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36e31bf | Prof. Thomas Huang, Prof. Nicu Sabe, and Dr. Paul Eckman have come up with a techonlogy that can know exaclty what and how many emotions a person has right now.
This technology is called the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS. Students would benefit from this technology because the FACS would know if they were bored or confused, modify the lesson like a real teacher, and help the student understand the lesson better and earn a good grade as a result.
The FACS would know if the student was bored or confused because it constructs a detailed 3D image of the face with all 44 major muscles.
It then compares the image to the image of a neutral face with no emotion and looks at certain muscles.
The computer looks at the "zygomatic major," for example, to see if you are smiling genuinally becasue the corners of your mouth would be pulled back.
It would also look for your "frontalis pars lateralis" to tell if you are suprised by something because your eyebrows would be raised.
The FACS would also be able to measure exactly how many emotions you have because the technology "weighs different units."
If a student was bored or confused the FACS would be able to modify the lesson; therefore, helping the student understand the lesson more.
The computer now would not know if the student was having trouble becasue it can not see what the student's face look like.
But with the help of the FACS, the computer knows what the student is feeliing and can change what the lesson is about to help the student.
Just like a real teacher, the FACS would know what the student was thinking and be able to change how the lesson was worded to hopefully help the student understand what it was saying.
The Faical Action Coding System would be able to modify the lesson just like an experienced and effective teacher would.
With the Facial Action Coding System modifying the lesson, the student would earn a better grade as a result than if the lesson was not modified.
The student would most likely do better on both the homework and the test because the lesson was reworded in a much more impactful way than it was originally.
If the student does better on the homework and test, then the overall grade would increase, as well as the percentage of passing grades for the class.
The FACS would modify the lesson; thereby increasing the amount of passing students and helping the school earn a better grade from the Department of Education.
The FACS would be able to see if a student was confused or bored, and if he or she is bored or confused, modify the lesson accordingly; therefore, increasing the overall grade the student received.
The Facial Action Coding System would be able to help the student if he or she was confused by rewording the lesson iin the way the student would understand better.
The FACS would be a great addition to a classroom because it would help the students understand what the lesson was saying. | 4 |
36e6143 | People have been adcancing everywhere, and mostly in technology. We're now able to produce self driven cars. In just a few years we're going to be able to distrubute them world wide. This will help cause less accidents, less polution, but it will cost a lot.
With self driven cars we will have a great decline in car accidents. Moat cars accdients are caused beause people are distracted by something or someone wasn't paying attention around them. The self driven cars have motion sensors, GPS reciever, and a video camerea to make sure that it drives smoothly and without any accidents. The author says "the most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof.", and this gives the car a 3-D model of its surrounding. So with a couple years of more advancements to the systems of the car there won't be any way that it can crash.
The author states that "the cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis" which would help with the polution we have today. Millions of cars are being used today releasing gases into the atmosphere hurting it. If we could cut the amount of gas used down by half it would slow down global warming, and that's what this driveless car is offering. More flexible than a bus and half the gas a taxi uses is what the driveless car is bringing, and that's what we need. This would help the enviroment a lot with less polution being poured out of automobiles.
But one problem that comes with this amazing car is the amountof money it will cost to make one. Cars are already expensive and if we add all these systems to it, it wil make it cost even more. Money is already a problem right now with many people in debt from student loans and house payments being sky high. But if people in the government think about it they'll be saving more money because they won't being having to buying as much gas and won't have to pay as much for accidents caused by cars. So having to pay more for cars isn't as big as it seems.
Money is an issue but half the gas and less accidents outweighs making it a good idea to produce these types of cars. we will recieve more good things from these than bad ones. Less polution that will slow down global warming and lower the cost that the government is paying for gas, less accidents so people won't be paying as much for insurance, and it will make more jobs for people because we are going to have a high demand for them. So we should start making these cars as soon as possible to help ourselves and others. | 4 |
36e8507 | I believe that we have seen a face on mars is not true, why because i believe it could be just the shape of it and make it look like a head shape figure and then in pargraph 3 it said that, it noted that it was a huge rock formation giveing the shape of the head and plus the shadows that make it seem like these eyes and nose to the head on mars. Over the pass could of years the face on mars has change it really didnt look like a face to meand thats in 1998. But by 2001 it just look like a mount of dust, and it really dont look like a face at all to me and the story also said it could be the artifact of aliens doing, well theres no such things are alines and thats what my agrument more reasonable tp believe and prove its just a huge rock that on mars and have shadows on it to make it seem like has eyes,nose and a mouth. This is why i believe it not a face on mars and not the work of alien doing. | 1 |
36eaa58 | Switching Sides
Have you ever heard of the man on the moon? Well Mars has a similar thing. They both ,at the time, had formations that looked like human faces. Some think it was made by aliens or some other superior being. However, the reality of it is that its just a natural formation that looks like a face. That part can be nocked out when you zoom up on it. The lines and basic formation of the mesa,the face, are too natural to be made by an intelligent species. Finally, if there was some marks or sign that it was created by aliens it would have shown up on the image due to the high resolution. We are looking farther then we should with this natural formation.
At the moment the most recent picture from 2001 completly exterminates any facial recognition. You can see natural lines that run across the mesa and the higher elevation of certian areas. The eyes are just a steep hill that geos to the top. While the mouth seemingly isn't even there anymore. You can see the worn away parts indicating that its been there for quite awhile. The shadows aren't even there at the time which creates the distictive features. It bearly even looks like a face anymore.
I was talking about the NATURAL lines that appear on the mesa. The lines on the mesa are to distictive to be created. If something made it they would have wanted smooth edges as well as an even ditch. If they tried to recreate the natural look it would have looked faulty and unbeliveable. The species would have completly deformed the hill exposing its true colors. Also what reason would they have for creating a random face with the possibility of no one ever seeing it. There is no point to it.
Finally, the final reason for it not being alien-made is if there was marking on the mesa giving reason to believe it was created be aliens they would have been shown. If any wierd symbols showed up on the screen we would have seen it and still release the image. Why would we hide this from the world if it would increase the amount of funding we get from companies. You can study the image for hours, but not find a single symbol anywere on the image. The camera would have picked it up and we would have studied it.
The mesa was not created by aliens if only looks that way to us because are minds are hardwired to find faces. Its much easier to remember a face rather than a name. Everything about the image is natural it wasn't put there for some unnoticable reason that we can't comprehend. It just existis thats all... nothing more nothing less. No aliens had anything to do with this mesa. | 4 |
36ed198 | Cars have been around for many years and generations. People rely on cars for transportation. However, theres places where car usage is being limited because of the pollution it causes to the environment and help create a better environment for the people.
For for starters, one reason car usage is being limited is because of how much pollution it brings to the environment. According to article 2 paragraph 17, Paris usually has the most smog than any other European capital. The smog cleared enough for the French party to remove the ban of odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. This means cars have been a great cause of the smog in the city. In Bogota Colombia, thers a car-free day in act. According to article 3 paragraph 21, the goal of the day was to promote other transportation and to reduce smog. This shows that people aren't considerate when it comes to the environment and don't realize the pollution they're causing. Therefore limiting car usage is beneficial.
Another advantage to limiting car usage is that it can help create a healthier environment. According to article 2, people would participate in Day Without Cars regardless of weather. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating." explained Bogota Mayor Antanas. The campaign brought constructs of 118 miles of bicycle paths. Parks and sport centers also grew. This demostrates that people are determine to make the environment they live in into a better place to live. Aritcle 4 states that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses each year. This shows America is probably leaving driving for better alternatives for the environment and their lives. And limitation to car usage was a big key to this behaviour change.
Although driving has been abused for years, places are beginning to limit the usage of cars. Some of the reasons cars are being ban are due to the pollution is causes and it helps create a better environment for the city and people lives. Would limitations of car usage ever completely get rid of cars as a transportation. | 4 |
36f1f67 | I think Luke would advertist the Seagoing Cowboys programs as place where your giving back to people and also getting to travel the world to some fun place you might have not been to. Some details from the story to support what Luke thinks is, if you join Seagoing Cowboys you get to help coutries like Europe recover supplies that the people need to live. Also take care of many different kind so of animals and even get to site seeing when your done with your hard work or have free time.
Some fun places that you might want to vist is Europe and China because they different kind of historial and beautiful sites. Before you can get to theses countries one thing you might want to consiter is the different dangers of the the sea. Details from paragraph 7 this sentence is when luke served as night watch man and he slid down the slippery ladder onto his backside. Luke had cracked his ribs and was out of work for a couple of days.
Beside that is only thing you have to be worried about because if you think about the Seagoing Cowboys programs, you are making so many people happy because you are help them get back to lives. Your also changing and benefiting your life. Evidence from paragraph 1 is ",Luke Bomberger had no idea his life would change soon after high school. "So come and join to make your life and our lives a better place. | 2 |
36f6d67 | Cars these day have become way more gas efficent and eco friendly. Cars are still evolving though, now cars can drive thereself you can not buy them yet though because they are not fully ready to go. I believe that driverless cars are un safe do to the fact that the driver would probably not become as focus as they should be, and feel that they really don't have to do anything.
The article states that the cars are not completely driverless because don't understand how to get around traffic constructions and accidents. This forces the driver to still be alert. Therefore the car is not really driverless and if the driver feels like the car is driving it's self and they are not being defensive, it could cause them to get in recks.
The new technology that the world is coming up with may not be safe and thats why the world doesn't know about alot of the new technology that we already have. That's why these car are still in testing. How can you call a car driverless if it still needs someone steering. These cars can't reverse themselfs out of driveways. They do have some cool ideas on how to keep a driver alert. BMW decided to make one of the "Driverless Cars." They say it can only steer, accelerate, and brake themself.
GM(General Motors) put vibrating seats in the car to alert the driver when they are getting to close to something. Even though they haven't fully accomplished a driverless car they have made big improvements since 2009 when the project first began.
Many States have banned the driverless cars because they feel that it's not very safe for a car to be driving it's self. These states consist of Califonia, Nevada, Florida, and the Disrict of Columbia.
Tesla has a projected 2016 release for a car that can be on autopilot 90% of the time. Also Mercedes-Benz, Audi , and Nissan plan on having driverless cars by 2020.
This new technology is going to cost more then the technology we already have, do to the fact that it has higher value.
Just for these cars to work they needed lots of sensors. Google's modifed Toyota Prius uses position estimated sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof , and a video camera located by the rear view mirror , and it also has 4 automotive radar sensors, and a GPS receiver, ,andd a inertial motion sensor. The most important part of this new technology on this car is the camera that consistently uses laser beams to form a 3-D model of the car's surrounding. These cars have a lot newer technology then you're normal car you see on the street. The more new technology they use the more the price will go up.
In conclusion These cars will be more expensive then the older cars and all the cars that are out now. The more technology they put on it the more expensive it will get. If every state decideds to band them then they may never come out. There is alot with holding in our future we never know when one of these " Driverless Cars" could come out and be fully operational. Time will tell though. | 4 |
36f90b3 | Dear State Senator,
Keeping the electoral eollege method shouldn't be appropriate for electing the next president. In source two it says that when you use the electoral college system and you vote,not only do you vote not only for one person but other people pledged to that person. Now,I don't think it's the best idea to choose this method despite it being a more simple process but using the popular vote method sounds more fair,source two also says that someone won the popular vote but the electoral college prevented him from becoming the next president. The electoral college causes too much confusion,its unfair and it's caused more problems with voting.
Although,using the elctoral college method is more simple,it can cause a lot of confusion. If you vote for one person then you automatically vote for the other people pledged to that person. Many people who have ran for persident have lost due to the electoral college method but they've won the popular vote. Its possible that when you are voting you don't know who else you're voting for.
To continue with,the electoral college method can be unfair because of the people who lost due to the system. Some people that ran for president won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote. Others also lost because of the "winner-take-all" system,it awards every elector to the winning presidential candidate.
This method has caused problems with voting because of it being unfair. Some of the problems its caused was how others win automatically if the president they pledged to won the electoral college vote. This method of voting has to go.
In conclusion,the electoral college voting system shouldn't be used again in the future becasue of its confusion. It can have you voting for someone pledged to the preisdent that you didn't wan to vote for. It can also be unfair. Many people lost because of this method but won the popular vote. Last it's caused too much problems as a voting system in general. | 3 |
36fd5ae | The article is essay about "the challenge of exploring Venus" sometimes called the Evening star, is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from our sun, our NASA want exploring Venus planet.
Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is closest in distance too.Earth Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the the clouds od highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.On the planet's surface the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we
experience on our planet.
There conditions are far for extreme than anything human can survive.Also notable, Venus has hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system,
Venusian geology said that weather present addicinal impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqueakes. The NASA has one particularly
compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, and want send cars or airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly around Venus, but want create the better technology in this materials.
The challenge of exploring venus is awesome because has a lot things relationated with our planet Earth and has impressionated things that happens inside the Venus so my explanation is that the author put good information for can create my claim, and support claims.
The NASA should be create the better technology for exploring Venus. NASA striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus value,The curiosity is so bigest for all human. NASA wants known all about Venus, and want to
be the first company and goes to other planet. | 1 |
36ff4b3 | In the artcle "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author talks about how cars are becoming more like the movies on televison how people always wanted them to drive themselves. Cars are improving very much that can be both good and bad because as the technology improves so do other stuff driveless cars be good but dangerous and might even change the world and also human kind or generations to come.
Since the technology has really been improving cars are starting to do that but no completely people still need to be in the car in the article the author states that "The google car simply announces when the driver needs to take over." I do not agree with this kinds of cars that just warn the drivers when to take over what if the driver was sleeping and the cars was trying to alert the driver that he had drive but the driver could not hear or really didnt care then the driver would die and or injure other people. And also the author claims that "most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe." But instead of warning the driver if the driver doesn't take over the car should stop within
seconds so that nothing bad happens. I also think that alot of people would be suing diffrent companies for disasters but really it wouldn't be the companies fault but the drivers for not taking over when alerted as the author claims "if the technology fails and someone is injured, who ia at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" In conclusion as said in the article "the road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day. They already have a year when they will probably release a car that can drive its self as the author said "Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves b y 2020." | 3 |
370d1af | I am for driveless cars becuase than you have more time to make sure you child is safe,have have less wercks in the future,and you and your friends can go for a long joy ride. I support driveless cars becuase its more safer than some other cars around the globe.
Everyore wants to get their childern safe to one place to another right. Well now you can with driveless cars. Driveless cars get in to another place without having to drive your car at all. This car also senses things hat might harm or damage your car when ou are not even watching the road. Driveless cars also stops and have good milage rates on them. Getting your kids somewhere can be hard,but if you have a driveless car you have hands on with your kids inside of your car to make sure they get their safe. This car also have a chair that vibrate and let you know that ther is incoming traffic an the car stops by its self. So if you want your child to have a safe ride to andd from home go out and get a driveless car.
Another thing about driveless car is that it will cause less wrecks in the future. Sometimes when you turn on the news you see people dying in car wrecks. This is why you need this car. Not only will you avoid losing your life,you will also have a good record of your profile. People loving driving around just to have a good time and to see what's new,but some peopple is scared they might be at the wrong place at the wrong time. You don't need to worry about if you might not make it somewhere safe becuase driveless car is on it. Don't wait till someone else gets hur in your family,go buy this car Now.
The last thing about driveless car is that you an your friends can go for a really long joy ride about almost any where ini the world without driving. Your friends don't need to bring extra stuff just to make sure their life is not at risk of beign lost when they are with you. If your going away and don't feel like driving all the way to get someone or pick them up,than driveless is what you need. This car lets you rest while it does all the work for you to help make your life fun and even easier. For example,your friends is planning a joy ride party arcoss town,you guys can play or do whatever you want inside of the car knowin your life is in good hands with this car.
Drivless car can save so many lives and make your life easier an take all of your stress away just like that. No more worrying about staying home becuase your body hurts and you can't drive drive. Drivelsees ar will take you anywhere and keep you going and make your surrouning earier on you and your loved ones. | 3 |
370df5f | In German suburb's, life goes on without cars. There is a new experimental district, that allows people to see how much you don't need a car for. The new district without any cars, has stores and malls in walking distance. so there is no need for a car. Which can save a person lots of money.
People have sold there cars to live in this new district. But if you moved with a car, when you buy a house. And a 40,000 dollar large garage on the edge of the development. The residents also say that not having a car is a lot less to worry about. And the Unite States is promoting car reduced communities.
Paris bands driving due to smog, Paris was forced to enforce a partial driving Ban. When days of near record pollution was getting higher. If u were cought breaking the band you would be fined. They lifted the band when the smog cleard enough.
Paris has more smog than any other European Capital. But diesel fuel was blamed, cause they have a tax policy that goes for diesel over regular gasoline. Although Beijing, China is the most polluted citie in the worlde.
Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. Car free day, is when no cars are allowed on the road except buss's and taxis's. People walked, biked and, road bikes. Other Colombian cities are joining the year around event. People from different countrys came to see this event, and were enthusiastic about it.
The end of car culture, people have been buying and driving less in the past years. The amount people drive now is what it was in 1995. Also there as been a large drop in people geting there permintas and licenses, from 16 years old to 39 years old. And people have been taking public tranporstion and car-pooling more. | 1 |
37102dc | What do you think of when you hear driverless cars? Probly the flying "back to the future cars". My position on driverless cars is they are not needed. The driveless cars are illegal to test
in some states, driverless cars are a waste of time and money and are unsafe.
In states like California, Nevada, Flordia, and the District of Columbia allow them to be tested but, most states are hesitant untill they know the car is safe. Other states laws are written with the assumption that the safe car has a human driver behind the wheel if something goes wrong. There is also the question of if the technology fails and someone gets hurt who will get
in troble? The car or the manufacturer?
Driveless are cars are a waste of time and money. Companies like Google, General Motors, and BMW have been working on the driverless car spending whatever it takes for this idea. Google has been working on the car with some luck. There driverless car has driven half of a million miles without a crash, but they aren't truly driverless. The driver still has to take over when pulling in and out of driveways and dealing with traffic issues. General Motors created a concept map spending million on a track for a concept car. Bmw announced the development of the traffic jam assistance that handles driving functions at speedes up to 25 mph. All the companies have watsed money and time on an ide that could take up to a hundred years to complete.
Driverless cars are unessary need in the world today. Big companies should be spending time on stuff we need in the world insted of ways for humans to be more lazy.What do you think of when you hear driverless cars? Don't think of driverless cars.
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371081f | Ever since it was first invented, the automobile has proved to be very important and practical for people all over the globe. In the current century, however, the demand for the car has begun to see a potential disappearance, as people are beginning to discover that there are advantages to minimizing their dependence on their vehicles. Limiting car usage has several very influential advantages, such as increasing mental health, reducing air pollution, and eliminating problems associated with traffic.
First of all, studies have proven that the use of automobiles is linked to the levels of stress and unhappiness that people feel. Source one elaborates on this by discussing a city in Germany that decided to give up cars. It quotes a woman who says that when she had a car she was always tense, but living in Vauban (the car- free city) has made her much happier. She is able to walk or bike everywhere that she needs to be in town. This opportunity to increase happiness is also mentioned in source three, which quotes a businessman who says that limiting car usage is "a good opportunity to take away stress." The alternative he choses is to ride a tandem bike with his wife. This allows for more bonding with his wife as well as increasing their physical health, which plays a vital role in mental health as well.
As of recently, the impact that cars have on the enviroment has gained more attention as well as increased concern. All vehicles emit greenhouse gasses, which are very harmful to the enviroment, causing smog and damage to the atmosphere. According to source one, limiting the use of passenger cars could reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percent. Source two describes how the accumulation of smog in Paris became so bad that it caused official bans on the use of cars. It took an entire week of restricting car usage to get the smog to clear up. Source four also agrees that the results of limiting car usage would have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment. Source one mentions that as a result of all of this, the Enviromental Protection Agency in the United States is promoting car reduced communities.
Lastly, limiting car usage eliminates all problems associated with traffic. Traffic creates many problems for people, from increasing danger to wasting time. Limiting car usage would immidately reduce traffic substantially. This could prevent people from being stuck on their way home during rush-hour every day. Having cars speeding by, in residential areas especially, increases the level of danger for pedestrians. There are many casualties that happen every year due to automobile accidents. Limiting car usage would easily eliminate this problem. It would also eliminate the problem of drunk driving and the dangers associated with it. Source four supports this claim by stating that limiting car usage would in fact improve safety.
Limiting car usage has many advantages, and therefore should definately be taken into consideration. Doing this would not only increase mental health and wellbeing, but would also save time, conserve resources, lower emissions, and improve safety. | 5 |
3714edf | Luke Bomberger was just an ordanery small town boy untill his friend ofered a jod as a seagoing cowboy. When he was thinking about it he said to him self that it would be a wonderfull oprtunet and just couldn't say no. He told his friend that he would take the jod.
When Luke truned 18 thay could have drafted him over to the army but they didn't. Luke claims in the article that he was ment for the job becues he was rased on his aunt's farm. Yet he was not ready for the sea.
Luke said he saw some pritty cool stuff. Thay also had some fun on the ship when the anamals were out. When Luke came home his aunt was probuly rilly thankfull that he came back ok.
He probuly was thankfull that he got to come home becoues the other seagoing cowboys didn't do as much seagoing as him. Luke said going over seas let him be more aware for people and there needs, thats what lead him to latter on hosting international students in his home for many years. | 1 |
3715486 | NASA has discovered many incredible supernatural things, but they do not believe any of these situations was caused by the existance of aliens. I do not believe that the Face was caused by aliens.
First of all, the Face does not signify a statue or proof of alien existance. In paragraph 7, the text clearly states, " There was no alien monument after all."
This means that aliens could not have created the Face as a signification or monument to proof thier existance.
Second, the Face is a landform. The Face looks more a landform that could have caused by the harsh weather on Mars. In paragraph 12, the text clearly states,"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms that are common around the American West." The author also states in the text," It reminds me mostly of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho." This means that the Face was a landforms caused by its location on Mars.
CA: Aliens could have made the Face as a siblimal message. They could not have because there is not any evidence that aliens did it. The Face is in the north part of Mars and that is a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa.
In conclusion, aliens did not cause the Face on Mars because it is a land form caused by the weather on Mars. If aliens caused the Face on Mars it could have a been more evidence of their existance, and the Face would not look more of a landform. Otherwise, I do not believe the face was caused by aliens, more so of a landform. | 3 |
3717326 | I don't think we should make driverless cars. I think and feel like it would be dangerous and just end up bad. Humans should stay driving because we could be smarter than the driverless car when driving. Humans have common sense and
I dont think a driverless car would. How would the driverless car know how to move out of the way of a careless or dangerous driver.
If we did make driverless cars I dont think that most people would use them because of being scared. Anything could happen to the driverless car when driving. Something could go wrong with whatever helps the car drive on its own. It could just stop working and crash and kill that passenger. It could just loss control and just go out of control and kill. It says that most laws say that the all cars have to be driven by a human to be safe.
They should not make driverless cars. It could turn out bad and be dangerous. People could lose lifes in car crashes. We should just keep to what we have now and keep humans driving on their own. | 2 |
371835b | The "face" on mars is indeed not actually a face at all and it was not created by aliens. Many people may think it was. Based on all of the facts that we have gathered here at NASA, the claims of this rock formation being created by terrestrials is simply not true.
Here at NASA we have the equipment to tell us if it is terrestrial or not. One thing we discovered in our research was throughout the years that we have taken these photographs that the "face" has started to just look like a big rock. It was due to the shading that the "face" looked like it had eyes and a nose.
We also discovered that the rock formation is much like some of the formations here on Earth. All of the Earth formations were caused naturally and not by aliens. The fact that it was a cloudy season when the last picture was taken is true. Although in the picture we can see that it was clear.
In conclusion with all of the facts we have found this is indeed not a face created by aliens. There is enough evidence to tell us this. If it was an alien structure then we would benefit from it. We could learn about how advanced they were, but this was not created by aliens. It was simply just a messa or rock formation that looked like a face do to the sunlight that caused the shaded regions. | 3 |
371c937 | In May, 1976, Mars became the center for many conspiracy theories and research for alien life. A picture of what seems to be a huge head in a rock formation was unveiled, and immediately started to sway people's minds that there might be alien life on Mars. Some took this belief way too far. However many conspiracy theories are claiming that the martian mesa in Cydonia is a sign of alien life, none of them are correct. In all truth, it is just another naural land formation on the desolate planet.
When a picture of the mesa was first unveiled to the public, it made so many people believe it was a sign of life on Mars. NASA claimed that is was just a normal rock formation, and was confirmed in 2001 when they took another picture with newer technology, revealing a big mesa with a few craters. People still don't believe NASA that it is just a crater. If the mesa was a sign of alien life, NASA would benefit greatly from it. So when people say that it's a sign of life and NASA knows about it, that's so incredibly wrong because if it was, NASA would be there right now with a rover, exploring the strange sign. NASA has done extensive research on this, and have found no life, while people are claiming huge things like this without doing any research, so it is very hard for anyone to believe them.
The next photo, taken in 1998, of the mesa reveals nothing but a natural landform. When the picture was taken, there were some wispy clouds over the top of it, which made some people believe alien markings were hidden by haze. Even though there is a slight haze over the mesa, there is no way a slight haze could hide alien markings the way some people belive. Even with the haze, the picture is still much more clear than the original photo from 1976.
The newest, and most clear picture is from 2001. It was a cloudless day this time when the Mars Global Surveyor passed over the mesa and snapped a picture of it. The picure was taken using the highest resolution in the camera's capability. This type of quality photography allowed for us, back on Earth, to be able to see if there were even smaller objects on the mesa, like airplanes or small shacks The picture revealed, once again, that there is not really a face on the mesa on Mars. The conspiracy theorists are still coming up with ways to try and find a way to make NASA seem like liars. After 25 years, it still didn't work.
After 25 years, and 3 picture all concluding that the mesa has no sings of life, people are still talking about crazy ideas of life outside of Earth. While there is a possibility of life outside of Earth, there is definitely none currently on the mesa that has created so much controversy, for such a long period of time all around the world. | 4 |
371dcd9 | The Face on Mars is a natural landform. A few scientists believe that it is an alien artifact. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took pictures and revealed that the Face was only a natural landform. They also saw that there was no alien monument. Michael and his team said that if it was an ancient civilization, there would've been planes on the ground, Egytian-style pyramids, or small shacks.
NASA revealed the image and they said that it was a huge rock formation formed by shadows giving the illusion of the eyes, nose, and a mouth. The Face was only an illusion. NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft revealed that it is a mesa. Michael proved that it was a mesa because what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a mesa or butte. These are most common around the American West.
This natural landform is similar to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. The landform in Idaho is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa. Middle Butte is about the same height as the Face on Mars. This proves that the Face on Mars is just a landform. | 3 |
371fe2f | Dear senator. One thing I like is people trying to get an education. just like me, im on my way on becoming a person who dedacates him or herself to thier job no matter what. one way to make a good education is to work hard, get plentey of sleep, and eat right! to make the day better. another way is staying in school. and you may say oh, school's boring , no fun , or just plain dumb. But did you ever figure to you that if you go to class for one day, it could reflect. How? well just think this, deciding wether or not you want to skip class or go to class, the day in class is like a year in college and a year of not going to school, could be a day in jail. so think about it, do you want to stay in class or do you want to stay in a cell, well that's your choice on wether you want to choose a good one or not. "anyway lets talk about something else shall we?" lets see what should we talk about.... OH! I know, lets talk about Electoral college. do you know what it is? electoral college is a process not a place. electoral college is the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. the process consists of a selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the electoral votes by congress. i think that the congress is making a good dicision on keeping it this way to elect the presedent. so if you think the same good. because thats one way our socity is a step closer on becoming the perfect socity. do you think so? | 1 |
372ad46 | Driverless Cars
What in the world is a driverless car? A driverless car is a car that is basically a taxi system. Companies are controling these driverless cars. I feel like it is unsafe due to the fact that,it is being controlled. It sounds like it would be something great to try out but then, again it doesn't say too much of anything about being safe when being in this vehicle. personally in my opinon it would be better for humans to drive the car like we drive,them now. All this extra stuff is just going to cause for the city and the companies to spend more money, now lowing gas prcies is fine but making driverless cars doesn't even sound,safe at all. We need to keep cars how they are now so when we need to use the brakes we use them or when we want to speed up we use the gas panal. It's not that hard to keep the same idea but make it better. If these driverless cars don't have a human driver then what would happeen. I feel like way worst things would happen nomore what they do to fix the cars,there will still be car crashes and people getting hurt it doesn't matter either way it,goes if you don't have anytype of responsibility you can still get hurt reegardless. I am in the postion of not agreeing with getting new,transportation like that.
Using regular cars are not as bad.When using a real car you must be responsible and know exactly what is expected when driving. | 2 |
372c68e | We as Americans have the right to vote for who we want to be president. American citizens should be able to vote directly for the president, not for a state of electors. This is why we need to abolish the Electoral College. It is unreasonable, unfair, and unreliable to the people. In recent times, the Electoral College has been known to have made mistakes on purpose and on accedent. The Electoral College system that they have going now is very unorganized and needs to be changed. It is about time that we change the way our citizens vote for our president. This is a huge deal to our country considering the fact that the president is one of the most important people in the country. We as American citizens should be able to trust that our vote was for the candate they chose.
First of all, lets discuss the past issue that have happened withe Electoral College system. The incident in 1960 with John F. Kennedy was a huge disaster. As said in source 2 "...The Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." This is a perfect example of how the Electoral College is a misused way of voting. They tried to basically sabatage Kennedy's election. What about other problems that also occur with this system? The voters can't always control who their electors vote for. The confusion is a big key factor in the situations also. voters can easily get confuse about the electors and they will accidently vote for the wrong candidate.
The peoples rights. Dont they have a right of who becomes president? They should. The Electoral College is taking away from the excitement of getting to make a huge decision on who will run the country. When a teenager finally becomes eightteen, what do you think is on their mind? Freedom. And part of getting their freedom is getting to vote for their country. The people should have the right to vote for whoever they may choose and trust that it went for the person they chose and not to a state of electors to vote for them. It's in the facts that more people prefer to have a direct election. The people think that it is unfair to their rights and we all believe that it is not the best way to decide who runs our country.
Organization is a key factor in this country. So why aren't we showing it? The voting system that we use to this day is very unorganized and has many flaws. The Electoral College is much to confusing of a system that we need to be using. We need to change our system now while we can before we hit another mistake. We need to take advantage of the freedom that we have in this country of ours and make a difference. We can change this system so it is much easier and more reliable to vote from. The people want it, so it's about time that the government stands up and agrees with us on that point. We can change our disorganization.
Our country needs to change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I have discussed the problems our country has faced with Electoral College system, and hopefully it changes your view on what really is the right and better thing to do for our country. Voting is a very big deal here in America and it is one of the ways it shows we have freedom. The voting system would be much more organized if the system were changed to direct vote by the people. That is the right way. Its about time we change the system for the better. | 4 |
3734dc3 | In the course of human existance, humanity has always been striving for progress, you might say going the extra mile, in order to better our society. One such great invention was the automobile which allowed us to travel great distances in a short period of time. Consequently, the natural instinct, to grow and improve, has been transfered to the idea of the automobile through the self driving car. Self driving cars are the future of transportation as the offer a host of positive benefits including, precise driving capabilities, increasing affordability, and new safety technology.
The self driving car has begun implementing technology that can revolutionize a car's self awarness. For example the article states, "spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3D model of the car's surroundings." Unlike the human eye, the LIDAR radar sees anything and everything; not only does it never miss a single detail, but it also has a 360 degree view that current drivers simply do not possess. These sensors are expecially useful when backing up and driving backwards, as many drivers struggle with getting a full view of what goes on behind them. However, with the LIDAR radar, this problem is eliminated, making backwards driving easier. Putting radar into the drivers seat is not so much about losing the human touch of driving, but getting a more accurate perspective on the road.
Secondly, the technology is finally in a place where self driving cars are becoming a feasible economic option. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the self driving Google car, said, "There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there...Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." In fact, alot of the technologies, including radar, used in self driving cars have been around for a long time. However, in recent years, they have become alot cheaper and precise, so that the dream of creating a self driving car is a reality. The goal of the self driving car was never to create a billion dollar high tech vehicle accessible only to the rich, but one that could be mass produced and avaliable to all. With cheaper, mass produced technology, it seems like this is not too far up the road.
Finally we see that the self driving car may actually be safer that regular drivers. With so many deaths accounted to texting and driving, the idea is that people would be able to safely text when the car drives itself certainly has its appeal. However, when the car needs a human touch, "displays [texting] can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not avalible to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." Shutting off the display would force drivers to pay attention to the road during tricky situations and reduce the number of car crashes. Secondly, the use of sensors helps detect and prevent crashes. The article says, "sensors have become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. This information from the sensor can cause the car to apply breaks on individual wheels," which could stop potential dangers in their tracks that the driver may not be aware of. In the end, a self autonomus car is always vigilant and is never distracted, making it safer than having a human driver.
Self autonomous cars are more accuate, becoming cheaper, and are safer than today's cars, making them the car of the future. It is only a matter of time before someone develops a self driving car that can be mass produced, and when that day comes, we should embrace it with pride. Together, let's drive towards creating the car of tommorow, today. | 5 |
3735524 | From Luke's point of view people should go to Seagoing Cowboys program. Because you get to go on adventures, visit many unique places, and to help the nation. In addition, in 1945 World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were in ruins. To help the nation Seagoing Cowboys had food supplies,and animals to help. You should go to Seagoing Cowboys because you can go on adventures, visit many unique places, and to help the nation.
People should go to Seagoing Cowboys because you can go on adventures,visit unique places,and help the nation. In addition, when you go to Seagoing Cowboys you can go on many adventures. For example, you can take a gondola ride in Venice,Italy, a city with streets and waters. In addition, you can also visit many unique places. In paragraph five, you can tour an excavated castle in Crete. On the other hand, the nation is in ruins from World War II so you can help the nation. For example, Seagoing Cowboys take care of the horses,young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas from the ruins. You should visit the Seagoing Cowboys because you can go on adventures,visit unique places, and help the nation.
People should go to Seagoing Cowboys for three reasons. One to go on adventures. Second you can visit unique places. Finally you can help the nation from the ruins. Seagoing Cowboys goes on adventures to different countries around the world. In addition, you can also visit unique places around the world too. Also you can help the nation from the ruins and help animals. You should go to Seagoing Cowboys to experience new things. | 2 |
3738994 | The technoligy I dont think will be able to read the expressions from the people in my classroom because i dont that there is such a technolighy like this because it sounds almost impossible to evr make something liike this because it was back then and back then there was not anyhting like this or even untill this day there is nothing like it
Then if there was ever something like this technoligy i dont think it will work very well considering that every one is in school and mostly when anybody is in school they are usually bummed out about being in school and i think the machine will read mixed emotions and the computer or the device will read everyones emotions wrongs because like they say id in the first paragragh how she had mixed emotions I think that that is pretty crazy to have for just one person because
I dnt think just one person can ever hve that many emotions even if was a cartoon or a painting
Lastly i dont think that everybody in my school will allow the emotion reader decide there amotions because like me I will not feel comfortable with one of those readers lie many other people in my classroom will be comfortable with that reader to decde or find out there emotions because the reader might get the wrong emotion and people might start making fun of other peoples emotions and there might be a big argument with the reader and somebody might get mad because that is not how they are feeling and people might get mad because the reader might say something about somebodys buisness and people might get embarassed about what other people might think about ther hidden emotions. | 2 |
3739677 | The topic of driveless cars is very controversial. Some people say that driveless cars will be hazard to society, and will only endanger more people all over the world so they should not be manufactured. Conversly, others believe they are a necessity and will be a great advance in technology for the future. I gravitate towards the former opnion of driveless cars becoming chaotic and troublesome, and they should not be developed. Driveless cars should not be invented because humans will be too distracted to handle them, the health and safety of pedestrians would be threatened, and the cars are not completely driveless.
In today's current society, people are engrossed in social media and digital communication. We are addicted to looking at Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and texting our friends and family that it has infected our daily lives. It has even contiminated our driving. People find their phones irresitable, and they can not even manage to restrain themselves from swiping up their phones to look at the newest message while driving. This leads to casaulties and injuries that are the result of the driver not having the ability to stay focused. If driveless cars are developed, people will have less of a reason to pay attention to the road. Once the car actually needs human help, the driver will be too invested in their phones that they won't respond, possibly leaving themselves or others brutally maimed or killed. My opponents say that the flashing lights that will be installed in these vehicles will be enough to keep drivers monitoring the road. However, I feel that this attempt of a precautionary measures will not be enough. With the drivers eyes fixated on the fluorescent screen and their bodies immobilized as they are fully immeresed into their phones, they will be blind to the flashing lights. Due to our cellular distractions, we will be unable to put our full attention into watching the road, and proving driveless cars should not be invented.
Everyday you hear about a car accident. Someone was looking at their phone, they ran a stoplight, or whatever the case may be. Now imagine driveless cars. the rate of car accidents will not be reduced but will actually increase because of these new vehicles. The driver may not pay attention, and when the car needs the human to take control, they won't react in time and will collide with another vehcile. There could also be technical difficulties with the car where it doesn't alert the driver when it needs to causing another incident of vehicular chaos. The article even states that they are laws banning the mere testing of computer-driven cars. There are endless possibilites as to what could happen, but this is enough to show that driveless cars will only threaten the lives of pedestrians even more than current cars.
The main interest in driveless cars is that they are supposed to be driveless. However this is false. The car still needs a human to pay attention to the road when the car needs assistance. The name is a fallacy and the current details about it prove it is useless. Why replace our current cars that work just fine with computerized cars that could have all kinds of issues. They are just a dangerous and expensive waste.
Driveless cars are a very interesting topic. However the shouldn't be made because humans will be too distracted to handle them, the health and safety of pedestrians would be threatened, and the cars are not completely driveless. Eventually they could be made when people are more responsible, and the technology is more reliable and safe, but as of now they should stay off the roads and in our imaginations. | 5 |
373a9dc | The author suggests that studying Venus is worth trying to study despite the dangers it presents. Venus is a planet close to Earth that is still wanted to be studied because imformation is yet to be discovered. Venus damages the technology that is sent there but still has vaulable imformation and is believed that we have the technology to keep the monitors there longer. Studying Venus is still worth the damages it provides to the technology being sent there.
Venus was believed to once be alike to Earth and there is proof on Venus for us to find. In the article it states," Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Scientists say that there was once life on Venus as there was on Earth and that there are still vaulable imformation for us to find. Also in the article it states," Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life..." For us to find out how Venus had forms of life, technology should be launced so that we are able to provide evidence on how Venus provided life.
Venus still has some features alike to Earth. The article states," The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." The surface of Venus is said to be alike Earth despite the dangers Venus has. Also in text,"... Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Venus is wanted to be visited so that scientist have more knowlege on how the conditions is like.
The past two paragraph are about why Venus should be visited despite the dangers. But yet to be said how the technology can survive Venus. The pressure is about 90 times more than what humans experience on Earth, so how will our technology survive? The article states," ...some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." Scientist have been preparing and trying to improve the technology so it is able to handle the conditions. Also in the text,"... looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers...The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all." Old technology from the 1800s and 1900s are stronger than the newer technology because newer technology tend to be more delicate when in extreme conditions.
Studying Venus is still worth the damages it provides to technology being sent there. Scientist working on stronger technology may help us discover more on Venus. So, the author supports that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers that is done. The travels beyond Earth should not be limited by dangers that is thrown to human technology. | 4 |
373b14e | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because it may well once have been the mosth Earth-like planet in our solar system as the author says. The author also says that Venus was probably covered with oceans. It may also have some different forms of life. Venus can have some of the
features that Earth has such as surface of rocky, sediment, valleys, mountains and also craters. Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
As I was reading the article the author was giving evidence that long ago Venus had some features like the ones I mentioned in paragraph one. Venus still has a few of those features but now it is hard to see those features due to the terrible conditions on venus. The author says "venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system" and
with those conditions is very hard for a human to survive.NASA is working on creating some importan strategies for humans to be able to go to Venus without a big complication.
Venus is an amazing planet. It may be hard for humans to get close to it
but with all the information that we are learning is going to help us prepared for Venus conditions. Venus is an incredible planet due to its unique qualities. Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky as the article said.
As I was reading this amazing article I learned a lot of things about Venus and its conditions. I also learned that is hard for human to get a chance to go visit Venus but is not impossible either. In the future humans will be able to visit Venus because it will be survivable for humans. Venus is an incredible planet that everyone should learn about. Its interesting to learn new things about our solar system. | 3 |
373dc3f | intro this story is about people making a robot and how it could be used today in the world like in classes this robot could tell how you are felling and it could make you happy if your sad the robot has 6 emotions nad it has muchels.
1. I think people that are makiung these robots are good because sometime you cant tell what a person is thinking or felling and when you are in the class with studnts sometimes you cant tell whats wrong with the students so i think that is a good that thaat they are doing this because once you can see what the student is felling you could help them out.
2:the monalisa smile is going to have diffrent things like they are going to people just like a human they will have facial expressons they will have muschels like we do they can move there face and talk to you and they are going to be helping us out in the class room i think that is good because goning to the office and telling them whats wrong you can go to the robot and he can talk to you.
3:there is going to be a 3D print out of the robot of how you want it it could tell if you are bored and it could start making faces to make you happy and i think that is good because if you are not felling to well it could read your facial expressons and make you then you will be ok concluchionthis story is about robots going in schools and reading people facal expressons and how it is mad and what it could do to make someone that is sad happy i think that is good because some kids get bullied sum times and that robot could make you happy so you could not hurt your slef or anything or anyone. | 2 |
373fb48 | How do you see life with driverless cars? Safe or unsafe? In my opinion I chose unsafe. I am against driverless cars for these reasons. In paragraph 9, lawmakers even say that safety is best achieved with alert drivers, In some states it is even already illegal just to test drive computer driven cars, and last whos really at fault in an accident? How do we judge whos at fault if no ones really driving and could people use these cars as an exuse to drink and drive sinse there not really driving? There are many questions and reasons I have against driveless cars.
In paragraph 9 of the article, "Driveless Cars Are Coming," it states, "lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." We as Americans should trust in the people who propose all of our laws especially to keep us safe. Why wouldnt you trust someone who sets the boundaries of your life? if they say regular cars will be safer shouldnt we all strive to keep our country and the people in it and surrounding us safe?
In some states it is already illegal to even just test drive computer driven cars. If it is illegal to test drive them, that just shows how dangerous they really must be. Also if they are illegal in some states would they have to continue to drive regular cars while the other staes drove driveless cars? I think that would be more dangerous to mix the two types of cars on the roads. I could see even more accidents happening because of that.
Last, this is probally something about everyone could agree with, whos fault would accidents be? Police and other people would have to put in alot more effort into deciding whos fault the accident would be and sometimes they probally could be more likely to be false. If no ones driving the car then that means the manufacturers could always be at fault. Could you really rely your life on a car? I dont think I could. And even if you chose to not drive a driveless car, some people might still be in fear because they will still be driving on the same roads as them.
These our my reasons for being against driveless cars. Some people will disagree but i strongly do believe the roads will be safer as we continue to drive with regular self driven vehicles. Again with lawmakers knowing that safety is best achieved with alert drivers, in some states it is already illegal to even test drive them, and who's fault it would be in the accident, we will all be safer with self driven cars. | 4 |
37404a5 | Emotions are something that every person in the world feels everyday. Except some people here and there who actually are incapable of feeling emotions! A person can feel many emotions at once or just one very specific emotion because humans are emotional people, especially students. School can be stressful to many people and that's okay, but certain technology may not solve that problem. The use of the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom is not valuable because, students can become distracted, the technology may scan the wrong emotions, and it is an invasion of privacy.
Student can become distracted in the classrooom by the Facial Action Coding System. Students can begin to make silly faces in the camera or try to display different emotions to see what happens to the lesson they are doing. The article states that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The student may take advantage of the software to get a modified lesson that may be easier than what they are capable of. While there are student that would not take advantage of the opportunity to have such technology in the classrom, there are always the rebel students that will take advantage. If a student is not getting the work that they are capable of doing their learning will come to a hault and they will not get the benifits they should, compared to a human intructor. Human instructors can possibly be a better tool to use rather than the FACS.
The Facial Action Coding System may pick up the wrong emotions generating a more simple lesson. Like previosly stated, people can feel many emotions at once for many different reasons. The article states, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions—happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness—and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." The system may pick up emotions, but it was never said that it will be able to tell why you are feeling these emotions. A student maybe have other things running through their mind that may not have anything to do with the work they are completing. The system can pick up an emotion and modify the lesson. It would be a mere mistake but the mistake will obstruct the learning capabilities of the student.
The FACS may be an invasion of privacy to some people. The system would be constaly reading your facial expression, which students may be uncomforable with. There are many shy and quiet people because not everybody is very social and likes to be on camera. The article states, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."
A system that always watching you? The Facial Action Coding System sounds like something students can be uncomfortable with, considering that people tend to more private. Not every astudent will be so excited to hop right on the FACS train because they may see having a computer watching you as an invasion of their personal life.
The Facial Action Coding System may be helpful elsewhere, but it may not be something wonderful to have in the classroom. Technology seems to be flourishing throughout the years. The FACS doesn't seem valuable to have in the classroom. Students can be distracted, the system may not fuction properly, and it is an invasion of privacy. Yes, technology may be great and all, but some things are better off held in the hands of humans. | 5 |
3743779 | You should come participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because there are many huge exsperiences in life and this is a huge exsperience that I promise that you will not forget about. Some reason why you should join this program is because it is a great opportunity. Another great reason is because you will learn a lot about responcibility and hard work. More good statements baout why you should join this program is that you will go to many different places and not only see the place but learn about the country/state to. So come join because you will get an exsperience of a lifetime.
I believe that you should come and participate in this program because in the article Luke said, "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy," so if Luke liked the exsperience himself then I bet that you will to. Some more statements why you should come to the program is because most people dont get an opportunity like this one to come to amazing trips and places like this. Its also great because in the article at the very bottom it says that it helped with knowing other peoples needs. These are great reasons why you should join. not only does it an excperience of a lifetime but it shows responcibility.
So it might sound dangerous to but going to these places and learning about them and also learning responcibility is an exsperience of a lifetime. So those are many good reasons why you should come participate in the Seagoing Cowboys Program. | 2 |
3745735 | "Being a Seagoing Cowboy is an amazing and fun experience. You get to see a lot
of new things maybe you've never seen before. When I started doing this, I started in Greece when I was 18 which was the age you had to be to be drafted in the military for 2 years. But the Greek Government said I had to join the military for 2 years, or be a Seagoing Cowboy so I decided to be a Seagoing Cowboy for 2 years. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a lot better than joining the military, and it is a lot more fun if you do this with a friend.
I enjoyed seeing a lot of new places, especially China and Italy. The fun part about being Seagoing Cowboy is when you're not on a ship you're on a farm. While you're on a farm you can explore around and look at all the animals and feed them. There is also fun you can have on a ship. You can play sports such as, baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and many others.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy more than just fun and exploring. It opened me up to the world. I can't begin to explain how grateful I am to have been given this oppurtunity. It made me realize that there are people out there in other countries that have needs. So after being a Seagoing Cowboy, I decided to lead my family to host a lot of international students and exchange visitors for many years. If you decide to become a Seagoing Cowboy enjoy the experience, because I know I did. | 3 |
3747fb6 | Twenty five years ago we discoved something different on the surface of Mars.
This natrural land form looks just like a human face.
Some people believe that it was created by aliens.
However, that is not true.
There many explanations on how this land form got there, but there is no evidence that claims it was created by aliens.
I am a scientist at NASA and I was one of the people who discovered this land form.
Although some people have very convensing stories as to how that land form got there, it was not made by aliens.
Many people think it is a natrural land form, while others think it was created by aliens.
The team of scienctist that discoved this land have talked about how we think it got there, but one of only logical explanation is that it was hit by a meteror.
Mars has lots of crators on the surface and it is just that.
A crator.
There is no way aliens could have made this land form.
It is over two miles long. For them to make this it would have taken many of hundreds of years.
I personal think that if there are any aliens they would not be an advanced civilization to create something like this.
Another reason why they could have never made this is how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.
This land form is just like they face on the moon, no one made it.
It just showed up after years and years of being hit by meterors and the push and pull of gravity.
Personaly I do not beleive that aliens exist.
There is no evidence that they live on mars, let alone any other planet.
If they do exist I would have no problem with that, but as of right not there is no evidence that they do.
Even though some stories are very convensing, there is no way aliens could have made this land form.
If there was more convensing evidence then I might reconsider my opinion, but as of right now there is no more evidence.
So I will not be reconsidering.
The land form is over two miles long which would be nearly impossible for a very underdeveloped society to create.
Also how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.
Therefore there is no possible way the aliens made that face, it's just a land form. | 3 |
3748b23 | Luke Bombeger was a cowboy and also about Luke he crossed so many ocean he can't harley remeber 1 but he did in fact to he remember that some ocean was Pacific and Atlantic and he remember that it was 2 that he crossed those ocean and he said it was affcted with world was 2 and when he said it would also affected with his high school gradulation.
Luke said it was about in august 1945 And he said he did arrived at augest 14 and it was in new orleans
when they arrived.Luke did turned 18 before arriving greece and luke had said he had made at least 9 trips and he said maybe even more trips but he couldnt remember when he couldn't remember when they discharded him in 1947.
He said it took about two weeks about trying to get to atlantic oncan and prafict oncan and he said he fed him self and waterd about 2 time a die and he said so he could be in the war.and he said to his family that you might not see him for not all the time i will be gone for a coulped of years and he has rised the ships and he check out if the family was ok with it.
The family have not agreed with so he deos not want to go but they said what ever you want to do you can do it so he said goodbye before he left to go to the world war two and let them deside if he sould be a gunman and first he set sail and he for got to check if anything was good on this ship and he saw alot of gun powder and he found him self with a bunch of food and water and he said to himself that he was grateful.
So he have made it to the shooting range to test his shooting so he could be in but he was stungling but and then he remember about the book he read about world was 2 when he was a kid and they said not to shake it just check for ammo in it and just take the pull and take it back and you should see if he saw any ammo but he did so he pulled the trigger and went kaboom and he was a good shot and he has went to the world was two sence he did it right in the middle and he was so exitted for passing the shooting range with the 1st bullet and going to the war.
Luke Says That he was going to do good at the world war two and also and he was sending cards everyweek to his family and he says Hello Family i have lerend about alot of stuff about running,shooting,hiding and even made some few friends and some of them helped me shooting mosley and i hope you are not worried because if have been stronger and faster and i lerned how to slide my gun and keep them hostage so they dont shoot me and some of my people died but i am not done giving up yet but im still standing on my feet so from you 18 year old Luke Bomberger And also they give luke some postcards and they do it after he does it. | 1 |
374a74c | There are very many pros & cons on why "Driverless Cars" would be a good thing.
I can name a lot of good and bad things about them. I am here to tell you my position, & to tell you pros & cons on this situation. These things can be very helpful in deciding whether these cars are a idea or not. Everybody may have different opinions on this situation.
Personally I think driverless cars could be good & bad. Here's why. Driverless cars could benefit a lot of people in many ways , for example if you are running late and you dont have time to do something before you leave the house you can do it in the car. On the other hand its a bad thing because they say the car tell you when it needs human assistance, but what if you're so busy doing the thing you were doing while you were runnning late you don't pay attention to the car telling you it needs your assistance. So before you know it you end up in a accident.
Some people think that the car isnt a good idea. They believe that "the only safe car is the one that has a human driver in control at all times". I see why they would think that . Considering the fact that all of this is running off of technology, who's to say that something horrible is going to happen. Technology malfunctions all the time , so what makes people think that these driverless cars are any different. So there's a problem with a car running off of technology. They say that they plan to have these problems solved , & a handful of car companies plan to have cars that drive by themselves in a few years, but they get closer to where they want to be with this everyday.
Thats how I feel on the situation of driverless/smart cars. Until they get all the problems under control & get everything to the point where no one has to wonder about what would happen in a certain situation, I think that they are a bad idea. They have good reasoning on why they should be made but the list of why they shouldnt overshines that. | 3 |
374b731 | Driverless cars have many postiive and negative effects and ideas that they could have on our world.
The driverless car that Google cofounder Sergey Brin invisions "would use half the fuel of today's taxis." (P1)
This would allow for the United States to purchase less fuel and in the end prevent us from spending so much money.
These kind of cars would be a great help to anyone making a long distance trip.
You could begin your trip one day and fall asleep and have driven several hours.
The idea has been tested by many different companies and is still being developed to this day.
Driverless cars would be a great benefit to the people of America, it would allow for people to save money on gas, and not have to worry about crashing because the car would drive itself.
With all of the sensors and other driverless cars, it would seem that the manufacturers could prevent accidents.
I believe that driverless cars could be a great benefit to this country, but they cannot replace all cars with them.
We still need fire trucks and police vehicles to keep people safe, but they would have a great impact on our nation.
One way that some companies are making driverless cars is by using "smarter roads." (P3)
General Motors for expample designed a concept car that could run on a special test track.
This track would send radio signals to the front end of the car.
Another way that some companies are trying to make driverless cars are by using sensors.
Google modified a Toyota Prius with "position-estimating sensors, a rotating sensor, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." (P4)
Google used all of these sensors in different ways to begin to develop their own version of the driverless car.
The driverless car has been attempted by many different companies and each one has their own version with their own flaws.
Driverless cars seem to be a thing of the future, but in reality it could be here before we know it.
With all the different technology and all the money some of these big companies have it is a wonder the driverless car is not invented already.
The different companies have designed driverless cars now that still require the assistance of a driver.
The cars can brake, accelerate, and stop by themselves.
"All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." (P7)
This allows for some people to argue that driverless cars are not reliable, and it is not that at all.
Driverless cars have no way of knowing what to do in a situation like that.
The smart thing is to have the driver take over in that spot and would prevent a potential accident.
The problem with this is that the car needs some way of notifying the driver if he falls asleep.
Some designers have thought to use a vibration in the seat to alert the driver.
The Google car for example has a voice that announces when the driver needs to take over.
"Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays." (P7)
One big argument when it comes to driverless cars is the potential for an accident.
The worry is that if the technology in the car quits working and the car crashes, who do you blame?
To me it seems like the manufacturer should be blames since they designed the car with the technology that failed.
The driver had no control over the technology, he just had to wait until the car needed his assistance.
This argument is one of many when it comes to driverless cars and it is an important one.
If the car crashes somedbody has to get blamed and if the driver is not actually driving why would he get blamed.
This could be one debate that pushes back the release of the driverless car until someone comes up with a compromise.
In conclusion, I believe that driverless cars would be a great benefit to our country as a whole.
I assume and hope that a company will release a driverless car in the next few years to allow me to experience such a thing.
It would be like a roller coaster.
You do not know how you are going to get where you are going and do not know how bumpy the ride will be but it will be an adventure.
That is what intrigues me the most about driverless cars, the adventure that is coming.
"Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time.
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." (P10)
This just makes me even more excited for the release of driverless cars, it could happen in the next 4 years.
A driverless car would be a great invention and would allow the United States to make money if they were able to produce it and sell it.
Driverless cars are coming to us soon and they are going to excite many people because of the technology put into it, and also the seemingly magic wayt hat it drives you.
"The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." (P10) | 3 |
374f667 | I had a very amazing time being a Seagoing Cowboy, and this is why I think you should become a Seagoing Cowboy also. This is one of the best opportunitys you could possibly have. If you love being around aniamls or helping people this would be something perfect for you. Another reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is you get to see so many cool places. During my time of being a Seagoing Cowboy I saw Europe, China, Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, and a excavated castle in Crete.
One of my favorite parts of being a Seagoing Cowboy was after we unloaded the animals. This is because we had the whole ship to ourselves, sometimes we even played games or sports in the area we kept the animals. The things we did were baseball, volleyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other ganes. If you love to do things like this then you would enjoy being a Seagoing Cowboy.
In conclusion you should really think about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. All of the reasons that were listed above are great things, and if you enjoy those things then you will enjoy being a Seagoing Cowboy. Also this is a really great way to help out for the people in need. So I truley recomend you becoming a Seagoing Cowboy! | 3 |
3751711 | Driveless Cars are not a good idea for some people and other its ok for them. It should be a choice for the person who wants it or not. The reason why they arent a very good idea is that a person can crash and you wont know what happend, was it the car of was it the person driving. When you want to instail a radio you dont know what you can do about the wires in the car Should you cut that one or should you not. Its just a lot of worries and a lot of what's going to happen to the car.
It's nice to know some people are trying to change the world and a lot of people support it.In the story it says that. "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph." What if a person has to get some where why would you want to just go 25 mph. There should be some switch that you can turn on and of so you can drive over 25 mph. they should make a
car tht just park for you not one that drives for you.
If their going to make a driverless car they might want to make a driverless semi to. They do not know for sure whats going to happen to the car in the real situation on the road. They talk about a "If the tehnology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the diver of the manufacturer?". Thats proof that they do not know what is going on and they will some day. But is that day to day that is a question that you ask yourself?
They think that they will make a car that is able to drive themselves. If I could i would ask them If they have it done yet. They say that they did not have the technology to do it bace then. That means that they should get the technology and get it right the firs time. Will it make you battery go down faster or will it use more gas.
It's harder to make a car that needs a lot of technology than one that does not. It takes twice as longer to produce the cars that they need to sell. People want to buy a car that is cheep. They want to know how to start the car and drive in it. That's why I think that a car should not be driverless. | 3 |
3755a66 | The idea of driverless cars is astounding. The thought of people no longer needing to buy cars is wonderful. It would cut down on pollution and deaths/injuries caused by automobile accidents.
The use of autonomous cars will decrease the amount of pollution in the atmosphere. The amount of pollution will be cut down by simply cutting down the amount of cars. One proposal for this is using autonomous cars a type of taxi system. The text states, " Google cofounder Segey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transport system where fleets of autonomous cars form a public-transport taxi system." This shows that some of the worlds leading investors are looking at making public transport of only driverless cars possible. Another way it would cut down on pollution would be the amount of fuel consumption. Driverless cars are predicted to need half as much fuel as conventional cars. The text illustrates, "The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus." This means that driverless cars, when used in a taxi-like situation, would be more fuel efficient and more practical than todays public transport system.
Another way autonomous cars would be beneficial is the safety they provide. Computers are more alert than humans and are always doing their job. This would mean that the nbumbe rof deaths and injuries because of car accidents would decrease. The text states, "In 2013 BMW announced the developement of 'Traffic Jam Assistant.' The car can handle driving funtions at speeds of up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure that the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This shows that even though the car is doing majority of the driving, such as controlling speed and direction, the driver must remain alert while in the car in case of emergencies. Another way that autonomous cars make driving safer is onboard alerts. The car watches the road for hazards and if it finds one, alerts the driver. The text illustrates, "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." This shows htat even though the driver may be focused on the road the car is focused on making sure the driver is driving safely.
Both of these advances will greatly change the way we drive. They will also help our everyday lives and make life more enjoyable. | 4 |
3756c10 | I believe that through the great cost of fully developing fully autonomous vehicles it would be much worth it for the ease of access, lower fuel emmsion, and tecnilogical advancements.
"Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore?" Oh, what the world would be like if you could have a ride at you door in under a minute. That, someday, will be possible; beautifully simple. It's just another thing off of your huge list of costly neccesities. While we are far away from a system of vehicles on the road for public use, it's getting much closer, and it will allow for more of your money to be saved for other expenses. Also, as the text explains in section two, it has proven to already be on, or above the current level of safety if it were a human driving the car.
Many will argue for or against global warming being caused by humans. While I personally belive that we humans increase the rate of warming with all of our used resources, that is totally aside the point. Here's something most of us can agree on: gas prices. While the oil industry is currently doing well, we can all agree that there's no reason we couldn't use less, and save some money at the same time. Plans for autonomous vehicles give attention to the efficiency of the engine, and transportsation. As interviewed in "Driverless Cars Are Coming" Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, says, "...such cars would fundemantally change the world."
The technilogical advancements made by developing itelligent, extremely safe, and more efficient cars, only make everything better. The sensors used in such cars have always been very expensive to produce, but with research, and some development, they will become much more advanced, and affordable. As shown in section five of the text, "Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers." They've already come a long way, and it won't be much longer until they are capable of much more. This technology doesn't stop at cars. It can be used for geological mapping, underground exploration, and it can even be applied to military forces.
I firmly believe that despite the cost of developing fully autonomous veheicles, the world would greatly benefit from the ease of access, lower fuel emmissions, and the technological advancements that would come from such studies. | 4 |
375c3d7 | The Presidental Elections .
The elections are a brutal time canididates compete for the favor of the citizens they campain, give great speaches about why they would be best for the position of leading the nation, often state why their adversary would be the worst person for the job. This causes oposition in the nation tearing it apart, however now not only are the people emotional about the election but also about the process, their are aguments about whether or not that the orginal process sould remain. The system that the elections have been held sence the Constitution has been written was that each citizen in a state would vote for one canadidate or the other by voting for the electors of that specific person then the electors in turn would vote for the cannidate and their votes would decide the presidency as stated in paragraph six and seven of the first source"
What Is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register . This system althoug it has worked so far it is not the best way of conducting the elections in this time and age citizens should modify and conform the process to fit the need we have now.
The problems claimed by the ones opoised to the electoral college, as told in the second source " The Idefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, are that the process cause individuals to have little to no say in the person that will be their leader for years, they do not have control over who their canadidates elect and must simply hope that they do indead vote for who they promised to, also the election is decieded by the few states that do not have a predetermined majority of voters in each state leaving the rest of the country feeling left out of the feasco of the election and as if their perfered canidate dose not care of them or their support and opinions. This persents the system to be truly flawed in the way that it is curantly operateing.
Individuals,as source three "In Defense of the Electorial College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner, wish to claim that the system is not flawed in great lenghts because it has worked for such a time that it is seen by them sufficant in its orcastration. It is said that the electors often do vote for who they pleaged they would and that decite is uncomon: however why should America risk the posibility of decite it has happened befor and if not prevented it will happen again. Do we not owe it to ourselves, posterity, and country to fix all potental harms to our nation the presidency should not be taken lightly it is a grand position that gives power and fame to all who hold those who have it could maintain the country, grace the nation with new prosperity, or condem Americans to years of suffering, toil, and misery. As citizens we should not alow anyone but the most valid character obtain this place. Mistakes are not alowed! we should take it upon ourselves now to modify this method be for it is to late and avertid.
There is no mitake America must act fast and modify this method for the nation, for their children, and for themselves. | 4 |
375c9a7 | Why should you join the Seagoing Cowboys? You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you can have many adventures while you are doing the job. If you want to get out into the world this will be a great job for you!
The first reson why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. You should be a Seagoing Cowboy because you can have many adventures. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy, I took many trips. I went to New Orleans, Greece, China, and many more places.
Another reson why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is because you can meet new animals and care for them. You can also take care of other people too. What prepared me for working with the animals? The thing that prepared me was when I worked at Aunt Katie's farm when I was little. But somtimes it can be dangeruos. One night I was caring for the animals, and I slipped off of a latter. When I fell off the latter, I cracked a couple off my ribs.
Why else should you be a Seagoing Cowboy? You sould be a Seagoing Cowboy because you can meet new people from all around the world. When I went on to be a Seagoing Cowboy, I had my friend Don Reist. He is the one that asked me if I wanted to going with him.
Why should you be a Seagoing Cowboy? I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy because you can have many adventures, you can meet new animals, and you can also meet new people. Thats why I thing you should should be a Seagoing Cowboy. You will never get tired of be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
376021a | In the atricle "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, He tells us that new facial emotion technology is being developed. Technology like this would be valuable in the classroom because technology like this would tell us what a person's emotional expression. Technology like this can stop bad things that are caused by hate and sadness, like suicide.
The technology will create a 3-D computer model of the face being scanned. It will can the 44 major muscles in the human face. Muscles such as the frontalis pars lateralis muscle convays the emotion of being surprised, by raising the eyebrows. The human will convey many emotions at once, so by using video imagery, the software will be able to track the facial movements. The units created by the facial expressions will be compared to a face that show no emotions. But, humans can do the same emotions calculations on a regular basis by looking at a friend that is sad or mad, but it'd be difficult to explain the facial features being conveyed at certain time. A classroom computer will be able to scan a childs face and see if the student
is bored or
confused, then the computer would act like a human instructor and modify the lessons to make it easier or less-boring to the student.
Technology like this would be benefical to the classroom, because the computer can make certain school lessons less boring and more helpful to students that don't understand. Some students won't understand a certain subject on the first time. The student will need more involvment to further explain a subject to a confused student. So technology would be useful to the classroom. | 3 |
376401e | Venus is the second planet from the sun and is very dangerous to explore because of its characteristics. In the article The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author does a good job at describing the challenges NASA would face and how exploring Venus could lead to break throughs in science and space exploration.
In the article the authors states many challenges NASA would face and how if they were successful it could lead to the exploration of other planets. In the article the authors reason to explore Venus is " human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." The author is trying to explain to the reader that this could be the first step to space exploration and could lead to the exploration of the rest of our solar system. A mission to Venus would also lead to great break throughs in science. The new information and data found from collecting rocks and other materials on Venus could benefit many lives back on Earth. Exploring Venus would also create new understandings of science and physics and help scientist understand how different properties work with each other. This could lead to new medicines that could save lives all around world and could also lead to new technology that wold benefit humanity as a whole. New elements would be found which could also benefit humanity.
Exploring Venus could create new break throughs in science and the understanding of science. This could be a great use when developing new technologies that could benefit Earth and could lead to the exploration of other planets and even nearby solar systems. | 3 |
37729a0 | I am against the development of driverless cars but not against the technology. The technology is efficent but having a driverless car is dangerous. They say though in the article that safety is their biggest concern. With a driverless car it may cause the human driver to become lazy and rely on the car. Will it be the driver or manufactuer to blame if the technology is failing the car?
Safety is a concern to everyone who would be present in the driverless car. The smart car will need to have an alert driver. If that does not happen and there is a crash, who will be the blame? There should be a cover liability law that comes into place before smart cars can roam. It will not be easier if there are drivers who are not paying attention and slack.
People will start to rely on cars and technology than to do their jobs. When it is there job to protect and ensure safety for all passengers. Soon they will forget how to manually do things, how will they learn if they are surrounded by technology? If the power goes out will they even know how to drive? The car industries will drop because of the production of easier and lazier ways to be transported.
If the car crashes or there is a mishap who will be to blame? The driver will argue that the technology is mest up or the manufactuer had a glitch. The driverless car might not see an animal or a pedestrian and they could get hurt. There would be no driver paying enough attention that could save a life. In the article it says, "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." That law is enforced and should be followed with a smart car.
Most of the laws want to keep everyone safe, with the new technology would it be easier or harder? We may have no control if the technology malfunctions. It is efficent but it can be harmful if there is no control. We do not want people to slack and rely on something else. It would either be the driver or manufactuer to take the fault if something goes wrong. I am against the development of driverless cars. | 3 |
3779f66 | The Face is just a natural landform. As the old photographs of it might have looked like as if it was made by aliens. The new photograph of the Face just shows a regular landform due to the higher resolution. The media is just trying to make you believe that it is an alien monument. At that time, they didn't' really what know what it was exactly. I am here to prove you that the Face is just a natural landform.
If the Face is an alien monument, there could have been mysterious looking structures on the monument. The Face is just a butte or a mesa as it was said by scientist Garvin that it reminded him of a butte in Idaho. The 2001 image of the Face doesn't show anything phenomonal, it is just a simple landform. According to NASA, the shadows just give the landform a face. As for my last evidence, Michael Malin and his team took a sharp photo of the Face explicitly revealing that it is just a landform.
As the old photographs suggests that it is something made by the aliens, it is not. It is just a landform based on the newer photograph. A scientist claimed that the Face is either a mesa or a butte which reminded him of a butte he saw before. As it is popular within the media, no one knows what it is. Later on, a group of scientists took a sharper photograph of the Face and confirmed that it is just a landform. | 3 |
377abd0 | I am against driverless cars. People that by them are going to have to drive them anyways. The first batch of those cars may malfunction, the company will probaby get sued and they will have to stop selling them. Since they are controlled by technology a operson may be more at risk for an accident. If the person doesn't realize the car is letting them know of danger then people could really get hurt. It's in movies but I don't think people should really be on the road with cars that drive themselves. The sensors could misinterpret something or anything can go wrong since it's not operated by a human being which cars were meant to be used by. They assume that their problems will be solved but they're not for sure and what if lots of people were faced with those problems whether their minor, or fatal? Then it would be the manufacturers fault and lots of people would want to sue. Driverless cars shouldn't be made legal to drive anywhere they're too risky. Besides, the cars that they have tested weren't even truly diverless and I would want to know for sure what it would be like if I were to purchase one. | 2 |
377afe7 | Dear Senator,
The president of the United States of America should be chosen by popular vote rather than the Electoral College because is allows citizens of the U.S. to have more power. The Electoral College takes away some opinions of the states which is unfair; we as citizens should have all the say in who we want leading us. I'm not alone, either; "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO want to abolish the electoral college" [
Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer]. People don't get enough power with the Electoral College; Al Gore lost the presidency thanks to the electoral college but he had won the popular vote. So we should let someone else have all the power? I don't think so; we deserve better than this and over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. There are about 538 electors in the Electoral College and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect a President [
What is the Electoral College
?
by the Office of the Federal Register] but there are millions of American voters. Also the text [
What is the Electoral College?
] states that when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. Americans aren't even voting for president anymore, just the electors?! That is completely unfair to the country. The Electoral College does have its perks, though. It helps with a certainty of outcome and it helps avoid run-off elections [
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner]. The United States is supposed to be the land of the free; we're supposed to thrive off of our independence and therefore we should abolish the Electoral College process and give the power to the people. We deserve a say, not what others suggest.
Best Regards,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
377b41c | The following essay is an analaysis of the artice "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." and an evaluation of the points that the article brings up. The article describes dangers of visting our neighbour planet venus and ideas of how it could be done.
The author does a great job to describe venus as the Earth's "twin", but also as a dangerous planet that is not made for us. He brings up that no spacecraft has survived a landing for more than a few hours, that the atmosphere is 97% carbon doixide, that there are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, that the plantes surface has an average temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater as it is on the Earth. All these points convinced me that Venus is a planet that is not made for us to be on. Even if he brings up points why we should still go there it seems to me like it would make no common sense. He says that Venus once looked just like the Earth, but for me it doesn't matter how it once looked like because then we would first go into time traveling and that is not what this article is about. The author also brings up that there could be a survivable soulution by having a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the landscapre. I don't think that this is a good idea, because it would take so much work and money just to see things that we can see without a human being there. He mentions that it probably wouldn't even help the scientists that much because we wouldn't be able to take samples of anything or even inspect the ground conditions. So I think that idea is a waste of money and unless there is a really good reason or something specific to look for we shouldn't do it. The author then mentions that researchers are looking for innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute knowledge over Venus. I think that is a good think to do but it can not be an option to send a human up there, because as long as you only send machines it is just money that you send up there, but with all the dangers it is stupid to send a human to Venus. He closes his article with the statement that we have to strive for new knowlegde beyond our Earth and I do agree with that but we have to look out what the dangers are and sometimes things are not possible, because we are very limited compared to the power of the universe.
So I think that we should keep looking for new innovations that can help us explore the universe but we have to accept that we are very small in a big universe and that not everything is possible for us because we are limited, while the universe is not. | 4 |
377c773 | If people would stop using cars places would'nt be that dirty in the air it's polluting the air and it wouldn't be that dirty. An example would be in a german suburb people kind of stop using cars and started to walk and use bikes. People would be more healthy and active if cars didn't exist. For me I don't like cars in general. But yeah people praise cars just because they are lazy and like using cars to get places faster. Also people waist a lot of money for a car that would last along three years. Like it says in article 1,paragragh 3 "as a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars...". Which means that those families do not own cars because they like to walk or use bikes.
Like in paris they banned using cars because the air was so polluted and dirty not even breathable for people. So they fined people that had their cars outside. So basically what they made people do is walk and use bikes. In article 2, paragragh 1 its says "paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". What the author is saying is that people were using cars to much and the smoke would pollute the air. They almost held the record for the most polluted air so they partially banned using cars.
In conclusion, paris was making a good decision to ban cars or if not you'll get banned. | 2 |
377cdc4 | Did you know that mars was created naturaly as a natural landform? Does Mars have a simular landform as Earth? If aliens has created Mars, where are they now? The passage Unmasking the face on Mars has the answers to all of those.
I believe that Mars was created as natural landform just like Earth. It has simular landforms as Earth. Mars has a dry sandy desert like climate simular to Earth. Except Earth has alot of different types of climates. If Aliens has made Mars why did they make it simular to Earth's desert climate? If aliens did make the climate for Mars it propbably would have been way different than a desert climate. Earth was made naturally and has naturally made several climates. The desert climate is one. Aliens could not have possibly made Mars because if they did where did they go? Why did they leave? They probably would have stayed and lived on Mars if they had created it.
Mar's desert climate has very simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Garvin from the passage Unmasking the face on Mars has said ''It reminds me most of middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho''. That was from the 12th paragraph. Garvin has said this while he was looking at the pictures of the landforms. In paragraph 12 of the passage Unmasking the Face on Mars says '' What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---- landforms common around the American West''. That's another example the Mar's climate has simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Scientist have said that Earth was like venus at first and then came together and formed on what it is like now naturally.
Aliens could have not possibly built Mars. Mars was probably created simular to how Earth was created. Scientists have even said that along time ago on Mars there use to be water there because they have found spots on mars simular to Earth that rivers run are running on. Now it looks dried up and something has happen to Mars to where it turned Dry and desert like. Earth was the same way along time ago before humans existed. It was a hot fire lava vocanic type of climate until Earth has changed and made several climates and water.
Earth was made naturally and by comparing how Earth was made and the simular features it has that Mars has I believe that Mars was created naturally like Earth. If aliens did create Mars for the simular features that Earth has why did they choose that climate? | 4 |
377e36b | To keep or not to keep the electoral college , that is the question . Everbodys ansewer is different but my ansewer is to abolish it . This system did work in the 17th to about the late 19th centrrey but now now in this day and age the old system is like the gamecube , it had a good run and serived it's purpose but now its time to move on to better and more up to date system . Now thats out of the way lets see what should the new system could possably be .
First up , by the people of the U.S.A. . What I mean by that is the poplare vote . With this system everyone's vote matter . Lets say that to win the vote you have to have ten thusand ore votes than your oppint or something like that . I really don't know the best way to do the voting system but this could should be solved by the gonverment and not the high school student that is writing this . Other than that lets move on .
Next one up , Repesitives . I know there is something like this but do this base on population . Like for every 10,000 there is one repesitive or something like that . This could be a cleaner and faster system than the one in the first paragraph . Both of the system mainly focus on the people so you can't do wrong with ether of this systems . Thatsall I have to say about this system .
Now the moment you been waiting for , update the old system . Sometimes all you have to do is update the old system . The system is out datted but if you update it you could make it better . It may or may not work work but you do this right this system could last the U.S.A. a nother 300 years .
In conclusion , this is what you could do to replace the system . There are many more but to me this are the three best systems I can think of so I hope you agree with me . Other than that I wish you farlwell . | 2 |
3781369 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College is a process of selecting electors to vote for the president. The Electoral College has both its pros and cons, many reasons for it to stay or be abolished. However, it has more reason to stay rather than changing to election by popular vote for the President. The wnning canidate for U.S President should be who's the best rather rather than who's more popular. The Electoral College may not be the most democratic method but, it does create a sense of balance. The Electoral College has equal tran-regional appeal, and garuntees an outcome. Therfore, the Electoral College should not be abolished.
The Electoral College garuntees an outcome. With popular voting and a tie could occur. As, Souce 3; "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised methaod of choosing the President" informs "The reason is that the winning canidate's share of the Electoral College invariable exceeds his share of the popular vote."(18). So the losing canidate could argue that winner isn't who the people want however, it's the political party members who chose the electors. In, Source 1; "What is the Electoral College?", it states that "Each canidate ruinning for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political party..." Therefore, there is no mystery or deciet, each party knows their electors and canidates so the people are the ones who indirectly chose the winner. As a result, the Electoral College promises an undebatabe outcome.
Also,the Electoral College doesn't have any prejudice based on region or location. "The Electoral College requires to have a trans-regional appeal." (sorce 3). Therefore, a canidate has to campiaign in all regions, withought just focusing on just one. So every region has an equal oppurtunity and knowledge to be able to vote. Also this way there's a less chance of "The residents of other reions to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interest, that he really isn't their president."(19). That feeling of equality and "my opinion matters" is exactly what America is about and this aspect of the Electoral College captures that beautifully.
In conclusion, the Electoral college may not be the most democratic way of voting however, it is quite fair. If we only had popular voting canidates would possible just focuse on one are to build a strong support base. This would'nt give every region or person a fair chance and strong word, which is against everything America stands for. Equality is one of the major virtues of America and the Electoral College expresses equality through balance more so than popular vote. The Electoral College garuntees a certaint outcome without debates or tie breakers. It allows every region to have a fair chance in the election by making sure they are well informed and included through the recquirment of trans-regional appeal. For these reasons the Electoral College should not be abolished and changed to popular vote for United States of America. | 4 |
3785422 | The author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The story of "The challenge of Exploring Venus," gives us alot of reasons it's worth despite the danger it presents. Such as: "not easy conditions, but survivable for humans,"(paragraph 5) But it also gives us bad reason. Such as, "Venus has the hottest surface temperture of any plant in our solar system"(paragraph 3). This story could go good or bad for you.
In paragraph 4, it gives us at least 3 good reasons it's worthy to study venus despite its dangers. One od the reason is " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valley, mountains, and craters.
(paragraph 4). This is stateing that if venus has earth-like things it is worth the risk. It never knows if there is human life. Another example is, "If our sister plant is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" This is pointing the fact, that if it was actually dangers why are scientists discussing further visits. In paragraph 5, it claims that its "not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." A person is able to live in venus, but they'll take a risk. In the story it tells us that,"It has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."(Paragraph 3)
Another reason a person should study Venus is, it'll be fun to expolre it. In the story the author claims " Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges od imagination and innovation."(paragraph 8) This is stateing the fact that just because it might be dangers, we should'nt let us stop from exploreing it. Venus is just around the corner. It gives us reasons on why we should go. Such as, " Venus, sometimes called the "Evening star," is one of the brighest points of the light in the night sky."(parargraph 1) This reminds me of my childhood, how i'll look at the stars with my parents and there'll always be a bright star.
In fact, the author of the story gives us both reasons. Both reasons why we should believe, its wroth the risk of studying venus despite the dangers it presents. This is a story were you don't have to feel against or for it. | 3 |
3785d1d | The author suggests
that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it present.Why does the author suggests this the author is saying Venus is refereed as the Earth twin because it has a lot in common the only promble is that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system.Astronomers are fascinated by Venus becasue it may well once have been the most Earth like plabet in our solar system.Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up closeand personal despite the risk.Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value ,not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itslef.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus becasue it may well once have been the most Earth like plabet in our solar system.Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported varios froms of life, just like Earth.Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth.The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includdes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters.
Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up closeand personal despite the risk.Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many stroms,a vehicle hovering Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out their way.At at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit ,but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels .not easy conditions ,but survivable for humans.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value ,not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itslef. Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
Why the author suggests taht studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.The plante surface is like Earth.Solar power be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 3 |
3786747 | Driverless cars should not be allowed in today's day and age because they are a safety hazard to not only the driver, but also to passengers and pedestrians. They are too much of an invitation to look at a cell phone or to get distracted by something else, such as a child in the back seat. They can cause wrecks and fatalities to skyrocket. Driving a vehicle is something that should be monitored at all times. When operating a vehicle, you must always be alert for not onlt your safety, but everyone else's.
The media has long been fascinated with vehicles that can drive themselves, but have they thougth out the idea entirely? Since 2009, Google has made cars that can drive independently under certain conditions. However, these cars are not totally driverless. They alert the driver when pulling in and out of driveways, driving through construction, traffic issues, and accidents. This can lead to distraction and not knowing what is going on around you. Adding to this, it can cause a leap in accidents and fatalities caused by these death machines.
In 2013, BMW announced their development of "Traffic Jam Assisstant". This is a vehicle that can drive on its own at speeds of up to 25 mph but has touch sensors to make sure the driver has his or her hands on the wheel. This shows that this car is only good for certain residential areas, and not highways or interstates where speed limits can reach up to 70 mph. Also, a driver can fall asleep at the wheel and not even realize it when it's time to be alert. This can cause major accidents in which legal battles can occur against manufacturers and individuals.
Adding to issues above, some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. These diplays can be turned off when the driver takes the wheel, but this also allows drivers to get distracted and television instead of driving. Driving laws today are focused on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, which is only achieved by alert and cautious drivers. Traffic laws today are written in the way that the only truly safe car is with an alert driver at all times. If this new technology were to fail, who would be at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?
Automakers today are under the assumption that current issues with these cars will be solved sometime in the near years. The only 100% safe car is one with an alert driver at all times. This is not only for the driver's safety, but for everyone's. If there are enough car accidents today, why would we want to risk more lives for this new technology? | 4 |
3788995 | Almost every single citizen in the United States of America has experienced riding in a car. And for most people, they have to have a car in order to make a living. This comes with many conciquences as well. For one, car accidents happen everywhere leading to major car insurance payments, injuries, and even death. Another downfall of having cars is all the traffic and pollution they cause to the enviornment. What if there was a society in which cars are banned? the only way of transportation is biking, walking, skateboarding, etc. That would be a lot heathier wouldnt it? Well in the city of Vauban, they did just that.
To start things off, car accidents are a huge crisis in which almost every country faces. Driving a car puts many things at risk including your life. Many people are severely injured as well causing issues for their life. Having limited car use would save thousands of lives and lower the amount of peoples lives lost from cars. If everybody walked and rode bycicles, nobody would get hurt!
This brings me to my next point. Using cars means polluting the air and expecting traffic. With no cars, your community wouldnt have to pay for stop lights, huge highways, and many other things the community must pay for in order to have access to vehicles. Also, cars pollute the air dramatically. Keeping the earth is very important and by using cars, all we are doing is hurting the earth we live on. People wouldnt have to buy gas and things would be much cheaper and cleaner without them.
This brings me to my last point. If everyone walked and rode bikes and man powered things, everyone would be a lot healthier. people would be forced to get outside and get exercise in order to go anywhere. Less people would be out of shape and people would be much happier. People would also socialize a lot more and everybody would know everbody. There would be less strangers and you would be closer to your community you live in.
To wrap things up, limiting car use would be very benificial to society for many reasons. One, there would be no car acciedents and this would save peoples lives. Two, without cars, there would be no pollution and no traffic issues at all. And three, without cars, people would be much healthier and socialize a lot more than they do with cars. All in all, a life without cars would be extreamly beneficial to the community and everyone would be much happier. | 3 |
378b941 | From Luke's piont of view covincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
There are three reasons why you and others should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. One of them is taking care of animals, the other one is having unbelievable trips, the last one is the jobs you do and the free time.
The first one were going to talk about are taking care of the animals.
When you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you have to care the horses until they go to a different person.
Another supporting detail is about the cows, you need the cows to get the milk from or what are the others participates going to drink.
The last supporting detail is the mules that were shipped overseas.
Those were all the supporting details for the reason about taking care of animals.
The other reason that were going to support is the unbelievable trips they travel by.
The first supporting detail is about the cattle-boat trips they get when they participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. Also, we get to tour an excavated castle in Crete.
they also marveled at the Panama Canal on there way to China. That is another reason why you and the others should participate.
The other reason you should join is you got to do many jobs so you won't be bored, and you also get free time.
One job you get is being a night watchman you get to check on all the animals every hour.
Another one is cleaning up. You have to feed and water the animals two or three times. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship, and also the stalls had to be cleaned.
Those were all the reasons and supporting details of why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
There were three things to support my reasons in each paragraph.
That is why people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
37931dc | Driverless cars could be the key to the furture. Think about it, a car that can steer, accelerate, and break themselves, and are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills. The driverless car is designed to get the driver's attention when a problem occurs. Dirverless cars have many positive aspects.
Imagin how easy it would be to take a road trip. Instead of placing a GPS on the window-sheild and being nervious on making a wrong turn or having to turn around, the driverless car has a GPS built inside so it can navigate on its own. The driveless car has special sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. For example, GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. When this happens, the Google car announces when the driver should take over. Driverless cars also have built in camaras to watch the driver watch the road so no accidents accure. Though driverless cars may have many questions on what happens if there is an accident, or would the driver get bored not doing anything. Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, hopes to bring in-car entertainment and information system that use heads-up displays. Such as displays can be turned of instantly when the driver needs to take over. This in-car system is a good safety feature.
In conclusion, driverless cars are a big concern to the future. They can help make driving to far places easy and the roads a little safer. Driverless cars are not fully driverless and will still need the drivers attention and hands on the wheels. When the car is in danger into backing into a object or if roads are closed ahead, the driver will be notifly and will have to take control. Think about the future and how driverless cars would make a difference. | 3 |
3793f1a | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on another planet? Well it might just be possible according to NASA employees. The author of this article suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They include stand points on new ways that NASA has looked into for living and researching Venus. The author includes how the similarites between our two planets may change the look at Venus.
Venus is the twin of Earth and researchers have found a possible way to survive the harsh conditions of Venus. The author has done his research so he has evidenceto back up his claims. In paragraph 5 the author states "Imagine a blimp-like bike hovering 30 or so miles above the Vensuian landscape."this shows that the author has done research, the author dung deep and shows that NASA the leading organiztion in aerospace engineering has a possible way of living on Venus. Also in paragraph 5 the author continues to back up his point by stating "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." this continues to show that it is possible to live on Venus.
The author gives vaild point on why studying Venus is worthy. In paragraph 4 the author states "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further vists to the surface?" this shows that the author knows that the further studies and planning to get to the surface of Venus provides the slightest information that NASA believes that it might be possible to live on Venus. In paragraph 4 the author also states "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." this shows that Venus was once inhabitable and might still be.
NASA is working on other ways to cunduct studies on Venus. In paragraph 7 the author states "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos on Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this shows that NASA might have a way to futher study Venus's surface. In paragraph 8 the author states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likey lead us to equally intimidating endeavors." this means that the success from NASA will push more people to work towards a similar goal.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on another planet? According to the article presented the author has had a strong stand point on futhering the research of Venus because of the success that NASA is having in the lab. The author provided the research of new ways that NASA is trying to land on Venus and study the planet's surface. The author provides reasons why researching Venus is worthy and how the similarties between our two planets may change the look at Venus. | 4 |
379432c | Many companies are starting to create cars that do not need drivers. These cars have postitive and negative aspects, but these cars are a good thing. They are going to make a life easier.
Cars using sensors is not a new thing. The text states, "In the 1980's, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes." These sensors helped that car detect problems and try to fix them. These brakes have helped stop many accidents. Since then there have been many improvements to sensors.
With these improvements companies, like BMW, were able to design a car that is able to drive its self. The text states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves." The sensors allow the car to see whats happening around it. Using the information from the senors the car can interpret the situtation, and use it to drive itself. With these sensors accidents can be prevented. The sensors can detect a problem and stop it from happening. Car companies are out on the roads testing these cars right now.
These cars are well on their way to being on the market for the average consumer to buy. Many car companies predict that they will have a self driving car for sale soon. Telsa say they will have car within this year. Mercedes- Benz, Audi, and Nissan predict that their driverless cars will come out in 2020. Some people think these cars are going to cause nothing but trouble.
One negative to these car is that certain situations the driver will have to take over. The text states, "all are designed to notify the diver when the road ahead requies human skills, such as navgating through work zones and around accidnets." This might become a promblem beacause the driver may not be paying attention to the road when they are needed to taking over. Many companies already have a solution to that promblem. Each car has some sort of warning system put in plave to get the driver intention.
Though the car may have some negative it will make life easier. Their will be less accidents, beacause the cars sensors will see the promblem before it happens. These cars will make the world a better place. | 4 |
37a6cf0 | "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus with even more challenging clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere". Venus is very dangerous for humans to step foot on and could not have spacecrafts to last more than a few hours due to the temperatures and atmospheric pressure. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author implies that exploring Venus is worth the risk by explaining the dangers and the motivation of human curiosity.
To understand Venus clearly, NASA wants to explore Venus on their own. They can either consider the exploration as a risk, or the exploration can be thought out as a challenge that people are willing to take despite the dangers. "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". Humans cannot undergo, let alone survive stepping foot on Venus with these extreme conditions. Earth's "twin" planet also has "the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system". Although there are many dangers to explore Venus, astronomers are fascinated by the idea that Venus has been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
Human curiosity has motivated NASA to send other humans to study Venus. One way of doing so is by "allowing scientists to float above the fray". Floating above the fray would allow humans to avoid the harsh ground conditions. Miles away from the surface will still be "170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth". These conditions will not be easy, but will be survivable for humans. To contribute to the knowledge of Venus, researchers are are working on different task that will allow the machines to last long enough on Venus.
In conclusion, Venus presents a great amount of reasons that can be dangerous for humans to explore. Since Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could have supported many forms of life. Predictions like these cause people to want to meet the very end of imagination and innovation to finally see the true value of Venus to make the exploration a worthy pursuit. | 4 |
37aae1b | Cars that can drive themselves have been a fantasy for many years. They have been seen in movies and shows for quite a while, and many have hopes that someday, it will become a reality. With recent research and new developments, car manufacturers are beginning to actually make driverless cars possible. Altough there are many risks that could take place in the us of driverless cars, I believe that driverless cars should be made and used for everyone in the future.
A driverless car would have dozens of benefits for drivers on the road. Because there would be sensors all around the car that monitor the car's surroundings at all times, there would be almost no crashes. As of now, there are already cars that can drive by themselves, however, if there is a obstacle on the road, it will alert the driver and allow him to take over. When car manufacturers can develop a way for these cars to detect obstacles and manuver around them, the road will a much safer place, and car crashes would almost become nonexistent. When everyone has a driverless car, there would not even be chance to have a crash, unless nature gets involved, since each car is on a course that is monitoring the road at all times. Not only would there be fewer car crashes due to collisions, but there would also be no more speeding or reckless driving from unresponsible or inexperienced drivers.
Two of the main causes of car crashes today is the act of texting while driving and drinking while driving. If the car drives itself, then there would be no more distracted drivers that don't have their eyes on the road. A driverless car would allow the person in the drivers seat to focus on other things. When they develop cars that won't need a driver under circumstances, the person in the car may become bored, due to the lack of the thrill while driving. To solve this issue, these driverless cars would have in-car entertainment that would allow the owner of the car to not become bored. Another big benifit of driverless cars would be that they would use half the amount of gas and therefor not only saving the earth's limited amount of gas, but also saving people tons of money.
As stated, I strongly believe that they use of driverless cars should become a reality in the future and that everyone should use them. This would further increase everyones safety on the road and lead to fewer injuries and crimes. Not only would driverless cars benefit others by helping them achieve their destination safely, but also by saving the earth's amount of gas and saving people's money. | 4 |
37ae74c | I disagre with technology to read the emotional expressions of students in classroom . I dont like the fact that technology can read students emotional expressions because teachers dont always have to know whats going on in teens personal life . one reason teachers shouldnt know everything about teens personal life because teens in highschool go through alot . Teens have house problems that they dont want know body to know about ,teens get bullied,and also some teens deal with personal body problems . This is the reason i disagre with technology reading kids emotional expressions .
In the text it states that the facial expressions for each emotion each universal observes Dr. Huang ,so that means he can se every thing you are feeling .THE Text states that to an expert , faces dont lie ; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebirty isn't being truthful . This are other reason why i dont perfer technology reading people faces .But i also have a good thought on technology reading people faces . One reason is that when a kid get in trouble at school and lie about something he did the teacher can get the computer and tell if he is lieing . It also tates in the story the it can tell if you are being truthful .
Another reason i like the tecgnology reading people expressions is because police can use the computer. The police can use the computer for bad people that does bad things . The police can scan they face and their fingerprints also . Also judges can use them when people have a to go to court for a case they have . The judge can scan heir face and see if they are lien .And paremts can also used the computer on their child . And people can also used them to see if other people are lien or however they feel.
In the text it states that even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression "(like not smilingas broadly). using video imagery , the new emotion -reconginition softwaretracks these facial movments -in a real face or in a painted face of mona lisa . By weighting the different units,the software can even identify mixed emotions .Each expression is compared aganist a neutral face (showing no emotion). this explain how advance technology can be .
We as humans practice on this same impressive evey day . For example we can tell if our freind or families are upset . | 3 |
37af59a | Planning:
I think the ¨Unmasking The Face on Mars.¨is just the Face of a natural landord.A lot of people might not think it is just a natural landform because on the picture they take on 1976 and 1998 it just excatly look like something else.Here is the reason if you still think it is a something else not a natural landforms ¨New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA´s
Mars Global Survey spacecraft eveal the Face on Mars for what it really is:A mese´´.
One reason is that few the scientist believe that the Face on Mars was an aliens artifact photogarphing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyors arrive at the Red Olanet in Sept 1997.Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeard on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform.There was no alien monument after all.People might still thinks it is an a something else but it was not true.
Other reason is that when they take a pictures of Face clearly scientist and NASA can see what it really was after all.¨As a rule of thumb, you can discern thing in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel sizw,¨he added.¨So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the grounds or Egyprian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you can see what they were!¨But not everyone was satisfied.The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 98- a cloudy time of years on the Red Plante.The camera on boad MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics,alien markings were hidden by haze.
Final reason is that i really is a natural landforms.What the pictures actually
shows is the Martian equivalent of a bute or mesa-landforms common around the American West.¨It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,¨say Garvin.¨That´s a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.¨
Introduction is that I still believes that the face is just a natural landform because if you read closely on the article you could see what it really is.If you wants to watch closely on the picture you could see just more than a natural landform. When they take a pictures of Face clearly scientist and NASA can see what it really was after all. | 3 |
37af7c5 | The author support this idea very well because the author talks about how close the Earth and Venus actually is. The author talks about how Venus mislead people to thinking it as a star and the author also talks about the temperature. In paragraph 1, 2 and 3 it says, "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. Often referred to as Eath's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These are the brief information on Venus that the author gave which is helpful. The author talks about how venus can have a huge impact on techonology. In paragraph 5 and 7 it says, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. 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 in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical arts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This would make people want to learn/study more about Venus because it is talking about how it could have an impact on scientists and technology. The author also talks about how dangerous it would be to go to Venus, but although it is dangerous, the author gave an argument by explaining the bright side of studying Venus. In paragraph 8 it says, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This paragraph talks about the bright side of studying more about Venus and how Earth and beyond shoud not be stop by dangers and doubts but should be expanded instead. This shows how well the author supports this idea. | 3 |
37b0331 | Venus is our sister planet, it may have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, so why can't we explore it to see the similarities? It's the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally in distance too. Many scientists want to take the risks of studying this planet to see exactly what the planet has in store because it was once the most like the planet we live on today. The author of the article gives us many facts and statistics as to how Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
In the article, the author tells about how the fast the planets move, and how sometimes Venus is right around the corner. Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus and each mission was unmanned. No spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. The challenge of studying Venus has to deal with the temperature and the different type of atmosphere and environment within the planet. We need a mission that is both, safe and scientifically productive that avoids all of the dangers.
The atmosphere contains almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. This is very dangerous to us being that we take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, it can harm us easily and even cause death. There are also clouds
of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, which can also be fairly dangerous to us with the carbon dioxide as well. The author tells about how differently the temperature ranges are on the planet and the atmospheric pressure is compared to what we experience on Earth, which is why they're trying to find other, safer, ways to study the planet.
The environment of Venus would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals, so a human traveling to study Venus is very risky and possibly life-threatening. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system making it impossible for anyone to land on the planet. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments such as erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Despite all of the dangers, Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, being that long ago it could've consisted of oceans and supported various forms of life, just like Earth! If we can find ways to study the planet safely and productively, we will do it, but it's nothing risking your life over. The planet contains a lot of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid in the atmosphere which is something we cannot breathe in but if we find a way around it, such as using machines to send down to the planet that can withstand the temperatures and environment or hovering ontop of the planet to see the conditions would be the best option. For the scientists seeking to land on the planet, they can use different devices made out of silicon carbide that can last for a couple of weeks, or mechanical computers. Venus, being our sister planet and having many similarities to us, is something that intruiges many people, but being able to land there isn't likely. Finding a safe and productive way to fulfill many people's curiosity is the most efficient and best way to learn more about the planets that are like ours! We can always find new technologies and ways to explore and study new things without putting ourselves in danger or risking our lives. | 4 |
37b12d1 | Having computers detecting when your are confused or when they become bored. Technology detecting someone's emotions is uses full. This type of techonolgy would help in many different ways like in police station when they are interagating they could use this and try to see if some one is actually telling the truth or not. This technology would be vauable in classrooms because, it could help the teacher know if a student needs help, it could help the student by showing the way they are feeling over a subject, (such as when they are bored, the teacher can make the subject a little more intreasting)and also it could help the counsolers in knowing if someone is having a rough day and help them out.
Computers like this could help fix problems that happen in everyday life. In classrooms around the country there are places in which students don't understand a subject or in which are needing help with it, and by having this type of technology it would help teachers know what is the student feeling about a certain subject. In many cases there are students in which dont get the class and do not say anything about it so they end up failing. By having this technology teachers could detect the way the student is feeling toward this subject and work with them. This would prevent students from failing the class and actually get to comprehend the subject.
Being able to detect is someone's emotians could solve a million things one of them is bieng able to help a students out. There are students in which are too shy to ask a student a question and just continue the whole tri not knowing how to do a certain thing."" A classrooom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts", this could help students instead of having to ask the teacher can already know if a student is confused or bored. Being bored with a subject can often make a student just try to entertain himself by watching a moive or playing a game on his or her computer, this would make the student not pay attention and lose focus. Introducing this technology to students would help them get help without having to ask and avoid the part where they become all shy or asking.
This same techology would be useful to prevent problems between students. In school this would be helpful to counsolers as well. Schools are trying to find a way to prevent bullying from happening thoughout the nation and by implementing this type of technology in school it could help teacher or counsolers find the people who are suffering from this. Not only will it help bullying but also if they implemented this then it would help see when a person is angry and are about to do something stupid. This would also help counsolers know when students are havinig problems at home.
This technology could improve the way school is and the why teachers teach. This technology would be the future of students learning. This technology should be applyed to school camaras in and in classrooms when it is developed enough. Having this technology in schools would be valueable because, it would help students pass classes, it would help teachers help students, and it would help counsolers help students as well. | 4 |
37b659c | What if you could always tell how someone is feeling? Well now you can! There is a new system of computer coding that reads your facial expressions called FACS, Facial Action Coding System. This new system is mainly used for detecing if someone is lying, or even used in the painting of Mona Lisa. But, this new system could even be used in schools.
The computer would have online lessons for a student and would be able to track their emotions based on their facial expressions. In the passage it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If a student were bored with the lesson they were learning about, the lesson would change. Students would be more encouraged to go to school if they got to learn about something they thought was interesting. Kids would have more willpower to go to school and learn.
Another reason why schools should use this system is because test grades would start to increase. As kids are trying harder on their work because it is something they enjoy, they will start trying harder on tests. Most kids do not give much thought on their work in class which overall leads to bad test grades. If kids told their teachers they were bored with the assignment they were learning, the teacher would not just stop teaching and change to a different topic, but a computer would. The passage says, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
However, there is a downside to the system. If the computer is doing all the teaching, why would we need teachers? Kids would start to lose the interest in their teachers. As kids enjoy the fun technology of getting to choose their own lesson, they would stop listening to the teachers when they teach about something they think is boring. If everyone is doing their lessons online, there would be no reason to keep teachers, and they would all lose their job.
Although there are some flaws to the system, it is a very good idea to the world. It is a very intact source that could help a lot of people. Students would really start trying and would do a lot better in school. This system of technology would be very valuable in the school system. | 4 |
37b999d | The ¨Face" on Mars is a mere coincidence. There are many formations like this one on earth. When using the Mars Global Survey spacecraft it´s high resolution camera picked up no signs of any type of advanced civilization. Authors of magazines at the time also hyped the ¨Face¨ up, to get more people interested in Mars. This story has been used in an array of entertainment, from movies to magazines.
On Earth there are formations called buttes, ¨ That´s a lava domes that take formation of an isolated mesa...¨ according to paragraph twelve. Also in paragraph twelve it states that on Earth these landforms are most common in the American west. These particular formations are especially common in the Cydonia region of Mars. Finding these landforms in this region are so common that the scientists at NASA were shocked at how much it resembled a face, knowing it was not an alien artifact. Another reason that we know it is a butte is because it was not only photographed once or twice but three times!
This landform has been photographed by two different spacecraft, the Viking 1 and the Mars Global Surveyor. These spacecraft were spread apart for a span of over 25 years! The Viking 1 picked up the best images it could for it´s time but the much more recent Mars Global Surveyor has a much better and more accurate image of the ¨Face¨ than the 1976 photo. The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) also took two clear photographs of the landform while the 1976 image is blurry to say the least. In 1976 the image was so fuzzy that no one could tell what was there, which led to reporters and authors to excite the public more than what was necessary.
In 1976 authors and reports hyped up the find of this ¨Face¨ on Mars. Authors did this to draw more attention to Mars, which because NASA serves the interests of the people and the government was an outstanding thing but it went to far. After all a face on a planet not all that far from us makes a great headline. Not everyone exaggerated it though NASA, as said in the article, upon releasing the pictures to the public stated ¨huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.¨ The face on Mars was also used in afilm and in countless magazines across the country.
The ¨Face" on Mars is merely just shadows playing tricks on the eye. The Face is merely a landform with shadows in all the right spots playing an illusion on those who see it. Over the years many claims, false or true, have been made about the Face on Mars and they aren going to stop anytime soon. So far no evidence supports the claims of conspiracy theorists, however that doen´t mean they never will. The ¨Face¨ on Mars has had many stories told about for over two and a half decades, and they are not going to stop anytime soon, but it is important to know that science has not proven anything about the ¨Face¨ on Mars, yet. | 4 |
37c0154 | Seagoing Coyboys. That's the name of the tremendous program I joined. I think a lot of people should join the Seagoind Coyboys program. The reason I think this is because it is a great way to sight-see, you're helping a large amount of people by giving them more of what they need, you can have fun playing all sorts of games and more, and you get the chance to go to new places.
The first reason I should convince others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is because it is a great way to sight-see. In the story it says,"Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China." It also states,"It was special taking a gondala ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." I think this enables the reader to realizeone of the reasons that the Seagoing Coybows is a program you should join is an great opportunity for people of all ages to sight see.
The second reason I think I should convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you're helping a large amount of people by giving them more of what they need. I can tell this by when the passage states,"It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies,a nimals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administartion). UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." That is the program that Don and I signed up for. This shows why I think you should join the Seagoing Coyboys program because you're helping a large amount of people by giving them what they need.
The third reason I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you can have fun by playing all sorts of games and more. In the text it states,"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 emty holds where animals had been housed." After it states that it says,"Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, bowing, reading whittling and games also helped pass the time. This shows why I think you should join the Seagoing Coyboyws program because you can by playing all sorts of games and more.
The fourth reason think you should join the Seagoing Coyboys program is because you get the chance to go to new places. In the text it explains,"Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China." See, when you join the Seagoing Coyboys program you get to go to many places because you have to deliver the suplies and animals to the different places. So this shows, and explains, why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get the chance to go to new places.
All in all this passage I have written for you shows why I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, because it is a great way to sight-see, you're helping a large amount of people by giving them what they need,you can have fun playing all sorts of games and more, and you get the chance to go to new places. | 4 |
37c450b | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author reveals that, in the near future, automatic cars that remain capable of running without a human driver are very possible. Although the author presents some negatives of these driverless cars, the positives most definitely overtake the negatives. Driverless cars are an amazing, technologically advanced, useful invention than any user would benefit greatly from. Every type of user, whether it be someone who uses itonce a month or every day, would benefit from attaining a driverless, automatic car. They are coming soon, in the very near future, and there are many good things that society should look forward to whenever they become a reality.
Driverless cars seemed to be such a futuristic idea until automobile companies began creating automatic systems within cars. Although these cars still require a human driver, they are very close to getting to the point where a driver is not necessary. In the article, the author states that cars already made, "...alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." This statement reveals that although the automatic components are very useful and beneficial, the cars still, at this point, require a driver. However, sensors that have been advanced within the last ten years can almost individually run the car. The author states that even though the progress of sensors that can lock the brakes, accelarate the vehicle, and steer the car has been very substantial, "Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." By stating this, the author opens readers up to the fact that different sensors are being created in order to complete the different tasks and skills that driving requires. Soon enough, within only some years, a few companies have stated that they believe they will have a completely driverless car completed by the year 2020. These completely automatic cars will help and assist users by allowing for better transportation and accounting for more accurate driving techniques.
The invention of these driverless cars will not only assist users of the technological advancement, but will also help to save the environment. The cars that Google cofounder Sergey Brin, "forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." When the author states this fact, readers can understand that these driverless cars would ultimately change the entire world. By using less fuel, there are less toxic fumes going into the air. Currently, air pollution is a large issue in today's society as a whole. If these driverless cars are invented in the short time that they are predicted to arrive, the world could take a complete turn towards a better ecosystem.
Ultimately, driverless cars seem to be a very positive oncoming invention. As they are already more than halfway towards becoming an actual item, many companies are working extremely hard to bring this idea fully to life. The benefits of more efficient public transportation and easier assistance remain very important and useful to the people of today's society. The fact that these public transportation driverless cars would be better for the ecosystem and allow for less air pollution is yet another reason in which they would benefit greatly everyone and the entire world, in the long run. Driverless cars are not something that people should be afraid of; they are simply just technology being taken to the next level. As many people, such as Sergey Brin, foresee, driverless cars would benefit and take over many daily tasks, help the environment, and solve issues for public transportation. | 4 |
37c61d1 | I am a scientist from NASA trying to explain to someone that the Face is just a landform. I have asked the person, "why they think the Face is not a landform." The person said, "since it's alien made you guys are try to hide it from the public." I told the person, "that we gave the same photos that we took to the public. So, what we saw everyone have seen it and that is not alien made." But the person had also added, "I think the picture in 1998 was planned to be taken in the winter." But of course that was not true at all, but the person keept saying over and over again.
"That was never planned but that is a mistake that we made" I said.The person said, "If you guys made such a simple mistake like this on the how can you say the Face is not alien made." I told the that it's not easy to take photo of just one spot on Mars with the Viking 1." I Also said, "yes we did not have to share the photo but we did. The reason why is so we could get people eye's on Mars. But we had never kownen that it would turn out to be like this. So, I am ready to get all of this over with. Do you have anything else to say."
The person said, "it's not only me saying this stuff you know!" "Yes I do know that but just because others say somrthing does not mean that it is true. They do not have scientific facts that it is alien made. But what we do have is the facts that it is a landfrom." The person started to think this all over. But the person started to talk " okay we do not have any facts about it. But you guys do although I do not want to trust you guys. Anyways what I am trying to say is now I think it is a landform."
"So, Now this is all over now right" I said. the person did not sat anything but had nodded yes. | 1 |
37d7bfc | If we limit car usage there would be less pollution, we would save thousands of dollars, and it would inprove our safety. So if you really think about it, less usage of cars would be a great impact for us in a good sense.
For starters, experts say we have to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the U.S. Our planet is already polluted enough..why add more to it. For example; diesel trucks make up 67% of vechicles in France..which then adds more smog. In addition, Paris has more smog than othe European capitals. Once Paris had 147 microgrmas of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found. In the city of Bagota, Colombia their goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, violaters faced a $25 fine.
Futhermore, not only would there be less pollution..but we would save thousands of dollars..on gas and insurance. Gas is one of the most important things for a car, it makes it function. But also we would be fine if we didnt have it, mainly because we would save hundreds of dollars a month. The average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.70. Not only gas but insurance and repair jobs. Insurance is as expensive as it is when you wreck your car, if you're lucky enough your insurance could possibly pay for it depending whos fault it was who caused the accident.
In conclusion, at the Mobile World Congress last year in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford, excutive chairman of the Ford motor Company..laid out a bussiness plan, he proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in pedestrian, bicycles, public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emmisions and impove safety. So therefore safety is the #1 for most companies.
To sum things up we would have less pollution, save money, and our safety would be guarented. Those are the great advanatges of having our usage of cars be limited. | 3 |
37dc455 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. I think the author has some valid details that support his claim, and it's enough to want to take a chance and know about our neighboring planet, Venus. I will be discussing the following, simplified electronics and mechanical computers to support the author's claim.
The author states that, "NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus." One of these approaches are the simplified electronics that were tested in a chamber that is supposed to simulate Venus' chaotic surface, and lasted for three weeks. Another approach is mechanical computers which, "were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II." This device does not require electronics and they "make calculations by using gears and levers." Any regular, modern computer if exposed to acid or heat are capable of melting, as well as cell phones and tablets. This shows that devices that use mechanical parts can tend to be more resistant to such pressure, heat, and other forces.
I have concluded that though it is risky and dangerous to study Venus, I think it's worth knowing about it and it's contents. It's a great challenge for us humans but that is what makes it worth knowing about. What if Venus excedes our expectations and we find something that could possibly be life impacting? I think the danger and doubt would be worth it and our thoughts and assumptions would rest at ease. | 3 |
37deeb5 | Aliens, is this a realistic argument? On the serface of mars there is somthing impiticular. It's somthing that looks like a face. NASA decided that this would be a good way to get peoples attention. Now we are faced with the argument, could it have been aliens?
Spotted by the
Viking 1, the impiticular face does in fact closley simular to a face. the possibility of there being aleins is very unrealistic. the face could have just been another butte or mesa. The face could have just been a coincidence. But how could we know? We really can't. we, NASA, could just be saying this to get attention, but mabey not. Even if there was alein landform on mars, we will not be able to know for sure. Like any history, we only know through drawings or writing,and the only evidence we have is this face. Hopfully there will be more to find in near future. Or mabey evcen drawings will appear that we can interpit. If not, then all of NASA still has evidence that there could be .
In conclusion, Mars will probably not hold anything else like this. The picture may look like a face, but its more like mesa or butte. or will there be mystirious things like this again? Proving that it was not a coincedence. Mabey NASA will find other things on different planets, or mabey not | 2 |
37e0414 | The author supports the idea of studing Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because austronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system.The author supported his claim by telling the reader that scientists are even discussing futher visits to the surface of Venus.The author also stated in paragrapgh 4,"Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth". Then the author explains himself by decribing the features that are similar to Earths.
Venus is often refered to Earths "twin" and this can facinate readers and make them want to read more.The author does a good job of getting the reader to read more by comparing and telling the reader things thaat have not been able to be done by anyone all these years.He done it by telling the reader it has proved to be a very challenging place to examine more closley.Also by telling the reader Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionaly the closets in distance too.No spacecraft has landed and survived for more than a few hours and those are facinating facts from the author.The author talks about Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study despite how close the planet is.
This is why I think the author did a good job on supporting his idea on how well the author supports his idea.He gave facts on the planet and its simularities to Earth.He talked about it being very challenging to study so it would be a great acomplaishment to be the first to study the planet.Technology today could probably help in landing and exploring a planet and learn from it because its similar features."Our travels on and beyond Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded and meet the very edges of imagination and inovation": as the author said.This is why the author supports the idea of studying Venus is worthy pusuit despite the dangers. | 3 |
37e110f | Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell has now rung and you must take your seat. Class is beginning. Here goes another day of zoning out and being bored for seven hours!
New software has been developed, the Facial Action Coding System, and it can detect your emotions. The Facial Action Coding System being in the classroom would be very valuable!
This technology being in classrooms would be beneficial for many reasons. In the passage Dr. Huang predicts,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows how the Facial Action Coding system could help the students learn. By being able to know if the student is not understanding or getting bored, the computer can now review what the student is confused about and make a different approach on how they are giving the student information.
Knowing what people's emotions are is very important when it comes to communicating and teaching them new things. In the text Dr. Huang says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that too." This shows that because of emotion's being a big part of communicating and understanding things, computers should know what people are feeling as well. This will make computers even more helpful than they already are. In addition, the computers won't have a hard time being able to recognize these emotions! According to the article,"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." This shows how even though many people show their emotions in different ways, your face muscles do similar things for you to be able to tell each expression. The passage also says," They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forces smile." This proves how the software is really aware of how you're feeling.
All of this can show why the Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable in the classroom. Hopefully now you would like this new software in classrooms at your own school! Ding! Ding! Ding! The day is now over, but because of the new software you have in your class, the Facial Action Coding System, you felt excited to come back tomorrow to have another amazing day of learning without being bored and understanding everything! | 4 |
37e497f | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program with me. Its many countries that need to recover from World War 2. We will take care of animals that will be shipped overseas. All you have to do is sign up it will be a opportunity of a lifetime. You will be able to travel to diffrent places for the Seagoing Cowboys Program.
First, there's countries that need food supplies and more. After the World War two some countries began to go poor, so 44 nations joined together and created the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaition Administration. They hired us (Seagoing Cowboys) to take care of animals such as cows,horses, and mules that were shipped. After the Pacific war we got seaman's papers and went to Greece with 335 horses and had enough food for them.
Second, this is a huge opportunity for your life. If you haven't traveled to a diffrent country before you will. You will be able to take care of people and also go places you never been before like Europe and China, trust me you will be excited. Another cool thing is that you will be able to be watchmen and check the animals on the boat every hour.
Third, some bad things about it is that it will take you weeks to go visit the other places you go to. It took me a month to reach China. You need to be prepared for the hard work you do. If you are the watchmen you have to be carefull not so slip on the ladder on a rainy day.
Last, its good and bad things about being a Seagoing Cowboy but mostly good things. When you returned after a trip overseas you can play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds. We play games such as Table- tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,and other fun games. It can also show you how you should be thankful because people in diffrent countries don't have what you have. Now would you agree with me that you should sign up in the Seagoing Cowboys? | 3 |
37e71c0 | My position is that driverless cars are a ggod idea if the human can take control at anytime. The cars seem like a good idea bacuse for one they can't get intoxicated and kil other people. The cars are also a good idea becuase technolgy is more efficient than any human is,but a human can take control at anytime which is important. In conclusion the technology will be more efficient and safe in the long term.
There are issues with technology that can imopact society in such a drastic way. Some issues include malfunctions in the car and it's sensors. For example in 2013 BMW came out with a self propelled car that coud handle driving functions up to 25 mph. It is very important that upkeep and testing are done with these cars. Testing will ensure driver's safety which is the biggest concern. The upkeep on a car should rely on the driver. For example,if someone gets in an accident because their tail light was out,the fault is placed on the driver. The same concept should be applied in the maintence of this technology.
Driverless cars arent actually diver free .These new cars should be equipped with a human to take over when necesary. If there is not an alert person watching the streets the passengers take a risk of accidents .These cars are a good idea based on the idea that a person can blink their eyes and in the wrong scenerio get in a car accident. The effenciency of the technogy plays a big role in the safety and so does an aware driver. In conclusion,I beleive that driverless cars are a good idea if aware people,upkeep on vehicles ,and reliable technology are all in place. | 3 |
37e9bc5 | The new software, the facial action coding system in my opinion i think it is valuable. the software or computer can recognize your emotions and the emotions of others. this new software,the facial action coding system has promising applications for variety of industries. the software is the latest innovation from prof. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
This new software and technology to be in classrooms i think it is a great idea. This new software well help the teachers in the classrooms and students tell when a kid is feeling some type of way. now teachers will know what students are really thinking and hiding. All the software has to do is construct a 3-D computer model of the face all 44 major muscles and it'll tell you your emotions or that students emotions. this computer and software can recgnize when a student is becoming bored or confused.
so i do think this new software is valuable in a classroom with students. it could tell the emotions of a famous painting from leonardos da vincis , mona lisa. this software will help a lot in any place it is placed. | 2 |
37ef1ef | Have you ever thought of how the Facial Action Coding System could be beneficial in your everyday life? In a painting of Mona Lisa this sofware is very helpful at describing emotions. This technology can help computers and humans to communicate better. "At least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The softwarre is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institiute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." This invention can make a difference in our everyday lives.
The Facial Action Coding System can be very effective on teachers in a classroom. Some teachers might have a hard time understanding if the student is grasping onto the content or not. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instrector. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive." This could dramatically help the teachers and students become more successful. It can help identify emotions that a person is feeling, without verbally having to say what is going on.
This is a valuable technology that can greatly impact the world. Identifying specific emotions for what a person is feeling can do a great deal of help. "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them." This invention will help make life a lot easier for a lot of people. | 2 |
37f2d28 | Hello I heard you were thinking about join the Seagoing Cowboys! Thats great,I'm going to make it so you definitly want to join! It has so many opportunities, such as : seeing the world , meeting and interacting with new people, and helping people around the world ! These are some of the most exciting and important things this program has to offer.
First off we will be talking about seeing or traveling the world! Woulden't you just love to travel and see the world ? Well if you join the Seagoing Cowboys you can! You can visit famous landmarks in your spare time while docked at the countrie your visting ! You can see all the different oceans and seas while traveling by boat !
Next we will be talking about meeting and interacting with people in differnt countries . As you are traveling the world you can meet and make friends with all differnt people all walks of life . Making new friends in differnt countries can hold all differnt kinds of adventuers by its self ! You can listen to there experiances and storys they have from their experiece living in the countrie their from .
Lastly we will be talking about helping people around the world ! The only reason there are Seagoing Cowboys are because we need to help peolpe get certain supplys , such as food. If you dont want to travel the world or meet and make new friends at least say you'll do it to help people. The most satisfaction you can get out of this is that you helped people survive through rough times.
In conclushion there are so many reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys! Meeting new friends , seeing the world , and having the satisfacion that you helped some through rough times . I hope I convinced you that joining the Seagoing Cowboys is worth your time . Goodbye and have a nice day! | 3 |
37ffbbd | In my opinion, cars are a faster way to get around but they rely too much on non-renewable resources to run. I understand that there are more hybrid cars being made but that doesn't change the fact that there are still plenty of people out there using diesel. Even the hybrid cars somewhat rely on gasoline. I think that the idea of Vauban, Germany was a great idea and a great experiment. They made a small area that did not rely nearly as much on cars and they saw how the public reacted. They realized that more and more people were giving up their cars to live in Vauban just because it was much more peaceful and much less polluted than normal communities. I think that Vauban, Germany is going to have a big impact on society about how people think about their cars and it already has.
Paris, France has made a bold attempt to lower car usage in their area. They have banned cars in general and charged a 22-euro fine ($31) to anyone caught driving. It started out great, congestion was down 60 percent and the smog was dramatically decreasing but soon companies started to complain about not being able to deliver with trucks which is understandable. To clear these complaints, Paris added some things to their law. Exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers. Public transit was also free of charge from Friday to Monday to make transportation easier. By Monday, the smog was already cleared enough to rescind the ban on Tuesday. Kind of goes to show how much cars take part in pollution.
Bogota, Columbia has been having a car-free day, "Day Without Cars", for three straight years and the people love it! All of the rough sidewalks have been replaced with nice new smooth ones, 118 miles of bicycle paths have been constructed and parks and sports centers have appeared all over the city just for this day. The Day Without Cars started as an improvement campaign meant to spread to other countries. The effects of this day have dramatically cut traffic and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have been built. As expected, this day has lowered pollution exponentially and has made the residents of Bogota much happier as stated by businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza, "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." In my opinion, there needs to be a day like this where i live!
In conclusion, cars have a fair amount of both pros and cons. They are a faster way to get around and they have been a big part of society for quite a long time, but they also cause terrible pollution and emit greenhouse gases. In this essay I have listed a few different ways people have conducted experiments in attempt to reduce the use of cars and seeing how people react. They have turned out well but what I am really looking forward to seeing is a major city like New York taking a stand like this and finding out if people would ever get used to it. | 3 |
380aeda | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because its the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, it has some fammiliar features, its close to Earth.
One reason why Venus is a worthy pursuit is because of its density and size is so close to earths and the distance is close too. In the text it states "Often reffered to as Earth's "twin", Venus isw the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This shows that Venus is close to earth in size and its not that far from earth.
Another reason why Venus is a worth pursuit is because it has some familiar features like valleys and mountains.In the text it states " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and creaters. Furthermore, recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit". This shows that Venus would be a great planet to visit because it has features that humans are used to and its the nearest option.
Another reason why Venus is a worthy pursuit is because its the nearest planet for us to visit. In the text it states " ...sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-- in space terms-- humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land this cloud-draped world. This shows that venus is the closest to Earth.
In conclusion Venus is a worthy pursuit because its the closest planet to earth, it has the same density and size and it has familiar features to earth . | 3 |
3818643 | Imagine a world where you literally don't need to do a thing. Where supposely you are in a safer world with drieverless cars roaming your streets. More technology will only increase the risks of getting into an accident.
First off, I strongly disaggre with this concept as a whole. As the story says, "Can you imagine a time in the future when no ones buys cars because no one needs them anymore?". Even if it doesn't say, but if we start to produce driverless cars then how will we be able to travel through the country. By feet? Yes, it will save us money from paying to much for fuel; also "we" will be getting to things much later.
Meanwhile, Google has built cars where they are somewhat driverless, but still need human skills at moments. In paragraph 2 it further explains, "Google cars aren't driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents". This was around 2009 and later on in 2013 Google picks up their game. Now, BMW's can function at a higher speed and has special sensors. This just shows us that we basically don't need to be in the car; but they have yet made it to that point.
In the near future, Google wants to have other options for example. In paragraph 9, "Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. Manufactures 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." There is no reason for this to be happening to society. This is going to incease more accidents, becaause of our ignorance.
All in all, if in 2020 there were driverless cars roaming around in the streets; then this will be a bad place to live at. The reason for disagreeing with this is strongly base on health. The driverless cars today shouldn't even be named driverless cars, because they don't come close to it. The more advancments we add, the more dangerous the car becomes. Us just sitting in the drivers seat and letting the car take over is plain just nonsense. Flying cars is something I would agree to, now that is safer. | 3 |
381900c | Driverless Cars?
Driverless cars? I am not so sure about this idea. Some people will instantly think that this is a fantastic idea. There are also the people that will think like me and say that this idea is not so good. Sure, there are some good things about this idea, but are you sure you want to be drove around by some type of car that uses an AI (Artificial Itelligence) unit?
There are some good things about this. If your car can drive you to places by itself, that would be cool. This would mean that your arms would be free during the drive. This may also let you occupie yourself by being able to do other things while your car is driving for you. This idea may sell for a nice amount of money.
You have to also realize that there are also a couple bad things about this idea too. Have you ever sat down and thought about things that could happen if technology went currupt? What I am about to say may not be likely to happen, but it is possible. What if the car found a way to take control of itself? This could be very bad because you won't have any type of control over your vehicle anymore.
I bet that not to many people have sat down and thought of something like this happening with driverless cars. If the car lost control with you inside of it that could have lead you to a serious injury or even death! I am quite sure that no one wants to die because of a driverless car went currupt and crashed into something, that would be stupid if you ask me. Everyone should stick to driving their car themselves, this is how it should be.
In conclusion, I am not so sure that this driverless car idea is a good one. This idea may have some good things in it, but there are some bad things in it also. I'm sure that not many people thought about what could happen if the car went currupt. The car may take over itself, leaving you with no control. I think people should continue to driving their own cars themselves, this is for the best. | 4 |
381c00c | The author investigate all about the planet Venus. Is our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Numerous factors contribute to venu´s reputation as a challenging planet of humans to study, despite its proximity to us. Is a good idea for people who studying about the planets, and that they share with old the world and that we know about planets.However, have dangers. A thick atmospjere of almost 97 precent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus´s atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperature average over 80
degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experienve on our planet. The NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. In conclucion, not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. Thanks to NASA for studrying about plants that was we know about all of type of planet that was exist. And now NASA studying Venus. It it not a easy work. | 2 |
38321da | What has the work come to? When parents and grandparents were young, no one would have ever dreamed of such a thing. A driverless car is something that not many people thought they would see happening in their life time. Technology is going farther and farther.
They call it "catching up to the dream." Technology is starting to do some amazing things, but also doing some not so good things. Everyone always hears their parents or grandparents say " We didn't have that when I was a kid." The sad part is, it's true. Technology has come a long way since they were younger. They didn't use to have phones, gameboys, Xbox, or anything kids have now. In 2000 they did not have the technology to make a driverless car, but now in 2016. We do, we have all the technology needed. In fact we have too much technology. It's what our society runs on. Driverless cars will be a big hit, sadly.
It's amazing what people have come up with. Touch screens, cars with built-in wifi, cars that can stop themselves if in danger, and now driverless cars. A driverless car would be amazing if you're too tired to drive, but it could also lead to many accidents. People keep forgetting that technology can fail. If that technology fails, you could be in some serious danger. They say the car will have a way to keep you alert. The only way to be alert is if you're in control. People are getting lazy and this proves it. Everyone around the world have been driving for years upon years. They did not have any problems with it. If we were to tell our grandparents about a driverless car, you better bet they would go crazy and give you the speach about "when they were young..." for the hundredth time. I can agree that it's crazy. We should be at the point to let technology control everything. One day it may go to far. By then I hope I'm my grandparents age to give the speach about how it was when I was younger. Technology can be a great thing when it comes to researched. Technology can also be a bad thing because it's taking over and kids now have iPhones at 6 years old. They should be outside with water balloons or playing ball.
Driverless cars aren't a good idea. That's just another thing to show kids how to not be kids. Honestly, let technology stay where its at for a little longer. I'm a teenager and I dread the day technology is all people car about. I know parents that are on their phones more than their kids and their kids would give anything for their parents to ask how their day was or even talk to them. Driverless cars is just another thing that will lead to more and more lazy things. I rather actually have to learn to drive than to have a car drive for me. What's the fun in that? There is none.
I know people will keep making bigger and "better" things, but a driverless car will cause more wrecks than there already is. Which means mor lives that will be taken. Technology fails. Driverless cars can too. | 3 |
3832cfe | People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it would be a great way to work with animals, travel, and visit new places. By joining you'll be able to learn and know how to care for animals. You'll also be helping countries find there way back to the top like Luke did. You can have fun on the Seagoing Cowboys program only if you want to. Luke had fun and tried new things, he made this program benefit his life into doing new things, and so can you, you only have to try.
Luke wanted to travel, so he managed to go to Greece, Europe, and China. Luke also wanted to work with animals and care for them and he got to just by signing up for this program. Luke got to tour the exavated castle in Crete and he also toured the Panama Canal, and so can you, you have to just sign up for this program and benefit from it. Luke cares for the animals because he liked them and they were fragile to him. Luke found time to have fun by playing baseball and volleyball games. Luke also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling to have fun and pass the time.
So you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program, so you can have the same experience as Luke, and to meet new people, new animals, and visit new places just to enjoy life and have fun. Also by signing up you can maybe have a family if you choose to, its your choice and your life. | 3 |
3833fd2 | In this enviroment today are electronics are becoming very specail to us and the humans that are buliding or providing these are becoming very intelligente to us. They're the ones that are going to help us get transportation when it is needed or when we need help that can bulid robots that act just like humans and that can talk just like us to. But we have some postives and negavtives going on here for these cars today in this enviroment because we don't know foresure if its going to work properly when it needs to be used in the right matter of time. Im going to tell us the postive and negatives on the side of my story for examples.
Positves sides of the driverless cars are that they are made with an computer and they're self-driving that's very smart or imortant to the project of cars because we have humans that will get off work or come home from a party and be very sleepy or to drunk to drive and not everyone is going to have someone in the car to drive with them to drive for them. So it's an good thing for this program to be put inside of cars so that it can take the drivers home and safely without the driver getting hurt or injured for the rest of their lives. Or the senors that can help someone while backing up will sense you to react with the road before hitting something.
Negative sides of these driverless cars are that how do we know that this is an very safe car to buy and that the cars will actualy work on roads while driving it. We don't know if this car will be the safest thing to get if the program dosen't work like its suppose to. Because this can still be very dangerous to teens an adults cause we can take are attetion off the roads and the program could get confused of what its doing and can cause an fatal crash or could cause fatal death to us. Then it will have to be new laws like what the promt said "Waiting on the Law". If the program is working good the company or the manufacturer could be sued for a lot of money and if they are putting extra programs into this cars that's illegal they will be in trouble with the law enforcements. Because if the technology fails who fault would or could it be?That's why they need to make sure that this will be an reliably safe program for these cars cause this won't be an human driving it's an computer(program) running this car. Just like how are phones and laptops frezzes the car could to the same exact thing to us but it's worst because it's an car that's driving on roads that can kill teens or little baby's that haven't even begin there lives yet.
Another reason is the pricing of these cars negative. Not everyone is going to be able to afford an Telsa or an Audi these or 90,0000 to 100,000 cars. I think they're goign to have to make some cars that are affortable to buy for everyone to have since they say its an safe car to have. Not everyone is going to have this car unless you ahve an good paying job or a good bank account with lots of money saved up for it. | 3 |
3834b70 | The author supports the idea when he said "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-Like planet in our solar system.' he supports the idea when he said that because he is saying that Venus is fascinated, Why because it's a look like planet that we live in Earth, their is other wonderful things down in Venus like he said there was "The lanet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains,and craters.". The author finds it intersting when it comes to Venus, he's not the only one other people also would like to go to Venus in see what is in Venus or how Venus looks in face to face seeing it with your own eyes in flying out your self. Also this is dangers because not one space ship can fly out so far from out of earth to make it there then to came it come right back it will take years for it in also a lot of things to make the space ship go in come back safe, people that would like to do have to risk their life to that, you have to be sure about it before doing it. Earth levels won't be the same, "Researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of venus.". We hope for them to find a way for the space ship to get where they wanna do in for the ship and the person going in the ship goes afe in comes back safe to Earth. | 2 |
3834cd0 | Humans always want to come up with new ways to make life simpler, wether it be a microwave that runs faster, or even more comfortable running shoes. Those all seem like pretty mundane things compared to what manufactures are developing now. Try to think of a world where cars use half of they use for fuel today, or where nobody has to buy a car because they aren't needed. Thats what manufaturers are trying to do, they are trying to develop cars that do not need drivers, cars that can drive themselves. Since the 1950's people have been trying to develop cars that do not require a driver. Personally I do not agree with the idea of a driverless car.
The idea is a good one but it's been in development since the 1950's and they still haven't made a fully functional driverless car. There are people who say the reason why is because we don't have the exact technology to actually create a car the is driverless, yes that is true, but when will they have the technology. Five years from now, twenty years from now, we don't know and whose to say we will ever get that technology. Google anounced that it had cars that could drive on their own, but only on special circumstances. The cars they have developed the driver still has to stay alert for when the car gets into roadwork, or has to drive around an accident. That could pose a danger because what if the driver falls asleep or isn't paying attention to the road. That could pose a threat to both the driver and others well being.
Also some manufacturers have been developing a smart road system with dual polarity magnets, the cars would read the polarities and would stay on the road. The issue with that is to create a smart road system would take to much time and effort to put together, which make it very impractical. Instead manufaturers turned to smarter cars instead. They desinged it to have sensors that would mimic the actions of a human, like monitering the road, video cameras mounted near the rearveiw mirror, and a inertial motion sensor. It all sounds very grand, elaborite, and very expensive.
In 2013 BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assist". The car would be able to handle driving functions at a speed of twenty five miles per hour. However, special touch sensors make sure the driver always have their hands on the wheel. I see multiple issuse with the idea of a "Traffic Jam Assist", first off the car can only take control of functions at speeds of twenty five miles per hour. Also the driver has to take control if they are to go over twenty five miles per hour. In fact none of the cars that have been developed actually are truly driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake, but the driver still has to take control sometimes. What would happen if the driver got distracted or fell asleep at the wheel? Disaster would follow.
There are many perks about driver less cars, less fuel being one of them but there are also many issues I see with the cars developed. Having to have a driver in them ready to take over if nessesary, some states not allowing driverless car test, not having the exact technology needed to make these cars a safe as possible, and not to mention human error that can always occur in driving. I believe that maybe in the future when technology has advance more then maybe diverless cras wouldn't be obsolete. But right now in the era of 2016 driverless cars are not needed. Mainly because we still have driving issuse that need to be solved like people getting distracted by phones, reackless drivers, and cars that aren't built good to begin with. So in the future they might have a purpose but until they can develop a car that is completly safe and has the technology needed to create it, we simply do not need driverless cras. | 5 |
3837aeb | This face is obviously a natural landform, I mean the sculpting & curves in the picture couldn't have been really focused on so a human/alien must not had have done it. There are also lots of different holes around the landform which means more have must have been formed close by the landform. Also im sure if there was someone or something on Mars when this happened NASA would have saw. The NASA also had said that "There was no alien monument after all." Which means that there must not had have been aliens on Mars after all. So the landform had to just be a natural landform. I honestly don't even think that aliens are even smart enough to know excatly how to prcocess this landform. The landform doesn't look done with any kind of tool or anything so therefore I think that yes the sculpture is a natural landform even though that's kind of weird & the article actually shows that as the years go by the landform starts to form even more. It also must have just formed because the article said that the NASA circled it so many times & this is the first time its actually found something. | 2 |
3838ceb | "Use your legs, that why you have them" we've all heard this from someone in our lives, but are they right? Yes, they are, walking is good for you, good for the mind and soul, many people these day, rather walk that take a car. Many say it helps the enviorment, which helps us back. Alot of people also say public transportation, is great, and cheap way to get from point A to point B. Like stated in
Source 4 , the end of car culture has come, due to new and inovating things.
Like stated in
Source 1 , "When i had a car I was alwas tense. Im much happier this way". Many people these days live in suburbs and have things like stores close to them, so they dont have to walk far, so they prefer not driving and just walking instead. Now in cities like Vauban, there is quiet and a more. Like stated in
Source 1 , "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car and that will have to change", these ideas are outdated and will have to change due to the high greenhouse gas emissions throughout Europe and the Americas.
Like stated in
Source 1, 2 and 4 , The United States and Europe have large dense cities with very high greenhouse emissons. Thats why they have proposed Hybrid cars ane put bans on cars in cities when pollution is to great. Like stated in
Souce 2, and 3 they have fined anyone who uses their cars. Paris the capital of France has a smog problem, when cold air at night and warm air in the day cause pollution to stay, city officals, let citizens use the public transport for free, to help promote public transport and fix the smog issues. This also took the stress out of citizens who thought they wouldnt make it to work.
Like stated in
Source 4 , Young people don't really care for driving anymore, if they go out with friends they carpool, or just find a place to hang out which is close. Like stated in
Source 1,2,3,4 people are happier, Even people with cars prefer using public trasport, for example Mr. Sivak's son has a car but uses the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART. Even if it takes him a longer time to get there. Young people have especially stop caring for driving. A study last year, has found out driving in young people has decreased by 23 percent from 2001 to 2009, proving that driving is becoming less popular.
In the end, Driving was very popular, but now due to inovations and humanity's relationship with nature, we have begun to give up on something that gave us joy. Even an Executive Chairman from Ford motor company, has come to the realization that vehicle ownership is impratical and indesirable, in this point in time. Even the famous motor company's have to realize that the tables have turned and in is in favor of less pollution, and more people on the streets walking or taking public transit. . Today, people want to lower their stress and increase their happiness. Today, we want to lower the pollution and increase safety, to help us and nature. | 3 |
383af6e | In the article Luke went on the Seagoing Cowboys program. In this program you go on a trip to other places, like China, and deliver animals and care for the animals while aboard. This would also help the people affected by World War ll. The trip was about 2 weeks to cross the Atlantic from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. There are a lot of different activites to keep the people on the ship busy.
Other people should participate in the program because in the article it says it could be a good opportunity to learn something new. It also may be fun taking care of the animals. While caring for these animals it may keep you busy. Luke said he liked the part of the trip after the animals were dropped off and maybe people might too. You can also play games, sports, or something like reading or wittling while aboard the ship. These activties were also said to help pass the time. Luke also said that besides helping the people, this can give you a benefit of seeing China and Europe. Another thing Luke said that the cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. Maybe you would think that too. This experience may also open up the world to you! Luke said that It made him more aware of the people of the other countries and their needs. That awareness stayed with Luke. You would be greatful for this opportunity just like Luke if you attended this program. This trip may be fun to you and can give a new learning experience. It can also be life changing!
If all of those things sound fun or cool you could join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It would be fun, and life changing learning experience for you. Those are some reasons and details on why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
383e230 | Driverless cars are the new generations technology. Driverless cars are dangerouse due to driver assistance, safety, and the purpose of driving. All these three things are the reason why we would need to worry about driverless cars.
Driverless cars are supposed to do it all on their own, but they still want driver assistance. When you are the driver in a driverless car wouldnt you get bored? Well if you drive and fall sleep due to the amount of time that you dont do anything. Then sudenly the care will change to the driver mode. you will not know about it because your asleep, so then the car can not handle it and then crash with you in it. This doesnt even have to be you sleeping. It can be texting, listening to music, or grabing something in the car. This is why the driver assistance is very dangerouse to not just you in the car but people that are dirving right next to you.
Your safety is the most important thing so they say. When you are in this vehicle that has tons of wiring, dont you think something is going to go wrong. Well there is, the car could shortcircut in the middle of nowhere. When you find out that the car wont work and you are lost what are you going to do. I garentee you that they didnt think of microchiping your car. Also not even pootinga beaker in it the signals to the closes police station. Both of these two reasons are what if and i know that. But in real life some people tavel really far and they get lost when they travel. This is why safety is the most important things when it come to new technology like this.
The purpose of driving. Driving is the freedom feeling that you get knowing that you are growing up. But what about the younger generation? We worked hard to get our licsence and had to wait a long time. Then the younger generation is tottaly different. When they will go take the driving thest is is only going to see if you know how to turn and park. When the self drive is turned on it is a peice of cake. When we had to take the driving test, we had to drive all around town. Then wait to get your drivers liscence. With this newThe driver assistance is the worst part of them all. If not fixed it could cost lives, and not just for the driver. This is why the driverless car is a bad car to buy and have. | 3 |
383edd4 | Cars- most people use them for transportation. It's our lazy way of getting to places.
Automobiles benefit us plenty when it comes to getting from point A to point B, but they also have a big negative impact. Cars are responsible for a huge amount of pollution like greenhouse gas emissions and smog. If we were to limit car usage, we could decrease the amount of stress and pollution emitted into the air, as well as give our community a chance to improve.
In Vauban, Germany, residents have given up their cars and have no problem doing so. Cars are generally not allowed, forbidden some would say, in this district. Vauban's streets are pretty much "car-free". Of course car ownership is still allowed, with the acception that you have to be able to find a place to park since there are only two places; large garages at the end of the development, where a car-owner can buy a space for $40,000, along with a home. "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way," Heidrun Walter stated, a mother of two. Experts say automobiles are a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emmisions from tailpipes. In Europe, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Paris participated in a driving ban, which violators suffered a fine of 22-euro($31). Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals, for example, last week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter while Brussels had 114 PM and 79.7 PM in London. Since Paris participated in this ban, 60 percent of Paris' smog has cleared.
In Bogota, Columbia, the city held a car-free day, leaving the streets eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third year in a row cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted to this Day Without Cars. Their goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog as well. Violators here faced $25 fines. Even with occasional bad weather, people still participated in this event. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said Carlos Arturo Plaza, a business man, as he rode a two-seated bicycle with his wife. The Day Without Cars allowed parks and sports centers to bloom, uneven sidewalks to be replaced wih broad smooth sidewalks, new restaurants and upscale shopping districs to crop up, and rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.
In the United States, Americans are starting to buy fewer cars, drive less, and get fewer licenses as each year passes (partially because cash-strapped Americans couldn't afford new cars). If this pattern continues, which many sociologists believe, it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviornment. Even though reducing automobile transportation could have negative implications for car industries, the positive affects are much more important. In this generation, the internet allows people to connect without having to drive to meet friends. At the Mobile World Congress last year in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. Ford proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which "pedesrtian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."
In conclusion, cars are starting to be less and less of a neccesity, and more and more people are starting to notice that automobiles are just hurting the enviornment. By limiting car use, it can limit stress, help the enviornment as well as communities to improve, save time, conserve resources and improvee safety. There are plenty of other ways to get transportation that are less damaging and dangerous, like bicycles and walking. Of course it may take a little longer to get places without a car, but you can always ride a bus, or enjoy the scenery while riding a bike or walking. | 4 |
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