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ebe4bd5 | The author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. vanus something called the evening star is one the brightest points of light in the night sky. However this nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet. in our sola sysyem venus is the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.
The evidence from the article that supports from the acricle . venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hours. These differences in seed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus.Numerous factors contribute to venus reputation as a challenging planet for human to study despite its proximity to us.Even more challenging are the clouds of higly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere.on the planet surface tempertures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet. Beyond high pressure and heat, venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.The value of returning to venus seems indisputable but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive. the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains and craters.Long ago venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppouted verious forms of life, just like earth. Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have bee the most earth like planet in our solar system.The national aeronautics and space administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. Imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. However peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetraphy the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forma of photography and videography ineffective.Many researhera are working on innovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus. | 01 |
b47249c | The author is all for studying Venus despite the dangers that might come along with studing Venus. Here in the passage he uses valid reasons why he feels studying Venus would be a good idea. First the author states how Earth like Venus is. The author proceeds to tell us how scientist have found a way around Venus's hostile conditions .Finally he states how going to Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
In paragraph four the author states how long ago Venus might have been very Earth like and compatable for human life form. He goes on to explain how Venus might have been coverd in largely with oceans. He also states how today Venus shows Earth like features such as rocky sediment, valleys , mountains, and even craters!
Futher more the author pulls the reader in when saying "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." Here the author is stating that hovering over over Venus will avoid the unfreadly ground conditions.
Finally the author suggest how going to Venus can be our nearest option. in paragraph two the author protest that " Venus is the clostest to Earth in distance and size." and also says how Venus is "around the corner...in space terms." Which in conclustion means it is the easiest to travel to at times.
In conclustion to this all, the author gives us several reaons why he belives we should make a trip to the "Evening Star."Given these reasons do you belive we will be making the trip soon? | 23 |
1b8ff62 | Alright, so this facial emotional technology that's supposed to know your emotion based on your facial expressions is wack. The articles says something about how being able to read student's emotions in class is valuable.
The article states that the computer will read a students emotion and modify the lesson if they seem bored or confused. Okay so if the student is confused there needs to be a more simple way to put the lesson. How will the computer decide wich way is more simple. what if its more simple way is actually more confusing. Or lets say the student is bored, we have the same problem. There isnt much a computer can do to make it more fun. I mean can you even make it more fun besides just wording it differently? It isnt an effective way to do it and even harder for a computer to do so. Its far easier for a human instructor to word the lesson differently than a computer because the computer lacks the real connection that a person can have with you.
Then theres is chance that the students emotion isnt even related to the lesson, but may be from the outside. Maybe they got mad at someone, a loved one died, a breakup maybe, or even thiers parents got divoreced. Not only would it be hard for a computer to determine the emotion is caused by an outside force but even to figure a way to help. The technology may even be wasted on helping students when there could be better use for it.
The article doesnt give you much evidence as to wether this would help besides saying it will modify the lesson. How, in what way?
Not only would it be difficult to do this, but would it even be effective? So maybe it is a little effective and the computer can put some things on screen to make you happy, but if it isnt that effective then there is no good uses for it and no one will use it. If you are creating something that can add value or help people in some way, it cant just be barely effective or even just a little. The cost of making this, testing it, and everything else going into the program, and for it to just kind of work is not an effective way to help people or even get them to consider to use it because it will just waste their time more than anything.
At the end of the day we humans have too complex emotions to create something to not only recongnize our emotions (which is the easier part), but to help us when feeling negative emotions. | 34 |
9a044fd | Venus is a worthy because Venus is closer to earth and it's a good planet. Sometime people called Venus is a Evening Star. It's the one of the brightest points of light in the night sky and it's making it simple for the amateur stargazer to spot it. It's on paragraph one and two that saying all the things, how nice is Venus. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioside blankets Venus. When that even more challenging for the clouds for highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. People thought that Venus is a star but it's the planet that by earth.
When peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited sight on ground conditions because of the most of forms light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere and rendering standard forms of photography or videopraphy ineffective. The more importantly researchers cannot take like samples thing of rock, gas, or anything else. | 01 |
451c458 | Driverless Cars
Should driverless cars be developed? Google cofounder Sergey Brin has envisions of the future with a public transporation systems where fleets of driverless cars form public transport taxi system. Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Driverless cars should be developed.
One reason why driverless cars should be developed is because it's safer than a human driver. In the passage the author states,"In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes". These sensors are advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels reducing power from the engine, allowing better response and control than a human driver could manage.
Another reason why driverless cars should be developed is because it's not completly driverless. In the passage the author says," The car can handle driving functions at speeds up tp 25 mph, but special touch sensors make the driver keep hold of the wheel. The car also notifys the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.
Some people might say driverless cars should no be created, their wrong. Not only is it safer, it's also half the fuel of today's taxi system. Also driving in a fun way. In addition it offers more flexibility than a bus.
In conclusion driverless cars should be developed for many reasons. For one it's safer, cheaper on gas and it mimics the skill of a human at the wheel. | 23 |
7da8223 | I think the reason why they have advantages of limiting car usage cause all these changes people who have stooped car commuting as a result of the recession may found less reason to resume the habit...that differnt thing are converging which are suggest that we are witessing a long-term cultural shirt.
another reason is that if that pattern persists they believe it will have a benfiicial implications for cabon emissions and aslo the environment and they aslo they sayed it might have a negative implicatins for the car industry. and because the cash-srapped americans could not afford new cars and the unempolyed weren't going to work either and young people decreased by 23 percent between 2001 and 2009.
my last reason is that they had demographic shifts in the drving poulation suggest that the trrends may have accelerate it the percentage had drop while older people are likey to retain there license as they age. Aslo like cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements and they had reserachers had pondering a fundamental ques:Has America passed peak drving? | 12 |
939d35a | This story about driverless cars, shows why or why not we will end up having them in the future. It lets us readers and individuals have an opionion for if we feel comftorable about this action taking the world to a whole new level or not. There are very good points and reasons taking up on both sides of this arguement.
A few reasons why this shouldnt happen on the road has better points than what we would think. When we hear about driverless cars, we get excited because that means less for us. But we dont worry about ther consequenses it will cause. These cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, suach as navagating through the roadwork accidents.
They want to make new roads which would cause years of traffic.
Some goods about it when it gets all figured out is that wreck percentages may be minimized and it could take you somewhere youd need to be like the hospital or something important that you arent capable of driving to. Also sensors would be more advanced then what they are in regular cars.
Now, these are some facts and solutions to this arguement. whether driveless cars should be brought to consideration in the future or if they shouldnt. | 01 |
f374aad | Imagine studying a planet that is the closest to Earth in terms of desnsity and size. According to the article, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could possibly have supported various forms of life. NASA has thought about sending humans to study Venus. NASA has worked on other approaches to study Venus but the silicon carbide that was tested for Venus's conditions did not last long. Knowing more about Venus would be a great opportunity for Astronomers and everyone else.
Earth, Venus, and Mars are planetary neighbors, but they orbit the sun at different speeds. This means that sometimes we are closer to Mars or Venus. According to Paragraph 2, since Venus has been right around the corner at some times, there has numerous spacecrafts sent to land on this cloud-draped world. All the missions were unmanned when the spacecrafts were sent to study Venus. There has been many reason as to why Venus is a challenging planet for humans to study.
Even though NASA has thought of sending humans for a more up close and personal study. They would not be ready as to the spacecrafts cannot last very long in the conditions of Venus. NASA's solution to this was a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape.This would allow them to truly study Venus up close and personal and learn more about the planet. The vehicle would need to be approximately thirty-plus miles above the surface and causing this is the temperature at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA having worked on different approaches to study Venus has been a real challenge. The silicon carbide that they tested on lasted for three weeks in the conditions of Venus. According to Paragraph 7, the device first envisioned was an old technology called mechanical computers in the 1800s. Modern computers expose to acid or heat capable of melting them could be an enormous disadvantage to NASA. This being the situation, NASA tends on using the old technology because it is more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces which will be more of use.
In conclusion, Venus being a challenge to be thoroughly studied may be accomplished at some point with technology helping. Out of the other planets in our solar system, Venus was most likely to have supported life forms. Even though NASA's plan to send humans to study Venus is not yet possible, but it maybe in the later future. NASA had many ideas and ways to approach Venus. Now that they know the old technology called mechanical computers are more resistant, could highly help them out by a little or a lot. | 34 |
c4fcfd3 | The author supports this idea by giving the facts of how dangerous it is but why we should keep trying to study Venus. The author says a lot about the dangers because there are a lot. And says we could find out more about these dangers and how to defeat them. They set out on a mission to simulate the chaos of Venus's surface and it was able to last three weeks.
NASA is working on a lot of different approaches on how to last a while or have a good landing on Venus. The author tells about the things that we could find out if we could be there for a while. They stress a lot in the passage about it being the hottest planet around and it isn't even the closest to the sun. This is a huge thing holding them back the author says and would melt almost all metal. The author supports this by saying that a submarine that goes very deep in the ocean wouldn't even survive on Venus. The author gives a lot of facts and things to support his claims.
If the author has told a fact they have had soemthing to support it. The author says a lot about the things we can't do with Venus and has something to explain why with it. The author had a lot of facts and examples to help him support his and NASA's facts and ideas. I really like that the author will also give statistics because that is a huge way to support a fact or claim. Overall in this whole passage the author supports all ideas. | 23 |
5176bba | Today my firend Don Reist inviited me to come with him to the Seagoing Cowboys program he wanted me to go and tought about and Want to go mainly becaues I was 18 and out of school and i can get dafted to the army.
Don telled me that since the war was over we go to this other country and help them out a little sice it was a big mess over.
It was August 14, they reported us at New Orleans. When we got there they were giving out thing to do before the ship got there they said for me go get more peole to do this program and I did. I walked down to the bordwalk got a big line of people the fun thing was that if you get to convince eveyone who does not want to go then they just go some were real nice and just went but they were probalry going to be dafted like me.
August 15 the cattle boat was not there so, they said do the same thing again the same thing happend got a lot of people then they gave another job that it is to see wich man was strong enough to go they said i got to much people so, we get the strongest of the strongest two hour went bye and when eveyone was at lunch the boat was there .
August 16, I guess sleeping in a boat is the same thing as sleeping in a bed room but the bed was always moving but I can't lie about spleeping good last night. tonigth was a big night for me I was a wachtman . It was 11:00 ol'colck and it was raining and the waves sarted to pick up and then i slipped!
down a slide thank god i'm ok but I had to be in bed for a little with a cracked rib.
I was being dafted but they told me to keep doing my servive so, I did and I had the best three years ever I helped over 1 millon people and I visted nine countrys the good thing is that I'm ok .
The End | 01 |
5d30afd | In this article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author talks about the aspects of driverless cars. To me driverless cars can be a bad thing. Just think about a car running on its own without a driver. That's basically impossible and also scary. I feel like cars should always have a driver inside them.
Driverless cars can sometimes be a danger to people. If the car was completly driverless then it wouldn't need human skills. A driverless car shouldn't be able to use human skill. It should be able to do everything when needed to. The driver must remain alert when in a driverless car. They must keep their hands near the steering wheeling at all times to be ready to take control.
Drivers would get bored just sitting around waiting for the car to alert them. Why would anyone want to buy a driverless car isn't in full control? People shouldn't make driverless cars becasue it could probably hurt someone. What happens if the technology fails? Whose fault would it be if it does fail? In case of an accident, there should be laws. Where would they sell these cars.
If the technology ever fails I feel like it would be the drivers fault. It would be their fault simply because they were so eager to try out the driverless car. They thought it would be so perfect to try it out. But then it would the inventor's fault because they were the ones that invented it. They should've made sure everythng was fine and working properly before they someone buy it. There shoudn't be any problems with the driverless car if you're gonna buld it. Make sure everything works perfectly then have people buy it.
There it is. The reasons why there shoud not be driverless cars. People could get in accidents id they're not focus on the alerts. They could be bored while waiting for something to pop up. The technology could probably fail while they're in the car on the road. New laws would be needed for these cars. | 23 |
c69f642 | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because scientists believe that one day humans can learn to live and adapt on it. Venus may have well been the most earth like planet in our solar sytem. Although Venus has it's own challenges and risks, scientists are still discussing further visits to its surface. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus.
Venus is sometime call the "Evening Star", because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. In our solar system Venus is actually a planet, the second planet from our sun. Venus may seem a pretty simple planet to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has been proved a very challenging place to study closely. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too. Venus is a very difficult planet to study and that is probably why not a single spaceship has touched down on it in more than three decades.
Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenge planet for humans to study. What's challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. A thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide blankets Venus. The temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on the planet's surface. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times larger than what we expeirenced on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans have faced on Earth.
Despite all the challenges and risks, why are scientists so fascinated by this planet? They believed that long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans. Today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has faamiliar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Scientist somehow believed that Venus could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
With all the challenges and risks, Venus is still and will be a worthy planet to study because one day us humans can live and breathe on it. One day it can be exactly like Earth. They don't call Venus Earth's twin for no reason. Despites the danger it presents, Venus is a worthy pursuit. | 23 |
6f3bcc5 | Why do you think aliens created it? Aliens did not create this it is a natural landform. The face breaks and gets more real each couple of years. If aliens created this then they couldn't of had NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face of Mars , it is a mesa. A mesa is natural so therefor it has to be a natural landform. I think it is real because they got a lot of facts about the mesa and if it was fake they couldn't of gotten facts on it. They seen a image and the note said it was a human head. Now if it was created by aliens and then it couldn't be a human head. I think it is real and so should you. Believe what they say becaue it is real and they are not making it up. This mesa was not created by aliens. Aliens are not even real in the real world. So believe what they say because i think it is real. If you dont think it is real then see if you can find facts about maybe even more facts than they found. If you cant find more facts then them it is obviously not true about it be created by aliens. | 12 |
c123b4c | the national areonutic and space administration NSAhas one particularly
the plant for is near is venus such amission productivewould on vehilcle 30 or so posssible tempertures venus sometimes evening in our solar system venus is the second planet from our solar system point to venus is the of and size and the distance too. Earth venus and mars our other planetary neighbor orbit the sun different speeds. These mean that sometimes we are close to mars and other times to venus is sometimes right around the comer in space terms humans have sent numerous spacraft this to land on this cloud draped world. good reson ,since
no spacecraft survived the landing for more than afew hours. venu's repution as a challenging planet for humans despite its proxitmity to us. A thick atmmosphere of almost 97 precent carbon dioxide of blankets venus. On the plant's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times geater than what we experience on our plant. | 01 |
2fb6d78 | My name is Luke and I'm going to tell you a couple reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys progam. It allows you to go to different places around the world. For example, you could go to Greece and see the Acropolis. I turned 18 before we arrived at Greece, which ment I could be drafted for military service. They told me to just keep working on the cattle boat, and that would count as my service.
Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program means you also get to work with animals. Some of the animals you get to work with are horses, young cows, and mules. It can take a while to get to our destination. It took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States, and a month to get to China!
The Seagoing Cowboys program can be very fun. Sometimes, the cowboys play games, such as, baseball, volleyball, and table tennis. Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be fun, but it can be dangerous at times. On my second trip across the Atlantic Ocean as a cowboy, I was a night watchman. I was supposed to check on the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making my hourly report, I slipped down a ladder. My feet shot toward an opening on the side of the ship.
If there wasn't a strip of metal that caught my side, I wouldn't be here today. I couldn't work for a while because i broke a few ribs. I thought that was fine, because I was still alive. I'm very grateful for the opporrtunity, because it made me aware of people in other countries and their needs. Its a wonderful expierence helping someone in need. See their face light up when you help them makes you feel amazing. I'm proud to be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 23 |
1b3b9bf | The Facial Action Coding System is a great program with many applacations. We have facial expressions even when were not feeling any thing but we dont realize it. Takeing the The "FACS" would be great in schools. Not it also can pick out the ones who cant consentrate, when they are overwhelmed .It would allow teachers to get real time feedback on what they just introduced to the students.
The more majority of kid dont like to admit that the dont under stand somthing when all their classmates do. So "FACS" could help find kids that are confused before they fall behind," A classroom computer could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored" - 6 Nick D' Alto. This could help improve students test scores becuase the teacher would know who needs a bit more time for and explanation and who under stands it. This could help students from digging themselves a hole , but it's not a total safey net they still have to do the work.
Facial action coding system have one of the best uses in the classroom. They can see somthing that teachers cant or dont notice. With this tech we could also spot learning disaplitys earlier too, so they dont get maked as a "dumb" kid and get swept under the rug. We sould implment "FACS" in classrooms becuase it can help kids who are confused and it can help keep them from falling too far behind | 23 |
399c926 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be somehow valuable, it depends who is getting a benefit from it and how the person who is being reading its expressions would feel, but in my personal opinion, I do not find it any value in a classroom.
I can imagine this system in my classroom, I would not behave freely and I think my classmates would be too. When we are in the classroom, we. some us, are there to learn and I admit that sometimes I do not understand not even a bit of the teaching lesson, and this system would benefit us because the teacher will know if we need to be more claryfied when this technology tell him how we feel about the subject, but what if we do not have our mind in the classroom and we would like some privacy, of course we will not have it, and everyone will know our deepest feelings. All of us deserve privacy, and not for only our own good. If we have some doubts and we need help, we would ask the teacher. Some of us do not do it, and might it be for a reason or we just have another source of information, we like to be independent.
If would have to argue where this system would be more valuable, I will not say some where. Everyone is free to express or not express themselves. I think that any reasonable or not reasonable person will agree with me. The use of this technology is valuable depending its purpose, and I find some advantages; when we need help and we do not know how to ask for it, and disvantages; if we are not sure if we really want it, and it is our own job to resolve our problems. There is always pros and cons.
When in school, college; learning, we are still developing skills, and to reach them we have to work for ourselves, we have to be independent and find our pathways. And with this,
I conclude that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not necessary, not valuable. | 23 |
c9f673e | After reading "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I began to think it was a good idea to have driverless cars. After going back and re-reading the article i dont think that so much anymore. Let me start by saying that this seems like a not too bad idea, but i have things to support that its a bad idea as well. Cars thst can drive by themselves cool ! Here's what i thought didnt make sense, Its a car that drives by its self but you have to be in there also watching the road. I thought that was a waste of an invention. A driverless car shouldn't have to be watched after by a human. The name says it all DRIVERLESS CAR. If really a "driverless car" than why also watch the road ?
Here are some details from the story supporting why i feel this way. In paragraph 7 the author talks about the car " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills" clearly we see here that these cars require human skills or techniques. Not a so "Driverless" car after all, in my opinion. If we continue reading it also says " The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires". In my opinion if you have to watch the road no matter what, than you should just drive the car yourself insted. This car requires us to still not be destracted watch and the road i would get bored of waiting and would just want to drive the car my self, wouldn't you ?
Finally i want to conclude by saying I would not buy a car like this. I would not buy a car like this beacuse there would be no point of being inside a car that you would have to watch after but not do anything. Driverless cars would be cool, if in fact they would be driver less. Overall this idea is not bad just not ready enough to come true. I am against this idead beacuse of this. | 23 |
97d0bfd | The Electoral College was a system thought up by people who lived in a time much different than our own. And in that time, it made sense. It made sure that those who cast their state's votes for president, the electors, were well informed on the issues and the stance of the candidates for those issues. However, now that everyone has access to a wealth of information through the internet, newspapers and television, this is no longer a problem; this is why election by popular vote would be a better system.
With the Electoral College, voters don't have a direct say on who becomes president. They have to trust their votes in the hands of people they don't even know. People who could cast their state's votes for any candidate they want. This system is completely unnecessary now that citizens have a wealth of information about the candidates and their stance on certain topics.
If our nation switched to election by popular vote, everyone's vote would matter. In the Electoral College system, many people in states that are decisively one way or the other, don't vote, knowing that the overwhelming majority of the population of their state is against them. This makes certain people, like Democrats in Texas or Republicans in California, feel that their vote has no power. In an election by popular vote however, every vote matters because the people's votes directly decide the president.
Our Founding Fathers were geniuses to have come up with a system that worked so well in their time, however, old methods don't always stand the test of time. Election by popular vote makes more sense in today's world. The Electoral College eliminates the power of some people's votes and puts those that matter in the hands of people who could do whatever they want with them. This is why election by popular vote would be a better system for determining the president than the Electoral College. | 34 |
1ef4021 | In the generation of 2016, many things are updated. Chordless phones are more of an antique than a necessity. People no longer write letters, but rather send a quick email or text. Cars are becoming, and will continue to become, more and more updated as the years progress. As handy as it is to have a car with bluetooth and heated seats, is it a benefit to the lives of 2016 to have a car with no driver? Due to all the challenges the government will face and many of technical difficulties this world faces today, the obvious answer is no.
It is always nice to be able to do less. Sitting back and relaxing is something everyone enjoys. However, when a woman gets into a taxi and imputs her destination, she is entrusting her life in technology. Teenagers like the thrill of roller coasters, until one gets stuck at the peak of the ride. This woman liked the car until the steering wheel got stuck, sending her into a ditch. She liked it before the brakes stopped working because of a wire snapping. Many things could go wrong technilogically, that would make the car ride seem a little bit scary. "If the technology fails..." (paragraph 9). Even the author of "Driverless Cars Are Coming" didn't deny that many things could in fact go wrong technilogically.
Even if this woman did get to her destination safely, many factors had to take roll in making driverless cars possible. For starters, the law would have to be set. "New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident." (paragraph 9). It takes 75% of congress to be able to take a law to the president. When it makes its way there, the president can still deny that law; furthermore, it has to go back to the congress and get revoted. Laws put in this position do not normally pass.
"In most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars." (paragraph 9). It would take many months or even years to be able to pass this law, considering they have all this information about driverless cars and only a few places are allowed to even test them. Questions are raised such as "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" (paragraph 9). Too much time is put into trying to pass the law, and in a society that is looking for ways to save time, it isn't worth the effort.
Furthermore, America has other problems to fix. The government does not need to put this country into more debt by spending its time and money on cars that are even less safe for its citizens. When smarter roads became too high of costs to be practical, people turned to developing smarter cars. "In the late 1950's, General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track....something that was simply too expensive to be practical." (Paragraph 3). For 76 years people have been putting time, money, and energy into making these cars more practical. Cars aren't a neccessity to everyone. Certain religions (such as the Amish) are without cars. Mackinac Island runs by horse and buggy. True, that isn't efficient for this huge country, but being billions of dollars in debt, that time and money could be used to help America pay what it owes. In the mean time, Americans can put up with what they have been using for many years.
In the generation of 2016, many things are updated. Phones don't have chords anymore. Americans don't send letters by mail as much as they used to. The citizens of this countru have been very efficient on many things. They have learned how to save time and money; furthermor, they have encorperated those ideas into everyday life. However, one item America doesn't need, due to limited safety; the time it takes for laws to pass; and the debt this country is in, is driverless cars. | 45 |
c64bdd6 | Imagen this say a presidents term is up and your congress wouldnt you want a say in who you might work with or would you just have to keep up with two candites that you dontknow.
we as a nation should keep the electoral college vote heres why our founding fathers put that in the constitution,this makes congress think harder about this decison.
the founding fathers made that decision the hard way acording to the article the founding fathers put that in as a compramise what this means is they had to do a lot of work to set the system up the way it is its not right to just change the system like that and ruin their work, it has been that way for many years and it has worked alright look at jhon f kennedy we had the electoral colege system in place look how it turned out. Another example george washington look at him first president and his term turned out great so we had a bunch of sucsess with this system its not worth changing with the results it got.
this system makes congress think about its nominations for president for example the article said the electoral college consists of the selection for the electors this means congress hs some time to meet and think in wich to vote. the passage said the electoral college consists of 538 electors so this means they got to reach a consensus and with a concensus everything is put to tghought so the bad things of each candatite is put to tgought.
the passage did say the electoral college is unfair and outdadated but with the results we got from this system however the results have been great this means we had failures but we had some succsess so this system does work and when it does the results have been great. the article did say this winner take all system is unfair to voters but this system has shown great results with various presidints.
the system makes congress think and it has been put in place a long time ago by the founding fathers but it works so congress go look at some future candatites and vote for the best one, citizesens dont let the failures of this system persuade you to not vote go out there and trust the goverment we have gone this lets continue to move fowrward with our countrys economy and vote for the president. | 23 |
0b47a00 | Dear Senator,
After doing some background research on the theme of the electoral college, i have realized that this system is wrong and should be changed. Now you msy aks yourself why?. Here are my reasons on why to exterminate the electoral college. And my ideas on what is going to replace it.
What the electoral college does is basically a chain of votes. Meaning someone votes for someone and then that someone votes for another someone. This may seem confusing, and personally i think it is!. Why vote for a slate of electors when we could vote for the president. I mena is like skipping a step of the sequence(a very complex sequence)
dont you think its easier, faster, better and less confusing to just vote for the president. Every single citizen votes for who they want. thats why i propose an idea. this idea is easier, faster and better...
Mr/Ms Senator lets apply the election by popular vote system. its less confusing and less biased. For ex. if u want to vote for "Tim Hart"for president, you just have to vote simple right; now using the other system you have to vote for the group of democtratic people that is voting for Tim Hart. And then hope that they didnt steal your vote, and they voted for another candidate. You see what im saying her. The system of popular election vote is way safer than the electoral college.
Also this system is more equal than the other, speaking of the problem of small states. Ex "large states gets more attention form presidential candidates than a small state does"(4 big states, P 21 L 10). This shows that the electoral college system is unequal. Now in the other hand with our system , no matter small or large states, everyone will get the same attencion.
To conclude this essay the election by popular vote is clearly safer, faster, better and more equal than the electoral college, this is why i ask you if you could just think about the idea, and share the word with your collics and people you know
Thanks | 23 |
ec4a337 | Both sides have good arguments when it comes to the development of driverless cars. On one side, technology is making up enough of these cars and these cars may cause more traffic problems. On the other side, this could end pollution as we know it. However, I know that certain things are inevitable and pollution is one of those. Therefore, I am going to vote against driverless car development.
Most of my reasons go towards the overall safety. According to the passage, " Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." Alert driving prevents car crashes, time in the hospital, and, the biggest of them all, lawsuits. With these driverless cars, how can we prevent something bad happening? For example, say you're sitting your driverless car and you're in the middle of a traffic jam. The car overloads and begins to automatically pick up speed. Despite your attempts to stop the car, your'e going 120 mph in a traffic jam. All of a sudden, you crash into a building, and injure yourself, not to mention four passengers and three pedestrians.
Not only does this put your hospital bill a little bit out of your price range, but you have to pay for damages and lawsuits. Think about how many deaths/injuries that would cause. Also, it costs a lot to put these driverless cars together. The whole world could go bankrupt by putting at least 50 of these cars on the road. It's not like American is that rich.
According to the passage, Google attempted to make driverless cars in 2009. However, it was proved that those cars were not completely driverless, due to the fact that it still alerts "the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." In my opinion, Google made yet another smart car. Though TV, movies and, video games contemplate the idea of cars that drive themselves (Cars 1&2), in reality, it might not happen.
In conclusion, driverless cars will be a problem, unless the technology for this car develops, which it probably will in the future. Newsflash, cars that can drive themselves are not real. ( Well, they're not real yet. That's for the future to decide.) Anyways, that is why I'm against the devlopment of these "driverless cars." | 34 |
c42f4bd | The Face isn't an alien artifact. It wasn't created by aliens, it's just a natural landform on Mars. If it was created by aliens NASA would've already found out. There is no real evidence that aliens did it, only in Hollywood movies, and books. Though some people think otherwise.
Aliens arn't the reason the Face is on Mars. Nasa has went on three missions to Mars to take pictures. Each time they went there has been no trace of aliens. Also NASA upgraded their camaras each time they went to Mars. So the pictures were more clearer.
On the second mission NASA went on, the camaras proved it was a natural landform. Though other scientist belived alien markings were being hidden by wispy clouds. This is because it was winter in Mars during the time NASA went. Still NASA went on a third trip to make its point. This time they used their most advanced camera yet and took crystal clear pictures of the Face.
The pictures reaveled it was a Martian equivalent of a butte. This is a common landform around the American West. This couldn't be caused by aliens because Mars could've caused this landform to appear. Just like in the American West. Still people think that the alien markings are still there.
Overall aliens could'nt of caused this landform. There is no evidence of aliens being on Mars. There is only fiction stories about it, and on radio talk shows. NASA has went on three missions to prove it's a natural landform, and they were'nt able to find alien markings. If this isn't enough evidenve to convince someone they must be a big alien fan. | 23 |
45a3758 | While driving, an individual can be confronted by a variety of issues; an assortment of reckless drivers barreling down the street, disregarding their surroundings; animals strutting across the road right in front of your moving vehicle; the police officer who seems to contain a vendetta towards anyone who drives three miles per hour over the speed limit -- most drivers have experienced this and much more. Multiple actions can be taken to avoid these troublesome scenarios, but the primary solution for this problem of dangers associated with cars may just be the simplest one --
cut down on driving . It has been discovered in multiple articles that the minor actions of riding the bus to work or walking to stores, instead of using a car, can have a positive impact on communities.
In Vauban, Germany, residents have stopped using cars, only using "...the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community" (
Rosenthal,
Paragraph 2) for a way of industrial transportation. The purpose in the reduction of car usage in Vauban is not only to make suburbs "...more compact and more accessible to public transportation..." (
Rosenthal , Paragraph 6), but to also decrease the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. Vauban's actions have been successful in that not only has the release of greenhouse gas decreased, but the residents of Vauban have also thrived without the use of transportation by cars.
It may be true that much of the world's populations may refute this style of living; they might believe that society will take two steps back along the line of progression by this small change. It has been proven due to thousands of motorists being fined after "...a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (
Duffer , Paragraph 10) was implemented. The reduction of car usage is a difficult prospect, but there have been scenarios in which this has been a positive change in society. In Andrew Selsky's "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", a description of a city's participation in a car-free day is given, and Selsky also characterizes that other surrounding cities participated because it was such a successful idea. Carlos Arturo Plaza mentions that the car-free day is "...a good oppurtunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution..." (
Selsky , Paragraph 24).
This idea to cut down the usage of car transportation may not end up being a solution to any major problem, but it definitely will be a step in the right direction. If actions are taken to reform the typical transportation options, the world will be making progress towards better conditions for its inhabitant's posterity. Is it too difficult to simply walk down the street to purchase groceries? Is it too difficult to make actions for the improvement of our environment? Is it too difficult to not use cars for at least one day? | 23 |
762d2ae | If you had this car you could do what ever you want to. you would still be on the road oyu could be drunk and still make it home to safety. you could be on your phone and still be on the road. you would never crash unless you were drunk and forgot that the car could drive itselfl. for instence you could use up less gas than what you thought you would be using. you could only go a certian amount a miles without a crash.
you would nerver know what happened if you were on a colision course with another car. but if you remebered that your car was the one that was driving it could stop and change directions so that you would be alright. and the other driver would also be alright. you could be going to washington and sleep on the way there so that you could wake up to refill in the morning. what you could also do is drive the rest of the way without your car trying to quite.
you wold never have a crash or try to kill your self by jumping off the bridge because the car would drive with you safely to the bottom and you would curse your
car and your life but then learn that the car was doing oyu a favor when you got your
got a wife of husband there with you are buying a baby crib | 01 |
8c97f35 | The way the author suports his idea is good enough to understand the danger and consequences of it. starting off on paragraph 1 the author let's us know that venus is
the secound planet from our sun. He also let's us know that venus is simple to see from distance but its every challenging to examine when you're closely. The author lets us know earth and mars are is other door neighboors. The author tells us that venus is hard to examine being close to it due to high tempeures.
The author also tells us that there haven't been a spacecraft that has touched down on venus for more than 3 decades. The author supports this with saying that spacecrafts only survive a few hours. meanig that venus is a very hot planet which makes it hard for humans to study it. NASA is working on electronics made of slilicon for us to be able to study venus.
The author supports the idea in every way he could when he said it was challenging for humans to study venus. He let's us know why and how he mentions in paragraph 3 that the atmosphere is thick of almost 97 carbot dioxide.
He also tells us that tempeture avarage aare over 800 degrees fahrenheit letting us know humans can't suprt that type of tempeture. He also calls out some solutions on how humans could live in venus but he let's us know that the conditions would be bad but that it is survivable.
The author let's us know in parageraph 7 that NASA is working on simplified electonics made of silicon. And that the ones that have been made have lasted about 3 weeks in such conditions . He also let's us know that another project is looking back to an old technolgy called mechanical comuters. He explains that these computers were used back in world war ll they were very important he let's us know that it did not require electronics at all he explains mddern comuters are more delicated. what the author is saying that these computers are resistant compared to the compiuters we use now in days the author explains his view and supports it in every paragraph. | 23 |
cafa345 | The automobile has been a staple in human history ever since it was first created, they have been used by people wether it was grocery shopping or during war. These days limiting car use has more advantages than ever. Such advantages are that it helps reduce the amount of pollution to the enviorment, helps people save money, aswell as it helps people become more sociable and less stressed.
The limiting of car usage has many advantages one would be that it helps to reduce pollution cuased by fuel emissions. Using vehicles creates green house emissions which cause the Earth to become hotter and then global warming becomes a big problem. According to the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars." by Elisabeth Rosenthal "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive area in the United States. So limiting car usage reduces the amount of emissions produced greatly. Smog is also a great threat to the enviorment, smog is created just like fog except polluted air gets into the mix of warm days and cold nights. Then instead of getting fog there is smog a more dense unhealthy version of fog. Paris has had a rough time when it came to smog which according to "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer resulted from the fact that "Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France.
Saving money is a big plus to the resriction on car use. With more buildings and shopping centers being built closer to suburban area makes walking a good way to save money. Andrew Selsky author of the article "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" made a comment on the situation in Bogota saying "parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city- new resturaunts and upscale shopping districts have cropped up". With more shopping centers for people to be able to reach by foot, bike, car-pool, or bus can greatly reduce the amount people spend on gas and car repairs.
Limiting the usage of cars also in a strange way helps people become more connected with each other. Limiting car use will alow people to hang out more in things such as carpooling, bike rides, walking, public transportation. Allowing for people to meet more people. Also it wil allow people to use things such as social media to stil feel connected to thier freinds without having to drive out to meet them. In another article by Elisabeth Rosenthal "The End of Car Culture" Rosenthal interviewed professor Mimi Sheller Who stated "the rise iin cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arranments,includiong the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. The restriction on car usage allows for people to meet new people through the carpool service and such things.
A limitaion on car usage would have so many advntages to people and the enviorment. It helps reduce the amount of pollution from fuel and carbon emissions, helps people save money and not need a car to get to a store or park, and have people become more connected to each other. | 34 |
0286af8 | If you could join the program would you? I would join the program because of site seeing, help many people and animals in need, and to interacte with different animals from across the world.
During your daring trips around the world you visit places like Europe and China or any where else. You may incounter many people living in that area and experience the culture and foods. Just like when luke marveled at the Panama Canal. There are many famous places around the world and you could see many of them that not a lot of people see in their life time.
Many people across the world need a lot of help due to disasters that has happened to theemor in their country. Also the animals and not just the humans need our help because they are important creatures to this world.
And when out in some country helping you could have to take care of many types of animals that live there, and that you may have never seen before.
In concluson you should join the program because of site seeing, help people from across the gloab, and the chance to interacte with many animals. So in the future if you have the chance to join i'm telling you to. | 12 |
0519419 | Dear Mr.Senetor,
My name is PROPER_NAME. The Electoral College is a great way to choose the President, but at the same time it isn't because it's not fair for everyone. That is why i believe the Electoral Collge system should be no more.
"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." It's not only not fair to the voters, but it also isn't fair to the people trying to campaign to be President. Everyone should have the opporitunity to run for President. They may have something meaningful to say and you never know if they actually have the potential to be the President or not if you don't give them a chance.
"The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes includes the candidates-as we saw in [2012] election- to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states...Voters in the toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates-knowing they are going to decide the election." Yes, the toss-up states like Florida or California are most likely to be more recognized and listened to, but it is not fair to the "swing" states. They are just as good as the people who want to be President in the other states, too. Do you think it is fair that a man in Oklahoma is running for President, but no one is paying attention to him because he lives in a state that is rarely mentioned? No! He deserves a chance too!
So in conclusion the Electoral system may be great but, your vote should be counted also. It shouldn't only get to be the electors decision on who gets to be President, but it also shouldn't be based off the more known states. Give other states, "swing" states, a chance too. That is why i say the electoral system should be no more.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 34 |
233796f | 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. | 23 |
1e7551f | Do you know how smart a computer is, or how efficient it is compared to the human brain? You cant even compare the two, its just not an even fight. Now when you put it into perspective, human error has made car crashes one of the leading cause of death today. So I'm in firm belief that "driverless cars" is not only safer, more effiecient but would be the future to cars.
First not only has a computer controlled car never taken a life, but it has never crashed. Now the word "never" is a bold word since not everything is certain, but the calculation and sensors of a computer controlled car has made the "driveless car"
never crash since its debut in 2009 as said in paragraph 2 "Google had cars that could drive indepnedently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million of miles without a crash,.." How fast do you think is your reaction time? And do you do well against pressure? Well if you are driving, countless situation like these would soon come your way. Now if you were a computer, your reaction time is a blur and you have no pressure to worry about. As stated in paragraph 5 " .. those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out -of-control skids or
rollovers." In those situation, people would just brace themselves and pray for low medial bills after the accident. Now if the driverless car drove, these things can be avoided endlessly.
Second, driverless cars are more efficient. Theres just no other way to put it. As stated in paragraph 1 "...would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." You ask where is the logic to that? Well, humans tend to speed up and slam their brakes constantly while driving. But with a driverless car, all they would need is calculation. Imagine a world where there are just full of driverless cars. If they are all controlled by computer and have the same calculations, most traffic jams would be resolved. . Not only would there be no hassle but it would be safer, and much more convienient for everyone.
Last, it had stated in paragraph 8 the following: "The psychological aspects of automatin are are really a challenge," "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." What that means is if and only if this driverless car is perfected, and it would need support, not only would you be able to watch your favorite show on the way to work, but it would revolutionize the way we spend our time. Since due to constant driving, and traffic, we spend so much time on the wheel. If we take that out, we would have countless hours
of free time!
In conclusion, I think driverless cars are having a bad name since it is not fully "driverless." But there is no doubt is it SO much safer. As the cofounder of on the most influential company "Google" Sergey Brin stated in paragraph 1 "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world"
So if the driverless car would get more support and have more funds in it's developement, it would be safer, more efficient and is the the future to cars.Now if we didnt have to drive anymore and the driverless car was pefected, what would you spend your time on? | 34 |
ce1d3dd | The development of driverless cars is a good thing. Reasons why driverless cars will be better than cars fully driven by humans include gas usage would be lower and accident would occur less often due to sensors and built in entertainment devices turning off unlike cell phones.
The first reason why driverless cars would be better than human driven cars is gas usage, in paragraph one it says Google cofounder Sergey Brin foresees a car that would use half the fuel of today's taxies and offer far more flexibility than a bus. Lower gas usage means the world would be able to keep using the same fuel resources for longer before we have to start looking for alternatives to power cars.
The second reason why driverless cars would be better than human driven cars is saftey. In paragraph 4 it says "The sensors in driverless cars create a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings" this means that the car will be able to sensor things and avoid them that the driver might not be able to see or react to as fast as a computer. In paragraph 8 it says "entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can turn off instantly when the driver needs to take over something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern"
the displays that would keep drivers entertained while waiting to drive could be instantly shut-off and then put the driver in charge a person using a cell phone isnt shut off and is a constant danger while driving.
In conclusion driverless cars are a good idea because they will be safer on the road and less expensive in the long run as they shouldnt crash as often or use as much fuel as cars driven by humans do now. | 23 |
bca97ce | Cars have been the main use for transportatation from one distant destination to another. The population is relying on cars more often to get them to were they need to be. Everyone in the communities are becoming lazier and cannot bother to grab a bike or even a pair of skates to help them get where they need to go. More and more of the population do not want to walk to the store which is usually down the street. Cars have even been polluting the atmosphere causing numerous issues, such as health problems and even a rise in the temperature of the planet. The purpose of this essay is to inform fellow citizens of the advantages of limiting car usage.
By limiting the amount of cars we have in the country or even by reducing the days one can use their car, can dramatically reduce the pollution in the atmosphere and also cause citizens to become more active and healthy. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders."(Source 1, Paragraph 2). Vauban is one community to begin their journey to becoming a car reduced area. "As a result, seventy percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and fifty-seven percent sold a car to move here."(Source 1, paragraph 3). As said by one of the residents, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heindrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."(Source 1, paragraph 3).
Paris is another city to take on the challenge of limiting the use of cars. Paris is a city where there is an abundance od smog and pollution. "After days of near-record pollution Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."
(Source 2, paragraph 10). Because of such effort, "Congestion was down sixty percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."(Source 2, paragraph 14). By limiting car usage citizens have only one option, to get up find a bike or running shoes and set out for the day. By doing this the peoples can become very healtthy and reduce the chances of life treatening illnesses, such as cancer and others such as diabetes and lung and heart problems. Just think of the environment, by using less cars we can lower of even completely stop the effects of global warming which can lower the the rising of the sea and help to stop the destruction of the ozone.
"BOGOTA, Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or even took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of trafic jams."(Source 3, paragraph 20). These simple and energizing activities can get you to where you need to be and also gets and keep you active and moving. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife."(Source 3, paragraph 24). "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift, " said Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University and director of its Mobilities Research and Policy Center."(Source 4, paragraph 35). The world is changing and with it the health of the people and the condition of the environment.
By taking time from using motor vehicles we can lower the pollution of the world and improve the health of the people who live in it. By lowering the production of cars, citizens will have no choice but to grab their bikes or skates or even running shoes and begin to move. The time is now for the community to change. Many different cities have already started their change with cars and now is the time for you to join in the movement. One step at a time. | 34 |
bb05c80 | you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you do not know how your life going to be and it is a huge and amazing opportunity.
You will be helping others who been affected by World War ll. You will be able to travel places you never been like China or the Pacific Ocean. You can get a chance to go to Greece and see wat it is like out there and get a chance to get out of the USA.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program and help the poor and homeless people get in the UNRRA so they will not be hungry and live a better life. You casn help all the people. in Europe and give them food and stuff so they do not starve to death and try to get them a home and thery will not be left out and hungry.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys Program you can see the horses and feed them and stuff. Some people love animals so they can help out with the horese and other animals. You will have the Nightwatch and go and see iuf all the cows and horses are on the ship. But when it is raining and nyou on nightwatchb you will have to be careful because you can slip and break your bone or crack them and even worse you caN slip off the deck and be in the ocean or where you go but if you slip off there are some strong currents that can pull you down and you can drown or they can pull you away from the ship and take you to a island | 23 |
d032c34 | In the Challenge of the Exploring Venus, the auther suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers I think he I right, but i think that the dangers are to much to risk. In the story the auther calls venus the ''Evening Star'' and said that it was one of the brightest points in the the sky,but it also said ''while venus is simple to see from a good distance, but safe vantage point from eath.'' I think what that means is that, you can't get close to venus because it's too dangerus.
Some of the ways that venus is too dangerus to go to is because we know what will happy if we go. We sent things up befor and each previous mission was unmanned but for good reason, since not one spacecraft survied the landing for more then maybe a few hours. Thats when we saw the issue and stoped sending up sacescrafts. Not one spaceship has touched down on venus in more that three decades.
A thick atmospehere of 97% carbon dioxide covers venus, also to add to that theres even more difficulit clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid on venus. On the the planet the conditions arfe far more extreme then anything humans encoouter on earth or anywhere so far. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have on earth. besides high presurs and unbareable heats, the weather is bad too. Erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquackes, and very frequent lighting strikes.
In the end, our travels on earth and farther should'nt be limitted but at the same time we are facesed with dangers and things we sould strive to do better in but we should do our best to look at the word without getting to close to danger. | 12 |
b875b20 | In the article it says that technology can now read the expression of a person using a software called " the Facial Action Coding System". I think this would be valuable in a classroom because it can read when a student is bored or confused and when it reads that the computer would modify the lesson like a human teacher would. The FACS would also help understand how the student is feeling in the classroom. It could aslo help in many ways by understanding how the students feel about like a lesson that is given or feel throughout the whole classroom time. There is pros and cons to this, the pros are that the computer would be able to a students feelings. Facs would also be able to help out the student if the student is confused during the lesson and would be able to modify it for them. The cons is that the Facs software might also not work at time by reading thier correct emotions. | 12 |
def7afe | I am very one sided with the way I feel about driverless cars. I feel that driverless cars are dangerous and hazardous. The cars could be more prone to crashes then when a person is at the wheel. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This states that the cars are safe for only a period of time. An all computerized car is just asking for the worse when it gets older.
Driverless cars aren't even really driverless, so what's the point? "But so far, Google cars aren't truely driverless." The idea of a driverless car may put a person to ease, to where they aren't paying attention to the road ahead. The at ease person may become stressed when the car signals to take over. They might not even be ready to take over the wheel. This is a risky thing when coming to complicated traffic issues.
These driverless cars also seem to be very expensive, something not the everyday person could afford. The car has even been know to be to costly without the price of the car itself. The article talks about the use of smart roads for the smart cars. "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." The car itself needs a lot of mechanics, such as Dubbed LIDAR, to make sure the vehicle can mimic the skill of a human at the wheel.
The article talks a lot about the future of these driverless cars. But I do not think there will be such a future. With the concern of a person's life at risk, the driverless cars will intimidate many. The cost issue will also be an intimating factor. With manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan, many will not be able to afford it. Overall, the bad outweighs the good for this project. The driverless car is simply just not worth it. | 23 |
b52e1cd | Nothing like chilling in an 800 degree oven and having pressure thats 90 times greater than that on earth while studying a planet. Thats what it would be like to study Venus on its surface. But scientists want to some how find a way to study it, Safely. There are three big things that the author writes about in this article that may be a safe alternative or possobility to study Venus like floating above the atmosphere of venus, using simplified electronics made of silicon carbide, or using something called mechanical computers.
First things first the author talks about hovering above Venus's atmosphere to avoid all of the most of the dangers. High heat, crazy high pressure levels, Ect. The author of the article says, " Just as our Jet airplances travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid all the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." This is a safe alternative to landing on the surface because it takes away the problems that they have been having all together. But the problem he has with this is that the only things they can do to study it is observe they can't take samples of rock, gasses, or anything else. But it will get them a basic view of the planet nothing much more.
Another thing that the author stated may work is using simplified electronics made of silicon carbide. This will help because because of the type of material. The author states within the article, " 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." This is why it could help because it lasted three weeks where regular things couldn't even last 3 hours on venus without getting comepletly abliterated. So if they where made out of the silicon carbide they would be able to get it on Venus get samples of gasses, rock, and anything else they could find then get out of there before it gets destroyed hopefully.
The last thing that the author talked about that could work is using old technology called mechanical computers. The devises where envisioned in the 1800 and helped out in world war II. But the author says, " The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all." This would help because of the fact they could get it on Venus and not have to worry about the electrical boards of the vehicle frying. Because there will be no Electric envoleved in the process. If they made it out of a heavy duty metal or maybe even silicon carbide it may allow it to work on Venus and get samples of gasses, rock, and anything else on the surface of venus.
The three big things that may allow the exploration of Venus to be a possability are floating above the atmosphere of venus, using simplified electronics made of silicon carbide, or using something called mechanical computers. These ideas could help visually see the planet close up, Get on the planet safely, and move around the planet and get samples of evidence. This would help out NASA in the great race of space with all the things that they could discover from the planet of Venus. So while we are sitting here on earth one day there may be a man in a comepletly different situation of being in extreme heat and pressure. But all in all the author supports his idea and gives a few good options on how NASA could safely and efficiently get up to Venus and explore it. | 34 |
c8ebe7a | There are many car free cities. Germany suburb life goes on without cars, Automobiles are the linchoin of suburbs. They to to say that it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas. In Paris driving has been ban to clear the air of the global society, motorists were orderd to leave there cars at home or suffered a 31$ fine. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and people had their cars inpound for their reaction to the fine.
Cars have been banned with only buses, taxis permitteed for the day. the goal was to promote alterenative transportation and reduce smog. Not even the rain has stopped people from participating, "its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said Carlos Arturo Plaza. a day without cars is an improvement campaign that begaN in Bogota in the late mid-1990s.
In the United States, recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The question was asked; has America passed peak driving? the United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime cultures. But Americas love affair with its vehicles seeems to be cooling. When adjusted for popullation growth, the number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 dropped steadily. Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployment weren't going to work anyway.
There are many car free cities. mostly because of green house gasses or many other cuases. Such as stress' and air pollution cars have been banned to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. There are been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser and better for walking. | 01 |
67151ff | Venus, a planet that neighbors Earth that can also becalled Earth's twin, not because of them both looking the same, but in term of density and size. The author suggested that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents for us. You may be able to ee it from a distance but getting on it is a whole other challenge.
Earth alternates being closer to Mars or Venus, humans have sent spacecraft to land on Venus but are failed due to the fact that no spacecraft has ever succesfully landed and survived. The atmosphere around Venus is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and surroning it are clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in the atmosphere. It states that "On average the temeperature of the planets surface is 800 degress Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greated than what we experience on our own planet". Compared to what we feel on Earth humans adaptablity cannot match with the intense surface and temperature of Venus having even the power to crush a submarine, known for diving to the deepest part of our oceans and can even have the ablility of liquefying many metals. Having said that, Venus not even being the closest to the sun has the highest surface temperature and with thr high pressure and heat it had additional impediments that we as humans can not adapt to our work with.
Venus has been known to be the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Assumptions being made say that Venus was like Earth with forms of life and having oceans cover it just like Earth. To this day it has some of the features that Earth has and being on how close it is it can be our nearest option for space visit. NASA has had an idea on how to study Venus "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 conditons by staying up and out of their way". By being above the surface the air pressure would match the sea level for Earth's solar power and radiation would not go past Earth's levels. The conditions not being easy but survivable for humans.
To this day scientists are seeking to conduct a mission on how to get onto Venus and understand it regardless of the risks. Having tested products like simple electronics, they have made a chamber simulating the time and estimating on how long it would last to stay on Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in the conditions Venus is made up in. Even with danger in the explration it should let us expand our reach to get closer to Venus. Seeing on how much work and effort people put into the discovery of a new planet shows that with time and innovation we can succeed in exploring Venus and what new things they can discover. | 23 |
47f3a3d | This new found technology is outstanding and can do marvellous things, however, it is not needed for students in the classroom.
I feel that it would not be as beneficial to students as the author makes it sound. At some point this technology may be helpful for counselors of schools but it is not for daily classroom use.
I am not saying that this technology is not an innovation. It is a tremendous breakthrough to the world of technology. And it could be beneficial to some professions and aspects of life, like psychology, but it just does not apply to students in the same way. The author 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".
This is not true.
The only way that this could be true is if we replaced human teachers with computers, and that, i think, is a huge step in the wrong direction.
Technology is helpful to the world but to much of it may be a problem that is irreversable.
Furthermore, I think that this technology could be very helpful to high school counselors. With the emotional reader the counselors will be able to identify cases of depression or anxiety or other mental disorders found in high school easier.
In the article it states, "we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day". This is referring to the calculating the computer does. It says that we do that to which is true but we are not nearly as precise or efficient. That is why we need this technology or something like it for counselors, to lighten their burdens, but to also ensure that their job gets done.
Finally, I believe that the installation of emotionally sensing computers to every classroom would be a mistake. However, putting them in the hands of counselors would be brilliant. I think that the world should look into this technology more and decide the best uses for it. | 34 |
fd0ccb2 | " All of our development since World War 2 has been centered on the car..." Now and days alot of countries are limiting car usage to go into a day of free car day, which basically means that no one is allowed to drive their motor running cars for a day. If they disobey the law they will be charge a fine. Its like a when a police officer stops you for passing a red light or for speeding on a no speeding zone. Still these countries are getting advantages over these days because there will be less smog, less traffic, and more people buying bicycles rather than a expensive car.
" Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." one of the advantages for limiting car use is there will be less smog to deal with in the air. this can harm not only us but our environment we live in, which is the air we breath. In france they decide to do a car ban day. The result of this event was that the " Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions". If someone was brave enough to drive a car than they will be fined 22-euro which is $31.
" Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters, people had their cars impounded for thier reaction to the fine". Less traffic was on the streets due this ban of cars, which allowed the people with bicycles to go on the streets and ride them. In Bogota,Colombia they also did this ban but they gained more advantages over limiting car usage, only buses and taxis were permitted to drive on the streets. their goal was to promote alternative transportation. Due to this event, parks and sports centers were packed throughout the city, and pitted sidewalks have been replaced by smooth sidewalks for the skateboards and bikes.
" What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownerships per household and per person started to come down two to three years before downturn said Micheal Sivak". As a result of car ban people have stop buying cars which is atrocius for car companies but at the same time there is a up side to this also and is that people will now walk or ride bicycles to get to where they need. Which also leads to people being more atlethic and less people being obese or overweight.
These countries are gaining alot because of these car ban which is good for removing these dark clouds in the air, less traffic, and people riding bicycles rather than cars. Its obviusly that some people think that this rule is selfish or not needed but its helps more than you think it does. And some people are just mad because of what they are getting charged or fine for driving in the streets even though you can't due to the law. | 34 |
f3b8391 | Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotion would be great for students in a classroom. I am going to give the most outstanding reasons and examples on why this would be excellent for students. Once, I am done you will be able to fully understand my point of view and how it would be great for students in a classroom. Also, be sure to notice the way I verifiy my answer for you to draw the same conclusion as I do. This technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be great. Well because it'll inform teachers on how a student feel about the work, notify if the students have things going own in personally life, and it would decrease the rate of students dropping out of school.
First, it'll inform teachers on how the student feel about the work. For example, "if you were to give the student work that they don't understand but wouldn't tell you". Due to the fact of having the computer reading the student expression you will be able to know and find out what is really going on with the student on the subject they are stuck on. Once, you notice that you will be able to help the student out on the things that they are stuck on. Then, the fact of you knowing things about the student revolve around the computer providing information.
Secondly, it would notify if the student is going through anything in their personal life because of the facial expressions that is being read. For example, "a student is getting beat at home very badly but choose not to let anyone know". Then there is the computer that will tell the teacher what is going on and why they are acting the way they do. The Facial Action Coding System will report that the students is holding something in and is showing fake emotions on how they are really feeling. In a way, this would means this type of technology would become literally a life saver. Well because something bad at home can really come to the light and better the student from the things they are going through.
Finally, it would decrease the rate of student dropping out of school. For example,"students that are likely to drop out are the ones who keep quiet about them not understanding something". Then, theres this type of technology where the truth about the students have no choice but to come out and recieve attention for the things that they are struggling on. This specific technology would inform teachers that the student is confused and needs help on the things that you are giving them. If you were to think about it, what is a better way to get the truth other than technology providing it for you.
In conclusion, Facial Action Coding System for students in a classroom is valuable. For informing teachers on how a student feel about the work that the student is given. Then, you can fully agree that this will notify if the student have things going on in thier personal life. Finally, you can conclude it would decrease the rate of students dropping out of school. So there you have it, why Facial Coding System is great technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom. | 23 |
d23d911 | The conspiracy about there being life on the moon in this article is not correct. For someone to claim there is life anywhere but the planet Earth needs to provide evidence. Providing evidence is not just having a theory with people backing you up. Evidence is providing proof, proof is pictures lab tests and finding all possiblities that that is the only thing it could be. The article however cannot provide proof or hardly any evidence there are living things on Mars.
The article does provide a picture, but the picture is nothing but a mear misunderstanding. The picture provided is what is called a lava dome, simply shapes creating the form of a face. People like to take little things and make them into something just because they can. Many people are making a large amount of money off of this discovery and that's what people are after now, people care about money and publisity. This scientific breakthrough is nothing but a scam really.
People want to believe what they hear and so most of the time they will. Things can be photoshopped now a days with all the new technology so I suppose you can never know for sure. New discoveries are scary and scientists will keep on discovering the world and even whats outside of our world but there's no gaurentee this is a real ailen artifact. Things form together and make random shapes, this shape on Mars just so happened to be a face, big deal that doesn't mean anything. The image might also be slightly blurred, purhaps taken at an angle at which forms it into a face. Angle is everuthing, angle can make something look like it actually isn't, it plays tricks on your mind and your eyes.
Maybe this is a mark left by an ailen and if so scientists are ready to let out all the truth because the public isnt ready for something new, something unheard of. The only thing the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or a mesa, landforms common around the american west, does this mean aliens are also on our planet? I think not. There is no life on Mars proven what so ever and all that this picture is is a misshaped landform misrepresented. The picture provided is nothing more then a shape that people are claiming is an alien artifact but in the end there still isn't enough evidence to support that claim. | 23 |
a8b8909 | The Electoral College has many amazing things people like about using it .When it comes to voting not many people do .Thats why in the Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. There are about 538 electors, now that's alot of people if you ask me. Only 270 of the electoral votes is required to elect the President which is an okay amount of votes for the President election.
On the other hand, under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who inturn elect the president. The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themeselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, but the system allows much worse. People are more worried about having a tie in the electoral vote. The election would be thrown in the House of Representatives, where state delegation vote on the President, also the senate would choose the Vice President.
Not everyone thinks the same tho about electoral College because some people dont like it because some states have more representatives,but yet again what if it was your state that have the most representatives like Califorina with 55 of them wouldnt you want a huge avantage like that? I know I would. | 01 |
e288f20 | Their are alot of dicusions on wether we should get rid of an electoral college. But i think we should keep them for five reason. Cernainty of outcome,Everyones president,swing states,big states,and to avoid run-off elections. People think that it wouldnt reliable if we changed the way we elect a new president. Not everyone will agree to this,and the majority will stick to electoral college because if been working for us since the 1800.
Cernaint of outcome basically decides everything because it doesnt allow to be a tie. Like in 2012 when obama and romney were running obama won because he new that people want a winner take all basis. Obama got 61% of electorla votes and Romney got 51%.Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winners take all basis the state creates a landslide electoral vot victory in that state.
The electoral college reguires a presidential candidate to have regional appeal. Not one region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. Romney was from the south so people in their voted for him. But people up north thought that would be greedy and our nation needs a president for all. It was a situation that he would only apply or do anything for the south but nothing for the north. So candidates with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a succesful president.
The winner takes all method focuses their campaign efforts on the toss up states. People in the toss up state are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign to really listen to the competing candidates knowing that they are going to decide who gets elected. They are the more thoughtful voter and they will give more attention than normal. So people who care about who gets elected should get their votes in.
Last,the electoral college avoids the problems of elections in which no candidates recieves a majority of the votes cast. The presidential election process is reduced by the electoral college which proves a clear win. Knowing people who dont care shows the candidates that their votes wont count,and voters in elections are the people who want to express and show political preference rather people think that one vote wont change the fate of the election. So as you can see the Electoral college method is very reliable and will keep our nation safe. | 23 |
bdaf17b | The author supports his idea in studying Venus in many ways. Exploring Venus can lead up to many ways to improvise. If we study Venus we can learn more about the planet, such as, if it was once an earth like planet . It could also help us even save the Earth in the long run. My final reason why we should explore Venus is because it can lead us in exploring other planets.
First of all exploring Venus has a tough task, but we can learn a lot about the planet if we do explore it. We could even find out if it was once an earth like planet. We could discover new oils or new rocks. If we do discover new oil we could even put a mining system on Venus and have more oils. Exploring Venus can even help us find new minerals as well. We could discover many new things if we explore Venus ,dispite it having challenges.
Second of all Venus could have been an earth like planet." Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system" If this was true we could make more and more explorations and maybe even find out why it heated up so much and if we find everything out it could help us maybe even save earth one day when the sun expands more. It can help us save our planet .
Third of all If we decide to explore Venus we would have to improvise all of our machinery to sustain that heat on Venus. The heat on Venus averages to 800 degrees fahrenheit and also the atmospheric perssure is 90 times greater than what we expierence here on our own planet. We would have to make our machines and robots heat resistant. These innovations could even help us explore other planets. It would make the innovations easier if we want to explore colder planets in the future. This can spark an exploration of many other plantes. It could even help us reach other galexies and explore there. Exploring Venus can help us invent and Innovate many of our technology and it can end up helping us explore the whole solar system.
In conclusion exploring Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers would help us out a lot. As i explaned in the paragraphs above, it can help us improve and succeed. We would earn so much more about the planet, such as if it were actually a earth like planet . We could also discover many new things such as oils and minerals. Last of all it could help us in exploring other planets. It can help our innovations get easier so we could explore colder planets too. This is why exploring Venus would help us , even though it has lots of risks it could still help us out in the future. | 34 |
2a785b1 | How you ever wonder how venus might look or want to go up to space and explore it? well here in my story going to describe how venus might look if you are to be interested.
In this story, Venus has it's up's and down's because venus is like Our Earth's twin because it is the planet that is really close in size, shape and distance. The rest of the planets are just like neighboors to venus and earth.
Some of the advantages, to go and explore venus is that it has similar things to compare to earth meaning that is we go see venus we wouldn't be surprised of how it could look because it like earth's twin having the same features as how earth look today. venus has rocky sediment which are familiar to earth today because that can mean that venus has valleys, mountains or craters. Another thing that would be cool for us to go visit venus is that knowing that earth and venus are really close to it's "one of the nearest option for a planetary vist." like the author stated.
Some of the disadvantages, would be that though earth and venus might look the same have same features it could be dangerous for us humans to go and visit venus on space if their hasn't
been prove that some one has gone yet or that we could live there; because Venus is the second planet closer to our sun
meaning It is so hot or get really hot just by knowing the tempertures you could just imagine. how we could not survive that easily the tempertures for venus could get up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Which knowinfg this it also has different atmosphere pressure which are 90 times greater than what we have ever experience here on earth. Not even the heat and the pressure but it can be even more dangerous becasue there can be other features that we could face on earth just not that frequelety, but in venus the weather can be way off and different we could be seeing way more erupting volcanoes, or way more powerful eathquakes or even lighting because we are just that just to those high tempertures that cause all of this chaos. well these are just of the disadvantages.
In conclusion, i feel that if we do come with higher end technology in how we might survive to visit venus in the future than it would be fine to go see venus the other half or twin or earth; but if not we could be really expiose to danger out there because their hasn't been a person there do to the extremes tempertures and how it could be bad to be there if NASA, still has to do some more research in order to know all the facts and we could go but as of right now we really just have to wait and thanks for this article; Now the people or audience can have a more depth note into how the other planets work and are. Since venus is too close to the sun i think that 800 degrees fahrenheit must just be an estimate i must be even more hotter than we might think. | 23 |
1c84003 | Limiting car usages is a goood thing because near record pollution is found in our air when cars are being used. Also 60 percent of conjestion went down in the capital of france because of cars. Diesel fuel was blamed because diesel makes up 67 percent of cars. Parks and sports centers will bloom throughout the city;pitted sidewalks will be replaced by broad; smooth sidewalks. Rush-hour restrictions will drop dramatically; and upscale shopping and new restuarants will be builted or will start to a variety of new customers and a jump start in better bussiness.
Recent studies have shown americans that buy fewer cars,driving less are getting less licenses as the year goes by which equals up to less pollution in the our air. An with these changes people stop the usage of car usages and ride bike where they go thir will be a weight drop in all ages around the world. Also if this happen kids from ages 18-21 will be less bothered of getting a license. Some may still be interested, it wont be a priority no more. Also the will be a upscale in the growth of bikes and bike bissinesses.
An from all this you will learn that cars pollute are airs. Therefore if we stop the usages of cars we will less traffic,more bussinessses, and also more bikes. Are air will less polluted and their will be a recent weight loss in all ages plus many professional bike businessess wil upscale in making bikes and make more over time. | 12 |
1872cf4 | Through out the past, and till now transportation has been a huge role in our society. In the past boats were the main and fastest transportation man had. Until a man invented the automobile which changed transportation dramatically. These automobiles made it much easier to travel around town, or even across the country. What the people did not know is the harmful effects these automobiles put out.
Automobiles have there advantages which most of the buyers look at, but they did not relize the disadvanges not only are they bad for the enviroment automobiles are the main cause of death. Countries are working to promote either car free, or car reduced communities. As said in paragraph 9 the United States is working with the Enviromental Protection Agency to promote car reduced communities.
You may be thinking to yourself well ''Im not going to ride a bike every I go''. This is true but Im not saying that neither are these agencies they are simply saying that try carpulling, use busses, trams, ect. Riding bikes is a great way of not only transportation, but also fitness, and its a whole lot less exspensive.
In source 4 it states that President Obama has had goals of getting rid of green house gas emissions, and trying his best to make America a more enviromental nation. Studies show that people are buying less cars as years go on, and less people are getting their drivers licence. America seems to be slowing down its rave of the need to drive and own cars, more, and more people are starting to use bikes as their prime way of transortation.
Overall automobiles have been probaly the greatest thing or invention to man kind. Even though they may have their disadvantages. We just need to try as a whole to be less dependent oni our automobiles and try to carpull as much as we. Another great way we should keep doing and promoting is the use of bycicles. Society will find their way through, and hopefully try to be as car reduced as much as possible. | 23 |
cb73756 | I think that they should develop these driverless cars. If they did, first of all, it would be cool to have cars that drive themsleves and second because if you needed to get somewhere and couldn't drive then you could. There are a few reasons why I think that they should be developed.
The first reason is because it would cost people a lot less to fill up their cars. They are also not fully driverless. They will alert you when you are pulling in or out of somewhere, or dealing with traffic issues such as construction or accidents. It feel that it could benefit a lot of people and would also make people more interested in driving.
They have been wanting to invent something like this one day. I knew that when they had the opportunity to create a vehicle or anything can can go on its own they would. This driverless car can apply brakes on individual wheels when needed too. It can also reduce power from the engine to help in the need of an emergency. This can help make driving safer because if someone isn't paying attention and a car or something is coming at you, your car can sense that and apply the brakes for you. It is nice that they are also considering using cameras in the cars to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. The car watches the driver and the driver watches the road.
Because of all the reasons I mentioned above, I think that they should develop the driverless car. It will be weird at first having these cars around because you wouldn't expect to see something like that but after a while it can benefit people in the long run that either can't drive like they used too and need to get somewhere, and also most will buy it just because it sounds super cool and to see what it can do. | 23 |
d125d72 | In the Article "The Challenge of Eploring Venus," the authors suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. To begin with the main idea of this article is to explain to us even though the study that are being done about Venus are dangerous that doesnt mean is isn't going to be worth it at the end. The authors start by giving us the smiliarity both Earth and Venus have such as desntiny and even size.
The information that was given was, expaining what has been done and what Venus has instore for us humans. For Example the article states that "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth," the author goes on and says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains and craters." this meaning even though it's another plant we are still about to get good reasource that can help us.
Futhermore, knowing that they cannot take samples of rock,gas or anything else from a distance they are still seeking to understnad Venus and to able to get a closer look to be able to get knowledgement from Venus although this may seen dangerous the article states that NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. "For example, some simplified eletronices made of silicon carbide have been testes in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this meaning that their is progress being made in NASA.
Finally, the author suggests that " the studying venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the danger it present " not only did the author explain his reasoning by stating fact, but at the end of the article he states that, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." this meaning that it may be dangerous but it is something that is going to lead us to intmidating endeavors. | 23 |
178a016 | The auther suggests that studying is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Like Venus is even more challanging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmopsheric. Its more extreme than anything that a human encounter on earth. Venus has the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Venus would be the place where there would be lots of problems like not easy conditions.
when using phones, tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. I feel like we would need more advanced things from earth in Venus because Venus would have the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though mercury is closer to the sun. "It would the most challenging in exploring venus". The venusian geology and the weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightningstrikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
And the most entresting thing is that somtimes Mars and Venus are closer to earth. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has a value, not only because of the insight on the planet in how it had lots of bad things, but we still would have the good things that would we need to make people to survive in venus. 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. | 12 |
5c8f827 | In the artical "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I am against the development of these care. The driverless cars wil make everyone lazyier and more carefree then what we already are in this world. Drviers today are already getting into to many accidents while driving, beacsue they are not paying attention to what is going on around them or they are intoxicated or they get distracted to easy. We all need to learn how to keep our eyes on the road at all times whilout depending on something or someone to do it for us. I believe that we should stick to the cars we already have and just pay more attention to whats going on around us.
The driverless car is not completely driverless now so who is to say it will be in the future. The driverless car is smart and tells you when you're about to back into something or someone and they also help you know when danger is coming up. The driverless cars do not however drive you safely to where you need or want to be, they still require to have teh drivers full attention at all times for when there is danger up ahead or a work zone. They are not completely driverless if that was the casse then we wouldn't have to pay attention still to what is going on around us and the cars wouldn't need warnning lights on the dashboard, or vibrating seats, or any camera's or sensers to indacat us with what is going on around us at that very moment. Honestly in my best option i don't think we have the best technology yet to even begain on trying to creat driverless cars like we see in movies. We have been trying to creat the same cars we see in the movies beacsue we like the idea about not having to physically drive anywhere ourselves and we would much rather have a machine or other factor do it for us. Since 2009 Google has been working on ideas to creat these said Driverless Cars and we have yet to fully suceed in creating one that doesnt require anyone to drive them at any point in time, we should just messing around with technology and what we think may or may not happen in the future and focuse on what is happening right now in our lives and what we have came across adn descoverd right now.
In conclusion to everything i have said and pointed out, everyone is entitles to their own opinion and what they think is true or not true and what should happen in the near future. But to me we should just stick to everything that we know and what we are learning now rather then chaniging the way things are with todays world and when we have far more advanced technology them possible try to figure out if we should have Driverless Cars or what we shold do. | 34 |
585045b | Attention my fellow citizens, we should limit car usage because limiting car usage will release stress, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, and stop smog.
First, we should limit car usage because driving a car can be stressful. For example say you just got finished with a hard day of work and it was not the best day, You hop in your car and when you start to drive you look ahead and see a trafic jam. After working all day, getting in a car to wait hours and hours to get home is not peaceful or fun. Another example would be when you're on the road and the people around you are not driving safely. "When I had a car i was always tense. I'm much happeir this way," said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two.(In geram suburb life goes on, paragraph 3)
Not only does the usage of cars cause stress but it also causes greenhouse gas. The use of cars should be limitted because we could drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. "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." (In geram suburb life goes on, paragraph 5) Using a car to get around is nice but isint living on earth better than driving a gas powered vehicle and slowly destroying the earth? "All of our development since World War II has been on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, an official of Transport for America.(P7)
Finally, We should limit the usage of cars because if we do we can stop smog. Smog is pollution that creates clouds all around and it is discusting and horrible for the earth. 'Bejing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."(Paris bans driving due to smog, Paragraph 14) After intensifying smog, congestion was down 60 percent and thats only after 5 days thats incredible!
All in all, we should limit car usage because if we can use cars less than we do, it will ease stress, reduce greenhouse gas, and finally clean the earth. What do you say, use your car less and get some exersize? Thanks for reading my fellow citizens. | 34 |
dba50d5 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming' It tell bith postive and negative facts about driverless cars. I believe that there should be drtiverless cars this is where I stand. Driverless cars have been worked on for a while now. So far they have developed software to help the advancedment of driverless cars. I think that driverless cars will provide more of a positive impact on the world than a negative one.
Driverless cars have been worked on for a while now. Its been since the 1980's the used sensors attached to the wheels of cars of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, they are more advanced with better response times than ever when indanger and all around. In the late 1950's, receivers to capture radio signals th guide the car on a special track.
So far they have develped software to help the advancedment of driverless cars .In 2013, There was a develpment called "Trafic Jam Assistant"announced by BMW.This helps steer,accelerate, and break themselves. however they notify the driver when it doesn't have the skills to drive it in a certin situation. It can function up to 25 mph. There are also vibrations in the drivers seat to notify of an emergancy. This can mean that the driver still needs to stay concentrated on the road when the sitiuations occur. There have beeen ideas considering useing flashlights lighs on the mwindsheilkd and other heads up display just in case.
Driverless carts really aren't driverless now. Most of the software for the car still needs someone to drive the car. The software hasn't really advanced so much the needs to be no one conentrating on the road ahead. These are just to help progress the advancement for driverless cars and increases safety. So even if the sofware fails the car still has the driver attention on the road. All they can do now is help the driver and other become more afe when driving incase anything happens.
In concluion, the driverless cars now aren't completely driverless and needs the drivers skills so that means it can provide more safety than less. If it can continue in success the driverless cars will be much more safe than now. Driverless cars can use half the fuel of today's cars and can offer more felxiblity when driving. The cars can have better response times than humans can in the future. Driverless cars will provide more of an increase in safety then what we have now in the future. | 23 |
c53c234 | The face on Mars is just a landform. There is no such thing as aliens. Alson there is no life of any type that can live on Mars. "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform."
The picture shows us a part of Mars where the face is just form in that weird way. Makin people think there was aliens on Mars. Mars is not a liveable place. There is no air to breathe, and it is to hot. You wouldn't make it alive in Mars, because you would lose your breath and burn up.
All the picture is show us is that a natural landform has formed on Mars. It is a great picture off landform you might never see again, but it has nothing to do with aliens on Mars. If aliens were real, one of
NASA'S scientists would have found them in outer space by now. The face is just a great form of natural landform. | 12 |
374b731 | Driverless cars have many postiive and negative effects and ideas that they could have on our world.
The driverless car that Google cofounder Sergey Brin invisions "would use half the fuel of today's taxis." (P1)
This would allow for the United States to purchase less fuel and in the end prevent us from spending so much money.
These kind of cars would be a great help to anyone making a long distance trip.
You could begin your trip one day and fall asleep and have driven several hours.
The idea has been tested by many different companies and is still being developed to this day.
Driverless cars would be a great benefit to the people of America, it would allow for people to save money on gas, and not have to worry about crashing because the car would drive itself.
With all of the sensors and other driverless cars, it would seem that the manufacturers could prevent accidents.
I believe that driverless cars could be a great benefit to this country, but they cannot replace all cars with them.
We still need fire trucks and police vehicles to keep people safe, but they would have a great impact on our nation.
One way that some companies are making driverless cars is by using "smarter roads." (P3)
General Motors for expample designed a concept car that could run on a special test track.
This track would send radio signals to the front end of the car.
Another way that some companies are trying to make driverless cars are by using sensors.
Google modified a Toyota Prius with "position-estimating sensors, a rotating sensor, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." (P4)
Google used all of these sensors in different ways to begin to develop their own version of the driverless car.
The driverless car has been attempted by many different companies and each one has their own version with their own flaws.
Driverless cars seem to be a thing of the future, but in reality it could be here before we know it.
With all the different technology and all the money some of these big companies have it is a wonder the driverless car is not invented already.
The different companies have designed driverless cars now that still require the assistance of a driver.
The cars can brake, accelerate, and stop by themselves.
"All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." (P7)
This allows for some people to argue that driverless cars are not reliable, and it is not that at all.
Driverless cars have no way of knowing what to do in a situation like that.
The smart thing is to have the driver take over in that spot and would prevent a potential accident.
The problem with this is that the car needs some way of notifying the driver if he falls asleep.
Some designers have thought to use a vibration in the seat to alert the driver.
The Google car for example has a voice that announces when the driver needs to take over.
"Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." (P7)
One big argument when it comes to driverless cars is the potential for an accident.
The worry is that if the technology in the car quits working and the car crashes, who do you blame?
To me it seems like the manufacturer should be blames since they designed the car with the technology that failed.
The driver had no control over the technology, he just had to wait until the car needed his assistance.
This argument is one of many when it comes to driverless cars and it is an important one.
If the car crashes somedbody has to get blamed and if the driver is not actually driving why would he get blamed.
This could be one debate that pushes back the release of the driverless car until someone comes up with a compromise.
In conclusion, I believe that driverless cars would be a great benefit to our country as a whole.
I assume and hope that a company will release a driverless car in the next few years to allow me to experience such a thing.
It would be like a roller coaster.
You do not know how you are going to get where you are going and do not know how bumpy the ride will be but it will be an adventure.
That is what intrigues me the most about driverless cars, the adventure that is coming.
"Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time.
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." (P10)
This just makes me even more excited for the release of driverless cars, it could happen in the next 4 years.
A driverless car would be a great invention and would allow the United States to make money if they were able to produce it and sell it.
Driverless cars are coming to us soon and they are going to excite many people because of the technology put into it, and also the seemingly magic wayt hat it drives you.
"The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." (P10) | 23 |
7b199f3 | Dear state senator,
I do not agree with the idea of the electoral college. The United States' president should be elected by popular vote and not just by a specific amount of electors. One great reason why the president of the US should be elected by popular vote is because the citizens won't really get to choose what president that they want to have for the next one or two terms. It is also unfair to the people that vote for their president (according to source 2.) We should really stick to the president being elected by popular vote.
The president should be elected by popular vote because the people are practically not voting for their president. The majority of voter aren't voting for the president, but they're voting for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president(as said in source 2.) The electors that actually elect the president can be anyone not holding public office. The citizens that vote can not always control whom their electors vote for.
It's official that the electoral college is also unfair to voters. Voters are voting for other electors to then elect the president. What if to say there was a tie after voting for the candidates? The election would be handed down to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations vote on the president. The electoral college is also unfair because of the win-take-all system in each state. Candidates won't stay in states where they know they a zero percent chance of winning, they'll only focus on the states with tight races.
So there is why I agree that the electoral college should be abolished and the government should change the voting system so that the president is voted by popular vote. We need to abolish the electoral college because the presidents that are being elected are not being elected by the citizens, but instead the president is elected by the electors that are elected by the citizens. The electoral college process should go no further because it is unfair, outdated, and irrational. I really long to see a change in voting systems soon. | 23 |
855dc06 | The
ADVANTAGE
of
LIMITING
car usage is a
GREAT
idea just think not having to worry about a bill for your car,tags and , license that would be great because you could work more on church offering and house bills. Cars are
RESPONSIBLE
for 12%
of greenhouse gas emission in just Europe!! Thats crazy and that is not even the same as other areas. In some car-intensive areas of the United States are 50%
! That is bad for us to breath in and it is also bad for earth. We are harming earth with this fumes also we have tooken an avanage of having cars we use them for everything. Sometimes we need to just put the keys down and go for a walk we dont always have to drive everywere we go. Yes I understand we need to drive sometimes because some thing are just to far away to walk because their is other things that need to be done. But you could walk down to your mailbox to check you mail and walk to the corner store if they are not too far away. Walking is very healthy it helps keep your body in shape. We dont have to drive everywere we go. However, go on ride with mom/dad can be nice time to have bonding time and all but it can also happen on a walk. Most of all , 80%
of
APPROPRIATIONS
by law goes to road work it would be so much better if we could cut that in half when only 20%
goes towards are transportation. Do we really need this big old highways? No not really what happen to taking the back/dirt roads what happen to having a nice drive I mean if you are going to drive why not enjoy it. Instead, we rush around so whats the point of driving if you are just going to rush around and get in trouble for going to fast down the road. If you think about it we do not need to use cars as much as we do, we could really cut down on that. We as Americans have become very lazy we drive everywere if you live in town why not walk sometimes it is not going to kill you. If you live in the country like I do walk to the mailbox or corner store if oyu have to go to town drive there then park somewere in town Then, walk around and get what you need done. Like I said before why worrie about car payments, gas, your license and, tags they cost a lot of money. If you do drive why not cut down on how much you drive you will save money in gas also, you will be helping limit gas emission being released into the air. | 23 |
df2161b | The author has been studying Venus to find out if humans can live there and there are some reason that humans cant live there.
The author says that Venus has many feature like earth and that it may be possible for humans to live there. Even though they have seen what could happen like the bad part of living there, they are still trying to find a way to make humans live there. Venus is like Earths "twin" because it is the closest planet to the earth unlike the other planets. Also, Venus atmosphere of carbon dioxide is 97 percent.
Venus may be worth studying for but despite the danger that it may have to any human could be bad and even though the author says that they are going to have to make humans a part of there studyies so they can find a way to live there. In the text it says that "numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite the proximity to us" saying that they will have to study humans no matter what.
Therefore, Venus may be wirth to study it but is it really worth putting humans a part of your study just to be right. There are may factors that Venus has that are very dangerous to us. | 12 |
cfa2cd5 | In this essay in the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System I was talking about how are the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
First on that time some computers are creating to recognice emotions, in the text say, " Mono Lisa at least acccording to some new computer software that can recognize emotions." She was according that she wanted to find ways to humans express they emotions, but later the Dr. Huang was developed a betters ways to humans can be communicate with others. In the text say, " Dr. Huag and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humas and computers to communicate" this mean that the Dr. Huag he is trying to find how calculate the feelings of humans and he is a expert at developing a computers that way people will be have how they communicate with others to the place and another pleace.
In addition this process begins with a cumputer 3-D this was called an " action unit" this is how they is trying to find how are the humans emotions. The Dr. Paul Eckman was a creator the FACS ( Facial Action Coding System) he creater this, then he classified whats are the emotions that he is trying to has. In the text say, Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic of the facial muscle." This mean how the Dr. Paul uses this six category to see how the students express their emotions. I think that this is help us because they know when the students are sad, fear, happy , anger or samething like the Dr. Paul saids. These emotions is classified to find the emotions of people.
Now the new emotion they use in people and then they compare with the real face , in the article say, " Using video imagery, the new emtion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa," and " Each expression is compared against a neutral face" they use videos imagery to show the emotions when they use the creation that they creater to see how are the ractions, and then they compared against the neutral face with the face that they have.
Also there is a lot ways that they have to use in emtions but not all the ways are express the same ways. Some ways that they use are bad beacuse some humans don't wanted that people know their life and another humans wanted that they help them to find their emotions because they don't know how they feel or how are their emotions.
When they uses with students is so confused for them. Students is becoming confused how Dr. Huag predicts, in the article say, " A classroom computer could recognized when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Haug predicts. " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The same make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," this mean that for some students are boring but fr the others students are good and they used one and other ways to recognize the emotions and finally they found and they know when the students used a lot the computers to compared animated face or something like that.
In conclusion I learn that they are different ways to humans express their emotions that is hard for the Drs. to find the emotions for recognize how humans feeling. Also this ways a lot of students use to compared their emotions with someone else. | 12 |
450aa09 | In years past, the number of people interested in, and using cars around the world has dropped noticibly. A marked shift in the "car culture of the world has occured, leaving many wondering what is tocome. Limiting car usage has many positive aspects, such as saving money, that people tend to be less stressed when they do not drive as much, and reducing pollution and greenhouse emissions.
One of the many positive aspects of reducing car usage is that one will save money if ones car usage is reduced. In an article by Robert Duffer called "Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog," he says: "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were orderedto leave cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)." In Paris, car-owners were charged money for using cars on certain days. This was done in an effort to reduce traffic in the city. Another article that addresses this is "The End of Car Culture"
by Elizabeth Rosenthal. She says: "Part of teh explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars..." Cars are a costly thing, and many people cannot afford to put the money in to having and maintaining an automobile. Car cost so much,so reducing,or even eliminating usage will save anyone a great deal of money. This is one of the many advantages to limiting car usage.
Antoher reason to limit car usage is that people tend to be less stressed,and more happy when they do not have a car to worry about. In "The End of Car Culture" by Elizabeth Rosenthal, she talks about Heidrun Walter, who say thatshe is actually much happier no w that she does not own a car,and that owning a car was very stressful. No one wants to be stressed,so why would people want to put themselves through the trouble of owning a car? Lowering car usage has been shown to reduce stress, which is a good thing for people, mentally and physically. Andrew Selsky also addressesthis in "Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota," where he says "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress.'" As is outlined here, rducing car usage lowers stressin many people, which is definitely an advantage.
Reducing polution and greenhouse gas emissions is another advantage of limiting car usage. carscreated emissions dangerous to the environment, so reducing usage will have a positive effect on the environment. In "Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota," Andrew Selsky discusses the mayor of Bogota, Colombia's descicion to have a day free of cars in the city. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." In Bogota, as in most cities, smog from car pollution is wide-spread. Lowering car usage lowers the levels of polution and dangerous emissions in cities. A similar situation is outlined in Robert Duffer's "Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog," he says "After days of near-record polution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This gives further evidence that reducing car usage will lower pollution and smog in cities around the world. Concurrently, Elizabeth Rosenthal, in her artilce "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," she says "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gass emisssions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." This provides further evidence that cars release an enormous amount of pollution, and usage must be lowered.
Limtiting ones car usage has many positive consequences, some of these include saving money, reducing stress, and lowering polution levels. These are all great reasons to limit car usage, and many people are beginning to take hold of these advantages around the world. | 45 |
f655616 | Hello my name is Luke Bomberger and I am apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. I joined the orginazation for two reasons. Number one, because it interesting to see a bunch of different sights. Number two is that I get to help people who were affected by war. I was eighteen when I joined the orginization, so that meant I could be drafted for war at any time. This made me feel me feel worried, but then I went to Greece and I every thing was okay. Now enough about me I am here to encourage you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
You should join the program. It feels great to know that you are making a difference in somebody's life. Plus, like I said there are a lot of cool sights to see. I have been to nine different places. I saw something amazing in each place out of the nine. You can try all new different things. Like new food, new music, new sports, new almost everything. Now I know what you are thinking that is crazy how am I supposted to adjust to something so quickly that is impossible, but trust me it is not as hard as is sounds. If your still not hooked (which I don't know why you wouldn't be) it can be a lot of fun. I know again it doesn't sound like it but when we arn't helping out we play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, we read, and whittling. So I hope you decide to join. | 23 |
6c11596 | Studying Venus has the good and the bad. You find out so much about your planet and others. Like whybdonthey call Venus an "Evening Star" when its actually a planet. With Venus being provern a very challenging place to examine, ist hard to find out more abiut it. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite that dangers.
One of the big dangers studying Venus is the temperature. Venus is the hottes planet in our solar system. The planets temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than then on our planet. The conditions are way more extreme then what we've encounter on Earth. In addition to the heat there's erupting valcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.
We could be living on Venus. Venus has the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus used to be covered with oceans that could've supported various forms of life. Even today Venus has rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus is an opttion for a planetary visit.
There are solutions for the temperature. NASA's solution is to let scientist float above the fray. A vehicle hovering 30 miles above the Venusian landscape. It would be like airplanes flying over storms, but in this case its a blimp-like vehicle flying over the 800 degree surface. The vehicle would be thirty-plus miles above the surface. Solar power would be plentful anc radiation would not exceed Earth levels, survivable but not easy conditions.
Trying to meet the challenge by Venus has value. Human curiosity will most likely lead us to many intimidating endeavors. With the dangers studing Venus, helps us incase we need to move to another planet. Studying Venus is dangerous but, it has its perks. | 23 |
c1e3e01 | The Facial Coding System is a new computer that can recongize and calculate your emotions based on subtle facial movements. The software produced by Professor Huang and Professor Sebe works by constructing a 3-D model of a face and classifing it based on six basic emotions that humans typically express. The those emotions are then charaterised by movements of the facial muscles. In my opinion we should embrace new technology, but the question is, how will this change schools, marketing, and everyday life?
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," according to Dr. Huang. He goes on to say that the software can modify the lesson, like an "effective human instructor. " Imagaine being able to adjust a lesson to the liking of the majority of students, being able to create insteresting and engaging topics for students and teachers to enjoy. Not only that, many students will experience depression or anxiety during their middle school or high school life, this computer can help consulors help those students more effectively. Overall, schools could see a massive change in students moods after introducing this software.
Shcools wouldn't be the only ones to take advatange of this new technonlogy, companys that are trying to market and sell their product could calculate what is liked and disliked based on the emotions analyised after people view their products. Some people would make the claim that it is an invasion of priviacy, but wouldn't we want companys to sell the things we like, rather than the things we don't? Imagaine always having excatly what you like or excatly what you need pop up in an ad, or suddenly become available at the nearest store. Not only do you get what you need, companys will be able to make more money, helping the economy grow, and hopfully that money makes its way back to you someday.
Aside from schools and marketing, how can this effect everyday life? The articles states that
"we humans perform the same impressive "calculation" everyday." we may not be able to tell the precentage of a person sadness or happiness, but we can determine when a friend is excited or bored. Imagaine being able to calculate your own happiness like weighing your self on a scale. Imagine that the software not only measures your happiness, but analyises what may be causing your stress and how to improve as a person. The world may truly becoming a better place.
The Facial Action Coding System seems far from becoming wildy accessiable to the public, but to me this new computer software will one day change our lives. From school, to companys, and our own personal life, this technonlogy can one day make life a little bit happier. | 45 |
46ca26b | The Face on Mars has been a popular icon of space, and evidence in arguements for the reality of ancient alien civilazations on mars. The Face on Mars is a natural landform similar to many on earth, like mesa's common in areas like the nevada desert or the grand canyon. Nasa has taken photos of the land form whe never they have been able to get a good shot of it, which is not very often.
Skeptics were far from convinced by the 1998 photos, many of them claimed that NASA had chosen to take the picture during a cloudy period of Mars' year to cover up an ancient alien artifact, or possible markings. Skeptics did not realise that NASA would benifit monumentaly from the discovery of an ancient alien monument on the surface of mars. In 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor again was close enough to catch a pitcure of the Face on Mars, the picture spanned a total of 1.56 meters compared to the Viking's 43 meters per pixel photo, The Surveyors photo revealed simply a landform similar to that of a mesa of butte.
The Face on Mars has been a populars icon for many things in the past, and has been used time and time again for debates on ancient alien civilazations on Mars. The iconic Face on Mars was a subject that was only important to the taxpayers not some scientific marvel or long lost ancient technology. In reality the Face on Mars is simply a land form like any other on the red planet, not an ancient alien artifact or monument. | 23 |
3d15bdf | In this article it was talking about how there is now a program that can read the known human emotions by useing a 3D model of whoever its trying to read. Like students in class it will be able toread their emotion in call and see if they are bored or unhappy with the lession that is going on. Also the evidence to back it up is that this program has read the emotion of Mona lisa with. Actual rates of her emotions but we could not use this program at home because it is way to complex for it also it uses the same technique that divinci used by using human anatomy which they said would be great for video games and video surgery. Which in the end will greatly increase childrens involement in the class room because. It will know what really gets the kids engaged into whatever the teacher may be teaching at the time. | 12 |
ecd4b2e | Come on has nobody been on a boat before well if you like sailing you need to be a sea cowboy,sea cowboys are people who carey horses all around the world from the U.S. to China .All around the world its simple the pay is good all you need to do is help feed horses ,and not be a stick in the mud people need to be are sea cowboys. Anybody can be one who wants to its a great job for a somebody who does there are many of them so are even sailing the atlantic,to get there goods and horses safley to the drop off zone.
d being a sea cowboy because you get to play games all the time. Many sea cowboys get to feed the horses and play games to past time and to change there demenor. Even when being a sea cowboy there is stilll hard work to be done around on the boat. Lots of the sea cowboys always do the hard work first so they can play baseball or any other game for that matter. If you were good at sailing in the past on boats I think this will be a great oprotunity for you and anybody else you know who might want to join the cause .I can see a hole boat full of people playing games with you on it its a great cause it will just flat out make you smile. The best part of being a sea cowboy is the open water. Even thouge its a risky job its fun and I can gurante that you and your freinds and family will like it as well it's a good paying job thats fun and you get to travel the world whats even better than that.......NOTHING!!!! of corse would like to be apart of it just please just come on over and sign up,and i bet it will be the best desion of your life. But there is one down fall...Don't get sea sick as long as you follow these simple rules you should be just fine. So you should consiter if you don't you have no clue what you are missing out on. | 23 |
9d44f80 | Driverless cars is a really bad idea. There are so many outcomes that could happen when the car is drving itself. It could malfunction and crash. The driver might not be paying attention and when they do have to take over, they don't and crash. And lastly there would be many people losing lots of money from sueings because people wouldnt know who was at fault, the driver or the manufacturer.
There are some positives to the driverless cars. For example people who just "have" to text can finally do that and when needed to drive can surely put there phone down for five minutesto help the car out. Also, less use of gas will help our world out with global warming, and the decrease of fossil fuels in the world. Finally, there would be a decrease in crashes across the nation, but many would not know who to blame.
Driverless cars should not be aloud for may differnet reasons. First, if the driver is tired and is not doing anything but watching the road waiting for it to say for them to take over, they could fall alseep and not see the warning sign. Second, It would have possiblely more drunk driving accindents, becuase they would think the car would just take them home insted of them having to worry about it.
Driverless cars are a bad thing and should not become a thing in the U.S. They wouldd lead to many dissagreements in court, people would take advantage of them. Lastly, people would dissrespect he car and what has been given to them from technology and think it is just a toy now! | 23 |
f3c0613 | I believe that NASA or any other space organizations could have a chance to visit other planets, or such as the "Evening Star". Just by reading this article made me think on how this could realy work but only in a matter of time could this happen. My claim to "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a positive response because
the author talked about in the story on how thick the atmosphere is, the temperature and the enviroment is like. Venus is a risk to travrel too, but in the long run it'll be worth it.
Earths twin is most likely a deadly plant for right now we could possibly try another solution by visiting it. In paragraph 5 it said "A vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian Landscape" to avoid the 170 degrees Fahrenheit surface its good to make suggestions and try it out on earth before taking it to venus. I agree on having robots visiting venus first before letting humans try for themselves is way better and safe. Robots are made to survive longer then humans for these types of missions, They could bring us information that humans probably could not and would last longer in different climates.
Venus is a deadly planet, But is the second choice if planet Earth would ever
be in a dangerous sitituation and would have to evacuate. Better now then never, If i had the chance to expeirment id take that chance because evenatually Earth wont last forever. It would be a great idea to start now and help our future to be in a safe place. I would make the most of what i got here on Earth to help my grandchildern be alive in the future. Thats why i strongly believe on Venus to being a second home for us to live and see our gerenration of humans live long and forever and keep expanding. | 12 |
b1b6428 | To be honest I think It should not be car driving by themselves because, for one the car can lose control of itself and cause alot of damage and danger. Cars are made for people to drive in not for them to drive on their own. If them cars drive on their own people will be scared and will be distracted by the car. Them cars can be stolen from people with no problem. They say the want cars that can drive on there own but who are going to pay for them if they get into an accidents? Why would somebody eventhink of cars driving on them own so many bad things can happen to people, they can get hurt or cause possibly die & who going to pay for the person hospital bill. So thats why I say they dont need to make cars that can drive on their own because they can run out of gas or make a mistake and go over the speed limit, who the police going to give the ticket to? So thats why I said they dont need to make cars that can drive on their own. | 01 |
793e363 | Did you ever think the face on Mars was made by aliens? Sorry to break it to you, but it wasn't. You may be thinking either I am really crazy or really smart. Don't worry I have evidence from the article to back up my reasoning. I don't think the face on the moon was created by aliens because the face is surrounded by landforms, the pictures weren't as good as they are now, and when the picture was taken it wasn't under the best conditions. Which leads me into my first reason.
I don't think the face on Mars was made by aliens because the face is surrounded by landforms. I think this because of many reasons. One of which is because the article says, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, buttes and mesas are landforms common around the American West." The next piece of evidence to support this is that there is another landform next to it that looks like the same type of landform. Where there are landforms there are usually more than one example of them.
The next reason I don't think the face on Mars was made by aliens is because the cameras weren't as good as they are now. It was 1976 when that picture was taken. Technology has advanced a lot since then. We have laptops, cell phones, slim computers, early stages of robots, and even tablets with greater processing power than space shuttles that landed on the moon. Cameras have also progressed a lot. The cameras we have now can zoom in and see you armhair from fifty feet away! That's the second reason I don't think the face on Mars wasn't made by aliens.
The last reason I don't think the face on Mars was made by aliens is the pictures were under some of the worst conditions. For example, the sky was clouded, the cameras weren't very good, and it is very hard to target Cydonia. Once they fixed most of those conditions you could clearly tell that the face was actually a landform.
In conclusion, the face on Mars can only be a landform. Once again, this is because the face is surrounded by landforms, the pictures weren't as good as they are now, and the picture was taken under some of the worst conditions. That's why I think the face on Mars wasn't made by aliens. | 34 |
69084e9 | In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," there are several given arguments to support whether the development on these cars are positive or negative. In my opinion, I think that the development of this futuristic concept is more negative and outweighs much of the positives.
Beginning with paragraph two, it states that Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific directions since 2009. I have one question regaurding that statement and that is, if these cars have been around for seven years already, why are they not the main source of transportation yet? The only answer to that is that these cars are not the most efficient way of transportation. In paragraph three, the author states that the "smart-road system", the only way for these driverless cars to travel, would require massive upgrades to existing roads. If we are being practical, it would not be possible for every road to be rebuilt so that it is sustainable for these driverless cars to operate on. In addition to that, how would we travel in the meantime while the roads are being rebuilt? It is simply not practical to do that with our busy societies today.
In paragraph four, it states that manufacturers soon realized that the development of smarter roads weren't going to be possible, so they turned to smarter cars. Although this is a little more realistic, there are still several flaws in this idea. Technology is not always a reliable source, and that is exactly what these manufactureres are doing-trusting technology. They're trusting these sensors in the cars to drive and operate smoothly without any human assistance. No matter how high-tech these cars are, there is always a chance of risk. You might argue that humans driving have just as high of a risk, but if you look at paragraph seven, it mentions that although these cars do not need human assistance, the driverless cars can not detect crashes or road construction like humans can. They have installed a warning system that lets humans know when they need to take over, which means that the humans must stay alert of the driving at all times. I think that this defeats the purpose of having a "driverless car" if you have to be prepared to take over once your vehical is headed towards something unfamiliar. In paragraph seven, it also mentions that the cars will have cameras built in to watch the driver to make sure that they are paying attention to the road at all times. Yes, this is safer, but again, it defeats the purpose of having a car that doesn't require a driver.
With that said, in paragraph eight, the author says that sitting in a driverless car, not having anything to do, could get boring so they are planning on programming entertainment sources in the car. In my opinion, I think that if the driver is supposed to be paying attention to the road, then the sources of entertainment in the car could potentially be a distraction to the driver and take their attention away from the road.
Although there are a few positives to these "driverless cars", such as saving fuel, the negatives outweigh the postivies. I believe that our society is safer and better off with normal functioning vehicals than getting into a car that comes with more possible risks. | 45 |
f8cc34f | The jouneys of being a Seagoing Cowboy aren't always easy.
The waves toss your boat, and the animals are not easy to handle, but the joy you feel when you help people who are in need, all of the rough times are worth it.
On the sea, you are able to help people by loading your boat with cattle, horses, and many other animals, because the people are in need of these animals.
When you deliver these animals to places such as Greece, Europe, China, Crete, Italy, and many more exotic countries, you are able to see the amazing artifacts that are located in these places.
While sailing on the Atlanic Ocean, you encounter different oceanic animals.
When you are able to see their beauty in person, ot helps you appreciate different life forms.
You also appreciate your own life becuase you realize that people are less fortunate, and you are blessed to be able to help them.
You see the uneducated, and you want to help.
While continuing your journey as a Seagoing Cowboy, you become aware of all the problems in the world.
After I served my time as a Seagoing Cowboy, the awareness stayed with me, and I lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.
I share knowledge of the sea, and the students become aware of the problems and want to make a difference.
You learn to cherish the people who are around you, because at any given moment, something bad, or good can happen.
On one rainy night, I was serving as a watchman and after I made my hourly report to the captain, I slid down a ladder, and landed on my back.
My heart was racing as I slipped toward an opening if the ship.
A small strip of metal caught me and I was relieved to be alive, but in pain at the same time.
I cracked my ribs but rhe crew, my friends, cared for me when no one else could.
These are the dangersof the sea, but the rush you get when you see the less fortunate people smile, the dangers shrink to the size of a pencil shaving.
If you do not appreciate helping people, the oceanic life, friendship, learning, and teaching, once you become a Seagoing Cowboy, you will, and always appreciate these traits. | 23 |
8dfe413 | "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. 'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor" (Rosenthal paragraph 2). Heidrun Walter is the typical mother of two that has a job as a media trainer. Unlike most people, Heidrun lives in the city of Vauban, Germany. Vauban is a one of a kind district that cracks down on car use and promotes walking and public transportation. Heidrun describes this life as a happier one and that cars make things tense. There are advantages to this way of life such as a rexaled lifestyle and fewer pollutions.
Not having a car makes one persons life less stressful by making the internet a better way to communicate, having funner ways to transport yourself, and making it easier to access stores. Getting in a car to go to a freinds house is in most cases is a long stressful process that can be eliminated through a culture without cars that opens up Internet use to communicate instead. "She cites various factors: the Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends" (Rosenthal paragraph 35). Mimi Sheller is explaining how you don't have to get into a car to be with your friends and that the Internet is a simplier option. Instead of using a car to get to work, it may be a healthier and funner option for people to start walking or riding a bike. " 'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife" (Rosenthal paragraph 24). In the quote, Carlos describes how stress is relieved by lower pollution and opening yourself up to activities that you and someone you love could enjoy while getting to work. Stress can be driven by simple things in life such as trying to find a parking spot to access the market. "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway" (Rosenthal paragraph 6). To have less stress in your life it could be easier to live in a no cqar community that makes any store you need only a walk away from your house leaving you free of the harshness of finding a parking spot. Internet communication, alternate transportation, and walk ways to stores make a happier and healthier life for the average person.
Cars in most countrioes are the leading pollutants and it could be wise for people to try and reduce smog, greenhouse emissions and diesel use by not picking up tthe keys to your car. Smog in some place has gotten so bad that car use had to be stopped completely. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog . . .[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world" (Rosenthal paragraph 14). Paris went through major smog that makes them reconsidering the use of automobiles. | 12 |
39f7e07 | A spacecraft was launched into outter space. Outerspace consists of many planets, including Mars. On the planet Mars, scientists have a discovered a face. The Face on Mars is a natural landform.
People say the Face was crafted by aliens. Because it was winter, the camera in the spacecraft had to look through clouds to see the Face. Due to the weather conditions, some people say that "alien markings" were hidden by fog.
Many details support that the Face on Mars is a natural landoform. Jim Garvin, a chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, states that if "alien markings" existed on Mars, they would have been discovered because the image of the Face was enlarged 3 times the pixel size. Also, the Face resembles a butte or mesa, common landforms around American West. In fact, Garvin also says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." This is an "isolated mesa" that is almost the same height as the Face.
Proven with facts, the Face on Mars is just a natural landorm. Outerspace has many wonderful discoveries. With proper research and equipment,
Those discoveries can be made just like the Face. | 12 |
ea3f4cc | Venus is the second planet from our sun. Sometimes called the "evening star", It can be referred to
as Earth's twin. Venus has been proved a very challenging place to examine.And there are many reasons listed for Venus being an explorable planet.
The author suggest that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the the dangers it represents because Venus has many features that are interesting. There are many reason why people still go and
explore venus. One of the reason why people are exploring venus is curiosity. Curiosity because we want to know what's happening in Venus. Us, Human are brave, we
love to explore new things. There might be one braver than another but at the end we are all brave. We all take risks everyday.
Another reason why people would explore Venus is because it was once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus probably had oceans and supported some of the various form of life, just like Earth. Even today, Venus might still have some features that are alike to those on Earth. This would be a good reason why Astronomers are fascinated by the exploration of Venus.
Although venus is one of the planet that is not safe to Human. NASA is still willing to explore Venus. Venus is one of the interesting planet that has features related to some of the features on earth. | 12 |
25b8dc1 | Both Vuaban, Germany and Bogota, Columbia have the right idea...take cars off of the street. While Bogota only bans cars for the length of a full day; Vuaban doesn't ban cars, but the prices are well expensive and there are not many parking spaces in the surburban city. Limited car usage can reduce smog and greenhouse levels, and with the advancement of technology, limited car usage should be inforced.
The smog levels in Paris are absolutely outrageous, "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussls and 79.7 in London, Reuters found" (Duffer). The smog amounts , according to Duffer, were almost at the level of Beijing, China which is the most polluted place on earth. By enforcing a short driving ban, set for only a day, on even-numbered license plates to clear the heightening amount of gases in the air, the smog levels dropped enough to release the ban set for odd-numbered license plates the next day. This experience proves that limiting car usage can prevent air pollution exponentially.
With the advancement of technolgy, people have no real need to go travel everytime they want to talk to someone, whether it be family or friends. With technology and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Facebook Messenger, just a few clicks and we are able to have a connection with them. There is also the option of calling someone, so there is always a way to keep in contact. "... the Internet makes communication possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends" (Rosenthal). As Ms. Rosenthal has so clearly stated, why travel and spend money only to say a few words.
By limiting the usage of cars, air pollution will be greatly diminished, and the advancement of technology unlimits us from keeping steady communication. | 23 |
64df225 | The Article "Driverless Cars are Coming" the author introduces the idea of cars without drivers. This car will be controlled by itself with the assistance of a driver. This new idea is very controversial considering the positive and the negative aspects of a computer generated car. The computer generated car should not be put into use because it is dangerous and untrustworthy.
The driverless car is dangerous because it still requires a human in th vehicle monitoring it. For example, in paragraph 7 it states "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and accidents." this is supporting the idea of how unsafe this gadget is. If the driver is not fully attentive at all times they could crash and wreck havoic on anything around it. This computer controlled vehicle is also untrustworhy because technology is not perfect and can break down at any moment. The question in paragraph 9 "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" supports the idea of the distrust and disconnect. If the vehicle loses control and kills a pedestrian, who is to blame? It could go either way because the driver was not attentive or the computer malfunctioned.
In conlcusion, computer generated vehicles are not reliable and are unsafe because of the high dependency on the human. Some people may claim that it is safe because of the vibrations or alarms that go off if the vehicle is in danger. However, this still is not enough to gurantee the safety of others on the road or pedestrians. If the driver patroling the car were to have a medical emergency and could not attend to the car because of their medical state, the car would not have anyone to redirect it. This is why I am against the use of driverless cars due to the unreliability of this invention. | 23 |
8172a02 | The ways emontions work is the way we are feeling at that exact moment. We may feel sad, depreesed, angry, happy, excited, or just fantastic. Emotions is how we express ourselves. Emotions can do with a lot of things love, care, affection ect. Emotions is just how people coupe with things like depression & things like that.
"FACS" Is "Facial Action Coding System" It can tell how people emotions are & how they are feeling at that moment. The system can just look at you & tell you how you are feeling but by percentages. It can 10% sad 85% depressed & 5% hungry thats how their scanners work
Their technology is like te best in the world klike very hi-tech in this matter for thm to see how you are feeling is very amazing & can do magineficent things in this world
Once you learn everything you can about their facial scanners you can turn that frown upside down | 01 |
129f4b5 | What a time to be alive, we have many new inventions that have changed our lifes for the good and for the fun of it. There is one new technological advancement that could change our lives entirely, the self driving car. The self driving car is a car that well does what it sounds like, it drives its self. Although there are many positive aspects for this new invention im here to talk about the bad. This new technological advancement should not be develped because, the driver would still have to be alert, if the technology fails who is to blame, and it is just to pricey.
It would suck if you were in a car that can drive itself but you still had to be there alert. The self driving cars requires you to be there constantly holding the wheel. If you are at the wheel aready why shouldnt you just drive the car yourself? Plus the car can only move no faster than 25mph. We tend to go faster than that so you might as well do it yourself. Also it would be like your waiting for your turn to drive. You would only be getting the car to drive in risky or dangerous situations. Lastly it would get boring waiting there in your car with your hands on the wheel.
Say you got into a crash, who is it to blame? You take your eyes off the road for a split secong and bang, your self driving car just crashed into another car. Is the fault yours or was it the cars? See if we make these cars we would have to make new laws on whos to blame. Also it wouldnt be safe for pedestrians and you. If the systems fail you could go crashing into something or someone without a warning. The best way to ensure someones safety is with a human driver behind the wheel.
Most people wouldnt even be able to afford a self driving car in the first place. If and when these cars come out, the average american wouldnt be able to afford it. With all that technology on and in the car it would most likely double the price of cars if not increase it drasticly. Also it will cost a lot of money to send up satillites in space to map our cities and countries. The money to send these up comes form us.
These are some of the reasons why we shouldnt make self driving cars, you would still have to be there sitting at the wheel alert in case something happens, who's fault would it be if you crashed, yours or the cars? Lastly the price to make, sell, and send up satillites in space would be to much. Also the best way to ensure someones safety is with a human driver behind the wheel not a computers. | 34 |
758fd71 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" we can get an understanding of how we have a new technology at our fingertips. This article provides basic information on not only how this technology works but, also how we can apply it to our daily lives. This technolgy can be made into many applications as we can use it in school or at home or even at your job. Using the new Facial Action Coding System in our lives can benefit us in many ways. These benefits include making more realistic animated faces for artwork or even movies, the system can also be applyed toward school and in affecting the lesson to keep the learning process more affective and exilerating.
The Facial Action Coding System can affectivly be used in the enviroment of learning. "' A classroom computor could recogonize when a student is becoming confused of bored,'
Dr. Huang predicts. " Then it could modifly the lesson, like an effective human instructor." (Paragragh six) This can be a huge benefit to students around the world. Many times can students get bored of the lesson and also get confused. With this technology we can all get the benefit of getting the lesson changed if needed to best fit our way of learning and to give us a better atmosphere to learn. This can be applyied to virually everyone that wants it and could benefit everyones program greatly.
Another application of this technology is for it to be used in a job application of creating better faces for animation in many situations. "This same technology can make computor-animated faces more expressive-- for video games or video surgery." (Paragraph six). This can be another Pro for anyone in animation towards video games or a surgeon trying to teach others what is going to happen in the surgy. All these things can be a huge benefit to thses fields of jobs. The application of this technology can not only benefit us but improve our lives as this system can open up new job and make more real live situations better for the user.
The benefits of making more realistic animated faces for artwork or even movies and, the system can also be applyed toward school and in affecting the lesson to keep the learning process more affective and exilerating. Using the new Facial Action Coding System in our lives can benefit us in many ways. The new system can be applyied in countless other things in this world to create many other better to the user. The system can chnage us and form us into a better world with these applications. | 34 |
413d044 | The use of driveless cars can be defined as a statement of stupidity in your world today. They are not the way to the future as what this article say it is. All people need to have complete contorl of the wheel at all times. We learned that at a very young age and it needs to stick with us.
My position on this blanketed idea is that we in America should not have this type of car. There are many reasons for this ordeal. In the use of a drivelss car, many people would think to not even have to worry about driving the car since it can do it by themselves. So what happens if the car malfuncitons and the driver is asleep, then what happens, a crash, a death. That is a one reason on why we should not have these cars.
Another reason would be, the income and cost on these cars. The article doesn't state this material, but in order to make these cars so that they are drivelss, it would cost a lot more money than making an ordinary car. And the manufature has to sell it, so people are going to spend a lot more money than they have to on a car that they can drive by themselves. The money is not worth the risk.
Also google has stated that the car is not in complete control, a driver in needed. So, by this statement if a driver is needed then why do we need drivless cars if a driver is needed. Do we need them so people can text and call when they please, we have bluetooth cars for those situations. Also GM has pointed that, that in order for a car to be in complete control of the wheel, it needs roads that can read it's binary code. The government will not settle for any smart-road system because of how much it would cost.
The best reason out of all of them would be, who would be responsible for the crash, the car or the driver. If there were no such thing as driverless cars, then the situation would be taken care of right away, there would be no contraversy. Since now that we have these cars the quesiton is thrown up into the air, was the driver driving at the time of the crash, or was the car in it's automotive estate. In later days, this brings up court ruling and huge contraversy in which no one wants to be apart of. Just another good reason why we should't have driverless cars.
These cars today, that the world is making, that are driveless are absolutly dangerous in lives of the people. Injuries could come way to often with malfuntions inside the vehicle. Also the cost of roads and the car itself is extremely high. No one wants to pay for that unless your rich. And also, contraversy between the car and the human involving a crash would bring up big headlines. The world needs to stay with a human driving a car. It is safer, less expensive, and also easier to handle by the law. | 34 |
a5ba699 | Driverless cars are a smart idea in my opinion. There are multiple benefits of having a driverless car, and even though there are disadvantages as well, the pros out weigh the cons in this case. The inventors of these types are cars are extremely bright people and know what they are doing. There have been studies shown how beneficial driverless cars can be and I agree with them.
The next new thing in technology car wise would be a driverless car. Sebastian Thrun said that it would not have been possible to make something this interesting before 2000 because we did not possess the equipment and tools we needed to accomplish much. However, as time has gone on and technology has become better, we are able to make driverless cars now. The people that are working on the driverless cars are making them as safe as possible. The cars contain many sensors to warn the driver when assistance is needed. For example, in the passage it says, that the drivers seat will vibrate in case the vehicle may back over something. There are also flashing lights on the windshield as a warning sign. The inventors have also created cameras to make sure the car can watch the driver to be sure they are alert. A driverless car would be an amazing accomplishment but as of right now the car cannot do everything by itself. The drivers would still need to pay attention and be ready to take the wheel at any moment. Since the driverless car is still a work in progress, it cannot drive through construction or accident cites easily. The inventors of the car are making it safe with all the sensors and warning signals needed, but sometimes that is not enough, accidents still could occur. If an accident were to occur I do not believe that the manufacturers should be blamed. They have made the car the best they can and would not allow people to drive it without warning them about how the car works. In my opinion it would most likely be the drivers fault for not paying attention or neglecting the warnings of the car. A driverless car will be a fantastic accomplishment to be made. However, we as the potential drivers have to take caution and understand completely how to handle the car.
I know that someday there will be driverless cars that can travel through accident and construction cites without any help. However, until then we must work with what we have and try our best not to jeopardize the chances of building an actual driverless car. We as drivers can accomplish this by being alert when riding in a driverless car and being understanding if an accident were to occur. | 34 |
da9b194 | I think that the Facial Action Coding System is a good software improvement because people don't always tell whats going on with their life, even if sombody ask them what is wrong with them, they just don't want to talk about it.
This new software will make things more easier for people who try to determine wether the person is happy, mad, disgusted, sad or disappointment. But it also will make other people uncomfortable, those who have problems or they just don't want to talk about it, they might feel ashamed, furios or emberrass and will cause low selfsteem in their lives. In the picture in the right about Mona Lisa, according to the Facial Action Coding System she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, maybe she never talk about how she felt when the picture was took and people just say she was happy and she wasn't happy at all . in conclusion, these new technology will make people understand more how other feels and people will be able to understand and konw more about that person's life and why they feel like that, and just making things up that are not true. | 12 |
0b3ab03 | I am for technology being able to read students emotions. It can really help in the classroom when kids are starting to feel like the lesson is getting kinda stale. In the text it states, "A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored". This can help alot of kids or teens that have a hard time staying focused i the classrooms or become bored easeily, it that is to happen the computer will modify the lesson to make it more entertaining fo the student like any good teacher would be able to do.
It also have many uses outside the classroom. In the text it states, " The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games video surgery. This technology can help animaters, surgeans , artist , and many other lines of work. We perform different facial expression every day and having a computer or maybe even a phone in the future that can ajust your device to the emotion your having at the time or throughout the day. This type of technolgy can change the world and make lifes easier in the classroom for students or regular jobs.
There are many positives about thing about this technologhy though there are a couble negatives. In the modern day home computer or phone would not be able to input the many algorithms that are needed fo this technology to work. Also If your not expressive an your emotions your combuter would not be able to detect your emotins and will not ajust. | 23 |
36340af | We all live in a world where everything in this day is advancing. Things such as phones, phones are begining to be able to do more things such as read your puls. Even cars are starting to be advnced, and no i dont just mean better gas miles but being able to drive themselves. here are my thoughts.
I think driverless cars could become a very good thing if it is done right. In this day and age driving under the influence is a very big thing that needs to be stopped. I if we cant get people to not drive while under the influence some thing that could potentialy help is a driverless car. If the car could help get them home safe then it would also be a great idea. i think it would benefite everyone really.
There are soo many reasons why driverless cars would be the next big thing, i just named off one. I think other things it could also help is the economy, the cars could potentialy have better gas mileage or even better run off of solar power. there are just soo many great things that could happen from this. speeding would also be another thing. many people get pulled over or even hurt from constant speeding and driverless cars could help that by going on the posted speed limit while aving the person in the driver seat atching the road for hasards.
Although there are great potential things that can come from driverless cars there are also cons, such as insurance and reliability. insurance could be over the roof expencive just because it is a self driving car and you never know what could happen or if anything goes wrong. I also think the prices of the cars could be pretty expencive so not many people would be able to afford it.
Self driven cars is a great idea in my opinion but the car companies will also have to be aware that if anything goes wrong the could be held responsable for it. i know there will be a huge debate on who would be to blame if there was a major accident weather it is the drivers fault or the cars fault so then that could just be another big waist of money in my opinion because if it is a driverless car then then the company should be responsable because it is the car driving.
So to conclude, in my opinion driverless cars could be a great thing but just like any other thing it has its its pros and its cons. | 34 |
8b1dddc | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about Venus a lot and how it's very alike to planet, and Venus has the hottest temperature, and lastly how the NASA is setting up ideas to send humans to learn more about Venus. It is also trying to persuade us to learn more about Venus and how interesting it is. The author's tone is very curous and is very into it.
Venus has similarites to earth that are even called "twins" and even in the text it says "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of denisty and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too."
which means that they may not be the same hight which is the same size but they still have some similarties that they share. Venus as well share the same similarites by how Venus has "erupting volvanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes" it has powerful storms just like Earth. Another reason for how Venus and Earth are alike is by how Venus also the surface of "rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" it's amazing how they both have so may alikes. Lastly Venus has also been covered with oceans and supported varius forms of life just like earth. Earth has been through that as well. How it was covered with water that happened years ago not not and i'm talking about Venus.
Venus has one of the hottest surface temperature than any of our solar system like how the text says. It also says how the temperature is different here in Earth than in Venus. It says " temeperatures avarage over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." which means is bad for us to breath in Venus. Therefore the oxygen from Venus is highly different from Earth. Lastly the temeperature is extremely bad that it can crush a "submarnine accustomed to diving to the deeepest parts of out oceans and would liqefy many metals." which means that it is very horrible for us.
My last reason is NASA is giving out ideas to send humans to Venus. In paragrapgh 5 it talks about they are trying to send humans to Venus but also there's bad things can happen. Like in the last sentence it says "Not easy conditictons, but survivable for humans." throughout that whole paragrapgh it is saying that tempatures would still be 170 degrees Fahrenheit and how the sea level is close to earth. In paragrapgh 6 in the middle it is talking about how researches can't take rocks or anyhting from Venus because it is a risk. That's why it's a challenge.
These are my reasons for how Earth and Venus has a lot of commen things and Venus doesnt have a lot of dangers. Also Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 34 |
dfb34d0 | Luke bomberger had an interesting story to tell about his adventures on board the SS Charles W. Wooster. He saw many beautiful places and met many interesting people, as such he would recommend the program to somebody. In the following paraghraphs I will present luke's arguement and hopefully convince you to join "The Sea Going Cowboys.
Luke starts his story as a young boy [fresh out of high school] working at a grocery store and a bank, when his friend Don Reist invited him to work on a cattle boat with him. He accepted and went off on the cattle boat bound for europe. Luke seems to have had fun working with the 335 horses on their first trip to europe and before arriving in Greece, luke turned 18. As such he was drafted.
Luke was told just to continue working on the boat for his servince so he spent another two years working on the boat. He says that he helped alot of people in China and Europe but he also got the benifit of seeing wonderful sights and places; like the Panama Canal and Acropolis or Venice. He says that aside from his adventures he learned of how lucky he is to have things like food and a job when people in the countries he visited were much less fortunate.
Enough about all this seriousness, let's talk about the fun activities on the ship. Luke said that the men on-board played all kinds of games like Base-ball and volleyball in empty holds when the animals were gone. The men also enjoy games like boxing fencing and best of all, reading; the men also had tournaments for table tennis.
So, in short you get paid for working a third of the time, exploring foreign countries the second third of the time and playing games the last third of the time. There's no other way to describe it other than "Best job ever." | 12 |
2b93ab0 | The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, I strongly disagree because the author did not provided more proofs on why we should go to Venus despite the dangers it presents. The author provided more cons than pros to support his answer.
The author he/she did not provided enough information to support his/her idea on going to Venus. It provided more cons, in the aricle it says, "Temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our plant. These conditions are far more exterme than anything humans encounter on Earth." (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 3).
This shows how the author did not support their own answers insead of providing more pros he/she provided more cons, I strongly disagree that we should go to Venus cause no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours so what makes you think a human can survive that with more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit, so overall I do not think Venus should be worthy pursuit despite it's dangers because no human would survive. | 12 |
674351e | The "Face on Mars" is really not a a face at all. In fact, it is simply a landform. There is no alien remains or anything like that. It sure does look like a face, but that was merely a coinsidence.
There are many ways to prove this statement. Today, I will only cover a few, though. They are very good points. By the end of this, I think you'll be agreeing with me also.
First of all, to prove this is a landform and not aliens is, there is only a face, no body. If this really was aliens there would be a body to go along with this face. From the picture provided in the article, I can clearly see that there is a face and a fce only. Absolutely no body found. In fact, there is not even a bump or anything proving this has no body and aliens would most likely have a body if they have a head/face.
The second reason as to why this cannot be an alien is, if it was an alien NASA would have found more than one by now. This landform was first discovered in 1976. That is a long time ago. If this truely was an alien that once had life, there would most definetly be more than one. But, there is not. There is only one. This is another reason proving this is not aliens, but just a landform.
The third an final reason why this is nothing more than a landform, not aliens, in it would have been identified by now. NASA would have came out and said it already. There is no way we can actually prove that is actually an alien. But, we have classified it as a landform. We even have other landforms on earth to compre it too. Many say it is equivalent to a butte or mesa(many things found in the American Mest). "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," Garvin says.
In conclusion, this is not aliens. This is simply a landform. Even though it does look like a face we have supporting details that back up our argument. It is clearly not an alien. Everything needed to prove this is tight in this essay. I hope that now you have come to your senses and agree with me. | 23 |
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