were a pearson in neeed of help then u would want some one to help u, so pay back the favor anad join the Seagoing Cowboys.
Sight seeing is the best thing ever right, I do it all the time now that I have joined the Seagoing Cowboys. The Seagong Cowboys have gone almost every were so I have seen it all. Europe to China I have seen so many places i didnt even know where real. If you want to go see some places out of this world then join the Seagoing Cowboys.
In the seagoing Cowboys we dont just do work all the time we get to have fun just like the rest of you. We get to play games, such as Table Tennis, Baceball, and Volly Ball games. Of corse the animal holds were unlouded when we played those games. Come play games with us and have more fun then you would in a life time and join the Seagoing Cowboys.
You have read all these things now so if you want to join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
Step right up if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy! None of you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy?! What is wrong with you people?! You guys have never heard of a Seagoing Cowboy! Then I will tell you what it is and convince you should do it.
First off Seagoing Cowboys get to travel to alot of places like Italy, China, Europe, greece, and ect. Sure it is dangerous but, think about all the people you could save. You can become a hero! You can also go exploring. Try new foods, do new things, go places have never been before. It is a fun new experience. You can bring your family with you and the whole family can do all those new things with you.
You're possible not going to like this part but, I have to say it, RESONSIBLILTY! You have to be responsible too because you have animals you have to take care of. It can be fun if you think about it a different way. This is edcational and if you do it right your parents might let you do more thing. You are showing them that you can be responsible. Jobs might also want to hire you beause you showed them that you can be responsible. People might want to be your friend because they want to be on those trips with you and, be a part of those fun thing. This part might not be the worst if you think about it.
These are the reasons why I think that you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
The use of the FACS is both valuable and not valuable. Humans are very complex, and they can learn to adapt. Humans can learn to be more deceitful and learn to hide thiings better. I know because, I, myself, am a human.
The ability to detect human emotions is not valuable because some humans are embarassed when others know what they are feeling, and they would learn to keep their face neutral while feeling because they don't want to constantly be read like a book by some robot.
This technology could be valuable because you could tell when kids in school are getting mad or even have depression or anxiety. Facs could help us to help the future generations of students to talk about their emotions because they won't have to state how they feel, but a robot would be doing that for them.
FACS is not the best idea because some kids like to keep to themselves and just the thought of eveyone knowing how you feel constantly would give them anxiety and make them fearful to feel because of what others may think and so on and so forth.
I dont think that using this technology is a valuable idea because then the government could end up taking the technology into the real world and using it against the people. I am not okay with being read but a robot, personally.
This technology could also help to keep schools safe, by letting the administration know when someone if looking guilty or even if they are starting to get angry because of something, it could help to stop some school shootings because the students would have a certain emotion to them and then we would know to pull that student aside, or it could help students who have anxiety to tell when they need to step out of class and go for a walk or use their coping skills.
I don't have a straight forward opinion on the new technology because it has alot of pros and cons. I talked about a few in the paragraphs above and while rereading my writing, I realize that I have a neutral perspective on all of this due to how many pros and cons there really are, and the ability for humans to adapt. | 2 |
There was an funny looking landform on Mars. That other scientist had tooken a picture of in 1976 and mars that look like a face icon. the picture was blurry and we couldnt really tell what it was so many people had did research on it. Many scientist like me and different people thought it was different things. Like just a regular natural landform in Mars and others think it is a face that a lien had left there to show a icon. We also had a arguent over what it really was. Me as a scientist and other people that thought it was a icon that aliens marked.
I, as a scientist disagree about what many people think it is. I personally think its just a regular natural landmark in Mars. Others think its a icon for something a alien made because its shaped as a face a few scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact. Some people think the face is nonafide evidence of real life on Mars. Us scientist had describe the icon which resembles a human head . its formed bve shawdows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and a mouth. This have attracted alot of people attention to Mars.
This icon have became very popular. For example in pargargraph 5 its says " its starred in Hollywood Films, appeared in books, magazines, and is in radio talk shows. This shows that the icon is really popular and many people know and talk about the icon.
Around April 5 in 1998 Mars global flew over Cydonia for the first time and took a better picture of the icon for we can tell what it was more cleary then the other pictures they had. We discovered that it was just a natural landforn and there wasnt no alien icon.
There was nothing else really said about the natural landform because we know what it is now but we also know that its not essay to target Cydonia. | 2 |
The electoral college has many reasons it should stay , but more reasons why it should be gone. The electoral college is giving people false hope in the election, yet many people think there choosing the president , or they have voice when really the choose the electors who choose the president. The election should be chosen by popular vote afterall it is the peoples "say" who runs there country.
In the electoral college who really has a voice apparently not the people. In the article "What is the Electoral College " author "The Office Of The Federal register" it proclaims " You help choose your state electors when you vote for president because when you chose your canditate you actually vote for your candidates electors. It is evident that many people really not dont know who there "voting" for in the democratic government . We have discovered the decision isn't in the people hands , but did we think about how "the electors could always defy the will of the people" in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College" author Bradford Plumer says , and he makes a valid point no matter if your candidate wins by a landslide the electors still choose who becomes president.
Another reason why the electoral college should be changed into popular vote is because each has a diffrent amount of electors. If you thought not being able to actually your president was wrong, but what about your state having fewer or more electoral votes ,and thats the deciding factor on if your candidate wins. Author of the " The Indefinsible Electoral College" Pulmer states "at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voter, because of the winner-take -all system in each state,candidates dont spend time in states they know thaey hace no chance in winning". The electoral college should be done away with imediately not only is the democratic system is not so democratic , but its not letting the peoples voice be heard.
Futhermore it is evident that the election should be based on popular votes. And if its based on popular votes the people voices will be heard , and they will actually have a say in which candidate wins . And isn't that why America is so special because it lets peoples voices be heard. Dont take that distinctive factor away because it makes
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Driverless cars are coming, are they safe for us? Should we trust them? Are they really driverless? There are some negative and positive studies for driverless cars. Should we go with the negaitive or the positve outcomes? For myself personaly, im going to say that I wouldnt trust driverless cars. Its safe for me to say that i am against the use of driverless cars. I believe that there may be more car accidents with these driverless cars.
Let's start with the negative results on driverless cars. These driverless cars arent so driverless, in some cases the driverless cars still require actual drivers to be in control. For example, if the driverless car has no actual driver in it and needs to go around an accient or construction site and so on, how is it going to know which way to go or how to get around? It seems very unsafe for a driverless car to go around an obstacle when not having any clue how to get around it. Driverless cars are seeming to be very dangerous for human beings. These "Driverless Cars" are likely to a hazardess situation for pedestrains, passengers, and drivers.
Now let's get to the positive outcomes of driverless cars. Yes, having driverless cars makes us have to do less work. But is driving honestly that much work? A postive outcome is that we wont have to spend a ton of money of fuel each and everyday. In some cases driverless cars do seem safe. Its a good thing that there will be sensors, cameras, a GPS reciever, and things like that to keep things safe.
Is Google doing a good thing us human beings or is it just trying to richer? Studies state that Google was one of the first websites to come up with Driverless Cars. I believe that Google is only trying to benefit for themselves on this driverless car concept. There is too many negitive things about it for it being a benefit to human beings. It seems to be not much of a good thing for human beings but a really good thing for Google. Should we trust this kind of idea from Google or any website in that matter?
I believe that driverless cars will have a huge negitive impact on human beings. This idea is not safe, its safer to just have actual people driving cars instead of computers driving for us. Why even put alot of money into driverless cars when people will still have to control them at times? To me its a waste of time and money. Whats your thought on driverless cars? Do you think its safe? | 2 |
The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article that talks about the idea of exploring Venus. In the article, it mentions a plethora of challenges that come along with exploring Venus. The challenges include such things as: 97% carbon dioxide atmosphere, clouds of highly corrosive sulphuric acid, atmospheric pressure greater than that of Earth, and many other things. However, the author still thinks it is a great idea to explore Earth's sister planet. I happen to be one of the few, or many, individuals who think he supports his ideas very well.
Although Venus is not the safest place to explore, the author points out ways in which it can be done. He mentions NASA's idea of allowing humans to float above the fray as a way to see what is on Venus. When he says "above the fray", he is saying is that we could just place a blimp-like vehicle that hovers about 30 miles above Venus's treachorous landscape. This could work because as the author mentions, jet airplanes fly at a higher altitude in order to avoid dangerous storms. Storms that could knock them out of the sky and send them crashing to the ground.
The author also points out some interesting caveats that might prevent us from doing anything scientifically productive. They mention how just simply floating above Venus only allows us to see only a limited amount of stuff on the planet. This would be due to the conditions on the planet, such as the atmosphere being too dense to allow light to penetrate it. They also mention how researchers would be incapable of taking samples of things like rock or gas.
Luckily, scientists are working on innovations, possibly groundbreaking, that can help achieve an actually productive exploration of Venus. One such innovation is a simplified electronic that is made of silicon carbide. This is put to test in a chamber that simulates the conditions on Venus. The researchers are also looking back to old mechanical computers, which aren't a whole lot like the computers we have today and are more resistant to extreme conditions. Unlike our computers, these compuers make calculations using gears and levers.
In conclusion, the author supported his claim well that we can explore Venus despite its dangerous atmosphere. They rightfully point out good technologies that can be used to circumvent the atmospere and still be able to have a productive exploration. An example of such is the old mechanical computer. | 3 |
Be Prepared for Driverless Cars
As the years go by, multiple more people are getting in car accidents. The creation of driverless cars can help prevent more accidents. The safety of the human driver is a very important topic in the world. This topic needs to be taken very seriously. With the creation of these cars, more human will be safe.
In paragraph 8, it states that "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." This could save copious teenage lives because teenagers are more at risk at getting in car accidents because of texting while driving. Subsequently, It explains that "In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern.", so the more driverless cars available, the less amount of teenagers die.
Also, in paragraph 7, there is an excerpt that says "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.", this portrays that these cars are intelligent enough to warn the human driver of safety hazards and when they need to really pay attention to what they're doing. However, the human driver must be ready to take over when the situation requires.
Furthermore, another excerpt in paragraph 7, states that, "Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." This shows that if cameras are put in these cars, it can make the human drivers stay focused on driving. Having cameras in these cars could also create better human drivers.
In conclusion, driverless cars can prevent more accidents and deaths in the world. They can get people to be more focused on driving. Also, these cars may be able to watch the human driver while they are drving. The driverless cars can warn the human drivers about future accidents occuring. All in all, driverless cars would help the world in copious ways. | 3 |
Driverless cars might not be just a myth or a fantasy anymore. Google has had cars that can drive independantly since 2009. Though they have gone more than half a million miles without a crash, there are cons to these typs of cars. They arn't entirely driverless yet. These cars still need help getting through places like work zones and accidents. These cars are expensive and still need human help, but they do come with a special safety feature that normal cars don't have.
Driverless cars can be helpful, but they are still expensive. The roads would more than likely have to be updated. General Motors and engineers from Berkeley have both tried different ways to improve the roads. This included roads embedded with electrical cables or magnets, sending signals to the car. These methods proved to be unreasonably expensive. Engineers then looked at making smarter cars. To make them smart enough to drive safely without the help of people and smart roads they would need many sensors. They would need at least nine different sensors. Putting that many sensors on enough cars for everyone to drive would be very costly.
People could also benefit from these cars if they truly were driverless. These so called "driverless" cars can't do many things a person can do while driving. For instance, these cars can't pull in or out of driveways. They also can't make it through roadwork or accidents. Currently, the fastest that driverless cars can handle is 25 miles per hour. This would definitly not be safe on a highway or interstate. These cars are ment to take people where they need to go, but the driver must remain focus if they need to take the wheel.
There are pros to cars like these though. There has to be something to keep the "driver" interested while waiting for their turn to drive, so some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment. If there is something that keeps the driver entertained, there has to be something to get them alert again. These entertainment features can be turned off when needed, pulling the drivers attention back to the road. These safety percautions arn't currently in cars for texting and driving.
Though these cars do come with a safety feature, they are still expensive and can't fully drive alone. I do believe the world can benefit from these cars, but i see to many red flags for them to be reasonable at this time. | 3 |
When Don came to me and asked me to go to Europe I was glad that is said yes because it's a great adventure that you will never forget. We joined the seagoing cowboys for a reason, it was so we could help out in Europe. When I got to Europe so many diffrent type of countries were riped apart. It was like if there was a huge explosion in a city and it was all gone. People that lived there seem like if they really needed help. We need to help them recover their food suplies, animals, and more.
The day the Pacific war ended we headed for Geece with 388 horeses and hay to feed them all.
When I turned 18 I could have been drafted to military severice but they told me to just keep doing what I was doing. I loved the seagoing cowboys and the trips that we made.
In total I made 16 trips. I think that being a seagoing cowboy is amazing. If you get bord we play talble-tennis,fencing, reading, and writing. I also believe that every one else should try it out and experiance being a seagoing cowboy. | 1 |
Driverless cars? Are we ready for them? Are the safe?
Is the technology thats going into these cars really fail proof?
What kind of laws will apply to these cars. what happens it car crashes start increasing?
There is a lot of irresponsible people in this world. drunk drivers, people who text and drive and some people just dont pay attention when they're driving at all. what happens when a person whos is extremly drunk and is passed out when a human needs to take control of the cars? Young people might be at high risk for car crashes, they might be texting or playing a game and a warning pops up and they dont see it and end up crashing. what new laws will be passed if or when these cars get released?
Me personally im against driverless cars. I think it could potentionally be dangerous. I wouldnt fell safe on the road with these driverless cars. Car crash related deaths could go up at a fast rate. who would be held responsible if this were to happen? The company who makes these vehicles or the owner of the vehicle? | 1 |
My personal belief is that driverless cars should not be allowed on the roads. Driverless cars sound efficient and luxurious but they are really accidents waiting to happen. Many car companies that want to develop driverless cars talk about a world where no ever has to buy a car again because of this new and more efficient form of public transportation. This new form of public transportation would have many flaws due to humans not being in control of the vehicle such as accidents and malfunctions.
Google is one of the companies that want to get driverless cars out on the road to try and make the roads safer. But would that really make the roads safer or more dangerous? Google has tested driverless cars already and they stated,"Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." My question is how does the car know when to alert the driver? Does it have sensors on the front of the car that detect traffic, and if so what if the sensors fail and the car continues to drive at a steady speed right into heavy traffic before the driver has time to react because he was relying on a car to alert him? The same goes for the car detecting roadwork or if a person is crossing the street or someone riding their bike falls into the road. There are too things that could go wrong on these cars to have them out on the road.
There are laws that prevent driverless ars being tested because the government believes that these cars are dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles. If the government believes that these cars are too dangerous for the roads then why do certain companies want these cars to be on the roads? Car companies want these cars on the roads because they would be expensive to buy and they would make alot of profit if they where able to sell these types of vehicles. They are cars out now that have driverless features such as parallel parking and automatic breaking but these features have failed many times. Driverless cars are driven by computers which can malfunction like all computers do at one time or another.
My beliefs are that these cars should never be produced because they are nothing but a threat to pedestrians and other vehicles on the road. I agree with this sentance from paragraph nine,"Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver.". I agree with this because there are too many flaws with driverless cars. There are alot of things that can go wrong with humans driving cars but there are even more things that can go wrong with driverless cars. | 3 |
Driving a car around can be very a affective aspect in people's lives; it can also be a very stressful and dangerous life-risking task to do each and every day. All across America, citizens are constantly driving their cars. A car can be used to go to work, to the grocery store, or to drop a loved one off to school and even other places. It is to the point were a simple car has become an important necessity to manage everyday life. It is also to a point at which every year cars are responsible for thousands of deaths and accidents. If people around the world limited their car usuage everyday it could significantly better our lives.
Clear the air. Pollution from cars has serverely polluted the air we breathe and our enviornment. Beijing, China is know as one of the most polluted cities in the world and has been effected my the smog. Many places around the world are trying to make a difference in their envoirnment by trying to get citizens in that area to limit their driving. According to an excerpt from "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, Paris has enforced a parital driving ban to help clean the air of the global city. As stated in the excerpt, "On Monday motorist with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." Just because of that one action congestion in the capital of France was down 60 percent and as time goes by the air will start to clear up faster.
If one had the opportunity to take away stress while lower the air pollution, would the do it? In Bogota, Colombia once a year millions of Columbians take part in a day without cars know as car-free day. As stated the the article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," by Andrew Selsky the goal of the car-free day is to promote alternative transportaion and reduce smog. Many citizens of Colombia take advantage of the day by hiking, biking, skating or taking buses to work, which benefits one's health and is a great source of excersize. Because of this day many parks and sports centers have opened, sidewalks have been replaced, and rush-hour restrictions have created a better flow in traffic.
Putting away something you constantly use everyday can be a difficult thing to do but it is worth it in the end. Minimizing the use of cars can greatly reduce the amount of polluion of the air. If we all comply with is task year by year our air will get cleaner and the enviornment will be better. | 3 |
Im Evan and a guy at my work named John says that the Face on mars was created by alien's. I told him "Its not created by aliens and me and others at NASA have proof". He said "show me the proof than EVAN!!!". So I then went to get my boss and asked him if i could see the pictures and articles about the face on mars. He said i couldn't see them right away because he needed them so i gad a wait a whole day. The next day my boss handed me the paper and i was so exited to go to John's face and show him the facts.
The first things i showed him were the 3 pictures because it shows how it looked over all those years. Then i showed what NASA said, which was "Huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to mars.
It was a pop icon, it starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!!! I told john "Even only a little bit of scientists believe the face was an alien articraft.'
Encountering the face on mars was not an easy task i told him, and they just don't pass over it very often said Garvin i told him. They even took other pictures where the pixel size was 3 times bigger so if there was other objects like aircraft or pyramids they would be able to see them. The face looks like Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Then i asked him "Now was that enough proof for you to believe me' and he said i'll tell you tomorrow. John went home and did research, when he came back he said "yes I believe you now." After that i was like want to be friends and he said Yes. | 2 |
Do you want to be a seagoing cowboy? I would I think it would be fun.You get to see alot of beautiful places,and you can play games to pass time.Especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded.The cow boys played alot of games like volleyball and baseball,where the animals was being housed,table tennis,fencing,boxing and even reading.
First,the trips was an amazing opportunity for a small town boy.I had the side benefit of seeing china and Europe. Even some places I never heard about its so wonderful.When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle boat trip,they told me to just keep doing that for my service .By the time i was discharged in 1947,Then I had made nine trips,the most of any seagoing cowboy.It took about two weeks to cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the united states and a month to get to china. Caring for the animals during the crossings kept me busy.
They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Last,but being a seagoing cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up the world to me,im grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studing Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the knowledge to be gained is greater than and equal to the risk taken. But technolocial advancements are encouraging the further study of Venus and speeding up the process.
By teaching us that Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin" and that it is relatively the closest planet to ours in the solar system, the author sees that "Stiving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity...Our travels should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" (8). Meaning that the author supports the idea that studying Venus because the risk taken should be seen as a challenge needing to be conquered.
In Paragraph 7 the author states that "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus...electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"(7). Thus demonstrating that the further studying of Venus is inevitable due to advancements that could decrease the possible risks of pursuing the sudy of Venus and eliminate the dangers.
In conclusion, the author supports the claim that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents because the knowledge to be gained is greater than or equal to the risks taken because the author sees it as a challenge rather than a risk, needing to be overcame. In additon, further technological advancements make studying Venus inevitable and is eliminating the problematic dangers that studying Venus presents. | 2 |
Have you have wonder if you could go to the store with out diving. In the world today technolgie has change and the world as change. In the world today people are scared or don't even want to drive. Most people say it's not possible to get a car to take you places.
Wouldn't be great to get a car that drives by its self. Google confounder Sergey Brin has been working to get cars to drive by them self so the driver don't have to drive. Sergey Brin said it would only half the fuel you use today, it will also make sure you will be save and it will tell you when you willl need to take over and drive yourself. People in the world today has been getting into alot of crashes and not following the rules. These cars will be so smart it will tell you when you have to take over it will also tell you when you need gas or other things in your car. These cars will be one of the smartest things you will ever see. Just think how smart your phone is, your car will be twice as smarter than anything in this world. The smart cars will stop you when you are about to hit something. Just think when you are driving and you get scared and don't know what to do the car will push the breaks for you and you don't have to worry about anything.
If people are worried about the laws the car will take care of it. Most driver today when they drive they do stupid stuff or drive very carful, but what if you get scared and you have no idea what to do. The new car will take care of anything you will ask it to do. Some people are saying whatever if i dont trust it if you don't trust it you will have control of your car still you don't even have to let it do its own thing. People can sill control it and do whatever you want like it was the same car. Mercedes and Benz, Adui, and Nissan plan to have cars drive by them self in 2020. They are still looking to see what all they can do but they think in 2020 that people today don't have to drive there cars anymore.
How would it be to be able to drive with even touching the car. The world has change so much and it is still changing today. We will just have to wait and see what 2020 brings to us. | 2 |
In German suburb, this is a "car-free" place, this may seem shocking to many for people who use cars to go where they need to everyday... Car ownership is only allowed in two places; large parking garages at the edge of development, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. Some say that it's good for the earth due to the bad pollution. As I move along I will give some of my honest opinnion and some opinions of others.
Some countries around the world is trying to put an end to polluting the earth and one of the ways they did that was to ban driving cars. People would think that as crazy but it is actually a brilliant idea because it would lessen the Ozone whole that is being crerated by polluting. We actaully need this Ozone hole to protect us from the dangerous sun rays. Another reason why they are putting an end to cars is the dangerous smogs that have been filling the cities.
My honest opinions on this subject matter is I think it's creative in a way but I don't like it just because of how much I have to travel everyday. First I go to school of course, then I go home then I drive to practice which is a 30 minute drive, that also means driving all the way home too. I also think this is creative in some ways because first it saves gas money since gas prices are going up soon due to economy. Second of all it help lessen the pollution we are doing to the earth.
Some other people have writen their own opinions on this "car-banning" process. A mother of two who is also a media trainer name Heidrun Walter gave her honest opinion of this "car-banning". "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Another man name David Gold berg, an offical of Transportation for America said "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change.
Although our development is changing it may have a good effective role on our earth. Ask yourself next time is it really worth the drive? | 1 |
Dear, to Miami senator. Americans should change election by popular vote for the president of the United State. The Electoral College it's not a good thing that is helping the citizens to express thier own thoughts in political. In Electoral College it's not really voting for the president it's for a slate of electors that turns elect the president. This shows that we the "People" that have the right to vote who we believe to be the leader for United States we are not really choosing him.
Additional, " The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer shows " the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational". This can explain the Electoral College is "unfair to voters because the winner take all system in each sate" that means candidates can't spend time in each state getting their chance to win thier vote from the state for the next four years. However, electoral college "avoids the problem of elections in which no candiate receives a majority of the votes cast" shown in " In defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the preseident" by Richars A. Posner. This can help the candiates to not be a tied so the Electoral College reduced and thiers a clear winner. What if their was a tied would citizens like a machine take thier decision on who's going to be the leader of the United States ? I don't think so becasue a machine doesn't have a right to vote.
In therefore, in 2000 Al Gore lost the presidency but won the popular vote. "Over 60 percenet of voters would prefer a direct election ... this year voters can expect the popular vote win could again lose the presidency" explain Plumer. This wasn't the voters decision was the Electoral College we should't have something that doesn't express our right of speech in political. However, the Electoral Collge "process consists of the slection of the electors, they vote for President and Vice President" this shows that the citizens can vote to be the most faithful President to be the leader on this opportunity land. To end, we shouldn't keep something that it's not really showing the voice of each citizens on this wonderful world we have as Ameica.
To conclude, we should change election by popular vote for the president of the United States. If we have a tie in the elctoral vote, "the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president " this explain we the citizens didn't chose the president would you like the citizens get mad a make a protest to chose the president ? American would like that so please senator take out the Electoral College becasue you never know if one day the citizens get as one to protest to get rid off the Electoral collge with their power of speech. | 2 |
The face is a natural landform becuase it is the Martian equivalent of a mesa, like landforms in the American West, and Michael Malin and is MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.
The face on Mars is a natural landform because iut is the Martian equivalent of a mesa like, landforms in the American West. The Author stated that "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake Rivedr Plain of Idaho. that is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same hieght as the Face on Mars." says Jim Garvin.
Michael Malin and his MOC team snapped a picture of the face on MArs tens times sharper than the origanl viking photos. Thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website which had revealed that the face on Mars is a Natural landform, which did not satisfy everyone that there was no alien monument after all.
In conclusion, the face on Mars is not an alien made monument it is a natural landform made from the sand/soil of mars. It has been scientifically discovered that aliens did not make the face on Mars. | 1 |
For more than a hundred years now, we have been relying on autombiles for many things. Since the beginning, we've seen a tremendous increase due to the more factories built and more companys founded to create different versions and models of cars. We use them to go place to place. However, it does have its downfalls. The majority of pollution caused by cars driven around the entire planet is caused by the emissions released from the car itself. Obviously that's nowhere near healthy so why not try limiting the car usage?
Many places round the world have already begun trying little projects inorder to cut back on smog or pollution. In Vauban, Germany, for example, a tremendous amount of people don't own cars. According to the excerpt from "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it mentions how 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold one to move there. The streets are completely car-free minus the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs. All of this turned into a growing trend throughout Europe to seperate suburban life from car usage. It's referred to as "smart planning". Experts say these changes are a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Another positive effect of this experiment, stores are placed a walk away, on a main straight, rather than in malls along some distant highway. Think about living in an environment where you can actually breathe in the fresh air and not choke on it thanks to the smell of exhaust fumes coming from all of the automobiles congesting the streets and cities you'd like to walk in.
Another advantage of limiting car usage is reducing stress and tension caused by driving. In Bogota, Colombia, millions of Colombians either hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during their "car-free day", according to the excerpt from "Car-Free Day is Spinning into a Big Hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky. The only permitted automobiles are buses and taxis during those days. The goal of the entire event is to "promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." Anyone who violated the program would face a $25 fine. "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two seat bicycle with his wife." During one of the years, two more cities from the country joined. Due to event, it improved a campaign which began in the mid-1990s where there's been a construction of 118 miles of bycicle path which is the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus who is the city's mayor. Another positive result of this project was the blooming of parks and sport centers throughout the city. Even the uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced, rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut the amount of traffic and new restaurants have cropped up. It was as if the entire city itself was reinovated thanks to their Car-Free Day.
Considering the fact that transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions according to the excerpt from "The End of Car Culture" also by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it's not a bad idea limiting car usage. At the end of the day, we have more advantages than anything else. Those include reducing the amount of smog and pollution caused by the automobiles' emissions and reducing stress plus the tension while drivng. Again, who wouldn't want to be able to walk around town enjoying the outside beautiful environment nature provides us with, without having to hold their breath everytime a car or truck passes by with their nasty exhaust fumes? Make the world a better place to live in. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is a popular pop icon dating back to 1976 when it was first dicoverd. This face-like landmark has even sparked the minds of conspiracy theorists into believing this is a bona fide sign of aliens or other acient mars civilization. Although it may look like supernatural it has been proven that its nothing more than nature at work.
In Cydonia, the area in which this landmark was found, it is quite common for Martian Messas to form although in this case the shadows gave this land mark facial like features as mentiond in paragraph 2 of "Unmasking the Face on Mars". Paragraph 3 continues to bring this point our by saying "The caption noted a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth."
If thats not enough to convince someone that its just a natural landform then paragraph 7 mentions that when Michael Malin and his MOC team snapped a 10x sharper picture of this formation, it appeard on a JPL web site that revealed it to be nothing more than a landform. Afterwards they went back a while later, as mentioned in paragraph 10-11, and took another picture that was even clearer and closer to the point of where if there was anything such as an airplane or shack hidden in this rock, it would be seen. When taking the picture it mentioned in paragraph 12 that it was in fact nothing more than a butte or messa which is a common landform in the American West.
All of this evidence can prove that it was not anything created by the supernatural but was in fact just a natural landform coincidence. | 2 |
The electoral college is flawed and in result, worthless. While being outdated and irrational, it is also unfair. Not only that, sixty percent of voters would prefer a direct election than to the kind we have now, as stated in source two. Election by popular vote can really show what president the people really want, not the slate of electors who pick and choose what benefits them most. The system is corrupted and the popular vote is crucial in progressing as a united nation.
The problems grow as we continue to use this outdated and irrational system. The voters simply can't control who the electors vote for, making it outdated and irrational. States that have the most population get the most attention when it comes to presidential campaigns. The smaller states get none of the attention. How will they know who to vote for? It makes the people feel as if their vote is worthless. This just proves that the system is irrational and corrupted. As stated in source three, "The most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election". This is not true, swing states are the cause of people feeling disenfranchised. The campaigners focus their efforts in the swing states where voters will listen more closely, not in states where there is less people like that. It clearly isn't ideal for presidential campaigns to be like that. There is no variety. They should be explaining themselves to the people who know nothing about what they are gonna do for the people, instead of for the people who already know. This is why the electoral college needs to go.
Power to the people. Isn't that our countrys core principal? We are losing that right when it comes to voting. All we are doing when we vote is choose some group of people to vote for us. That isn't right; it's unjust. The people have a right to express their opinions and beliefs through the process of voting. Where do our votes end up? In the hands of greedy, power hungry electors who don't care about your opinions. As stated in source two, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters". The votes people cast are worthless and can cause no change. "Abolish the electoral college", in source two.
The point is, the electoral college is outdated, irrational, and unfair. It also infringes on our number one right of freedom of speech. A popular vote cleanses the corruptness of the electoral system. This is why we need to thrive as a nation. | 3 |
According to the article, I support the author in studying Venus. I believe this is a great idea because we all need to be informed about our solar system and what's going around. I believe we all need to be aware of the dangers it could cause, and what could happen.
If you take a look at paragraph 2 and 3, it gives us a good explanation about things that they have studied in the past and things we need to be aware of. Like, did you know that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth? I did not know that and I find it amazing how that works or how we can just be so aware about things like this. It is good to know the goods and bads of everythings and this is why I support the author. These are some important need to knows and I think we all need to stay and be aware of these type of things. Just to be more informed.
It is good to know the dangers of things because none of us want to be living and wondering what could happen to us if we don't understand something. | 0 |
As years go by, technology advances. For example, everyone waits for the new Iphone to come out, or the next new gaming counsloe. It is a fact that technology will continue to become a more significant part of everyday life. Although, there are some ways that technology would not benefit people. Driverless cars are a prime example of technological advances going wrong.
Manufacturing driverless cars would only cause trouble for the future. First, driverless cars are too expensive to manufacture. In the article, the author explains how Radar alone costs two hundered million dollars. If just one part of the process of developing driverless cars costs millions of dollars, just imagine how much more it would cost to actually build them. Not only will the initial cost be in the millions, just think about repairs needed if an accident were to occur. The owner of the car would be in extreme debt by the time the tires are changed. In which case, driverless cars would just be an economical waste. Second, if an accident were to take place, the only people to blame would be the manufactuerers themselves. In pharagraph 9, the author explains how most self driving cars "focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This lead to many states banning the use of self driving cars. Companies still believe that these states will make it legal to test these cars once the cars are proved more "reliably safe." The fact of the matter is, that just one screw out of place could cost a life.
As technology advances, there are more chances that something could go wrong. Yes, driverless cars would be a huge advacement in this technology filled world, but people need to recongize the potential damage that come with them. Self-driving cars would be the equivalent of drivng with a blindfold. There is no point in giving something so unnesscary out to families. So to prevent harm to anyone, drivers, passengers, and predestrians, it would be best to not manufacture driverless cars. | 3 |
If you were told on some days of the week that you are not allowed to drive your car to work, or even use your car at all, would you be glad or happy? Many people don't like it at first, but then grow to like the changes and outcome of not using your car as much, or not having a car. Some people say they are less stressed by not driving, or owning a car. Also people are happier that they are saving money. And they are helping the environment because it is not so polluted and smogged.
First off, when you have a car and drive it around all day, and sit in it all day, its stressful. When you are rushing yourself out the door in the morning so you're not late to work, and then you have to sit in traffic for 30 minutes or so just to get to work, is very stressful. Then on your way home from work is very stressful too. You are coming home in what is called
"rush hour"
where everyone is getting off work around the same time (5-7pm) and you just have to sit in more traffic every day! It is less stressful to not have a car, or use your car that much because you can then walk, or ride a bike. So its more relaxing and you get more time outside and excersizing. Also when you are not using your car, or do not own a car, you become more responsible and have a better track of time. So that just helps out with not being as stressed out!
Another reason why people like not driving or owning a car is that people are saving money. If you are not driving as much, then you dont need to go out and pay for gas as often. If you don't own a car at all, then you don't have to pay those monthly bills of owning that car, plus you don't have to pay for gas at all! Also by not driving as much or not owning a car does not tempt you to go out and spend the day at the mall, or always go out for lunch and dinner with friends. In todays society, many people want to save money. Many people try to save money, but don't know where to start or how to start. And with this way, just may be a helping hint to it.
With not driving as much, actually helps our planet and environment. It may not seem like it, but it does. Your not polluting the environment, and youre just being one more person to help make it a healthier environment and planet. If we had atleast 50 maybe 100 people from each city across America to not use their car 3 days a week, can make a big major difference in todays society in the multiple ways. It would help out in ways like not being as stressed, saving money, and helping our environment too.
There is many reasons as to why not driving as much or not owning a car can help out yourself, and the environment. Just by not driving as much or owning a car can make you a better person by not being as stressed out, you save lots of money by not driving so often or owning a car, and you are also helping our environment and planet by becoming a better and healthier place. | 3 |
A Seagoing Cowboy is not always the easiest job. Although there are the dangers of the sea, it is a wonderfull chace for someone to see Europe and China. One can also make some new friends or peers.
When aboard any ship or boat, there is a danger of storms or wind. Even just sliding off the boat. One always has a crew behind him or her to watch out for them. No one ever has to fear being badly hurt.
True friends wouldn't let their friends fall off a boat. When they see them start to trip they would come running to see that they don't go overboard. On the boat one learns to trust others about what to do, where to go, and especially how to do something. The best part is that the cowboys that have been on the ships before can tell where the best tourist places are.
When a person gets on the boat they are stepping into an adventure. While one is on the boat it travels to Europe, China, and other lovely places. These may be places that one has never seen before. In that instance the trip would be even more breath taking and exiting.
Although there are a few dangers of the sea, being a seagoing cowboy is a lovely chance for sight seeing and new friends. When you go out to sea there are great opportunities for adventure. One will never really know untill they see for themselves. | 2 |
In this article, the author presents us with facts about what makes Venus dangerous, and why we should try to study it despite the danger that comes with it. He provides many examples of the harsh conditions of Venus, but is lacking when it comes to reasons why we should continue to study it. Safety is the number one priority in all scientific research, and I don't think this author provides enough reasons why studying Venus is worth the risk. Furthermore, when he does provide his reasons they are quickly proved wrong by himself in later paragraphs, which lowers his point immensly.
The author writes a lot about the challenges of going to Venus, and what makes Venus so dangerous. Yet, he barely provides any information on why it is important to go there. In paragraph 3 he writes, "...such an environment would crush even a submarine accustumed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." He also writes about the extreme temperatures, 97% CO2 atmosphere, sulfuric acid clouds, and things like erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes. All of these challenges and dangers in one paragraph, and not even one reason why we should face these challenges and go there. In the next paragraph he says, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." He also go on to provide more information about how similar Venus is to our own planet, but still, no good reasons why we should spend money researching this planet. When you are talking about visiting a planet as dangerous as Venus, you need a lot of good reasons to go there. However, this author is lacking in his reasons, which makes him sound unprofessional.
Without providing a lot of research, it is hard to agree with what the author is saying. He does not do a great job of proving his point that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In paragraph 5 he writes, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusion landscape." At first, this seems like a viable solution to the dangers of Venus, and sounds like a good way to safely research the planet more closely. However, it's quickly shot down and is identified as a less than desireable solution in the next paragraph by the author himself. He states facts about how we wouldn't be able to capture photographs from this distance through Venus's thick atmosphere. He also points out that we would not be able to retreive samples of rock, gas, or anything else from this distance. This is the only good possible solution to the dangers of Venus that the author has presented thus far, and he debunks the idea almost entirely in the very next paragraph. This is a terrible way to convince the readers of his opinion; that, despite the risks Venus presents, it is a worthy pursuit to study it.
In conclusion, the author presents more ideas that go against his point, than ideas that acually support it. He does a terrible job of supporting his ideas, and when he has a good point, he quickly proves to us himself that it is not a good idea at all. Taking all of these things into account, we can conclude that the author does a very poor job of supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 5 |
After reading the passage and thinking about some other opinions of my own, I do not think it is a good idea to have driverless cars. My number one problem with driverless cars would be safety. In section nine of the prompt it clearly states "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" If driverless cars were used i feel that there would be multiple more car wrecks then there are now.
If people had a driverless car what is to keep them form thinking " I don't have to pay attention, the car will do all the work for me." in section ten it says "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." Knowing some people they might forget about the other 10 percent and not pay attention to what is happening on the road which could lead to wrecks. If they were, infact going to make a driverless car I would agree with putting in some flashing lights on the windshield of the car to get the drivers attention. Unless the driver had epalepsy, then it wouldn't be a good idea.
Though there are some positive aspects to having a driverless car. For example, in section eight of the prompt it states "Such desplays can be turned off instantly when the dirver needs to take over-- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." This is good so that drivers will pay attention to aviod geting in a car wreck, but whaty happens when the driver doesn't look up fast enough or just thinks that their phone died and doesn't know to look up. What happens then? In conclusion, I do not believe that having a driverless car is a good idea for more than one reason. | 2 |
Do you think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well that is why i am writing, to give you reasons why you should join. People might have fun! You might want to join because you have freinds that want to go or because it seems fun. Here are some reasons.
You should join because you can have an adveture a great one, so great that you will never forget it, according to the artical. Another reason you should join is because you can explore diffrent parts of the world and can still have a job. More fantasic reasons why you should join is because you can travel high seas,and overseas. If you like animals then you like this because you help animals get shipped over seas. This is the greatest opportunity acoording to to the boy in the artical.
Those are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Coyboys program. If you don't join you are missing out the greatest day of your life. If you do plan on going then you deserve a cookie. You will not regret doing this because it will be fun! You can be a great person if you participate. | 1 |
Arguments over whether we should limit car-usage has been an importamt topic through out the world. Even though there are some set backs, the advantages are tempting.
in Germany, almost everyone has learned to do with less usage of cars since 2006. I thinnnk the twon should be able to do as they please. passengers cars are responsible fpr 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe.
In paris, driving has been suspended due to growing amounts of fog. after days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Cold nights and war days caused the warmwer layer of air to trap car emissions. If the driving roads are not safe, then they should create a driving ban on people for safety.
I strongly belive that we should limit out car use in order to achieve safety for the people. We can take buses that can hold 30 people instead of each person driving their own car. that would make a huge differnce. | 1 |
In this article the author is present the posistive and negative aspects of dirverless cars. In this essay i will present the article of "Driverless Cars Are coming"
In paragraph 1 and 2 the author is tell people what is certain about the system of a car an talk about the driverless car. In paragraph 3 the author is explaining a example of
the General Motors created a concept car that could run on a speaicla test track.
"Without the option of smarter roads, manufaturers truned to smarter cars_ but how much smarter did the cars need to be?". The author is make a example for the Toyota Prius. Toyota Prius used the 6 of the technique in the car. which is sensor on the left rear wheel, sensrro on the rood, video camera, four automotive radar sensor, a GPS receiver and last one is intertial motion.
In paragraph 6 to 7 the author is talk about the technology of the car and detail about the car history. next praragraph the author
write about the driver thinking and the callegenge of the automation. Last two paragraph the author is write about the law of the dirver.
In conclusion I think driverless cars is a good choice to buy it and drive it.If there is no any problem. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author explains how a new computer software that can recognize emotions through the face works. It is pritty impresive and i belive that it can totally change the world into a better place. This new invension is the key to paradise on earth
This invention can be used for several things, including a reliable lie dictector. " by weighting the diffrent units, the software can even identify mixed emotions" nick (4). this quote means that we can see peoples emotions which means when the machine senses fear or denial we can actualy know if the person is telling the truth. this invention can be used in the court of law to stop criminals and to free the inocent. "Eckman has classified six basic emotion- happiness, suprise, anger. disgust, fear, and sadness" as of right now there is only six emotions that the software can read, but witth a little more upgrade it can start recognizing guilt, fear, inocense, dippresion and shame. who knows, this may even save a lot of people who wants to commit sucide.
Has of recently we have had a various amount of school shootings in the united states and we have done absolutely nothing to stop it from happening. i belive our leaders have two options to stop this madness and it is either they make guns illigal and contrabands or they domesticalise this software devises to every school, so we may know the intentions of fellow student who come to schools to shoot it up. "Of course,most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial traits that convey happy, worried, etc" nick (5).this quote proves that we can not really tell what people intentions are by just looking at them, thats why we need this device in every school, airport, churche, court, and even home.
This software could be added to phones. since it is a software it could be used by a phone camera, which means everyone should or would have it. you can finally now if your spous loves you before getting into a relationship, so it may not end up in having a fatherless kid due to divorce or beign cheated on
Altough tis could serve as a disadvantage to some people, by people knowing their buissness and knowing if they are lying or not it is still going to be for a good cause. life will be hard but there will be less coruption, deaths etc. after the whole prosses the new generation to come will be better than us, and thats what life is really about. | 3 |
F.A.C.S this is a shorted word for Facial Action Coding System this system can use a camera or webcam and look at a person and tell how they are feeling just by the expression on there face it takes there face and compares it to a neuteral face. This technology would be great in a classroom enviorment because students can get off track or get bored very easily. Students arent very intrested in math or english they can get frustrated by doing the work. F.A.C.S could help with online learning very much by looking and rendering what expressions are happening and if they are happy and it doesn't seem like they are having trouble then it wouldn't change anything. If they have a bored or confused or even angry face then it would try and help that person by maybe changing lessons or even trying to teach it in a easier way.
In the article in paragraph six Dr. Huang says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" this means that the computer could take that emotion and flip it around by changing somthing. Most teachers are good at spotting a child who doesn't understand or who is bored but sometimes they dont pay attention and don't see they have gone off but a computer could alaways tell if they are not getting it or are bored. A computer that could tell the way you feel from just looking at you would help alot of students it is sometimes hard to tell the way we are feeling especially when you try and hide it but the computer software would pick it up. Dr. Huang also stated "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication", "So computers need to understand that, too"
Thus this technology would be a great and huge advancement because it could help out so many people maybe a student is sad and the computer picks up on it and it tells the teacher and that student could talk to someone or it could pick up on fear and tell someone about that and then they talk about that. this technology could teach the computers how to deal with so many things which is why it would be useful in the classroom. | 2 |
Have you ever felt like you need to spend time with your pets? Do you ever feel like you need to make a difference in the world, for animals and humans alike? Well then join the "Seagoing Cowboys" of thje UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) today! You will get a one in a lifetime chance while spending time overseas, traveling to new countries, and spend all of that time with horses, young cows, and mules. Not only are you going to travel to new places, you will also see many different sights you may never see again. After a hard day at sea caring for different animals you can play games, have a variety of different sports tournaments, or just play rounds of games such as basketball or volleyball.
While most people don't call fun feeding and watering horses, there is much more to being a "Seagoing Cowboy" that just that. After your turn to feed or water that animals is over, board games or even just playing with a deck of cards are options. After you get off of the ship there are hundreds of activities and tourists attractions in the different countries such as Greece, China, Crete, and many more places all around the world that you can see and do. In Crete there are ancient Greek castles in ruins, in Greece you can see the Acropolis (which was a very special occasion for me). I even took a gondala ride in Venice, Italy. Doing this job has many benefits other than just helping horses and other animals.
On top of all of those reasons for being fun, I also had a great time spending time with the animals. Doing this job isn't as simple as it sounds though. I had to know when you need to feed or water the animals (which is two to three times a day) and I also had to make sure they didn't get sick on the voyage. On top of that you also have to carry the hay and oats for 335 different animals onto the ship. But, although it's not easy, it still was a lot of fun for me and I'm guessing it was also fun for the other people that went on the trip too. I enjoyed this job so much, I did it nine times because it was so much fun. I enjoyed doing it so much I did it the most out of anyone, and I think you will too.
The final reason I think you will enjoy doing this is because this trip is a one in a lifetime opportunity. Some people have never been on an airplane, some people have never been on a boat, but this is different. This is more than just a family vacation. This is an opportunity do something different. This is a chance to go do something most people have never done before. While you may have plans to go to a different state, or a different country, how many people have ever said "I want to travel across the seas with hundreds of different animals just to ship them to a different country." This is not something everyone gets to do. Make it something you get to do.
This is something everyone should want to do and I just gave you three reasons why you should do it. This is a one time time chance to do something most people have never done. Join the "Seagoing Cowboys" today for the best vacation a person can have. | 4 |
"Hi", I am Luke Bomberger.
I am a Seagoing Cowboy a part of the "Seagoing Cowboys" from the UNRRA
( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.)
I was not always a Seagoing Cowboy, I was actually a regular boy just graduating high school and working two part-time jobs one in a grocery store and the other at a bank.
I was doing just fine, until my friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat, I couldn't say no, and he said it was an opprotunity of a lifetime so, I said, "What the heck, I'll go" and that's the begginning of how my life changed.
It was in August in 1945, when I went on my first adventure as a Seagoing cowboy, I just arrived on August 14, when the Pacific War ended and me and Don got our seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster and headed for Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay for us to feed them.
The next day I turned 18 before arriving in Greece and I realized that I could be drafted for military service, so instead I drafted myself and by the time it was 1947, I had made nine trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy, I helped many people while stopping, but most inportantly I hope that you can also help people just how me and Don did.
So, in conclusion, just become a Seagoing Cowboy, because it opened the world up to me and gave me a grateful opportunity, and It can make you more aware of people of other countries and their needs. | 1 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System should become part of the technology used in classrooms. This technology would not only be a scientific break through, but would also provide a alternative to how efficently students learn.
Althoguh the creation of the Facial Action Coding System was recent, the idea of the technology has been around for centuries. Dr. Thomas Huang, co-creator of the software, claimed that much more simplified versions of the software have been used for for a long time. The professor claimed that artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, studied anatomy to be able to make anthropomorphic figures as naturalistic as possible. The artist would use their knowledge of anatomy to create naturalised facial muscles, which would accurately reflect emotions of the subjects. But this technology could help not only the artistic community, but entire generations.
Dr. Huang strengthens his argument for the emotion-reading software by claiming its benefitial usage in the classroom. Dr. Huang said, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The professor is predicting that with the help of his software, the way children learn could be changed for the better. With the help of this software, students would be able to focus on topics longer, whic poses a problem for many students today. Students would be able to learn or strenghten skills without having to voice their boredom or confusion with topics. This would benefit them as they grow because they would be able to fully understand topics and skills insteading of falling behind simply becasue they lose interest. For example, a young student would be able to learn multiplication possibly faster and stronger than older students because with this software, they would be able to focus on each problem. As the child grows, they have a less likely chance of falling behind in other mathmatical courses because they have no need for relearning multiplication, and are able to solve problems quickly because they know what they are doing. Also, multiplication is all over the world, so they would be comfotable to use it in their day to day life. In the end, this child was able to succeed with a mathmatical skill simply because of a facial software that kept them involved and growing in their studies.
Overall, the Facial Action Coding Sysem should be active in classrooms because it provides great value to education. | 3 |
I as a highschool student disagree with the idea of putting emotional facial recignition in school. Us as a society already have lost a grip on society when it comes to technology. Our youth can't even have a true conversation face to face and struggle expressing emotion or creativity due to technology growth. I think we should have less technology and teach or youth how to ask when they want something, if there bored or confused then they should express that on there own not have a machine do it for them. We should teach our youth the confidence in being able to express feelings not make it easier for our social to be wiped away with this facial recigniton. We already rely on our basic tecnology such as cellphones, and computers to get homework done, cheat, solve the most basic math equations, and as I expressed before take away our ability to be social with our peers. With this facial recignition it will most likely be avaible to most people so in that will might lose almost all social activity in the future if we keep relying on technology to do it all. Instead lets make your be proud and confident in say they don't understand, lets make them understand that theres more then a screen, more then what we type and to see what is around us. This is what i feel is best for our youth. A life without any smart technology at all. | 0 |
"No Driverless cars should'nt be permisable to any community!". Driverless cars are very dangours. Many people around the world look for the future and the next step, but sometimes there imagination gets the best of them.
Yes driverless cars can be good and help full but the craters of this historical object is selfish to the community and himself.
The creator is selfish becouse More then thousands of people lose there jobs a year, that number will greatly expand and a thousand more can lose there jobs, Those people can end up in a hopless future, they could become homeless, get an adiction to drugs, or go to jail. While in the other hand the man that created this terifiying plan gets richer and richer by those who lost there jobs profit. Driveless cars could also increase the death rate more the 100,000 people die a year, more then 50,000 come to death by getting hit by an object, in that object is mostly a car. Driveless cars will increase the death rate becouse the car itself focuses on the road and other cars while the humans that walk are just objects, if the human dies and the cars passangers die who is risposible for the death of those sivilians. The company will be billionares by a week and loseing a little money wont bother them who is going to face to or stand up to there distruction becouse the owners not the companys not they will use money to get awy from those type of obsticals.Many people belive that there is always a way out of this sorrow life but using machines to solve the lifes problems will just harm it even more. once they creat a driverless car whats next a flyingless plane more and more people will lose there jobs while these machines will only provide a thosand familys in the world.
If you ask me what i think of a project that contains machines doing the work my answer is no! what will your supply be once you are homeless and helples, how will you provide your family and how will you provide yourself. If you care about the life of your family think about the future and say No! | 1 |
Zroom! A driverless car drives by on the interstate clocking in at 80 mph, with astonishing remarkable skills on the road. Driverless cars are the next step into the future. I will be discussing the pros, benefits, and cons of driverless cars.
Driverless cars are a great way to get from point a to b without even having to touch the wheel once. You wouldn't have to worry about your driverless car being in an accident, since the manufacturers have designed it with many sensors to enhace the efficiency and quality of your car, so it can mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. There are many benefits from driverless cars, for instance you could go on a road trip and you wouldn't have to touch the wheel once. Also with driverless cars you could get many new features like in-car-entertainment and information systems that use head-up displays so the driver doesn't get bored. Other benefits are like added cameras to the car so the driver can stay focused on the road while the car drives by itself. But with many machines,eletronics, etc. There will always be many cons. Some cons of the driverless car is when it gets into a traffic jam, the driver will have to take the wheel and drive. Another con is sensors could go bad and cause the driverless car to not peform at its potential and creating hazards to other cars or pedrestians.
Driverless cars can be the next step into the future. My preview points were the pros, benefits, and cons of driverless cars. Driverless cars are the best addition to the roads with many pros and benefits. With proper improvent we can lessen human mistakes by letting a self driven car that is smarter on the road, and we can lessen car accidents and tradegies. | 2 |
Advanatges of Limited Car Use
Many people do not rely on their cars to take them places anymore in Vauban, Germany. Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" (Source 1 Paragraph 2). 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars. They are allowed to own cars, but they have to park it at a car garage that they also have to pay for. Heidrun Walter, a mother of two says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." These are only a few examples of the advantages of not owning a car or limited car use. Because of this new trend, there are stores, malls, and building closer to people's homes instead of on highways and an hour away. This way, people don't have to walk twenty miles to get to the nearest store.
Another issue that will encourage people to stop driving is smog. In Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to the clear the air from all the auto-mobiles' gases and pollutic toxins. On Monday, car owners with even-numbered license plates were forced not to drive or they'd suffer a 31 dollar fine. They same would happen to the odd-numbered licenese plate drivers on Tuesday and so on. People rebelled and reulted in 4,000 driver fines. On the bright side, traffic or congestion was down 60 percent. People can get to their destinations a lot faster without all the traffic and congestion. People can save the planet and their jobs.
Not only can people save the planet and traffic jam, but now they have a reason to exercise and get to their destination in time. They can even plan special family activities on a boring Monday. The residents of Bogota, Columbia have taken this into consideration by avoiding traffic by hiking, biking, skating, or even taking the local bus. There is so many advantages to not using a car as transportation. Everyone can ride their bike to school or work or the mall knowing that there is no added pollution, exercise is done for the day, save money, no traffic. What could be better? Not even rain stopped the residents of Bogota.
Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," as he rode a two-seat bike with his wife. People saw and took advantage of this opportunity as well and joined the event. People are crossing borders to see this revolutionary change that these people are making. Reconstruction has taken place too on the uneven sidewalks for bikers, and upscale restaurants and stores have moved up.
People also don't have the choice of getting a car, due to unemployment and their balance. Which supports an advantage of saving money. Americans spend for 50 dollars for gas for their cars to last them for just two weeks, or less. Not to mention the car payment each month. What about the people who can't afford car insurance? No one would need to worry about these things if they just forgot about cars and moved everything closer to their homes.
There are many advantages in not owning or using a car. It can save the planet, energize people, people can exercise everyday without coming up with an excuse why they didn't go to the gym or go for a jog. The best advantag is saving money. Another people quite love is the traffic, because there is none! See whats no cars does for you. | 3 |
Can computers really understand our emotions? Details from the article of the use of Facial Action Coding System to read the emothional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable becaues it helps us understand emotions, it helps us see true emotions, and it helps us connect with emotions.
My frist support is that it helps us understand. According to the article it can detake mixed emotions. For example the new emotion-recognition software trackes these facial movements- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. It can also indcated where it is a gerneral smile or a fake smile.
My second support is we can see true emotions. The article staes that in a false smile the mouth is streacted sideways using the zygomatic major. In a real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners of your mouth. So it proves that this tecnonlgy can indicate the differnce between a genuine smile and a forced one.
My last support is that we can connect with emotions. The facial Feedback Theory of Emotion says that moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. An example is a drama couch has his students smile and frown to produce those emotions on stage and really feel them.
Details for the article of the use of this techonolgy to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable becaues it helps us understand emotions, it helps us see true emotions, and it helps us connect with them. This is important becaues some people can't read some emotions and if we can understand them, then we can understand how others feel. Its also important because by understanding emotions we use them more. All of these supports on why this techonolgy is useful and more is why it is very valuable to students. | 2 |
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