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d44ee2e | This new technology would be a good thing to use in a classroom because a teacher would be able to determine a students reaction to a comment made from another student. Lets say a student was getting bullied, the teacher then would be able to tell how the student is feeling after what he just got called/made fun of them and would be able to make the apropriate action against the other student. But this technology should be used only for certain times in a classroom. The technology would be able to prevent fights in schools before they even happen.
But if the students in the classroom don't want their emotions read by a computer/ new technology they should have the right to not have their emotions read without them knowing. Also this technology would help the suiside problem in this world. It would prevent kids that go to school that get bullied realise what they have instead of going home crying in their rooms, locking the doors from their parents and eventually killing themselves because some student at the same school is bullying the other student beccause he is too selfish and doesn't think before they say something.
Bullying is a big problem and this new technology would be very useful in schools and across the globe. But there is pro's/con's to new creations that people make everyday and people around the world will continue to exspose them everyday. | 3 |
d45a14a | In my opinion I think the Seagoing Cowboys was a wonderful experience. I was asked by my good friend Don to join and I thought why not. This would be a great opportunity to interact with people in need and travel around the world. I automatically signed up.
We started our expedition in August of 1945. I got to see many places during the program. That included a gondola ride in Venice, an Acropolis in Greece, the Panama Canal, and much much more. This program is excellent if you aren't a very worldly person, but even if you are it's great to see more!
This program is also good to be more involved in excercise. You have to feed and water the animals two are three times a day. Also, stalls have to be cleaned. When you spend so much time with the animals it sort of creates a bond between the two of you. However it just wasn't work and work, sometimes you have to take a break. Whenever the animals were unloaded we got to do fun activities like baseball, volleyball, fierce table-tennis tournaments, you get the idea. So that's how to get an easy workout!
This program makes you realize how much we take for granted. People are constantly starving or dehydrated, whenever we think that food and liquid is something easy to come by. Also countries are suffering under constant warfare and are very vurnerable. This program allows you to understand what it's actually like to really suffer.
These are the reasons that more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It really opens you up, by helping people all over the world. This is why I believe more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
d461c06 | Having a Facial Action Coding System isn't really practical in a classroom. I mean sure someone could say that it is good for phycology class but why pay that much money when you have a book that shows you the signs.
I can see why you would want to get it because of all the things you can find out with just a click of a button, but why waste your money. when you study about emotions you can already figure out if they are happy, mad, sad, depressed. why pay alot of money for a machine to tell you what you already know. We already have an instinct to figure out what their emotion is because we calculate that everyday. The instructions to it are idiotic because if you are supposed to show emotion you cant if you have to raise your lip and squint your eyes.The only thig it would be good for is plastic surgery, because it can show you what muscles are moving.
Inconclusion why waste your money on the system when you can do it your self. It's pointless and will get you nowhere. So no i don't think the Facial Action Coding System should be ing school systems or anywhere except a plastic surgery school. | 2 |
d463cd2 | Making Mona Lisa Smile
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable. To tell how someone is feeling whether or not they are using facial expressions with a computer is kinda of a cool thing. Although, some people just have a straight face and not feeling any type of way. But, in a way it might be weird to others.
Imagine a computer telling you how you feel at that moment and trying to help you feel better. So COOL right! " The computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." That was created by Dr. Huang that now just relies on the psychologists. Also, the text states, " Dr. Pual Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Eckman has classified six basic emotions-- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness--and then associated each with characteristics movements of the facial muscles." The invention was a very smart invention. If they can brighten someones day, it'll make the world so much happier. Knowing people are always on there phone when they are upset or angry or, evening smiling, that is by far the greatest idea. The text also states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lessons, like an effective human instructor." Also, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even produce them." That is amazing progress and who ever would of thought something like this could be done. I believe you could get alot of things done faster, because being bored, confused mad or upset while trying to do work you really dont want to. So something that'll chnge your facial expression to happy is wonderful. Think about all the positivity.
Now. some people like there privacy and dont like sharing or telling peoiple what the problem his. Alot of people are blank faced or like to fake a smile and go on about their day. The text states, "Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried,etc." In the meaning of sometimes we dont know how we feel, again sometimes we juist want to be left alone in a situation and figure it out ourselves. The text also states, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. " So computers need to understand that too." So, theres not of lot of back up for this invention being a bad idea, but you have to look at it both wyas. There are really some privite people out there who aren't in the mood to be happy or people who are antisocial and doesnt use computers oe cell phones. They live old school, many wiould have never known about this invention.
In conclusion to Making Mona Lisa Smile, being happy is the number 1 key to life, whether it seems or feels like it. With someone trying to make you happy you feel special , just think you dont have anyone but a computer to rely on, you think to yourslf well what can a computer do to help me. Then coming to find out it can do just as muc as a person can but not physically.
It's a great inventiona and could be very successful. | 4 |
d464251 | Yes useing this new technology for facial action coding system can help identifing human emotions. Just like looking at a freiends face you can tell what they are feeling and how they are. Reading a person emotions can be helpful in most case seeing if they are having a good day or have a bad one or just a regular one. By looknig at a face can tell a whole lot about that perosn.
The system identifing your face just by the muscular parts moving. In pargraph 7 it tell's you to look in a mirror by raiseing your lips at corners of your mouth, then squint your eyes slightly, and holding that raise the outer parts of your cheeks up toward your eyes this shows you are happy. the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the faced and looking at all 44 major muscles. It has classified all 6 major emotions in a person/human happiness, suprise ,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness an associsated ech iwth the characteristic movements of the facial muscles.
This technology an aslo tell when a person is lieing there are muscles called orbiculais oculi pars palpabraeus that makes crows feet arounf your eyes but in a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic witch is a major different muscle and to experts when a smiling politican or celebrity isn't being truthful.
Having this new techology in the world opens up lots of ne thing for reading a students or persons emotion they help with a lot of thing and reading the mona lisa smile or tell if she was not happy reading rach muscle was terific example on how this new system could work. | 2 |
d4658a2 | First, I dont agree with the making of driverless cars,there are too many faults that can happen with this technology. I believe technology consumes too much of our lives already, now they're trying to take the freedom away of driving yourself. When all the problems with this subject are fixed and the driveless vehicle is proven safe , I still won't support it.
There are many well thought out reasons I have on which people should not buy these cars. First of all who feels comfortable with letting the car drive itself with all the homocides and extremist group bombings going on. I don't know about you, but I will not put my life in a driverless cars' hands. Also with more technology comes more hackers to get into the software, which is going to be my next point.
An hacker can get into credit cards , computers, drones, and even phones which have all types of security to stop this. So what makes you think a driverless car can't be hacked some hackers might even call it mediocre to even try to be honest. So you could be in this "driverless car" as they say with your family and what if it gets hacked? I know for a fact the company which you bought it from is not going to have a track on each and every cars software status, you could be driven somewhere by the hacker without anyone even noticing because you just let the car control where you go. Once again I won't be letting this car take my freedom of driving .
From my standpoint I will never suport this idea. In the future to come I know these cars will be finalized and glitches fixed. The world will be completely run by all technology. Then we will see that one of the cars had a problem causing multiple fatalities. Once more evidence comes that these cars aren't fit for the world's problems going on they will stop being manufactured. Proving that as humans we should take the responsibility of driving ourselves around as it was before the idea of driverless cars evn generated. | 3 |
d466e78 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author statest that " no spacecraft survived the landing for more that a few hours.". The atmosphere around Venus is made up of nearly 97 percent carbon dioxide and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on planet Earth. So why should we try again?
Astronomers claim that Venus may once have been the most Earht-like planet in our solar system which intrigues them. They believe that there is a way to make the mission back to Venus both safe and scientifically productive. The author backs up his idea are of why it would it would be a worthy pursuit by saying "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. They also claim that if they were not able to land on Venus they would have no way to get any samples of rock, gas, or anything else. With better equipment that is suitable for such hazardous environments then they believe there should be nothing stopping them from landing on Venus.
Overall, after reading this article, I believe that the author fully backed up his reasoning for why "studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of the dangers it presents.". If we continue to make new discoveries and try new things, we will have endless posibilities and new things to learn everyday. Like the author said " 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. | 2 |
d467bb2 | The face on Mars is often a very controversial subject. People often think that NASA is hiding something about it from the entire world,and that is alien life. The idea that this is a real alien landform has been proven wrong and wrong again, so why do people still gravitate toward it?
The poor quality cameras back in 1976 are nothing compared to the ones in 2001. There are photos of the landform from 2001 that make it look nothing like a face. The most recent photos have been taken on a cloud less day, with the resolution up as far as it would go. This means that the photo was as sharp as it possibly could be. If there were any small structers next to the landform, you could also see those.
There is a preconcieved notion that NASA is hiding the discovery that the face is alien made. Why would NASA want to hide it though? If there was alien life on Mars, NASA could gain a lot of money from the publicity. Think about it, NASA could gain so much from proving that that land form is ,in fact, alien made.
In conclusion,the fact that the famous face on mars is an alien made landform, has been almost completely busted. There are too many things going against it. With the better quality cameras, and the fact that NASA would actually get money if it was alien made, has proven this conspiracy theory wrong. | 3 |
d46aa2a | Did you know the face on mars is and always has been a natural land formation and nothing more so. Even though people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars it is actualy a Butte, land forms that are common in american west. The face on mars is not eny type of ancent martion civalization land mark and has been proven, by NASA, to be a natural land formation.
The face on mars is thing more but a land formtion known as butte. In April 5, 1998 Global Surveyor took pictures of the Face and had raviled a natural land formation. thn again in April 8, 2001 an even more clearer shot af the face was taken again for to prove it was only a land formation and was then proven to a butte, land formations that are coomon in the American West.
People that belive that the face is profe of a national land mark are only seeing what they belive from films, books, magazines, and radio talk shows. normaly these people don't have the means to acually inspect the face and aren't acual scientist and astronimasts that make a living from studying it. Don't take the fact from a person how only talks about what he wants it to but a person who atualy knows what they are talking about.
The face has been proven to be a natural land formation in 199, but people still belive it's an anchent martion civalization. The picture that was taken in 1998 was taken on a foggy day on mars so people still think it could be a profe to life on mars. In 2001 another picture that was not fogged was tooken and put an end to the entire fuss.
Take the facts from the people that studyed the face and don't listen to thoughs who don't know what they are talking about. The face is and always has been a butte. | 3 |
d46b685 | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is like Earth's sister planet. It is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. There could have been life on Venus at one point. Venus has been difficult to study according to NASA. In the essay it is stated that "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system." Due to this there is erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes.
Venus is Earth's sister-planet and scientists have speculated it to one have been the most " Earth-like planet in our solar system." Venus is the closest planet to Earth relative to density and size. Venus once had features like Earth, which included being covered with oceans, and could have even supported various forms of life. Venus has valleys, mountains and craters, the same as Earth does.
The atmosphere of Venus and the planet itself is difficult to examine. Venus' atmosphere is estimated to be coated with 97% of carbon dioxide. The clouds are made up of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. On the surface of Venus, its temperature could average over 800 degress farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is sometimes 90 times greater that what it is on Earth.
NASA has an idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's solution to the violent conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above it. A vehicle that is basically a blimp, hovering 30 miles or greater above Venus' landscape. NASA's idea for the "blimp" could possibly be a breakthrough because the "blimp" would be able to avoid the harsh conditions that is going on below. Although the vehicle would be above the surface, the temperature would still be 170 degrees farenheit.
The author supports the idea that pursuing Venus is worthy.
NASA's solutions to the violent conditions could help get different types of samples. Earths sister-planet could possibly be sustaining life. Despite its dangers it is important to study Venus. NASA exploring the planet from surface or above would still be a breakthrough. | 3 |
d46c11d | I would love for you to jopin his career in Sesagoing Cowboys . We aren't just some npeople who sail the seas right Charels ,"Yep". if you care about animals as much as I do you would join us today. These animals need someone like you . Thec greatest thing is you meet so many people .
If you do join I hope you beat my record for most missions completed 9. It's only nine becase it takes years to cross the ocean . On this ship you can be your self . And did Italk about the trips you take . The only thing you know about the trips you don't know the trip itself .
My favorite parts is the traveling and the games after the trip .
Like boxing baseball ,volley ball , and more . On the way you are always with friends and animals . So , now you get to keep the animals as pets .I now got one queston for you are you ready to join . | 2 |
d46c951 | The FACS system, in other words the Facial Action Coding Sytem. There has been new software that has been developed that improves the accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new software has promised to have applications for variety of industries. When the process begins with the computer starting to construct a 3-D computer model of the face all which measure out to get thr 44 major muscles, the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called "action unit."
Facial expressions for each emotion are universal, accoriding to Dr. Huang. Though most of individuals often show varying degrees of expression, using the new technology system would use the video imagery for a new recognition software tracking their facial movements. This would not only be available for the face but also for painting which would make it very intresting to see how the persons face that is on the painting was feeling at the moment or occasion. It could even identify mixed emotions between the expression used to compare a neutral face. For example, te humans perform the same impressive "caculation" every day. When you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on the person's face. Much of the people that would try to tell the actual facial trait that would be happy or worried the person would be feeling at the moment.
Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, it shows of how much the computer is able to do with just having the face but still obtaining the right predicament of what the person was feeling which for Mona Lisa was happy. To an extent the system could help even more than just getting to know what people's emotions are. In the passage it had said that if you were to smile or frown on an ad then it would determine what kind of ad would pop up. Thats honeslty great because wouldnt just help the person but also the ads company that had provided it. Another show of creation by the system is that it could make a computer-animated faces more expressive for like video games, or video surgery. This could defentiley have an impact on many workers or company's hoping to improve their software not only themselves but for the people that are into it. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also even could help produce them. Even for the people that are into drama club, could help improve the way they act. This is proven by even an exprienced drama coach, his actors caredully reproduced smiling and frowing as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Also Empathy may happen because we unconsciouly imitate another person's facial expressions.
Finally, this usage of the new system Facial Action Coding System could very useful for students in the classroom for which you could know the feelings of your pears or emotions at the moment. Sometimes people may not be feeling well or are just not in the mood would probably like to know that people understand what they are feeling thanks to the system. Also in a case of someone getting nervous about something or scared, the school could quickly find out to indeed help the kid in need of assistance. But for the most part, the emotional expressions of students would indeed be a valuable system to have in a classroom. | 4 |
d47f566 | The face on Mars was not created by aliens it is just natural landform. If you think that the face was created by aliens I'm sure have reasons but I bet I can make you change your mind on the face on Mars. There are multiple reasons why the face on Mars is a landform.
One reason why the face on Mars was not created by aliens is because Garvin said that the face reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Another reason why the face on mars was not created aliens is because when a picture of the face first appeared on a JPL web site said revealing a natural landform. It also said there was no alien monument after all.
Also another reason why the face on mars was not created by aliens would be that there was no alien markings. NASA even checked again for alien markings to make sure that thre were none hidden behind haze and they still did not find any alien markings. The last reason why the face on Mars was not created by aliens is because NASA took great clear pictures three times bigger then pixel size and found no sign of alien markings.
I hope I have changed you mind about thinking that aliens made the face on Mars. These reasons that I wrote about are all reasons why the face on Mars was not created by aliens. This is why the face on Mars is a natural landform. | 2 |
d48339a | Luke didn't paticipate in the Seagoing Cowboys because he hat to stay at home. And because he had just graduated from high school. he didn't think it was nessisary to go and he had a leave at home even tho he had a family at home. He didn't want to just leave them at home with out him. Becuase he had no one to watch them when they was at home alone with no one to talk to. He desided to stay and not go so he can be there with them and he was going to pertect them from harmes way. he loved his family to much to just leaver to join a cowboy group with people her didn't know at all so he said No and that he was staying with them. Because if he would have left it would proboly change ther life and his forever. they didn't want to stay home by there self for a long time he wanted to stay and help them out around there house and other stuff. And because it was to danges for him any way that is why he didn't want to go. And he just wanted to stay and not put himself in danger because it was a war and he didn't want to die and never return. | 1 |
d48708a | The author supports the idea Venus is worthy of pursuit despite the dangers it presents using facts and examples to back it up. Venus pose dangers as no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours on the planet. On the bright side however, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size as it is stated in the article. The author also points out that, Venus may once have been the most "Earth-like" planet in our solar system.
Since Venus is the closet planet to the Earth in terms of density and size, that gives scientists a hope that they might one day discover something useful to study or use. In paragraph 2, the author states that humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus since Venus is sometimes close to Earth. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to collect helpful informations for scientists to look at. It is going to be challenging however since temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit on the planet surface.
Scientists believe that "Venus was probably covered largery with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Venus also has familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and crates like Earth. Lastly, Venus sometimes can be our nearest option for planetary visits. All these similiarities between Earth and Venus should keep scientists optimistic.
In conclusions, people should take their time and carefully plan out how they can safely go on this mission to explore Venus. Like the author said, studying Venus is worth it even though the risks are great. The reward for exploring Venus I believe is going to be great. Finally, I hope everything goes well and they successful complete their missions to Venus. | 2 |
d48d0fa | Do you belive in weird landforms?
I believe in them because they didn't just come from any where. Also there are many landforms on the planet Earth.
The face on Mars is a natural landform. This is a natural landform because in paragraph 2 it states "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh".
If it was created by aliens then wouldn't they at least mark or show a sign that it's theirs? They did mark that it was theirs by making it a face. Then why does it look like a human face? It looks lik a human face because maybe thats how they saw the first human.
I believe in weird landforms because it would make since that they would get there from either destrution of something else or creation of another landform. But why doesn't NASA send a space rover to mars to scan the face and collect some samples from it? | 2 |
d4913bb | We live in a world where we rely on cars to get us to where we need to and want to be. Be it to work, school, errands, dates, family get togethers, hanging out with friends and a multitude of other things. Yet do we really need cars like we think we do, some would say yes or how else are we suppose to get around to places we have to go but when you think about it not really since there are other ways to get around like walking or taking public transportation. Their are even some advantages to just stop using cars altogther.
Many people now a days worry a lot about the enivornment specifically the negative things that have been done to it like how green house gasses are destroying the ozone layer. It makes the earth more exposed to the sun's radiation and causing a negative chain of events like the polar ice caps melting. According to source one "In Germen suburb life goes on without cars" its revealed that cars account for twelve percent of green house gasses in Europe and fifty percent of green house gasses in the United states. This is especially problematic in large dense cities where car green house gasses add to the pollution by mixing in with other green house gasses from other parts of these cities. In source two "Paris bans driving due to smog", cars are the cause of the terrible smog problem Paris is facing which causes many driving problems. If we stop using cars we immediately cut down on how much green house gas gets released into the ozone layer. It would not only be good for us but good for the enviornment as well.
On a more personal note, in all honesty driving a car is incredibly stressful. There are rush-hour restrictions which cause massive traffic jams, it's sometimes hard to find parking pace, gas costs an arm and a leg most of the time and accidents can be caused by the simplest mistakes. Wouldn't it be more peaceful and more enjoyable to walk somewhere on a nice day or take a bus with your family to the beach so you can all interact more with each other and not have one person busy focusing on the road. In source 4 "The end of Car culture" a study was conducted and it was seen that in the United States the number of miles driven peaked in 2005 and it has been dropping steadily. Aren't you getting tired of driving now especially with all the stress that comes with it be it gas prices, traffic, accidents and driving rules and regulations. Is a car really worth the time and expierence of headaches and pains from driving?
A big reason people use cars is to get in touch or communicate with friends or family. At least that use to be a big reason. Many used to have to drive many miles or many hours to see or meet a particular person. Now with inventions such as the cell phone and the internet- specifically things like facebook, skype and twitter- many can talk with their family and friends across any distance and in some cases feel more connect as stated by Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel university in source four "The end of Car culture." Yet if you want to go out still there's always the option of biking, walking or a public transportation such as taxi, shared van services and buses. There are many ways to communicate in this day and age and cars are slowly becoming an fading option
While at first the idea of stopping the use of automoblies may seem stupid and could cause many to have a knee-jerk reaction their are actually many advantages to not usuing cars anymore. In fact in might even be the best thing to stop using cars and just enjoy a stress-free enivornmentally healthy life with the people you love. | 4 |
d493980 | Driveless cars may seem productive and helpful. Driveless cars use technology for safety, seem easier for people, and watch out for drivers on the road but what if the technology isn't working properly? What if the smart car shuts down or crashes due to glitches in the technology? A persons life are in the hands of a automobile basically. With that being said, I am against these type of cars.
I believe that people have to be reliable and responsible when it comes to driving not a car. We shouldn't let a car take control. These cars may have sensors, cameras, voice control, and ect but when accidents happen can the car still be in control? No, the car ask for drivers to take control. Anything can happen on roads and cars don't have the instinct to get around everyday obstacles. I believe people need to focus while driving, learn their surroundings, open their eyes to mishaps on roads. Cars don't have the ability to be aware of danger like human beings do. I feel as if more accidents may occur if driverless cars are used.
In paragraph 9, it states, "Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." I agree with this statement strongly. How do we know driverless cars are reliable? Drivers may become careless in a driveless car. They may believe the car is in control but the car may make one mistake and suddenly, someones life could be taken away. Both the manufacturers and the driver is now at fault. In my opinion, driverless cars are very dangerous. The concept of these cars are high tech but anything can happen. Technology may fail and people could be injured or even die. These smart cars aren't so smart. | 3 |
d496ca5 | Do you think its time to get rid of Electoral College? Or change to election by popular vote for the presdient of the United States?
An Electoral College constist of 538 electors but a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. To win so easily by just getting Electoral votes just seems really unfair. We should change to election by popular vote for the president of United States because it seems like a more fair challenge to earn the title of President of the United States.
Each candidate running for presdient in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generaly chosen by the candidates poltical party, but state laws vary on how the electors are slected and what their responsibillites are.
What the electoral college system does is you dont vote for the president, you vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. As an example of Electoral college system , Stated in paragraph 10 "If you lived in Texas, for instance, And wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, You'd vote for slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry. On the off-change that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to cocngress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes". The electors can be anyone not holding a public office.
That just doesnt sound fair to win an election just by having more electoral votes, when you have less popular votes.
Basically the Electoral College is unfair to voters, because of the winnter-take-all ssytem in each state. Candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. 25 if the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the prsidency in the hands of a few swing voters Ohio, They have yet to make it.
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It doesnt make sense to have such a thing for out presidents. They should win by popular votes because it will be fair to let out people choose who should win not only 270 electoral votes, out of thousands of people that want to vote normally. | 3 |
d497eb1 | There are many pros and cons against driverless cars. Even though the gadgets are quite useful, they could also lead to many malfunctions. To imagine a world with driverless cars is futuristic and almost unthinkable. America is the fattest country in the world. To have driverless cars would be one more reason for obesity to sky rocket. America has become so lazy and unhealthy it is ridiculous. Not that driving burns tons of calories, but it is much more beneficial than just sitting back and allowing the car to do all of the work for humans. Another reason driverless cars would not be beneficial is because what if somebody had gotten into an accident by chance and was not able to get out of the car, or even out of their seatbelt? The doors could be locked and cause great danger to one's life. If by chance someone was to happen to get into the accident, who would get in trouble? The driver or the manufacturer. It would cause a great deal of trouble to figure all of that out. New laws would have to be set in place | 2 |
d49d8db | Being in class knowing that if the lesson gets boring on the computer, it can change it into a more interesting lesson for students. This machine created by Dr. Huang and his colleague prof. Nicu Sebe can impact students in ways that are good or bad. For some people it can be a good thing but for others it can mean a bad thing.
The bad thing of this emotion recognition is that students with medical issues that affects their learning because of it affecting them from using technology. For u schools who use this technology have to focus on their students with medical problems that affects them from even using it. Also another thing that schools have to worry about is the finance for the computers that break and has to be repaired.
The good things about having this type of technology in schools is that it have more students be more interested in learning and can help them plan out what they would like to do in their future. Having the emotion recognition can help students in advanced classes who struggling with their classes have a more easier way for them to pass and graduate with the diploma they wanted. This can technology can have more students graduate and have less high school drop-outs.
The emotion recognition can be a good thing for certain students and can be a valuable thing, but for other students it can affect they way they learn if they are more hands on or have a medical problem that makes them unable to use technolgy. Even though this machine created by Dr. Huang and prof. Nicu Sebe is a great thing for schools but it can have different impacts on students wether it's good or bad. | 3 |
d49eaae | Limiting car usage is both safer and reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. If more people decide to walk and bike the amount of smog in the area will decrease tremendously. Also by not using your car as much you can save money on gas to put towards other things.
By limiting car use it will greatly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. In Paris the congestion went down 60 percent after the partial driving ban. Passenger cars are account for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent is some places in the United States. Just by walking to work every other day or carpooling you can greatly reduce the amount of emission put out from your vehicle.
If there are less cars then the parking lots will be made smaller which allows more room for stores. Instead of having to drive five or ten miles to the nearest store it would be placed just a walk away. In Bogota, Columbia where they have the car-free day more parks and sports centershave popped up. There are new restaurants and shopping districts within walking distance to where people there live. It has als had 118 miles of new bicycle paths.
Not using your car as often will save a ton of money. Think about how much you spend on gas. You could cut it in half by walking to work every other day or by carpooling with others. Even by just taking the bus you can help out because there is less traffic. There would be a decrease in the number of accidentsand you could get around quicker
If you were to limit your car usage you could help protect the environment and save money in the process. With less vehicles on the road it is a lot safer and there is much less traffic if people participate. If we limit driving then we can prevent global warming. | 3 |
d4a0406 | Why make driveless cars? Is this an easy way out for people who are lazy? I ask myself these questions because I think with driveless cars humans will become fairly lazy. If we have driveless cars in the future having to take a permit or a driving test wouldn't be nessasary at all. I believe it is ok to have updated technology in our cars to possibly prevent accidents, but I think cars should still be controlled by someone. First, we should always have an alert driver behind the wheel,secondly, we would have to completely change traffic laws all because of a automatic cars, thirdly, cars would be easier for people to access.
Although having to drive a car with no effort sounds nice, but it will cause a huge impact on someone if they weren't paying attention and got in a horrible accident. In today's society we have a hard time without texting and driving. It's like giving a car to a baby who can't let go of its favorite toy. If we drive with no alert of what its going on, how are we gonna know when its our turn to drive. Accidents occur everyday just think about how many more we would get with driveless cars. The excuse for every accident could be "I didn't know they were coming."
Our next battle would be how traffic laws would drastically change. If we have drivers riding around not being as attentive as we have to be now laws would be completely different. Traffic lights would probably have to altered to be more technology friendly. Not only do we have to adjust, but so does law enforcment. Officers may not even have to stay on people about traffic violations. Without the police enforcing traffic violations it would be harder for them to notice people out of the ordinary. Like people who drink while driving. If no one is there to catch things like that their could be way more accidents.
Lastly, cars would be easy for young teens to drive cars. Since kids are very well acustomed to technology we have an advantage on knowing how to work and generate the new technology updates in the car. Earning a permit would no longer be needed because people wouldn't have to do anything for their car. With the car driving for them kids could just ride along,which leaves the risk of kids who didn't have to learn the how to stay alert. They would be more likely to get in accidents.
In conclusion, I will say that having driveless cars in the futre would not help, but disable our society even more. Kids would be more likely to recieve are car at a younger age than sixteen. People will have to get aquanted with new found traffic laws that could cause several people pay cuts. Lastly, I believe all drivers should be alert while driving. With no ones eyes on the road we could be more prone to have more accidents. New technology sounds nice,but people would just get hurt in the long run. | 4 |
d4a1bcf | The advantages of limitng car use can be a benefit to us. What matter now in days is not how much you drive but what type of car you are driving. Limiting car use can have a great impact on our planet we can protect it and our enviorments. The same enviorments that are currently falling apart. Another adavantage to limting car use is that it can relieve stress in a person and it can actually make a person happier. And last people wont have to worry about getting late to school or to work or even about accidents. i dont know about you but limiting car use can be of great benefit and does have its advantages.
Our earth's enviorments are falling apart. And everyday we damage it more and more with all the polution and carbon emissions. 'It a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce green house gas emissions from tailpipes...Passenger car are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Many cities have been forced to banned car because of the amount of smog was over wellming. For expamle Paris, after days of near record pollution Paris had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the harmful chemicals. 'Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intesifying smog... the smog rivaled Beijing, China, which os known as one of the most populated cities in the world. So limting car use can have its advantages, it can protect our enviorments. And we dont have to worry about smogs are any other things.
Who doesnt want to be stress free? And thats another advantage of limting car use. I always see how my mom stresses while she's driving which can cause accidents because people are always in a rush. 'When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way' said Heidrun Walter. It woulld be safer you dont have to worry has much about crossing the street. The swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drowns out the occasional distant motor. There are many alternative transportation such as hiking, biking, skates, and busues. This cab be helpful for the body and mind. 'Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polluttion'.
The rates of car owernship have gone down. And it continues to go down.'If this pattern persists and many sociolgists belive it will, it will have benefecial implcatiions of carbon emmisions nd the enviorment, since transportation is the second largest source of americans emissions, just behind power plants. But this can have a negavtive impact on the car industries such as the companies ike Ford and Audi. But limiting car usgae can prevent trafiic jams and even accidents.
In, conclusion limiting car usgae does have its advantages. It can protect our Earth's envioremnts, it can relive stress and make a person happier, and it can result in less traffic jams and accidents. I think these things are more important than anything else. Its a great way to take away the stress and lower the air pollution. Limiting car usage does have its wonderful benefits and advantages. | 3 |
d4a6345 | i think the author did a very good job on explanning his oppion, after reading The Chellenge of Exploring Venus. The reason why I think this is because he did so much reasearch on Venus. He told me how it is the most similuar planet to earth and the closer one to us to. He let me now that it is a very hot planet and could potentially be a hot planet, But by telling me all this it made me want to ask a question weather we could eventually expand humanity to a different planet. Sure enough he answered that questions for me. Its like he ws answering my question before i got to. He made it sound like we deffently need to explore Venus but one of the causes is that he said was safety, they havent sent another space craft down there because they wouldnt come back maybe later on in the future they might but as in right now they send little things up tthere. by reading this he made me think that venus would be woth exploring. Based on all this imformation this is why i thought that he explained his claim very well. | 2 |
d4a8b29 | I am for driverless cars, but i also think there is concerns with these driverless cars that need to be adressed before letting driverless cars roam the streets. Safety is a big concern to me about these driverless cars, these vehicles need to be equipped to the roads for complete safety of the people. I also think these cars should be owned by owners that know how and will use the cars correctly. Not only do these vehicles need to be quipped to the roads, the driver and the people of the area around these vehicles need to be aware that these driverless cars are on the road.
In paragraph nine, the concern of safety and who will be held accountable for any incidents is a major topic of discussion. These driverless cars will add to the problems in the community if we let these driverless cars on the roads. These vehicles need to equipped with technology that will break quickly, and know when to break or speed up according the situatiion. Sensors and any other type of gadgets to these vehicles need to be installed for complete safety.
These vehicles need owners that are aware of how to use the cars. I think that certain licenses need to be earned in order to drive one of these cars. If any accidents occur with these vehicles then the owner should be accountable for the accident.
I believe certain roads, signs, lanes, etc., need to be built in order for these cars to be successful. The people need to be aware of these vehicles so their children aren't vitcims of any accident by these vehicles. If these things are in any way built, I believe these cars can be successful.
In conclusion, I am for driverless cars. These vehicles could change the future in many ways. I believe with the proper enviornment that these cars can be very benificial to the people of the future. | 3 |
d4aaa2a | Facial Action Coding System is a step towards the future ,but is a good one ? There are lots of pros and cons to the new invention. Many people think that this new contraption is of no use. Many people think that this new invention is the gateway to the future. I think that the FACS could be valuable to students. I could uderstand why adults would find FACS irrelevant.
There are reasons to why i claim FACS is valuable towards the future of schools. As a student myself, i think FACS would be a great addition to my learning process. In the article it sates that FACS could sense when a student is bored of the lesson and can switch up the lesson. This in my opinion would be a great thing to have in schools. I easily get bored in school and Im sure lots of other students also get bored, so the FACS would be good to have in schools.
Now im not saying that there is no down sides to FACS, because there is. FACS in my opinion is more for the younger generation. By younger generation i mean 25 and younger. I say this because if you are out of school and have a job or career, there is really no use for FACS. FACS has no use for out of school people .
FACS has a lot of potential. This could be the new way of teaching students. We all know that everyone in the world is different, so we all have are own way of learning. I feel that FACS is the new and improved way of teaching, it teaches students the way they learn best. FACS can change the schooling system forever.
In conclution the FACS is a step towards the future for schools and students. The FACS won't help people outside of schools much , but it will effect may peoples learning experience.. The FACS has lots of potential and i hope to see it in schools in the nearby future.The FACS is the future. | 3 |
d4b08dd | Eliminating car usage can benefit ones life in many ways. Vauban, Germany, is a community where street parking is forbidden, and as a result, many residents have just given up their cars. Residents seem to prefer it this way as well. "When I had a car I was always tense...I'm much happier this way," says Heidrun Walter, a resident. Cars emit up to 50% of greenhouse gas in some car-intensive aareas in the United States. As a result of the minimal car usage in Vauban, stores are being renovated to being a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.
Polution and smog are another big problem caused by car usage. Paris had once enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city, due to a near-record pollution and smog problem. Bogota, Columbia, has an annual Day Without Cars, where car transportation, with the exception of buses and taxis are banned. This is done in an attempt to clear smog. Violators are charged with a $25 fine. | 2 |
d4b11eb | Cars are a very good tool for getting from one location to the next, but the gas and diesel that powers some cars is producing a greenhouse gas that is polluting our air. A few countries have temporarily banned the usage of cars because of the thick smog that has built around their air space. In Source 1, by
Elizabeth Rosenthal , Source 2, by
Robert Duffer,
Source 3, by
Andrew Selsky , and lastly source 4, by
Elizabeth Rosenthal , speak about how cars are effecting our lives, and polluting our air. The advantages of limiting car usage would help decrease, or even eliminate greenhouse gases.
By temporarily banning the usage of cars, Paris, France succesfully decreased the thick smog that had built around their city. According to source 2, by
Robert Duffer , "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates where ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." Because of this sucessful temporary ban from Paris, by Monday the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescide the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday, according to
Robert Duffer.
In Bogota, Colombia, home to 7 million, has a "program thats set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city errily devioid of traffic jams." According to source 3, by
Andrew Selsky.
It has been three straight years that cars have been banned with only busses and taxis permitted for the
Day Without Cars , the goal of this program is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators of this program would be facing a $25 fine. The turnout of this program is large, even throughout rainfall. "It's a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman
Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a bicycle with his wife.
In some places, such as Vauban, Germany, have given up their cars. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss boarders. The streets of this upscale community are completely
"Car Free"
- except for the main thoroughfare, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there is only two places to park- large garages at the edge of the development, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000 along with a home. 70% of Vauban's families don't own cars, and 57% sold their car to move there.
All around the world there is appearently issues with air pollution because of the cars that residents of those places own. There are many programs in place, such as the temporary ban of cars in Paris, France, and the
Day Without Cars in Bogota, Colombia. The efforts of these programs have not gone to waste, because there has been a significant decrease in smog and air pollution in these places. Hopefully in the future there will be many more programs like these to lower air pollution and save our Earth. | 3 |
d4b87f4 | The developement of driverless cars is an important, and significant technological milestone. Driverless cars are a perfect example of how well we have devoloped sensory, atomotive, and GPS systems. They also have extraordinary potential to make travel safer, and more efficient. They could prevent countless deaths or injuries because the majority of all car accidents are caused by human error, a driverless car would never make decisions out of haste or excitement. Instead cars would travel consistantly and safely.
The developement of driverless cars could lead to several significant technological advances. Innovations inspired by driverless cars could lead to safer, or more efficient vehicles. At the same time, developing driverless cars could lead to significant inventions.
Driverless cars are the solution to the biggest cause of car accidents, human error. Thousands of car accidents are caused as a result of poor, or impaired judgement. If cars could drive themselves, this problem would be effectively eliminated. A driverless car would never make the decision to speed or run a red light.
In addition to being a safer alternative to human driven vehicles, driverless cars could also be more efficient. Driverless cars would never get lost because of their advanced GPS systems. They would also take the fastest, and safest routes. Driverless cars would rarely run out of gas because they would alwas be aware of the nearest gas station, and how much gas is in their tank.
In conclusion, Driverless cars should be fully developed, and manufactured for public use because they are a safer alternative to human driven cars. They are more efficient, as well. Also because the developement of driverless cars would be a significant technological milestone, and they could lead to newer better tachnologies. | 3 |
d4ba980 | After reading the article called, "Making Mona Lisa Smile". And about how there is a machine that can actually read peoples emotions and put their emotions into percentages. And how they used it to find out how the Mona Lisa was feling when she was painted i think that is truly amazing. i think that we should use this technology at school to read the students emotions.
I think its a great idea to use for school, so teachers can tell how the student is feeling and can find a way to help them. In paragraph 6 the author uses the exmple of how we could use this new technology during school for example he wrote, "If you smile when a web ad appears on you screen a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, th next ad might be different." And instead of ads they could be explanations on how to do a problem. I think that that would inprove the students learning.
In conclusion i think that we should use this new techonoly to our aventage and use it in the classrooms so we can tell which students need help and which one doesn't. That way we can help them. They might even learn even more. | 2 |
d4bda89 | "The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." As stated in source one this is what the Electoral College is there have been many arguments of whether or not the Electoral College should be dropped and change it to popular vote for the President or to keep the Electoral College. The Electoral college however should be dropped and changed to election by popular vote for President.
"Under the Electoral College, voters don't vote for the president, but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president." As stated in source two, if individuals wanted to vote for a President such as Obama or Romney they would vote for a slate of a number of people who pledged to vote for that President. The electors can be anyone not holding the public office. Even though the Electoral College would keep somewhat of a balance to voting it should still be dropped and allow the people to vote. The Electoral College is unfair to voters as stated in source two "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont' spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states."
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. As stated in source one "You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors." What most people worry about during the electoral vote would be a tie. The election would be sent to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.
Overall the Electoral college should be dropped due to the risks that voters may not have voted for the right elector and the fact that a risk of a tie may occur. | 3 |
d4bee32 | The use of driverless cars is a fantastic idea, and a great aspect to our future. Creating driverless cars can make a very big impact to our society. It makes cars much more reliable and people can depend on the cars. This makes driving much easier on the people around us and our society. Driverless cars are the future and a big improvment for technology.
Driverless cars can be a positive in our generation and in the future. These cars are very good for us because we dont have to rely on other people to take us somewhere. We can always depend on the driverless cars to take us where we want to go. These cars are good to rely on, but there must be a driver there for assistance. Without any assistance the car can struggle finding its way around accidents, or findings its way through work zones. The driver must be ready at all times for situations like these.
Now, these driverless cars are not yet legal, in some states there not even legal to test out. The law wants and needs to keep people in the car safe at all times. So, the law believes that the only way of keeping people safe is by having an actual human being driving the car. Driverless cars have travelled half a million miles with no crash so therefore, it seems the driverless car is safer than a person taking over the steering wheel.
Driverless cars very useful for humans. They´re still improving on these cars today which is great because soon these cars will have no flaws. Driverless cars is a impact because people will not use as much energy driving. Also humans will benifit off of these cars too because, they will have much more time to work on things while the car is in motion.
To sum up, driverless cars are the future and people should look forward to these aspects. The tecnology of cars today is positive. Humans can rely on these cars taking them wherever they want with j ust a little assistance behind the wheel. This is why driverless cars is a big impact to our generation | 3 |
d4c6797 | The future is coming, and this future should include driverless, autonomous cars as another step in technological advancement in human society. Even though they are not completely driveless yet, they can provide so much if properly tested and improved upon such as additionaly safety on the road.
These driverless cars use all kinds of sensors to help the car view its surroundings, the most important one being a spinning sensor on the roof called the LIDAR. It uses laser beams to form a 3D model of the car's surroundings so that it can see all sides of the car instead of just the front.
These cars also allow new levels of safety that a machine could provide more easily than a human would be able to. For example these cars have antilock brakes that use speed sensors at the wheels which can allow cars to automatically apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine. This provides far better response and control from the car than the average human could apply alone. Another safety feature provided by these cars is the alert systems such as vibrating seats and an in-car entertainment system that turns off instantly when the driver's attention is needed.
While it is true that autonomous cars are not completely autonomous yet, that could very well change in just a few years. Human technology advances rather quickly. Back in 2000, technology wasn't advanced enough to build things like antilock brakes or sensors that could track and constantly update a 3D model of one's surrounding. 13 years later, technology like this has been built and is currently being used. Tesla has already promised the release of a car capable of driving autonomously 90% of the time sometime in 2016 and others like Mercedes-Benz and Nissan are planning to release fully autonomous vehicles in 2020, so technology is clearly on its way to becoming advanced enough for these vehicles soon.
Autonomous vehicles such as these promise a future of less traffic accidents in our nation and will overall be a step foward for our society. | 4 |
d4c76ab | The topic of driverless cars is contradictive as both good and bad asspects of driverless cars have support. In my opinion completely driverless cars are unsafe while on the other hand cars that are autonomous but still allow for manual driver control are more reliable than both driver required and driverless cars. Entirely driverless cars are unpredictable as stated in the article in the case of an accident if technology fails is the driver at fault or the manufacturer if the car is completely autonomous. As technology developes i believe autonomous car systems will become more reliable but they should never completely replace a human driver as malfunctioning equipment can put pssengers as well as pedestrians lives at risk. In conclusion a line must define human and technological error on the road. Autonomous systems can be extremely helpfull and dependable while driving but should we as a species while we progress eliminate human interaction with our vehicals and can this lead to issues with driverless car systems. | 2 |
d4c78e7 | In 1976 the queation was and everyone was also talking about the face thats is on mars. Most people think it is created by aliens but this essay is going to tell you some facts about the "Alien face". People think it is an alien face because of what the viking 1 photo from 1976. They also had it all over magazines which was also all over the world. They were in places like grocery store check out line, books, people also talked about it on talk shows.
April 5,1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time Michael Malin had his camera which was also a Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC). Him and his team while going around snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking 1 photos in 1976. they figured out there was no alien monument at all it was just a natural landform.
May 24, 2001 It was just twenty five years ago when the pictures that were of the face on mars were being taken. NASA had an spacecraft the was circling mars and while the space craft was circling the planet mars it took a few snap shots of possible landing sites for the sister ship to land. which the sister ship was Viking 2. then thats when they seen the shawdow of the landforms. There are some facts about the "alien face" on mars. | 1 |
d4c95d1 | The invention of this new device could be helpful in many ways. I believe it could help with studies done on students and how they react to certain activities done online or in class and what emotions are expressed in general. It could also help with preventative measures in children and students that are depressed and can be helped. This new technology is useful and helpful in so many ways. Not only could this new technology be used as a facial decoding system, it could be used to tell what the students emotional status is.
As i said before the Facial Action Coding System could not only be used for study on students but on babies and adults. This device could help with disabled children and adults, children with birth defects and syndromes. It could help them with gaining knowlegde in emotions and how to tell when someone is mad, sad, etc. , maybe even how to properly show emotions.
Back to the idea of reading student's facial expressions, it can be helpful in finding ways to make learning more fun for students and ways to make certain activities easier. It Also makes an impact on how the teachers will do things and teach. For example, special ed students might not find things that normal students do online as easy, maybe they might become frustrated and aggrivated with what they are being told to do. Well this new technolgy can help with figuring that out.
In conclusion, i support the idea of these devices being made and used, they would be helpful in more then enough ways and maybe it might be improved and be even more useful in the future. | 3 |
d4cbdec | I think it's because venus is the closet plant to earth so it could be dangrous for earth
and human so
they need to study and research more about vesus to see if it's safe or not or if it's effecting earth.
And it also
system says that venus is a challenge plant for people to study
and scientist has found out by studying that the surface is astronomers are fascinated by venus also the solar system
so like i said venus can effect things near to it so that's what they got when they study about venus maybe of they keep studying they are going to find more things about venus.
Their are a lot's of danger over there so he sugest to scienists
to study more about venus so nothing happan on the future to the earth or other things that they are beside venus also they need to expoler more about venus cause it could be some things that they haven't found about venus yet so they can know how far it could be dangerous.
The author suggest that because on this story he found things about venus that he was not sure about and he wanted them to study more about venus to confirm it
for him. | 2 |
d4cf520 | Earth, it is a beautiful planet, really one of a kind. Sadly every day billions of people around the world drive vehicles that emit fumes that are poison to earths atmosphere. If we want the earth to live as long as possible, if we want a safe enviroment for our children to live in the future, then we need change.
There is a settlement in Europe called Vauban, it is a car-free community, for the most part. There is only a couple streets in the entire community that are hospitable to cars. None of the houses except for a few have garages. 70 percent of the population does not own a car. It is a trending lifestyle in Europe, and i can see why. 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are from cars in Europe. That number is raised to 50 percent in some parts of the United States.
In Paris, it was so smoggy that they had to ban the use of vehicles for an entire weekend, one day even license plates would be banned, the next day odd. If you were caught driving with a banned license plate you would be fined, and approximately 4,000 people were fined on that weekend, 27 people's cars were impounded. This was all part of an attempt to clear the 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter that was congesting the air. Compared to London with 79.7. Public transit however was free during this time, and hybrid cars, electric cars, and cars with 3 or more passengers were allowed.
In Bogota, Colombia, they celebrate "Car-free day", where everyone in the city leaves their cars at home and either hikes, bikes, skates, or takes the bus to work and school. Violators face a $25 fine. It all started back in the mid 1990s, the city has added 118 miles of bicycle paths since then, the most out of any latin city. Parks and sports centers have also made an appearance around the city.
Basically what im trying to get across here is that all cars do is make us get to work faster, but if you think about the cons, it pollutes our earth, it dirties our streets, it congests our cities, and it makes everyone unhappy. We need to change, not all of us, but some of us, for the children. | 3 |
d4d2562 | The Facial Action Coding System is a good idea if the general populous likes it. There is a posiblity that most everyone would like to have that coding system on their computer to make life that extra step easier. Profs. like Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe have disinged it to help keep students active in school, and to help people keep their research interesting or just make someone happy when they are angry or bored by ajusting what they are looking at on the screen.
I feel like the Facial Action Coding System will or would help students to stay awake and more aware that their computer can read their emoutions and change to how they are feeling like with ads and if you smile when you see one then more would come up like that. When you look at a website and perhaps you smile a lot on this website then the computer could adapt to wedsites that you like. If you do not like something on your computer like an ad then less of those ads would appear.
There will be people against the idea because they would feel vulnerable with a computer actually reading their emotions. It would be more practicle for you in different ways such as ajusting a lesson in school when you are starting to get bored or drousy. The computers would have a dumbed down version of the algorithm because most home desktops would not be able to work with such a complecated system but instead would be able to use the algorithm in detecting small things like a smile or a frown to tell if you liked what was on your computer monitor or not.
This would be a nice system to use but a lot of people not like the idea and they have their reasons. But here was a few to perhaps change a mind into liking the idea or just simply accepting it. Everyone has their own emotions and feelings about what they see or read about and this new system could detect those feelings, and help out to support or to completely change what was just seen by that person using a computer.. | 3 |
d4d2647 | Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions, the use of this technology to read the expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
Schools are already incooperating technology into schools so much more these days. If were going to be doing more online learning it should at least be taught as a real person would teach it. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" this could help alot with online learning especially if your doing work at home and dont have a teach there present with you to further explain something.
"most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication... So computers need to understand that too" Technology is becoming a part of our lives more and more everyday. We see it eeverywhere we go now. Most people probably interact more with devices than with an actual human being. So why not make it easier for people to learn online with the use of Facial Action Coding System's
We should incooperate face analysis devices into a schools to make it easier for students to learn online. | 3 |
d4d26a5 | My agrument for this passage is that although theses cars seem to be really nice and might help save people from accidients and save money they may not be the best option. Driving is a very serious thing and in this agrument I'm going to tell why i think that they shouldn't be made. Driving can always need improvement why not keep the cars we have and help them out and keep people driving what they own. Plus money is a very important aspect in this agrument, having a driveless car can cost lots of money.
People who drive can say that they don't like driving all the time but most can say that they enjoy getting to drive if we have cars that are driveless that takes away the fun that people have. If we make these driveless cars that means that the newer generations with not know how to drive cars. People will not want ot get put as much if we have driveless cars. I don't think that people have the money to spend on these cars to drive them so we may have lots of people walking if we were to switch to these cars.
If driveless cars are made they is a very big possibility that people will not want to pay attention to the roads and that will cause more accidents than what there already is. Even though the drive is suppose to watch the road when in the car still doesn't mean that people wont think that the car can do it all on its own. They will not watch the road as much as what they do now and it can cause wrecks that are not needed.
Having drivers have a driveless car is not a good idea because they willl think it is okay to play on their phones and mess around in the car. The car may have antilock brakes but that does not mean that the car is completely save for being accident free. If we have teenagers that are driving in these cars they might think that it is expectable to play around even more than what they do now. Maybe adding things to cra sthat we have now and giving them some newer safety assets might be the solution to our problem. That might be a soultion to our probelm of accidents and it will still allow people to drive.
Another thing to think about is the laws that will have to change for these people to make these cars. Like speed limits and how the car will cars handle traffic in large cities. We alos have to think about if they are really a energy saver car or if it is just as bad as the cars we are using.
In conclusion, I think that this car shouldn't be developed for the reasons of safety. This car may have some very nice aditions to it but we still have to think about whats best for the drivers. The cars that we drive now can use some new technogly but having a driverless care kind of seems a little to extreme. People love driving so why not keep the cars we have today and just keep inproving to make them better for us.
But i feel like before anyone makes thier minds up about whether we should or shouldn't uses these cars that are driverless there needs to be more research done and tests to see how these cars work. | 3 |
d4d3041 | The new technology "Facial Acting Coding System" or FACS, would not be useful in a classroom enviroment today, the creator Eckman has this new technology set up with 6 main emotions; Happiness, Surprise, Anger, Fear, Sadness and Discust. The idea could be great for classroom use, but the way I feel that it would be exicuted seems ike a viloation of privacy and an unecissary cost to schools.
In the article it is said that the FACS technology could be used in a classroom setting, it could tell if a student was bored or confused to possibly change the lesson to be more interesting. This seems that it could also be an evasion of this students privacy. If they are really sad becuase of home problems or other things, the student may not want the program or the teacher to know about it. With this type of software you could really evaide someones privacy and there personal thoughts.
The article also says that a home computer can not compute the algorythims that this program is running, does that mean the school is going to have to get a "super computer" just to know if a student finds a topic in school intresting. I feel that the cost all together is not worth it, becuase why would someone who has spent so much time and money on the technology give it away for free. It seems like a lot of work for Eckman to give it out for free, even if it were to better education.
One other problem with this FACS technology is how accurate is it, could a student fake a emotion just to not learn a new subject that is hard. I'm sure that most people can fake an emotion to get something, a lot of people when they were children have faked an emotion to get something, weather that was candy or a new toy. Most people have done it, wether or not you have.
I do not feel that there is need for a program like this to be put into schools, if this program were to be put into advertising then it would be very profitable. But in a class room situation it is not needed at all, there is really no value to have this in our classrooms with all of the questions that we still have about it, along with the technology not being 100 percent accurate. | 4 |
d4d5074 | When it comes to voting citizens from all over the country wonder if the Electoral College , "winner-take-all" system is the best way to choose our president. The obvious answer is yes. The Electoral College system was stablished by the founding fathers years ago and its been working perfectly fine untill present date.
Electing our president through electoral votes takes care of minor problems such as favorism of regions .Each state is giving electoral votes based on their population , no region such as south, north, east, ect.. has enough electoral votes to choose a president.(source 3 paragraph 19) " So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win" A president with a favorite region may make the rest of the country feel like their votes doesn't count and the new president will show no attention to their interests and their problems. Electing our presidents via Electoral College is the best way to make our country feel like our president is everyones president .
Most americans may prefer a direct election over the kind we have now. (source 2: paragraph 9) "... according to a poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency" Americans think that by choosing our leader by popular vote their votes will be represented more . Americans are also scared of a tie between candidates since the electoral vote numer is a even number ( 538 in total ) but they only need 270 to win the elections. They shouldnt be worried about this a tie could happen but is mostlikely never going to happen. The biggest complain about the winner take all system is that it is unfair to voters since cindidates campaign in big states or states with a lot of electoral votes , they dont spend time on states they know they have no chance of winning . ( source 2: paragraph 13) "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." but this isn't completely true , the winner take all method motivates candidates to focus their efforts on the " toss-up " states. Voters in these states really listen to the competeting candidates knowing they are responsible for deciding the election . "But of course no voter's vote swings a national election .." "Voters in presidentia elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election " (source 3: paragraph 23) One persons vote is not going to decide the election so no matter what point of view yu look at it from , electoral vote is the best way to choose our leader . | 4 |
d4d8077 | The advantage of limiting car usage is that we get to save the world because less cars are used. As less the better because gas its bad for earth. 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport. As Mr Goldberg said "How much you drive is as important as wether you have a hybrid." In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.
After days of nearrecord pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine (In the united states that is $31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. 27 people got their veichles impounded because of the reason they reacted to the fine.
In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day. Leaving the streets of this capital city mistirious devoid of traffic jams. That was the three years in a row that cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. The people that ignored that faced a $25 fine.
President Obama's ambitious goals to crub the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled. A fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior, recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Researchers are wondering if people have been peak driving. Rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn. A lot of sociologists believe that the percent of cars owned per personper household will go down. | 2 |
d4d961e | The election is an very imoportant thing that everyone really needs to pay attention to it can interfere with us or it can be a good thing for some people. we should not vote for the person wants to make our lifes difficult and miserable and want to take away things like medical insurance and weak for a new born.
To start off with,we should not just pick a random person who looks like there going to be a good president of a good vice president. In source 3 it says that,"It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-Democrats in texas."
At 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. The electoral college is unfair ,outdated,and irrational. we dont want segregation in the state,it casually states that,"segregationist in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy.
To conclude my essay,we should not let any person win all votes and turn everything around for people. i just want to say that if the electoral college avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast then i agree to keep electoral college,but it needs to help not cause any confusion and not take away important needs in life,I just want end my essay off with an quote "if anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency i the hands of a few swing voters in ohio, they have yet to make it.... | 2 |
d4db57e | What we say matters and shouldnt be taken lightly
America is a country of opppurtunity. And many people come to this country to escape or change their harsh living style. When the founding father created the consitution.
I'm sure that they expected the system to last, and for the citizens to have a say in what happens to our home. but now is our government is denying us our, chance to make a difference in america. Voting.
Many people think that the Electoral college is a place, But it actully is a process. the fonding fathers established it in the constioin as a comprmise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. But now it is a way for people with a big pocket, to get there say, in who get to be president. In source 2: the readers are told that over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election. What this tells the readers is, americans don't feel like their vote actually counts towards the election anymore.
Now people are starting to wonder, Whats wrong with the Electoral college? The answer to that questions is, under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. To any american looking at this process happening and knowing their vote doesnt really matter. would feel like an injustise has been done to them, and they are absolutlly right. In the constition it say , That americanshave the freedom to vote, both men and women. so as a citizen of american, WE should be able to choose our president not an elector, from the electoral college.
As an american the citizens should be able choose who they want for president. It is not only unfair and unjust, that our votes don't have any pull. But it is also going against what our fonding fathers worked so hard to perfect. A naton where the people's words matter. The people who work hard everyday, teaching our children, and protecting our citizens, the people who lay down their lives for this country. The people who support this country , no matter how many injustices are thrown at them. Those people should have the most sway in choosing our president. Not the people who have had to never work a day in there life, or the people who are not grateful for this country. when a person who holds a position in an american government office, is easily paid off, It s time for some new, loyal, and dedicated workers. who work just as hard as the rest of america. | 3 |
d4dc7a8 | "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). Most suporters of the Electoral College don't understand that electors are not always honest, just because people vote for the elector that is for the presidental candidate they favor of doesn't garentee the elector's vote. "What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral College!" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). People want to eliminate The Electoral College, and change to election for President of the United States to election by the popular vote. The public is not voting for their presidental candidate, they are voting for the foisting electors, and in the case of a tie, the House Of Representatives are thrown the election, where people are not proportionally represented.
Furthermore, voting for electors is not the same as voting for the presidental candidate. "Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). This process called "The Electoral College" is faulty and not efficacious; people are constantly deceived that they are voting for the presidental candidate, but as shown this is not always true. Not to omit anything, voters don't choose who the eletors are, so who can garentee their loyalty, honesty, and the fulfillment of the will of the people. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (so that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). The deception and defyment can not be more evident and clear. The Electoral College is not a stable foundation to rely our country on. "In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionsally refuse to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). Their defyment and inevinable deception is clear and pellucid; The Electoral College should not be trusted! The people should vote!
In continuation, in the case of a tie in electoral votes the House of Representative would be responsible for choosing the president and vice president, but their method is just as outragous as The Electoral College. "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). In what world in this sensible, sane, or intellegent? Well, it seems this ubsurd representation can be found on a planet called Earth, whose inhabitants claim to be intellectual beings. "Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for Congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968 a shift of just 41,971 voters would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from a castastrophe" ("The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"). People are told that "voting makes a difference", but with all these false representations, can people continue to say this without becoming a liar themselves. With all these holes in the ship, howcome The Electoral College hasn't sunken yet. The majority is in favor of switching the process of election for President of the United States to election by the popular vote.
To conclude, the transition from "The Electoral College" to election by the popular vote for the President of the United States would be the best thing for this beloved country. Voting for electors is not the same as voting for the desired candidate, and in the case of a tie the House of Represenatives unproportionally represent the will and voice of the people. Voters should be allowed to vote and be represented justly, and not defied and deceived into voting incorrectly or indirectly. Let the people be heard, when they chant in unicen: "Let us Vote". The president who says he is "For the people" should be chosen "By the people". | 4 |
d4df1ab | Would you like to have help at school with out even having to ask for it. A resorce that could read emotions would and is voluable in school today so kids can get the best out of learning. Technology is getting so good that it can now read emotions. In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile.'' Nick D'Alto talks about how computer solfware can help people with problems just by sencing there face emotions. Technology that is able to, identify mixed emotions, scietificly proven and tested to work, and helps in school, Should be put in all schools.
First off, technology that can identify mixed emotions is a great tool in school and every ware. For exampel it could help stop peolpe in court rooms or when you are talking to a offeser. It can tell what persont of feelings you have. It said that the Mona Lisa "... 83 percent happy, 9 percent, disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." (Pg.1)
This would help with identifying mixed emotions.
Secondly, It has been scientificly proven to work because Thomas Huang,and Nicu Sebe both from high colloges working on ways that humans and computers can communicate. They stared of with a "cumputer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles."(Pg 3) They created "FACS" this classifies six basic emotions. "...happiness, surprise, anger disgust, fear, and sadness..." (Pg. 3) These are all emotions that students have and that could us help from a computer that cares.
Lastly, it would help with school. Kids could see a problem on the computer and give a confused look at it and it could pop up a screan with a help page or it could inform the teacher that you are haveing truble. Nick D'Alto stated " for example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This would help at school so there could be less bad ad to pop up. This will help kids stay safe. If you have a problem and the computer could read your face it could modify that problem.
This would be a fantastic improvment in schools. It would help kid learn better and it could give teachers a break. It could even help istep graders. Computers in schools and all over the world should have face software because it knows unknow emotions, sceintest Thomas Huang and Nicu are proving it works, and it will help make kids life easyer in school. | 4 |
d4dfd0f | Self driven cars or driverless cars if you please. An ambition many have be looking forward to for decades. The technology is closing in on us and inch by inch we move towards these machines. But, are they worth it? Yes! Self driven vehicles are the future of driving, they can offer much more reliability than humans every could.
Many adults partake in drugs, let's use alcohol for example. This drug is perfectly legal however, it is not legal to drive while under the influence of alcohol. It is also illegal to be on public property while intoxicated. This includes the sidewalk, parks, even the street infront of a person's own home. So how do you get home! Alot of men and women under the influence of alcohol decide they can drive themselves home. "Yes, it's against the law but, I've been driving for years and nobody will even notice." People do notice, especially when they are ran over by an intoxicated driver. Another method of getting home is by taxi or uber. With a taxi or uber there is a drivertaking you to the designated location of your choosing. One problem with this is it costs money. The more serious problems are that a person doesn't know who is about to pick him up in a taxi or uber car. The driver could rob, rab, and/or kill him. Or the opposite. The taxi driver doesn't know what kind of person is getting into the vehicle and has no clue what they are capable of, especially when they are drunk. While both of these solutions of getting home bring quite horrible possible outcomes the driverless car does not. In a driverless car one can hop in, zoom home, hop out, and walk into their home without breaking the law, injuring someone,or being injured themself.
An additional bonus provided by the self driven car is efficiency and green thumb. A massive threat posed to Earth is the admission of harmful toxins into the air. Gasoline is considered one of these toxins. When a human drives they excellerate and decellerate in unportionate mannaers. The more you excell and decell the more fuel one omits into the atmosphere. Add-ons such as cruise control have been added to many cars to avoid omitting so much gas but humans still make sudden stops and speed right backe up from 6mph to the speed limit of 45mph. With the self driven car sensors will be aware of its surroundings and if one driverless car needs to make a stp it will slow down in advance to avoid collison then accelerate at the best given speed to omit the least amount of gasoline into the air as possible. Thus, keeping the passangers of the vehicles as well as the Earth.
Their are neccesities humans put upon themselves that a robotic machine never would. Humans have the need to sleep, the need to blink, the need to eat and humans place false neccesities upon themselves such as doing make-up to
look pretty, texting a friend on the cell phone, and other social media concerns. What this does is cause distraction for a driver. When a driver is texting on their phone and gets an itch in their eye and cannot stop blinking, that driver is not fully focused on the road, the vehicle, other vehicles surrounding him, and pedestrians. This creats a dangerous enviornment for any structure living or non-living near this vehilce. Humans tend to not sleep as often as they should which leaves a person to be tired on their way driving to work as well as driving home form work. Boom! Bang! Crash! What just happened? A person fell asleep at the wheel and possibly injured or killed themself as well as any bystanders. There is no concern with these neccesities humans have and palce on themselves when it comes to a driverless vehicle. The vehicle controls all movements getting a person to their destination as safe as possible. A driverless car doesn't fall asleep at the whell, it doesn't need sleep! A driverless car doesn't need to eat, just fill it up with gas and it's ready to go! A driverless car most definetly doesn't feel the need to interact on social media, so no worries there.
The self driven car is a dream that will oneday be fulfilled! There is no stopping this inveitable. Just understand, that the benefits that will come from these machines are heaven sent. Safety, reliabillity, and pretty darn cool! Be prepared for the driverless cars because the driverless cars are prepared for you. | 5 |
d4e0802 | " I cant believe that the face was made by real life aliens its unbelievable! " Jim said
" Dont tell me you believe that the fae was made by aliens. " i said
" Actually yes i do. I believe aliens are truly real and don't care what anyone says. " Jim said
" Jim there is no such thing as aliens maybe they may be real, but we have no sign or evidence that aliens are truly real. You watch to many Sci-Fi movies jim you need to lay them off for a while. " I said
" Well if you think aliens don't exist then tell me prove to me how the the face was made then. " Jim said
" Ok i will let me just go and get the picture. "
I said
In my head i am thinking jim is nuts there is no way an alien had made the face.
" I'm telling you jim aliens did not create this. " I said
" If aliens didn't creat this explain to me why or how this was probably formed from the picture. " Jim said
I look at jim right in the eye and was glad to show him with confidence that i was right and he was wrong.
" Look jim in 1998 when Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team flew over cyndonia for the first time Michael and his team to ten pictures sharper than then the ones that the viking's photos took. When we all saw the photos it revealed a natural landform and no alien monument. " I said
" I still don"t believe you. " Jim said
" So you want to me to explain more? " I said
" Go right ahead. " Jim said
" Garvin said that it reminded him of the Middle Butte in the Snakes River Plain of Idaho. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. " I said
" Well i guess you have a point there, but that doesn't change the fact that i believe in aliens. " Jim said
" Ok you can believe in whatever you want, but i was just simply telling you what we told to other people that also believed it was made by aliens. " i said | 2 |
d4e664a | I believe the Face On Mars is just a natural landfrom because if there was life on Mars, why would we have yet to see the aliens on Mars?
Years ago, on May 24,2001- Nasa sent Viking 1 to orbit around Mars looking for possible landing sites of its sister ship Viking 2 when i had seen something unusally on the surface of Mars, the landform form on Mars had the shadowy likeness of a human face. When the picture of the face had got sent to the lab back down the on Earth the sensation was short lived by scientist who figured it was just another Martian mesa.
The face on Mars couldn't be created by aliens because we would've had contact with aliens a long time ago.Scientist figured it could've been the formation of mesa because Mars has no planet life nor water life for anything to live on it.With the the recent pictures studies has shown that there was no alien marking on the face to show that aliens are on Mars.
The face on Mars had the resemblance of a human head formed by illusion showing the mouth,nose, and eyes. After showing the world one picture they wanted to see an up close picture they later toke another picture revealing it as a natural land form which there was no alien monument after all.
It was stated in the article by an person that the land form" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says the man by the name of Gavin. "That's a lava dome that the fotm of an isolayed mese about the same height as th Face On Mars.
In conclusion, I believe that the face on mars is in all actuallity just a land formation because since discovering the face there has been no more reappearences of any other momuments. There has been no contact with alien life | 3 |
d4e815d | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author states both positive and negative views of driverless cars. I believe that cars should be controlled by a person and not driven based off of a computer.I think if we let the computers take over there will be more crashes and problems with traffic there will also be more technology issues and after all it would be very exspensive.
The problems with a car that is not controlled by a person is the computer does not have a better reaction time so if the person in front of you braked really hard you would just run into the back of their car because the computer could not see that that person braked and so your car
could not react and stop. This car is also banned from being tested in most states as it says in paragraph 9. So that shows that they are scared to let technology fully take over because it is not allways ready.
Another problem is that the technology will be way to exspensive for just your regular everyday person like it says in paragraph 6 "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't somthing you buy from Radio Shack." Most people wouldn't even be able to buy this car because of the technology that costs so much that does not even do it's job and if your car gets into an acciedent you have to take the blame for their technology.
The last problem is crashes and having to take over it says that the cars could not navigate their way threw road construction or if there was an accident they could not drive themself but the person in the car would have to drive what is the point of getting a car that is supposed to drive by it's self but when the road gets bad you have to take control to me it just sounds like a bunch of useless technology that they installed so you can pay more for your car.
I think that cars should stay controlled by a person because if they don't then you are basically paying more for a car that says it can drive by it's self but when it comes to the hard part it does not do it's job of keeping you safe or keep it's promise of it driving it's self. I think it should stay banned becuase if someone gets hurt then who is going to be responsible for the acciedent the person who is not even supposed to be driving the car or the automakers who's technology caused the problem ? | 4 |
d4e943a | Hello , im Luke from the Seagoing Cowboy program. I`m sure you you have heard about me. We have so much fun aboard the ships some things you might get to do are: playing table tennis, fencing,games of baseball, volleyball, and boxing. If you are not interested in those activities we also read, and play games to pass time. The best part about the job is going to all diffrent countries.
You also have to be aware that you have to do many jobs like: taking hay and oats to stalls, cleaning the stalls, and serving as night watchman ( you have to be really careful if you do that job because if it is raining the deck can be slippery and you could fall and hurt yourself.) You also get to take turns with other crew members while on the ship. When we reach the the country where we deliver the horses you get to explore many other things. Like I have explored a castle before. You also might get to ride the streets of Venice, Italy.
I hope you have read this and are happy to come. Make sure you are hard working , and are strong to carry food for the animals. We will appreciate you coming aboard to help with the animals. we hope you decide to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Thanks again , Luke Bomberger. | 3 |
d4ebb9f | The author of the passege wants to explore the planet Venus. The supports to this idea don't seem like the right fit to encourge someone it's a good idea to explor Venus. Although the planet Venus is the closest to earth in many ways, the planet is very dangerous. Venus havd mountains, valleys, and crators just like earth. The planet has 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets covering the thick atsomsphere. The average temeratures on the planet range over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Venus's atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. So why do scientist continue to discuss about exploring Venus even though they know of the dangers there. Some Scientist believe that Venus had large oceans and could have had life there. None of the space crafts heading to Venus never lasto more than a few hours. In conclusion these are the reasons why I believe the author used bad supports for their idea, of exploring Venus. | 1 |
d4efac8 | Dear Mr. Senator
Based on the facts and the articles i have just read, i've made a preposition that the U.S. should be provided a direct election. Adults, teens, and senoir citizens have their opinion on how they want their government to be. I beleieve that if people have a direct election you will get a more straight up answer. by changing the Electoral College people will actually feel like they have a say in what the gonernment does these day.
If the Electoral College doesn't change soon there is going toi be a lot of angry americans. Like there was a fued in election of 2008 election (with Obama) when floridas vote didnt really count, there was people in the house next to mine yelling and screming at the telivision, my dad and grandmother were having throwing a fit. It was one of the most horrible nights i have ever seen. if americans had the choice to direct vote I feel that people would be happier.
With the information I have gathered, americans should have a choice on how they choose the government, like to be honest having the votes go to a representative of state and they choose who becomes the president, doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do. They could be pressured, threatend and even killed because people are crazy these days. if we had a direct election people could vote their own way and actually be happy and have extra money to live on.
finally I state my opinion even stronger than the first time, the U.S. should be provided the best possible things, even in pollitics.
Youirs truelly, young american. | 2 |
d4f2d1f | Obvously the aurthor must be a fan of scientific and that's great because I am to! The aurthor feels as if, there is multiple things you can do in life and thats means if going out your comfort zone to do it then so be it. In the story and as I was reading it, he really wants to find out more about earth and its "neighbors", as I should say. Venus and Mars are close to earth, but venus is closer, and the reason I say that is because of size and density. In the text, it says that we as humas, we have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud-draped world and the reason being is because we and he also, wanted to find out more about venus and how it works and many diffrent features.
Venus has a thick type of surface to it. It has a thick atmosphere of 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets. In the atmosphere of venus, there is a type of acid called "Sulfuric Acid" and this acid is basically the determination of the temperture for this planet. The average temperture for venus is 800 degrees Fahrenhiet, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what it would be on earth by its-self. Venus also has the hottest surface temperture of any planet in our solar system even though we have mercury closer to the sun venus is still hotter. The reason people and scientist are so fasinated with venus and how it works is because it was one of the closest to being more like earth and it has some features like it to. This planet has more like valleys, mountains, and craters and as a author he wants to find out about more of the festure and how this will benifit him more in life if he were to continue searching about venus and earth and how they are diffrent and similar to each other. By the 1800's the" mechanical computer" that was made for visual insight of venus and other planets around and near earth. These devices made caculations by using gears, and tool like things that hepled scientist in the 1800's up and somewhat past the 1940's.
So in this passage, the author gave me some information about the earth, venus, mars, life, merchury, and etc. The author basically is saying at the end of the passage, that if you were to go out your comfort zone to go explore things like earth and scientific material things, that it would'nt hurt and now that I know I feel as if the author will end up exploring more about venus and that is has some good feature and bad features and the same with earth but in reality it isnt bad. | 2 |
d4fcd5c | My thoughts on driverless cars, I don't think its a good idea to have these driverless cars. They could have techonical problems. They could also go against the driver laws we have today.
I think cars should have techonogly inhanced in the cars, but I don't think that driverless cars is a good idea. Say if you own one of this driverless cars, and it just turn on by itself and drive down the street crash or even run someone over, who's going to be the blame, the driver or the manufacturer. In the artical, in paragraph nine it states that "traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."
And humans should be reponsible what they do with their car and how they drive their cars.
My second reason I go against driverless cars is that, if we do have these driverless cars, change of laws have to be done and even maybe new laws have to be added.
That might affect teens or even young adults who wants to own thier perment. But they wouldn't have to even drive the car, because the car is mainly is driving them.
In conclusion, driverless cars might be trouble for most of us or not. Eventhough automakers are still continuing their work for the development of these cars. We still might have a couple of these cars driving around, but I think maybe we still have a chance of just non-driverless cars and having humans drive cars. | 3 |
d500a61 | Limiting car usages is a way to help people and the environment all around us. limiting car usage can have lots of effects,there are advantages and disadvantages of limiting car usage. disadvantages of limiting car usage would be to release greenhouse gases in the air and contaminating the surface,and people breathing the muggy air, or smog. advantages for limiting car usage is when someone wants to go somewhere on time and they have thie own viechile and they can control the car to where they want to go.
Communities are trying to find way not to have gases in the air and to reduce the uses of modern transportation. people try not to use cars alot and instead they do other things to get to places like taking a bus, bicycling,running,skating and things like that. using those resources will decrease gases in the environment and people can relax and breathe in fresh air instead of gases. gases are toxic to natural influences and can damage them.
Disadvantages of limiting car usage is to release lots of gases and smog,therefore makeing the environmets a hazardous place to be in. people can get sick from inhaling the smoke or they could die if they breathe in too much. thats why people should try not too use transportations any day to make the environmets a healthy and clean place for poeple to live in and to enjoy.
Advantages of limiting car usage would be to use cars or other transportation because someone might want to go somewhere and its a long distance,people could drive to thier destination,and on time if they have somewhere to be like a buisness or a meeting the person needs to attend. If they took the bus the trip might last longer if the person is in a rush to get somewhere. Thats for long distace,for short dstances, people could take the bus to go somewhere close by or walk to the place. you could get somewhere faster if you walk and there is traffic,you would be stuck for a while if you were driving,only in heavily dense populated area would that most likely to happen,it would release lots of smog to the environment when lots of cars are in one place.
In places in the world lots of people are contributing to not using transportation to get to places but instead they are using non-gas usable transportations like bikes and skates to get to place to place. people also walk, it is a good exercize for people to do and it is a healthy influence. other people might see someone do it and they might want to do it as well. the best thing to do to save the environmet from hazard gases is to use gas transportations less and use physical transportation,like walking it would be better to do than to realease fumes in the air people breathe and hurt their body. So if someone wanted to go to the store and its close by, instead of taking a transportation walking would be healthier and more benificial for the environment and people around you. | 3 |
d507c82 | The author is has lots of good points that were very interesting in the passage. He or she adressed that although it is moving up in the world and it is bring us closer to the future they're a lot of faults in this idea. We maybe able to create a car that is able to drive itself and is able to hand a normal road but in paragraph 7 it states that "All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills", this means that we are close but we still have a little longer to perfect the driverless car. The main problem is what the author was trying to inform us about in paragrah 9 is if we get into an accident while on the road whos fault would it be the driver or the manufacturer? This creates a very big promblem with the public and the manufacturer, which can only be settled in the court house. We all want to see the future and what it can bring,but this example alone shows us the difficulties that we aregoing to face in order to move up in the world.
Some manufacturers are trying hard on this idea and are creating these cars and are testing them out some examples of these manufacturers would be BMW, Nissan, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz are all trying in the idea. Nissan, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz all plan on having cars that drive themselves and will maybe relseased to the public in the year 2020. This is very close to us and it is exciting to know that there will be a future car that will be able to drive its self but, the public will have to be very careful with the car and so does the manufacures. Im excited for a car that will be able to drive its self but, I am very sceptical about this idea it will have to very safe for the driver and it will have the driver on the alert for a very long time. Good luck to the public and good luck to the manufacturers in my opinoin you will need it. | 3 |
d507ed3 | The computer software is very valuable. It can calculate diffrent emotions, it can tell if the smile is fake or not, and it can show varying degrees of expression. The new computer software can recognize if your friend is happy or not.
The software can calculate diffrent emotions. On paragraph 3 it says that Eckman has classified 6 basic emotions, happyness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This means that the computer can calculate which emotion is showing the most by calculating the muscel movement. The emotion that has the most percent is the emotions that your freind or someone is most likey showing.
The computer can also detect if your smile is real or not. In paragraph 8 its says ''if the zygomatic is streched sideways then you are fake smiling. The zygomatic is a muscel in your face that can make you smile and if you stretch it sideways then the smile is fake. If you were to be mad you could fool your friends but not fool the computer.
The computer can show the percent in which you are smiling. Paragraph 5 it states that the computer software stores simular antomical information as an electronic code. The code enters in the computer and it reads the code to tells you the percent of youe emotions. It dosnt take a long time at all it reads your face with a 3-D scanner.
The computer software is very valuable. It can tell a lot of emotions that you or your friend has. Wouldn't you wanna know how happy or sad you or your friend are? The computer would just do everything for you instead of you asking questions about your friend or you friend asking questions about you. | 3 |
d5081a7 | Do you think the Face on Mars is a legit person or just a landscape? Is it just mother nature pulling tricks on us? I think it's just a landscape trick. It happens all the time. Like the potatoe with a face on it. Here is why. First, the face doesnt seem to have a body attached to it. Second it looks like it is attached to the ground and, third there has been no sign of life on mars.
First of all th face looks like it was sculpted. It has no body that can be seen. Unless it is a decatetated head. The land scape couldv'e played an trick on us.
Second of all It looks attached to the ground. If it were a readl head the end outline wouldnt be smoothed in to the ground. It would be laying on top and have a shadow showing the back side the the skull.
Third, there have been no sign of life on mars. Yes, we have found flowing water but we have not found any type of living orgamisim.
So here is why I think that the landscape is playing illousions on us. First, The face looks scultped. Second, It lookes attached to the ground and third, there is no sign of life on mars. | 2 |
d50b813 | Venus, a very similer planet to our own both in size and density. The surface and conditions of Venus however are much more treturous and inhospitable to us humans. The author of The Challenge of Exploring Venus believes that even though there are many life threatening risks to exploring venus, that it is still possible and worth while to study.
With an atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide, an atmospheric pressure over 90 times Earth's and an average surface temperature of 800 degrees Venus is uninhabitable for humans. The author of the article states that "NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus" this idea may lead us to the cultavation and or the possibility of inhabiting Venus.
The author explains that from an air ship that would fly 30 miles over the surface of Venus the conditions would be hot (170 degrees) and the air pressure would be the same as sea level on earth. The author says that the conditions would not be easy but they would be survivable. NASA's plan if functional will give us the option of maned exploration over the surface of Venus.
With an atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide, an atmospheric pressure over 90 times Earth's and an average surface temperature of 800 degrees Venus is uninhabitable for humans. The author of the article states that "NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus" this idea may lead us to the cultavation and or the possibility of inhabiting Venus.
The author explains that from an air ship that would fly 30 miles over the surface of Venus the conditions would be hot (170 degrees) and the air pressure would be the same as sea level on earth. The author says that the conditions would not be easy but they would be survivable. NASA's plan if functional will give us the option of maned exploration over the surface of Venus.
the author expresses greatly that even though there are dangers in exploring Venus, that earth should not be limited by danger nor doubt but should overcome the dangers and push space exploration to its limits. | 3 |
d513e3a | "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa -- landforms common around the American West.
"It reminds me most of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin.
"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heightas the Face on Mars".
That information was from the artical "Unmasking the Face on Mars".
After reading all the information in the artical "Unmasking the Face on Mars" I don't think that aliens made the face on Mars, I think that it is just a natural landform.
The reason I think it is just a natural landform is because ,all the information I read has convinced me that the Face on Mars was made out of rocks and big mounds of dirt, the shadows on them make it look like a face.
"Thousands of anixous web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform.
There was no alien monument after all."
Another reason is because I don't think aleins are real.
My whole life I have been told that aleins are not real, and that we are the only living things in our univerce.
This is what I think the Face is made out of and why it looks like a face.
"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa -- landforms common around the American West.
"It reminds me most of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin.
"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heightas the Face on Mars".
That information was from the artical "Unmasking the Face on Mars". | 2 |
d5149be | I believe that the electoral college should not be kept because it is an unfair system of voting. There are flaws in the electoral college system that make it an unfair system to choose our president. Some of the things that are wrong with the electoral college are that voters can't control whom their electors vote for, in case of a tie there is not a fair way to pick the president, and the winner-take-all system is unfair to voters.
In the electoral college voters aren't essentially voting for a president but they are voting for a group of electors who will then elect a president. The electors can be picked in many different ways. Sometimes they are they are picked at state conventions, they can be picked at state party's central committe, or sometimes the presidental canidate picks them themselves according to Bradford Plumer (source 2). Plumer says that voters can't always control who their electors vote for and sometimes voters get confused on who to vote for. The system to pick electors can be bias. For example in 1960, segregationist in the Louisiana legislature almost achieved in replacing the Democratic elecotors with electors who would not elect John F. Kennedy. Meaning if Kennedy would have gotten the popular vote in Louisiana, he still would not have gotten the electoral votes in the state.
In the case of a tie, the electoral college would yet again be an unfair system. If there was a tie in the election, the election would be given to the House of Representatives. In that election, each state has only one vote. So a state with a bigger population has the same say than a state with a smaller population. According to Plumer, because many voters vote one party for president and another party for Congress, the House's selection will not entirely reflect the will of the people. A tie in the electoral college is possible beacause the amount of electoral votes is 538 which is an even number (source 3).
The electoral college is also unfair to voters because of the winner-takes-all system. The winner-takes-all system awards all the electors to the winning presidential canidate (source 1). According to Plumer because of the winner-takes-all system canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning (source 2). Counterclains suggest that because the election depends on the vote of swing states, voters there are more thoughtful and should be the ones to decide how the election goes (Richard A. Posner, source 3). The comment that voters in swing states are more thoughtful is vague (not all voters in swing states have to be media literic), and it is unfair to other states if only the swing states are important to the canidates. Other states will not get enough and fair information about the presidental canidates.
In total, the electoral college is an unfair way to choose our presidents. The method has a lot of bias and doesn't give a fair voice to all the states and its voters. The method has a lot of flaws and is a non-democratic way to elect our presidents. | 5 |
d51b27c | Have you ever wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well if you said yes this essay is for you. In this essay you will be hearing about the best reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.I know it sounds weird but it is a lot of fun. If you said no at the end I will guarantee you would want to join.
Here are some reasons why you should join this program. If you like to travel the world you can go many places this would be the best place for you. My name is Luke Bomberger and I have been to places like on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy the Panama Canal and the excavated castle in Crete. You can even find some fun things to do on board such as table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games can also help pass the time. We even played baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
It was so much more than an adventure. It opened up a whole new world for me. It made me more aware of people of other countries. That awareness lead me to lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. When my friend Don Reist asked me to go on a cattle boat I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. I guess I was right it was an opportunity of a lifetime. I actually didn't I was going to become a Seagoing Cowboy. Yet it happened and I am greatful for it happening too.
In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy is a lot funner than you think. These are just some of the wondenrful things about being a Seagoing Cowboy. There is much more to it. As I said earlier I wasn't expecting to become a Seagoing Cowboy,but it happened. Yet most of all you make a lot of new friends. So if you said no at the beggining have you changed your mind. | 4 |
d51d3e0 | Driverless cars are in our near future, but is this the best way? There are many reasons why I dont believe so, such as the fact that they are going to need to make logical decisions and could be dangerous to drivers and pedestrians due to the drivers not needed to pay as much attention to driving.
What does it mean for a computer to make a logical decision? Lets imagine that your in a driverless car, and your headed towards an inevidable crash that will kill you. The only way to get out of it is to go on the sidewalk, where 3 small children are playing hop-scotch. If your watching "in-car entertainment" and the computer decides that you need to take over at this time, there is no time for us as humans to think. This is a major problem that will come up. Unless everyone's cars are fully driverless, its hard to prevent this scenario. This would mean we would have to make traditional cars as we know it, illegal.
Fully driverless cars are coming, but there are a lot of problems that we need to address before that happens. The idea of logical decision making for a computer processing things in 1's and 0's is a hard conundrum to overtake. Once we address whether or not the government keeps or takes away our driving privledes, then we can garauntee that our roads will be fully safe. | 3 |
d521177 | I really don't think that aliens could have done this. actually i could give you a few reasons why and reason one, that just sounds crazy. Aliens dont exsit.
It's just a natural land form. There are all kinds of dents and holes on these planets. Besides the natural landforms are common enough around Cydonia. "in the article it states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were wating when the image first appeared on the JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien mounment after all." Reason two is landforms are common around the American west. The test even states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martail equivalent of a butte or mesa-landfors common around the American West." Finally reason 3. If ypu look at the pictures long enough, the longer "the face" has been there there more it transfors into a dent and looks nothing like a face.
I believe its a landform and hopefully these reasons help you beive it too. The scienctists proved has the facts that it is a landform and not a alien face. | 2 |
d5221c2 | There are a whole lot of positive and negative aspects about these cars. I truly agree with what's going on with the negative aspects of these cars. For example, things can happen with these cars that can drive by itself.
First, these cars could be a big safety issue. It can be a safety issue because the passage states that if there is any road work the driver should be ready to prepare to take over. Not only take over but also be ready when something happens with road work. Road work can be scary with the roads being bad and going around the road work can be difficult.This is where you think to yourself as, "Why drive this car if you can be prepared and be alerted when you are responsible for your own car?"
Another safety issue is during traffic. Traffic is where a lot of accidents happen in the process of drivers. Yes, this car can break by its own but remember that anything can happen with this car. Expect the unexpected because if anything happens you may never know. The car could probably get a problem and miss understand something because it is computer authorized. It may not break when it is supposed to, or maybe not even get the alert that there is road work ahead.
Lastly, there is states that are still checking if it is reliably safe. This is still not proved at all if it's even safe. That especially is a big problem because you don't want to have a car that you don't even know if it is safe or not. If the car gets into a crash, that may be a responsibility that relies on you or the car. Think about it is the car going to get the ticket or is it you that's going to get it. We all don't know just remember safety first.
I disagree with having a car and I say this because I rather be safe then sorry. There is cars that I could get and have control over it than having a car that controlls by itself. If getting into an accident and I know how to explain that I had the control over it then it won't be a problem. That way I don't need to be worried or question about the car twice if in an accident knowing it controlls itself. | 3 |
d52b75b | I'm going to be against to their technology that they're using because they are using the technology to see what other people feel about something. The technolgy could tell how we feel by the facial expression and your movements of the facial muscles. They are looking for a better way for human and computer to communicate. The computer could model the face of the 44 major muscle like a human muscles movement is called a action unit. i don't like the computer to see our emotion because its like someone watching or i feel like someone stalking like watching what i'm doing. They could use in the classroom to see someone who is bored or confused of the worked. The computer could when u smile but we know it doesn't lie about what u feel. If u fake smile it could tell that ur not really smiling. They were studying the picture painting of mona lisa to see if it show the feeling what she have. They want to studying the facial expression on the painting or real life face. They are studying the emotion of what people feel about. They are creating the emotion on other people feeling. | 1 |
d52eef1 | Being a Seagoing Cowboy is lots of fun. If you like animals you get to spend hours and hours with them. You get to play games to pass the time when your going back home. There is things to see so go sightseeing. You will be overseas so don't go if you get seasick.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you get to see things you might have never seen before. In paragraph 5 it says Luke got to tour a ecavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to china. He also saw the Acropolis in Greece. You get to see these things maybe once in a life time.
Seagoing Cowboys get to spend a lot of time with animals. The animals are mules, horses, and etc. You have to care for them all the time. You have to take them to the places they need to be. It says in paragraph 3 that you get plenty of oats and hay.
When you have free time you can play games to pass the time. In paragragh 8 it says that the crew men play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournamnets, fencing, and boxing. They play these games in empty holds where animals have been housed. The fun things to do are thoses. So being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun to.
That is why being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun and cool. When your a Seagoing Cowboy you get todo all this cool stuff like sightseeing, games, animals, and you get to be overseas. People might not like this job but I personaly think it sounds
fun. So come be a Seagoing Cowboy today. | 3 |
d535c1b | We should keep our method of chosing a president even though many dont agree because of a few reasons. One, big states. Two, avoid run off eclections. Finnaly, to determide the certainty of outcome.
First, the issue of big states. States are put in two catogories, big states and small states, accoring to population. Presidential candidates give more of their attention during the campain to the larger states. As a result of electral college the big states have more elctors and thus more votes. For example, in Forida, the popular vote was extermly close in 2012, Obama who won, got 29 electoral votes. If obama had spent that time in Wyoming, he would have only had gotten 3 electoral votes.
Second, to avoid run off elections. Using the eectoral college we avoid the problem of elections where no candidate receives a majority. the electoral college can procuce a clear winner rather than pressure when no canidate wins majority and complications of the process. Two examples of this in 1968 and 1992 with president Nixan and president Clinton. They both had 43 percent pluarlity of popular vote, while winning a majority of elcetoral college.
Finnally, to determine Certainty of outcome. Since, almost all states have electoral votes on a winner takes all basis, even the slightest pluarlity in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in tht state. Although, it is possible to have a dispoute over the outcome of an electoral colege, for instance in 20000, it is much less likley than a dispute over the popualr vote. And even though a tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes is an even number of 538, it is extremly unlikey to happen.
You could argue that the method of slecting a president through Electoral college may turn off potential voters for a canidate that has no hope if carrying their state, knowing their vote will have no effect. Then they might have less incentive to pay attention to the campaingn. But being realisic, no voters one vote swings a natioal electon, and about one half of the eligable American population did vote in 2012's election.
In conclution, the reasons we shoud kee our current method of chosng the countroies president is becuause of big states, to avoid run off elections, and to determine he certainty of outcome. Even though some dont agree it has been working for us in the past an can contiue working for us to chose our president in the future. | 4 |
d53934b | As a student in high school i think the new Facial Action Coding System should be used. My reason for saying that is teachers could use it for their lesson and see if the kids are getting bored of the lesson or liking it so the teacher could use the new technology to help change the lesson or keep it depending on the students facial expressions using the new technology.
For example in paragraph 4 Dr. Huang tells us even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression like not smiling using video imagery. The new emotion- recongnition software tracks these facial movements. The Mona Lisa is just a painting and the new software technology can even tell thats shes 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. That in my opinion is amazing who would of guested that we could tell how she was fealing through a painting a couple hundred years later.
The computer contructs a 3-D model of the face and uses the 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. Their are six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and by the movement in your muscles they can tell what emotion you are feeling.
They tell us in paragraph 7 that our home PC can't handle the complex algorithism used to dicode the Mona Lisa. While looking in the mirror by raising your lips at the corner of your mouth. 2 then quinting your eye slighty to produce wrinkling at the corner of your eye. 3 holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up towards your eyes will describe your emotion being happy.
My introduction is that the new technology is a great idea for for teacher or anyone to use on students it can change the way teachers teach and also change the world. | 2 |
d54478f | Some people may think that this is a conspiracy and they may believe that the face on Mars is made by aliens. These people say that NASA is just wanting to hide the fact that there is life on Mars. NASA responded by saying they actually wish there was life on Mars.
Even though some people think that this is a conspiracy NASA has given out many reasons, facts, and even proof that this face is just a natural landform. Probably the biggest piece of evidence would be the image from April 8, 2001 and it was taken by the Mars Global Surveyor. Scientists from NASA said that each pixel is 1.56 meters and if ther was life on Mars that this picture would show evidence. This picture is clear enough to see if there were huts or buildings, Egyptain like pyramids, or anything else that the "aliens" have made or built.
In conclusion, scientists from NASA have proved that this face from Mars is just a
natural landform and aliens did not create it. NASA has given many reasons and even proof that this is not made by aliens. Even though some people still may beieve that this a conspiracy and the face was made by aliens and that there is life out there on Mars, the face is just a natural landform. | 2 |
d548c9f | In our society today, limiting car usage would be the best way to go. There are plenty of advantages to limiting car usage, with a decrease in pollution just to name one of them. If we can capatalize on the downward shift of automobile users in the United States and around the world, then it would benefit all of us in more ways then one.
Having a car can be handy to get from point A to point B, but what if you just do not need to use that car at all? What if you are just to lazy to walk or bike to your destination? I am not saying you should walk 80 miles to your aunt's house, but what if it was just to the store that was a half of a mile away. Not to mention that you would be saving good on gas money. There is a mostly car free suburb, for example, in Germany that focuses on a majority of the population of the neighborhood to not use cars. This town is named Vauban, and 70 percent of families do not own a car here. It may sound bad to those who live and die by their car, but with everything in walking distance it makes it easy and accesible to walk from point A to point B most of the time. The residents of this suburb are positive about this change, and they should be, because it is a positive change.
One very large problem with the excessive use of cars in one area is air pollution. Lots of cars in the same area commuting can create a thick layer of smoke in the air called smog, and it is not pleasent to experience on the road. That being said, Paris had recently gotten so much smog in the air that it had to put down a partial ban, license plates with even numbers could not drive on Monday, while odd numbered plates could not drive on Tuesday. It sounds crazy, how could such a busy city like Paris realistically put down a travel ban on half of the commuters? Whether you thought it would or not, it worked. Sure there were a couple of motorists who could not take no for an answer and still commuted when they were not suppose to, but a large majority followed the rules of this ban. Apparently the French government underestimated the factor these cars had on the environment, as the ban was recinded early on Tuesday for the pollution almost completely cleared away.
In support of those two points, the amount of drivers every year has been going down since its peak point in 2005. The gap is nearly nine percent, almost a tenth of the United States has stopped driving in the last 10 years. With this pattern taking place, scientists believe that it will only have postive benefits for the environment and the communities in the forseeable future. The United States is one of the most polluted countries in the world, which in large part is because of our advanced and highly populated culture. That doesnt mean we cant make a difference and help our community grow into a better place environmentally. One good example of that happening is the car free day in Bogota. In this city millions of people got around without using cars and have been since 1995 in this program. It has led to the blooming of brand new parks and repaved, smoother sidewalks. If millions of Colombians can make their community a better place in a heavily populated area, so should we.
To summarize, plenty of places around the world are making good efforts to tone down on car usage. This helps bring down levels of air pollution, enhance the community that those people live in and help their financial situations by saving money on buying a car. If we in America can make these kind of efforts to decrease car usage, our whole country would be better for it in more ways than one. | 5 |
d54e0f3 | To prove that it wasnt done by aliens is because ive read the passage and this is what I found. New high-resolution images and 3D altimertry from NASAs mars globel survey spacecraft reveal the face on mars for on Marsfor what it really is called A mesa. Twenty five yaers ago somthing funny happened around mars NASAs spacecraft was circling around planet. A few days later,NASA unveiledthe imaage for all to see. Although few scientist believed the face was an alien artifact photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when mars global surveyor [MGS] arrived at the red planet in sSeptember 1997 eighteen long years after the viking missions ended. So it was true that aliens did not do that to mars because aliens are not real and also NASA even said that they did it on mars they said it was an accident that happened in September 1997. Also in April 5,1998 ,when Mars global surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time,Micheal malin and his mars obiter camera [MOC] team snapped the picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos. | 2 |
d550b2d | The face was not created by aliens because there is still no proof that aliens or any living thing that lives on mars NASA are still looking for life on mars so how can the face be made by mars. It was formed by shadows giving the illusion of a human head, eyes, nose and mouth. There was no alien monument after all. The face was just made up with clouds and dust particles from Mars. What the picture actaully show is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common aroung the American West.
The picture saying that the aliens created the face is just clouds forming a face on a stormy day on Mars beacuse our eyes can be illusion of what we see. The face was made up of dust and clouds which formed a face. tThe picture that was taken in 1976 looks like a face but doesnt have all thee features as the picture that was taken in 1998. The pictue that was taken in 1998 looks very simlar like a face u can see eyes, mouth, a nose. The picture that was taken in 2001 doesnt look like a face anymore looks like dryed up dirt.
The first picture starts to look like a face but isnt all done yet. The second picture u can see that it clearly has face features. The thrd picture looks like during the tme of the 1998 picture and 2001 picture (last one) that it doesnt look like a face no more it doesnt have the features of a face that we saw back in 1998. | 2 |
d552343 | The Facial Action Coding system enables computers to identify human emotions. Meaning the computer would detect your feelings at that moment. What if they were to use this technology to read students' emotional expressions?
Using technology to read students' emotional expressions is a good idea. Reading students' emotional expressions can let you know how they are feeling. It gives you an apportunity to help a student. It gives you a reason to talk to the student and help them get through whatever they are feeling. If they are in school and you see that they are bored or aren't paying attention, talk to them.
Dr. Eckman is the creator of FACS (Facial Action Cosing System).
Happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness are six basic emotions Dr. Eckman has classified. Then, associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example, your muscle obove your eyes raises your eyebrows when you're suprised and your muscles around your mouth tightnes your lips to show anger.
Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks facial movements, in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. The software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is campared againts a neutral face. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do.
They can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. To an expert, faces don't lie, these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.
According to Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muslces not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. If you make a happy face, it could possibly put you in a happier mood. The Facial Action Coding System should at least be tried out to see if it helps deal with students' emotions. | 3 |
d5530ac | Unmasking the Face on Mars is a good way to figure out how and why the face is there. People think it was a type of form of aliens but it wasn't it was put there for attention on the planet mars. NASA wants to hide the fact that they came up with the whole idea of putting attention on mars,and making the whole "research" fake and all a lie.
The face is a natural landform because it was there to draw attention to mars which it did. "The author's reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to mars which it certainly did". The face on Mars became a pop up icon. It starred in hollywood films, books,magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines. Evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars.
That's how the face and why the face showed up on mars. It was not any form of aliens. NASA wanted to bring attention to the planet mars,which they did by saying that the face was form of aliens. There was no type of aliens involved, but attention from public was given and all eyes was on NASA and the planet Mars. NASA tried to hide it and it seem as if it didn't work. | 2 |
d55811c | They call venus the "Evening Star" which sounds like a beautiful name for a planet but it's actually one of the most dangerous and hardest planet to discover that's closet to earth because of how the wheather over there could change in a constant flash and the temperture could go up to 800 degrees, NASA has been trying for over 3 decades to study Venus because NASA has been sending ships and shuttles to the planet but it would always be destroyed, and the author supports in studying Venus because the author could see that NASA could make a break through and get a ship to Venus and they have been trying for over 3 decades and he also supports that studying Venus is good because he wrote a article of what NASA has been doing and let people know facts about Venus.
Venus is earths next door planet neighbor which is cool but it's one planet that has almost has the same resliance shape and density wise and Venus is a planet
that has "almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets" that cover the whole planet basically and "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" and which it means that this is why NASA is having trouble reaching out to venus sending out a ship to go explore but it cannot survive the conditions and the constant pressure of Venus is 90 times greater than our planet and the planet could even go over 800 degrees Fahhrenheit which no human could survive that heat.
NASA has been having trouble trying to explore Venus not because of the distance but because of the conditions of Venus are over the charts no human or machine could survive for hours because they would either get burned of the 800 degrees of th planet or of the pressure that is 90 times of earths pressure but NASA has been trying to study Venus now for quite some time for over 3 decades now which is a long time but NASA has not given up because they have been batting to study because of the conditions Venus has and why does NASA want to study these hard condtions? maybe so us humans could be prepared for any crazy conditon weather or any climax that comes to earth or to help migrate to a new planet and see if us humans can go out and live in a whole new planet I would say NASA is doing a great job not giving up and still trying to figure out ways how to staudy the planet and get access to the inside and have ships explore the planet.
The author very well supports the idea of studying venus for many reasons like migrating to a new planet, new resources for earth, closest planet to earth, and because of the outstanding conditions Venus has and the author supports
NASA very much giving facts and detailed facts about how long NASA has been trying to study and explore Venus for quite some time and the author wrote a article about "The Challenges of Exploring Venus" stating facts and giving you his opinion about exploring Venus can do.
So this article has many facts about Venus becuase of the author very well supporting the idea of why we should still study Venus no matter the condition and which I also want to give a little bit of my opinion that I also agree with the author that we should still try to go study and explore the planet Venus and help support Venus. | 4 |
d5591f4 | Do you believe the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens?
I have done some research with NASA and have to say that it was not created by aliens and is just a natual landform. What looks like something made by aliens is just a natural landform on Mars that happens to look like a face. The formation on Mars is a natural landform. It was not created by aliens because photos show no other signs of civilization, improved photos show a natural landform, and if there was life that created it, NASA would have used that to their advantage.
Photos taken by NASA show no other objects or landforms created by aliens. The research stated that the digital image could discern things three times bigger than the pixel size. Garvin said, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This shows that if aliens did make the monument, there would have been some other proof or sign that they did it. Not only was this research helpful but so was the picture that showed it all.
The high def photo cameras showed that the believed alien monument was just a natural landform. Shadows were casted on the landform making it look like a face. The text says, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the America West." The landform was the same as any old natural landform found here on Earth. This shows how the "Face on Mars" is not alien created but If it was NASA would have said so.
If there was aliens that created this, than NASA would have told everyone and all media because it would be a benefit to them. There would be much money going to them if there was life on Mars. In the story, it says, "Meanwhile, Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." If NASA had found any evidence of life, they would have said, so they could get some money rolling in. This was a big fact that showed how aliens did not create the formation.
In conclusion, the natural formation was not made by aliens because photos showed no life of civilization, improved photos showed a natural landform, and if there was life NASA would have used that as a benefit for themselves. Photos did not find any evidence of life to show how conspiracy theorists would be right. If NASA found any sign of aliens they would have told. NASA will have to keep doing what they are doing and do more research. The "Face on Mars" is just another natural landform that we are used to. | 4 |
d55925e | Our solar system has always been something that humans can not fully comprhend; the concept of infinitety, space, and even other life forms. Through human curosity, we have made progression and answered many of our own questions about space, but we have yet to learn about the endevors of Venus, the ¨ Evening Star¨. Because of it's rough conditions, it has brought many challenges to scientist, but despite them all, many people believe that Venus is worthy the pursuit.
Venus has been know as the Earth's ¨twin¨ for many years. It has many harsh conditions such as the temperature, atmospheric pressure, and clouds that contain sulfuric acid. These are conditions that are far too extreme for any human to handle. According to the passage, ¨, such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our ocean and would liquefy many metals.¨( Paragraph 3). If such hard conditions, why would scientist even want to go to Venus? With powerful earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, and frequent lightning strikes, how would this benefit human science?
According to the author of ¨The Challenge of Exploring Venus¨, astronomers are facinated by Venus because at one point in time, it was probably the most similar planet to Earth. Scientist believe that Venus was once covered by large oceans that could have supported numerous life forms remensient to Earth. From the information we have gathered, Venus has similar surface features to Earth, such as valleys, craters, and mountians. The questions futher about future missions to Venus- how can astronomers construct a plan that will safely bring humans back home while receving worthy information?
NASA has been trying to solve this problem for a long time. They have found possible soultions such as making devices to have astronuts float above the planet or even upgrade old technology that could with stand these harmful conditions. The author of this passage gave other ways that they are trying to solve this problem. One way would be having some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that would be able to stand strong in Venus' environment. The author says that this would be a good subsitute for humans because not only has it lasted 3 weeks in chamber stimulations, but we can still gather useful information that scientist can use to make valid objections.
The world we live in is nothing compared to the universe that we live in. Humans have adapted to the earthly conditons that have surrounded us from the begging of time. As time has advanced, human's have advanced with it. Now that we have been able to go to space, we want to know about it all- even the harsh conditions and dangers of it all. The ¨Evening Star¨ is always something that astronomers will be curious about, but with the advancments that we can make from going to this planet, will all the dangers be worth the risk? | 4 |
d56cdfa | Dear State Senator,
I believe that the Electorial college should stay because without it the U.S. would get out of control with voting. We need the Electorial college for so many reasons. Some of the reasons are so that we can vote and keep all of congress and our President in order. We need this mainly for voting, sometimes I can admit that not everything this Electorial College does I agree with. But for the U.S. reasons for staying as one we need this more then ever so that we can vote and so that we can have president and all our different congress people too.
But like I said at the top that there are some cons to this agrument, if we should or shouldn't have the Electorial College. Some things that bring conflict to this whole process is that some peoples votes wont have effect in the voting for who becomes president next or not. All votes should count, because if they know that why should we even vote if some peoples don't count. It is like we want that president who ever it is at that time to win and no votes even matter. This part is disappointing in the last paragraph of the Article.
It says "...for example, or republicans in California. Knowing their vote will not have effect..." Going back to what I said up in my second Paragraph, everyone needs to have their vote count. Everyone deserves a chance to say who they want to runa certain part in the U.S. should and should'nt be. Hello? Remember freedom of Speech whatever happened to that.
If Congress keeps this up people can get mad and riot about that or do bad things to harm people or congress. We need everyones vote to count no mater what. We need everyone to have a choice or say in there votes because they are voting for that person because they think that they are best to run the country or a certain roll in congress. So it may seem really crazy to think we need this but we really do so that congress doesnt fall and then conflicts come. We need this to have everything in congress and the people of the U.S. to run corectly.
Thank you for going out of your time to read this Mr. State Senator.
Sincerally, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
d56d9f9 | The making of the FACS was not to good of an idea because what if somebody want's to be left alone and does'nt wan't you to know their emotains? It's kind of cool but eveybody is'nt the same this might affend people because your going into someones personal life now. It states that "Hold on! Can we actually "calculate" emotions like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?" That was a great statement because, i could smile in a picture but actually be hurting inside how can a computer tell that?
I don't think that this will help in schools, or the future. Why would we need FACS when you have your own mindset that can tell you how your feeling? Also friends can tell when one is up or down there are many ways to know the humans emotions without using a computer. I think it's just going into someones personal life without asking and thats never ok. There are many things that we need on Earth but, the creating of FACS is not one.
My introduction is respect others the way you want to be respected. | 2 |
d574f90 | Venus is the closet planet to earth in size and closet in distance too. Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner, so human's have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-daped world, But no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, Numerous factors contribute to Venus reputation as a challenging Planet for humans to study. Also Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any Planet in our solar sustem, The Planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. And sometimes Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. But the value of returing to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive well it's kinds hard to stay if a person can survive on Venus, Even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like Planet on our Solar System. | 1 |
d57a1f8 | The Seagoing Cowboys is an amazing program waiting to happen. I'm Luke and at first, I was unsure about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy, but now I'm sure I've made the right choice!
Many don't truely know what the Seagoing Cowboys is. During World War II, many animals were sick and had a scarce supply of food in Europe. The UNRRA decided that the needed a special position for horses and cows. That is the Seagoing Cowboys.
Some people may wonder about the experience and commitment of the Seagoing Cowboys. It is an outstanding experience for anyone! I get the daily benifit of seeing sights in Europe and China like the Acropolis in Greece. I've also rode a gondola in Venice, Italy! What else is on your bucket list? In addition, I've toured an excavated castle in Crete and saw the Panama Canal on my way to China!
Any sea lover or animal lover should become a Seagoing Cowboy. It took a few weeks to travel on the Atlantic Ocean from the east coast to get to China. I attended to the animals and feed them in the ships.
Many people think that being a Seagoing Cowboy is no fun, all work. You are wrong! We play activites like baseball and volleyball in empty areas. We always enjoy the competative nature of table-tennis, fencing, and boxing when we are off work. Any readers would love to join, as many Seagoing Cowboys love the places a story can take you. Games are a jolly part of any off day with the team. Also, the experience is even more exciting when you bring a friend. Sure, all of the Seagoing Cowboys are your family, but a friend makes the family even closer.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is one of the most rewarding things that has ever happened to me. I believe anyone should be a Seagoing Cowboy if they want. This experience made me get a better grasp on what other countries (and not to metion the animals) need. I hope that ou will be a Seagoing Cowboy because, it is "hays" (days) full of fun! | 3 |
d57c7b5 | Some people may think that it is a valuable thing to have an emotional regontion in a classroom but i dont think it is valuable because then you would be invading someones feelings and thatts not fair. I also think that just because we have all this new and improved technolgy shouldn't mean to use it.
One reason I say it woulldn't be important to to have a facial regontion in a class for students is because maybe the kid is angery or sad and if you find that out then talk to them about it it could bring up bad memories so the kid would eventualy just shut down and not talk at all.
Another reason is that you could trigger some built up anger and then they could cause a bunch of unneeded choas or potentiely they could judt have enough of the bull crap and take matters into their own hands and i'm just saying but it could also cause more school shootings and this point in the U.S we don't need that on our hands.
the final reason is that anymore technology is getting to out of hand in eyes like whatever happend to going outside and having fun instead sitting in frount of a screen play your life away to video games when we could do something to make this world a better place.
Thats why i say that we don't need a facial regonition system to read a kids emotions because it would be more of a big mess then it would be doing anygood. | 3 |
d57e683 | I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program. It is a program where you get to help people and travel the world.
If you like animals you get to help them. Animals such as horses, cows, and mules. You can feed them, and bring water for them, and most of all care for them. Cleaning out the animals stalls and putting food in their bales might be smelly but at least you are doing something to help.
You can also have fun. There are so many activities to do with your friends like baseball and volleyball gmes. There is also table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading,and whittling.
You would also get to travel around the world to different places to sight see. Examples of that are you could go to Greece seeing the Acopolis, Europe and China, and take a gondola ride in Italy.
This trip will make you realize and be aware of the people and counties and their needs. Your helping people meet their needs. The more people helping the less people struggleling to make a living in this world. Their are so many people that do not have breakfast to wake up to, or a warm bed to sleep in, or even toys to play with. That is why we need you.
These are reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program. There is so much you could do that it is a really amazing opportinity. To help animals, to help people, and traveling learning about different cutures, making new friends and having fun!! | 3 |
d586afa | Did you know venus surface,tempertures average over eight hundred degrees fahrenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is ninety times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
The author supports the idea that studying the planet venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because earth should not be limited by the dangers of exploring and expanding the human eye.
As the curiosity of the human's eye wanting to figure out what new discoverys they can go to and end up in.
The authors explanation of trying to make this challenge a reality and striving to see whats on the other side because human curiosity will likely lead us into many other explorations that are imagination can hold.
In the article of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" they state that atronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. In paragraph 4 their theory of venus was that it was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life'just like earth. Also showing that today venus has various features that are similar to earth like the rocky sediment,valleys,mountains,and even craters. furthermore explaining that our closest option to visiting another planet similar to earth would most likely be venus.
In the article of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the National Aeronaustics and Space Administration which is NASA is working on approaches of studying venus with electronics made of silicon carbide and have them tested in a chamber simualting the chaos of Venus's surface. In paragraph 7 they talk about how using old technolgy that was being used in World war two would be better to discover venus than using are previous technolgy because the shocking part about old technology was that they make calculations by using gears and levers and would not require any electricity. They also state that even if modern computars are enormously powerful,flexable,and quick they can not with stand the physical conditions of venus. Explaining the authors idea of them wanting to discover and expand their curosity and many more adventures that it can lead too.
The authors idea is explained threw out the article how astronomers and pioneers should continue to explore and continue to strive on thinking what's on the other side. As they show and represent that they are using there old technolgy to try to reach the impossable to make it possable but also using venus as a place if needed to be used as a nearest option for a planetary visit. This is what striving and hunger of human curiosity can lead us too an could lead human's to many more adventures. | 4 |
d5888bd | People get up everyday and most likely always have some place to go. They wonder how their going to get to their destination and the first thing that comes to mind is by car. They never seem to sit down and think," Do I really have to drive my car to get to where I need to be today?" If they sat down and thought these things out and found other ways to get to where they need to be without their car,they'll see how much it would help the environment around them. Not only for themselves but for other indivisuals as well.
Cutting down on driving could decrease much of the pollution that's being emitted into the air. Pollution is not only bad for the air but it causes other destruction too that can interfere with personal activity and property. In source 1 it says," Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. . . Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe. . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." By this ocurring it makes it harder for people to enjoy their surroundings.
Further more, limiting car usage deosn't only help with how the environment is affected but also by lowering the number of traffic. Traffic is one of the most hazardous thing a person can come in contact with. It can cause a horrible crash or even take someones life. To solve problems like that leave your car at home and either walk, jog, bike (ect) to where you need to be. In source 3 it says " . . . Millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of the capitol city eerily devoid of traffic jams." If it's possible, it would make more sence to just leave your car at home , it a benefit for you and others on the road. | 3 |
d58a5f4 | According to the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," in the near future there will be cars that don't need to be driven by people, but will be engineered to drive themselves. Evidence from the article shows, there are both positives and negatives to these cars being released and used by the public people. My opinion is that the development of these cars should stop, and that they will overall have a negative impact on the public and cause much more trouble than they are worth.
The first major concern of mine is the legalality of these cars. The article states that computer-driven cars are illegal to test in most states, so a person definitely couldn't ride in one in public. Only the states of California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, are allowed even limited use of semi-autonomous cars.
In order for these cars to even be released to the public, many states would have to change their laws and it would take a long period of time just to do that. There is also cameras placed in some of the driverless cars, and to me, that is complete invasion of privacy. I believe a person should be able to do whatever they want in their own car without having to worry about being watched.
Another down-side to computer-driven cars is liability issues if a car were to get into an accident. Would the driver be the one to blame, or would it be the manufacturer of the car? There is no man-made object that is fool-proof, so why would computer-driven cars be any different? These are only some of the questions that people will face if companies do release driverless cars to the public.
I am a firm believer than machines operated by people work much more efficiently than machines that operate themselves. I believe that cars are something that are meant to be driven by people, and if they try to operate themselves, many accidents and machine malfunctions will occur. There is already many malfunctions that occur in modern cars as it is. Also driving is meant to be an awesome experience for people new to driving, and if driver-less cars are developed future generations will be robbed of their chance to experience what driving is really like.
My opinion is that the development of these cars should stop for multiple reasons, and that they will overall have a negative impact on the public and cause much more trouble than they are worth. The development of these cars should stop, because a great amount of money and time is being put into something that I believe will negatively impact the public. The issues stated above are only some of the issues that people will have to face if driverless cars are released to the public, think of how many more issues could possibly arise from computer-driven cars being released to the public. | 4 |
d58ff18 | The electoral college has come too far. It is old, a disaster factor, unfair, and very irrational. Many of the arguments made to support the Electoral College are based on mostly assertions and not much on reality. (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer, paragraphs 9,10,11, and14.)
Under the electoral college system, us voters do not actually vote for the president. We vote for a slate of electors who then vote for the president. Although we do have a say in who votes for our president, most people prefer a more direct approach. In some cases, one being Al Gore's, the candidate can win the popularity vote, but only to lose it all in the electral college vote. If the candidate wins the majority vote, that clearly means many people want them in office. Which brings me back to the original point. Why have the electoral college vote for someone else when the masses are making it very clear who they prefer in office.
One of the best, consistent arguments made against the electoral college is something we might call the disaster factor. The 2000 election fiasco could have been much worst considering the type of system we have. The state legislatures are the ones responsible for picking electors, who can ,at any moment, go against the will of the people. Electors have even refused to vote for their party's candidate and vote for whomever they deem acceptable.
One of the riskiest situations that come with the electoral college are ties. When there is a tie, the case is taken over to the House of Representatives, where the each state delegation will vote for the president. Each state casts only one vote, which means one representative from Wyoming is representing 500,000 voter. This would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters. One person can choose the destiny of all those voters who don't get much of a say. Electoral ties are not as unlikely as they seem. In 1976, for example. a tie would have occurred if only 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted for the opposite party.
When you boil it down, the electoral college is downright unfair to voters. It is unfair, outdated, and in needs of improvement. We live in a country where everyone should have a voice, not just one person representing the voices of everyone. This is why we should rid of the electoral college. Voters know what they want and shouldn't have to rely on other people, who can swing their vote at any time, to make the decision which they consider right. | 4 |
d5945d1 | In my own opinion I think that it is a bad idea to explore the habitat and enviroment of venus because the conditions just seem to unbareable but the author do make some good points on why we should explore it a little more. One reason the author wants to pursuit exploring venus is becasue it's the second planet from the sun and really close to earth its often referred to as Earth "twin". Long ago like hundreds or even millions of years ago venus have beeen the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus have many and multiple things that are similar to earth for instance venus have rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters. I think the author have a good reason to keep studying venus it is earth like with all the similar features besided from the high carbon dioxide and extreme storms and weather temperatures.
Humans have sent numerouse spacecraft to land on venus but none have survived for more than a few hours. Every since then not a single spacecraft have touched down on venus since more than three decades. Venus have a thick atmosphere of almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide. Venus temperatures is really extreme the temperature average eight hundred degrees on a regular. The pressure and atmosphere is ninety times greater then earth's atmosphere.
Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closest to the sun. This reason being is because of the weather conditions venus have erupting like valcanoes powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes that hits the surface. These conditions are far extreme then anything on earth. The conditions on venus could crush a submarine accustomed for diving to the deepest parts of our ocean. But still NASA is trying to figure out a way to send scientist to venus so they can study the palnet more.
Scientist say that venus could have been covered in with largely oceans and had life forms on its planet similar to earth. they say this because venus still have some features that are analogous to thoes on earth. They say that sometimes venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Scientist is making a blimp like craft so that can float thirty miles above venus to study it better. Scientist wants to find out how much venus is like earth and trying to see if it csn somehow be habital in them extreme conditions.
The only problem with everything thats going is that being above and studing the planet give you limited insight on the ground to see whats going on. More importantly researchers cannot researchsample of rock, gas or anything else from that distance in the air. NASA is making electronic | 3 |
d596c5a | The "face on Mars" isnt even a real face, it's an illution. I know that because of thhe article. The article has some interesting things to say. Including that it's not a real human or any of that nonsense. I know that for a fact and here are some reasons that it's not a face.
First, over the years the face hasn't stayed looking the same and you can see that by looking at the pictures in the article. Mars isn't still it has winds and winter and summer. As said in paragraph ten, "a cloudless summer day in Cydonia." So, Mars is going to have land differences. Just like we have tectonic plates moving, winds, earthquakes, etc. That changes the surface of the land. So, Mars has the same.
Just like Earth's surface is changing everyday so is Mars.
Then, you can't just look at Mars and see the face immediatly. You have to be standing at the perfect angle. It says in paragraph 7, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Not only did the camera take a better featured picure but they also had to be at a specific angel. As said in paragraph 10, "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view." You have to be in a specific angle to see the "face." Just like when things look funny in a specific angle. Like how Italy looks like a boot to some people. So, it wasnt alien made it just has to do with the land moving or wind moving the dust into making it look like a face.
Finally, this has nothing to do with aliens or an ancient civilization doing it. It's just natural landform. Wind probably made this or the change in land but no ancient civilization. NASA only wanted Mars to get a little attention and to show people the wanders of the plant. | 3 |
d598a49 | "Unmasking the Face on Mars"
The article On the Face on Mars is very interesting, states facts,and some opinions. When the Viking 1 spacecraft was circling then planet Mars it was takikng photographs forl posiible landing sites for Viking 2 spacecraft. But when doing its job itk discovered something unusaul and different about the red planet. What the spacecraft dikscovered that was so
mysterious to NASA scientist was an enormous face structure neaerly two miles from end to end. Many of some people who work for NASA say it was just another Martian mesa that was common on Mars. Could this be a natural landform or a sign form of another life form.
But this stuctuer or landform had Shadows that made it look like an Eygyptian Phharoah. Days later NASA revealed the photograph and the caption read "huge rock formation...wich resembles a human head...formed by a shwdows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Others say that the face was built or made by another life form. But others are wrong, because there are many ways this landform couldve been built by natural land. Many reasons are stated in the article such as if in April it is winter on Mars then themweather couldve formed a natural land stucture. Another reason stated in the artcle by the writer would be the statement of how the face on Mars reminded him of the Middle Bitte in the Snake River Plain. | 2 |
d59dfb4 | When you want to do something new ,you go for it. That is what Luke did ,right. The Seagoing cowboy is when you or someone else that helps take care of the animals on a boat , while they are crossing oceans. That is kind of like joining the milatary or the army. You are basically risking your life for other people, some peope you probably don't even know. It can be a lifetime experience.
It also can be a huge opprtunity. Like Luke couldn't say no to for trying something new after he was done with school. He was also at a young age. Starting early. After you are done with trying something new, you will realise that you have done something wonderful.
While you are working , you also realise that you are having fun while doing it. You could be working hard and having fun at the same time . Some people think ,if you do something that can take your life, isn't fun. I'm just saying if you like to do something then work hard to acomplish it.
And I'm not just saying that you have to do that ,but once you do it, you could have fun by doing it. Just like Luke did. Before finishing school , you should make plans for what you want to do. Dont wait to the last minute to think. Making differences is a good thing, not a bad thing. It seemed like Luke didn't know what Seagoing was, but it was something new so he went on and did it.
Seagoing can also give you a opprtunity to have fun with animals , if you like them. Luke grew up in farms, so I guess he liked them. He was prepared to work that job. I wouldn't want to do that, because I'm not a big fan about animals. But you like animals, you should try being a Seagoing Cowboy or Cowgirl. | 3 |
d59e167 | Presidential elections provides the United States of America with an opprotunity of unification. The process of choosing the next leader of the United States always brings the people of the country together knowing that all of them play a role in the election. This is present in the popular vote, a vote consisting of the general population. However, the popular vote is not always accurate, as anyone of any background can vote as long as they hold proper citzenship. The electoral college on the other hand, is a process that serves as a compromise between Congress and the rest of America. The fact of the matter is, the electoral college is beneficial to the presidential election because it unifies Congress and the people of America, and is part of the country's roots.
To begin with, the electoral college, more than anything, unifies the people. The electors were once, as everyone in the nation is, an average citizen. According to Bradford Plumer the electors chosen, "...depend on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves." On top of that Bradford indentifies the electors as, "...anyone not holding a public office.". Bradford Plumer illustrates better than anyone that the electors chosen are average citizens who think the same as the rest of the general population while still keeping in mind that Congress must also be represented. Knowing this, the working-class people of America, and Congress can rest easy knowing that the electoral college process will make the decision that is best for the nation as a whole. This decision making, whether directly or indirectly, unifies the country. In 2012 more than three-fourths of the nation tuned in to watch the presidential election; in the end being one of the most watched televised elections in the country's history. This number includes Congressmen. This shows that the decision making process of the electoral college brings all the people of the nation together to decide on the choosing of the coutries next leader.
The general population, though average citizens, are somtimes not as qualified as Congress to make unbiased, beneficial decisions on behalf of the rest of the country. However, knowing that the next President could be a part of Congress, sometimes sways the decision in favor of a particular candidate. In this paradox of the qualification of Congress and the average citizen, the electoral college is used to fill the void. The electoral college has been used since the founding of the country. The founding fathers of America (George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc.)must have developed the electoral college process for some reason. According to the Office of the Federal Register, "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." More than anything the electoral college is a mutual and nuetral process that represents something inbetween the biased politics of Congress and the average citizen. The average working class person is the greatest example of American integrity. This person shows that in this great nation, if you set a goal and are willing to work to acheive that goal, it can be acheived. Why strip this moral that has represented the United States of America since its first years?
While there have been a few flaws in the electoral college throughout history, this decision making process still unifies the people of America and is still, most importantly, part of its roots. More than anything, the electoral college process represents the two sides of the country: Congress and the average working class citizen. So, rest easy knowing that the next election, there is a process between Congress and average working citizens that works to make the decision that is best for the people of this great nation, the United States of America. | 4 |
d59e18f | Driverless cars would be a huge problem honestly. if they crash who will pay for the damages done? they also wouldnt be cheap to build.
First off they would be dangerous, because we already have drivers that go above the speed limit. now if we had driverless cars and this person could some how go really fast and he isnt paying attention to the road there will be a car crash. another thing some people still text while driving so their eyes wont be on the road it will be on their phone and then an accident could happen.
Building these driverless cars will obviously take alot of money to build cause of all the extra parts that will be need to keep them on the road. they would also be sold at a really high price as well because who wouldnt want a car that could drive on its own.
Humans would be more efficent at driving then the car driving alone. maybe the censor that keeps the car on the road goes out or anything could happen to the technoolgy in the car that is keeping the car going could mess up and result in a accident.
Who would be paying for the accidents? if
the car doesnt require a driver and its going along its way and it hits another car who's fault would it be? Who would have to pay for the damages done? the goverment wouldnt pay for it because they would eventually go broke from all the accidents they have to pay for. | 2 |
d5a1bcc | Dear Senator of Florida,
Electoral Colleges are big parts in the presidential elections, but I don't think we should use them anymore, I think we should elect our president by popular vote.
Why should Electoral Colleges not be used anymore? They should'nt be used anymore because as it states in paragraph 10, source 2 that " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Meaning that who you vote for goes through the system and then if all the electors felt like you did the electors would give the votes towards that candidate. But if they didnt feel the same way as the majority of the voters than maybe another candidate would end up with more electoral votes.
Another example is the 2000 elections, Al Gore recieved more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, recieving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266, it says in source number 2. If the majority of people vote for one person, why does another become President? It doesnt seem fair to me, if the people vote for what they want they should get what they asked for.
In the diagram in source 3, it shows the amount of votes each state gets if you look at the difference in the numbers you can see why this is not fair. For example Rhode Island has only 1 vote but California has 55, if the whole state of Rhode Island votes for the same candidate and only 51% of California votes for a Candidate, who do you think the upper hand willgo for? Oh yeah! California's vote. And that goes for a lot of states, half of the country can vote for the same president but they have a small amount of votes and California has 55! Its not fair at all.
So to finish this argument I ask for a change, I think when electing our President it should be by PO | 4 |
d5a2731 | Dear State Senator,
I think we should keep the way we elect our President because we have for been doing this for so long this why would we change it if it's already perfect? And mostly because if we were to change it then the most of the former US Presidents would'nt even be President because of there rivals? actually had most votes, for instance in the 2000 U.S. President race , Al Gore received more individual votes then George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266, so you see? Bush was'nt the best but he was the closest thing to it, imagine how the U.S. would be if someone else was President before. Would it be the same? Better? Worse? We will never know because we cant see things that never happened. And isnt the Electoral College a lot eaiser then an election by the popluar vote? So why change it now? We have been doing it this way for over 50 years and we never had a mistake, well not a big one at the very least. | 2 |
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