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2f46e1d | About twenty-five years ago, something happened around Mars. NASA, snapped photos of the object. On Mars, there is a face printed on the plant. People think it was created by aliens. NASA said it was created on it's own. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa. Those are common around Cydonia. A couple of days later NASA saw a nose, eyes, and a mouth. Everyone belived it to be a face of an alien, but NASA said it's just a face on Mars.
The face on Mars has become a popular icon. It has starred in Hollywood films, appeared in books, magazines and more! Some people think the face is "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acient civilization on Mars. The face, is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98.
Mission controllers prepared to look again. Mars Global Surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the plant like a fax machine. Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site. The pictures were revealing a natural landform. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, com[ared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo.
"As a rule of thumb, you can discern thinkgs in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size". In egyptia-style prramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were! There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Proupulsion Lab when the face apperared on their moniters. NASA, a few days later, unveiled the image for all to see. The authors thought it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa. Landforms common around American West. People say thst it's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. | 3 |
2f4bcb2 | Is the use of technology to read emotional expressions in the classroom valuable? Maybe. In paragraph 6 of Making Mona Lisa smile by Nick D'alto, there is reason to believe that reading the emotions of students can help focus on what students want to do, or what they enjoy in the classroom. Which will ultimately help them learn better if they're learning what they like. Artificial emotion reading is a new technology developed by Thomas Huang in the Advanced science branch at the University of Illinois, and has reached word of many schools, who are ready to fully endorse it as a form of reading the emotions students feel, to help adapt the way they are taught into a more fun and interesting way.
However, there is one clear down set to this idea, and thats that if kids need to be facially monitered to know if they enjoy the class or not, then it's probably the teachers fault. Yes reading emotions would be a cool feature to add to know if students are enjoying what they are learning, but it will probably be an expensive technology to purchase. Furtherly noted, also stated in Making Mona Lisa Smile, we don't completely communicate with each other through words, so it wouldn't exactly be an impossible thing for teachers to realize if they're being boring if they pay attention to how the students are reacting to what they are teaching. It just seems as though it is an unnecessary piece of technology that many want entered into the classroom setting.
All in all there are pros and cons to moving this piece of artificial intelligence into classrooms. Some pros would be; The ability to know how students are reacting to what they are learning, and it would help to focus on what motivates kids to do there school work. However, a few cons would be; Its not cheap, and you most likely don't need it in the classroom. Lastly, there could defenitely be legal trouble with parents not wanting there children monitored throughout the day via their mobile school device. Artifical Emotion reading is a cool idea, but honestly, not very practical, and not exactly necessary. | 3 |
2f4c5e7 | After I read the passage I think Luke really wanted to do something good for the world or in other words, help others in need. If Luke wanted to tell someone to join the Seagoing Cowboys then he would want to in include the feeling he felt after seeing how much better people started doing after they helped them. He would probibaly also include that when they were done transporting the animals they got to go sight seeing and he would tell the person he ws trying to convince to join the Seagoing Cowboys that he got to go to/see Europe and China, he got to see Acropolis in Greece, he also would say he got to take a gondola ride in Vinice, Italy, with streets of water, and he also got to tour an excacated castle in Crete. I think Luke would have a great attitude and he would want more people to meet. Luke was very good at seeing hope for everything and he had good reasons on why someone should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
2f5cf60 | Welcome my name is Luke, and I am here to tell you all to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I myself participated in this a few years back. When I graduated high school a friend of mine invited me to go to Europe on a cattleboat. Of course there are some advantages and disadvantages but, there are mostly advantages. If you have not already participated in it here are some reasons why you should.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is a chance of a lifetime you will get to be in places like Italy, China, and Europe. You will be able to go sightseeing. As I remember I went to tour an excavated castle in Crete, I marvled at the Panama Canal, I saw the Acropolis in Greece which was special to me, and so was taking a gongola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. You will also be helping a lot of people and you can't be drafted by the military because it counts as a service. On August fourteenth we arrived we got the seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. On the way back we got to play baseball and volleyball and other games where the horses used to be. The dangers part is falling off the boat. In fact I almost fell off a boat but then I cracked my ribs. Also the job involves hard work.
Please join the Seagoing Cowboys It is a good program and you will help many people. Thank-you for reading. | 2 |
2f5ef45 | The author supports this idea by giving information about Venus and it's pros and cons. The author starts off with comparing Venus to Earth and how they are similiar. They think that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because, it may have been the most Earth like planet in the solar system. In paragraph 4 it says "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth". Also Venus is not that far from Earth.
On the other hand, there are still dangerous thing that can happen from trying to study venus. There is a 97 percent carbon dioxide atmosphere that covers Venus, and it also has sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. Furthermore, Venus is the hottest temperature in the solar system. The author still feel as if with all of these dangers scientist will be able to work around it to study Venus.
The author supports the idea of studying venus because they feel as if studies should not be limited by dangers and doubts. That beacuse humans are so curious we should keep looking for insight and trying to meet the challenge that is handed to us. in conclusion, our travels on Earth should be expanded because it could ineviblity lead us to something big. | 3 |
2f6584c | I think,that the electoral college should I will tell you right now. The electoral college helps us to avoid problems. So If there is no electoral college we will have problems and I dont want that in our country. You may be thinking what do i mean by i dont want that in our country what I mean by that is that if there is problems I dont want that in our country cause are country is already free so I dont want it to have problems. And then if the United States fight it would not be free so think about that.
Knowing their vote will not effect they will have less time to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. By the way plurality means that when a candidate receive more votes than other candidates while not receiving a clear majority of votes. I think without plurality we would not have a president. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. You have to be 18 to vote in a election to choose your president.
The electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that larges states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. The popular vote was very close in florida. Nevertheless obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. So, other thing equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does. So in other words a big state gets more votes than a small state does. From all these i typed i think i want the electoral college to stay were it is as in today. | 2 |
2f73d77 | Luke Bomberger worked a two part-time job in a grocery store. He also worked in a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke said yes because it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
World War 2 was over in Europe which left many countries in ruins. To help recover everything 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys. Luke and Don decided to sign up to help take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
In August 1945 Luke and Don recieved their orders to report to New Orleans. They arrived August 14 the day the Pacific war ended. Don and Luke boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece. The SS Charles had a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.
It also took Luke about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke was busy all the time while crossing because he had to take care of the animals. The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Stalls also had to be cleaned.
On Lukes second trip he served as niht watchman. Luke's job was to check on all the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Luke's heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide, keeping him from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic. Luke was happy to be alive, but coudn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs.
Luke is trying to convince others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program becasuse he wants others to help out recover other countries food supplies, animals, and more stuff that they have lost during the Wars. Luke wants everyone to be a part of helping others because without any help nothing is possibe.
Luke wants you to go through helping others and taking care of animals like how he did. Like when Luke got on the SS Charles W. Wooster when he was headed to Greece because the Pacific war had ended and everything was ruined or destroyed. He had a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. That is hard work. He had to stay up as watchman to take care of the animals and report to the captain. Luke got hurt but after the accident he began to help again. Luke want you to work as hard as him to save the world. Wars can cause a buch of damage to countries so try to help them out. Participate in the program to help ou like my friend Don and I. | 2 |
2f76f40 | Today I am going to argue if there should be a facial action coding in a sudents classroom. In my opinion there shouldn't be a facial action coding because they may seem happy but they might not actually be happy. There are many things wrong with this idea. Maybe your having a bad day but still pretend to be happy and then go to the machine says your happy when your really not. How do they know what a happy, sad, angry face looks like anyways. Everyone has a different way of expressing theirselves. Some people may look say but be happy look happy but be mad but there are many ways you can feel but not look like that emotion. Students also may not like it because some kids like to keep their emotions to themselves. They say it can read all the muscles in the facce but how will they know you are not faking it at all. a lot of machines can malfunction in multiple ways good or bad mostly bad. What happens if it's reading your face and it acidenally blows up what are you supposed to do? They say if you make yourself smile you will soon actually be happy I don't think that is the case. If you smile yeah you look happy but are you actually happy on the inside I don't think so. Overall in my opinion students should not use the Facial Action Coding system because you can't let a machine tell you how you feel because only you know how you feel on the inside or outside. | 3 |
2f7eae5 | Dear State Senator,
I think we should change our voting system. Electoral College has it's flaws. We know it's the traditional voting system. It has some unfair advantages. Allow me to explain and convice you to changing our voting system.
Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn elect the president. The electors could be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors will depend on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central commitee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Voters can't always control whom thier electors vote for. Voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people. Oh, and what if a state sends two slates of electors to Congress? It happened in Hawaii in 1960.
Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfairto voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend much time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states.
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.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
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"What are some advantages of limiting car usage?" You want to know some advantages right? Well there are some advanages like losing stress,relaxing,and helping the envoriment. Bet you didnt know that! but im going to explain to you why know because your probely curious why?
Want to know an of advantage of limiting car usage? Well heres one, as said in source number 3 paragraph 24 "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution, said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with hus wife." It says that when not usuing a car you can loose stress just by riding a bike because its less traffic and stuff. So when you dont use a car you can loose stress.
But thats not just the only advantage, theres more! another advantage is that it can make you relax as well because then you would be able to spend more "family" time and some "you" time because you wont have to worry about going to places if you cant use your car. Ands thats relaxing because theres nothing better to then to be with your family having fun relaxing.
But that not it! the most advange to this topic is that your helping the envoriment! why you may ask? well like as said in source 3 paragraph 24 " Its a good opportunity to take away lower air pollution" thats some evidence i found because has Carlos Arturo Plaza was riding his bike thats what he said. So he said bascilly that when you use a car your polluting the environment but when you done use a car then not polluting th environment is a advange. So therefore helping your environment is a advange to this topic, and the most important one!
So you wanted to know some advangaes tolimiting car usage? Well you got your answer. i had give 3 reasons to you have some advanages for limiting car usage. As loosing stress,relaxing,and helping the enviroment, these are some great atvanges but theres many more. I just didnt want to list more because i though i would bored you to death! | 3 |
2f82ef0 | If you go to space and see a red planet called Cydonia you'll see a face looking right back at you. Several human think that the face was created by aliens. The "Face on Mars" is not created by aliens.
The "Face on Mars" is really a Martian mesa. The text says "Scientists figured it was just another Martin mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had shadows the made it look like an Egypitian Pharaoh. On ARPRIL 5, 1998 Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture of the face and web sufers waited for the image to appear on the JPL webiste and they revealed a natural landorm This means there were no aliens. The text states "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first apperread on the JPL web site , reavealing... a natural landform. There was no alien moument after all."
The "Face on Mars" is not created by aliens. Micheal Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera discorverd this by taking a sharp picture and putting it on a web site. The face is a natural landform. | 1 |
2fa5ce8 | The new invention of driveless cars have been advancing and progressing. Slowly starting to be more frequently progessing in the 21st century. Some in small ways and others in bigger ways. But with progession there are also lead to negative aspects of driveless cars. Switching to driveless cars would result in illegal situations and controvoursy with other states, multiple manufacturing errors, and cause more accidents than a regular car.
The first way driveless cars would cause negatively is with other states limiting if driveles cars were even allowed or prohibited. For example, in the excerpt it states, "As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars; California, Nevada, Flordia, and District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars." So if most states prohibit to test computer-driven cars what would make the state to even allow them driven. Allowing the cars to be driven would breaking a law they made and state makers woud have to make a whole new law regarding the old one. This would have a lot of people upset not only in just that state but around that state and prohibiting tourists to visit their state.
Another way how driveless cars would negatively impact is having multiple manufacturing errors during the process of making driveless cars. As technology advances there are lots of errors that can occur during the process which can cost even more money to fix. For example the author states this in the the eighth paragraph, "Some manufactures hope to do that bringing in-car entertainment and information sysytems that use heads-up displays." Even though having an entertaining system in your car would be nice the price to fix in cause of an issue with it not working can cost alot more. Errors happening in the car as well can have you frustrated and make your bank broke.
The final and last reason we should be able to have driveless cars are because of the causing of more accidents. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." Sure this is what the car can do but there is also a possibilty the driver will not be alerted in time. Say an accident has just occured right in front of yourself in just a matter of thirty seconds and your car does not notify yourslef fast enough because it literally just happen. Now the sitiuation a person might question is the car isn't smart enough because it couldn't identify the accident in only a matter of thirty seconds.
In conclusion, driveless cars should not become more popular of our society today because of the negative aspects of them. The first reason is because of the allowing and prohibiting of states that would and wouldn't and the laws regarding to the driveless cars. Second reason is because of the multiple manufacturing errors that would occur frequently and the cost to repair it. Fianlly, the issue of the causing of accidents due to the alert of notifing the driver not quick enough. Driveless cars would not benifit society they could potentially destroy it. | 4 |
2fa5e2a | Have you ever thought the "Face on Mars" might be made by something extraterstrial? Well I'm here to prove to you its not.
Here are my three examples that prove that its just a mesa. First there are mesas on Earth and in pictures fom Mars theres a lot. Second NASA took pictures of the mesa in 2001 and used "high resolution images and 3D altimetry" to show what it really looks like, and it doesnt look like a face. Lastly it would be beneficial to NASA for them to say its aliens.
One reason why it's just a mesa is, theres lots of mesas on Earth and Mars. An example of this would be "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho". This is why its not a face but just a mesa.
Secondly NASA re-took photos of the "face". In the picture its a lot clearer then the one took in 1976. They did this by using "New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry" to clear the picture up. This is another reason why its not a alien made object but a mesa.
Lastly it would be beneficial for NASA to say that it was aliens. it would beneficial to them because people would be giving more money to them to try and find the aliens. this is yet another reason why it's not aliens.
To conclude these are the reasons why its not aliens. NASA would get more funding if they said it was aliens. They took a clearer picture of it in 2001 and it proved it wasnt a face. Lastly we have lots of mesas on Earth and someone siad theyd seen one like The Face on Mars by a river in Idaho. | 3 |
2fa6216 | Imagine a world where people have lost all desire to do things for themselves. With these new driverless cars approaching, our world could end up like that. Although the idea of a driverless car may seem great, it could also be very dangerous. Development of these cars is not the best idea because people will become too dependent on them and technology is bound to have some sort of issues at some point.
Having a car that drives people around all the time seems like a great idea, but the reality of it isn't so great. If people get these driverless cars then they will become dependent of them. Having these cars throughout generations would mean at some point, no one will even have to know how to drive. That could be very dangerous if a car malfunctions. What can a person who doesn't know how to drive do if their self-driving car stops working?
At some point, technology is bound to malfunction. Even the passage mentions that there is a possibility that the technology could fail. If it does, who would be to blame? Could you blame the driver for not knowing how to drive? Or could you blame the manufacturer for making the faulty vehicle? Someone could seriously get hurt. The possibility of it all makes this "dream car" sound even more dangerous than it already does.
The idea of a driverless car seems too good to be true. With something that seems that amazing, there must be some downfalls. In order to prevent some of those downfalls, such as people becoming extremely dependent on the cars and the possibility of the cars' technology failing, people shouldn't continue with this development. The stage they have the driverless cars at currently is a perfect stage. A human should always be in the car and alert in case of an emergency. | 3 |
2faa342 | Have you ever wanted to know if you can tell if someone is forcing a smile or a real smile? I agree with the value of using this technology to read student's emotional expressions. By using this technology you can tell how your friends, parents, and even teachers are feeling.
To begin with, You wake up for school and your mom is already making breakfast for you, but you dont know how she was feeling. When you come in the room she would erase "that" expression and greet you with a smile like usual. Didnt you wish you could tell how she was feeling and do something to make her feel better? With the FACS you can. 60 percent tired, 25 percent happy, 10 percent sad, and 5 percent angry. So you hug her and tell her to go back to sleep, then you go to school.
In the meantime, you arrive at school and meet up with your friends, but you could tell that one of them isnt as "energized" as usual. You would ask them whats wrong and they would probably say "nothing" and force a smile. You know that they arent feeling great but you dont want to nag them as well. So then you would use FACS. 90 percent depressed, 2 percent happy, 5 percent tired, and 3 percent angry. You can then calculate that they are depressed because of family problem or school.
Last but not least, according to the article "we humans perform this same impressive calculation every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". Using the technology of FACS can help you "calculate" your friend or parent feeling.
Inconclusion, FACS is a technology that allows you to read people feelings and mood. What if your friend is feeling depressed and dont want to live anymore? With FACS you can help them and prevent suicide. FACS can help you "calculate" your friend or parent feeling. | 4 |
2fac54b | I beleive that we should just stay with the voting we have. Because many people are used to that way of voting. I trully think we need to just stay the way we areif we do the other way of voting people will just stop voting all togethar. and all the hard work of the electors will be for nothing.
If you were in charge of the voting procces would you changa it? If I was I wouldint do a thing. to many people just would hate the goverment for what they have done if they change it. My parents for one thing are some of those people.
if we were to change the way we vote. Many people would be lost because the government would just wont explain the new voting way. Just how many people do you think would agree with me? too many people wont be able to feel like there voting if this new way of voting is passed.
Just how would you feel if you had to do something you do every day differantlly this year? I would feel so weird if I did something differant. Every doesnt like change that much. I would hate anyone that would change something i do every year. | 2 |
2fb3ec0 | The Electoral College is a process which is between a election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the popular vote of qualified citizens. Why do we need the Electoral College? We need the Electoral College to see what the people want in their opinion. Also, we need it for the problems the Electoral College avoids us from, such as each candidate doesn't recieve a majority of the votes cast.
The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, that wouldn't be fair. The people of the smaller states fell that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no sense of caring for their interests,like he really isn't their president. The bigger states, such as Texas, restores some of the weight in the political balance that larger states lose. So, as we can see a larger state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a smaller state would.
Next, the Electoral College avoids us from things in many ways. For example, Nixon in 68' and Clinton in 92' both had a 43 percent chance plurality of popular votes, while winning a majority of the Electoral College. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. Which means that pressure, which would greatly confuse the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which clearly states the winner. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president could turn off potential voters that has no hope for carrying their state. So the Electoral College greatly avoids run-off elections.
Therefore, we shall keep the Electoral College in favor for why we need to have it, and how it helps us avoid big situations. So please, let us keep the Electoral College as it helps our country throough political situations and for how it helps us. | 3 |
2fb426c | I think the author supports the idea well because i would think it would be dangerous going to see venus , but that is just on what i read in this passasge. Some evidence that i saw in this passage of how Venus would be dangerous is that 97% of venus is covered in carbon dioxcide and it ca melt a submarine that goes in our deepest oceans. Also every other spacecraft that landed on Venus only survied a couple of hours.
My conclusion is that as much as us humans try to get up and personal with Venus it will never happend because of how dangerous it is.
An explantion of the evidence is that Venus is to risky for astroughnaughts to study it. Really the only I say this that Venuses surface is the hottest out of all the planets. Venuses surface tempature averages 800 degress Fahrenheit. Alson the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we are used to here on Earth. | 2 |
2fb6d78 | My name is Luke and I'm going to tell you a couple reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys progam. It allows you to go to different places around the world. For example, you could go to Greece and see the Acropolis. I turned 18 before we arrived at Greece, which ment I could be drafted for military service. They told me to just keep working on the cattle boat, and that would count as my service.
Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program means you also get to work with animals. Some of the animals you get to work with are horses, young cows, and mules. It can take a while to get to our destination. It took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States, and a month to get to China!
The Seagoing Cowboys program can be very fun. Sometimes, the cowboys play games, such as, baseball, volleyball, and table tennis. Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be fun, but it can be dangerous at times. On my second trip across the Atlantic Ocean as a cowboy, I was a night watchman. I was supposed to check on the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making my hourly report, I slipped down a ladder. My feet shot toward an opening on the side of the ship.
If there wasn't a strip of metal that caught my side, I wouldn't be here today. I couldn't work for a while because i broke a few ribs. I thought that was fine, because I was still alive. I'm very grateful for the opporrtunity, because it made me aware of people in other countries and their needs. Its a wonderful expierence helping someone in need. See their face light up when you help them makes you feel amazing. I'm proud to be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 3 |
2fbed21 | Envision the future, the inventions and innovations you will encounter in your life, the wonders and achievements of a modernized world. This is what Google, Tesla, Audi, Nissan, BMW, General Motors, and Prius envision for their world in the future. Technology. The idea to build something virtually impossible: a driverless car. The driverless car would revolutionize the auto industry and our world as a whole. One must factor the hazards associated with these cars before this autonomous invention hits the streets. Should researchers pursue the development of these cars? The clear answer ought to be no, for there are too many dangers associated with it, we don't have the proper technology to do it, and it's unlawful.
What exactly makes these cars so....dangerous? After all, as an article states, these cars "would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus" (Driverless Cars Are Coming 1). Roads would be safer, and driving while intoxicated or distracted would no longer be an issue. Also, as through now, Google's cars have driven more than 500,000 miles without a crash so far. The thing with these cars is that these cars aren't entirely autonomous. They "still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues" (Driverless Cars are Coming 1). The car may be capable enough to "steer, accelerate, and brake themselves" (Driverless cars are Coming 1), maybe maneuver itself around a U-turn, but will it be able to navigate itself around sinkholes, avoid black ice, stay in the proper designated lane, drive around traffic cones or accident-sites, or parallel park? Can it detect road signs, signal lights, stay within the speed limit, and stay within other common driving regulations? So far, there has yet to be a car with these features, and although some cars may be able to do some of the above, none have been properly executed without a
human-driver's assistance. Riding in a driverless, autonomous car in these conditions would be too dangerous of a risk to take, and if one rode a car with a human driver in it, less safety hazards would be posed. Autonomous cars are simply too dangerous to drive in hazardous road conditions.
Technology. One word that sparks excitement and creativity within every human being. The question is, though, do we have the techonology to have a driverless car? Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounter near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor (Driverless Cars are Coming). Also, most cars use speed sensors with the creation of antilock breaks. Also, if even one of these systems break, how would it affect the to-ing and fro-ing of the car? With all that, do these cars have enough technology to mimic the consciousness of a human driver? The answer is no, because, as of yet, there have been no successful autonomous driving tests executed without a human driver there to monitor and drive when conditions became hazardous. We don't have the technology to mimic the human brain, it's simply impossible! We don't have the technology to pursue the development of an autonomous car, and therefore we must halt the development of such dangerous cars.
Lastly, these cars would be unlawful in many ways. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers" (Driverless Cars are Coming 1). As stated in the previous paragraph, would cars be able to detect road signs, maintain speed limits, detect signal lights, etc. without human assistance? Also, what if traffic was directed by a crossing officer, would the car be able to obey and follow the crossing officer's motions? Pull over when a police officer is in pursuit? As of yet, driverless cars are capable of none of the above without human assistance. Also, it's "illegal in many states to even test computer driven cars" (Driverless Cars are Coming) because of the safety risks associated with it. Also, if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the passenger who was in the car or the manufacturer? Too many legal issues arise when it comes to autonomous cars, therefore terminating all development with driverless cars ought to be the proper thing to do.
In conclusion, autonomous cars are too dangerous, too technologically disadvanced, and not legal to develop. It's wrong to pursue this development, and therefore must be stopped. | 4 |
2fc7982 | google cars is not driveless you still got take over when pulling in & out the driveway.Companies making computer cars isnt safe because if you car shut down while you driving you can crash or run in to something.Computer can shut down anytime.What if it rain it can mess up your car.If you put sensors on your car can get dangers or out of control skids or rollovers.Sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine you can mess the car up like that & have a crash.the driver will have to take if the requires dnt work but what if you dnt know then you have a horrible crash.Only one car tell you when to take over the other cars dont.If the car is watching the drive you can have a accident.Displays can turn off while the cars is driving & you can be on the phone.Then the next minutes you in a accident.automakers still working on the assumption thats a probblem right there. | 1 |
2fcb0d2 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author recommends that studying Venus is worthy pursit, but it presents dangers. Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system which means it's almost like Earth due to the density,size,and close in distance. Who wouldn't want to study and discover a planet that is like Earth, but the affects to it can be bad.
The author supports the idea of studying Venus by giving information about how the planet Earth's twin due to the similarties stated in paragraph one and huamns have sent spacecrafts to land in Venus. In paragraph 2 it states "Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This means it's hard for humans to study because it can be dangerous. In paragraph 3 of the passage it says 97 percent is carbon dioxide, harder are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in atmosphere, surface tempertature is more than 800 degress Fahrenheit, and 90 times greater of the atmospheric pressure in than Earth. This shows how Venus is way more extreme and humans wouldn't handle it. NASA have worked on solutions to makimg a mission safe and scientifically productive. Floating above the fray would allow scientist to study Venus the author used an example of a blimp-like vehicle. With that idea they would avoid ground conditions that are not good and having distance from the surface temperature would be less and air pressure which would be save for humans to survive. From the condition of Venus as stated in paragraph 6 they cannot photograph or videograph, or take any objects like gas and rocks because of personal despite the risks. The last support the author gives is NASA is working on technology so it can last long through the process of studying. One example is using modern computers "computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick. Mechanical parts can be more useable to pressure,heat, and other conditions.
Studying Venus would let know a lot of things that we don't already know and the value. Despite all the challenges there could be death and it could be a waste of material, but it will let many equally endeavors and the curiosityb of knowing Venus. It would be a great way to learn and find out about the planet. | 3 |
2fd49c6 | i dont relly see a use for that i mean what whoul you use it for if kids are mad its not thats hard to see if there mad or not why would we need an computer to do it for us when we can do it ourselfs and i dont know how much money it would cost but i imagan it would be a lot and for what telling us if a kid is mad i understand for reserch pouposis but not for really anything diffrent. now that i read the passage even further now i see some more use of the computer for kids that do not want to ask for help and they just sit there all confused and dont do anything about it the teacher can go up to them and ask if they need help maby in like a big collage becuse i dont think school computors could handle it like they say in the passage our computors at home could not handle the complex agrithomes and i dont think a lot of schools have the money to do that | 2 |
2fd5695 | dear mister senator, of course because this is america (and because were idiots) we have a problem. no not taxes,no not jobs or health care. its the president,how we elect the president that is. the electoral college that is. it changes the way we elect our president,and a lot of people don't like that,me being one,and i think we need to just have a straight forward election.
of course you know the electoral college is a bunch of representitives from every state tha have a president in mind when they go to vote in the meeting of the electors. it basically mean your not voting for the president directly,your voting for the electoral to (hopefully) vote for your canidate that you supposedlly "voted" for. this system is wrong because it is unfair to those who vote for the other president,but still suceceed in helping the electoral college vote for whatever president they feel like voting for at the time.
this is why i think we should ban it becuase it isn't the fairest (or smartest) way to handle the goverment. yeah,it is a idea created by the "great" founding fathers. and yeah,it is a conveinent way sort and group people like a "who's with who" method.
but there are a few things that can be problematic like i don't know say bribery from the president to the electoral college,i mean come on it's not like that hasn't happened before,like the whole nixon thing,and Kennedy pretty much cheated on his wife with Marlyn Monroe. but,this can be stopped just with a simple petition to get rid of or change the electoral college. then,this could stop some presidents before agreed with me like Jimmy Carter,Bob Dole, and groups like the U.S Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO according to source 2. Al Gore didn't win because of the electoral college,even though he won the popular vote! yeah it was created by the founding fathers,and we should respect there great legacy,but that was then and this is now. this is coming from the guy who faught for independence and peace...but had over 200 slaves himself,yeah not much of a hero. 60% of voters prefer a direct election over a electoral college according to source 2.
please mister senator,please make the right choice and choose to abolish the electoral college because it is unfair and calls for curuption. the information will tell that more voters will be happier with a direct election than a electoral college,isn't that what you want? whats's best for the people? it can be changed if you choose to ban it. they may have been the founding fathers in the past...but who are the fathers of today? be the new founding father mister senator. | 3 |
2fd5e11 | I will be taking about the Unmasking the Face on
Mars. I believe that the aliens did not find the face on mars. I say people found it on mars.
Mars is now Famous for the face.
The face was on mars. The face was a pop Icon. The evidence I have that it says that it was in Movies books Haunted grocery store. Thatfor I know it is a pop Icon. To Mars because nothing ever has been found on Mars because it is super hot to do anything on it and ut is made out of sand. So that for I know the face was there before the aliens found it. The Face was on mars because the title of the article is Unmasking the Face on Mars. If you read the Article you would now that. The face is important to Mars and to the scientist Becaus e this is the fist thing found on Mars. The Face will Stay on Mars as long as it does not get damaged some how or disform
I conclued that the face will be there forever and ever. The Aliens did not fine the face. I am so mad that the you think that the aliens found the face but they did not The scientist found it so think again because if the Aliens did found out that they did find it then we should say sorry to the Aliens for thinking that we found it. I say That we should discuss with our own sicentist to find out who found the face on mars. | 1 |
2fd642e | There have been a few close calls during our presidential ellection over the past decades, but it doesn't mean it's enough to scratch it out and throw it away. We should keep the Electoral College for many reasons, but mostly to keep chaos from happening.
To begin with, the Electoral College has been the method we have used for years for choosing our next President, so why would we change it now? Well, the answer is we shouldn't. It may seem like a good idea at first to change to the election by popular vote, but here's the problem. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible, but less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The Electoral College is what helps the candidates from winning from a landslide. The Electoral consists of 583 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is reqquired to elect the President. So even though some may say you're not choosing your President, you're actually helping to chose your President. When you vote you're actually voting for an elector that will (most likely) vote for the candidate to your appeal.
Furthermore, many people such as Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and even the Chamber of Commerce have agreed to abolish the Electoral College. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Although, this all may seem like a time for change, isn't the Electoral College doing us a favor? "The Electoral College consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress." The Electoral College is a process, as a compromise established by our founding fathers, between election of the President by a vote in cCongress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
Last, but not least, the Electoral College helps with voting for President. "Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee, and that trust is rarely betrayed." It is possible for the winner to win the electoral vote, but will not win the national popular vote. "The Electoral College requires a candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president." "So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, that he knows he will will." Therefor, he will not gain any electoral votes by increasing his plurality in those states in favor of him. "This is a desirable result because the candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.
All in all, we should keep the Electoral College because it helps balance out the nation's amount of votes for a good successful President that will help it's people. | 4 |
2fd6657 | ''Unmasking the Face on Mars'' is just a lie there isn't any aliens that made the rocky landform as a face. This is a natural landform that is just a rocky small hill that has shadows cassing down on the hill to look like a face. There is not a living thing on Mars because scientist show there was nothing living or any plants on Mars. So how could the face on Mars be mad? It was a natural landform. This landform has been forming for awhile but the shadows come now and then. When the scientist saw the face of a human on Mars it was just luck that the shadow was cassing down on the face at that time.
Mars dosen't have any living things on the planet so how could people belivie it was made by something living? Scientist can prove there was nothing that had made the rocky hill, and they did. The only thing that could of made this rocky hill is natural landorm. Shadow casses down on the rocky hill to give it an ''illusion of eys, nose, and mouth''. NASA proves this was not aliens it was just a natural landform that had a shadow cassing down on it to look ike a face. | 2 |
2fdb1d6 | New development for cars would be a great idea because the world is constantly changing. People who are developing new things like cars are making the world more advanced. It would be a great to have new technology so people can live easier.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author talks about both the pros and cons of having new devolopment for cars. They discuss types of cars that are newer, and how they could be better for the environment. Later the author talks about sensors. The author tells the readers that "within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers." That proves that even old technology can advance itself within short amounts of time.
New developments are amazing things that happen in this world because the smarter, and more advanced the world gets the easier people can live. Scientists should go beyond car and phone advancements, and move on to bigger subjects like finding more cures for diseases. Overall, new deveopments are a great idea, and should keep being pursued. | 2 |
2fdbf31 | Throughout history space exploration has always been an intersesting and exciting thing, but with space exploration comes dangers. There are lots of unknows about space, which is one of the things making it so dangerous. There are things we do know, particularly about Venus. as some may call it; Venus is our sister planet, but it is very dangerous. Are the dangers of Venus to great that we shouldn't explore? In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author claims that studying venus is "a worthy pursuit" because it's the most like earth, It's sometimes the closest planet to us, and long ago it may have been similar to earth.
Venus may be dangerous, but it is actually called "earth's twin". Venus has a similar density and size to earth. This leads the average person to infer that Venus would be a possible place for us to go is Earth was ever destroyed, but do not be fooled. Venus' atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. Despite that danger, the author believes Venus is worth exploring due to the similarity.
Another reason Venus is worth exploring is because sometimes it's the closest planet to us. Venus and Mars are our neighboring planets, and due to the differences in rotation speed; sometimes Venus is closer. This proximity is easily the reason why the author believes we should explore. Mars is the other neighbor planet to earth, and we're already discovering that. As a space explorer it's common knowledge to explore what's close before we get further.
The last reason the author may think it's important to explore Venus is because long ago it could have been similar to Earth. It is infered that in the begining Venus was covered in oceans and supportedforms of life. Even now Venus has a rocky and sediment filled base similar to earth. This sediment includes valleys, mountains, and craters. If we can study Venus now, maybe we can predict what the earth could turn to in the future.
Space exploration still has so far to go, so is there really a rush? Yes; exploring Venus would be an amazing accomplishment, but until we can there is so much more out there. We are looking into how to explore Venus with things such as, electronics made out of silicon carbide, mechanical computers, and so much more. With this kind of testing the author may one day get his wish of Venus being explored. | 4 |
2fe59b4 | The planet Venus has many dangers but that doesn`t mean that it is impossible to explore. There hasn`t been a single spaceship, in more than three decades, that has touched down on Venus. Many different factors contribute to the reasons why there hasn`t been one. One factor is that the atmosphere is thick and contains almost 97 percent cabon dioxide. Another factor is that there are many, erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
Despite the dangers of studying Venus I agree with the author that it is a worthy pursuit. In paragraph four it states that "Venus may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". It might be important to explore Venus to collect data to predict the future of the Earth.
In paragraph five it provides a possible solution to explore the planet Venus. The possible solution is to create a blimp-like vehicle that would hover over the planets surface at about 30 or so miles. The blimp-like vehicle "would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way". The only limitation is that "hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on the ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective". Despite this it would still be good to be able to explore what we are able to and collect all of the data possible for further explorations. | 3 |
2feab62 | I believe that we shouldn't change the Electoral College "winner takes all" system. It has been working well for the past couple of presidents. Yes, it might be unfair for thoses who are wanting to be electors and can't because the person they are running for lost but the ones who did win are doing what they believe is right. Just because of one big out break in 2000 doesn't mean the system will fail again. It will gradually progress trough out time and soon it won't ever fail again. You just never know unless you let it continue until it doesn't work any longer and when it does you find a new, better system that will work for decades. In 2000 people might have switched their votes because they thought that person desirved it not the other guy. The system of "winner takes all" hasn't failed since 2000. It works so why get rid of it. If it were to fail multiple times then yes get rid of it and find something new but it hasn't. | 2 |
2feed4e | My option to this device is it is valueable to read humans express. it can help you learn more about the person. it can cure alot of things that people need help on.
This is a great idea to have a FACS to help with kids emotions and how they are doing in there lifestyle or they are dealing with something. accoriding to the text it says. "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," this shows how that we commcate by emotions and feeling.
Another reason that it a good thing use that if the person is telling the truth or not like president,celebrity,and a politican. accoriding to the text it says "To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isnt being truthful." this show is if there telling the truth or not.
It could help students in need of help without raising his hand in class. according to the text it says A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, This show how useful this tool can do.
This device can cure any feel you have. it help people in need in thiss device. some day it will help you out if you need it. | 3 |
2fefa3b | Technology involving computers, smartphones, and even cars are slowly but surely taking over our lives. Cars are one of the most purchased and used items of our world and without owing a vehicle or having other means of transportation, life would practically be hard. The world around us is constantly changing and with change comes new and fresh ideas. One of the new ideas that is thought to help improve our lives are driverless cars. Driverless cars (also known as taxis) are cars that can drive themselves around while the passengers are at rest as they wait to arrive at their destination. Although driverless cars sound exciting and fun, are they really? These new driverless cars are not completely driver-less, take the fun out of driving, and will cause several issues down the road dealing with accidents and injuries.
Google has created cars that are driverless and that can drive themselves under certain conditions. However, these cars are not completely driverless. Driverless cars tell the driver to take over the wheel when the car itself cannot perform human driving skills. Such as pulling in and out of driveways,going through accidents and construction sites,and on certain roads and streets. Driverless cars can acccelerate, steer, and brake themselves but overall these cars are still not completely driver-less. The point of having a driverless car is being able to simply enjoy not having to drive, not wait until it is your turn to take over the wheel.
Take a look around you. We have smartphones, computers, and even elevators to help make our lives easier. Studies have shown that the country that has the highest obesity levels and that also happen to be the laziest are Americans. Technology is the creation of something that helps make doing ordinary tasks easier and according to many doctors these new inventions involving computers and phones have made us more and more lazy. So what's next ;cars that drive themselves? What happened to taking a drivers test at the age of 16 and praying that you passed ? What happened to the thrill of being able to drive your parents car (legally) for the first time? Is that now going to be taken over by these new driverless cars? Driverless cars would in fact take the fun out of driving.
Overall driving has become the worlds' "norm" for our way of living. Yes, having a car that can assist you while driving would be very helpful, but having a car that drives for you would not. In that case, what would be the point of owning a car when you could instead call a taxi? Everyday our world is changing. Ideas and inventions are growing bigger and better by the second. Driverless cars are smart and creative inventions but cars were created to help make our lives easier;not live our lives for us. | 4 |
2ff865b | Cars over the years has been changing the world. Most people want a car, but recent studies found out that car buying or car useage, has been decressing. Why are people doing this? Some cities have a "no car day" and some cities don't allow cars. Why?
Cars have changed peoples life in one way or another. In the little town of Vauban, Germany, it is a "car free" town. What it means is that there is no cars allowed in the town. They limited there car usage so that "70[%] of [the towns] families do not own cars" (Rosenthal). The town wants to create a "car free" town to decrease greenhouse gases in the air. You could get a garage but "...a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000"(Rosenthal). The little town of Vauban is helping the world decrese greenhouse gasses.
If Vauban can do it,who else can? Well as a matter of fact Paris, France is banning cars due to heavy smog. Smog is caused when there is warm days, and cool nights, causing gas exhaust to stay on the ground, thus causing smog. Paris banned cars usage to get rid of the smog. "...ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31)"(Duffer). Paris decided when the smog came to fine car users when they drove, they wanted to "...clear the air of the global city"(Duffer) from the smog. They had to decreses cars, thus the ban and fine. In fact congestion (car traffic) was down "60[%] in the capital of France"(Duffer).
Another way that car decrese has happened, or a way to stop greenhouse gas, is a car-free day. The city of Bogota, Colombia, has had a annual car-free day for years now. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog"(Selsky) Even during rain Bogato citizens still have a car-free day. In fact with this success other cities, such as Cali and Valledupar has begun to have a car-free day. In doing this Bogato has helped decresse car usage in some cities and hpoes to pass it on to more.
America, one of the leading in car production, and car users, has a decrease in cars bought and driven today. Ever since 2005, the peak of car drivers, has begun to decrease a lot over the years. "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9[%] below the peak equal to where the country was in January, 1995"(Rosenthal). The leader in cars is decreasinng! How? Well, maost teens this time car-pool with friends until they drive and so on. Decreasing cars exahust in the air.
Most people want to drive, but do they know about the countrys trying to decrease the car usage? Most countries that want a decrease in cars, get a decrease in cars and don't know how successful it'll get, but when it gets successful, it gets succesful. | 3 |
2fff491 | I think we should study venus even if there is some dangers to it. we should study venus because we can learn alots of things about the plant that we have not learned yet.
In the aricle it says venus used to be earth like this means their was oceans and someone had to be living their. Which means it still has some of those things and that means humen might be able to sarive there. venus is the second plant from the sun which this means it's very hot in the aricle it said it 800 degres 90 times greater then earth.this means humens can't deal with this type of heat. and the groud would be very hot a car can't just drive on the tires would mealt they would need to make special type of viecle.and for that to happen they need to study the plant closely and figure what they should do.
you might ask if it has all of thase things humen can'y surive in why would we even condsire visting
to venus. it's still earth like stuff like moutains and valleys. this means humens can probbaly vist there and for that to humen they need to do expermints like puting "chember simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such coditions".which means they would need to make new techology becasue old ones would not work.
In conclusion we should study venus more and we should not me scared of the dangers of it who know we might find something that could be useful for our lifes maybe one we can go there. but we should never stop being curiois about the plant. | 3 |
300286f | Process or Place? This is a question you need to ask yourself. Yes, in my opinion, Electoral College is a good idea.
In the cases of having an Electoral College there are some up sides of this and some down sides. In an Electoral College it restores some of the weight in political balance. It also required a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal.
When an Electoral College restores th balance in some large states its a good thing. It states in this article that, " The popular vote was very close in Flordia, nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes." This is stating that the large states votes becomes one.
Also, when this talks about how it requirs a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal is also a good thing. it says in this passage," No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president." Again this is saying that none of our votes get uncounted for, we are all counted as one.
Some might say that they dont know where their votes are going to but when you think about they are all going to the same place in one factor. | 2 |
30055de | I am against the development of these cars because I do not think everyone should have them. These cars could be a great idea, but there are some things that could turn this good thing into a bad thing. There are people out there that mess these types of things up, there are safety concerns, and I just think this is unnecessary for some people.
There are a few reasons on how humans could turn this good idea bad. There are people that do drugs and alcohol and drive afterwards. These are the type of people that would mess this technology up. In the article it says how the BMW would need human control over the car sometimes and if there is a driver that is drunk, they cannot do a good job of control. I think there would be a lot more crashes with this. People could also fall asleep or get very distracted while sitting there waiting for their turn to drive.
One safety concern I have about this technology is what would happen if the robot car messed up. Technology is not perfect and has major issues. Although these cars would have some safety features, it can always mess up. The in-car system that has entertainment for the driver is also a distraction. Things happen in split seconds and this kind of system would leave the driver distrated and unaware of the things going on around them.
This technology is also unreasonable to me because the only reason i think someone should have this type of technology is if they are handicap and cannot drive. People that can drive should drive on their own, I see no point to having a computer driven car. It is something that is not needed and extremely lazy. I do not think anyomne needs a car to drive them around if they can do so themselves.
Overall I think this is a bad idea. There would be too many issues and people would take advantage of this. I think the more advanced you try to get in technology, the worse things will get because people can not handle themselves. | 3 |
300566e | Luke Bomberger, a member of the Seagoing Cowboys program, had a fun time while helping locations in ruins after wars. Luke got to have an amazing time helping people in need. The benefits of joining the Seagoing Cowboys program include helping other countries in need, a lot of free time with amazing experiences, and meeting new people that he worked with and the people that he helped recover. First, I will talk about how becoming a Seagoing Cowboy would not only benefit you but also benefit other people in countries that had been damaged from the wars.
The main reason Luke had joined the Seagoing Cowboys program was to help other people that lived in countries that had been involved in the wars. Luke joined the program to help them recover and Luke had said "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." Luke had been talking about the Seagoing Cowboys program. Luke's family also hosted many international students and exchange visitors for many years. Luke learned about the current situation in other countries while on the trip while he was helping other people at the same. Secondly, I will talk about how Luke got a lot of free time and got to go to many places such as Greece.
The rides were not quick because the Seagoing Cowboys had to cross oceans. It took two weeks to a month to get to their desired destination. Luke was often kept busy with the animals to care for but when they were returning, he got a lot of time that he could spend with the other people on board or visit locations. Luke got to see the Acropolis in Greece, ride a gondola in Italy, tour a castle in Crete, and visit the Panama Canal in China. Luke also often did activities with the other men on board such as play sports in the space they had after unloading the animals. Luke was grateful for the opportunity of becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. Next, I will talk about how Luke got to meet new people.
Luke had just been invited by his friend, Don Reist, to go on a cattle ship so he didn't know many people on the ship. Luke got to meet the other Seagoing Cowboys during the acitivities onboard the cattle ship. Luke also got to meet new people in the locations he visited. Luke got to travel the world and meet new people from different places. It exposed Luke to the needs of countries and that was one thing Luke learned while being a Seagoing Cowboy. Finally, I will discuss why it would be a good idea to become a Seagoing Cowboy.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy had been hard work but it also had many benefits. Luke not only helped others but learned something about other people in other countries. Luke had many benefits from joining the program such as helping other people in different countries, having a fun time with other people, and meeting new people. in conclusion, becoming a Seagoing Cowboy could benefit anybody. | 4 |
3007923 | Now the fact is that the electoral college works well for our country, but when the population that is voting for president is actually voting for a candidate to vote for their state, that is lying to the voters and is morally wrong. We cannot lie to the population and be a strong country at the same time. We want to vote for our country's leaders not have someone else vote for us.
We have gone on long enough with the electoral college, it is outdated and inefficient. It dooes work to keep complications from arising in our voting procedures none the less. And I will admit regional preferance is also a huge problem. What if the Presiident ignores a certain region of the country in crisis? It is a risk we must take.
We are a country that has been falsely relying on the people and lying to their faces about it. I personally find it offensive, angering, and morally wrong. I do not want to see this atrocity being allowed to fester. In 2012 about one-half of the legal american voters took part in it, according to Richard A. Posner. That is millions, if not billions of people! All voting when their votes didn't matter.
"In 1968 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election" according to Bradford Plumer. The electoral college is unfair, it has been proven. | 3 |
3010bb8 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author says Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is on of the brightest points of light in our sky which we can spot on quickly. It's also the second planet from our sun. Venus is also the closest of earth in the size and density too. Venus goes in different speeds when orbiting the sun so sometimes we're closer to Venus and sometimes we're not and closest to Mars. It's been more than three decades that any spaceships has touched Venus. Almost 97 percent carbon dioxidein , over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. Hottest plants in our solar system. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcalones, earthquakes and more disasters we have on earth too. NASA wants to send humans to study Venus. Which I think is going to be hard. If they will make it back or if they'll even get close to the planet Venus. | 1 |
3014e1b | Dear Senator,
I have written this letter to you to illistatrate how i disagree this situation with the electoral college. I think you are still giving the president to much power still. By this i mean we should have the right as people i which ever stateto vote for our electors. Having the pesident choose for us although we choose the president to represent us on the first place,amd then theres also the situation that we can vote for our elector but we may often get confused and rhem choos e the wrong one. The biggest statement against this so far would be something that we may all know by its name (The Disaster Factor).What? you've never heard of it well let me help you. To start you of you shoould consider yourself lucky it was the biggest election crisis in a century. The worst thing that frightens me is just knowing that even though the legislatur is responsible for picking the electors, the electors have the choice to defy us the as the people. If you think thats the worst honey you should know thats not even half of it,theres also how its unfair to voters because of its winner-take-all system. This system states that in each state candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning. IN conclusion keeping the electoral college will be unfair and unjust to us people.
Scincerly; PROPER_NAME | 2 |
3015118 | Since the finding of the face on Mars in 1976 many people have been saying that it must have been made from aliens on Mars. However this is not true. If there was life on Mars NASA would have found it by now because it would benefit them. "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." (Pg 5) So therefor the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because of the amount of pictures taken of Mars and the face, the amount of time taken to research the Face and all of the NASA people saying it resembles natural landforms that are on Earth.
First off we know that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because of all the pictures that were taken. If there was any alien life of any kind on Mars, NASA would have caught it. In the article it says, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.' Each pixel in the 2001image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." (Pg 10) The author of the article went into even more detail and said, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplans on the ground or Egytian- style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!'"(pg 11) This explains how good the camera quality is and how they wouldn't be able to miss anything.
Including the amount of picture evidence against life on Mars and the fact that the Face was not made by extraterrestrials, the amount of time spent researching the face by NASA clearly shows they know what they're talking about. The first picture of the face was taken in 1976 and then it was a major hit and they took another picture 12 years later in 1998. Then again after that in 2001. Also in the article it says, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camer (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos" (pg 7) This quote from the article shows to what extent NASA researchers went to to find out more about the Face.
As if there is not already a bunch of reasons why the face on Mars is just a landform, a group of people are agreeing with NASA's decision that the face is just a natural landform. According to the article it says, "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." (Pg 2) Also stated in the article, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivelant of a butte or mesa-- landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of idaho,' says Garvin." Those quotes in the article are proof that those same types of landforms happened here on Earth as well and the ones here were not made by aliens.
In conclusion the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. If there was aliens on Mars making landforms then NASA would definetely use that for publicity and to make the taxpayers happy. However there are no aliens on Mars making landforms and NASA knows this because of the time they have taken to research this along with the amount of pictures taken with high quality cameras and the resemblance of the landform to landforms on Earth. | 5 |
301ae02 | Did you imagine exploring venus? In the article "The challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explain how Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author support the idea that Venus is a risk for humans by showing how is inhospitable, how enviroment affect humans and how temperature will affect us.
The first reason that Venus is inhospitable , because most of the spacecraft do not survived the landing for few hours. "Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship hasa single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more thsan three decades." This means that NASA has waste money just to explore one planet, since there are more planets NASA choose Venus. "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." This means that NASA will waste money just to land a spacecraft, but what happen if the land of the spacecraft suceed, NASA will keep wasting money until humans can live on Venus. This is one of the reason why the challenge of exploring Venus needs to stop because is inhospitable, humans needs money to buy important things, but NASA will waste money to build spacecraft, until one of the spacecraft land safely on Venus.
The second reson that Venus is a risk for humans is the temperature, because the temperature of Venus is different from Earth, Venus is more closer to the Sun than Earth. "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahreheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." This means that if humans land on Venus they will die of dehydratation because they will need too much water or they will melt because it is too hot. "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system..." This is why NASA needs to stop studying Venus because the only thing they can study is the outside, no the inside. Venus pursuit
to despair because humans wants knowledge and make history.
The final reason is the enviroment, because the only things that Venus has is land, gas and liquid that is not water. "enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."
This meas that if the pressure of Venus can crush a submarine, imagine what humans be like? "A thicks atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus."
This means that spacecraft will take more time to land because spacecraft needs to pass first the aatmosphere of Venus. This why NASA needs to stop building spacecraft until they are sure that the spacecraft is succesfully land on Venus.
The author tells us why studying Venus should stop because it pursuit the dangers. The enviroment of Venus, the temperaature of Venus and
why is inhospitable are the three reasons the aautheor us to stop studying Venus. This is why we need to stop studying Venus because it pursuit to despair. | 4 |
301c5a5 | I strongly think that
Unmasking The Face Is A Natural Landform let me tell you how. The article says that the space carft was circling the planet snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship. When he spotted human face enormous head nearly two miles from end to end looking back at the cameras from the planet called Cydonia. Others thinks that it is just a resemble of a human head by a shadow.
The auther predicts that its two diffrent side that us humans have to figure out. Web surfers were waiting for the image to apear on JPL web sit revealing a natrul landform. Web surfers also can remake and edit a photo so who willl know if its real or not we would never know. Unmasking is trying to figure out if the face of the human really real. Mars global surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km wide strips. They say the never passed the face.
They also says that alien markingds were hidden by haze. The mission controllers prepared to look again. Its not easy to target cydoin say gargvin. | 1 |
3020500 | The author of the article states that Venus is a worthy pursuit. They state that though it may be highly dangerous, it still has value. It's worth the risk. They support this by saying that the planet has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, humans are being considered sent to Venus, and people wanting to take samples of things from the planet to test it.
Venus once may have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system many years ago, which highly fascinated astronomers. The planet was probably made up of mostly oceans and could have had many forms of life, just like our plant Earth today. To this day, Venus still has some features that are analogous to the ones on this planet. Venus has surfaces of rocks and also has features like valleys, mountains, and craters. The planet can sometimes be the nearest one for a visit. Astronomers could take the planetary visit into consideration, considering the long time frames of space travel.
Though it is highly dangerous to send people to Venus, NASA has been considering sending people to study the planet. Venus has an average temperature of over 800 degrees Farhenheit, but NASA could possibly have a solution. Their solution is having scientists float aboce the fray. It would be like a bimp vehicle hovering about 30 miles above the burning temperatures. Though the humans wouldn't be touching the boiling floors, temperatures would still be at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which everyone would still consider excruciating. The vehicle would almost resemble a jet airplane. Just like a jet travels at a very high altitude to avoid storms, the bimp would avoid the conditions of the boiling grounds of Venus. The author also stated that their would be almost never-ending solar power, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels, which is great. The conditions that humans would have to go through if they do visit Venus are not easy or great, but it would somehow be survivable for them.
If humans are not able to visit the planet, then things from there cannot be tested on. If the only way humans can interact with the planet is by hovering over it, they cannot successfully take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else. Despite the many risks, scientists are trying to find a way to conduct a successful mission to understand the planet and get up close and personal with it. Many researchers are also working on innovations that would allow machines to last through the conditions of Venus. NASA is working on other ways to study the planet as well. They're considering using a very old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first seen in the 1800s and played a very important role during World Was ll in the 1940s. These devices make calcutions by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. The mechanical computers may or may not successfully operate in the extreme conditions. Modern-day computers tend to be more delicate when it comes to those kinds of conditions, despite the fact that they are enormously powerful, easier to manage and operate, quick, and flexible. It would be like dropping a phone, tablet, or computers into a bucket of acid or any heat that would be capable of melting tin.
In conclusion, the author really thinks that humans should be sent to Venus to explore it. He mentions that the planet has some features that are analogous to the ones on Earth, humans being considered to be sent to it, and how scientists would like to take samples of items from the planet. The author also stated that human curiostiy will one day lead to visiting Venus. Though considering the many risks, Earth should be expanded to meet every point of our imagination and innovation. | 4 |
3021d47 | "The Challenge Of Exploring Venus" Is an article talking about venus it talks about how is difficlut exploring venus is and no one has been to venus in decades. On averge the tempature is over 800 degres Fahrenheit these conditions are far more extreme then what a human has encounter. they are comparing to a submarine
if it went down in the ocean the submarine would instantly be crushed by the metal and the pressure of the water. Venus is very fascinating, venus once may been like mostly earth plant long ago.
Venus was probably covered largely with oceans so this means that is can be various formed of life just like earth but Venus still has some features that are analogous to those like Earth. The planet has a texture almost as if its pure moutains,valles and craters this means that there can be life in Venus.
Venus forms a ship orbiting this means that it can provide only limted in sight on the ground beacuse most forms lights cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas or anything else from there. Therefore scientists are seeking to conduct there missin to undrestand more about venus and how its like in there. In conclusion venus does has a value the reson because of its value also beacuse the human curiosity will likely lead us into many equal oppertunites this can become a big inpact on us if we try to go to Venus and explore the plant are knowledge can be expanded to learn many things about Venus. | 2 |
3022fa6 | When it comes down to voting it should always be fair. Keeping the Electoral College would be better. Electoral College would be much more fair because it avoids problems in elections when a can didate receives a majority of votes, restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose, disputes rarely happens. I claim that retaining Electoral college is far more superior.
To start off keeping electoral college is best because it restores political balance that large states can not have. For example the popular vote was close in florida. The winner Obama had 29 electoral votes. Wyoming with 3 electoral votes so others were equal. Large states had more attention from presidential candidates within a campaign than a small state.
To add on it is only better to stick with electoral college because it avoids problems in elections. For example nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had 43 percent plurality of popular votes. By winning majority in electoral college there is pressure. The pressure would complicate the election process. But since its reduced by electoral college a winner is annouced.
To finish keeping electoral colleg | 2 |
302c03d | Its not a good to thing to come up with some new technologie because you probabaly dont know what people been through. You dont no if sonmbody family remember passed or it could be anything iknow i wouldnt want no new technologie about my feelings.
My evidence i got out the article is imagine being able to detect exactly how other person feeling i got that out the article to help me withmy answer. Thats how i found out my answer cause i got it out the article.
The main point of me saying my opion is because how the lady looking in this picture it look like she dont look to happy or less she just making up fake smile to hide her pain.
In article two it says could you calculate your emotions like math my opion of that is no but in the way it seems like people could calculate your emotions like math. | 1 |
3033717 | Have you ever wished that your school work can detect if you are getting bored or distracted? Dr. Paul Eckman created just the invention to make that necessary. The FACS or the Facial Action Coding System, can detect human emotions just by scanning your facial expressions. This innovative design can help improve students' level of focus if it adapts to how they feel. The technology to read facial expression of students in a classroom is valuable because it can improve focus levels, help create more engaging exercises, and it can help teachers understand a students emotions.
Because FACS can read facial expressions, this will help makes students focus more. The way that FACS can improve focus levels is giving students work that they like or relate to. This will improve focus rates because when students have work that can relate to they tend to do better. Also in the text it reads,"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 shows that FACS would do great in a classroom environment.
Another reason why FACS would be good in school is it could create more engaging exercises for the student. If a student has a more interesting topic or assignment then they would do better at their work. Also if a student is more interested then they will perform better.
The last reason as to why FACS would be effecient in schools is they can help a teacher help out a student. This would work when the computer detect sadness or anger, it would send and alert to the teacher with details about the student. The teacher would then try to comfort the student or try to calm them down.
In conclusion FACS would be valuable in schools because it can improve focus levels, help create more engaging exercises, and help teacher deal with students who are down. FACS is something that can create an easier environment for students. | 3 |
303710c | Do I support driverless cars or am I against driverless cars? Although in the passage, they talk about positive aspects of creating a driverless car, I do not agree in the making of them. Many consequences can come to play when manufactoring and purchashing these cars. I am against the development of driverless cars because, in my opinion they are a waste of time and a waste of money.
First of all, there can be a technology malfunction. When the development of the generic car is happening, the car gets tested to make sure that it is safe enough and won't be dangerous to the passengers. Putting more expensive technology into a car can be dnagerous and even deadly. Everyday technology even fails sometimes such as; celular devices, computers, kitchen appliances, even cars that already have a touch of technology.
What make you think that a car with more technology is safe for you. How can a diverless car be proven to be safe enough to trust a person's life. If an accident were to happen, due to a technology malfunction, what will the developers and the "driver" use to defend their case with. It is to risky to make a car with so much technology involved.
Second of all, what if an incident did happen? Whose fault would it be? If it were a normal case, with a normal car, it would be more simple to say which person to blame because both people would be driving. If technology was involved in the incident and it was a malfunction, it would be the driverless passenger. Then that passenger would bring up the developers as the one to blame. The develpoers have more money and more power than the person who bought the car. So they're going to do anything to not be the ones to blame.
Lastly, it is very expensive to keep up with such a luxury car. The parts would be more expensive. The development would be way more expensive. Where are they going to get all that money? How much would it be to purchase one? What if you get into a wreck? How much will it be to get everything fixed? All unanswered questions that people will ask when they're in that situtation. All those problems can be avoided by simpily buying a car with not as much technology in its interior.
In conclusion, I disagree with the development of driverless cars. They would be very unsafe. It would be more difficult to figure out who to blame for the accidents if they were caused by a driverless car passenger. And it would be very expensive. Other people would be exulted knowing that they dont have to drive, but keep in mind that a trip to the market, could cause you your life. My point is, technology is great but, would you really trust your life to it ? | 4 |
3038505 | Despite the risks that Venus poses, the extreme planet is very intimidating in terms of exploration and data collection. In the passage, the author supports the idea well by backing up his claim with real situations that have been close to discovering the climate, geography and other data about this unknown planet. Without being able to know a lot about Venus, the author can make supported claims with the information that has been found about the planet up to this point.
Throughout the article, the author gives certain statistics about Venus and the extremities of the planet. Along with giving the data, the author also seems to ask the reader what the point of exploring Venus even is. With that, he then explains why, even through the harsh conditions, scientists continue to study the planet. He then gives examples of new ways that have been found to study the different things about Venus; showing the reader that he is supporting his claim as to how the planet could be studied even with the extremities of the climate and geography.
While giving different statistics and data, the author raps the article up by saying that the travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts and should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. With this being said, the reader can clearly see that the author is still supporting his claim with the exception of the technology being absent to conduct studies that could land human exploration on another planet. | 3 |
303c11b | In the artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is explaining the dangers of the exploration Venus. The exploration of Venus is unsurvivable by humans because of the the surface tempatures of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than Earth's. Scientist are researching technology that can help machines survive the conditions. Therefore, the author of this artical supports the idea of exploring Venus very well by including scientific research and evidence presented from experiments conducted.
The author states a question to get the reader thinking. "What are the options for making sure such a mission is both safe and scientifically productive." The reader is now intrugied to find out what the options are now for this great exploration. The autor then explains the options in this statement, "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." which is then supported by the author stating in another paragraph, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks." This statement shows that the author has evidence to back up his research. All of this research is leading up to the "big idea" which is presented by the author when stating," NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus is to float above the fray." this statement is then supported by the author explaning the idea, "Imagine a blimp-like vechicle hovering 30 or so miles abve the rolling Venusian landscape.". The author then goes into futher detail of why one cannot withstand the conditions of Venus by stating, "a vechicle hovering over Venus would advoid the unfriendly ground coditions by staying up and out of thier way. At thirty plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit." These conditions would be uncomfortable for humans but are survivale for them. The author shows that all of his evidence is supported not only by his opinon but also by scinentific facts and evidence.
In conclusion, the author supports the idea very well. Not only by including information about how unhospitable Venus is but by adding the scintific research and evidence founded by the scientist, One can not only learn but can also form an opinon for themselves about the exploration of Venus from this artical. Therefore, this artical is well written by the author and he supports his theroy by using supporting facts. | 3 |
303e5c2 | Seagoing Cowboys started right after the end of World War II, and it was to give supplies to those in need. The Seagoing Cowboys Mainly visted Europe and China . The main Items Sea Cowboys brought to the other countries were lifestock, and building supplies to rebuild cities and towns. Like in the story, To be a Sea Cowboy you have to be willing to travel around the world and also to spread your heart to others and help them. These are some reasons why I think Seagoing Cowboys are so great!
They take over night trips, and even month long trips or Even maybe YEAR long trips to go to people. Now, I do like helping others but if had to take month long trips that would be a nightmare so, their really giving somehting up for others. These people as in the story could just be 18 which is really young and still go out on the open waters for so long. You might think might they die of bordem, well no, because on the there and back they usal have sports like baseball tournments where the animals are staying. They also play ping-pong and foozeball which are table sports. Next, I will tell you about the incredible journeys you go on.
Now, I bet you proably have the world at your fringer tips now cause of devices and I know I sure do. In 1945, you have to think, I mean their entertainent was listenig to the radio, or playing outside. When the Seacowboys traveled the world there was so much to see and do. In the story it mentions them going to Greece and seeing amazing things and also, Luke had turned 18 and could be accepted into the military. Luke had Choosen not to though because, being a SeaCowboy was already enough of an honnor.
The Seacowboy spot was an overall honnor to and it was escpesailly fun. This paragraph will be about some of the animals onboard. The usual was Horses and water/feed, this is another reason you would stay busy on the 1-3 month long trips. Luke says" The cattle boat trips were an unbeliveible opportunity for a small town boy". Luke also had other exprinces with animals since he said he had worked on his moms old farm, so if you've every worked you have been a great fit fo the Seacowboys.
Now I have givin you great facts and reasons to join the Seacowboys. You get to see and live in other peoples cultures. You get to travel the earth(Europe and China) mostly those two. See the WWII reckage which was an important time in history. Lastly, Live with animals on a boat and see how they act and behave for a couple of months. If I had the oppurituinty to go and become a Seacowboy I would, would you too? | 4 |
3040974 | Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys effected his life and how he saw things. He got to see unique things, participate in the recovery of other countries during the war, and it impacted his life forever. Other people who want to help the world should definitely participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
The first reason why other people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is because they would get to help recover other countries from the war.
The text states, by the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. On all of those trips, Luke was helping deliver cattle to other countries to recover their food and animal supply. Many countries were in ruins and they needed the help that the Seagoing Cowboys provided.
Next, more people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because they would get to see and visit many unique and interesting places around the world. The text states, Luke was able to see the Acropolis in Greece. The text also states, on his many trips, Luke got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
Finally, others should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it will change their lives. The text states, after his great adventures as a Seagoing Cowboy, Luke's family was lead to host a number of international students for many years. The text also states, this experience opened up the world to Luke. Luke also got to bond with new people on board the SS Charles W. Wooster. He got to spend lots of time with them including times of playing volleyball, baseball, fencing, and many more activities to help pass time.
This shows why more people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. They would get to see unique things, participate in the recovery of other countries during the war, and impact thier lives forever. | 4 |
304734e | I belive that using the Facial Action Coding System can value to students in many ways. in the classroom. It seems that it can beused to look at the muscles of the human face. they can be used to represent emotions such as fear,sadness hapyness,disgust and even anger. to me it all make sense becuase back then schools didnt use many laptopsao back then it wouldve been useless.
In the article it explianshow using this in school it can show if people are stressed and bored as well as tired. it can be used to base ur lessons depnding on ur mood as it is being scanned students can use this to help study or get help on things in school that they dont understand. it could as well improve on grades wwhen testing comes around.
this famous new kind of technology has been used on a old painting the mona lisa. she is a famous painting that has a grand total of 83%happyfe 9%disguted. and 2% angry in lifethis technology csn be useful yo us | 2 |
304b672 | Dr. Thomas Huang and his colleague are experts at "caculating" emotions threw tecnolagy. scaned on a computer a humans emotion is listed in percentage of its emotions and its percentages.In order to do so theres a model that must move like a human as a 3-D model to caculate.
Creater of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) Dr. Paul Eckman , classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.all these emotions can be anilized by the computer recognition. Even though there a computer that can figure your percentage of emotions, us humans can tell each others emotions on a daily.For example when your close friend or family member is gloomy looking in the face cant you ussally tell? Yes of couse, we mostly have problems trying to actually describing each trait, but we still understand.
Its as if there trying to make people closer and bettwer with the tecnolagy we use on a daily so we have a better understanding.Whats so wrong with that? | 1 |
304bec4 | Have you ever seen somthing, but it was not really what you thought it was? I'am a scientist at NASA, and i am trying to explain that the face that everyone saw on the planet Mars was not created by aliens. It was created by naturel landform. There are many clues that the face was created by natural landform. Also many people can disagree with me, but I will prove to you that it was not created by aliens.
Many people thought that the face was created by aliens because at the time they did not have much eveadince of it was real or not. They thought that unusal shadows made it look like an Egyptin Pharaoh. We then showed people the pictures of the so what called face. It became a big hit everywhere, and people loved it. Some people thought it led to maybe living things being there. It then became an acient civlazation on mars.
In about April 5, 1998 they sent another ship out to take more adavnced pictures. These fine pictures would be much sharper, and they would capture more evedince. 1,000s of people waited to see what the fastinting pictures would bring a new. It revealed a natural landform and there came to be no alien monument after all. Many people were disapointed. They wanted to belive that it was real. Well, I am here to tell you that it is not real.
As you can tell there was a lot of dispute going on. Some people did not want to belive that it was not real. They wanted to keep trying. They then wanted to take a second look. The poeple wanted to make sure that we did not miss anything. We had an extraordinary photo that had pixel spans that were 1.56 meters. That was much better compared to1976 when the yfirst took the picturses.
What the picture actually showed was land forms that were common around the Amercian West.
Now do you see why the face was not created by aliens. Yes, maybe at one point in time it seemed like it could of been real, but all in the end it was not. It just took a little explaning and evidence over the photographs. In my opoion it would have been pretty amazing to of been that way. I guess some things just do not happen like that, and maybe some things happen for a reason. With my helpful eveidence and my clues I hope that you now understand why the face was not created by aliens, but why it was created by the natrual landforms. | 4 |
304cafa | One reason why you should know it was not created from aliens but is a natural landform is because they didnt have good cameras back then. An example is the first picrure they took was kind of blury and it was too far away so you couldn't really see anything. this example show that if it were clearer maybe we would have know along time ago. Another example is Moc team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photo. This example shows that by cameras upgrading , we could see more closly and more clearer. My last and finale example the second picrure they took wasnt that blury but wasnt clear and was not too far but not close enough. This finale example shows how during this photo cameras where not at there best but not at there worst they were in the middle. These example show how cameras effected the photo. | 2 |
304e41c | I do think the use of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is valuable. This new technologly can identify the emotion of humans. I would expecially recommed this in a classroom. The new technologly would make it easier for teachers. The FACS could be a subsitute for a teacher.
Why I think this new technologly is good is because it can tell weather the students are happy, sad, mad, bored, or confused. With there being many students in the class, teacher isnt able to see and tell every students emotions. By adding the FACS to the classroom ,it would make it easier. For example the passage said "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen , a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This technologly could modify the lesson ,like an effective human instructor.
In conclusion, this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This would be a real good improvment in the schools around the world. This new software has promising applications for a variety of industries. This why I argue for this claim. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions! | 2 |
30516cb | The face that you see on mars was not something created by aliens. Although it may look like a face its not. What you see in this picture is a butte or a mesa. In the following paragraphs I will state reasons helping you undertstand that the pictures effect everything and that it wasnt created by aliens.
The pictures that you have seen are very old. Most of the pictures you have seen where taken from 1976-2001. These pictures have really bad graphics. Things that are old are usaually harder to understand and comperhend. Its hard to see old things clear. Advances in technology have helped us see older things a lot more clear. We can fully understand things from the past now.
The cameras we use today have a lot better grapics. Back then their images could only span 43 meters per pixel. Today our cameras can span 1.56 meters per pixel which is a lot better. This helps us see pictures a lot more clear. We took pictures of the of the face and could see certain things the older cameras couldn't see.
In the new pictures if there were objects in this picture like airplanes or Egyptian-style pyramids we would easily see them. There wasn't any of these things. What the picture of the face showed was equivalent to a butte or mesa. It looked like landforms found in the American West. It reminds people of the
Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
All the new pictures we have help us undertstand and see things more clear. We now know that it wasn't created by aliens. Its just a simple butte or mesa thats no very special besides the fact that it kind of looks like a face. It reminds people of a Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This face has nothing to do with aliens. | 4 |
305681f | I beleive that we should change the Electoral College becuase even when one president wins the election from the people he can lose the election. For example one person running for president can get 154 more popular votes, but if the other person recieves 270 electoral votes or more then they would win foe example in the text it states "it is entirly possibe that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote". Even though i think the electoral college is bad there are some good things about it, For example it states in the text "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible...but it's less likely than a disput over the popular vote". But despite that the Electoral college is an accident waiting to happen, and just because no one has fought or protested agaist the Electoral College over the years its been alive doesn't necessarally mean its not going to happen in the future. So to prevent the fighting and the unfair treatment all we have to do is get rid of the Electoral College. | 3 |
3056c98 | I am extremely for automatic cars. They seem like a great idea to help get rid of reckless driving and such. The only problum is who to blame if you get in an actsident. That would be a mess of lawers and people with different opions, but that's when we learn and make laws to help prevent messes like that.
I am for the automatic car because it would be very convinient for people who can't drive that well and also they use A LOT less gas then regular taxis. So we can help save our natural reasoruces.
Humans now adays only care about money and power, they care little to nothing how they affect the enironment around them. We now have the technology to take some of that power back for the "little guy", but you don't want to use that technology? This could change the world, and we have had it since 2009?
In conclution, I believe we could work around all the tiny flauhs and change the world with this techology. So I'm very pro-automatic cars. | 2 |
305a4e4 | I'm going to tell you now, it wasn't easy. But it changed my life, and i believe if you sign up too, it will change yours. You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it will open the world to you, it will make you more aware of people of other countries and thier needs, and you will get freetime to explore, play games, and read.
The Seagoing Cowboys program will open the world to you. It's more than an adventure. When you explore places, you see that some of these people just need help. You will face many dangers, but you will get hurt doing the right thing. After I cracked my ribs, I didn't leave, I stayed. Now i'm here, trying to convince you to join this opportunity of a lifetime. Now i'm trying to get these boys in this amazing program.
You will be more aware of people of other countries and their needs. I made nine trips, the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. You'll see the problems once you visit the sites. All places have problems, and they can get fixed. You can help them, if you just put in a little work.
When your not working, you get some time to explore, play games, or read. After I cracked my ribs, I didn't get to work for a couple of days. So i found time along with the other cowboys to play baseball and volleyball games. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games helped pass the time. You can also find time to explore.
Now i've shown you some good reasons why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 4 |
305bda4 | I Think that the technolgy really can't tell ore actual emotions. I believe this because some people can just pretend to be smiling and look happy but you really dont know what they are actually feeling. They coukd be sad, angry, depressed we can never know what they truly feel just by the look of someone. Some people just pretend to be okay because they dont want people asking or worrying. But also sometimes you can tell that there is actually wrong with them because the maybe try to act like they are okay but they really cant hold it for so long.
Technology can maybe believe that they know someones emotions by their faces expressions but the inside is what actually matters if you really know how someone feels. But also sometimes it can be very confusing because they are showing a lot of diffferent emotions and they are maybe confused themself. But thats okay a lot of people feel that way. Technology is very smart and uts becoming bigger as time goes by but i know and believe that technology cant really know how someone is actually feeling. They can tell by the face but not the true feeling.
"Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?" Maybe if you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're feeling sad maybe you can see it in your face because its actually you feeling sad. But someone really doesnt know just by the face just you cause its you. And its the same for technology they really cant tell what your emotion is just by looking at you. unless you're really happy and sometimes you can actually show an emotion inside and out and if your computer can tell an actual emotion thats true well maybe because you really are feeling happy, sad, Etc. So I believe that technogly really cont tell someones emotions. | 2 |
305dfe1 | I think this would be helpful to use this technology to read students.
I agree on using this type of technology because you could tell how people and students are feeling. This is also helpful because it would be easier for teacher to help you out when your confused and having trouble with things when some students are to shy to ask for help. These classifieds 6 basic emotions of people like disgusted, happy, sad, fearful, angry, and surprise. Computers can even know if your happy or sad, some people don't really talk and mostly spend time on their computer so also for the computer to know if their happy or sad is helpful.
Finally this is helpful because people could be going through a hard time or has something that you don't know and you could even be helpful on telling them to talking it out and giving advices to them. This would make them fell better than usually. | 2 |
30618ce | The author is studying that Venus or sometimes that "Evening Star" is a worthy pusuit despite that dangers it presents. It is a worthy pusuit because Venus is also referred to as Earth's "twin." But the challenge is the atmosphere, clouds, and the Fahrenheit. NASA is trying to study Venus. I will tell you why Venus is a worthy pursuit.
Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin" because Venus is the closet planet to Earth's density, size, and the closest in distance. Mars is also close to Earth. Earth, Venus, and Mars is our planetary neighbor, but Mars and Venus orbit the sun at different speeds in the solar system. The differences in speeds between Mars and Venus means that we sometimes are closer to Mars and other time to Venus. Astromomers believes that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and have various forms of life, like Earth. Even today, Venus have Earth-like features like valleys, mountains, and craters. Humans have sent numerous of spacecrafts, but no spacecrafts have survived for more than a few hours.
The challenging of Venus is the atmosphere, the clouds, and the Fahrenheit. Venus's thick atmosphere is almost 97 percents carbon dioxide and it blankets over Venus and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. The most challenging of Venus are the clouds because the clouds are highly corrosive sulferic acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus's surface temperatures is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Venusian geology and weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes,and frequent lightings strikes. Also Venus has the hottest surface temperature in the solar system.
NASA is trying different ways to study Venus. NASA has been compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, but the possible solutions to the hostile conditions on the surface is that they would allow scientists to float above the fray. They want to try and create a spacecraft that is hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling landscape. The temperatures will still be at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth. NASA is working on different approaches for studying Venus like some simplified eletronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos of the Venus's surface and it have only lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is to use mechanicals computers, which are devices first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in 1940s during the World War II. They would use these devices because it make calculations by using gears and levers and it do not require eletronics at all.
It is a worthy pursuit because Venus is also referred to as Earth's "twin." But the challenge is the atmosphere, clouds, and the Fahrenheit. NASA is trying to study Venus. It is a worthy pursuit because it shows that how difficult it is just trying to get and sample or studying Venus, but astronomers are so fascinated how Venus may once was the most Earth-like planet. Venus have gained human curiousity that will likely lead us into many equally itimidating endeavors. | 4 |
3066974 | The author supports his idea really well. As he explains his idea he goes further in detail as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit even though there are many dangers that it presents. He goes further into detail by using things he researched out about Venus. In the 4th paragraph in the text it says, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This shows that it would be worth it to see in person. It also says, " Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth." If we were to go to Venus we could prove if that is true or not. Even though the author states reasons why it is a worthy pursuit there are still dangers to it. Such as temperatures and what a thick atmosphere it has. In the third paragraph it states, " a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. " If we were to inhale that much carbon dioxide we wouldn't be able to breathe well.
It also states that on the planet the averaging temperatures can go up to 800 degrees farenheit and that the pressure on the atmosphere is up to 90 times greater than what we expericence. We as humans wouldn't be able to handle going to Venus because we're not sutiable for that type of environment. | 2 |
306d5c8 | Driveless cars sound really cool and up to date to many people. People would think they wouldnt have to pay any attention to their surrondings, the road, or have any sense as to where they are going. These driving cars are developed to have vibrating drivers seats when the vehicle is in danger and the car has absolutley no control over itself no matter how dangerous the situation is. The driver himself would have to do everything he could to get the car in control and to avoid the incident as soon as possible. So why would even get a driveless car if you have to take control every once in a while? Driving cars sound pretty dangerous and could possibly put you in an accident.
When you hear about driveless cars, you'd really like to think you dont have to do much of anything since the car is in control itself and you have all this time to relax. Wrong. The driver DOES have to take immediate control when the car is in danger, (could be of backing into an object etc.), navigating through work zones, and having to work your way around accidents.
"The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph." Only 25 mph. How come these things can't handle being on the highway or interstate? The driverless car sounds usless and it's another excuss for people to be lazy. Actually, couldn't you lose braincells if not paying full attention to what you're doing in the car/on the road? Maybe not lose braincells but in a way this driverless car could possibly mess you up in a way mentally because in that moment you dont have a care in the world and thing you don't need to pay attention to what's going on around you inside the car. It could maybe make you lose hope for yourself because now you can depend on something else to do something for you even though you're still in the use of danger inside a driverless car. Manufacturers are wasting their time. | 2 |
30720e9 | Did you know that car ownership is the number one cause of death in the united states? I hope you don't, because that isn't true. However, there still are some benifits to letting go of the wheel. Eveyone knows how much damage cars can do and have done with the energy they release into the Ozone, but it's not a lost cause. Research shows that if we all stopped using auto-mobiles, then overtime the Ozone layer could vastly improve. True, not all the damage can be reversed, but a lot is better than nothing.
Also, the number of car usage per person in the united states is drastically dropping already, so you might as well get ahead instead of getting behind. The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005, and began to steadily decline thereafter. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was almost 9% below what the country was in January of 1995. These statistics are still moving further down their respective directions to this day, so it would be wise to be prepared.
Traffic acidents are one of the biggest causes of death in America, and how can we fix that? Well, no traffic would be a nice start. I mean, this one is just common sense. You can't be in a car crash without cars. If we completley got rid of car travel, THOUSANDS of lives would be preserved annually. It's a simple solution to a major problem, and just maybe could be the biggest advantage of limiting auto-mobile usage not just in the United States of America, but all across the globe.
Cars and other auto-mobiles have become an established part of our culture, and have been for generations, but just because something has been established for a while, that does not mean it is going to need to stay forever. Several places have aleady began car-usage limitation, most notably Vauban, Germany. I feel there are several benifits to it, some that are life saving, so I see no harm in at least giving it a chance in certain areas. | 3 |
3072ba3 | At first he worked at a to part time job a banking and grocery store and then his freind invited him to be on a cattle boat luke could not say no to him.
The reason he joined was because his friend offerd he the job and he new it would be worth a life time of fun so he joined. Why because he wanted to have a new and fun job. And to help devistated countriesthat need help getting food and water and livestock. When he was walking around the boat to check on the animals he climbed a slipper ladder and losed his grip and started sliding towards the side of the boat. But their was a peice of metal that grabed his coat and stoped luke from going over board.
So he joined it was right after World War II and many counteries were left devistated and alot of countries needed food, water and livestockand then fortyfour nations joined together to help countries in need and the. Contries were caled the (United Nations Relief and Rehabitation Administration) Also nown as the UNRRA.
He said that he broke two ribs so he could not work the next day but after that he said it was a fun job. To have when they unloaded the animals the get to play volleyball, table-tennis, baseball, fencing and boxing. On the long journey back to america.
In Augast he recieved oders to report to New Orleans, he said we araived in August fourteenth, the day the Pacific war ended. they got their seamen's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enought hay and oats to feed them. | 1 |
3074cde | Have you ever wanted to travel the oceans or visit different countries? In the Seagoing Cowboys program you can do all of that and help other countries while doing that. In the Seagoing Cowboys program you transport and take care of animals such as horses, young cows, and mules while they are shipping over seas. This program helps countries that need to be rebuilt after World War II.
When I was in the
Seagoing Cowboys program I had just gotten out of high school and had two part time jobs. When I got an offer to join i just couldn't resist. While trasporting the animals I got to go on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I got to tour an excavated castle in Crete and get marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. I thnk that seeing the Acropolis in Greece was the most special though. On your way back home from the trip you got to spend your times playing vollyball and baseball. We had table-tennis tournaments, boxed, fenced, and whitted.
I think anyone who is interested in traveling and sight seeing would like this job. It is manual labor but some of the things that I saw were spectacular. These reasons are why I think that you should join the
Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
3077554 | Technology has helped with making it easier for students to learn at school. It has given us ways to help students learn in different ways. It has created tools that makes it easier to understand the subject being taught. New techonology that can quickly help the student, and make it so the student can understand it more is very needed. That is why technology that can read emotional expressions is very valuable to education.
This technology is able to read a human's face and figure out what emotions they are feeling. By using the muscles in the face, the computer can tell if a student is feeling angry or confused, and use that information to help the student, by changing the problems to make it easier to understand. This can help students, since if they are nto undrstaing a certain problem, the computer will know, and give the student a better problem. This can help the student understand the subject more in their own way. With this technology, students can have a easier time learning, by having things changed, so they can understand it.
This technolgy is very useful for education. We need more technology that can know when a student is confused with a subject, and be able to help them. Students will have a better time learning, and an easier time understanding. They will be able to learn in their own way, and at their own pace. Technology has helped students learn as it advances. With this technology, other technology may come, that will make school for many students much more easier. | 3 |
307b540 | Dear Florida Senator,
The ongoing debate of whether or not the Electoral College process is fair or unjust is always around you, I presume. I would like to give some personal feedback in the matters of this situation.
I understand that the Electoral College was created 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. (Source 1) However it is not a fair or even equal compromise. The people hardly have any political voice in this aspect. The electors that in return vote for the people generally aren't chosen by the people, the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party. (Some state laws vary) (Source 1) If you faithfully are going to vote for the Presidential candidate of your choice, you should be able to have faith in your vote. Those in favor of the Electoral College could make the remark that "Voters in presidential 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) In the world of reality people don't just want make a comment and expect no reaction, people want to be heard. This is similar to voting, people want their vote to count toward the candidate of their choice not the electors for the candidate.
This then runs into the problem of unfaithful electors. Their votes are never for sure. Although they claim to have "trust that is rarely betrayed" (Source 3) you can never be a hundred percent sure in the electors. "Faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." (Source 2) If this happens the popular vote actually wouldn't go to the thought candidate.
"Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote." (Source 2) In a case of a tie the vote would go to the House of Representatives. This means that each state would only be able to cast one vote. This is not a smart backup plan. It is not fair for states of different population sizes to have one vote- basically being categorized as one. Proportionally it is not right for a state who represents 500,000 such as Wyoming to recieve the same number of equally weighted votes as a state who represents 35 million such as California. (Source 2)
The Electoral College also follows the "Winner-take-all" method. This means that most in most elections the focus is on the swing states or toss up states, all the efforts go to these states. Even though "the voters are most likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average, and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election", as said by those who believe in the Electoral College (Source 3) what about the voters who have been faithful all along? How can you expect them to feel when they barely get noticed? Those are the ones the candidates should be thanking and having gratitute toward because they are the ones who will be supporting them and their campaign.
I know that politics are filled with misconceptions and many confusing roles and aspects but please consider my thoughts and words. I speak for the voiceless and my fellow neighbors, but most importantly I speak for what our government was founded upon, WE THE PEOPLE.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
SCHOOL_NAME Student | 5 |
307c738 | You can't always see how a friend is feeling or if they are lying to you about how they feel. This technoogy can Help kids who are always faking their emotions because they don't want people to see that they are upset about something. For some "tough" kids, they act as though they are big and bad so that they aren't the one getting picked on.
Just by a simple picture, using this technology can help children not fake their personalities.
It is unhealty for childen to think that it is okay for them to fake their true feelings. If they never let it out it can cause severe depression causing them to chang their eating and sleeping habits.
According to paragraph 7, just by smiling you can make yourself happy. Also, Acording to the Facial Feedback Thory of Emotion, moving your muscles into certain emotions will not only express emtion but produce that same emotion. By using your hands to put a smile on your face and leaving it there will send good feelings through your body.
This technology will help eveyone who needs this kind of help, as in needing help controlling your emotions. Highschoolers tend to need more emotional support having more responsibility and freedom. Technology has come a long way. | 2 |
3085037 | The idea of driverless cars would be really cool but at the same time it would be pretty reckless. Anything can happen to the car you could have an accident, and it could lead to death. But at the same time it would be cool to not have to drive on your own. You would have more time to multi-task in the car.
First reason the whole idea of growing up is, getting a job and learning how to drive. As a teenager you want to learn how to drive, so you can have more freedom to go where you want and when you want. With driverless cars you won't be able to have that experience. In majority I believe teens do want to learn how to do something on their own, like learning how to drive. Teenagers want to go places without always having their parents drop them or pick them up from places, they want freedom.
But with freedom comes responsibility which is really important for a teen's parents. A parent wants their teen to obtain responsibility for their actions. For example: a teen is learning how to drive and his father is teaching him how. That teen will learn how to follow instructions, which can help him in school and later in life. Another example is: lets say a teen has already gotten his/her drivers license and now he can drive on his own account. This teen can help around the house and go grocery shopping when his parents are too busy to go out. This teaches teenagers responsibility that they need to know later.
Lastly no one knows for a fact that these driverless cars can really work. Yes, you can test them and they might work at that place in time but that doesn't always guarantee that it won't happen ever. Somebody can be driving and perhaps the car doesn't respond on time and it crashes into another car. You can get into serious accidents, and who is to blame for that? Would it be your fault or would it be the companies fault, there really isn't a way to know.
In conclusion I believe that driverless cars would not be such a great idea because, anything can happen and you never know. There could be accidents or deaths. Someone learning how to drive may not have the experience of learning how to. Driverless cars would be cool but it can also be pretty lazy, you can get lazy and distracted easily, and not concentrate on the road ahead of you. We will just have to wait and see if in 2020 we will have driverless cars. | 4 |
30869db | I think that Luke should get back in the Seagoing Cowboys program,because then he can see the sea, and he like's to take care of the animals he get's different types of job's while he's there the problem is that he craked some ribs, so he wont be able to get back in the program for a while if it wasnt for his friend he wouldn't have been in the program at all I think that Luke really likes his job he gets to see the world as he is going around the world if I was in the Seagoing Cowboys program I would want to stay because it would be fun to be able to visit new type's of places most of the time i would want to help the animals! because I would have to check up on them like every hour just like Luke he didn't know he was going to be in the program but they just told him what to do unitl he get's back he he just got done with high school and now he has to deal with the seas it seems like he wants to go back home so he can finsh his two job's and then he could go to collage either way i tink that he was a good guy in the Seagoing Cowboys progarm | 1 |
308a06b | Luke bomberger is my name. I am here to provide exaples and state facts to make you want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program is about helping people that got left in ruins not just after World War II. They help people if they need animals they will bring you animals from other countrys and if they need help building there houses and everything will bring you people that can build houses and better things!
Some reasons why you would want to join is because do you want to get drafted to the army? I don't think a lot of people do. So be a Seagoing Cowboy. If your with us you will not get drafted. Do you like animals you can help us by taking care of the animals. Another reason why you would like to join is because we have fun after we are done with everything we play table-tennis,fence,read,box,whittle,vollyball, and we also play baseball now doesn't that sound fun."I don't even know what whittling is but i've done it before I think it's fun!"
That is why me,Luke Bomberger want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Also its not just work and play we also learn and get to vist a lot of cool places around the world. I crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice. It made me more aware of people in other countrys and their needs. Thats why I leaded my family to host a number of international of students and exchange vistors for many years. Thank you and good-bye. | 3 |
308be53 | Why The Facial Action Coding System Is Irrelevant
Sometimes people have bad days, and it can have a huge impact on others, but only if people choose to show it. Human emotion can be displayed in many ways. Some ways emotion can be expressed are through body language and facial movements/changes. However one chooses to show their emotion is all their decision, and it does not need to be known by everyone else. The Facial Action Coding Sytem is not valuable because it is a person's own choice to decide whether or not they want someone else to know how they are feeling, emotions are not relevant to students in a classroom, and there are not many ways that knowing emotions can benefit people in their careers.
A person's emotions do not involve other people. Although emotions can be caused by others, emotions do not have to be known by others. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", by Nick D'Alto, the author states "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." If a person can already make a guess on how someone may be feeling on their own, why would they need The Facial Action Coding System? This would be an actual waste of technology because it would be doing a natural job that a human can do on their own.
Students in a classroom are there for learning about subjects such as math, science, language arts, and social studies, neither of which involves emotions. Bringing The Facial Action Coding System into a classroom would be more distracting than helpful. Students and teachers should be focused more on the lesson than how one is feeling during it. In the article, it says that A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts." In this case, students could also become very playful with the technology and trick it to access unreliable feedback.
Knowing emotions may benefit pychologists when wanting to understand the true feelings of one of their patients in a career based setting. However, in a classroom setting, reading student's emotional expressions is not needed. Some students may not enjoy school, but they are still required to go. The article notes that Dr. Huang adds Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. This means that not only would The Facial Action Coding System be able to read the emotions of students, but it would also takeover the job of being a teacher. This is a disadvantage for teachers since they are there to answer any questions and do the lesson planning. This would also put many teachers out of a job.
There are very few benefits, there is no relevance for knowing the emotions of students, and any emotions of a person may not want to be detected, therefore The Facial Action Coding System is not valuable. Technology is supposed to be beneficial to humans and make life easier. The Facial Action Coding System does the opposite of that. Emotions should be revealed through a person's own wish, not through a computer. This could make many people very angry, due to the programming of this technology. The goal behind The Facial Action Coding System may be to read emotional expressions, but the emotions created, by people, from being able to do so could become very upsetting. | 5 |
308d061 | "And that is the composition of the typical human.", the Biology teacher wraps up her lecture in a rather slow, drawn out, manner. The poor students, trapped in the classroom with nothing to entertain them, but boredom. How will the teacher know when to cease this unbearable tourture? FACS may be the answer. If it could accurately give the teacher information on her students' feelings about the lecture, this could be extremely valuable information to help make the lecture more entertaining, and fun, for the students. My personal opinion, one that has been developed through experience, is students maintain the information, presented in the lecture, better if the teacher makes the lesson interesting and entertaining.
As mentioned in the paragraph above, I believe having a FACS in classrooms would be a useful asset for teachers across the country, or even the world. You see, the muscles in the human face move a certain way when expressing certain emotions. The six basic emotions, as described in the third paragraph, are happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The problem is some of the emotions can not be read by the naked eye. Allow me to explain. Have you ever heard of masking emotions? A fine example would be an individual forcing a smile at someone they do not care for. Different muscles are used in a forced smile, in comparision to a natural smile. Some people have perfected the art of "fake smiling",and the human eye can have problems noticing the person is actually doing a fake smile. The FACS, however, notices the muscles being used to make the facial expression. The FACS can see small details the human eye would miss. Having this program in classrooms would help teachers to make their lectures a little bit more fun, you could say, for the students.
In conclusion, I am on the side that says we should allow this technology to be utilized in classrooms. This could be a game-changer for teachers. With this technology, teachers will be able to read the students' expressions with accuracy. Also, if the lectures are not dull, students seem to maintain the information being taught to them better. Will this technology ever be used in classrooms? I do not kinow. All we can do is wait! | 3 |
308e4ca | Driverless cars are a dangerous thing that this society doesn't need. Driverless cars aren't completley driverless. They just stop doing their own thing as soon as they need the human help, this could cause accidents, tragic deaths, and lots of money from whoever is responsible. Are driverless, safe, cars really possible?
In 2009 the first "driverless" car could drive under specific conditions. It even drove "half a million miles without a crash". They still require a human driver to take over whenever pulling in and out of driveways. The driver also has to drive whenever there is roadwork or accidents, because the driverless cars aren't capable of figuring out where to go by themselves. The awesome cars on tv that drive all by themselves with no probelm really aren't a reality for us.
Some have hope that one day driverless cars may really happen, because of how far we've come with research and improvements. In the 1950s General Motors made a car that could drive on a special track, but the tracik was imbedded with electrical cable. This sent radio waves to the car to help direct it. Berkeley engineers tried something like this, they made it so the car could read positive and negative polarity in binary code. These experiments worked really well, but in order for that to work around the world we would have to upgrade every exsisting road. That's way to expensive and quite frankly to much to ask for such a new kind of technology.
In order to have driverless cars without changing every road in the world they would need lots of sensors. One sensor on the reer wheel, roof, rearview mirror, gps, inertial motion, and four automotive radar sensors. The combination of these sensors is supposed to mimic the skills of a human driving. We've used speed sensors before in the 1980s to create antilock brakes. These sensors over the time span of ten years became so advanced that they can detect out of control skids or rollovers.
In 2013 BMW developed a new car that has traffic jam assistance, they say the car can handle speeds up to 25 mph, but the car still requires the driver to keep hold of the wheel. None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. These cars have been givent he ability to steer, accelerate, and bake themselves, but they all still need a driver to alert when they can no longer handle the situation. The driver has to remain alert at all times, and be ready to take over at a moments notice. Manufacturers are considering using cameras insure the driver is watching the road while the car watches the driver.
Some manufacteres and drivers are afraid that the driver will get bored with only being able to drive half of the time. So they want to provide these cars with in-car entertainment, but still have a way to inform the driver that they need to take over, and will instantly shut the entertainment off. Traffic laws are made so that a car being driven by a human is the only safe way because they have control at all times. Some states fear accidents so they have banned even test driving these cars. These states would include California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia.
Even if traffic laws were to change, new laws would still be needed. These laws would need to cover liability in case the car got into an accident, because the new technology failed. If that were to happen people fear there would be huge fights over who is responsible for the damage. The manufacter or the person who was "driving." Telsa believes the 2016 project will be sucessful because they are creating a car that has the ability to drive 90 percent of the time. Still the car is not driverless.
Driverless cars are more harm than they are good. Sure they may save money on gas, but they would require a lot more attention than a normal car. Driving in a normal car you know you have to be alert all the time. In a "driverless" car you don't, but If it were me i'd be more alert because i'd be afraid that all of a sudden the car isn't going to handle what's going on and turn the responsibility over to me. This would cause lots of stress and anxiety whenever trying to drive. Driverless cars just aren't something we need. | 5 |
308f712 | The face on mars could not be an alien monument. You may argue that it was made by an ancient civilization, how would they know we had a lower resolution camera on the orbiting to make it in a way that the shadows would produce a face. Even on a cloudy day, the high resolution images of the martian mesa did not look like a face any more.
The details showen proves the fact that it is a natural land form simular to the ones ones on earth. Jim Garvin stated,"It reminds me most of middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."
Useing his rule of thumb, the higher resolution shows more details of the face. So if there is aliens, how come we dont even see evidence of buildings around them? If it was built, a monument like that would have take time to build. In turn liveing accomadations would be needed for the workers and the pictures show none.
Although you may beleve that there is life on mars, please acumulate more proof before saying that it is a fact. This universe is big and yes it is possible because the universe is so big but there is no proof that there is life on mars. I hope this would sway your thoughts. | 3 |
308f736 | Not everyone can affored a car and not everyone ownes a car. 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move to Vauban germany. giving up your vehicle isnt pleasent and expeacially if your streets are completly "car free". Vauban has ownly two places to park :-large garages or if a car-owner buys a space along with a home. Not everyone thinks the same about cars in Vauban/germany. A mother of two walked down the street and didnt worry about no cars coming her way or her two childrens"im much happier this way".
Automobiles are the linchipin of suburbs. A huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouses. 12 percent of greenhouses is responsible do to the passengers seat in a vehicle.50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states. Vauban completed in 2006 a growing trend in europe to separate suburban life from auto use "smart planning".
There have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser and better for walking now planners are taking the concepts to the suburbs. Vauban have 5,500 residents within the most advanced expirement in low-car suburbuan life. but their basic precepts are being adopted all around the world attepmting to make suburbs more compact to their public transportations. the united states its broad expanses and suburban had long been one of the worlds prime car cultures. protection agency is promoting"car reduced" communities.
With all these changes people who stopped car commuting as a result to the recession will find less reasons to resume thir old habbits. a study last year found that driving by young adults decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. americas love affair with vehicles adjusted to the population growth the number of miles driven in the united states in 2005 had dropped steadily. april 2013 numbers of miles driven per person in the united states was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal the the country in 1995. In the next few years will be telling the lower emissions and impoved safety. | 2 |
3090536 | in my opinion the auther dosint relly oprovide good evidence as to why we should study venus. All he says in the text is that astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our sola system.but but it feels like provides more info on to why we should'nt. In the text the aother states that. On the venus's surface tepertures average
over 800 degrees fahrenhit. it continues to say that atmospheric pressure iis 90 times greater than what we experience here on our own planet. this is showing that it might not be a good idea to explor this planet. but the aother themselfes admit to this in the next part ware the aother states. ''these cinditions are far to extreme than anything humans enciunter on earth. This is from the text weare the aouther them selves admit that the conditions are to extreme. this shows that the outher really didnt soppert his clasim vary well. even though i think it was a good article ifeel that the aouther should have provided more evidence to better support the claim. | 1 |
309bd04 | Facial expressions and emotions drive the actions of people everyday. These emotions are sometime hidden, fake or very transparent. I believe that using this Facial Action Coding System in class rooms, will be quite valuable to the learning enviroment and education of idividuals. It will increase learning efficiancy, focus in the class room, and productivity of the students.
The Facial Action Coding System essentially scans your face for emotion and makes decisions based on the results. This would be very valuable in a classroom especially those of younger students and gradeschool. During school students can be unmotivated to learn, bored or confused in the classroom. These problems can waste time and cause students to not fully understand and learn the topic.
If this system can produce the outcome predicted this will lessen the amount of time, and help students to understand the topic more and at a quicker rate. By moving at the students speed and manipulating the lessen at points where the student is confused can be more efficient than the classrooms now. This system will eliminate the wasted time, bordem and provide solutions for those confused.
As well as increasing the efficiency, this sytstem can also benefit the classroom enviroment. When students become bored or unmotivated, they can become a distraction in the classroom. Teachers then have to take time to meet the need the student has. This disruption in the class can catch the attention of other students and cause them to stop working and or act as the other student is. Distractions like these cause learning to be hindered and if eliminated it can better the learning enviroment for teachers and students. This system, can keep students active and motivated to learn, providing less of a chance to be a distraction.
Furthermore, if distraction, bordem and unmotivation is eliminated or improved in the classroom enviroment, this can increase productivity. Students when bored or unmotivated essentially stop working, and students who are confused work at a slower pace. These problems cause the work that needs to be done, not completed or completed slower than neccessary. This system can keep the attention of students and create a path that the student learns at their own rate, thus completing the work that needs to be done ontime or quicker. This can benefit the classroom because teachers do not need to review topics that some students might have understood but others have not.
In conclusion this system is the most efficient, productive and helpful tool that a class room could be aquipped with. It eliminates bordem and unmotivation, causes more efficient learning and allows productivity in the classroom to increase. All teachers should implement this tool in their classroom if presented the opportunity. | 5 |
309de20 | The author says that exploring Venus would be helpful because It may of had water and life on it long ago. Venus may have been earth-like and has rocky features like mountains and valleys. The author states that human curiosity will lead us to exploring new places. Venus is inhospitable for humans but it is still interesting. Exploring venus would be helpful because humans will be able to figure out what happened there years ago.
Nasa has an idea to send a blimp like vehicle hovering thirty or forty miles above the landscape to study the planet's conditions. Many researchers are thinking of innovations that would allow astronauts to get close on mars. Nasa is looking back at mechanical compuers that were used in the 1800's and 1900's. Nasa will have to figure out how to get on the surface of Venus safely so they can take rock or gas samples. Nasa is thinking of different ways to explore Venus.
Venus's environment is harsh compared to earth's. 97% of venus's atmosphere is carbon dioxide. The clouds are sulfuric acid and the average temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit.The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venus is uninhabitable and will probably always be.
Venus is the closest to earth in density and size. Venus is sometimes the closest in distance too. Venus is often called earth's twin because of some of there similarities on the outside.Scientists wonder if there could have been life before. Venus is the closest to earth in size and could of had life before as well.
The author proves valid points throughout the article. Venus isn't suitable for human life but it may of been in the past and scientists want to know if it held life or not. scientist's curiosity is whats leading them to figure out how to explore Venus safely. Nasa is thinking about trying to send machines to Venus. In conclusion Venus is a planet that's not suitable for human life but scientists wonder if it was before. | 3 |
309eb02 | The author suggests that Venus would be a worth-while investment, thus might bring in interesting facts about our Sister Planet. Hence NASA and our government will make a lot of money for bringing in crucial information about Venus. From here on in there will be many facts on why exploring Venus will be a worth-while investment.
Venus, also known as the "Evening Star", since it is so easy to see at night, and our "Sister Planet", is a very difficult place to study. The size of Venus is why it is known as our Sister Planet, it has almost the same density, mass, and size of Earth. But on the contrast, its atmosphere is very different from ours. The atmosphere on the planet has many storms that are highly electrical ,hence, lightning can strike a craft out of the sky. And the atmosphere is made up of 97% carbon dioxide. The blankets of carbon dioxide make it hard to see into the planet. The clouds of carbon dioxide on the planet are highly corrosive because of sulfuric acid. Any craft made of any type of metal will melt in about roughly 2-3 days depending on the size of the craft. The Atmospheric pressure on the planet is about 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. The temperature on the ground averages over 800 degrees Farenheit.
But NASA has developed an idea that might truely get humans close to Venus to be able to study it. NASA says that they could send a craft to float or hover about 30 or so miles above the surface to escape the harsh Venusian storms and landscape. At thirty miles above the surface it would be around 170 degrees Farenheit and the pressure that high would be somewhat like sea level here on Earth. Solar power would also be beneficial for power and radiation would not exceed what we experience on Earth. But because of the dense clouds not letting most light forms into the inner atmosphere it would hinder insight of the surface. Thus rendering the photography and videography unavailable. They plan to use mechanical computers that run because of gears and levers and would not require electronics. These forms of computers were used during World War II because they did not require electricity and how they are capable of withstanding much punishment from harsh conditions.
This concludes how it would be a worth-while pursuit to study Venus, and how NASA will help with the studying of our Sister Planet. | 3 |
309fe3b | The Electoral College is full of debates, but the biggest debate is if they should still have power. They should not stay in power becuase The United States of America is a democracy. Its is easier and more democratic if the candidate won by popular demand. What is a democracy good for if the Electoral college can change their choice of who becomes president. Many of the representatives in the Electoral College are unfair to voters and sometimes cheat the voting system. Would you want that running your countries choices? I dont think so.
The voters choose a canditate in the electoral college but they can always change their votes. For example, "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." stated in source two. Basically, If you want a republican president to win you would vote for a republican represetative of the electoral college, but thats not always the truth. Voters can not control the mind of a representative, in a few seconds they become of member of the oppsoing sides and thus they have your vote. This is known as unfair use of your vote that can obviously not be taken back.
2000 was the the year many people realized the lies of the electoral college. Bradford Plumer, author of The Indefensible Electoral College states that "Al Gore . . . won the popular vote but lost the presidency." This means that the electoral college is cheating the voting system and lying to their voters. So, do your votes even matter? No, not really. "Over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now" said by Plumer. This system we have for voting is basically useless to us and just gives the electoral college more power to run us.
The Electoral College does have some good reasons its still in power. In source three written by Richard A. Posner, he states that " . . . the pressure of the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner." In other words, when there is a run-off election or tie, the electoral college brings down this pressure making the choice so its quicker to make a choice on who becomes president. Sadly, very few people find the Electoral College useful but they do do a lot of things that help make the elections easier on the voters and putting less pressure on the candidates.
In the past few years people have realized what the Electoral College actually does. Its is true to believe that they grab our vote and change it last minute. They also can help in the process of the presidential election, but they make the voters confused and get called unfair adn cheaters, which is true. If this country was truely a democracy then the people would have complete ownership on who becomes president not the Electoral College. | 4 |
30a39cd | Driverless cars may seem like the best thing to ever happen in the world, but they are probably not the best choice for everyone to make. Conflicts arise such new laws having to be created for who would be liable if there was ever an accident to happen, you would still have to drive at some point, and some of the funding may be too expensive.
Laws are things that can protect us, but what would happen if we were involved with a accident while in a driverless car? "New laws would be needed in order to cover liability" if there was ever an accident to happen with a driverless car. But the problem with that is that no one would know who was at fault, the driver or the car.
Whenever you hear the word "driverless car" you probably think of not having to driver and put your foot on the gas. Just because you think that a driverless car willl totally set you free from driving, it actually will not. "... the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires". Driverless does not mean you are set free.
Although, there were tests to practice these cars with there would be some "..required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply expensive". If the car companys and sponsors could not raise enough money for all the upgrades to existing roads that woud be required if driverless cars were the next "big" thing, how could we even drive the driverless car?
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good thing because new laws would have to be created to cover liability if there was ever an accident with the driverless car, you will still have to drive the car at some point, and they would require expensive funding for upgrades to make things suitable for the driverless car. | 3 |
30a5a3d | Venus, sometimes called the "Evening star" it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky that is amazing. Well Venus is actually a planet.
Venus is called the "Evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. In our solar system Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple from the distant but safe vantage point of earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closley. Often referred to as Earth"twin" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occcasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, and Marsour other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times in Venus. Maybe this is issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than threendecades. Numerous factors contribute to Vensu reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.
In conclusion this is why it is worthly to study about Venus. Itis very cool and interstead to learn about. You could learn so much about Venus its really cool. Now i wanna learn more about Venus. It is worthly to learn about Venus. | 1 |
30acda7 | the reason why their is the techonoly of people to know how to understand on how the reason the potrites are in this world today. By showing on how the way the pictures in the text is showing how she is smileing. I think we should leave her face the way is orginally on the way it is from the way the arginol person painted it. It is being very respectful on how the painting is being displaied in different musemes here around the world.
the reason why I think this is because lets say that we painted something and someone goes in and paint it completely different. Than what you made it to be in the first place. So I feel like we all should leave things they were when they were created. The respect we give we get in return from the same reson y we gave it to others because the more you give the more it looks good on you in the long run. So just remember that the next time you see someone changing someone else's painting or others works. They work so hard on because why would they work so hard on somthing that someone else is just gonna go back in and change it. | 1 |
30aed5f | Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and since it is now 2016 it was about 40 years ago that a face was found on the planet. Some people think it was made by aliens and other people are logical and say it is a natral land form. I think it is just a land form because you can duscern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, we havent found anything else, and it look like some of the landforms here on earth.
First of all, in paragraph 11 it says that as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image up to 3 times its size. This helps prove it wasnt made by aliens because they cal close in on the picture and they didnt find anything else around it like other sculptures or houses or anything. therefore, it was either really old or just a land form.
Also, we haven't found anything else on the planet. If aliens made that dont you think they would have made other things and if they did wouldnt they also be there. It is not likely the face is an artifact because there should be more and if it was made by aliens and they had more it is unlikely that they made them and only that one is still there.
It does look a lot like what the agyptians made so if there were aliens they would probably be capable of doing that but it also looks like some of the landforms we have here on earth. Garvin even says in paragraph 12 "It reminds me most of middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. hat's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated masa about the same height as the face on mars."
In conclution, It is just a natural landform that happens to look like a face. We havent found anything else on the planet and the ppicture doesnt have anything in it like a home. Also it looks like some of the landforms here on earth, we have some natural things that look wierd so why cant mars? The face was not made by aliens. | 3 |
30b1d9b | No one wants to wach ads but wouldnt they be more intresting if there was a way they could relate to us more. In the article ¨Making Mona Lisa Smile¨by Nick D´Alto he talks about a way that a coding system can read our emoitions.
In the text they talk about a program called Facial Action Coding System that will use our emotions to make our experience with technology better.
The technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valiable because ads can be more personal, it can help keep students more intrested, and can make animated faces more expressive.
Ads are an example on how the Facial Action Coding System can be valuable. In the text it states ¨For example, if yoy smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be dirffent.¨ (D´Alto).
So if a student is doing somthing on a computer and an ad pops up for a math game and he dosnt like it the next ad could change to a math game that he does help.
The ads coud help the student find a game that can help him learn. Ads and keeping the student mare intrested are ways the Facial Action Coding System is valuble.
Keeping the students intrested is also another way the Facial Action Coding System can be benifical to a student. In the text it says ¨A classroom computer coud recognize when a student is becoming confused¨ (Dr. Huange).
If it could reconize that then it could modifiy the lession.
The lession would be better for a student and also it would be like having a teacher right next to you teaching you in the way you learn best.
Keeping the students intrested is anothe way the Facial Action Coding System can be valiuble but there is one more example.
The Facial Action Coding System can make animated faces more expressive.
The author states ¨ The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive¨ (D´Alto).
When taking an online corse if a animated faces could be more expressive it would make the student more involved.
Also it could make the student feel like they have some one to help right next to them.
This is how making animated faces more expressive can help students in a classroom.
This is how ads can be more personal, it can help keep students more intrested, and can make animated faces more expressive help support the claim that the use of emotinal reading technology can be valuable for a student.
By making things more personal.
Also by keeping the student intrested so they dont get side tracked. Finaly by keeping the student happy.
Wouldent you want a more presnal expericence when learning to help keep you intrested and more involved? | 4 |
30b20ea | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" there are different sides and reactions to driverless cars. Personally I think that driverless cars are a bad idea. They can cause crashesand problems, costs lots of money and need more modifications.
Driverless cars can cause alot of crashes because if it is a contructions zone, the car does not knowhow to get through it or manuver around it. A problem that might happen is you can tell the car where you want to go but it might not take you there. That can be a dangerous situation. If you have a driverless car, the driver is not going to pay attention to the road at al, so if something does happen in the car, the driver will not be paying attention enough to take control of the car.
Making these cars cost losts of money because of all the sensors you have to put on them. Not just the sensors, but you have to get someone to install the sensors. And if the car malfunctions then the car company will face alot of court issues which also costs alot of money. Spending all this money on making the cars will not be worth it all when people come to complain or get hurt by the car.
The driverless cars need more modifications because they are not completely driverless. You still need the driver to assist the car. If you need the driver its not a driverless car because you still need someone to take the wheel when certain points come along the road.
This articke shows me that driverless cars are an bad idea. Too much money, more modificatio, and crashes are only a little bit of the priorieties that need to be ficed with driverless cars. When these get fixed then driverless cars may be a better idea, but until then they need to try to fix these issues. | 3 |
30b779e | What the Facial Action Coding System is a " process begins whe the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more mucles is called a "action unit." The man thing is weather or not this "Facial Action Coding Syste" should be used to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valube . But there can be some good things about this and there can be some bad things about this. The pros is id the computer can read if the kid is strugling with somthing and the teacher could come help the kid. Also the computer can read if the kid is depressed and needs help with somthing going on in his or her life. The cons isinvasion of privice. But with all these pros and cons I think we should have the "Facical Actions Coding System".
My first reason why we should have these computers is for school. In the artical the author says "A classroom computer could recognizewhen a student is becoming confused or bored." What this means if a kid is stuggling or confused the computer can read that the kid is in need of help on the thing he is working on and the teacher can come help the kid. Also the good thing is if the kid is confused and needs help, but if the kid is shy or scared to ask qustions the computer can tell the teacher he or she needs help on what they are working on. Last if the computer knows the person in confused the computer can stop what the kidis doing and help that person on what they are doing. This is my first reason on why we need this computer system in all schools.
My second reason is the computer can read kids emotions and can help the person. " In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of corse, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." This shows if a person is depressed and needs help but is scared to tell anybody the conputer can tell that friend so that friend can help that person out. Also this can tell if a person is angry and the actions that person could do when they are angry helping that person out and other people around them, beacuse of the actions that person can do while they are mad. Last this device can save lifes of people who think of suicide beacuse the computer can warn peopel these sighns helping the person out and many more people. This is my second reason why all schools should have the computer system.
My third and last reason is the computer can help that person be happy if they are sad and depressed. According to Facial Feedback Theoryof Emotions" Putting on a happy face actually works!" Also " imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. 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 differnt." What this is saying is if you are watching somthing and ad comes on and it makes you happy the computer know that you like if and it would more like that. But if a ad comes on you dont like it and frown the computer knows that and will change it fast so you stay happy. With this computer doing that it could keep a lot of kid happy. This is my third reason why all schools should have this computer system.
Some people my not agree with me. Some people may say that it is advading your privace. But I think the computer should beacuse the computer can svae lives. Also help kids learn. Last it can keep kids happyand not sad. With the computer doing all of this we can keep a healthy life style and a safer envoroment for every body. This is why all schools should have this computer system to save lifes, help kids, and keep kids happy. | 5 |
30be42a | Driverless cars are revolutionizing the auto industry. This idea behind this futuristic technology is to allow the user to relax and not be bothered by the worries of the road. While this idea sounds nice in concept, when put into reality it just becomes illogical. It is for this reason that unless groundbreaking technology is discovered that can make driverless cars safe and practical, people should just continue to drive cars themselves.
One of the specific faults of driverless cars is the fact that they are not truly driverless. This is made evident when the author states that "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" (7). The whole purpose of developing computurized cars is so that no attention is required by the humans within the cars. If the human still has to be "alert" and ready to drive, then the entire point of having these automated cars is negated. The attention required by a human takes away from the ability to relax and not worry about the road. To that point, if the operator of the vehicle is not able to fully relax, he/she would much rather be solely operating the vehicle for the strict purpose of keeping occupied. If they cannot risk leaving the car alone to occupy themselves with other things, than the entire purpose of the driverless car has been defeated.
Another factor that argues against driverless cars is the issue of safety. While some may argue that the automation of the car takes away the factor of human error, this puts too much trust in the computers. While tested, and proven safe, it is still worrysome to think about the fact that the operator's life is solely in the driving skill of the computer that is driving the car. It is unrealistic to put this much trust into a computer preforming a predominantly human activity. Human knowlege, reactions, and skill are all key attributes in driving, which is why taking these attributes away may turn out to be dangerous. This is the reason that "...in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars" (9). Things are not just made illegal without ample reason to do so. Clearly the United States government, the most powerful government in the world believes that there is too much risk involved in testilng, nonetheless driving these furutistic automobiles.
This idea of driverless cars follows the recent social trend of laziness. As a species we are beginning to rely more and more on computers to complete simple tasks that we are more than capable of completing ourselves. There is a point where technology is taken too far and that is the point where it has an opportunity to impact our safety. This is that point. | 5 |
30c1119 | Dear state senator,
My letter is in regards to changing the election to popular vote for the president of the United States. I believe that we, the people, should have the opportunity to choose whom we wish to become President.
The reason why people go out to vote, is because they have a specific person in mind. Although throughout election time, many people are brought to different conclusions that one candidate is better then the other, or they both have their flaws yet, they strongly represent one thing the other candidate dispises. Either way, there are those types of people who just cannot decide. They may be left undecided, and have changed their minds by the time it's ready to vote. It's a big deal for people to go out and take action. So what would make the electoral college change one view of voting? Its the fact that we aren't really voting for our president. We are voting for our electors of the state, to vote for our president. And on top of that, there are still many people out there who don't have a clue that their actually voting for someone in our state to decide for us. Although the electoral college does help make the presidential election less complicated, it's the mere fact that WE aren't making much of a difference.
The electoral college doesn't only have a few minor set backs, but it could tarnish out dreams of who we wanted to be president by way more than we could've expected. When it comes to voting for electors, its a difficult thing when it comes to how many electors represent which political party. Democrat, or Republican. Say one wanted the one candidate running for president to win, and he/she were Republican. That person would go out and cast a vote for a slate of however many of republican electors there are for that state. The part that gets a lot of people is that there could be fewer Republican electors then there are Democrat electors. Say one still wanted the Republican candidate to win and they voted in their residential state which was Nevada. IF Nevada had 4 Republican electors then that meant anyone who voted for the Democrat electoral wasn't chipping in much to the election. In the end, all the electors votes are counted for each side, and because Nevada had only two dedicated Democrats, the chances of the Democrat candidate having less electoral votes then the Republican candidate, has increased. If this problem happenes for several other states, then the chances double, even triple.
If this doesn't make you think that the electoral college should go, then think again. The electoral college is definitely unfair to voters. Any chance of unfaithful electors, could happen. It could make one feel betrayed that they voted foe a specific elector to do one job. Which was to help select the president the voter wanted. Whats the point in putting your trust in someone who could just easily turn around and NOT vote who you wanted? There is no point. But that's what we're doing when we vote. We are making it an option for that to happen. So why not vote by popular vote? Why not avoid all the issues the electoral college can cause for us? We should be lucky that back in '00, that was the biggest election crisis and it COULD'VE been worse.
In conclusion, we the people, should have the opportunity to vote and actually have our vote counted. Because every state doesnt't have the sam eamount of people in each, the chances of there being a tie in the presidential election, is slightly unlikely. Other then there being a tie in the nationwide electoral vote because the votes add up tp 538; an even number. We shouldn;t put ourselves through this, and truth be told, the election is confusing as it is. I say, we should get rid of the electoral college. It's not needed, and a pain. | 5 |
30c179a | Driverless cars, is this in our future? Driverless cars have become a growing topic in the past years. Recently, more information has become visible to the general public. Are these cars a good idea? I believe driverless cars are not needed in the near future. Development of these cars is an unneeded advancement in technology. Driverless cars, as of the technology we are now given, are not as reliable as an independent driver, they invade your privacy, and it would take more money to install technology in roads to be able to make use of these cars. Driving is a symbol of independence, in the sense that you are given the responsibilty and freedom to go virtually any location you please by driving yourself there.
Self driving is a commonly used way of transportation amongst many individuals. Driving is a way of transporting ones self from point A to Point B. When most individuals are driving, the average spped exceeds 25 mph. Driverless cars are only reliable for simple driving functions up to 25 mph. "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In fact, none of the cars are completely driverless." If driverless cars were to become a prominent part of every driver's life, would it be very practical? In the article, the author states what the cars are capable of, even with the driverless technology, the car will never be fully independent. The car is not completley driverless, this will be an unneccassary advancement until manufacturers create a truly driverless vehicle. So, using these new cars may be seemingly pointless, as the driver will still need to be paying attention and the car has sensors to make sure the driver is paying attention. This leads me to my next point, is a driverless car worth giving up your privacy?
Driverless cars not only have sensors on the wheels to make sure you are paying attention, they have cameras on your dashboard to ensure you are paying attention. "Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." While some people may argue this is for the safety of the driver, there is no valid reasoning that there should be a manufacturer watching your every move to ensure you are paying attention on the road. Cars that have been driven that are not driverless have been doing, overall, well. While drivers are able to pay attention to the road regularly, having a camera creates an unwanted pressure to the driver. Adding the pressure of knowing you are constantly being watched as a driver can raise your stress levels, resulting in frustrated driving. Frustrated driving is an unsafe form of drivng, where as driving while relaxed and unwatched, relieves the pressure of knowing you are not the only person in the car. In addition, in the current days and in the past, has there ever been a need for manufacturers to put a camera in your dashboard to make sure you are driving safely? The answer to that question is no. Drivers, while not being watched, are expected to follow the laws and pay attention. Using cameras in the car and invading the privacy of the driver is an unneccasary addition, as there will only be use for the driverless portion of the car for up to 25 mph; therefore there is no further reasoning to begin developing these new vehicles.
If driverless cars are only useful for up to 25 mph, is there really any practical use for them? If driverless cars become the new form of transportation, there will be money involved that a lot of people do not have. Having smart cars requires smart-roads, ones that can communicate with the car to ensure the safest possible driving experience. "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." When manufacturers create these smart roads complementary to their smart cars, who will be paying for them? The most likely answer is a raise in already inflated car prices. When the smart-roads are installed, hypothetically speaking, will the road be smart enough to communicate with all different manufacturers types of cars? Will they allow regular cars to drive on them? How long will the instillation take and will it be on every road? These are all things that require time and money. Manufacturers see the big picture of driverless cars running the roads, but that simply can not be the case, given all of the obstacles needing to be overcome and all of the questions that require answers. With all of the money it will require to run cars that are still dependent on drivers, will there be any valid reasoning to spend all of this money on new roads and new car development?
With all of the advancements in technology, there should be a threshold to the items consumers want versus what they need. Manufacturers should not be trying to create new technology, but improving what they already have created. Using driverless cars, still require a driver to pay attention and take control after a certain point, invade your privacy by watching you with a camera, and require more money to create the new road systems and create new cars. In conclusion, I believe there is no practical reasoning that these cars should be further developed. | 6 |
30d2268 | We should keep the elcetoral college because it was made by out founding fathers and should be kept alive. Not only that but it has been around for so long that it would be difficult getting use to the change. By keeping the electoral college we keep a non-democratic way of voting for out presidents. Betrayal dosent often happen because we put trust into the people we sent to the electoral college. By keeping the electoral college we also keep the chance of any runner winning, unlike if normal people got to have their votes count someone would always ain by a landslide. By also keeping the electoral college we make it so their is no chance of a tie. Like if a person from the electoral college were to betray his state.
If it were to happen the state would be very disappionted and would look down upon him or her. By keeping the electoral college we make it so the its difficult for one person to betray his or her state. We all expect them to make the right choise for the whole state and they feel that pressure. Everyone only influences what the person is going to pick. But some people fold under pressure and do what the other person wants. That can also be a good thing.
By putting people under pressure with a whole state on their back people would choose who ever their state wants. If every state thinks differntly then their would still be a chance for the other person to win even if other states voted for the other person. If one person got a lot of states to like them then the other peson wouldnt stand a chance if real people were voting and they would lose against a landslide victory. There would also be major fights and outbrakes of violence if we got rid of the electoral college. If you had a friend that voted for the person you didnt want to win and they won you would mad and argry. They would just rub it in your face and say you lost and could lead to fights or even killings. The smart desion would be to keep the electoral college.
By keeping it everyone is happy and will accept things easier. But if we were to abolish it the towns and cities would go and rampage with families borken and friendships being torn apart. And we can prevent that by just keeping the electoral college. | 3 |
30d4a45 | I am with the idea of the FACS becaues it seems vary interesting. The idea of a machine that can read emotions is cool. Though can be a little scary that commputer can tell if your happy or sad. But the idea is still cool to think about. I would like to see if they can even get the FACS to work on animals in the furture.
A reasion this could be a good idea is becaues you be able to tell if some one is lying to you. Like if there is a bad persion in court and you wont to know if there lying to your face you just look at the machine and it would tell you. Though some people would like to keep some things a scorit you be able to tell is there lying to you and if there sad as well then you know its a secorit. Many people would be saved and devastated by this machine.
My second reasion for going with the FACS is becaues it may be able to uncover crimes like if the dead persion was sad or happy when they die. Some family members may want to know that but will never know if they don't have the FACS. The FACS seem to be good on paintings so I was thinking that it may work on a dead body. Becaues if it works on Mona Lisa, then it should work on anything that dont use muscle ever or in the past like a dead body.
My therd reasion is if you make it be useable on animals then we can uncover a lot of mysteryes. Like if you wanted to know how your dog or cat felt about you all you had to do was turn on the FACS and see. We could also see if lions kill becaues there mean or becaues they dont know what eals to do. Many things could be uncover thnks to FACS.
Thess are my reasions for choosinf the FACS becaues it can help humans in many ways. We could be one step closer to uncovering mystoryes. I like the idea but many people may dissagree becaues they might say that they want to keep things scroit. But like I sead earlyer use the machine if there lying but also sad then you know it is a scorit. So I beleve the FACS should be able to go to anyone that wants it but that is just a thought. | 3 |
30d6bfe | Seagoing Cowboys program, is an opportunity of a lifetime. After World War II was over many countries were left in ruins. So the UNRRA made a program to help these contries called the ¨ Seagoing Cowboys ". We take care of animals that will be shipped overseas. Also helping people by giving food and also seeing Europe, China, and Acropolis in Greece. You can also find time to have fun on board playing a veritiy of games after unloading the animals.
In the text it states, ¨ It was 1945 , World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. UNRRA hired ¨Seagoing Cowboys¨ to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.¨
Text also stated that, ¨ Besides helpling people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed.¨
Participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program allows you to experience adventures and visit many unique places. But being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than an adventure, it can open up a new world for you. Its a grateful opportunity to take. It can make you more aware of people of other countries and their needs. So sign up today, from a fellow Seagoing Cowboy, Luke Bomberger. | 2 |
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