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The the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author argues that humans should continue our attempts to land in the planet. Despite describing the dangers of the daunting task, the author provides several thought provoking arguments to support his/her claim.
One argument is that Venus is the most viable option for a planetary visit from the human race. Venus is almost identical in density and size compared to Earth, and may have had extremely similar enviroments and biomes long ago. Today, we can still recognize land shapes such as mountains, valleys, and what might have been oceans long ago. This provides evidence that Venus may have supported many life forms in the past, and could very well do the same again. If Humans can find a way to survive on the planet, we could possible have a second Earth,
The author also lists several innovations that would assist humans in teh examinationa nd exploration of Venus. One is a blimp-like station that would float approximately 30 miles above Venus' surface. Doing this would allow scientists to avoid the treacherous ground conditions and storms. Being above the storms would also give scientists and almost infonite amount of solar energy, and though conditions would be extreemly hot, there would be no danger of radiation.
Modified technology could also be created to function of Venus' harsh terrain. Instead of using the fragile electronic tablets and computers of today, scientists could use a machine that was used in WW2, known as the mechanical computer. The mechanical computer used gears and levers to make calculations, and didn't require any electricity. This machine could be easily modified to widthstand dangerous conditions. Other simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a simulated venus atmosphere and lasted several weeks in the conditions.
With careful planning and a new approach, humans could have a chance of getting onto Venus. the author claims that after stepping up to this challenge, the human race would be prepared for more dangerous endeavors. As the saying goes, the sky is the limit, but we aren't limited to one sky. | 3 |
The author thinks we are still going to explore the planet Venus in the future, Venus once had some simlulary parts with earth. Scientists still would like to explore the planet and test some of the rocks there. Even though the Planet Venus is Earth like, but Venus is hoter then Earth, so we still can't visit the planet.
Scientist believe that the panet Venus long ago did have living form on it. They also believe that is possible for humans to go for a planetary visits and possibly survive. One of the danger on Planet Venus's is the\ high temperatures, high carbondixide level, and the Atamsphere there still needs more testing to be sure.
Scientist say Venus is survivalbe, but they needs more test and experiment before sending humans for plantary visits or sending humans to live there. Venus once had some simuler parts with Earth such as mountains,volcanos, and oceans. Many Scients says that we would need more time to be sure that we know the Planet Venus is safer and that we need to get every information we need by sending spacecrafts into the Plant Venus to explore more. | 0 |
The Facial Action Coding System is a system that will construct a 3-D computer model of the face and use muscle movements to figure out what you are communicating emotionally. With that being said, will this information given by the system be valuable in a classroom? Here are my reasons why I believe it would be valuable to both the students and teacher in the classroom.
In a classroom, you have a wide range of personalities. Students may feel shy or uncomfortable asking questions. If a teacher asks how well the class is dealing with the subject, a student may say they are dealing well with the subject when they really are not. Dr. Huang says is,"Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication...So computers need to understand that, too." A teacher in a classroom can understand verbal communication but maybe only slight emotional communication. Having a Facial Action Coding System (FACS) in your computer can help it to understand the majority of what a student may really be feeling about the subject.
A lot of times today classrooms are packed with students, also giving a wide range of abilities. This range of ability doesn't allow teachers time to help the struggling students. In paragraph six Dr. Huang says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." If we had this technology, it could help students to keep up with the rest of their class by changing how the lesson is taught depending on the individual.
This technology would have the capability to figure out more easily the emotions of a student and be able to relay that back to the teacher. A teacher may think that a class is enjoying the subject based on what they say or what they act like, when in actual fact this may not be the case. According to the text, "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This technology can understand if students are not relating well with the style of teaching that is available and then make this information available to the teacher. The teacher can then look at what the students really feel like in their class, and then adapt the style or structure of class to facilitate more engagement and interaction from the students.
Therefore I believe that the use of this new technology would be valuable. FACS would be able to help struggling students do better than they are in their subjects by changing the lesson depending on their emotions. It would be able to modify the lesson for a student so that they may more easily understand. It would be able to help teachers to understand how their students feel in the classroom and so they can more easily facilitate the students different learning styles. This system would help the whole classroom function more effectively. | 3 |
Poof! Cars are starting to disappear. Many cities and countries are prohibiting car use, they feel it would be drop pollution rates. Your probably thinking right now; this is crazy, who would ban cars? Just think about it there are many advantages to not having a car. First, you wouldn'nt have to worry about gas, theres no need to buy gas if you dont have a car. Second, you'll become healthier. Third, more interraction with the world.
All the money you spend on gas.. what a shame! If we didn't have cars you'd have more money, imagine what you would do with all that money. Maybe a nicer house or maybe a nice big pool in the backyard, you'd never know unless you give it a try. I know what your thinking how would I get to work or how would I get to the doctors; they're would still be public transportation to get you to important places.
If there were no cars, many people would be a lot healthier. Not just people, the environment would be a much healthier places. Polution rates go down, less asthma attacks, more fun, no honking, no worrying about wether the kids are alright to be outside by themselves; sounds good to me. There would also be more family bonding, go for nice walks to the park or beach.
Imagine your walking down the street, you know everyone, you stop and talk, maybe laugh. That's what it'd be like with no cars. Not one face on the street that you didn't know. Many gatherings with friends, many laughs, a lot of fun it sounds like.
The car culture is starting to end in many countries and cities including the United States of America. No cars sounds nice, yes maybe you you think there would be many poor effects on the culture but you also have to look at the bright side. More money, you'd become healthier, and you'd have more interractions with world. | 2 |
Honestly, i feel very in the middle of this subject.It indeed would be nice for teachers to know when and what a stdents emotions are but,at the same time that could also be a pesonal thing. school computers should detect sadness,boredum, and or anger.On the other hand, it could be a good thing.What if the kid is very sad all day everyday?The device could send at message to the teacher so that they can talk.this could prevent a suicide and more things in that nature.
The reaon I think this is because like I said before thats not the schools buisness if im sad or happy.I wouldnt mind anyone knowing my emotions,but everyone isint me, people have different opinions and very many peopke wouldnt like that.
So I think id give my honest opinion and go with i dont know evryone isin't the same and were all human and have different opinions,characteristics ect..If it were to be in school computers i'd say you should give out a form for the sudent and or psrent to sign.Nothing like that should just be added.If this is added to school computers it Should be strongly suggested if not approved by parents. | 1 |
This story about Venus talks about how NASA wants to study the planet."Evening star"is what they call Venus. The nickname gaive the rung idea of Venus. Peolpe where misstaking that Venus is a star. Venus it's a own plant. In the text says "Venus is the second plant from our sun." In phragraph one. Reserchers study Venus becouse backthen is was closer to earth. Dispise of Venus bing dangers. Reserchers what to fide out if it still hase some earth fechers.
NASA whats to get information about Venus. One of the idea of NASA is to seand peolpe to Venus. People will hover throw space. In the text says"our jet airplanes travel at higher altitude to fly over may storms."In phragraph five. Flying aroud Venus is not placent. Dispice that Venuse is very hot,bing above is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The air pressure is lower like the sea leveal. Resiving infromation in venus is limited becouse of how much lights it gives. We can not take anying from mars frome a distance. NASA have not founed a way to get far in to Venus. With this problem NASA takes it risky or as a challeng.
Anuther way to resive infromation is by sending elatronics to Venus. NASA had sent mutuple objets to mars. The objet semes to only servive fore some few three weeks. In oder to make somthing beter to sent in Venus is lookng at obld technology. Looking at phragraph siven it tells us that "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers.". NASA uesd newer technology but it has not over three weeks. Sending mechens that are made with meatel it will mealt or over heat because of the heat in Venus. With the old mechens and with the newer we will fined a more resestent salustion that can healp us with information.
One day we will have the limets to go in Venus. NASA has not gavie up Venus. Venus is valuble to us not olny because it's just a nuther resuers but because it will let us have the lemits to explore other plants. I do balive that we should know other plants. We shouled tot be limited with awer inmagination. | 1 |
I agree with the use of a machine to express emotion. Like how the machine was able to decifer thye face of a famous painting called, " Mona Lisa." This machine might be able to produce some benefits in real life. Reasons why, is not that many people can tell if a person is sad or happy. Like if a person was crying, some would presume it was sadness. When in reality it could be tears of joy,
And even the slightest face expression like a light smirk, can be explained by this machine for the use of its comparison to a straight face. It could explain to us how much emotion the person is feeling by percentages, which could give us a better understanding on how they truly feel. Using this type of technology could help the society know more on emotions, and be able to help us have a better understanding on what others may feel. Which makes this thechnology valuable to other students in classrooms. | 1 |
The Face was discovered by NASA in 1976 when the Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars, taking photos for landing sites for Viking 2. It spotted a human-face like landform sticking out of the surface of the Red Planet. Later on, in 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor took another photo of the face, revealing a natural landform, not a martian construction. Another photo in 2001 revealed no alien markings, martian buildings, or transportation.
Conspiracy theorists are guessing it was made by alien life and NASA is hiding something. Why should we? We want people to know wether martians are or were on mars. How can we do that if we don't give people all the facts?
If aliens built the Face, would there not be places to live, machinery, or other alien markings?
Plus, wouldn't the aliens have done a flawless job, not left random bumps and ledges? It is a natural process that happened when Mars formed.
Aliens did not make the face, there is no evidence.
NASA holds true to its oath of honesty and wec are not hiding anything. Marsa has a butte, not martians. And conspiracy tyheorists should try proving aliens exist instead of accusing highly trained professionals that they are lieing. | 1 |
State Senator I do wish for you to change the Electoral College to a popular vote for the President of the United States. The Electoral College is just a longer system of chosing the President of the United States, why go through a longer process intead of the states just choosing the President of th United States. The way the Electoral College is looking to me is just another system why cant we have just one system where it is based on popular votes by the states instead of having the people on choosing what the Electors should say, why not just a straight foward vote.
To me " The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational."Bob Dole id right to say abolish The Electoral College. " What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on abolishing the electoral college. They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore"."Over 60 percennt of voter would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidency, but yet the electoral college still has its defenders".
" The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people.
" At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner- take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend the time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voers in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio. | 1 |
Have you ever heard about the " Challenge of exploring Venus "? Venus is the second planet in our solar system. Its often said that Venus is Earth's twin beacuse it's the closest plant to Earth. Venus has the hostest temperature of any planet. The author has given us an idea that has said "that studying venus is a worthly pursuit despite the danger it presents" the author well supported this idea by gives us infromation of the danger and study of venus .
The authors idea had talked about danger in venus. In the article it says "Venus has the hottest suface tempertature off any planet in out solar system, even though Mercury is the closer to our sun"( paragraph 3 ). This means that venus is stranger beacuse it is the hottest it not even the closest to our sun. In the article it also says
"Planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further vists to its suface?"( paragraph 4 ). This means that scientists are trying to get human being to venus but they know that its way to hot to send people uo there. The article also says " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even mosre challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere."( paragraph 3 ). This means that there is a 97% carbon dixide layers and that the clouds are highly damange to human beings. All this information supports the authors idea of the dangers of having humans go to venus.
The author also talks about the study of venus. In the article its says " The National Aeronautics and Space Administation(NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus" ( paragraph 5 ). This means that NASA want to send humans to study venus . The article also says " NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbon have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for 3 weeks in such conditons" ( paragraph 7 ). This means that scientists are wanting to use old electronics to send them to venus and test them out to see if the old electronics can help the scientics get fast studies. The article says " Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate whenit comes to extreme physical conditions." ( paragraph 7 ). This means that modern electronics have less abilitys then the old electronics and it they are more useful for venus.
Learned about exporing venus now! Venus is dangeruos for human beings. Human being might last for a couple of mins but still wont survive . But scienitistis want to have a different option for human being to not go to nvenus and use old computers . | 2 |
Imagine this, you are on a cross-country road tip with your family.You are in the passenger seat while you significant other is driving with your two children in the back. What do you do? You sing, you talk, and you laugh, but the biggest thing you do is make memories. Now imagine you are doing all of this while your car is driving itself. What happends when something goes wrong and an accident occurs and you can no longer make these memories with your family anymore. Driverless car pose many threats in todays society. They suggest lazyness and take the fun out of driving. They can't without any certain stop all car accidents that happen on a day-to-day basis. They also can be unrelistic. For these reasons why, driverless cars are not a nessasary item to have in the future.
To start off, a driverless car would impose lazyness for the person who opperates it. How would you tell who can opperate one and who can't? How would you have a driver's test if the car drives itself? That also takes the fun out of learning how to drive also. Yes, it would be easier and less work but then you would not have the memories that come with learning how to drive and the feeling of learning and experiencing something new that you will use for the rest of your life. Memories that you won't have if your car does all the work.
The next reason why driverless cars are not a practical invision is because they are not completely driverless. In the article the writer states, "... the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over...". That means that sleeping while driving
would not be safe nor would interacting while on the road. All you would be doing is driving with no hands acentually. The article also bring's a point about if an accident were to accure, who would be to blame? Would it be you or the manufacturer? If someone is injured who do you put the blame on? The person with there hands at there sides or a huge manufacturing company like GM? The practicallity of a car thar drives itself is another reason why driverless cars are a negitive, not a posituve want for the future.
My last reason for why a driverless car is a negitive rather than a positive is the fact that they are unrealistic and unpractical. The average day person can't afford a BMW or a car made by google. So how do these companies think that a car that drives itself would not be the same? The article also makes a point to say, " Mercedes-Bens, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." Two things stick out in that sentence, one being that all three of those car brands are labled as luxuary cars, and second being that this dream car would not be accessible until the year 2020. For this reason why i believe a driverless car is a dream only meant to come true in a Jenson's episode, rather than everyday life.
To conclude, a driverless car would be easier in a way that you would have a little more lee-way to move in your car more, like to get that fry you dropped inbetween the console and your seat for example. But, it would also take the memory of dropping that fry in your car.They would make you feel lazy, could
also cause more trouble if you were to ever get into an accident, and they are not practical for an average day Joe. For these reasons I believe that a driverless car would be a strong negative rather than a positive. | 3 |
Venus would be one of the greatest accomplishments to ever happen in human kind if we ever go to visit. The author who made the passage called " The Challenge of Exploring Venus' Is a very smart person. The author used many good points to prove that although Venus has a lot of dangers and is not the safest enviroment there is still some posibility that it might be the most convinient place to go.
The author made it very clear that Venus has a lot of flaws and that it is dangerous but the author alos listed many posibilities that helped prove his or her point. In the passage it also even gives the possibility that Venus was actually just like earth. In paragrapgh 4 of the text it says " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like Planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This Explains how Venus actually has a chance to be visited and have potential of actually giving something productive if people go there and explore. As I said before the author knows that Venus is not the safest place. The author I think is just trying to give the Idea to the scientist that they need to find the technology or a way to overcome those obstacles so they cann visit and actually find something productive.
Speaking about finding something productive the author gives some pretty good points about that as well in paragraph 6. He talks about how even though is good that we can see Venus from above, It is not good enough. In the text it talks a lot about how Ineffective all the information they have so far is. In this text it says " More importantly, reasearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." This basically says if humans somehow get to Venus there is a higher chance that they can have rock samples, gas , or even photogaphy, or videography.
Also the most important thing the author explains in my oppinion is that us humans want to fufill our questions. In this text it talks a lot about all the accomplishments humans can have if we somehow make a huge step foward and find a way to get to Venus. The reason why is because us as humans we have the curiosity to find out what is out there. This world was based on curiosity thats why we have all the things we have because people asked questions. The author also had that tought because ofhow in paragraph 8 he/ she mentioned how " Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has Values, 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." Which basically explains that us as humans we are not satisfied with anything we always have more questions.
Personally I think this was a very good passage and it gave a lot of very good points. It actually gave me a lot of questions. The author was very good at explaining his/her's point. We should defenitley try to follow the author's idea and try to go to Venus. | 3 |
Have you ever thought of reading expressions but by the use of technology.? Today scientist have created a system that helps read expressions. It reads six basic emotions and many others like happiness, surprise, anger, disgusted, fear, and sadness. Do you think is should be used for classrooms?
Mona Lisa is an example of the use of the Facial Action Coding System. They detected that she was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. Also, this system is the use to recognize emotions that was invented by Prof. Thomas Huang. The process
of this is when the computer conduct a 3-D model face. The Facial Action Coding System recognize the emotions of Mona Lisa. Computers chould do the same. As a matter of fact, a computer should know how you are feeling towards the ads and webs. In the article, Dr. Huang states that
"A computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then is could modify the lession, like an effective human instructor". However, this system could also be used to make computer animations faces "more expressive". Lastly, this system could be useful for schools because it will know how students will feel towards the lessons.
In conlusion, the Facial Action Coding System should be used for classrooms. To begin with, It shows that Mona Lisa was a great example or the use of this system. It detected of how she was feeling. So when a computer detects a students face of a ad, it will know what he/she don't like. In fact, just by using our minds will be difficult to describe an emotion but by the use of this would be a great help. | 2 |
Venus is often referred to as the "twin" of earth. It is the second closest planet to the sun. Space crafts have been sent to Venus despite its extreme conditions. There has not been any humans sent to Venus. The last spacecraft was sent was three decades ago. Spacecrafts have not lasted more than a few hours after landing in Venus.
The author of this article suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Astronomers and scientists are fascinated by Venus because it is the most similar planet to Earth. In the article it states that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today Venus has some features that are the same to those of Earth. Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters. Mars and Venus are the closest planets to earth and often times Mars is closer than Venus. Due to the speed, it changes which two planets is closest.
NASA is working on technology that would allow further studying on Venus. One of their solutions to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. This means that they would have something that could fly over the many storms to avoid the bad conditons. This idea is more thought out than the spacecrafts that would have to land and would only last a few hours. Another one of NASAs projects is simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.
The author does have some convincing details in the article. Though the conditions of Venus do seem harsh and there has not been anymore attempts to send more projects down to Venus in three decades. It does seem like NASA is working hard to get things fixed and ready for a possiblity of sending projects down. The details presented were convincing and it makes a good article. The author is pursuading but the conditions that Venus holds are not convincing. | 2 |
Dear State Senator,
I am agreeing in favor of keeping the Electoral College. There is no need to change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. That is because the House of Representatiives helps elect for us, it helps us to balance our votes, and avoid problems of election. The Electoraal college helps the people out alot with the voting situation and helps us to better undrstand and know our new president.
The broader significance of the electoral College is that the House of Representatives helps us vote for our new president. In source One paragraph three it says "Your state's entitled alloment of electors equal the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each number in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators...."That tells me that we the people are not alone in this process of voting who will be our next president. Also in the same source but paragraph five it states "The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party." This informs me that not only the House of Representavtives is involved in the elections. Tthe govenment is important to the Electoal College because the votes of the government count most to the College.
It is evident that the Electoral College helps us to balance our votes. As stated in Source Three "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..." This lets me know that we -as the people- won't have to worry to much about the voting and selection of the president. Another peice of evidence stated in the same source and paragraph "So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does..." That states that not all people and states have to worry about who the president will be. The Electoral College hepls us out alot mostly to the big states in the United States.
Above all the Electoral College avoid problems of the elections. In source Three, paragraph Twenty-two it states "The Electoral College avoids problems of the elections in whcich no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." This lets us know that the Electoral College is doing a good job on keeping the votes clean and simple to understand. Also stated in the same source and paragraph "There is no pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a moajoity of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential electionn process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which ivariably producess a clear winner..." That tells me that the Electoral College is keeping the votes on point.
There are some people out there who don't agree with the Electoral College and dont like the way the votes are being put in because sometimes the president that they chose wasn't elected. They are wrong to disagree with the Electoral College because the College keeps everything going in order and in a clear path to let us know who our president will be. As stated in Source Two paragraph Ten "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in tur elect the president. This makes them disagree because they think that the Electoral College doesn't vote for their president, but they souldn't worry because they way they vote is by how many states helped the electors to vote for that presient being chosen as the president. Also In Source Two "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning,focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states." That makes some people diagree also, but the Electoral College doesn't count how many people in each big or small state voted for president. All the college does is help the governmtent elect for the president that they most support and elect for.
I agree that the Electoral College should be kept in favor because of all the help that it gives us and the government. Also the College helps us stay balanced on the votes so that nothing gets missplaced or missunderstood. Most of all it avoids problems during the election so that the people and the government are satisfied with their votes. The Eletroal College is a great way to keep things going at a clear election of the year. The Electoral College doesn't need any changes for me because even if they chose on the elections of the government the votes of the people still count to them as well. The votes of the peopel are important to the Electoral College just as much as the government's votes are. | 4 |
Well for one if we limit car usage, gas wouldn't pollute the air as much and make Earth a much better planet. I think it would be much better to limit the use of cars because then there wont be as much deaths due to accidents and serious car wrecks. Not as much drunk drivers just a bunch of drunk walkers. I feel that if everyone either walked or biked everywhere, the community would be a much better place as a whole. You would be able to meet new people everyday.
You would never have to worry about car insurance anymore because you wouldn't have a car! No more money for damages or issues with the car. The community would just be a lot more peaceful if cars weren't involved with our days society. Just like when Heidrun Walter stated when they had a car they were always tense. Now that they don't they are much happier! The Environmental Protection Agency is already promoting car reduced communities, which I think is a good idea!
I think we should also have a day like Bogota had when they go a day without cars for their improvement campaign. They have constructed 118 miles of bicycle paths. This would also improve traffic if we cut down on cars in the United States. New restaurants and shopping districts could be made from the outcome! As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak in 2005 and is now equal to where the country was in January 1995! A study last year found that young drivers decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009! Im all for cutting down on car usage in the United States! I think it would be an awesome opportunity to be apart of. | 2 |
As we enter a world where humans want to depend on technology for everything, even the simplest of tasks, the idea of "driverless cars" is introduced. What sounds like a great idea now, doesn't have as much potential when looked in to. While these "driverless cars" are envisioned to use "half the fuel of today's taxis" and "offer more flexibilty than a bus", there are still some aspects that don't make the cars completely "driverless". Before driverless cars make their huge impact on the world, some of the "minor" details need to be further developed.
How often do you hear of people calling for transportation services, such as taxis or Ubers, because they aren't in a state of mind and being good enough to be able to operate a motorized vehicle? If taxi systems were to be replaced with driverless cars, who would drive those people home? A major flaw in the driverless cars is that they might require human assistance sometime throughout the trip. If there were to be a spontaneous accident, or large work zone ahead while the only human in the car was intoxicated, that would pose a lot of danger for that driver and every other driver around. The safety of other drivers on the road has to be taken into consideration.
Making cars driverless means no one would be completely in control of the vehicle. Keeping that in mind, in the case of an accident, who would be to blame? The driver could be at fault, but then how really driver-independent are these cars? With the possibility that the car will more than likely need human assistance, the driver themselves is only slightly benefited.
Just because "driverless cars" are assumed as completely "driverless", an actual human capable of thinking and doing for the car is indeed necessary. Where I'm sure there are certain groups of people that will benefit from being able to get from point A to point B without having to think anything of it, there's still that larger population that will find almost no practicality in watching their vehicle drive itself when they are capable of doing it themselves. Aside from the safety features that comes with a car having a mind of its own almost, I think we're better off without this technological advancement. | 3 |
One of the top reasons of death is due to texting and driving there are tons of car crahses due to texting and driving. Texting is something that is not handsfree so you have to remove your eyes from the road and your hands from the steering wheel.The automotive companies coming out with cars that drive themselves is a great opurtunity to help the death tolls be less. This gives the driver the ability to send that important message to there boss saying that they are late with out crashing or taking there eyes off the rode.
There are many safety features that help the car move along by thereself until the driver actually is needed. According to the article some automobiles such as the toyota prius modified by google have sensors the estimate position and arotating sensor that detects things around it, a video camera , a gps receiver and an inertial motion sensor. These are all safety features to make the car more hands free and its mimic the skill of a human that way you can focus on one thing at a time.
These sensors also can cause the brakes to automaticlly brake and allowing better signals and more distance in between cars.
The sensors are still being improved in order to make driving safer and that way its less work for the drivers.
Some people wonder how would they know when its there turn to drive well there are mutiple ways some cars simply just say it, other cars have vibrating seats and then theres a few with flashing lights on the windshield. But other citizens are concerned about who is held reliable for any car crashes seeing how your not driving 90percent of the time. Thses are things that are still being considered and decided on. However some states ban these cars because they feel the driver should be alert at all times.
Many car companies are working on these cars to see the best and safest way in order to keep us safe. However they will determine who is held responsible but they are trying to not think negative because they have been trying them for a hile now and have not had an accidents according too google and they have had cars like this since 2009. the automotive companies are still enhancing the cars to make sure that they are safe and also abide by the laws. This would be an amazing way to lower the deaths throughout the world. This will be a godo advancement and in the end most likely do more good then harm to the entire world except the states who do not allow this advancement. However in the end everyone will most likely allow these types of automobiles. | 3 |
Driverless cars are coming, but they may not be the future most people are hoping for. Of course people want one--it is new and cool, but it will not be what they expected. Driverless cars would extremely expensive with all of the technology they are using. Also, it could be very dangerous without an alert driver ready to step in. There are several problems with driverless cars becoming humanity's future.
One problem is money--how will people be able to afford these driverless cars? For example, Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. The combination of all of these is absolutely necessary for the driverless car to have the skill of a human at the wheel. The combination of all of these is also very costly. Only a minority of the population would be able to buy such a car, and just because they're able to, doesn't mean they will be willing to. Many people might think the car isn't worth that much money if they can drive themselves. Economic problems will always be around.
Another issue is the danger of driverless cars. Nowadays, sensors can detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers and can cause the car to apply brakes by itself. It is a brilliant plan, but what happens when it does not work? Technology cannot always be perfect; it is bound to have glitches at some point. If manufacturers do bring in in-car entertainment and information systems so that the driver will not get bored, that means that the driver will not be alert and ready. For example, if the car's automatic brake system does not work, and the driver is not paying attention, there could be a serious crash with many people getting injured. Technoloy should not be relied upon because there is not a 100 percent guarentee of it always working.
In theory, driverless cars are an excellent idea. However, when they're actually applied and put to use, it is not going to have the best results. Many people may want a driverless car, but how will they get one if they cannot afford it? Not everyone has money just lying around, ready to buy a driverless car that would cost a fortune. In addition, the risk factor is too high. So many things could go wrong which could result in people actually getting injured. Driverless cars may be what humanity wants, but it is definitely not what they need. | 3 |
In this article I think that using computers to read students facial expressions is a great idea for students in a classroom. It could solve alot of problem that need to be adressed.
In chapter six it states Imagine a computers that know when you are sad or happy.
That right there is something that could help teachers out becuase it could bring up a problem in the classroom they might not see right awayor to help them.
The computer can also detect if a student is getting bored or confused, that is another thing that could help the staff go see what the problem is.
This type of technology could help so many problems going on during school hours, like helping kids if they dont get a subject or dont understand how to do a assignment.
This could also raise the understanding of facial expressions.
In chapter nine in claims that moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also helps produces them.
This ends my claim and this is a very productive way to help schools out and other place to. | 1 |
I never thought that I would end up being a Seagoing Cowboy, but I am and I'm glad. In this writing I'm gonna tell you why you should try to be a Seagoing Cowboy.
The first reason why I think you should join is because you get to help people. Going to those different countries made it so much more clear of their needs. Their country was left in ruins. They need everything that we do or more.
The second reason why you should join the program is because you get to take care of animals. When I got asigned to that job it kind of reminded me of my aunt Katie's farm. I would go over there when I was a boy and help out.
The last reason I think you should join the program is because you get to travel! Yeah there are some dangers like when the captain slide down a slippery ladder and cracked his ribs but the sights make up for it. I remeber when I got to see Europe and China, so pretty. I also saw the Acropolis in Greece and that topped it all.
That's why I think whoever is reading this should join the program and become a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to help people, see the world, and take care of loving animals. Just think maybe you'll see me there. | 2 |
"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be imited by by dangers and doubts but should expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This quote is by the author who is suggesting that studying Venus is worthy of pursuit despite the dangers it presents. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tells you about the risks of traveling to Venus, but how the exploration has value. The author could scare some readers instead of supporting his idea that Venus should be explored. The author does not support his idea well enough for people to be convinced that Venus should be explored despite the risks.
Venus has many challenges and dangerous characteristics, too dangerous for humans to travel and explore. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets, and clouds of "highly corrosive sulfuric acid." The author states all these facts about Venus, and all of them describe a planet that is too dangerous to be explored. The author is not "supporting" his idea when stating these things, but he does support it when he states that Venus is the most "Earth-like planet in our solar system," because he is trying to get readers excited about exploring Venus. The author does not say these ideas enough for readers to find visiting Venus worthy.
The author suggests alternatives for traveling to the solar system, like hovering Venus, but these conditions are still dangerous to humans. We would only get limited insight if we did trial this idea. Also, researchers could not get samples of anything from the planet. The author also states that NASA is looking for other approaches like mechanical computers in the 1800s and 1940s, but the author also states that these computer may not be able to withstand the physical conditions of Venus. The author states these alternatives, but all of them have a down side that would not give enough information to the researchers.
The author does not give enough information about why we should take the risk of studying Venus. The author states many good insights about how our planet Earth and Venus are "twins", and how Venus has enough value to explore it. As readers, we see only the disadvantages the author states. For example, how hot Venus is, and how no human could possibly live if they went on the surface. Not only does the author state dangerous facts about Venus, he also states alternatives about how researchers could maybe find information about the planet. These altenatives however, don't satisfy what we want to figure out about Venus. If we sent people to hover safely above the planet, then we would only get limited insight. The author did not give enough supporting factors to the readers about exploring this dangerous planet. | 4 |
The usage of Facial Action Coding Systems will change the way learning has been viewed traditionally. Students will no longer be bored or destracted from learning. The requirements are simple, having a face and 44 major facial muscles. simple right? Anyone is able to benefit from FACS.
This software works based on its ability to detect human emotions by detecting an "action unit," which is trigered by the movement of a sertan muscle. Even you do similar things to this software, for example; you might be able to guess the emotion of someon based on their face expresion, right? This software works the same way but in a more accurate level.
This technology would benefit classrooms the most, for example; if the software detects a sad emotion ond the user when learning the software could make the lessong more intersting and making the student stay on track with others.
FACS could also alert teachers of students that could be having problems outside of school based on their emotions. This software can detect "diferent types of emotions" like happines, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadnes as Dr. Eckman stated.
In conclusion this software would precent many benefits for schools and users. this would also make better and more interestign ways of learning for students. | 2 |
Driverless cars can become the future of technology. Google is slowly developing the technology to make sure this car is safe.Google is doing their hardest to make the dream of the driverless car come true.Google cars are not truly driverless yet, they still make the driver know to take over, when something goes wrong. Cars like this would fundamentally change the world like the internet did to the world now everyone uses it too, why not new cars too.
Driverless cars can be a good thing. The cars would use half the fuel that normal cars use.
The cars are far more flexibility then other public transportations. Driverless cars means no one buys cars because there is no need for them anymore. Google is getting really close on developing this car.
Driverless cars would change the world like cell phones did to the world now everyone has one, why not a driverless car. Everyone would have to get used to the idea of not driving the car. We still have a while until Google gets it right. I mean the car has not crash in million miles so that is a start. For now just keep your mind open to new things and ideas for the future. | 1 |
ANYONE
thinking about joing Cowboys who Rides Waves look here
For the last few years in my life i was a cowboy who rides the waves. Your probaby wondering how that is possible. After high school graduation my freind Don Reist invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I helped out with feeding the animals,watching them overnight,and even taking them for walks when we got to land. It was probably the most fun to walk them though.
A few of the reasons I decided to become a cowboy who rides waves is because i love animals. Any type of animal. I also did not want to get drafted. I turned 18 before going on my first trip(it was to Greece) so i could have been drafted. When my draft board learned i was a helping with the animals they said to just keep doing that for my service. I was REALLY happy.
A few other benifits other than helping animals were going on a huge adventure through Europe and china. I once saw the Acropolis in Greece it was so amazing. I also got to see an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. It was so cool taking a gondola ride in Venice Italy. The streets were water in Venice.
A really good part all alone is the thought of me helping World War 2 victams giving them new animals to replace one who have been killed or stolen by anyone during World War 2. We also helped give food water and supplies needeed to live to again people who suffered from World War 2.
Even though I got seasick a few times it was okay beause i got to see some of the world i would have probably never seen if i would not have joined what i did also i got to spend time with animals which was double amazing. If i had a chance to do it all over again i would because ut was a really amazing thing to do what i love
sincerly-
Luke Bomberger | 2 |
First , The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers in present , because in the text it says " Numerous factors contriubute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humas to study, despites its proximity to us "
and another example is that it says " Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely " the author supports the idea really well in the story , evidence from the story that supports my claim an introduction is that, our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of the imagination and innovation. Inclusion , NASA has a particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, NASA's possible solution to the hostile condition on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray , the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters . Therefore , studying Venus is WORTHY , many researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus, electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Finally , striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. | 2 |
There are few people who can can imagine living a full life in this generation without thewse glorified metal boxes with wheels attached to them; even fewer set living a life similar to that as a goal. The advantages of limiting the amount of cars being used are suprisingly unique due to the dwindling amount of disadvanteges there are. Some of these advantages include reduction in greeenhouse gas emissions and that there will be a reduction in smog. It is always nice to see humanity band together, willingly or forcefully, to work for a common good.
Let us begin with the most pressing issue: preserving the environment. Studies have shown that nearly "12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United States." come from passenger cars (Rosenthal 1, 5). Reducing these greenhouse gases, which pose a threat to the Earth's atmosphere, would be an improvement, although slow, still an improvement nonetheless. While this would not be the immmediately noticable of changes, making an effort to cleanse our cities of pollution would be.
Moving on, some places have taken this matter into their own hands, matters that some would describe as extreme. Paris, France is one of these examples, "enforcing a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city...motorists...ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine..." (Duffer, 10-11).It is pleasant to see a city taking this matter into their own hands. This ban, though, did spark an uproar on the Internet, but it did die down. Many approaches to cleansing city-air have been drastic, but others such as in Columbia, had some sort of event where "the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." (Selsky, 21). This did allow a public freedom, despite there still being a fine in place. The remarkable fact of this is that even though cars are being banned, a large portion of the targeted population actuallly do not mind the change, even "'the rain hasn't stopped people from participating'"(Selsky, 23).
Suprisingly enough, this car-ban revolution is still going on today. Many more people are starting to realize the benefits to the ban. Elisabeth Rosenthal, in her article
"The End of Car Culture"
even adds in that many "sociologists believe...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment..."(34). This simply furthers the ideal that humanity as a whole CAN see a chance to change, wants to desperately do so, and WILL do so...eventually. | 3 |
The way of the future is here.A computer program that can read emotions. this tech nology was mad eby many people including Dr.Huang, Dr. Paul Eckman, and Prof. Nicu Sebe.It makes a replica of all majior muscles in a computer model. How could this technology be usefull in the too well know classroom. It could tell if a child is depressed,help peole figure out the unkown, and if a child is getting confused.
When a teenager is in school gets bored in class what do they do? They dont pay attention; they zone off into space.Dr.Huang says,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored ... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor",(D'Alto 1).This would allow
students to pay more attention to what the techers are trying to tech them. this would increase scores and help the exhausted teenagers wake up in the morning and be ready to learn the needed materials.
One of the increasing cause of death is suicide. This is typically followed by sevier depression.The text states, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness,suprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness...",(D'Alto 1). With time and thought they can code even more emotions such as depression. It could send a signal to someone in the school so that they know that someone is in need of help. This would drasticly reduce the suicide rates of teenagers. This isn't the only issue that programing new emotions can fix.
The process that they are using give aportunties in many unkown pieces of art work. Such as the piece they experimented with, the Mona Lisa. The algorithm figured out that,"She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry",(D'Alto 1). They could do this to many other renaisance pieces that students in higher art classes such as art history learn for example The Artifolini Portrait has had controversy pertaing it. Some say that it is depicting a wedding while others think it is a pertruding picture. if we could find their painted emotions it could help with settling that argument. This
can help many students and historians discover new information.
The algorithm that was made by many, highly educated, people has endless possibilities. It may take time to increase the capibility of the program, but it will be worth it.This could help many school
corporations in increasing their academic capibility. This program is valuable for many activities but, most important help tech our future generations. | 3 |
Although it seems that the main reason for trying to explore and study Venus is just to learn more about the planet, however the author does have another reason. They believe that exploring Venus will allow the human race to conduct more dangerous missions. The author mentions several improvement to our technology and methods of exploration that are proving to be more usefull in trying to learn more about Venus.
Firstly, the author mentions that Venus is the planet most similar to Earth, however, it is more dangerous. In Paragraph 3, it is mentioned that the planet's surface temperature can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmosphere is almost completely made of carbon dioxide making it inhabiltal. Yet, the author mentions several ways that NASA is trying to overcome these obstacles. To begin with, in Paragraph 5, it is mention that NASA believes that a possible solution could be creating a vehicle that would hover about 30 miles above the surface. This vehicle would allow astronauts to remain near Venus without having to stay on the planet's dangerous surface. However this idea won't actually help astronauts study Venus, since the dense atmosphere won't allow any visible sign of the surface without getting closer. Although unable to help astronauts to actually explore Venus, this vehicle can be used as a type of station or base near Venus to collect research or as shelter to the astronauts. This vehicle could be used on different planets as well; eventually, there could be a base on any planet that is too dangerous for mankind. This could be one of the many possible ways to improve our abilities for future space travel. Improvements like these are why the author believes that the human race should continue to try to study Venus.
More important changes for space exploration are the improvements in out technology.
In Paragraph 6 it is mentioned that our current forms of taking pictures and videos can't be used unless close to the ground; however, the materials for these devices would melt if they're too close to the surface. For planets similar to Venus, with hazardes surfaces and inmense heat, a possible solution can be using old technology. Looking back at the article, in Paragraph 7 some simplified devices last longer in conditions resembling Venus. Another use of simplier and older technology can be the use of mechanical computers to send and collect information. Since these computers don't require electronics to work they can be built of stronger materials that can overcome all the challenges found on Venus. Like mentioned in the previous paragraph, these new changes are why the author believes that mankind should keep trying to explore Venus because it will all help in future explorations to similarly dangerous planets.
In conclusion, the author supports the idea that studying Venus is worth persuing despite the dangers because it can help in trying to explore similar planets. The advances that are made in trying to explore Venus can change the future of space travel in ways never seen before. These new explorations can lead the human race to explore the entire galaxy and maybe find life within the stars. | 3 |
In the artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the idea of exporing Venus dispite the dangers none clearly. The author gives some good point on both ideas, of visiting it and giving up on it. In the artical it states " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and wether present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking land on its surface" (paragraph 3). This shows that the author is worried about the conditions we do have to over come to go, but this sounds like a point were he doesn't want us to try to go. The artical also states " The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable..." (paragraph 4). This also shows that he has his dought about studing Venus. The artical also states " ...reserachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance" (paragraph 6).This shows that he does want us to be able to study Venus, but we cannot get close enough to its surface to study it. Finally the artical states "... some simplified electronics made od silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulationf the chaos fo Venus's surface adnn have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"(paragraph 7). In conclusion, The author shows hope and dought about us going and studing Venus, but he does think we will be able to do it. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System, is a system that can read expressions of humans. Whether they're lying, sad, mad, or happy. I think it would help with crime and school.
The uses of the Facial Action Coding System would be helpful because it'll make things so much easier with crime and school. In crime the police would be able to use this technology against the accomplice and the thief. It'll be helpful because it would be able to tell whether the thief's lying or not. this could be helpful in many different areas as well such as schools and jobs even sports.
School would be nice to have a Facial Action Coding System because it would help with cheaters and thieves. Schools have many cheaters during tests. They're sneaky and really annoying. It'll just make things easier in school because students wouldnt want to cheat anymore because they'll know that they might get caught. Other reasons why is if a student is lying to the teacher about understanding the lesson or the chapter because they're embarressed of it. The teacher could just use this piece of technology to see whether the student is actually understanding the lesson or chapter.
What I think about this piece of technolgy is that its great for many things and that this could possibly make think so much easier in the world. | 2 |
I think you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys" because you can help others when there is a war and give them food. Luke signed up a program called the "Seagoing Cowboys". What they did was is take care of horses,young cows, and mules.
Luke wanted to help those in need so he signed up. He said, "Besides helping people, I had to see the side benefit of seeing Europe and China, but seeing Acropolis in Greece was special." He didn't just want to help people he wanted the chance to see all those places he could see and when he join in the Seagoing Cowboys he had the chance. He maybe thought it was all just helping people but he had the chance to see different places he had never been to. He also took care of the animals. He said they had to be fed and they kept him busy so he never had time to sit around and do nothing!
There you have it all the good things about joining in the Seagoing Cowboys. Well hopefully you woud want to join the Seagoing Cowboys! | 1 |
Many people wonder what would the future be like? People wonder if they the technology would take over. Or the people would have a system in their home. Or even crazier, having cars that are diverless. During this essay, I will be writing my opinion on driveless car that are not safe for people.
I think that during the future, a lot things are going to change, because technonlolgy is going to take over us. For example , " In the late 1950s, General Motors created a concerpt care that could run a specail test tracl. The was embedded with
eletrical cable that sent radion signals a receiver on the front end of the car." This is saying that before the future, and the earlier years, people were starting to build cars for the future. With some old techonology but in the earliers years knew what the furture was going come, with the diverless cars. Since those cars didn't work during the earlies years, they had to make a new . To being to make the cars to be driverless, they were going to need new technology with them. For exmaple, " Toyora Prius uses postition-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sesnor." So, all this, is techology and they put it in a car. And I think that is to much to put in the car. The car are going to be car, they are going to show off and talk about what they got inside the car by themself.
Also, we have to think about the safety in people lives. For example, " They can steer, accelerate, and the brale themselves, but all are designed to nofity the divers when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigationg through work zone and around acciennts." This is saying that there are certain of things that are made for themseleves but only to alert the driver. I mean if we have cars that are driverless, what would alret the driver when something might happened? There have to be something to alrt the driver, so the driver doesn't crash and hurt themself or their family.
Lastly, the law about drivers would be hard to change because they would have to be certain of age to driver a driverless car. Because in my opinion i think kids, like age 16+ shouldn't drive a driverless car because they could get hurt. " Still, even if tracfic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the care of an accident." This is saying that if something happened to the driver, who would cover the accident. And who fault would it be. I think that cars that are driverless shouldn't be allowed because, things might out of hand and maybe, some people would be obessions of buying more and more cars.
In conclusion, I think that driverless cars shouldn't be allow and that people could get hurt easily. And some people wonder how to cover up if they get into a carsh. | 3 |
Have you ever imagine a life without your car? I bet not. In there's a city in Germany called Vauban. In this city there's no cars, except for the main thouroughfared, where the tram to downtown Freiburg, and a few streets on one edge of the community. They even ban the owner ship of street parking, driveways and home garages, even by banding all of this you can own a car if you wish, there's a garege along the edge of the development you can by an space for 40,000 along with a home. As a resoult, 70 percent of Vauban's families don not own a cars, and 57 percent sold their cars to live there. "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"Heidrum Walter, media trainer and mother of two, as she walks down the verdant streets.
Not only in in Vauban, Germany but even in Paris, France driving is partialy forvident. But in Paris is ban cause of smogs, ther air was so polluted that they decided that by partialy banding driving it would help clear the smog. They gave a fine of $31 dollers tio any one driving, some people even had their cars taken away because of they way they reacted to the fine.
In Bogota, Colombia theres a festivity ones a day that is called car-free day. You may go to work or school in bikes, skateboards, buses, or walking. People who violates this rule will have to pay a fine of $25 dollars. Not even the rain stop this people to enjoy the event even two more cities of colombia join in Cali, Valledupar.
The U.S.A is were the car culture develop, troughtout the years this fan addiction and love affiar to the cars haven cooling dawn, few cars are bought, geting fewer linces and driving less. The economy is so bad thst there arent that many Americans buying caras and not that many jobs, any ways is not like the unemployed could by a car they don't even have to go to work. But before the downturn the families had two to three cars. | 0 |
Using a software to know what students feel like is important because it allows you to find the bugs and fix them. It's good to know what your students are feeling. whether it's happy, sad,mad, fear, or bored you will always know. It's also good because it can tell you what you need to know like did they like the lesson you gave. Were they confused, or bored? shown in paragraph six " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."
Dr.Huang says that Da Vinci studied anatomy to help paint perfect unit action. Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are different than Da Vinci's because Da Vinci was using his mind to do it. Dr. Huang was using his technology to crack the
Da vinci's code. It's the differnce in time that makes it tough for them to be compared by eachother. Shown in paragraph five.
Its
important for students to know what muscles they have in their body. They should be taught this in health classes. Knowing that will help understand how they use their muscles even when they don't realize it. According to making mona lisa smile in paragraph's 7,8,9 shows you the muscles, and the effects that they have.
In conclusion, Using a software to know what students feel like is important because it allows you to find the bugs and fix them.
Teachers can use expressions from their students to know what they are doing right or wrong. It saves a lot of time so that the kids can enjoy learning, and not get bored, tired, or confused because of it. | 2 |
Driverless cars in the future would be fantastic. I believe they will help alot of people out. Companies are even making computer-driven cars all ready. This cars would probably sell very fast and easy. They will make a big inpact on humans in the future. Anyway why would anyone want a driverless car?
There's many different reason why humans would want this car
I think they would want a driverless car because you wouldn't have to drive your self. Especially if your tired and been busy all day. There would be great equitment in the car for them to use when in the car. The sensors will help them out too. The driverless car will also have a video camera,a GPS recevier and an inertial motion sensor. People would love all that stuff in their car. This driverless car would change driving for ever.
That why i'm agreeing with driverless cars. This would be a perfect invention in the future. Everyone would love this care very much. I just think it would help out a lot of people who's busy and works alot. This would change how car aceidents happen and more. This is why i thing anyone would want a driverless car. | 1 |
Facial action coding system, is a source of technology that knows how your feeling through facial recongnition. It is used to identify with the muscle movments on a human face. Using this type of technology to read emotional expressions in a classroom filled with students shouldn't be valuable.
Yes the Facial Action Coding System is helpful with identifying exactly how your feeling, but why in a classroom filled with students? Having computers know exactly how they're feeling isn't something that students
would be able to be
comfortable with. If someone isn't happy, the computers shouldn't have to be programmed to go out of its
way to help a
person doesn't
want to be helped.
In the article in paragrph 3
it states that there are 44 major
muscles in a model that move just like a humans face to identify facial expressions. With that kind technology with the
computers knowing, its an invasion of privacy
to
the students. Students like to to keep to themselves, keeping
their
emotions private. Paraghraph 5 It states that humans can also read eachothers facial expressions. Why let a computer find out what your feeling when humans can do the same thing? Also in paragraph 7 it shows steps on how to encode different emotions, the students don't even need
that sort of technology if they can find out what theyre feeling for themselves.
This is why using the
Facial Action Coding System shouldn't be valuable. That students don't need advance technology to read exactally what they're feeling. That humans should be able to read eachothers emotions or just keep it to themselves either a device knowing. | 2 |
I belive it is just a landform because it looks like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Do you really belive that a face would be on Mars, it is really hard to belive? It would not make sense that a face would be on Mars. I belive it is just a landform because it looks like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
On April 5, 1998 Mars Globel Surveyor flow over Cydonia and took a picture and it was a natural landform. The pectures this time were ten times sharper then the ones from the original Viving picture. There was no alien monument after all. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa.
On April 8,2001 Mars Global Surveyor took another picture on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, caompared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. With this images if there are any objects there you are going to see it.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. These landforms are common to the ones in the American West. They remind us most of the Middle Burre in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
I know that the second picture was taken on a cloudy day and it was not all clear. The origanal picure did have a differnt shadow also. There was however, a third picture taken and that was on a clear day and it showed that it was just a lanform. The origanal picture only had 43 meters compared to the one in 2001 that had 1.56 meters.
In counclusion the face on Mars was just a moon. There were two pictures taken after the origanal picture and they both show that in is just landforms. I belive it is just a landform because it looks like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. | 2 |
The author tells us a lot about Venus in the article. They give us real evidence and facts that we never even knew about. The author tells us how people got to see venus and if it effected them or not. The author talks about how we need to learn more about this subject. It talks about how Venus is very dangerous , but how we should always learn about it because it is important.
In the first couple paragraphs the author talks about how Venus is sometimes called the "Evening star" and how it is the closest planet to earth. It talks about how challenging it is to examine Venus closely. When they say this they mean that if people really tried to go and examine venus it would be very dangerous because Venus is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. No spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. The last time someone lasted awhile on Venus was three decades ago. The author talks about how it is one of the hardest planets for humans to study.
Venus is covered in almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and the corrosive clouds that are sulfurc acid in Venus's atmosphere. The author decribes this by telling us that this is more extreme than anything humans have ever encountered. Since Venus has high pressure and temperature, it is the hottest planet in our solar system. The author explains this by telling us the temperature and pressure of Venus's atmosphere. Even though Venus is dangerous to visit, astronomers still plan to visit Venus. Astronomers want to visit Venus still because it is the most earth like planet in our solar system.
In this article they talk about long ago when Venus was covered with forms of life. It says that Venus was probably covered largely with oceans. Venus includes familiar features of valleys, mountains, and craters. NASA is trying to get more humans to study Venus by allowing scientists to float above the fray in a blimp-like vehicle hovering over Venus. It wouldn't be easy for humans but they would survive.
At the end of this article they talk about how humans really need to know about Venus. For humans to really understand how Venus is, scientists would have to get up and personal even though it could be very dangerous. Researchers are working on making machines that would last long enough on Venus without it being dangerous. Some electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber with Venus's surface and they have lasted about three weeks which is very good. We have to try our hardest to meet our challenges even though they are dangerous. We should always try to meet our imagination. | 2 |
Driverless cars aren't completly driverless, they could malufunction, and so far, seems to be expensive. Cars that can drive themselves are bad or just plain pointless.
First, driverless cars aren't even fully driverless yet. Seems like this cars can't do much by themselves, as said by BMW in paragraph 7 when the say " ...None of these cars developed are completely driverless...Designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requries human skills...This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requries". This means that you could be in danger of your car not alerting you quick enough or not at all. Which obviously would be dangerous.
Secondly, they could malufunction. These cars radar could stop working, not let you take control, or alert you at serious times. But the biggest problem is that if someone is injured. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer". This is asked in paragraph 9 and is most likely to be the biggest problem with these driverless cars.
Third, they seem to be just too expensive for the average consumer to buy. Look in paragraph 4 it says that "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position estimating sensors,... A rotating sensor on the roof,... A video camera,... Four automative radar sensors,... Gps reciever,... Uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-d model of the car's surroundings". Seems very expensive once you name what you need for this car to work, and most will not pay for all of those things to get the driverless car to work, plus the car.
so if the cars aren't completly driverless, they could possibly malufunction and cause serious issues, and most likely will be highly expensive, just makes the driverless car seem like an extremely bad idea and possibly pointless. | 2 |
The emotional expressions in a classrooom is valuable because many people have many different expressions. Using technology would be a good idea to tell the different types of expresions because imagine someone being really mad and you did not know. I think technology would be a good idea because they could have many different options to choose from.
For example on paragraph 3 it gives really good reasons on why technology would be good. It show that a computer can construct a 3-Dmodel face showing all 44 mucles in our face and it would move like actual human muscles. The movement of our muscles are called action units. We have would have six emotions to tell to someone and a computer could do it all by its self.
We humans may have the same expression on a daily day basis because most of the time we are not happy consedering the fact that most of our facial expressions are angry, sad , happy , surpris fear, and disgust, so this means that with just a computer you can do anything when it comes to facial expresions. Also on paragraph 4 it says that '' using video imagery'' would be really good to tell the emotions through facial movements or on a painting like Mona Lisa. A new software would be good to tell the facila emotions for example like on the masterpice of da Vinci that the expressions are compared to the natural face of a person.
This idea of computer emotional expressions would be a good one because with just a scan or a picture would be great because they wouldn't have to be asking the person what is wrong with them. I think this would be way much easy to tell wheather the person is mad, sad, or surprised this idea would work also on pictures that may not show no expressions
In my opinion i think this would cause good controversials because your emotions would simply be easy to reach like in Mona Lisa picture. Your expression can change real quick as to when your standing in the mirror or when you are really happy , sad, or mad. This would help for when a person is showing a fake smile or when a celebrity is being truthful with the camras. This would be a great idea in the future because it would help alot of photographers and scientist that want to look over a picture and tell your facial emotions such as anger, sadness, surprised , disgust, and fear. These would be part of improtant and many more facial emotions. | 2 |
When you think of the USA the first word that you think of is freedom or a word along those terms. I would have to agree with you we are a very free and fair country for...most things like voting I would have to say that the Electoral Collage is the one unfair thing we have and their are many reasons why we should replace the Electoral Collage with popular vote.
The Electoral Collage is when voting for the president, instead of dierectly voting you have electors represnt your state during elections. The Electoral Collage is made up of 538 electors, you have one elector for every member of the Congressional deleagtion and House of Representives plus two for the Sentors this is per state then they all come together to represnt during the election of the president. This is how the Electoral Collage is set up it all seems fair but you, yourself arent having a fair chance to vote for who you want as the president, its like haveing someone make your dessions for you its just unfair. The Electoral Collage is set up so the electors vote for who they want to win surely one of your electors will vote for who you want but its not enough you basically have no voice during elections. Bradford Plumers The Indefsible Electoral Collage he says "At the most basic level, the electoral collage is unfair to voters, because of the winner take all system in each state" he then says " The candidates only spend time in the swing states where they know they have a chance of winning"; he is pointing out that those who are running for president spend a mojortity of their time in the states where they can get the most amount of votes for example they might campain to Florida or Washington DC but not even go to a state like Wyoming or Idoh.
I think we should have the popular vote because it goves everyone a chance to vote for the president, they can voice their opions out loud and have a chance at seeing who they want in office. Another reason the Electoral Collage is unfair is because the electors might all be Republican or all Democrat but we as voters dont get a chance to pick what party we stand for, with popular vote you have a chance to say who you want and what party you represent weather its Republican, Democrat or Induvial you at least get the chance and even though its only a 25 percent chance who you vote for is going to win at least its still a chance. Popular vote has its many advantges but one of the best is you can "get to know" who your voting for the canidates can come to your state and make speechs, have posters something to tell you what they are planning on doing if they get elected, this gives every state a fair chance to see who they are voting for. And yes they might spend a longer time in New york then Ohio but at least their spending time and educating the people on what they want to do and why the people should vote for them. Know I know theres alot of arguments on why we should have the Electoral Collage so let me get to that.
In Richard A Posners In Defense of the Electoral Collage he states that the Electoral Collage is good because of the " swing states" wich he then says " The voters in toss-up states are more likely to be the most thoughtful voters because they know they are going to decide the election" in saying this he means that people who live in swing states will be more careful and more thought out on who they want to vote for. Yes this might be true but what about all the non swing states like for example Texas they could have been careful while voting but Florida was not, then you have Ohio and New Mexico who could have been careful to but compared to Florida their votes get lost even though they were more careful and thoughtout.
So as you can see popular vote is more fair and also a smarter method of things it gives the peoplle a fair chance to vote for who they want while also allowing them to voice thier thoughts. | 3 |
I think that driverless cars are a great idea but are not yet a safe one. What happens if soembody gets in a car wreck while being in the driverless car? I'd sure hate to be the manufacturer of that car because I'd be losing a lot of money. Driverless cars arent a bad idea I mean, there can be many pros and cons, but no one is ever 100% sure that their idea is as good as it needs to be before they can sell it to people, especially when a human being would be putting their lives in the responibility of a man made machine.
Driverless cars can be good for many, mainly working people on the road. Say you are a business man/woman and have tons of work to do because your company or business relies on you to make your people look good. Well, theres been a bit of an interfence with your work and didn't have time, but on your way to work you can focus on paper work and anything else that is required and have it done while another co-worker had not completed their paper work on th ewy to work. All because you own a driverless car and can getg more done. But when you think about the cons of riding in a driverless car you get to thinking, "well what if I'm focusing on business work and my driverless car crashes?" Who will be responsible? The manufacturer of course, because there was some type of malfunction where the car doesn't respond correctly to the surroundings. Would you put your life in the programming of a driverless car? Yes, they'll save lots of time and money but how much more would the damages cost to trust a driverless car to get you places safely?
In many cases I guess you can say that riding in a driverless car would come in handy. Maybe they arent the best for the roads, but what about using them for tours around the city or maybe creating them to travel only at neighborhood speeds? I'm sure the manufacturers will find a more safe use for driverless cars or possibly a different type of driverlesss automobile. In the beginning, middle, and end I still think in my head that driverless cars are never going to be a legitimate guaranteed safety vehicle. | 1 |
In the article 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus' the author mentions mutiple challenges of exploring the planet. Despite this, the author seems to support the further exploration of Venus. Later in the article, the author explains their reasoning. This essay will first analyize the author's statements at the beginning of the article.
In the first paragraph of the article, the author explains that there are many different challenges that have prevented humans from sending a probe to explore Venus' surface. Later, in paragraph three, the author gives examples of said challenges. These include clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid, average temperatures of 800 degrees, incedibly high atmospheric pressure, and a heavy carbon atmosphere. (paragraph 3) These conditions on Venus have prevented humans from exploring the surface because a probe that is able to withstand this harsh enviornemnt does not exist. After the author expalins why Venus has not been explored, they then present a few ideas that could lead to a new innovation.
In paragraph five, the author informs readers of an idea that NASA has come up with to explore Venus. The author describes this invention as a blimp-like vehicle that will hover above the planet's harsh surface. They reason that being able to explore Venus without having to touch the surface is possible due to thr more surviveable conditions of the atmosphere. The author reassures readers that traveling to Venus may be possible by explaining how technology could be invented to allow humans to survive the harsh enviornment. Towards the end of the article, the author also gives another possible breakthrough for these challenges.
In paragraph seven, the author describes another disocvery from NASA. The innovation that is mentioned, silicon carbide, may have the potential to survive in the harsh conditions of Venus for three weeks. The author gives other possible ideas such as using more durable older computers that may be able to survive on Venus longer than modern technology. This shows that the author believes that the answer to exploring Venus may be closer than originally thought.
The author of this article shows readers that they support the idea of traveling to Venus despite the current challenges. Throughout the article, the author provides many ideas that could possibly allow future probes to visit the planet's surface. Also, in paragraph eight the author desribes how they personally feel that dangers and doubts about traveling to Venus should not limit humans from exploring it. The Author cleary shows through this statement that they are positive that NASA will find a way to explore Venus. | 3 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger. Throughout the article, the author supports this claim very well. The author gives a few real benefits for exploring Venus. The author continuously tells us, the readers, about advancing technology thanks to human curiosity. The author even gives problems and solutions to explore Venus.
At the end of the article, paragraph 8, the author says, "Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This means that by exploring Venus, we will gain knowledge and be prepared for future missions with similar conditions. Paragraph 4 talks about Venus's past like how it "may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." With knowledge of Venus's past, we could not only learn about Venus more, but we could use that information and compare it to Earth to predict some of Earth's future. That is how Venus's benefits outweighs its dangers.
In paragraph 7, it talks about NASA's interest to study Venus. In doing so, NASA is creating better technology and pushing the human race further. "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such contitions." With advancing technology thanks to the interest in Venus, we can now create objects that can survive over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on Venus's surface for three weeks. That is how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because we advance with the study.
Throughout the article, many problems are brought up with solutions. For example, paragraph 3 talks about Venus's dangerous conditions that aren't fit for humans, but in paragraph 5, NASA believes they can solve this problem by allowing scientists to float above the chaotic conditions which would allow humans to go to Venus and study it better. Paragraph 6 introduces the problem that humans wouldn't be able to gather a lot of information if they are on a ship orbiting Venus because of its dense atmosphere. In paragraph 7, the article says, "systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." Paragraph 7 gives us the solution to the problem in paragraph 6. This in turn can also relate to the fact that our technology would advance thanks to the planning for Venus. That is how the author supports his claim by giving us problems and solutions to explore Venus, which negates some of the dangers.
With insight from Venus, advancing technology, and solutions to problems, the author supports his claim. The author tells us about benefits of exploring Venus. The author tells us how technology would advance thanks to the curiosity humans possess for Venus. The author tells us solutions to problems which negates some of the dangers. Therefore, the author supports his claim very well since he gave reasons why the study of Venus is a worthy pursuit, and why some of the dangers aren't a big enough threat to stop humans. | 4 |
Cars have been around for a little less than one-hundred years and are still very common today. But recently people have started to refrane from using cars as a major source of transportation. Many people are begining to rely on public transportation or even just walking to get where they need to be. It seems these options have their advantages over the normal everyday car.
For one, it's cheaper to use public transportation and walking cost basiclly nothing. In Vauban, Germany, cars have vurtually been eliminated from use. The residents in Vauban have given up their cars to live in this one square-mile town. Everyone in town walks to where they need to be and they all seem fine with not owning a car. For the few that do own a car, they had to purchase a spot in a parking garage at the edge of the development for 40,000 dollars. This town is an example of the effort to drastically reduce greenhouse emissions from automobiles. It turns out that cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and 50 percent in the United States. This would be a huge cut in greenhouse emissions if cars were eliminated from everyday life and alternative forms of tranportation was used.
In Paris, France all cars were banned from driving because of the near record pollution in the city. The smog rivaled Beijing, China which is one of the most polluted cities in the world. This was largly due to the amount of diesel cars in Paris, with nearly 67 percent of the vehicles in France being diesel vehicles. Citizens were ordered to leave their cars at home, and public transportation would be free that day. Those who violated would be fined 22-euro or about 31 dollars. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined with 27 people having their car impounded for refusing to pay the fine. Because of this traffic congestion was down 60 percent. Although many delivery companies complained of lost revenue the city ran much smoother than usual. Not only did France conduct this, Bogota, Colombia conducts a car-free day regularly. Making milions of Colombians walked, biked, or skated to work that day. With a total population of around 7 million people, this is quite a feat to pull of. Even with occasional rain showers the people were still willing to participate. Their goal is to promote public transportation and to reduce smog. Since then two more Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, have joined the event. This event has sparked the need for new smooth sidewalks, including a traffic cut, with new restaurants and shopping districts have popped up.
Cars have been a major source of transportation for the last one-hundred years, but it seems as if the world is begining to move away from the car and finding alternative means of transport. And with the reduction of greenhouse gases it would bring, it might not be a bad idea afterall. | 2 |
I accept driverless cars entirely and base my position on statistics found both within and outside of the passage: "Driverless Cars Are Coming". The facts I base my opinion and position on driverless cars are: all of the accidents the Alphabet (formerly Google's vehicle) Driverless Passenger Mobile Vehicle were caused by human drivers alone. The second reason is because the vehicles have instant, high speed, and highly accurate radius road mapping systems to navigate safley for both the passengers and other drivers and passengers.
I very much disagree with the sentence found in the passage: "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009" in paragraph 2 because there are very few conditions that the vehicle could ever function under even in the 2009 model's developed.
I also disagree with the first line in the passage which states: "Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cards because no one needs them anymore?"; although specifically ground vehicles that match the appearance of cars may be unavailable for direct transportation, most humans will rely on some form of direct vehicular control as the human inovation proccess brings more variety to forms of transportation, there will always be a time gap between the development of self controlling functions in vehicles and the manufacturing of the vehicles themselfs. We will move on, but we will always at some point be in control of some transportation directly as we progress through the newer types of transportation such as recycleable aerospace vehicles and extra-atmospheric transportation manufactured by SpaceX.
To conclude, I believe that taking the step to accept driverless vehicles as they are in post-testing phases is a healthy and natural nessesity for humans to take to allow for greater inovation as it is manufactured. Driverless vehicles are proven to be safer and are heavily misunderstood. Most of the government organizations that take time away from proper conduct of ensuring the safety of drivers with improved motor ways on the world to focus on neglecting innovation and progression of mankind lack the basic leading skills they are required to have to allow for better and newer mechanics. | 3 |
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Venus is an second planet for the sun. Sometime Venus is called the "Evening
Star," because Venus is one of the brightest points on light in the night sky. Venus also have a nickname like other planets have different nicknames. Venus nickname is misleading.
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Earth, Venus, and Mars are our other planetary neighbor, they orbit in a different speeds. there is a time when Mars is getting closer to our planet Earth and there is a time when Venus is getting closer to the Earth.
Often Venus referred to as Earth's twin because Venus is the closest planet to
Earth in a size and occasionlly the closest in distance.
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Like other planets have atmosphere and different temperture, Venus also have atmospere and differents temperture. When a spaceship when to Venus it couldn't survived the landing for more than a few hours because unlike Venus's surface is hottest in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to our sun.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Venus's clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in it atmosphere.
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Venus may be dangerous but sometime it can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Long ago, Venus was like our planet Earth because back then it has trees and same atmosphere as Earth. But now Venus is dry up and only a dry vellays where water used to flow a montains left. | 0 |
I think the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because that picture of mona lisa smile it had some hard proof on what it does and what it would do.
In paragraph 4 it gives good details on why it should be used it states that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal observes Dr. Huang. " eventhough individual often show varying degrees of expression"(like not smiling as broadly). Using video imgery, the new emotion-recogition software track these facial movement - in a real face or in the painted face of mona lisa. By weighting the different units , the software can even identify mixed emotion (as in da vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion).
Now see that up there was really everything that caught my eye. it gave perfect everything. The claim for the value of using technology to read students emotional expressions.
But the real reason why i think that it would be good is because you can see if somebody having a good or bad day. now if its good then good but if its bad then you can know to leave them alone.
And then it also states in paragraph 9 that making a happy face can make you feel slightly happy.:"moving your fanial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help prodce them. ("putting on a happy face " actually works !) may happen beacuse we unconsciously imitate another person facial expressions. Its just all beautful to me we need one. | 1 |
Hi my name is Luke and there are a ton of reasons to go on Seagong Cowboys Program, and there all right here. Just keep reading and the only thing that you would want to do is go on that trip.
Oh how much fun that was on that boat with all of the lovely animals and my friends.
One of the best things about the trip was all the friends I made, you know playing games and stuff.
I know what you're thinking; what about all of that hard work the whole time.
Well on the way back the only thing that we did was play games, read, and everyonce in a while we would have to clean off the docks.
There were no animals on the way back and thats why it was so fun.
On the way there it was pretty hard work taking care of the animals, but we only had to that every hour, and even then we all pitched in and helped.
If you're thinking about how long it took, it really just depends on how fast you work.
There in't really much to say about the work that hasnt been said, the point is it's not that hard.
The best part about the trip was all the places that we stopped at along the way.
One of the best ones was when we stopped at Greece and I saw the Acropolis.
We also stopped at Vince Italy, the city had streets of water.
We also visited Europe and China, plus im even including the fact we helped so many people along the way.
This is the best thing that could have happened to a small town boy like me.
The only reason why I got to go on this amazong trip was because of one of my friends told me about it.
I guess I'm just trying to be a good friend to and give you the life changing trip.
Just think about it.
All that I'm really trying to say is that this is the most amazing that happened to me and it all I had to do was take care of a couple of animals with my some of my closest friends. | 2 |
Everybody wants privacy. Sometimes it is a good thing to leave a person alone, whether he or she is feeling sad, happy or angry. Using this Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students is not valuable.
There might come a time when a person is sad because he or she has lost a loved one. That person probably would not want anyone knowing how he or she is feeling at the moment. If a computer is used to understand his or her emotions, it could cause that person to be more upset or sad. The computer could acknowledge emotional expressions, but it still has yet to learn how to respond in a situation where that person needs help. In paragraph six, the author states that a computer can know whether you're feeling happy or sad, confused or bored. In school, when a student needs help, the person can just raise his or her hand to get help from the teacher. A computer will most likely use complicated words to modify the lesson.
The problem is the new technology can read emotions, but it cannot really understand the person as much as a human being can. On most of the paragraphs in this article, paragraph eight for example, the author describes about how the computer looks at facial expression to understand someone's emotion. In school, there are shy kids who are afraid to ask for help. Normally, those shy kids are smart students who get good grades. It is true that one cannot just assume all shy kids are smart. But in this case, it is more likely that a shy student will ask help from a teacher, who can understand him or her a little bit better, than a computer that can just read facial expressions.
This technology could also end friendships or relationships. In paragraph seven and eight, the author mentioned that the computer can recognize the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. This would mean that there is no way to hide your emotions. For example, two friends get in an argument because one person was jealous of the other one. In most cases, that jealous person could have hidden his or her emotions, but with the new technology, the other person will know. Sometimes, it is a good thing to be able to hide emotions and feelings from other people.
Using technology that can read students' emotional expressions is not a good idea. For one, it is most likely a computer will not do a better job at teaching students than a human teacher. Also, computer cannot show empathy to someone who is going through a tough time. Last but not least, this technology programmed to be helpful could unintentionally end friendships or relationships. Computers may be useful in many cases, but they can never really do as much as humans. | 3 |
Technology can not tell you about someones emotions. The closest thing that is the lie detector test and not even that is 100 percent correct because it is very easy to beat the system just by slowing down your breathing or tricking your mind into thinking your right. Same thing with this "Facial Action Coding System", if you smile in a picture but your really actually sad then this system will most likely think your happy from the smile. Not even people can tell someone how they feel because the only one who truly knows how you feel is you. Obviously technology is right somewhat most of the time but this system doesnt seem like it would be anywhere near possible. There would be ways to make this test better though, like when you use a lie detector they put sensors on your pulses, So maybe if you used the same thing on this test it would give it a somewhat more realistic calculation. Over time this system will most likely get better but at the state its in now, it doesnt seem very reliable. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author encourages humanity to rise up above the obstacles that have stopped us from exploring Venus in the past, and push forward into uncharted territory. He cites several reasons why humans might want to explore a planet with such harsh and unforgiving conditions, and he gives examples of solutions to the problems that these conditions cause. He uses compelling evidence and inspiring diction to support his claim that humanity should work towards exploring Venus. He supports this claim very well. One example of the evidence that he uses to support his claim is the fact that Venus bears many similarities to Earth, making it valuable in scientific reasearch. In paragraph four he writes: "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." He follows this up by explaining that gathering information about Venus could very well provide us with valuable information about our own planet; Earth. The author uses this evidence as the main reason that scientists would benefit from exploring the surface of Venus. One problem that the author encounters is the extremity of the conditions on Venus. However, he offers solutions to this problem later in the article, when he provides information on how NASA would combat the dangerous conditions on the surface and explore Venus without any harm coming to the people involved. In paragraph five he writes; "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the Venusian surface." The author includes this example of a solution for the harsh conditions of Venus to compell the reader towards believing that exploring Venus would be a valuable use of time and effort for human civilization, due to the fact that it is not only rich with information that could help us explain our own lives on Earth, but also because on the surface of Venus could collect this information without having to risk the safety of the explorers that are involved. This is a powerful use of evidence, because it provides examples of why we should attempt to explore Venus, and it then works towards removing our doubt of this claim by giving us evidence that the risks that would be faced on Venus could be reduced significantly. In conclusion; the author's claim that humanity would benefit greatly from travelling to and exploring Venus is well supported, with both evidence that supports the idea that the information that we would gain would be valuable to us, and evidence that the risks that we would have to take would be small enough to ensure the safety of the people involved. The author inspires us to look beyond what we have at the moment and strive for a better future; one where we can become a multi-planetary civilization that has the ability to explore other planets and, perhaps, other stars. | 4 |
There are many reasons why this is just a regular landform like the ones we have on Earth. One reason is the shadowing of the landform, the second is that there are clouds and clouds could tamper with the camera, and the third s that there have been multiple pictures and only one shows a face.
The first reason is shadowing. When ever you look at something you could think its someone or something else. This can be because shadowing. Sometimes you cant see all the features, or shadows make there own. This is the case with the Face on Mars. There might be crater in the mesa that could look like eyes far away and a curve could make a mouth shape. "Only this one had unusal shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh".
"...Revealing... a natural landform". These both give evidence on how there was a change in shadow on the mesa.
The second is the clouds. Some clouds on the red planet could have gotten in the way and make it look more like a face then a mesa. "... April '98 - a cloudy time of year for the Red planet. This gives evidence that there are more clouds then ususal on the Red Planet.
The third thing is the amount of pictures. THere have been multiple pictures of the mesa. And only one looks like a face. The other pictures show a mesa or a butte type area. " Scientist figured it was just another Martin mesa, common enough around Cydonia. This gives evidence that there are other mesas in the area its just this one looks like a face. And as technology got better It would start to show, or take away all of the features the face had.
And those are the reasons why it is just a mesa and not a secret Face on mars. The three things I mentioned where shadowing, the clouds in the area, and the pictures and how they got better over the years. So imust conclued it is just a normal mesa | 3 |
Hi, I am PROPER_NAME and I really recomend that you join the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program can be hard work at some time,so be ready for that. There are also many benifits to this trip. I myself had a very exciting and memerable journey, and if you decide to join you will have one too.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see tons of new places. I got to see places like Europe and China. I also met and created a bond with new people, While I was there I saw new cultures. This program allowed me to be aware of other countries and there needs by not hearing about them, but actually witnessing it. I also had some fun on board with the other members of the Seagoing Cowboys club. We played games like fencing, boxing, and even table tennis.
Now if I told you that the Seagoing Cowboys program was all fun and games, I would be lying. There is a lot of work to do. One time I fell down a slippery ladder. I didn't die,(because if I did I couldn't have wrote this.)but I did get hurt badly and I cracked my ribs. There are many responsibilities while on board. I had to work with animals. I had to load and unload them off the ship. Also on my second trip I was the night watchman, and my job was to check on the animals every hour.
Even though there is is work to be done the Seagoing Cowboys program was a great opritunity for me, and it could also be a great opritunity for you.Helping out at my aunt PROPER_NAME's farm prepared me, and maybe you have some preperation too.This trip taught me more than i could have ever learned at home.The Seagoing Cowboys program really opened my eyes.I hope I go again,and I hope I see you there. | 2 |
In the passage I learned about a new computer software that can read emotion and produce its emotional findings as a percentage. This new software reads a human face and constructs a 3-D model of the face. All 44 major muscles must move like real human muscles. The compuer relies on FACS or the Facial Action Coding System. The computer has classified six basic emotions- happiness,suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.- and then associated each emotion with charicteristic movements of the facial muscles. It then compares the exaimened face with one that shows no emotion to determine what emotions the exaimened face is showing. People from around the world are now finding different applications for this new technology.
The technology could be well suited for a use in the educational field. In paragraph 6 the author talks about how this software could be used in schools. He then goes on to compare it to being ''Like an effective human instructor.'' So this software could be installed into a classroom computer. Then as the lesson is being taught to students it would analyze the students expressions and proceed to modify the lesson. The way it could modify the lesson is to make it more hands on and interactive.
Do I feel as if this new technology could be the wrong use for its properties?Yes, I do feel that way because humans are humans. As such they crave interaction between one another, I don't feel like adding a classroom computer in place of a human instructor would be a good idea.
As far as its pros versus its cons go, it would be a well placed application for the software. As I said before it could modify a computer based lesson for the subject in which it is teaching. I don't think it will ever beat out the enjoyment of doing something with your hands in a classroom lab with the safety and security of a teacher lead course. Yes, I agree that we are moving in a direction of computers being in place of instructors. But, I do not agree that we are moving so quickly in that direction that computers will take away the enjoyment of have a casual relaxing conversation with a teacher. | 3 |
"And that is the composition of the typical human.", the Biology teacher wraps up her lecture in a rather slow, drawn out, manner. The poor students, trapped in the classroom with nothing to entertain them, but boredom. How will the teacher know when to cease this unbearable tourture? FACS may be the answer. If it could accurately give the teacher information on her students' feelings about the lecture, this could be extremely valuable information to help make the lecture more entertaining, and fun, for the students. My personal opinion, one that has been developed through experience, is students maintain the information, presented in the lecture, better if the teacher makes the lesson interesting and entertaining.
As mentioned in the paragraph above, I believe having a FACS in classrooms would be a useful asset for teachers across the country, or even the world. You see, the muscles in the human face move a certain way when expressing certain emotions. The six basic emotions, as described in the third paragraph, are happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The problem is some of the emotions can not be read by the naked eye. Allow me to explain. Have you ever heard of masking emotions? A fine example would be an individual forcing a smile at someone they do not care for. Different muscles are used in a forced smile, in comparision to a natural smile. Some people have perfected the art of "fake smiling",and the human eye can have problems noticing the person is actually doing a fake smile. The FACS, however, notices the muscles being used to make the facial expression. The FACS can see small details the human eye would miss. Having this program in classrooms would help teachers to make their lectures a little bit more fun, you could say, for the students.
In conclusion, I am on the side that says we should allow this technology to be utilized in classrooms. This could be a game-changer for teachers. With this technology, teachers will be able to read the students' expressions with accuracy. Also, if the lectures are not dull, students seem to maintain the information being taught to them better. Will this technology ever be used in classrooms? I do not kinow. All we can do is wait! | 2 |
The "Facial Action Coding System" or "FACS" is not useful or appropriate in the classroom. Paragraph 6 describes that computers basically watch your face to see what ads to use and it could be used in the classroom to see what you understand however, it is not likely that a teacher would want for their lesson to be altered because that can create some problems. Having a computer scanning your face 24/7 could also be viewed as kind of wrong and invasive. On the other hand, if people knew they were being watched, they could easily change the appearance of their emotion. People can be very convincing. Lastly, technology is not 100% correct 100% of the time. Things could always glitch and change things for the worse.
Some might view the concept of a computer scanning your face every time you are in front of its camera as minamally invasive. Everyone has different facial expressions that show different things and it could mean the complete opposite of what the computer views it as. Paragraoh 7 describes that a computer can scan your face to see if there is an ad that you don't like and show less ads like that one. Not only does that have nothing to do with using it in a classroom, but no one likes ads in the first place and you have to pay to get them removed. Also, some teachers like to try and read their student to get a feel of how their day is or see if they're "living their best life". While this is sometimes very sweet, sometimes people like to be left alone when they're in a mood. This technology could literally increase the percentage of teachers being in people's business. They already have that Dyknow app that screen records all of our screen so they can see what we're doing at all times, why would they need to know how we're feeling as well?
As an actress and show choir student I can safely say that we, in the performing arts community, can definitely put on a faccade. Others may not be in either of those activities however, people can still be very convincing. Personally, if I knew I was being watched I'd probably fake some of my emotions. People on shows like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Law and Order" are paid to put on a fake face. Their job is to literally be fake for a camera. There are episodes of those shows where people are crying and they look very pained. Chances are, they are not really feeling those emotions. Arizona Robins may have cheated on Callie Torres but Jessica Capshaw didn't cheat on Sara Ramirez. That's fake emotion. They might not be it their character is so they have to play that part and be convincing or they don't get the part. In show choir there are songs where we have to be angry and then suddenly happy and then concerned all in a matter of sixteen counts and if we can to that then we can change how we portray our emotions when we are being watched by a camera.
There are so many different applications and softwares tha are in the world now and no matter how advanced the technology may be, it is never always perfectly running. Even the latest technology glitches from time to time. Technology is constantly updating and changing due to bugs in the software. Technology like this could ruin something completely. Everyone has a focus face that they put on when they're reading something or solving an equation. Let's say someones focus face looks a little bit angry. Just because their face looks angry does not mean that they don't like the question or don't like how it's taught or explained, it just means that they're focused on what they're doing. If the software misreads a facial expression and changes what's on the screen it could completely mess up what the student is doing. Or if the student does need the way of teaching adjusted and it does change. it could cause problems with the teacher because some teachers want things done a very specific way. If something happes with the software and it could inconvenience the student in many ways.
In conclusion, Facial Action Coding System should not be put in classrooms. IT's not completely useless, but it it's not very useful either. People don't need their face read to see how they feel about an ad or about a teaching style, that's why surveys were invented. If someone wanted people to know hwo they felt every time they turned on a computer, they'd start a blog. There are really bad actors on this planet but there are a lot of liars and pretenders. If a lot of people knew they were being recorded and faked a smile because they think that their privacy is at stake, it would completely defeat the purpose of the system and it would all be for not. Technology is also very expensive these days and this type of thing can easily be hacked or it could glitch and once again, defeat the purpose of the system. | 5 |
When I was reading this article, it brought to my attention that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
It says that " venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. I think the author supports the idea because, he talks about how he got so many reasons why the mission was successful or not, this also has a reputation.
This was very previous when i decided to support this idea.
Although, this author is very intelligent and experienced alot of things, i will support him in many reasons because The National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration has one part compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, he thinks its so good that now he telling people to check it out. If he had gave up on this support that he had, Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying uo and out of their way.
I agree with him on alot of things that hes done that's why i support him, he tries to provide healthier weapons and materials that would be safe to use. When he intervented this it says that many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to distribute the forceful interaction to our capability of the since of Venus. I support him because he makes it recognizable to see his point of view on this.
It must be scary to live up in Venus or mars. | 0 |
People are saying that aliens are creating human faces on mars. The face that you see in the pictures is nothing but a landform with shadows the make it appear as a face. Stories about aliens creating this are just theories. Unless it is one-hundred percent proven, it is just a theory. A story that cannot be proven.
I am very aware that it looks hand made and it quite possibly could have been. I don´t know about aliens though.
When people from NASA find things like this, they do research and test the possibilities. Something like the face on mars is nothing but a natural land formation, or an accident from a dust storm. Scientists have compared it to landforms here on Earth and have confirmed that it is possible for something like that to form by natural occurances. "That´s a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars" (Unmasking the Face on Mars, 12). | 1 |
I would not suguest self-driving cars. What if war ever comes and the enemy were to somehow hack the cars and kill people who are in them. Everyone would require a car upgrade and some people wont be able to afford that. Im good with a 2005 Monte Carlo. Now what they should do is bring classic cars back and start making parts for them again.
In my honest oppinion I believe 1969 was the golden years for cars. I wouldn't want a car that has a camera that watches me while I drive. Thats like too far over the line. I can understand if they made flying cars in the future that uses magnetic power or even fuel of some sort. I honestly believe that we are going to keep creating better and better technology.
Eventually technology is going to be smarter than humanity and it will over run the human race and make us the lowest life force. People need to think for future preferences. Driveless cars would also be a bad idea because some older people don't get technology too well and they could get seriously hurt if they don't opperate the car right. Some people wouldn't want to have a camera in a car that watches them because they may go park somewhere and want to do something private and it wouldn't be private with a camera above their head. Plus people would start to get lazy and not want to drive at all.
Then we may have another obeasity problem. There are just too many concerns and unanswered questions to have self driving cars. I trust a human driver a lot more than an electrical driver any day. I wouldn't want to drive a car thats smarter than me. Theres no telling what could happen with these cars.
Yes they may have been tested and everything but the outcome may vary with different cars. If you ever did wreck I could just imagine how much it would cost to do all of the repairs. Thats why I wouldn't suguest driveless cars. | 2 |
Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, and Audi. What do these car companies have in common? Less people are intrested in them, limiting car usage in certain places has lead to the popularity and need of owning a car decrease. Which so that there are advantages to limiting car usage such as less polution and less traffic.
To begin, limiting car usage can lessen the amount of pollution in the air. Pollution is a topic used when hybrid cars are being talked and how they use less gas and pollute less but what about no pollution at all. How can we stop pollution? By no longer needing cars because
"Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."
(Elizabeth Rosenthal paragraph 5). Fifty percent in the U.S. of greenhouse gas that is outrageous. As Americans we need to see that the greenhouse gases are causing all the global warming and animals becoming extinct because the enviroment around them is changing in ways they aren't used to. Limiting greenhouse gases is a must if pollution one day is going to stop. Also, limiting car use can benefit getting rid of the amount of useless gases in our atmosphere. As humans we need oxygen to live but in our atmosphere we currnetly have less then twenty percent of oxygen. We breathe in nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, etc. In order to get rid of one or two of these gasses we need to limit the car use because limiting car use
"Will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions."
(Elizabeth Rosenthal paragraph 34). Cars make up so much of our gas emissions which is a huge reason to why the air is so mixed with many different gasses that our body just dosen't need, and so much smog and air pollution that is heating everything up and killing our planet that we currently inhabit. Unless we have colonies on Jupiter and Mars it seems like we are only killing ourselves.
To continue, limiting car usage can help lower the amount of traffic on the street. When diriving people always get mad when there is traffic or if they are caught in rush hour, why not just say getting to my job is a two minute drive I should just walk. Plus traffic can cause accidents wether it's someone in a hurry, or road rage, or just a complete accident, they happen. France at one point banned even number licence plate cars from driving on certain days and odd number licence plate cars on another to limit pollution, but one intresting stat from when they put the restrictions in place
"Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France."
(Robert Duffer paragraph 14). Traffic down sixty percent in such a large city which also has to help the tourist who don't have to wait so long for their taxi driver to get to the Eiffel Tower. Having traffic down such a huge percentage is an enourmous thing to have in a large area like that because an accident in that city can ruin a lot of people's days so limiting car usage can help in that situation. Also, every year in Cloumbia they have a day without cars to limit pollution and to encourage everyone to get out more and to walk and run around in the city of Bogota which is the city in which the day is held. Columbia limiting there use even if it's once a year is great where
"Rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic."
(Andrew Selsky paragrah 28). Limiting car use for one day a year even helps for one day of traffic where rush hours have very little traffic where the only people on the road are the people who don't want to follow the day with no cars. Having the little bit of traffic extremely helps tourist and people who have to use cabs to get around the city to go to work.
To conclude, major car companies like BMW and Jaguar need to watch out because not only is the popularity in cars not as high anymore, the need for them might be just as low because of countries stepping in and limiting car use to help lower the amount of pollution and traffic as they are helping to make the world a better place. | 4 |
Have you ever been on a trip to cross the Alantic Ocean? A man named luke Bomberger has, and did sixteen times. You can do this by joining the Seaging Cowboys program. By joining this program you can see famous monuments and go through the Panama Canal; you can also experince the work the cownboys used to do.
Joining the this program you can see the most coolest monuments you ever seen! You can see castles and towers on your way to Europe. You may even go in them, and see the gloriuos sightings you'll ever seen in you life. This is what your going to see if you go on this program.
When your on your way to Europe, you will go through the Panama Canel. You can see what the Peoples houses look like, how they live, and what they eat. You can also see how the canael is shaped and how it was formed. That is what is going to happen when your going through the Panama Canel.
Lastly, your proplably thinking its all fun and games. No, your going to work like the cowboys did in the old days. You will be feeding animals and you might be hourly reporting to the captian just like Luke Bomberger! That is all the work you will be doing on this program.
And that concludes the program of Seaging Cowboys. Hope you can join the program and help through our journey. | 1 |
I think driverless cars are a good thing because it would take so much pressure off the driver him/herself. What i mean by pressure is moving around wrecks or moving slowly through traffic without bumping another car. it would aslo make it easier for the driver to not hit anybody like a crosswalk or constrution zone.
Another from of pressure that is on the driver is passengers. If a mom has just picked up her two children and they are fighting or crying in the back seat the driverless car would take over so she could attend to her fighting for crying children in the backseat. If you go out with your friends to "party" and end up not sutable to drive you can have the driverless car take over as well.
People are saying that driverless cars are bad thing because there are more wrecks and more people are dying in these wrecks. I think they are a good thing because if the driverless cars are causing wrecks that gives the manufactures more clues on how to make the cars safer.People also say that theyre bad because people are dying in these wrecks, I say dont worry about it because people are dying everyday.
Lets face it some people arent the best drivers in the world. so why not have driverless cars to help with those type of people. Some people get distracted or get tired, these cars will help with that. If you get distracted you have a car that will drive itself while you text or look at something on the side of the road. You and your family are going on vacation far away and you get tired, locate a hotel that is near had have the car assist you on your way to the hotel.
In conclusion I think driverless cars are a good thing to have because it would help out so many people that either cant drive, get distraced or just get bored of driving all together. Its just another step towards the future. | 2 |
Dear Mr. Sentaor, Personaly I believe we should keep the Electoral College. Because it would be better for our country. The Electoral College is a process. This process consists of the selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice presient. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is require to elect the president. Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of Columbia allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College.
I am aware that the Electoral College has some flaws but nothings ever gonna be just the way you want right? Under the electoral college system, votetrs vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Also the electoral college is unfair to voters. It is unfair becuase of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates dont go to states they know there not going to win in. The Electoral College is outdated and irrational. But the best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.
In addition there are also good things about this electoral system. For Example, the Electoral College resotres some of the weight in the politcial balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. The Electoral College also avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recevies a majority of the vostes cast.
Furthermore, The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state Democrats. But of Course no voter's vote swings a national election American population did vote in 2012 election.
In conclusion these are the resons why I believe that we should keep the Electoral College. | 1 |
I believe that the Face was a natural landform. Now in this esaay im going to state 2 reasons why I believe that it's a natural landform.
The first reason I believe this is because in papragraph 7 it says" Thousands of anxious web surfers were waitin when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing....a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." This part of the prompt tells that alot of people wanted to know what the faces were and they found out that the faces were natural landforms. This sentence also shows that they went out and found that it was a natural landform. That is just one of the reasons why i believe that the faces are natural landforms.
The last reason I believe that they are natural landforms is in the 11th paragraph it says" As a rule of thumb, you can discern thigs in a digital image 3 times bigger tht the pixel size," he added. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they are!" This paragraph tells how there was no way that with that camera they couldn't miss the fact that it was a natural landform. So, if there were alien prints they could see them with that camera though the lences.
Those are just some of the reasons why o believe that the faces are natural landforms. | 2 |
Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? A face shape was found on Mars and many are calling it an alien marking. It is proven that it is not from aliens through research and pictures, however people still continue to protest. Our scientists at NASA have already studied the mark as soon as it was spotted. Also, if the so called "face marking" was from aliens, NASA would be all over it.
First of all, the scientists at NASA have already studied and observed the marking as soon as we were notified and pictures were sent to us. Later, finding out that it turned out to be nothing more than a natural made landform. The quote, "scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia" (2) shows how we found out really what it was. The quote, "a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see" (3) shows how NASA was sharing with the people the truth behind what the marking was. We wished we could have been able to do more research on aliens, but that was only capable if the life on Mars were real.
Lastly, if there were real aliens, we would be open about it and do research immediately. The quote, "defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (5) shows how we wish that the aliens did exist so we could learn more about life on Mars. The quote "but the sensation was short lived" (2) shows how we were sad that the landmark wasn't alien made. We would have liked it if we would have been able to research the landmark about aliens but unfortunatly it wasn't caused by aliens. If the marking was real, we have been proud to announce that and would have not keepen it a secret.
Others might argue that our team at NASA are lying to the public but that is not true. They say that we are hiding the information from the public. The quote, "some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars" (5) shows how other people have different thoughts on what we found. Another quote, "NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists" (5) shows how people begin to believe and think that we're lying to them about our discovey. However, Our scientists would be thrilled if it really was aliens, starting ancient civilization on Mars.
Some believe that the marking on Mars was an alien marking. We, scientists, have proof that it was not. We have done plenty of research as proof to our conclusion. If the mark was real, NASA would have already discovered all sorts of information on life on Mars. I and the other scientists at NASA believe one day we will discover alien life form but May 24, 2001 just wasn't that day. | 4 |
In this story the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy to explore despite the dangers it presents. it tells us that Venus was "Once been most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." Also that Venus has "familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and creaters." But despite the belife that life was there, it's also that NASA and others are just curios of what they could find from Venus.
First, the author did a good job pointing out and bringing in the reader with Venus "once have been most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago" but he also goes and continues on how it was covered with "oceans"
Secondly, the author tell's us that there are "familiar features such as valleys, moutains, and craters" On Venus. This makes us want to pursuit the study on Venus despite the dangers it presents. Even with all the critical coditions Venus has, this example want's us to go and visit Venus.
Lastly, " Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity." Human curiosity makes us want to go to Venus and see what we can find and look. Most humans are very curios and when they find out there was once life in Venus, it makes us want to go and see what's out there. The author put this in to give us another reason why we should go out to Venus. He puts in "human cruiosity" to bring us in.
Finaly, from all of the eight paragraps I feel as if the author could have done a better job on their part to explain why it's "worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents." Also that the comparison between Earth and Venus was fine. But going to Venus and exploring and pointed out that there was once life in Venus gives a good example of going and exploring Venus. | 2 |
Since we had sent surveyors to Mars we have found many interesting things. We learned about much of the landscapes there and compared them to what we have here. Like the Earth, Mars also has a mesa biom. The face in the area of Mars know as Cydonia is a mesa biom, so natural formations accur. The face that we have discovered is not an alien structure because almost no true scientists think it is alien, high resolution cameras showed no signs of alien life, and it is natural because it is in a mesa biom.
The first reason that you should not believe that the face is an alien monument is because almost all the scientists agree that it is not a alien structure. As it said in the article, "Few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact." They are the ones that truely study this topic and know all about it, so we need to believe them. They also took the picture to draw attention to Mars and how unique it is, not to convince every one that there are aliens. The picture was slightly blurred and showed a unique stucture that was naturaly created.
The second reason is that the first image was burry and did not have the best quality. This could have made it look like it was made by someone or something other than nature. The new images were cearer and prooved that it was natural and that there were no alien artifacts.
The biggest and most obvious reason that should convince everyone is that it is a mesa biom. Things like this form all the time and should not be thought of a being made by anything other than nature. Take Earth for example, we have the same kind of region and it has land forms just as unique and different in their own ways. The formation on Mars was just more unlikely to accur than the other ones. Throughout time things change, and chances are that the Earth has or has had a similar landform that looked like a head.
There is no proof that aliens are on Mars. There is no proof that aliens are real. Nobody will ever be able to prove that aliens created the face because it will change, and eventually will not look like a face anymore. The face on Mars is obviously not an alien relic because almost every scientist agrees, high resolution pictures show it is not alien, and it is a mesa biom so this is natural. | 4 |
Dear Senator,
I am writing to Complain about the electoral college. It is not a good and reliable way to elect a president. The desicion needs to be up to us, not the electors. It needs a change, badly.
For starters, the electoral college is small. It says in the passage, "What is the electoral college?", that "The electoral college consists of 538 electors". Now, its no rocket science to me, but that is nothing compared to the Billion people that live in this country. Now, i know that some might say that even though we have the right to vote at the age of 18, not every one votes. And, as that is true, i can tell you for a fact that more than 538 citezens of America vote every year. That is the problem for the electoral college.
Now, if that isn't convincing enough, just know that in the passage, "The Indefensable electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", it says that over 60 porcent of voters would rather have a direct election instead of the kind we have now. And, it says that the voters are not even voting for a president, but instead, voting for a slate of electors to vote for a president.
Another reason that the elecotral college should be disposed of is that it can turn off voters whose state is already set on Democrat or Republican, and have no desire to vote due to the fact that thier vote may not matter, as it says in the last paragraph of "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our Despised method of choosing a president". That is wrong because every one's vote needs to count, wether it makes a difference in the end or not.
So, Senator, I hope you understand where i am coming from on this, and that something can be done. Thank you for your time. Good-Bye. | 2 |
In the article "the Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author states that astronomers are so facinated with venus and its harsh environment because it is the most like earth in our solar system. In fact most scienetists believe Venus was covered in oceans and had the ability to harbor life in it. Getting a better understanding of Venus could help progress space travel and the way astronauts land ships on planets and deal with climate and research.
The author says that Astronomers are facinated with Venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. The astronomers wan tot get a better understandimg of this planet as people may one day be able to set foot on it with enough research put in place. They need to understand the climate and the atmsphere before they can send any manned space shuttles there. The author said that unmanned space shuttles have been sent there before but havnt been sent in a long time because many of the shuttles would not manage to land in the harsh climate, and if they did they did not last long on the planets surface. Studying Venus maore would help astronomers understand how to better their space shuttles and make them work well, land, and last longer. | 1 |
Limit Of Car Usage
When you think about limiting car usage you might think "Well how am I supposed to get there. Theres no way i'm able to get to my destination without a car." Yes, I'm pretty sure we all would'nt want to walk five thousand miles to visit a friend three hours away, but here me out. Doesnt a car make you all tired? Knowing you have to pay a bill every month, or getting gas four times a week. Just imagine a world where thats not a problem.
In Vauban Germany they are most of the time a car free zone. Owners of cars aren't allowed to have cars in there garage or in the streets or wherever a car would normally be. They have to keep there cars in a space they buy at the edge of the community for $40,000 plus the paying for their homes. Now I wouldnt want to pay all this money to park my car. Most people in suburban homes sold their vehicles so that they could live there without a problem. Heidren Walter said," When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." She says as she's walking down the street she can actual listen to the communtity of children playing and not be drown out from the loud motor in the car.
Now, limiting car usage doesnt mean we all have to walk to our destinations. We could start using bicycles more often and actually get a benifit of working out. Sure it might make you all sweaty and gross. But make a plan to get up a little earlier and then wash up at wherever it is you are to be. And limiting cars doesnt mean every single one of us need to give up our cars. Instead we can find a friend who lives near to us or a fellow co-worker and car pool. Instead of all two hundred employes lugging their cars on the road and getting stuck in torturous traffic. make a plan to get five people in a car and instead of two hundred cars on their way to work, there would only be about fourty cars going to the same place. That would clear up our roads and ruduce traffic. In France Congestion was down sixty percent after reducing cars.
"Diesel makes up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Westurn Europe.." ,according to Robert Duffer. People today are now worrying to much on their cars and how much it will cost them. Not worrying about jobs and insurance. The invention of the car was not to see who can get the most miles or whos car gets better horse power. It was about helping people get from A to B, and we can do just that.
There are many people out here who will think that limiting car use is a waste of time and like to keep things the same. But we can be the generation who changes that. If we could go down to one car a family and start car pooling with one another, or even start using bikes to go to places with our friends, we can help make the community a better place. One day just try. Try walking to the super market. Instead of making your mom drive you and your friends to the mall, try making a plan to all ride your bikes there. It doesnt hurt to try, so try to start. | 4 |
Some people may think that the Face on Mars was made by aliens. Today I am here to share with you that scientificly it is just a natural landform. It is just a conspericy that the Face was made by aliens. The Mars Global Surveyor captured photos of what the Face looks like from above Mars. The image shows a landform on the planet that seems to look very much like a face.
The Face on Mars is scientificly known to be a landform in the planet. This landform is much like the Martian equvialent of a butte or mesa. The landform just so happens to look like a face. That's why many people believe that the lanform is was actually made by aliens. Do you know how there are craters on the moon? If so the "Face" is almost like that but instead of the crater going in, it's pushing outward. That is the easiest way to describe it.
So far NASA has not found aliens to be real. That doesn't meant that they aren't real. It just means that the face is highly unlikely to be made by aliens. But one day if NASA does discover aliens that might be a possibility that the "landform" was made by aliens. But until that day comes around it will just be considered a landform based on scientific facts.
The first spacecraft to see this landform was NASA's Viking 1 in 1976. Then 18 years later, on April 5, 1998, the MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time. The picture that the MOC was 10 times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. This became very popular at that time in the past. The Face was used in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. These things started all the talk about the face being created by aliens.
So in all the Face was not made by aliens at all. It just happens to be a natural landform in the shape of a face. I can see where everyone got mistaken but the facts are that it was not made by aliens. So now you will be able to say that you know a lot of things about the Face on Mars! That is everything that I can explain to you about the Face on Mars. | 2 |
Some people think that the face was made by aliens well I'll tell you right here right now that the face you are looking at is not made by aliens but just a natural cause. I will be giving you many reason why this thing on the moon has no sighn or even romotely have anything to do with aliens. One reason that i find this face to be created by nature because even the earth has these kind of landforms just look at some of the mountains just really zoomed out. If there were aliens why wouldn't they made it more defined I mean if i make something i want it to look as real as I can make it and if you look at it closly you can tell that if aliens did make it why did they make it so bad like if it's just nature it looks beautiful but if something such as aliens made this im sorry but they did very poorly because if they can make pyrimids look a pretty as they do then i think they can manage a face or some sort on a place such as the moon. There is also another reason that i say there is no way the aliens made it, how can the pyrimids stay together as well as they did but on the face on the moon fell apart with in that short of time i mean look at it from 1998 to 2001 it looks like it a bomb went off and thats only 3 years what would it look like in 100 or even 20 years. Besides we dont have any hard core evidence that aliens actually exist. When they show me some hard core hands down evidence that i can look at and say "Wow you opened my eyes now I see what you have been talking about." Untill then I will always believe that the face on the moon was just a natural cause and that mother nature made that face. | 1 |
One day while i was at my job working for NASA, I heard a door open. I turned to look, and in walked a conspiracy theorist, knuckles dragging the ground, dead eyes staring, and drool escaping from his open mouth. "May I help you, sir?"
"Yeah! I know there's a face on Mars and i want you scientists to stop hiding the evidence!"
Here we go again I thought. I had seen thousands of people like him, asking the exact same thing. and every time my reply was the same: There is no face on Mars. The appearance of the face is caused by shadows on a mesa.
However they never believe me. "Those pictures are faked so that you can hide the evidence!"
I always give them the standard reply that the pictures are official and that is that.
One thing I as a scientist don't understand about these people is why they think an alien civilization would build a giant replica of a HUMAN face. Theres no way they'd even know we existed, so why bother?
In conclusion conspiracy theorists are going to believe there is a face on Mars no matter how much evidence we give them to the contrary, so why even bother trying. | 1 |
I do not think driverless cars should be a "thing of the future". Many things could go wrong if you let technology take over your driving. Drivers and passengers could get injured, the technology could malfunction, and the cars are not completely driverless. The car would not be completely safe for the drivers or anyone else in the car.
First, people in the car could be seriously injured. If there is no way of knowing
who's responsibilty it is that someone is injured there could be many problems. Someone could be injured in the car because they don't have as much control over the car as a regular car would. A person who is hurt in this car could end up with a lot of problems. People in the driverless car could be injured.
Second, the car could malfunction. Malfunctions of the car could lead to many problms.The driver could be driving down the road and something happens with the technolgoy and the driver loses control of the car. If the car is about to hit something and it doesnt let the driver know it needs to take over, the car could crash. The driverless car could malfunction and cause wrecks or injuries.
Third, the car is not completely driverless. The driver still has to control the car if needed. The driver may not be paying attention when they need to take over. This could cause the driver to not be fully ready to stop the car. They may not stop fast enough and crash into another car or object. Not being a completely driverless could be a big issue for not only the owner, but the manufacturers as well.
Driverless cars should not be used in the future. They could cause injuries, the car could malfunction, and the car is not completely driverless. It may not be completely safe for the driver or the passengers in the car. Many problems can occur from using the driverless car. | 2 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author wants to know what Venus is about and what are the dangers that it presents. The author wants to know what things happen to venus and the challenges. The author knows that venus is sometimes called the Evening Star. The author also knows that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size.
Venus is the second planet from our sun and simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth. It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. The author learned the things he had questions about. He learned about the thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. | 1 |
The author doesn't support his own idea. He lists the good of what would happen with some facts. The dangers are stacked high with exlporing Venus. With the temperture on Venus at the surface being over 800*F which in a spacesuit can still fry a person alive, and the litteral aicd rain, could malt the suit and well there goes a dead man. Even if we somehow manage to make a spacesuit that isn't going to melt or fry a person on Venus, then we can explore it. Tech these days is our down fall, we create tech thatwe use everyday, but with all the space exploration that is our go to, because we don't have the tech now to send a person from one side of the galaxy to the other. Once we do that then we can explore. Venus maybe closer to us, but there is no water present on the surface therefor no life could be living on that planet. To study Venus we would have to send someone there to collect samples, at which they have about 80% chance of death right at the moment, and a 20% chance of living. Do we want to risk someone just to explore a plant, when we haven't fully explored ours? What sence does that make? I rest my case there. | 1 |
There is a new trend going on in Europe. The people of Europe are creating a way of life to go back to when there were no cars. They have decided to live with out automobiles. In Germany a place called Vauban is a car free area. They have left the modern life to live as suburban pioneers. This is a experimental district out side of other towns to be completely car free. The advantages of reducing car usage is that they are reducing green house gasses, reduce smog, and to live happier.
First, in Vauban the communities are trying to reduce green house gasses drasticaly by exicuting car usage in that area. 70% of Vauban families are car free and 57% sold there cars to move there. It is important to them to reducethe amount of exoust from cars to reduce green house gasses.
Second, in Colombia the people are dealing with a major smog problem caused by the burning of fossile fuels. They have decide to band car usage for on day to take away stress and reduce air polution. Their goal was to create an alternitive trans portation system and to reduce smog. during car free day people walked, biked, skated, or took buses to their work all to be a part of a cleaner place.
lastly, these people who are being a part of cleaning their cities of smog and green house gasses all seem to be happier and have less stress. In Vauban people are saying that having no cars is stress free and they seem to live happier. Also in Colombia they are all happy to be a part of car free day to reduce smog.
In conclusion, the new trend in Europe are rising and and oter countries are fallowing. These are the advantages to limiting car usage. | 2 |
I think drivless cars are great to our future, Having to hold onto the steering wheel while driving this car is accurate , the safety in this car should be built great if not better than a automatic car we drive everyday. This car is a serious and deadly situation , you have a car driving you around and you are not doing just about anything. This idea would benefit alot of drivers for the future , espcially older people that do not long to put there life in danger nor others.
The greatest of our future is evolving with new things as in this car. It will be half the price for gas because it will only be like half a tank price as now days. Genreal motors has a made a test track and it seems to be doing great. In order for this smart car stuff to happen though we will need smarter roads to deal with instead of the roads we have today. These cars will be built and ready for your safety.
The driveless cars will have a video camera mounted on the rear wheel which is safety right there. These cars will have a lot of sensors as in for safety. But today the word is all about safety just image the future as in how much safety will be a concern. For the General motors to come up with such a smart idea we should take this idea and see how great it is. This future car should stop car accidents also. Not to sure on how the car will do on ice or other probiems but im sure General motors will figure this out and get the show on the road. This invention is great and should deffinailty get you happy just thinking about it. I hope this car becomes a invention before i die , i would really love too see it and i hope you would too! | 1 |
In the article "The challenge Of Exploring Venus"
tells you all the things about venus and it past vists. The author also say "Earths travels should not be limited by danger and doubts", but thats the only reason on why should go there and study it. He didnt even say anthing about studying Venus, only why we should vist. This author did not write a good article on why we sholud study Venus.
The author talks about and explains all the details about venus and its dangers. so why would anyone want to go there anyway. In the past he states " becauase Venus is somrtimes right around the corner in space terms, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on ths cloud draped world.Each previous missoiion was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". So thats a good reason not to keep sending spacecrafts and studying because its to dangerous for anyone to go there anyways. We probably wouldnt be able live because its more extreme than earth and it would be a big challenge to even try to live there. The talk about the dangers of Venus more the positive thing about Venus. He states that ''On the planets surface, the temperature averge over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater the what we experiene on our own planet.'' People wouldnt want to live in a place that hot anyway so why even study it. Venus have worst eathquake and more.
In conclusion the athour states many thing about Venus, but never gives a good reason on why we should study Venus. He really only talks about the dangers of Venus and not the positives about the panet.
He didnt even say anthing about studying Venus, only why we should vist. This author did not write a good article on why we sholud study Venus. | 2 |
I am Jacob Bomberger. I am a sea going cowboy and I have crossed the Atlantic ocean 16 times, and the pacific 2 times. Being a sea cowboy is a great way to serve people in war. I have been to many places, I have been seeing sites and serveing countries for a long time.
My friend Don Reist invited me on a trip to Europe on a cattle boat in 1945, and that is when it all began. You should participate in the sea cowboys program because it is a great way to see sites, go traveling and make new friends. I have been to many different countries like Europe, Greece, China, Italy, and Crete! You could see these sites too if you join the sea cowboys program too.
It is also a very good way to make friends to. I have made friends with the people on the boats with me and the people i meet in different countries. Taking care of the animals was a great way for me to pass the time and helping my aunt Katie's farm made it alot easier. We arrived in Europe right after the pacific war. After Europe we packed our animals and headed up to Greece. I turned 18 before reaching greece so i was old enough to get drafted into the millitary, But they told me that i should just keep doing what im doing. The sea cowboys program is a great way to do millitary service to. .
Being a sea cowboy is more than an adventure, It helped me see the world and know exactly what is going on in other contries. I think you should join the sea cowboy program because it would be a learning experience for all. The sea cowboy programis a life changing expirence that i think you would enjoy! | 2 |
I disagree, this machine is not valueable in a students classroom. You don't need a machine to tell if a student is sad or happy or mad. You can just ask them "What's the matter?" You don't need million dollar tech to do simple reading. That type of tech should be used against terrorist or enemy threats. Not classroms full of harmless studetns.
You don't need a machine to tell a students' emotions. In paragraph 5 it says "You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." You don't need that type of technology to look a person face and tell them what they are feeling. You could make more friends just by going up and speaking and finding out instead scanning their face with a machine.
You should be able to just talk to them and ask them what is the matter if they are feeling some type of way. Putting this type of technology in a classrom takes away from the socializing in all schools. It takes away from kids or teens from speaking to one another.
Using this technology for student in a classroom is a overall bad idea. The things you can do with this million dollar tool shouldn't be used for educational purpose. it should be used to help in government purposes. This type of technology is not meant to be in the hands of careless teens and children so many would be broke in probably the next few months and it would be wasted money down the trash. | 2 |
I do think the use of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is valuable. This new technologly can identify the emotion of humans. I would expecially recommed this in a classroom. The new technologly would make it easier for teachers. The FACS could be a subsitute for a teacher.
Why I think this new technologly is good is because it can tell weather the students are happy, sad, mad, bored, or confused. With there being many students in the class, teacher isnt able to see and tell every students emotions. By adding the FACS to the classroom ,it would make it easier. For example the passage said "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." This technologly could modify the lesson ,like an effective human instructor.
In conclusion, this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This would be a real good improvment in the schools around the world. This new software has promising applications for a variety of industries. This why I argue for this claim. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions! | 1 |
Dear Senator of Florida,
I strongly believe that we have to change the way we vote because the Electoral College is a horrible way to vote. It is not fair one bit and i think we should vote for the candidates that deserve to truely win. Not have it where we vote for someone but we actually are just voting for a slate of 34 electors who are pledged to the runner.
Electoral college has so many disagreements, but then it has agreements. This way of voting avoids run-off elections because if two candidates had the same amount of popular votes then they look at the electoral votes and it helps them know who is the winner. In large states they try to do electoral votes becuase it gives the presidential candidates more attention in a campaign than smaller states do.
Then we have the disagreements and they are pretty good logical points. When we use this system we dont vote for the president we are only voting for a slate of electors that elect for the president themselves. This just basically in my eyes looks like a cheat election and it shouldnt even count. Another thing is this method of selecting our president turns off potential voters for a candidate that has no intension of carrying for their state. Some people just vote to vote so they dont care of what might happen to their surroundings but then there are people that are voters and care and want to express a political preference other than the people that think a single vote will decide an election.
"Electoral Votes get overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner". The electors are the ones that are voting not the people. This is all wrong i believe that we should vote for the president by popular vote. Its more fair and efficent. There wouldnt be anymore cheat elections. It would be the "people voting finally"! | 2 |
I think that luke did the right thing by saying yes to one in a lifetime opportunity. People could have participated in the Seagoing Coyboy program but then again they didn't have to like luke he couldnt say know because it was on in a lifetime opportunity. In Lukes point of view to convise others to come would be it would be a lot of fun you would have a lot of fun you get to be with many people you can talk to people and you can even make new friends. The things that you can probably do there is make new friends talk to people have fun and be thankful you got . You can even bring your familey members with you or you can go a lone it is up to you but come and enjoy your self be happy make new friends and just be your self. You can always try something new rather you like it or you dont like it is is really up to you .You can come and everything but you have to obay the rules and do what you are told and listen. You can also be gratful that you got invitd to come and that luke wanted you to come you should br graeful rather you are or not that you got to go. This is what i think Lukes point of view for convincing people to come. | 1 |
if we look back at time in the united states young people were thrilled to be able to drive. but in more recent years studies show that the young in the united states dont really have the same thrill anymore actually there really not interested at all they find alternative ways to get to were there going like public transportation carpooling biking or just good old walking and really its not a bad idea at all if we can get others in the US to limiting the use if there cars it could do the world a lotta good
If you take a look at Colombia for instience they have a day where in bogota 7 million people are banned using there cars for a day they find alternatives to get around like biking hiking walking busses and taxi cabs doing this is a good way to stop air polluion and also to promote alternatives transportation and if people violate it theres a fine of $25 a bussiness man by the name of Carlos Arturo Plaza says "its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"
in Germany theres one suburb that carry on's with lives without cars street parking driveways and home garages are grenrally forbidden Vaubans streets are completly car free except the main thoroughfare where theres a tram that takes them downtown in this expermintal upscale town on the outskirts of freiburg car ownership is actually allowed but theres only 2 places to park there are large garages at the edge of the development where a car onwer buys a space for $40,000 along with a home due to the outrageous price 70 percent of the families that live in Vauban dont own cars and 57 percent sold there cars to move Vauban in clousion i think if we could all take a page from everybodys book i truely think we could spread awareness and maybe cut down or even get rid of most of the air polution not just in the united states or columbia or in germany...but get rid of air pollution in the whole intire world
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Why should the people of the united states vote if the electoral votes are the onlt ones that count? I feel it should be up to the people of the united states not all up to the electors. Even though most people know the people are actullay voting for the slate of electors when i feel we as the people of the united states that are votes should count we shouldnt have to depend on someone else.
Even though if the electors tie and then the peoples votes count it would be fair but we be able to fight for are country at the age eighteen and be able to vote but still not count is unfair because that would then be the boss of are country and are troops. Also they can leave us to fight over seas and defend are country but we have electors who stay in th u. s all there life and get to chose who run the untied states.
Also, it sates the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It should not be are votes through another person we dont know. For an example that would be like giving a stranger three-thousand dollors and telling it to mail it to one of your family members its a fifty-fifty chance its going to actully get to them.
I just feel that are votes should matter more then electoral votes we get harmed by what ever the president does not any of the electorals. Most of the people now days dont even get into the elections for that reason that they dont even matter. Plus that was the old way of doing the presidency but now were in 2014 it should change cause it only will effect the people of the united states. | 1 |
Once again, it appears that people are glorifying the machine again and exalting it to a dominant position over society and humankind itself. Once again, people put quantity over quality, believing that something as complex and immaterial as human emotion can be quantified into a data set of integers and percentages.
This worship of machine, and the unjustified extension of its jurisdiction into domains it has no place whatsoever meddling with, finds itself expressed again in the recent technological concoction that is the "Facial Action Coding System," created by Dr. Paul Eckman, engineered and realized by Prof. Thomas Huang of the University of Illinois and his colleagues. With this FACS, they believe that one's emotions can be easily identified and laid down on a neat percentage-based chart of X-percent this, Y-percent that. This technology, they believe, can be used in classrooms, as a means of ensuring a student's perpetual engagement in the lesson via improvisation of the lesson based on whatever calculations are made.
However, does one need to make a particular face to be bored, or confused? There are some faces we might make most of the time, possible some of us who make them all the time when losing interest or encountering confusion--however, that may not be so for all of us. There may be those whose faces might say, "I understand the lesson," but their souls say "What in the world is this?" Similarly, their faces might say, "I am intrigued by this," while within their hearts in reality, they are waiting for that relieving ring of the lunch bell to come upon their eardrums.
The human face is not a good indicator for emotion--if one wishes to be somewhat poetic, one could say that the human face is "two-faced;" It could tell you one emotion while hiding and masquerading another. One's face can be stern and mean-looking, while in fact underneath it lies the feeling of great satisfaction or relaxation. One's face can be happy and smiling (a physically genuine smile, too), maybe even laughing, while masquerading behind it, for some conscious or unconscious purpose, is a sorrowful melancholy that could wring tears from a stone.
In contrast to the thought behind this technology's premise, which claims that the human heart's imprints on the face can be "classified [in to] six basic emotions--happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness--and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles," (D'Alto, Paragraph 3) I claim that human emotion can not be quantified. No one can rely upon the face to know the heart, just like no one can rely upon reason solely to know the Universe and the powers and Power beyond it. This technology should not be used in classrooms, or in fact anywhere really, for due to its erroneous foundation, there are bound to be erroneous results; not mere outliers, but I would say a significant chunk and portion of facial assessments. I am against the "value" of this technology being used to read students' emotions--for I am against this technology being used anywhere, and the false material-minded thinking which is its, and modernity's in general, foundational philosophy. | 4 |
The author of this story uses a lot of information about exploring Venus. He writes about the history of Venus and the dangers of travling there too. But, is it really worth sending people to Venus if they are just going to die ?
The author talks about the dangers of going to Venus very well. He inculdes that the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. He also says the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. That type of environment would crush a submarine, which are meant to dive into the deepest parts of earth's oceans. The one thing the author does well is he covers all of the dangers of going to Venus. Even thought he is trying to convince the reader that it's a good idea to explore Venus.
The one thing the author does not write about is how much all of this is going to cost and who is going to pay for it. The one thing people care about is money and if the author is trying to convince someone to make this happen they are most likely going to want to know how much this would cost. If people who pay their taxes are going to end up paying for this I don't think people would be to happy. Most likely a trip to Venus would cost more than when NASA went to the moon. Other than the author not talking about the cost, he covers everything else pretty well.
The author also talks about how NASA is trying to figure out new projects and using old porjects to get to Venus. He says that scientists are making simplified electronics made of silicon carbide to be tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface and have lasted for three weeks in these conditions. I think the reason the author gives you this information is because he wants you to think that there are other people who want to explore Venus as well. Another project the author talks about is scientists looking back at old technology called mechanical computers. He says that these mechanical computers would be better than the new computers because the new ones are very frail and can't be under rough conditions. But the old computers are not frail and can be put into rough conditons, such as Venus's rough conditions.
The author supports his idea about going to Venus very well. His idea would be better though if he added some information about how much it would cost to go to Venus. He did have a lot of infromation on the new projects that NASA was developing and how dangerous it was to travel to Venus as well. Other than not having the costs this was a pretty intresting article and well developed. | 3 |
Cars, they are used for many purposes including taking the kids to school, going to work and many others but have you ever thought about what vehicals are doing to the Earth or the people on the Earth? Well cars have to use gasoline or diesel to move that is just how it always has been but these fossil fuels are actually poluting the Earth, and making the air we breath very "smoggy." If we can limit our usage of our cars there can be many advantages including having cleaner air to breath, more excercize, and also less expenses. Humans could survive without cars if we give it a shot.
Take a deap breath outside, what do you smell? Listen, what do you hear? Cars honking? A loud engine of a diesel truck? Well most likely because cars have been around for a long time and without them how would people get to work or school, but have you ever thought about what these cars and trucks are letting out of their tailpipe? Source 1 "In German Suburb,Life goes on with cars" says that there has been "a huge imediment to curent efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes" these greenhouse gases are clogging up our atmosphere and our air. Without cars air pollution would go down emensly, and would be a big advantage. In Paris there has been "near-record polution"- "Paris bans driving to to smog" By: Robert Duffer.
Now a days when people hear excersize they would run and hide but it's mostly because we have all these vehicals that can take us places without the dreaded walking or running. Americans today can get a cheeseburger in minutes through a drive-thru in their vehicals but have you ever imagined life without a car, in Columbia on " The Day without Cars" as said in " Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogata By: Andrew Salsky "Columbians hiked, biked, skated...to work during a car free day" and even "parks and sports centers also have smooth sidewalks" which has "dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants...have cropped up" The car free day has made excersize a little easier, and now with smoother side walks and more sports centers people in Columbia can have more opportunities to take a walk.
When you have a car its not unusual to have to go get gas atleast once every one or two weeks, but these expenses can pile up when you have to buy gas or even the oil change of your vehical. What if you get in a accident will your insurence cover it, cars and trucks take a lot of expenses and it can be hard to pay for it all and when President Obama gave the ambitious goal to lesson the greenhouse emissions last week "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" -"The End of Car Culture" By:Elisabeth Rosenthal. The usage of less cars can has a great advantage on your wallet.
As said in "The End of Car Culture"- "Pedestian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and piblic transportation traffic are woven into a commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected networkto save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." Limiting your car usage can have many advantages including making Earth's air cleaner, creating a way for more excersize, and also less expences. Cars will still be in use but maybe we can limit it to only a few. | 3 |
There's going to be a time one day when driverless cars will come. There's new technology every year and engineers are starting to make a run on the future. Driverless car would change the way humans get to places but, do people really feel safe in them? If the technology fails and someone ends up dieing, then that would be the manufactures fault. There's so many problems that could happen with these cars that no one could even see coming.
Inventing driveless cars are a complete no to me. Eventhough they sound "cool", driveless cars could lead to big disasters all over the road. Having driveless cars does sound like a good idea but, you never know what the outcome could be. I think it's more about the safety of the people and not to have them in harms way. In the passage it says,"They can steer,accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents". If your going to make a driveless car might as well make it where it does everything by its self and it takes no human skills.
If these cars ever got in an accident, who's going to take the blame? I'll tell you who will take the blame, the manufacturer of the car will. If someones sitting in the car and the cars driving them, what happen if the car fails and drives off the road and crashes to another car? Everyone in this world doesn't want to but a car that leads to crashes and fails while there driving down the road. Im not saying these driveless cars wont be successful, but people dont know what it could lead to when there driving down the road.
There's so many problems that could happen with these cars that no one could see coming. These cars are not a little toys to be playing around in. Eventhough they sound like a good idea for the future you never know if it will lead to crashes and deaths. | 2 |
A classroom with the use of this technology would be a classroom of supieriority. This new techonology could greatly improve students´ abilities to learn. Often students are protrayed as being happy or content during a lesson, but really, they are confused. The FACS, Facial Action Cosing System, is an advanced piece technology that can help students with their school work and can be very valuable in the classroom.
The FACS is a computer coding system that allows computers to be able to read the facial expressions of humans. According to the passage, the process in which the computer recognizes the feelings of a human begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the face. Each and every muscle movement of the face can detect the exact emotions of any person. For example, the zygomatic major, a muscle that begins at the cheek bones, lift the corners of the mouth when someone is genuinly happy. The FACS system is incredible at calculating any person's emotions and can cause the computer to adapt to anyone's liking.
It is not unusual for a student to "fake" their way through a lesson just to make it seem like they are "okay" when really they are misunderstanding everything that is being taught. According to the passage, this new techonology system is able to recognize the facial expressions of students as they work through an assignment on the computer. It interprets if the student is understanding the material or not. Through a slight frowny face or a confused face, the computer can tell that the student is not able to comprehend what is going on. In return, the computer program may change the lesson to make it slightly easier on the student until it detects a content face. This face will trigger the computer so that it is able to recognize that the student is now understanding the lesson. The program can act as an individual instructor for each student in order for the student to meet their needs.
From this technology, the student will not only have an advantage, but the teacher will as well. Instead of individually tying to speak to kids if they need help, the computer can do it for them. Sometimes, it can get tough and frustrating for a teacher to try to meet the needs of each unique student. With the help of the technology, students can obtain their specific needs on their own. This will relieve a great deal of stress that teachers may carry on their shoulders, and would be very beneficial towards them.
The FACS is a valuable piece of technology that can assist many in the classroom. Lessons will be adapted to meet the students needs when they are confused, becasue the facial recognition program will pick up on their moods. Also, teachers will no longer need to try to teach the lesson several different ways for each different student to understand it. This program greatly advances the students´ learning and acts as a helping hand for teachers. | 4 |
"I say we change!" Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States can be a way better idea to do than keeping the Electoral college. In the Electoral College system the voters dont vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors & those slate of electors who in turn elect the president. In Source 2 they talk about why the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. In my own opinion, I think that by changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. In Electoral College, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of votes would prefer a direct election of the kind we have now.
In source 1, they talk about what is the Electoral College & how it works. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. It's process consists of the selection of the electors, a meeting of the electors where they vote for President & Vice President, & the counting of the votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to elect the President. In the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Colubia is allocated 3 electors & treated like a state for purposesof the Electoral College. The word "state" also refers to the District of Columbia. Every candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. Presidential election is held every 4 years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. When you vote for President you help choose your state's electors because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. Most states have a 'winner take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate.
In source 2, they talk about why the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. For instance, if you lived in Texas, & wanted to vote for John Kerry, you would be voting for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. It depends on the state to pick the electors in first place. Sometimes voters get confused about the electors & vote for the wrong candidate. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legilature nearly suceeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. | 1 |
I think this technology would be very valuable in classrooms. Being able to know about how a student feels about a subject could be very helpful. This would enable Teachers to adjust thier teaching style and make it easier for the student to understand the subject. Not only would it help the teachers, but the entire class as well. Teachers would be able to see if students needed individual help or if they needed to go over it as a class again.
As said in the article, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This also supports the fact that this technology could be valuable in classrooms. Not only the teacher could be able to change the lesson for a student, but the lesson itself could change for the student. This would make the student be less bored and more excited and enjoy the lesson that they are currently learning.
As technology evolves, we will use it more and more for the better use of people. This could possibly be the first step for making school a better place for students to enjoy learning. They could have personal computers that would adjust to thier learning speeds and needs. This would no doubt make school more enjoyable and easier to understand for students that are having trouble. | 2 |
The authour feels venus could be alot like earth wich means extra resources that could expand our life. " Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." There are also things being done to help be safe while gaining information on venus. " Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying out of their way. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." All of this has shown that there are still chances to get to venus, there are reasons to want to go there, and there are things you can do for saftey there. So i agree that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 1 |
Technology has become a large part of our daily lives. We rely on it for communitcation, information, and various different things. Now, scientist want to bring computers that can read our facial expressions into the classrooms. People believe this technology will shape our future as students and this is why they are wrong.
Bringing computers that read our facial expressions into classrooms is an invasion of privacy for students. If a computer is able to see our expressions while we are reading articles or doing video surgery, this means that our computers are recording our every move.
"Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements - in a real face." This quote from the article states that our computers are watching us to see if we are pleased or unsatisfied with what we are looking at. They believe this new technology is a great idea but they do not realize people can hack into these systems. When hackers get into these systems, they can watch you and what you do, which is invasion of privacy.
We already have amazing technology that we use on a day to day basis. In my opinion, there is no reason why students should need a computer to read their facial expressions inside of the the classroom. | 2 |
The use of this new technology to read the emotional expressions of students is valuable. If we can read the emotional expressiions of students in the classroom then we might be able to use that to determine if they are understanding the work that has been given to them.
Just like they did with the Mona Lisa we could do the same in the classrooms. They determined her emotions in the picture so we could determine the emotions of a student to see if they understand what they are working on. If they are confused or dont understand some5thing then the teacher could help them and get them to better understand the work given to them.
If the student does understand the work given to them then there is nothing to worry about. When the student undrstands the work that is given to them, then the teacher doesnt have to work with that student one on one to give extra help. If the student undrstands it very well then they might be able to help another student that doesnt understand it as much, then the teacher won't have to work with that certain student one on one.
With all that being said there is no reason that we shouldnt use this technology in classrooms. This technology cant harm us. This technology is going to help us in the classrooms. If we dont understand something and dont let the teacher know then how can he/she help us. If we use this technology and see that they dont understand something then we can work with them so that they can better understand the work. | 2 |
The Face on Mars was not created by aliens it was a natural land form. There a many reasons that make it seem like the land form could have been made by aliens, but on the other hand there was no signs of any living thing that could have done this. there are many thing with this object that could lead you to beliveing either it was made by aliens.
In 1976 the Vikking took the picture that was bellived to look like a face. In 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor flew over mars snapping pictuers that were ten times sharper than the first picture of then the first picture taken. By increaseing the sharpness of the picture it showed that it was a land form. The time of year that the first picture was taken it was a cloudy over the Red Planet. This could have made shadow that made the form look like it had eyes and nosie.
The last time the picture was taken (2001) the picture was taken in maximum resolution. This maximum photo if taken of earth you could see the pirimds in Egypt. So if there was anything weird the picture would have shown it.
In conclusion the picture taken in 2001 '' actually shows is the Martin eqivalent of a butte or mesa----landforms common around the American West.''(paragraph 12). All signs are now pointing to the fact that it was a natural landform. In the end NASA found out what it really was and that alines making this figure was false. | 2 |
Hello, I am a scientist from NASA. I was asked about the aliens on Mars. I must say that the first picture in 1976 looks a lot like an alien, but we have gotten better technology and the newest pictures show it is just a monument. It resembles the butte or mesa landforms in the American West. They are naturally formed in nature. As my colleague said in his text they resemble eachother enormously. Also, we used the absolute maximum resolution in the latest picture we took in 2001. It was made very apparent that this was not aliens at work but again just a natural landform. The only reason that people aren't believing the truth with our technology is because these conspiracy theorists. Finally, the biggest piece of evidence that the face is a natural landform is that if NASA discovered this, we would benefit tremendously. We are not hiding this from anyone. We here at NASA would get more money, funding, and attention. We mainly would want the funding to perhaps interact with the aliens if they were there, but they are not. So that is why I, a scientist at NASA, can confirm that the picture from 1976 is just a bad picture of a natural landform. Also, I can confirm that we here at NASA aren't hiding the truth from you. If there is ever aliens we will make sure to tell you, the people, first. | 2 |
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