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Wouldn't you want to be in control of your own saftey? I would, with driverless cars the driver will never be in charge of that. They are very dangerous and could cause damage to not only the driver but others around them. Just like all technology it could have a slip up that could cause people their lifes.
There are many different reasons why the driverless car is a bad idea, mostly it has to do with who has control. With technology something could always go wrong, in this case the driver could have no control, or the driver could have control when they were not ready. Both of these issues could cause a wreck to accure.
In paragragh 7 it talks about ways that the car can tell the driver when it needs to take over. Such as seats that vibrate to tell the driver that he or she needs to take over. Would this seat wake the driver up if the driver had fallen asleep? A vibrating seat would not wake some people up, also it might help some people sleep more. This is a good example of paragragh 8 when it says, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" While waiting to drive many drivers could fall asleep and the car could possibly not wake them up, possibly costing the driver their life. Now yes in paragragh 7 it says that the car could have a special touch sensor in the steering wheel to make sure the driver is alert. The only problem there is, what if the driver has his hands on the wheel, but isn't alert? What if the sensor malfuntions and can't tell if the driver is alert? Both of these questions could cause a problem for the driver.
In the end I think that cars should be driven the old fassion way, where the car is controled by the driver and nothing else. That way there is no mistake of whether an accident is the driver's or cars fault. | 2 |
Now that Driverless Cars are coming I really think that it is a bad idea. The author did give us some good information about the car and what it can do without a driver but then yet again it is honestly a bad idea.
First, even if the author said that the car would alert the driver if anything happened that alert could stop workng and it would not warn the driver. The warning from the car can stop working anytime and the driver would not know. Why would they not know? That is because they would not ne focus on the road.
Second, the driver should always focus on the road because anything can happen right there and then. The driver should not be on their phones or anything thing that can distract them from the road. The way that the rules are now we should keep them like that. We can say that the car is very smart but do they see any upcoming cars getting close to them and occuring an accident. I really do not. Thats when the human should focus and be very careful on the road.
Finally, the Driverless Cars are very expensive. When you buy them you do not just buy the car. Some Driverless Cars do come with the left rear wheel and rotating sensor, video camera, four automotive radar sensors, GPS receiver, and inertial motion snesor. The cars will need laser beams to form a updating 3-D model of the cars's around them. But what people do not realize is that all those items can stop working and get ruin then it is your job to repair them as soon as possible.
So now that you see my opinions maybe you should think about the negative and postive thoughts about the car. Always remember the alert can stop working, humans should always focus on the road and lastly the Driverless Cars are very expensive. Always think about yourself and your surroundings. | 2 |
Why would you think the Face was created by aliens? When photographers take pictures of Mars, you never see an alien in the photos. There may be research going on to find alien life, but so far, NASA hasn't found any. Therefore, it couldn't have been created by aliens. Scientists have credible information that shows people it is just a natural landform.
First of all, if NASA thought an alien created the Face they would already be researching it. Afterall, scientists automatically assumed that it was a Martian mesa. They are common for the area that the Face was found in. Why do research if scientists know it is only a mesa? Conspiracy theorists often try to confuse the public by saying that NASA is trying to hide Mars. This is not true, and I know this because even the people from NASA say they wish there was civilization on Mars. If NASA found civilization on Mars, they would announce it because it's exciting. No one has ever seen an alien, so if NASA released pictures they would get loads of publicity. NASA isn't going to let people lose interest in their foundation, therefore they aren't going to lie to people.
Next, we have the information that tells us the Face is just a landform. When new pictures of the Face were revealed in 1998, the truth came out. Michael Malin took pictures of Mars that were ten times sharper than the original. The new and improved photos showed everyone that the Face, in fact, was a natural landform. There wasn't any evidence that could tell us it was an alien monument.
Of course, people still weren't satisfied. Once again, Michael Malin goes back and takes photos in an even higher resolution. The new resolution helped capture the real size of the Face. After extensively studying the pictures, Jim Garvin states that it "is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa". He goes on to say these types of landforms are common on Earth, mainly in the American West. The Face is just a regular landform.
In conclusion, that is why the Face is just a natural landform. Almost 30 years of research went by until they came to their conclusion. The Face is only a meer mesa. It was created naturally, and not by aliens. No one can argue with facts! | 3 |
Hello,I am an astronomer at NASA. I am here to discuss that the "face" discovored in Mars is FAKE.
My reason that the "face" discovered in Mars is fake because the area where the "face" was discovored (Cydonia) has stroms their a lot and snow. So, there is a possibility that it was huge landform and the weather wore off the the landform to the point where it was a face. About a month ago we have released the picture in a JPL web site, revealing that the "face" is just another landform.
As of right now we are trying to look at the "face" to look and conclude it is another Landform and not "aliens". we have also found that the landmass is the bottleneck of a volcano so maybe in a few years it will erupt and prove that it's not a face.
Yes, we have made history by taking one little picture that we can't even look at it. If you wanna look at the "face" just look up these coordinates. 41 degrees north martian latitude. maybe you will see it as a landform and not a face.
This the astronomer at NASA, and this me proving that this landform is not a "face". thank you for your time to reading this and goodbye. By the way it is a mesa. | 2 |
There are lots of arguments and opinions on this "face" on mars. Ever since NASA first released it to the public in 1976. People woud not rest until we got a really good look at what the image was. It only took NASA 25 years to give the public a really good picture and it was obviously a natural landfrom.
Some people think the face on Mars is an alien artifact. Although a few number of people think it is an alien artifact, it's actually not. The face is just another boring old natural landform. There was an image captured on the Mars Orbiter Camera of the face and it revealed it was a natural landform. The image first appeared on a website called JPL web site.
There are lots of different opinions about whether it is an actual face or just a landform. Conspiracy theorists say the NASA would hide the "real" truth about the Face. They also say that the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars. Evidence and a lot of pictures suggest that it is a natural landform. Specificly three or more pictures and many very smart scientists.
After the first image was shown to the public in 1976 it became a national hit in America. The Face on Mars has become a pop icon since that day. It was in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even a Hollywood film! There have also been a lot of arguments about what the face actually is. In 2001 there was another picture taken of the same face and it became clear to the scientists and the public that the face is a natural landform.
A NASA scientist, Jim Garvin, said the face just looked like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He also said that the camera that took the picture of the face in 2001, is so good that 'you can dicern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size.' Garvin said," If there were objects n this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even samll shacks you could see what they were." That is how good the camera was that they used so, no on canmistake that the face on Mars is just an ordinary natural landform and not an alien artifact. | 3 |
Natural land forms are mistaken for 'alien activity' all of the time. Why should this time be any different. It is simply a natural landform.
There have been other natural mesas on Mars that have been mistaken for alien monuments. The rock formation is not even in the actual face, it is the shadows that the rocks ceate when the sun hits them just right. There was a storm that clouded the Face, so the details have been obscured.
There has been no other proof of aliens, only rambungcous conspiericy theorists. If we had more proof of extra terrestrial life, the theory of the Face would be more believable. In the American West, we have landforms that are common to Martian buttes or mesas. "It reminds me most f Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars," says Chief scientist for NASA's Mars Explorations Program, Jim Garvin. The cheif scientist believes that the Face is a natural landform, and that he compares it to natural landmarks on Earth.
More evidence can and will be provided. "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," sayes Garvin. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egytian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were." With modern cameras, we can see the precise details, and with clear sky over the Face, it proves that the Face is just another natural land form.
We know of other natural land forms on Mars, illusions of shadows, no other proof of aliens, similar to natural land forms on Earth, it would be simple to find little details, and with modern cameras, that take sharper pitures proves that the Face is just a natural landform, not alien activity. | 2 |
In the future, driveless cars can become something big that can benefit or cause problems. Cars in my opinion should be driven by people and not driven by a car. It would be better because people wouldn't have to be depending on the car. Plus, everyone takes a drivers test before getting a official license. Would people still need one to drive a car that already drives itself?
Cars either way have to be driven. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." This quote in the draft explains well on how a car still can't compete with actual human help to drive. It can also tell how driving a car still requires someone. Especially when they go through construction work or other accidents on the road.
The safety is also important. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This is an example of how people need alert drivers and not some random car driving itself. They need someone to be in control of a car and watching the road.
It will cause many problems. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer?" This statement is true. Who will be responsible? It would probably be the drivers and the cars fault, but would someone actually be blamed if the car was driving? They would have to think of laws that would have to protect the people in the accident and who aren't.
All of this with the car that drives itself is just to much for people. People can't be depending on technology even more, but in their skills. They need to know that they can drive and prevent things from happening and not having to depend on a car to do the work for them. Where will they be in the future, if people do sale these cars and put them in the streets? | 3 |
Technology has advanced vastly in the last few years. Most companies and people would say that they think driverless cars would be a good idea. That they would helpful in many ways. Yes driverless cars would help in numerous ways but they also have negaive aspects.
Driverless cars are going to be very expensive. In the article it was mentioned that other companies have tried numerous ways to make a driverless car but they had to make adjustments to other surroundings not just the car itself. They built a new high technocal rode, if you would call it that. The car would drive driverless, but you would have to have sensors in the rode directing/helping the car while it was driving. In the article it was talking about how much money radars would cost. They would cost two hundred million dollars. That is just for radar that goes ontop of a hill. Think about how much money it would cost to rebuild the roads to put in the new sensors for the car to work. If you wouldnt go with the new rode idea and wanted to focus more on the details of the car that would cost more money. Your building a new car with many new adjustments to it. In the article it was mentioned about all of the different things you would put into the car. A video camera mounted near the review mirror, sensors in the wheels, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and inertial motion sensor are just some examples of new adjustments made to the cars that were metnion in the article.
Driverless cars are more dangerous. In the article it was mentioned that the drivers would still have to be allert during driving becuase the driver would have to take over the car during accidents or road emergencies. If the driver wasnt alert enough or was distracted by something else and the car need the driver to manual drive there would be an accident. The car would have to put something in the car to alret the driver fast enough before anything serious happened.
Compianes are all for driverless cars and are still advasing technology to try and recieve a car so magnificent as a driverless car but they need to stop and think about all of the possible things right and wrong with a driverless car. The money and accidents are just a few examples of the flaws of the car. | 3 |
I think that smart cars should not be on the road because its a dangerous to others and yourself. Another reason is that somethig can happen like because it a cumputer it can get hacked, it put people lifes endanger on the road and off the road.
They haven't put all of the input that is necesssary for driverless car to a human at a wheel. Also this driveless car can get out of control skids. I say the only safe way is that people drive well some people if they can drive. If I were to choose Iwouldn't take a chance with driverless cars.
The smart cars shouldn't be on the roads because its dagerous to other and yourself also you wouldn't want to hurt someone. It would be really hard to wake up everyday knowing you killed somebody. So do the smart thing and drive yourself. Plus yuou would have less rist of killing someone if you drive your car not itself. | 1 |
Should driverless cars be allowed? Should people rely on technology for something as important as transportation? As stated in paragraph one "such cars could fundamentally change the world," says Google confouner Sergey Brin. He's right these driverless cars will funamentally change the world, but is that really the kind of change people want? Not everything should be taken over by technology. Sixteen year olds across America get the privilige to drive, just to get it taken away because nowadays the car can drive for you. Keep in mind there can be many problems with these cars.
One such problem that can accur is system failure. These cars are engineered to stop when they sense something that is too close from the rear and the front. Are these sensors completely reliable? For example, the sensor stops working and the car gets into an accident. As stated in paragraph nine, that creates a problem with manufacturers. Just imagine the problem that the manufacturering business would face because of unreliable technology used in the vehicle.
How will these vehicles react in weather conditions? Snow, rain, and even warm weather. Macbooks can't be left out in the snow without technology damage. What's to make buyers think that these such vehicles can drive safely in cold, wet conditions? Paragraph four talks about all the sensors on these automobiles what happens to them if it's freezing out or if it gets wet. Sure manufacturers can put some kind of protection on it to keep it from getting wet but no one is to say it's one hundred percent safe.
Paragraph eight starts by saying this "why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?" Driverless cars today are not one hundred percent driverless. Maybe instead of making cars driverless, maybe they should be made more safe for driving. These driverless cars still need a driver anyways, all that is really happening right now is these cars are being made more efficient. Maybe instead of taking all of the driving privilige away, instead make it easier for people to have that privilige safely.
Should driverless cars be allowed and are they one hundred pecent safe? Personally, I think not. As recently stated driving is a privilige and in this world things should not be done for us. Technology is fundamentally changing the world. It's also taking it over completely. Safety, unreliable technology, and manufacturers are big reasons I disagree with driverless cars. Leave the driving to the people. Just make it more safe. | 3 |
sciencetists say its worth to dicover even more about Venus becuase i could maintane humans in the future. but also give use resources to support human life
Bad things why we shoun't go to Venus is sciencetists say its not worth to take risk becuase it could are human nature becuase of the tempetuares in Venus up to 170 that could cause harms for many humans the are alergic to the sun and it will take years for us humans to travel to Venus since it the second plant on the solar system ti could take us years to be able to reach are piont. also machines can't be able to survive in Venus becuase the heatness and the weather on the planet. it also have a lot of challenges for scientists becuase they still hanve't discover the whole plant on Venus it could still have dangroues things before we go and live in it.
NASA is working on the machines so that we could be able to see what Venus still has for us humns. can it support humans or not.
REasons we we should go so that if earth gets destoyed we could go to a different plant and maintene human life again. it could guve us more human resouces for oilgas and many more. but also Venus has a value for the solar system | 1 |
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU NEED TO D EVERYTHING WITH A CAR BUT YOU REALLY DONT BECAUSE THE
DEVELOPING WORLD, WHERE EMISSIONS FROM AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PRIVATE CARS OWNED BY THE BURGEONING MIDDLE CLASS ARE CHOKING CITES. IN PREVIOUS BILLS, 80 PERCENT OF APPROPRIATIONS HAVE BY BLAW GONE TO HIGHWAYS AND ONLY 20 PERCENT TO OTHER TRANSPORT.
CAR TRAFFIC WAS DOWN 60 OERCENT IN THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE, AFTER FIVE-DAYS OF INTENSIFYING SMOG. FRANCE HAD A TAX POLICY THAT FAVORS DIESEL ENGINES OVER GASOLINE. PARIS TYPICALLY HAS MORE SMOG THAN OTHER EUROPEAN CAPITALS. PARIS HAS 147 MICROGRAMS OF PARTICULATE MATTER PER CUBIC METER COMPARED WITH 114 IN BRTUSSEL AND 79.7 IN LONDON FOUND.
AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITS VEHICLES SEEMS TO BE COOLING. THE NUMBERS OF MILES DRIVEN IN THE UNITED STATES PEAKED IN 2005
AND DROPPED STEADILY THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS DOUG SHORT OF ADVISOR PERSPECTIVES, AN INVESTMENTS RESEACH COMPANY. IF CAR BUYERS ARE MERELY OLDER OR BUYING FEWER CARS IN LIFETIME RATHER THAT REJECTING CAR CULTURE. | 0 |
The author is saying that the journry to Venus, despite it being very dangerous, is very worthwhile in the long run. The reasons why are a myraid and the reasons why not are the same likewise.
A great reason for why the we should travel to Venus is that Venus is our sister planet and could have had an ocean at one point. From all we know most life starts from water and if Venus once had oceans on its surface that could vary well mean that it has had some form of life on it at one point. If this were true then it would be a tremonus discovery for it would be the first life found that does not come from Earth. The evidence for this claim of oceans once touching Venus's surface is that it has mountain, vallys, craters, deep tenches that Earth similarly has when it comes to it's oceans.
Sadly however, the trip to Venus would be very exspencive and very very dangerous. Venus has a constant wave of violent storms, is constantly having volcanic eruptions, it's clouds and air are acidic and it's air pressure on it's surface is incredibly stronger than even our deepest of oceas. Not to mention that is comes into around 800 degrees normally. The evidence for this are in paragraphs 2-3 when it states that many unmaned aircrafts have been sent and none have been retuned do to them being destroyed.
Another positive is that if a sucsseful trip to Venus was made then it would mark a major shift in space exsplraion along with giving us a lot more insite into Venus's history. If Venus was to be exsplored by us than we would be given a tremondous amount of knowledge of the planet and of better space exsploration.
NASA and scinentists have been trying to find a way to get to Venus and stay on Venus. They have propossed a few awnsers: one is that they create a station that would stay above the clouds. The air pressure and acid leavels are not as bad above the clouds and the tempeture is lower as well. The only problem is that we wouldn't be able to get much knowledge from above the clouds because the clouds are so thick we wouldn't be able to see past them. Another awner to the problem is to use older tech. Stated in paragrapgh seven: "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tent to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." This means that new tech is less durable however older tech, which may not be as stylish, is incredibly durable, and could be the key to finally keeping a shuttle on Venus.
As the author suggests, studying Venus would help humanity tremondously despite the dangerous it presents; even though the planet is incredibly dangerous we would still benfit in learning about our sister planet. | 3 |
How can a computer detect how you are feeling? In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto it talks about a computer program called FACS (Facial Action Code System) can detect how you are feeling. This could be valuable in classrooms because it can help students learn better and be in better moods through out the school day.
In class a lot of students do not care because they are bored or sleepy or in a bad mood. This new technology could help solve that problem for many students worldwide. In the article Dr. Huang says "Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or a painted face...". This quote explains how the computer system could help with students moods. It could also help teachers identify how students are feeling and how to go about approaching them and trying to solve the problem.
If this technology could be put in schools around the world it could lead to school being less frowned upon and become a more positive thing.
Students go to school to learn. But not all teachers teach in a way where all students can understand it. If this new technology could be put into schools there would be less failing students and more college graduates. In the article it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor". The tecnology in schools would be great for students. This could make it a lot easier for teachers as well.
Computers can help us feel better by using software to help understand how we are feeling. In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about how a computer software call FACS can identify our emotions. This technology could be valuable in schools because it can help students learn better and help them be in better moods. | 2 |
What makes this a valueable tool to students? Can this tool be used on cell phones? Can we make this tool worldwide for all schools? what will the outcome of students emotional expressions if this tool is valuable?
What makes this a valuable tool to students? This would actually be wonderful tool in schools everywhere. A student can use this tool for many differnt reason in school. A student could have really big exam, test etc. the student may believe their ready. this would system would detect if the student is really ready or not.
Instead of going to computer lad, waiting on your teacher. A good way to keep this system in route. It should be an app on your celluar device to use this tool. with this being on your cell phone,it makes it easier way for a stuidents that has a friend thats always in differnt moods. With this tool we can detect that friends mood.
What will it take for this tool to make it worldwide? It will half to have many great response. this This tool should be used many other places than schools. It will be awesom for police officers, doctors etc. Once one school has great feedback. It make other school try it out.
The outcome of this system is wonderful. I done used this system over a millions times at school. It has actually worked great at othere school to. Now we have a great way of dectecting someone else emotions. | 2 |
There are many advantages to limiting the usuage of a car. One big one that most countries are trying to deal with is lower the deverity of greenhouse gases or smog. For example, in source one Elisabeth Rosenthal states," And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." Also in source two, Robert Duffer explains," After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Source three also explains how a decrease in car usage could help with air pollution. Andrew Selsky writes," It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Also in source four Elisabeth Rosenthal," ... It will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largerst source of America's emissions, just behind power plants." Stated clearly by the four sources, the greatest advantage of decreases the usage of cars is the decrease in air pollution. Along with that people can start becoming stress free and more relaxed than ever before. | 1 |
I don't think the "Unmasking Face on Mars" is true or really believable. Okay so maybe in 1976 you could sorta see a face but as the years go on, the face fades away, so how would there still be life on mars or anything on mars for that matter. For one why would you believe everything you saw on a movie, tv show, or in a magazine. People right fake stuff all the time to get more views or ratings. People crave things that aren't true.
Nobody that is human has ever lived on mars or even walked on it.
There is not any scientific proof that anything is out in outer space. If people want to believe that there is life on mars, then I guess they are just going to go into outerspace themselves and take pictures of whats really going on up there so the whole world knows. There has not been one person who has visited all the planets, so no one can really give "facts" or imformation about space. There is still a lot to discover and a lot more to find out. For all we know aliens could be real or unicorns.
I think the ocean and outerspace have a lot in common because, they are like worlds of unknown living things. Hopefully one day someone will be able to explore all of outerspace and give us the real imformation and prove who is right and who is wrong. Just before you start giving out imformation to people make sure you know for a fact it's true. Also we all need to do a little research about everything. We barely know our left hand. So as I end this I would like to conclude that no one in the world really has the truth on whats really out there, we don't really know if there is life on mars or if it's just a bunch of crap people feed us to take our money. | 1 |
In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile.", the author discusses the idea of using Facial Action Coding Systems in a classroom. The Facial Action Coding System is a software that allows computers to read expressions of faces. For example, this program was able to detect that the Mona Lisa was, "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." ( D'Alto 1-2) This technology could have a great impact on children in school. Putting computers with Facial Action Coding System in classrooms, in order to help read student's emotions and make the lesson more appealing to them, is a good idea.
The Facial Action Coding System would be very beneficial in classrooms. In most classrooms now, there are 20-30 students and only one teacher. This is a great responsiblity for a teacher to take on. With computers as help, learning in a classroom could be much more affective. Dr Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like and effective human instructor." Many children in classrooms can fall behind without one on one time with a teacher. However since classrooms are so big, it becomes less likely that a child who wants help actually gets the attention they need. With computers like these in classrooms, kids who need a little extra could get the practice without a teacher.
Although this technology could be life changing in many ways, it has its flaws. For example, we are still a long ways from being able to put these computers in every classroom. Also, the cost of this techonology is unknown. This could add to extra fees famlies have to pay when sending their child to school, some of which may not be ablee pay for this type of computer system. Even if the cost of these computers were low and they were able to be in every classroom, would they work properly all the time? Technology is not perfect and if the Facial Action Coding System is unrelable, then are they really worth the money?
Yes, these computers are worth the money. Despite all the possiblities that could go wrong with this technology, they still have great potential. Children would be getting a better education. Some students are ahead of others, and need more of a challenge. The Facial Action Coding System can help those who seem bored in class, which gives the children the oppertunity to learn more in a regular classroom setting. It also makes everyone in the classroom equal. While everyone is on the computer, it doesn't seperate those who need help from those who do. This will boost children's confidence and teach them to like school more while getting a better education at the same time.
There are several benefits to putting the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms in order to help read student's emotions and make the lesson more appealing. This system can help provide more challenging material and a oppertunity to learn more for the students who need it. It can also provide more help and extra lessons for the students who are behind in class. Overall, the Facial Action Coding System would help out teachers who have big classes. It would provide more one on one time for all students which would boost the rate they learn at, proving it is a good idea to have these types of computer systems in a classroom. | 4 |
Car emissions are very deadly and dangerous. They can be lethal to humans, and also dangerous to the enviroment. It can lead to big enviromental issues like global warming, holes in the ozone, and air pollution. Many ignore the fact or are oblivious to it, but driving hurts our enviroment just for a little bit of convienence. Are cars doing more harm than good?
Cars have a convienent way of getting us to our destination faster but at the cost of our precious enviroment. We use our cars sometimes without thinking twice of what the actual after effect is. Paris is a city that has had almost, if not the worst, smog levels in all of europe. It has 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter due to the majority of cars which have diesel powered engines. Air pollution doen't jsut effect our atmosphere, it slowly kills, if not severly injuers, animals and people. It hurts us by causing major damage to our lungs and respitory system.
Greenhouse gases are another major thing in car emissions. Greenhouse gases are gases that keep or trap heat on earth to keep us from going into another ice age. A decent amount is good and is used to do its job, but when you have too much then the globe starts to increase in temperature. Antarctica, as you know, is made of ice. when ice gets to a certain temperature it starts to turn into a liquid. So when antarctica starts to melt into the sea, the general ocean level will rise, causing sea level cities, states, and countries start to flood with salty ocean water. If we cut down on gas or diesel car travels, the and greenhouse production rate would slow down and so will the rising temperature of the earth decreasing the speed of the melting arctic.
Cars are a very important and convienent way of travel but can be very deadly to us humans and tne earth we live on. Because we use them everyday doesn't mean that we can not cut down or change our ways of transpertation. Cars give off many harmful toxins and gases that we can, but refuse to control. we can cut down on the majority of the waste by limiting our car trips distance wise and based on how many times you leave the driveway. a simple change as in riding a bike or walking or even only going out when needed can slow down the speed of global warming and even drop the levels of air pollution. A little change can maybe just save the earth from another flood that can wipe out humainity. | 3 |
The brightest point in the night sky, otherwise know as the planet Venus, is a very difficult place to discover. In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author talks about the dangers that exploring Venus brings along with it. The author supports this idea well by sharing the pros and cons of going there.
Although there are many risks, it could help scientists better understand how common Venus and Earth are. The author states that Venus' "temperatures average over 800 degree Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These conditions are very extreme for any human because we aren't exposed to that type of heat and pressure at any discovered place on Earth. However, in the fourth paragraph, he says that Venus might have been "the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" and that it "still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." Although these reasons are good for scientific purposes, the risk poses a huge threat for the way that NASA chooses to explore Venus.
The author supports this idea of exploring Venus very well by giving both pros and cons for exploration. They give facts about the climate there while also giving examples of how to avoid these dangers. He knows that Venus has value so the shouldn't stop them from finding out more from this cloud-draped world. | 1 |
Have you ever wanted to do something but you couldn't decide if you should do it or not ? Well I havent , but someone named Luke has ! He can't decide if he should go to this ship and go to China with his friend.I think he should go . Keep reading to find out find out some reasons why he should go to the trip with his friend.
First off,let's start out with good reasons Luke should go on the trip with his friend.Luke can find out things he did't know exested or just plain explore .He can also take a break from his family and his job and relax.
Although,there are some bad reasons why he shouldn't go onto the trip.The ship can crash.They can run out of food.They might aslo get stranded on an island.
Finally,here's a little of what I think he should do and why he should do it.I think Luke should go on the trip with his friend, because he can explore.He can also get smarter by larning about the enviorment and what is around you.
In conclution,there are many reasons why he should go and some reasons why he shouldn't but with the,good reasons,bad reason,and some of what I think I should do and why this all shows why Luke should go on the trip. | 1 |
Technology seems to advance further and further everday. We see new softwares and devices coming out fairly often. Although this technology is created, many people have opinions on how it will actually help in the long run. With the Facial Action Coding System, I believe this software is going to help in many ways. It will make all kinds of positive change in the classroom and even in places of work.
One positive change I believe it would make is to help children learn in the classroom. Kids have a tendency to get bored in class while learning, and often stop paying attention. This is a bad habit that can easily be fixed with the Facial Action Coding System. This software can detect change in emotion and help keep things interesting in the classroom. The author, Nick D'Alto, states that," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This software is the perfect way to always have the attention of students.
Another reason I think this Facial Action coding System is extremely valuable in the classroom is because it works with children all over the world. I believe that is extremely important. Children all over the world will be getting a higher education while having a better experiece, because their school time will be spent learning about things they enjoy, and not staring a screen with blank minds. D'Alto writes that, "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal." So this software can be used anywhere and on anyone very efficiently.
Although this software has some great benefits, it also has a downfall. One problem with the Facial Action Coding system is the price. I'm sure given the amount of detals and time put into it, it comes with a bit of a price tag. Some schools may not be able to afford it. This is still a great product though, and it should still be available to the schools that can afford it. Many schools would find this to be helpful, and most likely invest. Eventually, as the software becomes more common, access to it will become easier and the price will not be a problem.
While most technology has a few slight inconviences, this software only seems to have one. The Facial Action Coding System seems to be extremely innovative. I hope to see this product in schools soon, available to children. The boredom and confusion of these children will no longer exist, which will make these kids all the more happier to go to school and continue their education. | 3 |
We have all seen the look on Leonardo da Vinci's very own Mona Lisa's face. Some might see a blank face. Some may see happiness, anger or even fear. A machine by the name of Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) can tell you exactly how she feels. This new technology can even be valuable in the classroom.
This recently created software scans facial movements. It weighs the different units of expression. Although Mona Lisa is just a painting that doesn't move, she is compared to a neutral face. According to Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe, researchers of FACS, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry."
It may seem unlikely that Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of FACS, only uses "six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear and sadness", but when the computer constructs a 3-D model, it uses all 44 major muscles in the face.
Imagine making a certain facial expression and your computer screen magically changes its settings. In the future Dr. Huang predicts "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This could cause a dramatic postive change in test scores. Also not all students can gather information the same way. Students will want to know more if the information is grabbing their attention.
Allowing computers to scan information from facial expressions in the classroom setting can and will drive students to want to learn because of the personal format and reliablity. | 1 |
Driverless cars sounds good but what happens is you actually get one. These cars could cause a lot of economic stress and stress on people period. Driverless cars aren't needed becuase these cars could cause conflict, technology isn't always dependable, and we already get into crash's now.
The main reason these cars aren't needed is because these cars could cause conflict. Driverless cars sound like a good idea but if you get into an accident because the manufacturer made a mistake, what would you do? In paragraph 9 of the section the author states, "...new laws will be needed in order to cover liabilty in case of an accident." This quote from the article shows how unsure the manufacturer is with his/ her product. If someone came up to you and said "You can borrow my shampoo." and then came later and said "about my shampoo, I'm not sure if it'll clean your hair." what would you say? You probably would be angry with them for telling you afterwards that it might not work. If someone isn't sure about a product that could possibly controll the fate of your life and gave it to you anyway, that's setting up an un-needed conflict.
Also, technology isn't always dependable, there could be many mishaps when technology is in control. In paragraph 9 of the article the author makes a point of why the driverless cars aren't needed, eventhough the author is clearly for them "If the technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" This quote clearly shows how the technology isn't ready. Even if the manufacturer releases the vehicle he/she can't gurantee the technology will succeed. Would you want to have a driverless car that could patentially cause innnocent bistandards to be at risk.
Finally, why would you want to have a driverless car when we can't even controll the cars we have now? Almost everday on the news there is someone who gets in a car crash and gets injured whether it's a minor injury or a major one. in paragraph 8 the author tries to make a safety statement, "...systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over..." This quote tries to help you understand the safety of driverless cars but evidently it helped you realize another reason why they aren't needed. In the last paragraph you saw how the technology could patentially have a malfunction, what would happen if the heads up display stoppped working and and the driver didn't know he/she needed to take the will. That goes into yet another life threatening situation in which many people could be in danger.
In conclusion, driverless cars aren't needed because they could cause a lot of danger and conflict. | 3 |
Have you ever heard of the Face on Mars? Do you believe in life on Mars? The Face on Mars was first discovered in 1976, but gained a gargantuan amount of attention in 2001 (paragraph 1). Conspiracy theorists belive that the Face on Mars is bona fide evidence of life on Mars, however this theory is false (paragraph 5). The Face on Mars is a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa (paragraph 12). This can be proven by understanding that Martian mesas are common (paragraph 2); realizing that in the 2001 photo if something was near the Face, NASA would have been able to see it
(paragraph 11); and acknowledging the fact that the Face on Mars resembles natural structures on Earth (paragraph 12).
First, the Face on Mars is a natural landform because Martian mesas are common. "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh," (paragraph 2). The fact that Martian mesas are common makes the idea of the face on Mars being a natural martian Mesa more logical. This is because there are more natural landforms called Martian Mesas on Mars than just the Face.
In addition, the Face on Mars in a natural landform because in the 2001 NASA photo, if there was Martian life people would have been able to see it (paragraph 11). "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," (paragraph 11). "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" (paragraph 11). This means that no matter what was near the Face on Mars during the photo, people would have been able to see what it was.
Finally, the Face on Mars is a natural landform because it resembles natural landforms here on Earth. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West," (paragraph 12). The Face on Mars is quite similar to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho (paragraph 12). The fact the Face on Mars is resemblant to natural landforms on Earth makes it more understandable that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. This is because this lets people know that these types of natural landforms are possible, and that they are even common.
Conspiracy theorists may say that the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars , and that NASA would rather hide this evidence (paragraph 5). However, in the 2001 photo of the Face there was no other evidence of life on Mars (paragraph 11). Also, the Face is considered a mesa which are very common on Mars (paragraph 3).Therefore these peoples' theories are not true.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is definitely a natural landform. This is because it is considered a Martian mesa which are common around Cydonia (2). Also, the Face on Mars can be justified as a natural landform because if their was any Martian life located near the Face on Mars during the 2001 NASA photo, people would have been able to see it and tell what it was. Finally, the Face on Mars is a natural landform because it resembles natural landforms here on Earth. | 4 |
Have you ever thought about being a Seagoing Cowboy? We Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventures, do fun activities, and we also have many responsibilities.
The Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventures almost every day. One adventure that we have done, was we to Europe. There are many other places thta we have gone to, for example, we went to China, New Orleans, Venice, and on our way to China we went to Crete. In Crete, we toured an excavated castle. In Venice, we went gondola riding.
We also did many fun activities in our spare time. Us Cowboys play baseball and volleyball. We also had table-tennis tournaments, we fenced, boxed, read, and we played many other games. Not only do we do these activities, but we also liked to whittle.
The Seagoing Cowboys didn't just do fun activities and have adventures, but we also had many responsibilities. There are different types of responsibilities that the Seagoing Cowboys have to do. One of these responsibilities is that we all took turns nightwatching. What a nightwatcher does is they have to check on the animals every hour and make hourly reports to the captain. We also had to feed and water the animals two or three times every day.
The Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventure, we do activites to make the time pass by, and we have many responsibilities. The Seagoing Cowboys would probably be amusing to most people because a lot of people love animals. Not only do you take care of animals, but you would be able to see the world. Some people might not be too happy with this job, because in this job you have to sail over the Pacific and the Atlantic! I hope you all will want to sign up for this job, because I sure know that I would if I were all of you. I also hope that if you do sign up, you'll love this job as much as i do! | 2 |
If you join the program you can see alot of stuff that not that many people get to see at all the text states,"Luke also toured an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china."
if you do you get to help people and help animals. It is cool because you go around at sea alot. The text states," Luke had made nine trips --the most of any Seagoing cowboy." you get to do fun stuff to like play games and outdoor activites. most of the time if oyu are not careful and don't look oyu could get hurt and the fall off the ship. you go to alot of cities and countries. oyu have to be ready though cause if you are not you might not know what is going on for every body. that is why you should go and do that program because it is really fun and you do alot of cool stuff and do alot of cool stuff so you should do it and go around the world and have fun doning it. | 1 |
This article is about a small town near the french and swiss borders its name is Vauban. Vauban ha a unique community they have no cars!. yeah thats right no cars there is a no automobile law in this small town which makes a lot of people like the mother of two ms. Heidrun walter. she says that she is "much happier this way because when i had a car i was always tense". people could walk down the street and not worry about wether or not a person is going to lose control of their car and smash into them or even worse.
In 2006 the united states and other areas started to try these things and they called it "smart planning". car ownership is allowed but there are only two parking areas-large garages at the edge of the development where a car-owner buys a space for $40,000, along with a home. vauban, home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile, is the most advanced experiment in low car suburban life. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said david goldberg. | 0 |
Luke wanted everybody, including himself, to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program beacause he wanted to help the countries that they were going to. He wanted to help the countries recover their food supplies, animals and more. There would be 44 nations that would join up together to help the countries in need that they were going to.
In August 1945, they recived their orders to report to New Orleans. They had 335 horses in the cargo plus enough hay and oats to feed them. 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. They were caring for the animals during the crossings. Luke said,"Besides helping the people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."
You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because there are countries that are in need. What if our countrie didn't have food supplies, or animals, or other things that we need to survive. If we helped their countries when their in need, then they would help our countrie if we were in need. That wouldn't be good if we won't share what we have that they dont have.
If we don't help the countries that are in need, then we might have another war because they would be angry at the countries that have all the things that they don't have. Also what if there were terrible storms that would wipe out all the people that don't have shelter in that countrie. See we have shelter that would protect us from dangerous storms and we also have money to repair what the storm did. But they dont have any money to buy shelter. They also don't have any food to eat, but we do.
In conclusion, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program to help the countries that are in need of. It's not fair if we have something that they don't have and we won't share it. If you don't want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys progran, then you could also donate some things that you have to the program. | 2 |
There are many advantages of limiting car usage. For example: when someone has a car, sometimes they are "always tense". Most people are much happier when they don't have to worry about a car. Some people might be conserned about the gas prices, and miles on a car. Germany-Residents, don't have cars, some places have bannded cars from there communitys. I think if there was less car usage it would help greenhouse gas emissons. President Obama's ambitious goal is to curb the United States of less car usage.
Most people would agree or say "if we don't have a car how are we supposed to get to places on time?" Well there is many other opitions like a train, bus, subway, taxi or even walking. Some people who are out of shape might need less car usage and more time walking, therefore that is another advantage to less car usage. How the world is today, some people might not be able to aford a vehicle. And some would rather pefer to walk or take a cab. Most of are world has centered itself around vehicles. making it almost impossible not to have one.
Althrough a lot of people would want a car if they had children, most kids like to walk or maybe ride a bike somewhere. A lot of students could take the bus and adults could grab a cab. I also think that if there was less car usage there would be less acidents. Young teenagers and young adults get into to much of a rush, and cause more acident but, if there was less car usage proublems like this would'nt happen so much. | 2 |
Is there a possibillty that we can live a better life without the use of cars? Yes there is many counties have stoped the use of cars because it's cheaper. For example in VAUBAN,Germany they have given up theif cars street parking,driveways,and home garages are generally forbidden. Vauban's streets are car free except the main thorougfare of course. 70% of Vaubans's familis do not own cars, and 57% sold there cars to move there. Many people say that when they had a car there were more tense they say there much happier this way without a car.
Cars come with a responasabillaty thers so much dangrous things that can happen to you while in a car. For example all the accedentd people get in each day hundres ot thousands of people die each year for car crashes. Also people who cause the accedents like drunk driving, or texting while driving ect.. Any little thing can happen in a car that can take your life forever just with a blink of an eye. In other cases like getting pulled over and the incerance you have to pay and all the money we spent daily on gas.
While in BOGOTA,Colombia they have a no car day! It all started in the 1990's where there was traffic jams it was 3 straight years cars been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this city of 7 million people. But a man named Carlos Arturo he rode a two seated bicycle with is wife other two colombians saw hin and decided to do the same. tjis becaqme big everyone stared doing this and they even smoothen out the side walks for the bikes. The streats where busy with bike traffic.
I think we should start walking places like for example if you need to go to the store and you have one right neer your home dont get in your car walk. By doing this it will help us save gas money and get excerce. Many american are over weight because they dont get any excerce. So by not using our cars once and a while it will help us and our invierment it will stop so much palustion caused by cars. we should take some time off our car and enjoy nature. | 2 |
I think its a good idea to have emotional expression in school and here's my reason why , its good to have something that with help a student to become susseful in life. The way it can help is that, it can help to help a student by if they get confused, loss and bored. the emotion type senear can let the teacher know or the computer know is that the student is sturgging, In the article at (pg 6) it said "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". the computer can also can help someone in class with depression or saddness and the school can help them. it can read the muscule on the face to tell which face expression its doing. in (pg8) it say that " muscles called orbicularis"
"zygomatic major and a different muscule,". In conclusion i think its a good idea to bring out in to the world, also help out in class. | 1 |
I do not think that the use of this technology in a classroom is valuable. I think the use of this technology is pointless and a waste of money, in a classroom atleast.
One reason I do not agree with the use of this computer software in a classroom is because the software doesn't understand everything that we are feeling inside. People don't always put on a face when they are feeling some type of emotion, rather they can just sit there expressionless and still feel angry, sad, or happy. I do not think this software is advanced or accurate enough to tell what we're feeling.
Another reason I find this software useless in a classroom is about learning cirriculum in the classroom. In the article it said that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". How is the software supposed to know what we are learning, how we are supposed to learn about it, and how would the software modify the lesson to make it less confusing or more interesting? I think the software would be less useful than an actual human being teacher, because a teacher can explain and help you with something when you're confused, and not have to worry about modifying the lesson which could cause everyone to be at a different level of understanind of the lesson.
My final reason I do not agree with the use of this technology in a classroom is about the cost, and is it even nessasary? Since this software is new and advanced for facial coding, I would assume it would be very expensive. The use of this system to me, is just a waste of money, and is basically making teachers less useful and interactive with their students. A teacher is the one who should make decisions on how to teach a lesson or how to help a student, rather than a computer software that doesn't know what a person is thinking just because of their facial expression.
In conclusion I do not agree with using this technology in a classroom to help students with their learning. This software may be useful in other situations, but to me, in a classroom it is useless along with a waste of the schools money. | 3 |
The Seagoing Cowboys program has allowed me to go and to experience many adventures. I joined because of a friend, who invited me to go to Europe, so let me be your friend and tell you why you should join.
In 1945, I joined and helped "countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more." Peggy Reif Miller, so we were hired to care for the animals that were shiped overseas. If you join you will be able to help others in need just like I did.
On August 14, 1945 we got onto a boat and headed to Greece. On the trip there
right before we arrived I turned of age, so "I could be drafted into military service," Peggy Reif Miller, but they said to keep doing what I was doing for my service. This just shows how much being in the Seagoing Cowboys program helps countries. Now the Seagoing Cowboys program is work, but it can also be fun. In the empty places that were for the animals we, the other cowboys and I, would play many different games. All the games we played were to mostly help pass the time.
I also had a lot of time to see the places we went. I loved seeing
Europe and China. Please, join the Seagoing Cowboys program, so you can help others just like I did. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System is a technology created to help analyze a persons expressions. To use this in school it would help students in many different ways. With this technology it could also help adults to understand children emotions better. This could be a way to help find depressed students quicker and more efficiently. With this technology you could do so much more to help others.
One way to use this technology is by helping kids study. If the student shows boredom or struggles to stay on task. The machine recognizes it and changes it to another to see if the students becomes more interested. In that way students study in a way they like and they start getting good grades that will help them grow into mre successful adults. another way is to help teachers change up the way they teach when the machine notices students dozing off or not paying attention.
With this machine in schools this could help students grow to become even better functioning members of society. This could also help teachers become better at thier job by changing the way they teach to keep students more attentive in class. This could also help not just students and teachers. It could also help therapist to help them recognize if a person is depressed or not quicker to help them faster. Maybe one day it could even help robots have emotions. | 2 |
I have to admit, the Face is a really cool thing, but it being made by aliens, come on! It is highly unlikable and unreasonable. The face is a landform that has always been there. There are many factors that go into why the Face could not have been created by aliens.
First and foremost, conspiracy theorists have no proof that NASA is hiding that their was even an ancient civilization on Mars. In paragraph five, there was a quote that said, "... defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." There basically saying that an ancient civilation would have benefited NASA, if they had actually found one. If there was an ancient civilization people would have found out about it already.
In paragraph seven, on April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and Michael Malin, with his Mars Orbiter Camera, took pictures of the the original Vikings photo that were ten times sharper. The new photos revealed a natural landform. The camera quality was poor in the original photo in 1976. That explains why the landform appeared to look like a face. As time past and technology improved, NASA was able to make out that the face was an illusion from bad camera quality.
Going along with the previous paragraph, people believe that the cause for the landform in the photo, in 1998, to not have a face is because of aliens! In paragraph eight, the camera, that they used to take the photo with, had to peer through clouds to see the Face. People believed that the clouds were created by aliens so that they could hide the Face. I do admit that clouds could have affected the photo, but they were clearly wrong. In the ninth paragraph, on April 8, 2001, The Mars Global Surveyor took another photo in the camera's highest resolution on a cloudless day, and once agian, the picture revealed a natural landform.
With most of the information in the article, I can conclude that the Face was just a picture that created controversy because of its uniqueness. I mean, it was a face on Mars! It was taken a long time, with poor camera quality, causing the landform to look like a face. It was a misconception that affected our viewpoints on NASA and influenced many aspects of our Entertainment. | 3 |
Limiting car usage is a tremendous advantange. Haven't you ever thought why? limiting car usage has its reason why its an advantage. One of the huge reasons is pollution, cars tend to create pollution, congestion, smog and many other harmful things. Source 1-4 mentions useful information of the disadvantage of owning or driving a car. Source number two mentions how cars tends to create alot of pollution, for this reason in Paris they decided to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Nobody would like to live in a place where you have to be breathing dirty, contaminated air and knowing you produced it by your own car when Paris enforced to ban cars for a few days to clear out the global air not many fellow citizens participated about 4,000 citizen were charged with a fine for not following the rule. why would you try to be disobbident when what they are trying to do is help you clear out the global sir so the citizens living in that area dont get sick with any disease and dont harm our earth where we live. The advantage of limiting car usage will be creating less pollution to have a better global air. Cars aren't the only way to get to place to place there is other way to transport for example public tranport like buses, train or even if its not that far walking and itll be a create exercise.
Yes, driving a car could sound great because you get to drive anywhere you want and get to places quicker instead of catching or waiting for a public transport when you need to get somewhere and your in a rush. Cars are a huge hand like a big help because it helps people get from place to place. Also remember that cars arent cheap at all an example is that source number one mentions " Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two placesto park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." What this quote is pointing out is that to be able to park a car if you own one it has to be in a specific place and which you have to own and live by there which costs alot of money. Limiting yourself for car usage would make you save up a whole lot of money. Instead of wasting like 40,000 dollars in a parking place for a car and have to be living there you can easily just get on public transport and be able to live where you want. source #1 also mentions " As a result 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a to move here. when i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." this also points out the not many people in Germany dont own cars and not owning a car really doesnt bother them because they found better way to get a transport and also believing that Saving up money is a really important thing because when you become independ you have to start paying bills, food, and many other things that wyour parents wont give you anymore so why waste it on gas and car washing instead of just getting somewhere in a easy transport and the money you wouldve been wasting in non-sense now will be saved up for something more useful. thinking about it car limiting is a useful thing finacialy and global reaosns too.
Lastly another advantage of limiting car usage is less congestion the less driving there is the less traffic there will be. Traffic is a big headche to people who try to get to their jobs or certain events on time. Public transportion might ttake long to get there also but its becauise there isnt as much buses because not many people get on public transportion and the less buses there is and more cars who cause traffic the more time it'll take off our time. Source #3 states " in a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of colobians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams." Bogota, colombia has a great point doing this event once a year will demonstrate citizen that the less car usage the less traffic jams there with be and it will be more relaxing and calming area to live instead of hearing screaming, beeping and other annoying sounds caused by unpatient people. This event that colombia has done has cause other states to realize that thats a great idea and some tried experminting it in their country.
In conclusion limiting car usage has its great advantages which benefits the citizens living in that area so if it benefits you why not try limiting car usage. Limiting car usage creates less pollution, less traffic jams, and your able to save up your money for something thats actually important. Cars aren't the only way you could get from place to place theres many other options like walking, or riding a public transport theres always an answer to everything. By limiting car usage we create less pollution in the air we breathe and there wil be less harm done to the earth and to the citizens. Always try new things and let limmiting car usage be one of them. | 5 |
In the article Unmasking the face on Mars, people were debating if the face was made by natural causes or if it was made by aliens. Some people thought the aliens made a monument like the Egyptian used to. In the article it states "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." "A few days later NASA unveiled the picture for all to see. The captio noted huge rock formation which resembales a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The picture actually shows is the Martian equivlent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. So in the end the human face was not actually made by aliens making a monument it was made by natural causes. The human face remnds people most of Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho. | 1 |
I think we should get rid of electoral college because its not fair that some of the larger sates get more votes than the little states and its also not fair that some states are a win and take all state, it also dosent make sence that if you are winning the popular vote you still have possibality that you could lose the campagin. the other the thiing with electoral collage it can a tie the house of represntative gets to pick and they aare most likely to vote for the vice presidant. On paragraph 13 it says that "the electoral college is still un fair to voters because of all the winner takes all system" so that would hurt the chance of the person running there campaign there because they know there not gonna have achance winning that state so they dont even try to campaign there, also on paragrahph 23 it says that "voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preferance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election" i also think the way of electoral votes is an outdated methothed of voting and should let the people have more power and actually count for the person they want to win. | 1 |
Technology reading student´s emotinal expressions
Remember thst one day you were sad ? Just never showed that emotion/ expression so you would not get ask ? Your apperence is never what you actually feel on the inside is it ? That is because face expression hids it all. Now there is a computer system that catches your human emotions.
According to some new technonlgy named, Facial Action Coding, this system identifies humans emotions. This technology is not the right way to find students human emotions. Facial Action Coding seems to just identify just your face. A face expression can hid your actual emotion. Systems like this have the chance to not be right. Make believe what this system is all about.
Secondly, the students expression may change during the day. At some point a studnets can feel pressered after a class of even before there next class. These emotion have the accursy to not be the same during a students day. Calculating these emotion, can not be like working on a math problem. Emotions can change in the matter of a second. You just dont know what can happen at any minute that changes your expressions.
Lastly, this system would not be good to keep students emotion. It would be better to talk the student face to face, if you ever see or feel like something it going wrong with them. Like the article says you never know how your teacher feel when she is grading your assigment.
I believe the Facial Action Coding should not be used on students. I would rather let a teacher talk face to face with there studnets to see what the situation is all about. Rather then just guessing or coding there face and believe a system like the one that Prof. Thomas Huang invented. | 2 |
Studying venus is wrothy pursuit despite the dangers venus is also named after a strip club but any who its sometimes is call the 'evening star' its one of the brightest points of light in the night sky .Venus is also a planet well a second planet from our sun ' earths twin'.A thick atmospheric of almost 97% carbon dioxide the clouds of highly sulfric acid in venus atmosphere on the planets surface the tempetauras avrage is over 800 fahrenheit and the atomsopheric pressure is 90 times then we experience in dusty indianapoils ok im done talkin about venus something naamed after a club bur anyways striving to meet the challange presented by venus has value not only because of the insight to ne gained on te planet itself this teacher in my testing room look like a allen so I think she from venus but alsoo because of human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors . | 0 |
The face on mars is not created by aliens this is a natural landform on earth there already were landforms that were created. We can't say aliens made those too. Such as vocanoes, rivers, and mountains we also couldn't say we built those because we didn't. If aliens really did build the face on mars how come their isn't any proof anything was on the planet? If there was any form of a living species you would have at least seen Egyptian- style pyramids or even small shacks.
Mars is a planet that is know for having rocks on it, there is a possibility that this is just a huge rock that was carved into the planet already or the planet it's self got either hit by and astroid or had been forming it's self in some way. Aliens could'nt have build the face they would've needed soem short of unground passege or even shelter's, none of these things were found when we discoverd the face. We get the picture looks blurry btu even with zooming in you can't see any such thing as if there was an alien.
Scientist has studied the photos the astronots had brought home we saw their were may rocks this could have been a mistake. How would an alien know what a human face looks like anyways? By our understand we could be looking at it and imageing it's a face when really it's just a rock that was formed to look like a humans head.
April 5, 1998 when mars Global Surveyor flew oven the face he snapped pictures ten times sharper then the original Viking photos. Thousands of people anxious to have the photo appear on JPL web site by yet still came out with saying that it was just an natural landform. People were not satisfied, this bring's me back to the point were it was just our imagination maybe we're lookingat it wrong it's really meant to look like one thing but were making it look like another.
We belive that if aliens really did make this face how come their wasn't any type of form in which we can tell their was any type of life form living on mars? Landscapes are usual to see on planest and this was one of them. If there was any type of life form i think Michale Malin would have already taken pictures of them if he had seen anything. He didn't which means this face was actually a natural landform. | 3 |
I think Venus not is a worthy pursuit because of the dangers. Venus is too hot for human to live on it's too close to the sun. The atmosphere of Venus it too thin it lets too much heat into the planet. We wont be able to survive. How do you now we will have enogh oxygen on venus to live.
First, the planet Venus it toohot for human life to survive. Venus is the second plantes from the sun it's too close to the sun for us to even try to make it there. Also no one knows how long it will take us to get to Venus wonder if the spacecraft run's out of oxygen. If it run's out of oxygen everyone will die before theyy make it to Venus, but wonder if they do make it to Venus it might not be a lot of oxygen to breathe in because the planet is so hot. Then wonder if there no water you need water to survive ecause Earth is a liquid based planet,but Venus is not.
Secondly, how do we no if the spacecraft will be able to take that type of heat. The palnet surface temperatures on Venus average over 800 degrees fahrenheit I know that's way too hot. That type of temperature is beyond of what I can imagine I know Earth's surface is hot, but not that hot. Venus atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide I think it's like that, because it's so close the sun. The closer you get to the sun the more radiant energy it gives off and too much radiant energy can be bad. Like how do we know that the spacecraft will still be getting singnal from Earth, because wonder if the eletronic gadgets over heat and just give out because the planet is so hot.
Lastly, they say that venus is our twin planet. I don't see how it can be our twin planet because it so hot and it's very radiant. The planet Venus has a rocky sediment and icludes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Earth and Venus can be twins because Earth is not rocky it's a liquid based planet. Venus has a thin atmosphere because the heat keeps it's so hot and thin it can't get a break to even expand. But Earthis not as close, so Earth's atmosphere is a little bit thicker the Venus's atmosphere. Venus might also have some harmful chemicals. I say this because how do we know what's on the planet its could be all types of harmful gases from the sun. We never know what's there on Venus or what could happen if we go.
In conclusion,
I think Venus not is a worthy pursuit because of the dangers. Venus is too hot for human to live on it's too close to the sun. The atmosphere of Venus it too thin it lets too much heat into the planet. We wont be able to survive. How do you now we will have enogh oxygen on venus to live. We don't know how long it will take to get there and how much supplies we will need to take and what supplies to even take. It's al ot to think about before we could eventhink about living on Venus. We would need to figure a lot of things off first before we go. | 3 |
Dear,Senator of Florida Im am writing this letter to tell you that we should keep our electoral college. Because that way there is less drama and fuzz about who shall be president. I mean regarless when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of elctors. The electroal college is widely regarded as an thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the president, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the cadidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. But the good thing is trust because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely. There is 5 reasons why we should keep electroral college, number one."Certainty of Outcome" A dispute over the outcome of an Electroral college vote is possible - it happened in 2000- but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. Number two, "Everyone's President" this is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interest, that he really isn't their president. Number 4," Big States " the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states by population lose by virtue of the mal apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. Number five, "Avoid run-off elections" there is no pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate. Those are the reason why we should keep the elctoral college it will avoid many things also bring us what we want and need. | 2 |
In my opinion, driverless cars are a bad idea.
Yes, I get that it would save fuel and be much more convenient for everyday life, but i think it would cause more problems.
I think it is unnecassary to try to make these driverless cars becuase it could cost a lot, and end up not working out in the long run
First off, in my eyes these driverless cars would just cause more problems for everyday life.
These driverless cars would have trouble getting through complicated areas such as detours, road blocks, parking lots, etc.
And even though there are positive effects for this type of car, I think there are many more negative effects that could put lives at risk, and waste a lot of time getting places.
Do we have the technology to make these driverless cars happen?
Absolutely, but the risk/reward is not worth it in my opinion.
Whats wrong with just hopping in your car and driving it yourself?
"Backseat" drivers that try to tell the actual drivers what to do are already bad in todays world, just imagine a backseat driver trying to yell at a robot driving their car.
Overall, I think trying to make these driverless cars a reality is not worth the time or money.
It would be much easier and safer to have humans controlling their cars and evaluating the situation through their own eyes to mkae the judgement on what or what not to do.
I do not see anything wrong with todays ways of transportation so why fix something thats not broken? | 1 |
When it comes down to voting it should always be fair. Keeping the Electoral College would be better. Electoral College would be much more fair because it avoids problems in elections when a can didate receives a majority of votes, restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose, disputes rarely happens. I claim that retaining Electoral college is far more superior.
To start off keeping electoral college is best because it restores political balance that large states can not have. For example the popular vote was close in florida. The winner Obama had 29 electoral votes. Wyoming with 3 electoral votes so others were equal. Large states had more attention from presidential candidates within a campaign than a small state.
To add on it is only better to stick with electoral college because it avoids problems in elections. For example nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had 43 percent plurality of popular votes. By winning majority in electoral college there is pressure. The pressure would complicate the election process. But since its reduced by electoral college a winner is annouced.
To finish keeping electoral colleg | 1 |
What would it be like with no cars? with limiting car use there will be big advanteges. What do you think about the limit on car use?
Limitg car use has advantages."When I had a car I was always tense,I'm much happier this way"(Rosenthal). With a car life can be overpowering, but without a car thats one less thing you need to stress over. "Drastically reducing greenhouse gases"(Rosenthal). thats one way to reduce the greenhouse effects.
Limiting car uses has advantage. "After days of near record pollution, Paris enforces driving ban to clear the air"(Duffer). a car ban will help clean our cities from record bracking pollution."Pitted sidewalks had been replaced, rush hour was drastically cut, and restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up"(Selsky). since the effort without cars our cities can prosper.
In conclusion without cars will be our best advantage. without car no more stress,greenhouse gases reduced,stopping car pollution, and cities can prosper. this is the effects without car. | 1 |
As exciting as alien formations on Mars would be, claiming the Face is of extraterestrial origin is like stating Old Faithful was dug by cavemen.
Nature can take a plethora of exotic forms.
We know this from exploring the many natural wonders of our own world, Earth.
That is why we can't jump to an irrational conclusion when faced with an irregular occurance.
You see, from a non-subjective view point, there is no face at all.
There is an area in your brain dedicated to breaking down the world around you and associating it with familiar objects and patterns.
This is why you may see a rabbit amoungst the clouds or a butterfly in an ink-blot test.
When it came to a low-resolution image of Martian rock formation with conveniently placed shadows, it only took a fraction of a second for our brains to automatically associate its appearance with something humans see everyday; a face.
In reality, there's no more of a face in the Face than there is an angel in an abstract painting.
Furthermore, evidence from NASA's most recent expodition has highlighted the Martian formation for what it truly is.
Compliments of rapidly evolving technology, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) sent in 2001 captured a brilliant, high-quality image of the Face.
With the camera's 1.56 meter per pixel resolution, it greatly shed a more vivid light on the planet in comparison to the original 43 meters per pixel camera used by the Viking 1 in 1976.
Now the formation could be identified as a natural butte or mesa on Mars.
It is very similiar to the rock formations one would find in western regions of the United States.
Since we know such rock forms are created by natural processes such as erosion, the theories of aliens can be firmly put to rest.
I will not completely disperse the possibility of foreign life forms outside of Earth; however, the Face is definitely not a product of an ancient civilization. As new data is gathered about the Red Planet, more anomilies will inevitably arise.
Curiousity is the essance of human nature, so we will undoubtly explore each mystery and may yet come across new signs of life.
Despite being just a rock, the Face had positive effects in sparking the public's interest in Mars. Perhaps one day very soon we'll have humans walking amoung the planet's rust-colored surface, trekking into the unknown. | 3 |
Human emotion can be expressed by many things such as body language, tone, and language. Emotion allows us to understand others and empathize easier. A software known as Facial Action Coding System has been developed to improve accuracy of calculating the emotions of others. Using this technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is invaluable because humans already can "calculate" emotions, the classroom is not taught by a computer, and human emotions are very complex.
The first reason that the FACS is invaluable to the classroom is because there is no need to use technology to "calculate" emotions of a student. A classroom consists of a teacher and several students which are humans. The author stated within the article, "humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day," He further on states that we can probably tell how a friend feels just by the look on their face. Since humans can already perceive and understand emotions of others, there is no need for a mode of technology to figure out when someone is bored or confused about certain subjects in a classroom. When a student is bored or confused about a certain subject, he or she could simply ask for help from a teacher or a peer. Using the FACS technology would be redundant in reading emotional expressions of students; Therefore, it is invaluable technology.
Computers are not what teach students in a classroom. The author tells the reader to imagine a classroom computer that could recognize your emotions, so it could "modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." There is always a human instrcutor( the teacher) in a classroom, so there should not be a need for a modification of a lesson by a computer when the teacher can modify the lesson. Students do not need to be dependent on a computer to learn what they need to learn in a classroom, and a computer that can calculate emotion is obsolete by its uselessness in the manner of learning.
The final reason why emotion calculating technology is invaluable in a classroom is that emotion is too complex for just a classroom computer to calculate. First of all, emotion differs from person to person. In the aritcle Dr. Huang, a professor of the University of Amsterdam, said, "The facial expression for each emotion are universal," but he also stated, "individuals often show varying degrees of expression." If emotional expressions are all unique, it would be very difficult for computers to calculate the exact feeling a students is feeling just by their facial expression. Also, in the seventh paragraph, the author stated, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." This means that the classroom computer would not be able to calculate like how it was used in the article.
In conclusion, the FACS is too redundant and under developed to be of any use for a classroom enviorment. It is invaluable and there are mulitple substitutes that can read emotional expressions of students in a school. In the future, with further innovations, there will be a time where classrooms use this type of technology to enhance education; but as of right now, the system is not useful for helping classrooms teach students. | 4 |
There is diffren't arguments about the Face spotted on Mars. Some believe it is an alien artifact, and some believe it is just rocks. I'm here to tell you it it just rocks. So, there is nothing to worry about. If you don't believe me, just keep reading... and you will soon learn it is just your imagination. But some people probably never will learn. Till then, just read this... Maybe I will change your mind if you really believe it is a face. Or maybe I won't. Let's see what you choose.
First, it just your eyes messing with you! Your eyes can play tricks on you and make you see things that are not really there. This is just rocks oddly placed and the rocks have shadows. That it all your seeing. If it were really a so called "face" on Mars, that would mean there would have to be life on Mars before. Have they proven life on Mars? They only found traces of water in the past. So, there could have been life on mars, but we haven't found anything besides this Face. Yes, if we found more ''faces'' we could consider it. But, we haven't, and there isnt enough evidence to support it.
Also, over the past 25 years... we've seen the Face everywhere in papers.
This could all be a scam, people are just trying to get people intrested in Mars more. There is always false advertisment in commercials, news articles, ect. This is just another one of those! We would have found something out in 25 years. And what do you know? Nothing. All there is, is a picture. They even took a picture a second time and still found nothing,said it was just a natural landform. So, there is NOTHING to worry about.
Say this is a alien artifact... Do you have anything else besides the Face that they've? Are aliens even REAL?? Nobody really knows because there is only skepitics. Let's be honest about this, it's NASA. There are very intelligent people there. I'm sure the best of the best. They wouldn't lie about some rocks would they? No... but people believe what they choose. People's eyes see what they want to see. Hear what they want to hear, no matter what the truth is. If you were to ask anyone about the face being an alien artifact or it just being a natural landform, not everyone would agree.
All of the rocks could have moved over time and made the Face. Honestly, your eyes are just playing tricks with you. They are showing you something that isnt there. It is only shadows. Nothing else. Is it odd it is shaped to look like a face? Of course yes. This is all like ''Big Foot'' people are just making up stories. And seeing a tree but they think it is Big Foot's shadow. Your going to soon grow out of it and come to your senses. That it is just a natural landform. Not a face or alien artifact. IF they actually find evidence... more then just some pictures. Actual proof... maybe, things will be differen't sure. Till then, just use your logic. Do you really think it is something more then rocks?
I hope I've at least made you consider that the face is a landform. If I didn't... well maybe no one will. But I know what I believe is true. IT IS JUST A LANDFORM. And until you give ME evidence to your side of the story. You can't change my mind either. Fair enough, right?
I rest my case. | 2 |
Computers can read your mind?! No, not really, but they can tell how you're feeling. A new technolagy created by Dr. Thomas Huang, allows computes to read your facial expresions. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how this new technology can be valuable. This technology that we can use to read students emotinal expressions would be valuable.
Because of the students facial expression, the computer can tell if the student is confused from a lesson in class. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," Dr. Huang predicts "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson". If the computer could understand when the student is having a problem and can effectively fix that issue, then this could be the best way to teach. The use of reading students emotional expressions is valuable, because they can be taught better.
eventhough it may not seem praticle to use this technology, students can actualy learn from it. "the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D comuter model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles... Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS(Facial Action Coding Sytsem) has classified six basic emotions -happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". Eckman's technology has a lot of information studets can learn. The technology is valuable because the students that use it can learn and better understand diffrent facial expresions made by others.
The use of this technology to read students emotional expressions is valuable. it can teach students about other facial expressions, or whatever they are learning in class. With the help of this new technology we can ensure students to have better grades go to better schools, and in the end make the world a much smarter and better place. | 2 |
The presidental elections are a huge deal in the United States and everywhere else. We all sit on anticipation to see who our next leader is hoping that they will make great changed for their country and their people, eventually making it a great place to live. Not many people are well informed about this system we have here, and some are. But could you imagine if more people find out that they aren't actually voting for the President but instead your are voting for the people that are voting for the President? Does that make any sense? As you very well know there are two sides to every story Senater. Many people agree with the Electorial Collage and many people don't. However my personal belief is that you should not support the Electorial Collage. I believe that this system is unfair, it doesn't give Americans full control over elections and who's running the country as well as the fact that many people voted for the Electorial Collage may make the wrong decisions which could jepordize the election and lets not forget about the winner take all system.
To begin with, the first reason I don't think you should support the Electorial Collage is because the system is unfair and it doesn't give Americans full control over elections and their results. During Election time people are tricked into thinking that they are voting for the President. They play Presidential ad for campains and the candidates go give speeches around the country. But if your not really voting for the Presidents, then why are they wasting all this money and wasting your time having you watch the ads. Source two it says " If you lived in Texas, for inatance, and wanted to vote for (John) Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of thirty-four electoral votes. Who are the electors?" amd in source 1 it says "THe fouding fathers established it in the Constitution as a comprimise." But honest is it really a comprimise is you're not involved? People want to be involved in this type of stuff, believe it or not it matters to them. And because you are not really told, people could go on for years thinking that their voting for the actual President but instead they are voting for politicans and hoping that they make the right decisions. Are we really going to leave the fait of our country up to hope and up to people that don't really know what their voting for. This is not fair and it doesn't live up to American values.
Another reason that you shouldn't support the Electorial Collage is because many of the politicans that people vote for make the wrong decisions and could jepordize the future of our country. Everyone makes mistakes but in presidental elections you can't, it is veyr important that things are monitered closely. After all you are voting for a person who is going to run and represent your country. But many politicians feel that since they have power that they can do whatever they want. Even go as far as rigging election votes so they can win. in source two it states that "Those electors could always defy the will of the people." In other words they may not listen to what the people want and instead be selfish and listen to what they want. Now of course we know this isn't right. "Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." This isn't fair to the people, because by doing that you are saying they don't have a say. And people have a lot of trouble trusting politicians, would you blame them it's not every day that you come across a person who wants the best for their people and puts them first instead of themselves.
The final reason that you shouldn't approve or support the Electorial System is because of the "Winners take all" system. In this system candidates really don't bother going or speaking or visiting the state their running in. This basically means that the people who vote for them are making a blind vote without really knowing the person. Before voting for anyone in any situation student council, Goverment, and ect. You need to know that person. You need to make sure that they share the same values that you do. You need to make sure that they are the best candidate for the state and not some random street alcoholic. People have enough trouble trusting politicans as it is why make it worse? "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all." This statement also includes political ads, they saw none at all. And you expect them to vote for the President of the United States without prior knowledge how is that even allowed? That is why I call it a blind vote.
However even in the midst of all that wrong with Electorial System people have found right in it. For instance source 3 says that "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)." Although this statement has some truth to it, it also has some false. The problem that i have with that statement is that there are no facts to back it up. Sure you believe that our trust is rarely betrayed but actually you don't know. Politicans are very secrative and protected at all cost. You have no ideas what going on in their office unless they make a public announcement on it and sometimes that's even a lie. We don't know our politicans really well on a personal basis, sure you might think you do because they go on tv shows tell you about their life but how much of that is truth and how much is lie? Sometimes politicans lie to protect the people from pain or ect. But you shouldn't being doing that in the middle of one of the most important elections the country ever has. And if we mess up some how the only way we fix it is either impeaching the president or waiting another four years to hopefully make sure things go right and get a good President. Are you willing to take that chance?
To reiterate the bottom line is that these Electorial Collages are important. The people we select in our office are important. However if we let our people become involved in actual Presidental elections we are leaving the future of our country up to hope and to people who make the wrong decisions as well as the "Winner takes all system." Is that really what we want for our country? People need to be involved thats why its called The United States of American. We are suppose to be united. Sure our government could be a little corrupt at times but maybe by letting people become more involved we may actually be looking forward to a brighter and better America. Which is what we all want. | 5 |
The Facial Action Coding system is valuable for students. One reason is that we can see how diffrent people felt in diffrent important events. The second is that the computer can change up the learning method if they see that the student is getting bored with the way they are currently learning. The last reason is that it could keep students more happy throughout the day. This is a huge improvement to the school system.
The first reason that the Facial Code System would be valuable is that we can see how difffent people felt during important events. For example they showed us the Mona Lisa and the results from it. If we look at all the imprtant events and see pictures of these people then we can see how the people really felt during these events. For example the Mona Lisa. In the painting she is smiling but it was one of the first paintings of people smiling so maybe she could have been worried or sad, but the results stated for the most part she was actully happy.
The second reason is that the computer in a classroom coud see how we feel and if we become bored and uninterested. In paragraph 6 it states , " A classroom comupter could recogniz when a student is becominf confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective instructor." So overall we would learn better in the sense that it would switch up the lesson so that we woudl stay focused. It would keep us interested. Also overall we would learn the material faster since we wouldn't be procrastinating as much.
The final reason is that it could keep students more happy throiughout the day, In paragraph 9 in states, " According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emorion. moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions , but also may even help produce them." So if a student is not feeling well or is sad they won't learn as well. So the computer will sense then and give them a break or an activity that they like to do and their mood will increase. They will learn better because of it.
The Facial Action Coding system is valuable for students. The first reason reason is that we can see how diffrent people felt in diffrent important events. Secondly is that the computer can change up the learning method if they see that the student is getting bored with the way they are currently learning. The last reason is that it could keep students more happy throughout the day. This could be a huge improvement to the school system. | 3 |
Twenty five years ago NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft took pictures for landing spots for its sister ship, Viking 2. While taking these photos Viking 2 noticed a shadowly likness to a human face. There are some people think it was created by aliens, but research shows it looks like a landform.
When scientist saw the picture they just assumed it was a rock clumb with the shadows causing it to look like an Egyption Pharaoh. When NASA unvieled the picture for the public to see they thought it would be a good idea to put, "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth." They thought it would get more attention towards Mars, and it did. It became such a popular icon it appeared in films, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and check out lines at haunted grocery stores.
Conspiracy theorists say that scientist want to hide evidence that there is life on Mars. Other people say it was an ancient civilization on Mars. Even though only some scientist think its an alien artifact NASA made it their top prority. As they as they could they were going to gdet another photograph of the face. On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia. Michael Malin and his team, MOC, took a picture ten times sharper than the first. The picture reavealed that there was no alien monument at all.
Most people believed this, but not everyone. they figured the coordinents 41 degrees north martian latitude. In April of 1998 it was winter at the time, which is the time of year Mars becomes cloudy. This means the camera on board had to look through wispy clouds, which could hide some of the evidence. Finally on April 8, 2001 they got a clearer view for another picture. They find out that the picture is equivalent to a butte or messa. Garvin sasy it reminds him of the MIddle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He says that the lava dome is about the height as the face of mars.
In conclusion the mysterious face was never actaully said to be Alien markings of a pile of Rocks with weird shadows. According to the study the closest thing to have is figuring it out is the pictures. Will we ever find out what the mysterious face is? | 3 |
I believe that a driverless car would be benificial in the sense that if you cannot afford to fly in an airplane for long distance travel then you could use the driverless car. The only way you would have to take over for the car is if the situation occurs like an accident or heavy road construction. If you are driving to California or Florida for example it would be alot more comfortable to do so then having to drive all those long hours. You might also have to stop for gas every once in a while but that is acceptable. The benifits of the driverless car are endless. If a certain car company puts in a television into the center dashboard then the driver could move his or her seat back and relax and watch tv. They could also just sit back and enjoy the ride. Much better then having to drive a long distence thus running the risk of falling asleep or getting dristracted by a phone or something like that. if need be the car shuts off the tv automaticlly and moves the seat back in the set position and the driver takes over. The sensors would be able to sense something far down the road to give the driver enough heads up to be able to take control of the car in time. A luxury car company like Cadillac or Audi could also make the interior of the car more comfortable and more enjoyable to make the long distence drive more worth while then flying and going through airport security and all those lines when you could hop in a driverless car and jump on the highway and let the car take over. The car company would also have to make the car more safe if an accident were to occur. I would much rather ride or drive a driverless car then having to risk falling asleep at the wheel. We all know how dangerous that is. Thats a big problem for the U.S and the soulution is the driverless car. This i think would be a great idea for car companys and would make them alot of money. If they could make these cars affordable. There are a few draw backs to this car but i think its a great idea. | 3 |
Venus is the secound planet from the sun and yet it is also the hottest. It is also the closest planet the resembile Earth. It orbits the sun just like Earth and it is decently close to Earth. Mars is also kind of like Earth but not like Venus is. I think that Venus is very worthly to pursuit but with all the dangers I don't think we should visit, but I do think that we should keep studing.
According to the text "Whille Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very callenging place to examine more closely." This shows that Venus is safe to study here from earth and that there is no dangeres with looking at it with a microscope. This shows that we can study Venus and still be safe here on Earth.
I also think that we shouldn't have anyone on a ship go to Venus just yet until we study it more and figure out how to land the ship. According to the text " Eah previous mission was unmmanned, and for good reason, since no pacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe the issue expalins why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." This shows that is is not safe to send people on spacecrafts to Venus woth out them dying in a few hours. I odnt think that someones life is worth a few hours on anouther plant, all though it would be very benfishal. If they owuld take samples of things that we need to look at and some how get it back to us so we can study and get to kow the planet more, but i don't think that it is safe or smart to send people there.
Last but not leasat Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet. According to the text " These conditions are far more exterme than anyhting humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Also notable, Venus has the hotterst surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun." This shows that Venus is not safe and that it is too dangrous to survive. It is too hot and it is too dangrous for any human being.
With all of this information we should jsust hang back and study, maybe even try to make a ship that can with stand the pressure or even a suit that can survive with all the heat. We just need to study maybe run some trials on gettings ships there but not with people on them. | 2 |
Imagine a woman is in labor, sweating profusely as her water breaks and contractions begin to happen. Her husband is off at work, and she is home alone. Who will drive her to the hospital in this emergency situation? Oh wait, she purchased a driverless Google Car last week. This car will drive her to the hospital, possibly saving a life. Driverless cars are an innovative new idea, and this idea needs to be taken to the streets and incorporated into the life of an everday human.
Driverless cars are an an ingenius invention. Driverless cars bring many great aspects to the table. These asepcts include half the fuel usage of today's taxis, more safety features, and the convience of not having to drive. In paragraph one, the article sates, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus." This exerpt from the passage shows that these cars would be much less stressful than taking a bus, and would use half the fuel.
Many people believe there would be too many legal issues with driverless cars. If the car were to malfunction and crash, who would be at fault? In paragragh nine, the passage states, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" These lines from the passage leave the open question of whose fault it would be in the case of an accident.
The legal issue is a large problem, but it has an easy answer. In paragraph 7, the passage states, " The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This exerpt from the passage shows that while the car is driving itself, the driver should still be paying attention. The manufacturers should make it clear that there is a risk of an accident, but it will be the drivers fault in that case. The driver has a decision to make, they can sit back, or they can pay attention.
The positive factors heavily outweigh the negative factors of having driverless cars. While the legal problem is still in the air, it can be fixed easily. So think back to the pregnant lady. What would be if it was not for the driverless car? | 3 |
Smart cars are said to be the car of the future. They are said to be "a driverless taxi" but will they be as afficiant and great they are planned out to be?
These cars are going to be made by the Google company and they have been wanting to produce these cars before the year 2000. They did not have the technology needed such as sensors, computers, and mapping. They soon knew it would be impossible until their need were met, developed and built. They say they would need so many cameras and sensors to make this dream car come alive.
I do not think I am for this car creation. Yes it would be great to not have to drive but what if you had this amazing car driving itself and you were so tired you just happen to fall asleep and there was an accident you were unaware of and you were going right toward it, how would you know it was there? How would the car get around it? The positives about this car is that you don't have to do much. It will have its many cameras and sensors to know where it is going.
What if you are in your magnificant car and it is driving on its own and a little kid runs out in the road, what happens then? All the negatives about this dream car are system malfunctions and the fact that you still need a driver to watch the roads. So, you can't relax; you have to assist the car. What's the point of driverless car if you still need a driver to assist it? BMW added new technology were your car will drive up to 25 mph, but you have to have a driver to activate the touch sensors. Yes, they will steer, speed up, and slow down on its own, but having a driver watching everything is still necessary. If the technology fails while you're in you fabulous car resulting in an acciednt, who is responsible? You or the manufacturer?
All in all, I do not believe I am for the future "driverless" smart car because you still need to watch the roads as you normally would and if the technology fails, I would not want to be sued or injured. Would you be for the so called "driverless" Google car? | 3 |
Luke Bomberger went on many adventures. He helped cattle animals and people in need. On his adventures, Luke saw many historic landmarks. He saw things such as the Acropolis in Greece and the Panama Canal. On his way back from his trip, he usually played games. He had a fun time.
Luke Bomberger had two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank. One day, his friend, Don Reist, invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. To help countries in need to get food supplies, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) and they hired "sea cowboys" to help countries in need. It was 1945 and the end of World War II in Europe when Luke and Don signed up to become a sea cowboy.
In August 1945, Luke and Don received orders to get a boat in New Orleans. They boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster and headed for Greece. On the way, Luke turned 18, which ment he could be drafted for military service. When the military found out that Luke was a sea cowboy, they decided to let him do that for service. Luke went many places such as Greece, Crete, Panama, and Italy. He spent the rest of his life at his home.
Sea cowboys get to go lots of places, according to the text above. Luke went to places such as Panama and Italy. Why don't you sign up to be a sea cowboy? Sea cowboys get to travel the seas and see different places. Sea cowboys help people. Sea cowboys travel. I don't see why you shouldn't become a sea cowboy.
Sea cowboys helped many people in the 1940's. Luke Bomberger traveled many places and helped many people. He is a legend among the sea cowboys. Sea cowboys got to see many places and different countries. Sea cowboys helped the military. Sea cowboys got to go down the Panama canal and ride on boats through the canals in Italy. You should become a sea cowboy too. | 2 |
Limiting car usage will have a advantage and major inpact on people all over the world because it will slow down polution you will spend less money and it will bring people together more
When limiting car usage it will bring down the pollution rate and help the world. Less people have been driving since 2005, as of april 2013 9 percent less than in 1995. less people are driving in the us but more people are driving in london so they have had days where no one drives but taxies and buses.
people also will soend less money if they stop driving as much because the people will not have to buy gas,change the oil in ther vehicles. maintain the ware and tare that then need everyday will only have to buy tires one a year because they will wear down slower with less miles on them. many people want buy and new cars because they will reilize that the dont need as much as they have been before.
By driving less it will bring more people together becasue while walking to work or on the bus people will make new friends. The will meet new people walking down the sidewalk and also more familey will stay together more becuas they will stay home more becuase it will be harder to go place that they would want across town so it would also bring famileys tgether more.
In Conclution i think that limating car usge would be a good thing because ther would be less polution and people would spend less money than what they do now it would also bring more people together and help people make new friends. | 2 |
"Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports their claim with factual evidence. The author states both pros and cons about the article. The author does support their idea.
"Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." There may be material on Venus that will better the lifes of people on earth. Though traveling to venus can be very dangerous or even fatal with temperatures average of eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit. "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." The author informs the readers with factual evidence but also puts in their own opinion. The author seems to have done research before creating this article.
In conclusion the author does have enough factual evidence to support their own claim. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Noticing that the autor has done their reasearch on NASA and space helps the article. Not only does the the author give pros on why we should risk going to Venus, the author also gives cons about going to Venus. The author well supported the idea with factual evidence in the article. | 1 |
The electoral college in many peoples eyes is a good thing but, there is a majority of other people who would much rather have a more direct vote because all though one president got the popular vote among the voters, the electoral votes count differently. One direct vote could count for ten votes or it could count for two votes and most people would rather have their vote count as just their vote. Electoral votes in a lot of peoples minds is just unfair all around. One president could be the favorite among the voters but the electors the president has to back him up with electoral votes could maybe not be as big as another presidents electors and its pretty much, in many peoples eyes, giving the least popular among the people president an easier way to become president.
Adults that vote like knowing that their vote really counts for the person theyre voting for. That is why people would much rather have a direct way of voting than the electoral college, which is taking one vote from one person, and say there are thirty electors in that one slab for the person you voted for, and giving that person thirty votes for the person they want elected. People find this way of voting unfair because they dont like the fact that the person they voted for could get the most popular votes, but the number of electors there are for the person is not very many, so their votes count as less than others do. Many feel that they are being deprived of their right to vote because one person could be voting but they get 10 votes while another peson could be votin and only get 6 and its not equal for all people.
People who vote for a president that gets the most popular votes, and they dont win the election, can start big disputes among the way the elections are carried out. When a president wins only the electoral votes and not the popular vote, many dont feel like they are actually their president. Most people would prefer direct voting because it actaully makes everybodys votes count equally and everybody has equality. Winning electoral votes doesnt show that you won because the majority of people wanted you to win, it shows you have many supporters to give you more votes through the electoral college.
Direct voting would be a better way to vote so that everybody felt like their votes really counted towards who they voted for and that they arent getting cheated because one president has more electors supporting them. The electoral college is not based on equality because everybodys votes count differently due to supporters or electors who are pretty much the ones getting the votes. fixing the way people vote and how they vote can change the way some people feel towards the preident no matter who they are. Let the people vote for who they want and not the electors because it would make more people more open to vote than there are now. | 2 |
My position is that self-driving cars should be manufactured and eventually should be sold to the general public. The cars wouldn't fix all of the problems that come along with cas accidents and problems but it can help reduce them.
The reason why self-driving cars should be manufactured is because it can stop ,or help prevent less accidents from happening. If theres less people in the car, then there are less people to get hurt ,and if the car is driving it going to be safe to have the car drive its self because its programed to make the best decision to keep the passenger others safe. BMW is making a car with a in-car safety feature to reduce the use of cellphones being used while behind the wheel. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have all allowed limited use of semi-autonomous cars. Companies and people wouldn't want to make or buy the cars if they weren't proven to be as safe as possible. It also said in paragraph 5, that they have cars that auto lock the breaks to make it safer. Self driving cars could also reduce the percentage of DUI related car accidents, and deaths by having the car drive for you instead of anyone risking getting put in jail or getting pulled over. Paragraph 4 also says that the cars will have a lot of sensors on them to detect any obstacles and for the car to be aware of its surroundings at all times.
In conclusion I think that self-driving cars should be made because they can help better the world and the future ahead by reducing the percentage of accidents, and problems that human drivers put themselves at risk to. | 1 |
The Mona Lisa is one of the greatest pieces of artwork Da Vinci has ever created. It shows great craftmanship and 83% happiness within her smile, according to a new face recognition software created Professor Huang from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science, and Professor Sebe from the University of Amsterdam. It creates and analyzes a 3-D face to assume what the person is feeling. This could also help students in other ways, by scanning their faces and trying to help them if a problem seems confusing or difficult, but this would give them less privacy and less security. This new system may not even be accurate, in which if they analzyes and assumed wrong for the painting, then the students' expression would also be wrong, making this system completely false and unusable in any way.
First off, a painting is different than a person. You can't accurately assume what the expression is if a person painted it. The facial structure would be slighly different from the actual person, because there is no way to completely recreate a face, especially back when it was painted. It may be very similiar to the person, but it is not the same person, meaning that the software has incorrectly given this person inaccurate or false emotion in which they previously did not have.
If this software doesn't give the correct answers to a painting, then we can assume it wouldn't work a human. Humans can show more visual expression than the software can detect. There is no setting for nervousness or joy. If someone was crying tears of joy, the computer would see this differently, and say this person would be very sad instead of being joyful. Humans can also fake expressions. If someone was sad, but had a smile the entire day, the computer might sense some sadness, but not nearly enough to show they are truly sad and that the student shows more happiness than sadness as the time of scanning them.
Lastly, even if this went into effect, this is giving students almost no privacy or security when using a computer. Sure its helpful for learning in some ways, but they have to give the software new emotions like confusion. Even if the expression showing confusion is implemented, this doesn't mean its safe. From paragraph 6, it states: "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different". Why does this matter? This just gives more excuses on how student's privacy is being exploited. It's also quite useless. You could be thinking of something else besides the ad, but the computer would see that your expression is happy, so you would get a similar ad, which you may not enjoy at all. It just doesn't make any sense to put it in a computer.
This new software is a great concept and could used in many different ways that would be very helpful, but it doesn't seem advanced enough to be put inside lots of computers yet. It's also quite dangerous, since the computer is looking at everything you are doing, inside and now outside the computer even more closely.
Bringing this kind of technology into your lives could seriously damage your reputation, social life, or anything of the like if your computer got hacked. If the software is inaccurate, then when you want to use this feature on a computer, it would be wrong, making this a faulty piece of software, unable to accurately give the emotion you were hoping to give. This could lead to many problems in the future if this face recogniztion software is used in the future. It's just not good enough to be used in the real world yet. Maybe after some time, but as it is not, it's not ready. | 4 |
You might have heard about the face on Mars but is it really a face imprint? I think it is not anything to worry about you see natural things on earth like plants that resemble faces at times. Are the plants a sign of aliens too? Of course not, it is natural to see something like this. It would be silly to think that food or a landscape on earth is an alien.
Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia on April 5, 1998 Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos. Once he got the pictures back it reaveled that it was an actual natural landform. We even went back on April 8,2001 to take another photo with a camera that had absolute maximum resolution. The picture had came back equivilant of a butte or mesa-landforms commonly found in the American West.
This is just from my point of veiw so I would kindly recommend you do your own research. You might change your mind you might not and thats okay.
Not everybody agrees on everything. I just hope you take my evidence into consideration. | 1 |
On the side of optamism, Driveless cars are a wonderful idea with plenty of potential for humans to once again reach further into the future with our tecnalogy. Imagine only saying or putting in your destination and getting there hands free, its like having a personal driver,but anything that sounds that good has to come along with some downsides.
While the industry of driveless cars is expanding slowly but greatly it is yet to be a fully drawn out plan. The driverless cars of today are only somewhat diverless. Meaning they can stop themselvs or drive short distances but still in certain situations the drivers hand is still greatly needed to avoid harm to not only padestrians but to the "hands free" driver as well. Honestly if your hands are needed for certain situations why not just drive fully? If the driver is behind the wheele of a hands free car they will be tempted to do other things with there hands not paying attention to the road at all and we have enough of that with people in self driven cars. That also means that in a situation needing a humans touch would be nothing more than a sudden alarm or vibration going off and needing your reflexes to save either a padestrian or your own life like a quick time event in a videogame. The huge difference is if something goes wrong there are no second chances.
Another issue that could be of concern is as much as technalogy is well loved and how most devote their lives to it, it isn't perfect there are mis haps and incidents that tech causes everyday but though the driveless car idea seems like a good one the tech behind it could not be reliable causing possibly a number of problems. If accidents and shut downs things of that nature are to happen who is at fault the owner who signed the contract to own such car. Or the manufacturer who's faulty equipment could've caused the issue in the first place?
In conclusion the idea of a totally driveless car is ideal. It might even be a necesity for some but until the project is fully finnished and has proven itself to be a great, safe, and dependable form of transportation we should be warry of how fast we say here take my money. One day the Driveless car could become a huge industry all on its own shaping itself into the next big thing but for now, lets stick to driving ourselvs around in the mean time. | 2 |
In this essay I will be evaluating how well the auther support his idea of venus being worthy of pursuit even with all it's dangers. Throughout this passage, the author gave some details then countered his own details. I don't believe exploring venus is worth it from the acid rain to the dangerous surface levels. So i will be stating his details and then the counter claims he gave aswell.
The author started off explaining facts about venus in paragraph three stating how thick the atomsphere was, The temperature on the surafce, What type of ships can handle the trip, And the distance from the sun. He stated that the atmosphere is thick and 97 percent is carbon dioxide blankets. The text also stated that that the planets surface is about an average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater. He also stated that the Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments such as erupting volcanoes, powerful earth quakes, and lighting strikes to probes seeking land on its surface.
The author also had gave an really good idea for sending humans to study Venus. The main issue with the trip is the surface temperature, So they counter that problem by staying above the surface. They want ot an vehicle float 30 miles above the landscape but another issue is that they would have limited sight. In the text they stated that rendering standerd forms of photo and videography would be ineffective, not to mention but they also won't be able to get any samples of rocks, gas, or anything else.
In the text, It stated NASA is still working on an idea for exploring venus with simplifed electronics made of silicon carbide. The electronics lasted three weeks in an simluation of what Venus's surface would be like. It was stated that another project is looking back at old technolgy that was used back in the 1940s ww2.
In conclusion I believe the author supported his claim through out the whole passage. He gave facts on how it would be an good planet to study aswell as how it was worth meeting the challenges presented by Venus. The text stated that Venus was our most Earth-like planet and still have some of those features today. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests stuydying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. NASA is working to try to get as much data and informaton about venus as possible, only because soon we could all have a space trasvling place to go to thats nearlry the same as earth one day farther in studying and knioowing about venus, it is called eaths twin.
In the pasage it states "Thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus even more challengeing are the clouds of higghly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus in venuss atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures avaerage over 800 degrees fahrenheit". This shows why they was considering cars that hover over the land 30 miles up because us as humans wouldnt be able to be on the ground that long survivable level's but still dangerous levels of toxic to breath.
They think venus may have life likely such as ours because at a point of time venus was half percent water and could have living things on it and alsohave closly matching looking vallys and mountains like ours, they are rally trying to take a closer look into studying and possibably making there way up to finally seeing it. In the passage it states."Venus was probablyciovered largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth..... The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys , mountain,and craters".
Basically these is all information i have givejn you for to telll you alll of what theey are trying to do wit venus and for us as good resoultes. | 1 |
A Seagoing Cowboy is a job that you dont see that often. So why not try it out this job could change your life significantly. But if you dont want to try it then thats you choice.
The first reason this is a good job is because you can expirence awesome adventures. This is good because you get to see places youve never seen before in your life! This man got to go on an adventure to Europe to help Fix things.
The second reason this is a good job is because you get to visit uniqe places that youve never seen. This is good because sometimes nobody have seen these places. Half the people you see probably havent even heard of the places you get to see doing this job.
In conclusion this job is good but it is not meant for every body. So before you voluteer, think into it to really make sure you think this job is right for you or others. | 1 |
Well in the Seagoing Cowboys program i think people and plus they get to travel on a boat. Reason why i would join it is because when they get to travel around and they can see things like animals and so that i can play with the animals. If u were a small time boy just like Luke Bomberger you could have a unbelievable trip. The trips were amazing also but the one that standed out to me was the cattle-boat trips. It took two whole week to cross the Atlantic Sea. Luke Bomberger had a job as a watchmen once and it didnt go to well he. He was supposed to check on the animals every hour he was going to cheack on theam when he flew and he broke his ribs. But most importantly of all it opened up the world to Luke Bomberger he said he is grateful for this opportunity. It made him be more aware of people. He hosted a number of international students and exchanged visitors for many of years to tell him about his job. | 1 |
Based on the passage, I can infer that the author studied a lot about Venus. He states that Venus is close to earth but close to the sun also. Which creates the problem that no human being can land on Venus because of its heat and density. Also in the passage, the author states how it's been three decades and we still, despite the technology we have, can't land on Venus. Not even the machine they sent out could survive. Problems like that make NASA more curious, which makes it more worthy of a pursuit.
The author stated that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. Venus has a roughly 97 percent thick carbon dioxide atmosphere according to the author. Astronomers believe that Venus may have been a Earth-like planet long ago. The author says that Venus still has features that are similar to Earth features. Nasa has been working on a way to get humans to venus while making sure they survive and make it back. According to the author in paragraph 5, Nasa is trying to make a hovering vehicle for the humans to float in. It will have the capability to float 30 miles in the air. The only problem is that the astronaut wouldn't be able to get an in depth look at all the features because of the height.
The author states that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. That can lead to a breakthrough idea to get a human to Venus. No ideas have worked yet but they're constantly working and testing out new ideas. The author talks about how human curiosity will lead to lots of intimidating endeavors and also lots of dangers. That alone proves how well the author supported the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 1 |
Dear, State Senator
Hi, State Senator my name is PROPER_NAME and i think you should stay with Electoral College because the Electoral college is a process not a place. Stated in paragraph 1 it says " The founding fathers establsihed it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualifed citzens". So in my owns i think what was stated means it should be a tradition and it should stay as a tradition in the American culture. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. With that being said that is just like saying you are choosing a president by the most popular votes. In paragraph ten it says under the electoral college system , voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.To me in the passage the bset argument for you to keep the Electoral College is the electoral college is less work than having everyone vote and round it off for a president to be elected. But i'm not going to waste any of your time anymore just know Electoral College would be the best choice for you to choose
From:PROPER_NAME | 1 |
Driverless cars are coming. With all of the new technology, driverless cars are definetly a high requested divice. Both positive, and negitive features come along with a driverless car. I belive driverless cars is something we should not have, due to the loss of high quality attention, when driving a reugular car.
IPhones, Galaxies, tablets, radios, are just a few reasons why drivers get so distracted in the driver seat. A regular car, is controled completely by the driver, but how can they do that well texting, and having the radio playing as loud as its able? As guessed, they cant. Thats where the smart car comes in, the only thing the drivers need to do is be ready when there control is needed. What if there is an accident ahead, and the lights are flashing to alert the driver, but the driver is looking out the window, and misses the light? who takes control when the seat is vibrating but the driver is bouncing up and down to the new song on the radio? Who turns the wheel, when there is contruction dead ahead, and the car is telling the driver to take control, but he cant hear over the person he is talking to on the cell phone? Even with the smartest car, you arent garrenteed to be the smartest driver.
On that note, the driverless car doesnt seem like a very good idea. Even with the smartest car, you still have the everyday electronics distracting the drivers from doing their jobs. Wether its a regualar car, or a driverless car, its dangerous either way when trusting the driver behind the wheel. | 1 |
Electing a new president of the United States of America has been, and always will be, a big deal. One could be a state senator, a member of the legislative branch, or even an average citizen with zero involvement in governmental jobs/issues. The one thing that ties all of these people together - is that they're all citizens. As citizens, these people will care about who is running their country, what plans they have for it, and how those plans are carried out. Therefore, on behalf of the U.S., it is important to elect the correct person to rule a nation and keep it safe. The Electoral College is a flawed system used to elect presidents, and the American voting system should be based on popular vote. A few reasons being that the votes of the Electoral College outweigh the votes of an everyday citizen, and that the Electoral College basically has the final say in who becomes the president of the United States of America.
One of the things that is wired throughout all three sources, is that electoral votes basicallly overpower the votes of the average citizen. When the average citizen does vote, however, their vote does not go toward the president. Their vote goes to the Electoral College, who then vote for the president. "[...] it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote" (Posner 16). According to an article (that supports the Electoral College), the winner of an election can win without owning the popular votes of an entire nation. Basically, all that a candidate even needs is the majority votes of the Electoral College in order to win an election. "[...] according to a Gallup pole in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore - thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - won the popular vote but lost the presidency[...]" (Plumer 9). Collecting the votes of the Electoral College is the only concern of a candidate - therefore the only reason that candidates speak to the people is to influence them to cast votes for the Electoral College, which then cast votes for that candidate. "[...] Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes [...]" (Posner 18). It's as if the people are just physical steps that electoral voters use to get to the person that the Electoral college wants to be the president of the U.S.
"Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always" (Plumer 10). As mentioned in the article by Richard A. Posner, members of the Electoral College are chosen and expected to vote for their party's nominee. However, people don't always deliver what we expect from them. It is completly possible for an elector to change their mind, and cast their finalizing vote toward the opposite candidate. These members cast their votes directly to the candidate, and they can easily change their vote. | 2 |
That studying Venus is a worthy pursuit the dangers it presents by how the Earth was moved.It talked about the Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet.Even if Mercury was closer to the sun if wouldn't be as how Venus is. Venus was beyond high pressure and heat and the weather present additional impediments.The types are erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Scientists even disscussing further visits to it's surface about how long ago, Venus might had been covered with oceans and could have helped forms of life and the Earth.Venus long ago has sometimes the option to planetary visit the crucial long time frames of the space travel.It says how NASA'S had the the solution to the conditions on the surface of venus to let scientists to float above the fray.Mostly reseachers are working on innovations that allow there machines to last enough to know about Venus more.Researchers couldn't take no samples of rock,gas or anything from a distance.
If people were to go to Venus from a ship or hovering over above they could only have a certain limit insight on the ground.Venus had no value because the insight to be gained on the planet by itself.The travels of the Earth has not be limited because the dangers and opinion.It says how they should Expand to meet curtain edges of imagination and innvoation.People think that they could have been hiding something and people are assuming why can't they get any closer to things. | 2 |
Technology that reads emotion? sounds like a crzy mad great thing huh? well let me tell you why I think its a bad idea for the rt community..
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author talks about this "amazing" technology that can read emotion from a 3D picture. The reason that I think the Technology is a bad thing is becasue yes its good that the technology can read emotion of paintings but its not at the same time.
Its not a good thing becasue thats the art of looking at the art, to figure the emotion out on your own, seeing the different emotions and seeing the anger or the confusion instead of having it told to you. thats the beauty of looking at the art and in my opinion the Technology ruins that beauty by telling the emotion.
thats why I think this new emotion reading technology is bad for the art community and isnt valueable. | 1 |
The Electoral College has been here for many years. Over the past years many people think it is unfair to the voters. There are many conflicts that have risen about it. Without a doubt , the Electoral College is unfair and irrational to voters because they voters are basically voting for no reason. The president they want to vote for doesnt count and instead the votes of the Electoral College do , the electors shouldnt be the only people to vote just because they are qualified doesnt mean only their opinion and choice should be heard. Also , a direct election would be much better and everyones votes count and its equal.
To begin with , when the first Electoral College was made no one really argued about it. But over the many years conflicts have come. People have realized that was is being done istn fair or right. '' At the most basic level , the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Because the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ''swing'' state''.( source 2, p. 13). Everyone has the right to vote but if their votes dont count whats the point?. People should have the right to voice their own opinion and be part of the voting. The electors that are chosen have only a little amount of opinions. If the voters would be included there would be a variety of choices of who should win. Every american should be comfortable and certain about who they voted for and if the Electoral College votes contradicts that there can be problems.
Furthermore , In a direct election everyone is treated equally. Unlike , the voting we have now , ''If you lived in Texas , for instance , and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry , you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry''. (source 2, p. 10). Voters cant always control whom their electors vote for but voters sometimes can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Why have so much going on when you can peacefully just count the votes of the voters and electors together?. Yes , they may be the electors and might have more knowledge of whats going on but they are just people too and everyone is created equally so definitely their votes shouldnt be the only ones actually counted.
Moreover , Bigger states may have a bigger effect on the votes because of their large amount of people voting. By , not making their vote count some people can feel that their voices are not being heard which can lead to in some cases riots and rebellions etc. Voting happens for a reason if gives the world a chance to pick whom they want to see lead them and who they feel like is the right person but in the end if there votes cant count and actually go to the electors limits their power and freedom to speak. '' Voters in presidential elections ae people who want to express a political prefeence rather than people ho think that a single vote may decide an election''.(source 3 , p.23). The Electoral College may have worked in the past but now its not working as well.
To conclude , The Electoral College process should be stopped for numerous number of reasons. It limits peoples opinions and people are voting for no reason if they cant pick who they want. Whoever is running for president and everyone who votes for one person shouldnt just be heard from a certai group of people. Everyones opinion should matter. | 3 |
The author suggests that we continue our studying on venus, even though the planet gets really hot at 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than earths. But most people believe that venus might have bee covered in oceans at one point and could of had many different life froms on its planet.
The author is trying to say that if we continue our studying on venus and if we land more spaceships on venus we might be able to find out if oe day we could live there or if one day we could send men and women up there to find out if there was some sort of life forms and if the planet once held many differnet stuff that we didnt know that existed.
The author also informed us, readers that venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in our solar system. astronomers are also discussing if venus could in habit more life forms if they figure out what could be worn or if life forms could live on venus. The author then explains the terrain of venus and its rocky sediment, and its valleys, mountains, and craters. and then also explains that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit and crucial consideration given the long time frames and space travel. | 0 |
Hello my name is Luke Bomberger and I am apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. I joined the orginazation for two reasons. Number one, because it interesting to see a bunch of different sights. Number two is that I get to help people who were affected by war. I was eighteen when I joined the orginization, so that meant I could be drafted for war at any time. This made me feel me feel worried, but then I went to Greece and I every thing was okay. Now enough about me I am here to encourage you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
You should join the program. It feels great to know that you are making a difference in somebody's life. Plus, like I said there are a lot of cool sights to see. I have been to nine different places. I saw something amazing in each place out of the nine. You can try all new different things. Like new food, new music, new sports, new almost everything. Now I know what you are thinking that is crazy how am I supposted to adjust to something so quickly that is impossible, but trust me it is not as hard as is sounds. If your still not hooked (which I don't know why you wouldn't be) it can be a lot of fun. I know again it doesn't sound like it but when we arn't helping out we play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, we read, and whittling. So I hope you decide to join. | 2 |
Have you ever heard about the face on Mars? A lot of people have. NASA sent the Viking one up into space to try and capture pictures of mars. The Viking was taking pictures when it noticed a shadowy figure. Can you guess what that figure is? Conspiracy theorists have their own vision of what it was made by, but NASA's scientists had the facts about it!
In paragraph two it says, "The sensation of the face was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa." The conspiracy theorists think otherwise. The conspiracy theorists think that the face was made by Aliens. They also think that the face was really think that it was made by Aliens, and that NASA knows it was, but they just do not want to reveal it. Conspiracy theorists think it's Bona Fide, and that it's evidence of life on Mars. This all shows that the conspiracy theorists have different points of view than the NASA scientists do.
In paragraph seven it says, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting then the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." When scientists put the image out online not everyone was satisfied with what the scientists said. Conspiracy theorists still think that it was made by Aliens. This shows that the scientists at NASA have facts and that the conspiracy theorists have only a picture.
In paragraph eleven Garvin says, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size. So if there were objects in this picture like aiplanes on the ground or Egytian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" In paragraph twelve it says, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." Garvin added, "It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." This shows that NASA thinks that the face was just a natural landd form. Everyone else thinks that it was made by Aliens.
In paragraph eight it says that the camera had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Now everyone is saying, "Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." They all think now possibly they were made by Aliens. This shows that we may have made a serious mistake in how the face was made. The face could've been made by both natural forming or by aliens.
In conclusion, the face could have been made by Aliens and we just do not know it. We could have been wrong for all we know! So we need to think to not doubt ourselves. We all need to think, was the face really made by aliens? It could've been! We need to learn to work together on our theories not against each other. Just think if NASA would've worked with the conspiracy theorists then we could've figured out what really made the face on Mars! | 2 |
The electoral college isnt an normal conversating subject for everyday life, although it is important. Without the Electoral College We the People wouldnt have a president to help run our country as a whole. The way the College works may be confusing but it all ties together in the end- a new president is elected every four years.
Particurly, there are a total of five hundred and thirty-eight electors. But around two hundred and seventy votes is required to eclect the president. Everyone has jobs. Meaning, they are either all apart of parties or are in charge of an party that has decided to go and represent somebody that is running. The "state" of Columbia is in a way treated differently. The reasoning Columbia is quotations is because there was quite a discussion on wheather or not it should be counted, in the end result- according to the article "Source 1: What is the electoral college?" "For soem reason, in the following discussion the word "state" also refers to the District of Columbia". That being said the more votes the better and fair to all of the People. As each candidate runs to be elected for Preisdency the elector has a party in which they support fully and represent one another as a whole. As they represent they start to get people excited for the new incoming President and saying why they believe he/she is the best and deserves to dedicate their time. All of these processes go on because everyone deserves to share their opinion and say and choose their preferred President.
Another smart point is, everyoen should be given a chance. That being said, no matter if youre a women or man and have the desire to work in the Electoral College or even run for president, I personally believe that everyone should be treated equal and be given an oppurtuninty to show the wiseness and what they have to offer. Stated from "Source 3: In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" just so hapeens in number four to say, "So other things are being equal, a large state gets more attention from the presidental candidats in a campaign than a small state does". Basically saying that everyone doesnt get the chance to choose if its not given and thats not how we the People need to be, if we want help protecting our country for the ones that are against us with grudges, and to help keep our roadways clean and avaliable, and to help hire us at the jobs we want, then truly we need to support them as well. and give them equality!
In summation, the electoal college is an important part of our Government and Presidency itself, but all the proscesses and ect. that is also involved also plays a role and makes it just as necessary. Without out we woudlnt be able to vote for the right and needed President because we wouldnt know what is need, required, and more. With it, it makes everything make sense. With all the people that are in the committee makes it ten times better in chossing who and how we want to be represented. Electing our president is just as important of the Electoral College. In other words, without the busy college, there would be no President of the United States of America. | 1 |
Dear Mr. Senator,
There are many ways to go about elections of any kind, as you may know vey well seeing that you have been in one or more yourself. This country is about the will of the people supported by their government to excel and achieve the various goals they may very well have. Voting is one of those insintives people revieve, and how it is set up is an important part of that. We should keep relying on the Electoral College to succeed in keeping our country a democracy.
Having the Electoral College is a safe way to ensure that all people in every state get to voice their opinion while still keeping in mind the majority as a priority. As stated by author Richard A. Posner, people vote for a slate of electors, not the president, whom are entrusted to vote for the presidential candidate they represent. The number of electors is determined by the population of the state, which basically means the number of members in that state's House of Representatives and two for the Senate, as stated in Source 1: What Is the Electoral College? This ultimately would provide fair numbers for the overall count without making the smaller states feel insignificant.
Even with the smaller states being fairly included people argue that candidates do not pay attention to them and disreguard their overallvotes so we should switch to popular votes. These accusations may be true in a sense but what is to be expected if they dont account for as much or maybe they are already accounted for as "decided", as stated by Richard P. Would you campaign in a place like that? Especially since having elections be decided by popular votes could result in run-off elections to which no clear winner is evident, they would result in a tie, as included by Richard A. Posner. Having a tied election would end up giving the HOR overall election power, as presented in Source 1: What Is the Electoral College, so their arguement is not considerate of all possibly outcomes.
All in all, sticking with the Electoral College seems to be the best bet for our democratic country. Electors are trustworthy, with few faults, and the system is set up in a way that is fair to all. Keeping this system just making elections easy, fair, and helps to prevent ties and future headaches for all whom are involved | 2 |
Car usage is a big deal it is killing are planet and are kids before us. We need to cut back on driving everywere, if you live in town then get a bike if all your doing is going to get some milk, or picking up some extra toilet paper. You dont have to drive everywere but if you do have to go long distance then car pull. I believe, this is just a theory but I do believe that this world will die and everything in it will burn to the ground if we dont do soething aout how mch driving we do everywere back and forth.
The first thing is get a bike people dont believe in walking or riding a bike anymore. They think that you can drive everywere but one day nothing will work no cars no planes just your two feet and a bicycle if that. Everything will just be a pile of scum when the apocalyps happens. The only way to delay it woud be to limit the usage of cars and dont drive if you dont have to, and dont drive 3 cars somewere if you can all fit in one. So what im trying to say is stop waisting this world away and go green.
They have cars now a days that will blow your mind they even have eletric powered cars no gases to polute the air. My air your air car companys are being smart and making cars that are fuel eficiount, or they dont run off fuel at all. It sounds good but if you really think about it it probably uses just the same amount of gases to make these extremely perfected cars. For instance, I was watching a tv show yesterday and this guy was killing people because they was driving a "gas guzzler" and he cared so much about his envorment that he would literaly take there life because that ment so much to him. I would never do this but theres some psychos out there thats for sure.
Last but not least the mass of how much people drive, it is rediculous. People drive just to go get their mail box to get mail, thats sad I dont care who you are thats ridiculous. Also when people go hunt they ride fourwheelers why would they ride a fourwheeler to be with nature thats kind of defieing being with nature. Why would you go out in nature and kill it by rideing your fouwheeler. If this keeps happening the world will be no more. Because all the polution for the exaust from all of the motorized vehicles is slowly but surely killing planet earth.
In contrary to all of this, none of this will ever happen in mine or your life time. Because the earth is a amazing God made thing. And it will last as long as he wants it to. Just like all the American money in God we trust. But im not woried about my generation im woried about thee ones before me. I will be just fine but my kids kids are the ones im worried about. Thank you for your timee. | 1 |
Dear Rick Scott,
Every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, the Electoral College casts their votes to elect the new President of the United States of America. These voters are chosen by the citizens of their state (Florida, Texas, etc.) to vote in their favor of their preferred party. For example, a Democratic voter in California will vote for Democratic Electoral College canidates to vote for their preferred President. Though many people are apposed to this method of voting, calling it an anachronism & taking away the vote from the citizens of the United States, American citizen's votes still count, the Electoral College can avoid problems popular voting could result in, and the Electoral College listens to those with the initiative and right to make a smart vote. For these reasons I would like to keep the Electoral College.
The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College as a compromise between election of the President by a vote of Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens, meaning one vote almost relies on the other. A common misconception made by citizens is that when they vote they vote for a President, when in fact they are voting for people to vote in their favor for the President. So the more Republican Electoral College voters your state has, most likely the end vote will be the electoral votes go to the Republican canidate. Many people say that the electoral college "takes away the votes of the citizens, and that their vote doesn't matter" when in reality, they matter in every way possible. If the citizens do not vote, who will vote for the electoral college members? And without the citizens to decide who the memebers of the Electoral College will be, who will be in the Electoral College all together?
Not only do the Citizen's votes count, but the Electoral College can help solve the problems that a popular voting system could have. The Electoral College votes with the majority of the state, meaning that the party with the highest request for its Presidency, the Electoral College will cast its votes towards. Meaning a highly Democratic state can count on their state's vote to most likely be for the Democratic candidate. The Electoral College also avoids run-off elections. This means that the election will always show a clear winner for the state's vote. There is a lot of potential pressure for a run-off election when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cats; that pressure could greatly affect the Presidential election process, which the Electoral College reudces, ultimatley showing a clear winner.
And finally, the Electoral College listens to smart and eligible voters. Very rarely does a State's Electoral College vote against the wishes of their citizens. In fact that would be the exact opposite of their job. It's also an inetible fact that not every voter is an ideal voter. Many citizens do not keep themselves up to date on the issues candidates plan to solve, occupation backgrounds, or even their personality. Many voters in fact vote on astetics, which is ultimatley the most dangerous voter there is; an uner educated one.
So Mr. Scott, I hope you take into account that an in terms of an electoral college, an American citizen's vote does count, they avoid the problems popular votes could create, and they do listen to their state's smart, eligable voters. If the Founding Fathers created this tool for the balance in our voting system, then balance there shall be. | 4 |
There are many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you read the passege, Luke says his life was changed and he had new exsperences. Many the exsperences were seeing wonders and cities he visted. Some of things he visted are Venice, Panama Canal, and Greece.
Luke says there were many things to do on abourd the ship. Sections 6, 7, and 8 tell you the things he did abourd the ship. Some of the things were baseball and volleyball games. Then there were boring things he did on board. He had to get water for the horses and feed them. He also had to be a nightwatch men.
I would aggre with Luke, that joining the Seagoing Cowboys is not a bad idea. He says that it changed his life and he got great things out of it. Section 9 says, that because he did the program his decendents loved to help people and poor countrys. | 1 |
The author explans that Venus is the second planet from our sun, and that stuyding Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers; The solar power would be plentiful and radiatio would not exceed Earth levels. Like it says in the passage "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one partticularly idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."
The author explains that some simplified electrons made of silicon carbide have been tested in a charmber simulation the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for the three weeks in such conditions. The author also states in the paragraph that another project is looking back to an old technolgy called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II. So the author has supported his idea that stuyding Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, and has also had interasting facts about Venus. | 1 |
I think the author supports the idea well because i would think it would be dangerous going to see venus , but that is just on what i read in this passasge. Some evidence that i saw in this passage of how Venus would be dangerous is that 97% of venus is covered in carbon dioxcide and it ca melt a submarine that goes in our deepest oceans. Also every other spacecraft that landed on Venus only survied a couple of hours.
My conclusion is that as much as us humans try to get up and personal with Venus it will never happend because of how dangerous it is.
An explantion of the evidence is that Venus is to risky for astroughnaughts to study it. Really the only I say this that Venuses surface is the hottest out of all the planets. Venuses surface tempature averages 800 degress Fahrenheit. Alson the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we are used to here on Earth. | 1 |
After reading this passage there are many benifits to limiting car use. For example the the limited number of cars on the road help with noise and smog polution. This acounts for a healthier life style. There is also less risk of injury. Limiting car use can be very effective in making a better tomorrow.
According to source 2 Paris bans driving due to smog and polution that vehicals make. This mostly accounts to the desile fueled cars as well as the older models with less eco friendly motors. By banning cars they were able to cut their polution hate to an all time low for Paris. Maybe this choice to ban and limit car use was a good idea for the people of Paris.
There is a car free day in Bogota where their main focus is to reduce smog as well as promote alternative transportation. This has proven to be affective. They have been doing this car free day for three consecative years now. Violaters of the car free day face 25 dollar fines. I think this is an great idea in order to preseve out planet.
The vast limiting of car use is becoming whats known as "The End of Car Culture." Americans are becoming less and less concerned with getting licenses and becoming more addaptive to alternative trasportation. This is a great coincadense in terms of preventing polution. The reduce in green house gases is a remarkable benifit to our planet. These are the benifits to limiting car use. | 2 |
In the article “Driverless Cars Are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. In my opinion there are more negative aspects than positive ones. So i believe these cars are a bad idea.
I believe this way for multiple reasons. For starters they arent even fully driverless. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills.." So whats the point in buying a driverless car when you are still the one driving it? There isnt one so why bother. Also they're not 100% safe to all pedestrians and others so in some states they're not even legal. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. ". Do you really want something that can put others in danger? I would surely hope not.
Im sure others would argue that the cars are safe,better on gas, etc.. but there are to many downfalls to put these cars on the road. This is why in my opinion these cars are a negative aspect to the world, and should not be on the roads. | 1 |
Driverless cars are coming and we all know it, but is it a good thing? The world keeps coming out with greater technology every single day. Some people believe that technology isn't always a good thing. Most people talk about cell phones and how it takes away from what kids could be out doing, but instead they are at home on their cell phones. Even though I may be a teenager and in the technology era my opinion is I don't think driverless cars are a good idea. When I think of driverless cars so many questions pop into my head. I start thinkging what if? or How do you? I'm sure the same thing happens to other people when they think about this topic also.
I am going to support the reason why I think that driverless cars are a bad idea, and this is how I will do it. Do you ever like to be in a situation where you have zero control over what is gonna happen? No oodles of people do not like to be in that situation at all. That's how I feel driverless cars are I feel like if you where going to get into a bad car accident what could you do to stop the car if you weren't in control? You wouldn't know what to do. In the article it clearly states that "the human driver must stay alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires". How fast are you likely to be able to take control of the car if something like a car accident where fastly approching? Exactly it would be incredibly hard. They make these commericals and advertisments sound amazing, and make it sound like nothing would ever go wrong, but what is really behind all this technology? Well we will never know. Letting some robot take over something that could cause death does not sound like a fun time to me. As technology will continue to progress, when you go to take drivers ed is there even gonna be an instructor teaching you or is it all going to be the car? These are all things that need to be assessed.
Like I stated in the beginning I do not like driverless cars and I probably still won't no matter what. I don't know about you but I like to be in charge most of the time,
and driverless vehicles do not alow that to happen. I think technology is starting to take over in loads of areas, and yes I am quit addicted to my cell phone but do I really need a car to drive for me? No that is completely lazy and is just an excuss so people can text or talk on their cell phones. Technology is the reason why most people get into vehicle accident every year and die. Do we really need more technology to cause problems? No we don't. If I ever had one of these driverless cars offered to me I most likely would not take the offer because I don't like this idea at all. In the near future I hope vehicle companies will take the opinions, and ideas of car buyers and use it to produce something that they will like. | 2 |
Around the world we are seeing drastic drops of limiting car usage. In VAUBAN, Germany cars, street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in this new district. In Paris after days of near-record pollution, Paris decided to ban driving to clear the air of the global city. In BOGOTA, Colombia it has been the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis. The United States of America has even passed their peak of driving in 2005 and dropped steadily since.
Giving up your car may seem very hard to you, but for the people in VAUBAN, Germany seem to like it much better. In fact street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in this experimental new district. Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys space, for $40,000, along with a home. Nearly 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars they seem to be much happier this way.
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air. On monday people with even-numbered liscence plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a fine of 22-euro. The same would apply for odd-numbered plates the next day. Nearly 4000 drivers were fined and 27 drivers cars were impounded for their reaction to the fine.
In BOGOTA, Colombia they were in a program to spread to oher countries. They were on their third straight year that cars have been banned. Although buses and taxis were permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violaters faced a $25 fine.
I think this is a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. And this is a revolutionary change. | 1 |
Are driverless cars good or bad? Developers today are trying to create driverless cars. These cars have some negative aspects. In "Driverless Cars Are Coming", some issues were money, sensors, and pop-up displays inside the car. These aspects could cause crashes which could allow for injuries and even death.
Many developers want to make "smarter" roads instead of "smarter" cars. General Motors came up with a track the cars could run on. On the other hand, these road systems would "require massive upgrades to existing roads" which in turn would be very expensive. On top of that, building these "smart" roads would take up a great amount of time- not practical for people trying to get to specific places in a hurry.
In the text, these cars "need a whole lot of sensors". The sensors allow the car to "know" it's surroundings and what to do. The information carried from the sensors can apply brakes and even reduce speed. These sensors also alert the driver of danger and when he/she should take the wheel. What would happen if the sensors malfunctioned? With malfunctioned sensors, the car could crash because the car would not "know" its surroundings. This could cause injury or even death. Sensors could also increase the speed of the engine making the car unstable and making the roads unsafe for fellow drivers.
Manufacturers are "hoping to bring in-car entertainment and information systems as heads-up displays". These displays would take over texting and driving, a common issue, but could distract the driver more. If the displays don't go down when the driver takes control of the car, it could cause an accident. The heads-up displays also takes the driver's attention off the road.
Thus, there are negative aspects of the driverless cars. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", there were several issues found embedded in the text. The negative aspects included: expense, sensors, and displays. As these cars become more developed, the risks may increase. | 3 |
The need for these car free suburbs are very imprtant because the more cars that we take off the road the less green house gas fumes are released. Different means of trying to clear the air have been taken,in some countries on certain days people with even numbered licence palts have to leave then other days odd numbers have to leave their cars. So sume places take it very serious people fail to notice that we are killing our planet we have have to do everything possible that we can to save our planet because we won't have another chance to do so.
A few places around the world have band cars for a day or two so that people would take alturnitive transportation like taxi's or buses so that people are aware that there are other means of transportation so that it can re duce greenhouse gas. Mayors from the bordering cities have come to see what all of the comotion was about and they loved the idea so much that they sre starting to take a stand on the issue.
Studies show that less and less people are driving so that shows that people may or may not be able to purchase a car or just decide that they don't want a car and enjoy taking other means of transportation. I beleave that it is good to car pool or ride the bus but some people might have to own a car or ride the bus so that they can get to work. Some people may not have the money to own a car so they have to ride the bus or take a taxi to work or school everyday. so it doesn't bother them so think about the people who own their own cars or don't have time to wait for the bus or a taxi to take them to work. some people have very busy live and don't have time to wait for people to come and pick them up. so thats one big reason. | 1 |
They're many advantages on limiting car usage in the world. Car usage brings a lot of pollution to an enviroment. This could even cause diseases or even cancer. Driving causes people to do less exercise/activties such as walking or jogging/running. But on the other hand there can be good advantages.
Without cars in the world people would be able to save the money that they would spend monthly in gas or repairments. Car owners have to buy a garage which is $40,000 along with the home. David Goldberg said that "How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid". Ever since World War II all development has been centered on the car. Most car owners don't use other transportation expect for there car, for instense people who has to go to a destination that is 2 miles away don't use a bike or jog there, they use there car.
But on the other hand there some benefits on using a car. Such as getting to destination that is far like 20 miles, what is another way to get there without using cars, you can use public transportation, now lets say that there was no cars in the world and only public transportation than they have to make approximately 8 billion buses, trains, subways, airplanes, and taxi's. And there is still going to be around the same amount of pollution.
In conclusion, without cars there can an impact on the world. This would benefit businesses such as bike companies, shoe companies, and etc. It would be easy for people to get a custume without cars. | 2 |
A self driving car? Are people really that lazy? Ha! Well duh! I sure know I. It would be awesome to have a self driving car. I could text while Im driving, I could get on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and so much more! If they have what they say there going to have uou could possibly just watch whatever you want to watch.
Now there are some down sides to this and list them all shortly but were are going to start with the possitve things first.
Ok the car can drive its self thats a plus in its self. Like I said you can be in the car on your phone and not have to worry about crashing 90% of the time anyways. Think of all the new features that will have have to go into your car. The window display the intertainment features. The GPS and satlite that'll be in your car. Those are my positives!
There are some negatives though! I mean the car can drive its self theres negatives in that its self. What if you get bored and fall alseep you might wrec and or hold up traffic. The senors may mess up and cause an accident. Then whos fault would that be?
Well those are my points! | 1 |
Have you ever thought about what life would be like on the planet of Venus? Over the years, scientists and astronomers have been studying if Venus is able to substain life. Even with the temperatures of up to eight-hundred degrees farenheight and with an atmospheric pressure that is ninety times greater than what we experience on Earth, I see why the author thinks that pursuing this journey will be worth it.
One reason why I think the author is for pursuing the journey to Venus is because of the analogous features that Earth and Venus share. In paragraph four of the text, the author states that the surface contains of a "rocky sediment" and "includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." This is crutial to the author's point because it shows how, in many ways, Earth and Venus are so much alike. Just as the author questions, "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussin furthur visits to its surface?"
One of NASA's possible solutions is another reason why I feel the author thinks it is worth the trip to Venus. This solution is described as sending a spaceship to outer space to hover about thirty or more miles above the surface. According to the article, "...temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level." The article also implies that there would be plenty of energy through solar power and would be survivable, but with rough conditions.
Even with the advanced technology that we have today, scientists are beginning to look back and discover that mechanical computers that were used back in the 1800's and 1900's might just be the technology that we need to study Venus. According to the text, "...systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." The advanced technology that we have today is not meant to be used in conditions such as Venus has. With this being said, these mechanical computers could be very important in studying our pursuit to Venus in the future.
In conclusion, the exploration to Venus could be very dangerous or very benefitial to the future of space exploration. Though, with the similiarities between Earth and Venus, the possible approach of hovering the planet, and using technology that will substain such conditions all are reasons why this journey could be worth the danger. No one will ever find the answers to their questions, if they choose not to explore them. | 3 |
Many people are beginning to see that cars are causing lots of greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases affect our ozone layer in the atmosphere and causes global warming and causes high pollution levels that make it hard to breathe for most people.
Some residents in a small suburb in Vauban, Germany are living life without cars and. This little change has helped to drop greenhouse gases in Germany. Many residents believed that at first they were not going to like walking everywhere but they have now realized that they are cutting down on greenhouse gas emmisions from tail pipes and it helps uncroud the streets.
Greenhouse gases have a tremendous effect on our atmosphere and the air that we need to have to be able to survive. In Paris, government officials put out a ban on what cars could be used on certain days to try and bring pollution levels down around the global city. The first day was fining motorists with even-numbered license plates after they were oredered to leave their cars at home. The same would be done to odd-numbered motorists the next day. The smog around the city cleared enough on Monday that the French party decided to lift the ban for odd-numbered motorists on Tuesday.
In Bogota, Colombia, Colombian officials took a day to have the city completely car free. Many people took buses to work, hiked, biked, or skated, leaving the streets of Bogota eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third straight year that cars have been banned to try and promote alternative transpotation rather than cars and to try and reduce smog around the city. Two other cities joined the event and participated to try and reduce smog around the smaller cities as well. Some municipal authorities from other countries went to Bogota to see the event and saw how much it helped and are now thinking of doing their own version of the event in their countries.
In America, recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Many researchers are wondering if America has passed peak driving. America has been one of the worlds prime care cultures do to its inventions for the car. The United States peaked in 2005 but have steadily dropped thereafter. As of April 2013 the number of miles driven per peson was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. These actions have caused less emission of greenhouse gases from tailpipes into the atmosphere dramatically. Studies are going to see if the driving rate steadily goes down or if it is going to pick back up, to see if less greenhouse gases will be emitted from tailpipes to hepl reduce smog around many major American cities. | 1 |
Do you think you could live without your car, even just for a day? Well, in Vauban, a German suburb near the French and Swiss borders, they dont just live without them, they thrive. Vauban is the result of a test that proves planning a city in a way that compacts it improves life for everybody, from reducing the stress of drivers who fear collisions, to downright making cars undesireable. Heidrun Walter, mother of two says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." After it's completion in 2005 Vauban began it's happy path to showing the world that cars are not a neccessary or even good thing. Automobiles are the main source of emission from familys that live in suburbs, this is because they don't have many options of transportation, and that is said to be a great impediment on efforts to greatly reduce greenhouse emissions.
In the U.S. it seems as though the car culture is coming to a close, as the number of miles driven hit it's peak in 2005 and dropped 9 percent per person by april 2013, equal to where the country was in 1995. According to Professor Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan's TR institute, car ownership per household per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn. If the pattern follows throughout the coming years, and many believe it will, the impact on carbon emission reduction would be outstanding. But how would this affect the car industries? Well, as stated by Ford and others, they've already started rebranding themselves as mobility companies, and no longer focus entirely on personal vehicle production, so you need not worry about their futures.
And with the decrease in personal vehicle sales comes a decrease in the next generations interest in personal transportation, as a large drop is taking place in the amount of registered drivers, between the ages of 16-39. Mr. Sivak (mentioned earlier) says his two children have yet to get their licenses, even though they live in places where one could benefit them. This shows promise for the future and how we handle the health of our world and plan our futures better, as less and less people pollute it. But many say this trend coud just be a small thing. Perhaps only time will tell if the culture of cars will end. | 2 |
Do you ever wonder what life today would be like if we didnt have cars? Not having a car today wouldn't be such a bad thing. Maybe the economy would get better because we would have to pay for fuel. The advantages of limiting your car usage is the it could lower the rate of global warming and people around the worls wouldn't have to pay for parking or tolls to get somewhere.
The first advantage to limiting your car usage is to lower the rate of global warming. Cars today are the main source of global warming. Source two says "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france, after five-days of smog...", This is what happens when ther is too much smog in the city and people can't drive around because they can't see where they are going. In Europe, the United States, and other places are startinga movement called "smart planning" where they seperate suburban life from auto use. Source one states "And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions...". That right there proves that the use of cars and fuel are a big part of global warming and that we should limit car usage.
The second advantage to limiting car usage is that we wouldn't have to pay for parking anymore and we wouldn't have to pay for tolls. Citizens probably pay millions of dollars everyday for parking and tolls. Source one says "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the adge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." Citizens shouldn't have to pay that much for a parking space and thats just in Vauban, Germany. What if every country statered doing that? Then the economy would really be bad.
In the end, there aren't very many advantages to limiting car usage but the adventage of lowering the rate of global warming and not paying parking or tolls is a good start and maybe if we start with something small like that we can conqure something bigger later on and not use car at all. | 2 |
NASA recently discovered an unusal landmark, on Mars. According to the text NASA discovered the landmark in 1976, and they weren't sure why the landmark was shaped how it was, a face. This shows that many people had many questions and disbelief of what NASA had been telling the public. This proves that many people where arguing that NASA was not being truthful about what they have discovered. Therefore, people where getting angry with NASA.
NASA was telling the truth, it was just an landmark. Many citizens thought it was a sign of intellignece life, and didn't believe what NASA was telling them. NASA was excited about this discovery, and wanted everyone to know. They didn't hide anything, there still was not any prove of intelligence life on Mars. NASA was saying, that if they found intelligence life, they would tell the whole world. They wouldn't try to hide such a mind blowing discovery.
Even though NASA was telling the truth about everything they have discovered, and told the public that if they found life on Mars, they would tell the whole world, that isn't something they would hide. The public still wasn't convinced. NASA would love to discover life on Mars. They sent more robots over to Mars to get better images, with better pixels, so they could get closer and see if there were huts and any other landmarks. NASA said they would never hide something so big, and important from the public or the world. | 2 |
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