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3846b82 | Did you know earth had a twin? Venus is earths twin but they are not idencitlea twins they are quit the diffrent. Venus is an extraorandraiy planet the atmosphere is almost all carbon dioxide so we would not be able to breath. Its avrage tempchure is 800 degrees fahrenheit so yeah be sure to bring your swim suit for a tan but wait theres more with the rain you will feel amazing and just melt away because all the rain is acid. Now reschers want to explore Venus because they think long ago venus was just like earth. It has mauntian ranges and vallys. "Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth today. We cant get on Venus because we dont have tech or metals that can stand the harsh enviroment of Venus. Of course we have little info because we can orbet around venus safely but this can only give us so much info. You would think oh wjy dont you just take picuters. Well you know all that acid rain i told you about well there are thick clouds around Venus all the time. You migh think we are at a dead end on trying to explore Venus but if you think that you are right. NASA needs to be able to form new techonagly before we can do anything else on Venus. That is a challenge NASA has accetpiced is to keep trying for Venus. | 2 |
384b5dd | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus ia a worthy pursuit despite because thick atmosphere is
almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,venus have been
earth- like planet in our solar system, also venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions.
Atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide because on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmopheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. In the text it states "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth; such as environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to driving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." so i think this means that nasa will not send humans into venus becasue they are not 100 percent if its safty for humans , or any objects.
Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus have been earth-like planet in our solar system. In the text it states that " venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." In the text it also states that " today venus sill has some features that are analogous to those on earth." Wow this is scary how an other planet had living things in it. But this can still
prove that it can
have living things.
Venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions.researchers can't take smaples from venus because the distance.
In the text it states that " many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long anough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus." This shows that researchers are doing what ever it takes to find what venus is all about.
I believe Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because thick atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and venus has been earth-like planet in our solar system, also venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet. | 3 |
3854d27 | People think about today's world as the era of technology; constantly advancing and creating new ideas beneficial to us all. But are they really benefiting all of us? That's where the car comes in. Automobiles are one of the highest polluting machines out there. People are constantly worrying about greenhouse gas emissions while they use their cars consistently. Now, when us stubborn Americans try to imagine a life without cars, we immediately oppose the idea. But can you blame us? Society has been built upon the idea of cars since World War II. Cities are so widely spread out that the mear thought of walking or biking to the nearest shopping mall makes you appreciate your car even more. It could take a matter of time before any civilization modernizes into a car-free society.
But people must realize what the real matter here is; less driving equals a healthier planet. Think all of how much less pollution would be around if people did not use their cars so religiously. Our earth is sacred. If we continue to destroy it with fossil fuels and car exhaust, there will not be anything left for generations to come.
Not only would the environment improve drastically, but people would also save money from not having to buy gas! If you pay $3.50 for a gallon of gas, that can add up extremely quick. Imagine all the alternatives you could use that money for instead of gas. Why pay for oil when you can simply ride a bike for free? Biking and walking rather than driving is much healthier for your physical state as well. Altogether, people will be much happier and at a better state of mind with cars banished from every day life.
As you see in cities such as Seattle, Washington for example; hardly anyone owns a car. The people have revolutionized into using the trains. The subways create less smog, more efficient car pooling, and will still get you to your destination in a blink of an eye. Seattle is a booming city, teaming with life. If that is not proof of sufficient life without cars, then I do not know what is.
Humans' lives revolve around automobiles. Just think about your average day. I can gurantee you spend a good amount of time driving hastily around town trying to get to your many destinations. This can be stressful. As stated in one of the articles above, a media trainer and mother of two who resides in Vauban, Germany, a car-free city, said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Nobody wants to spend their evenings in their car while they could be spending quality time with their family, but that seems to be the way everyone lives nowadays.
A car-free world is the ideal society us as people should strive for. There are extinential benefits to life without automobiles and many downfalls to life with automobiles. If people can all stand together on the idea of a better way of life, then why not try it? | 4 |
38562a0 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author makes an argument on why venus is worthy of exploration despite the dangerous conditions. The author gives the two main reasons of, intellectual pursuit, and long term space travel.
From the begining of the article the author introduces Venus, and then also includes its inhostile conditions. The author then correlates this to earth by the similarities of the two planets, and states venus most likley was once like earth. So in the name of the facination and the pure intellectual pursuit of the once earth-like planet now inhostile planet, the author pertains this a worthy cause.
The authors second reason is long-term space travel. The author explains the need for a close planetary station as a must for long-term travel. Shown in this qoute from the article, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial concideration given the long time frames of space travel."
In conclusion of the authors argument, they make valid points for the exploration of Venus. Though as the article doesnt give much presidence to this aspect it leaves other valid claims out and could be strengthened in this area if that was the aim of the author. | 3 |
385790a | Driverless cars are a relatively new concept in the automobile industry, and the benefits they offer could potentially decrease the risk in driving, especially given the inconsistencecy of drivers in today's world. While this is a tempting and seemingly perfect solution to reducing the number of car accidents, I do not support the idea of driverless cars.
The author states in section four that, "The combination of all of this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel". While humans are not in any way perfect drivers, the natural instincts and reactions of a human behind the wheel are impossible to capture in the form of sensors, robots, or mechanincs of any kind. In situations where unorthodox solutions are needed to remain in control of the car and keep from crashing, veteran drivers have the knowledge and experience to do so. Robots may have programs to react in certain situations, or to move out of the way if an object is coming towards the car at a rapid speed, but not all situations can be programmed. Robots simply cannot react the same ways humans do, which brings me to my next reason for not supporting driverless cars.
Section eight of the passage focuses on the psychological aspects of driverless cars, and introduces thd idea of laziness and boredom in human nature. Later on, the author states that some manufacturers hope to address this problem by including entertainment in the cars to remedy this boredom. Bringing in car entertainment wuld only further distract the now obsolete human drivers from the road, which in the case of an emergency, could prove fatal to not only the driver, but the passengers in the car as well. The Google car mentioned in section 7 "Announces when the driver should be prepared to take over". If the human did not hear the car announce this, and the car was reverted to the drivers control, the driver might end up in a crash. If the driverless cars provide more distractions than are at hand in the world today, no matter if a human is driving or not, the human driving the car could end up dead along with the passengers of the car. If driverless cars do become a reality, human drivers may one day become obsolete.
Today's world is focused heavily on transportation and getting from one point to the next. Driverless cars would fufil this requirement, but without the help of human drivers. The more that driverless cars would develop and improve, the less and less amount of humans would know how to drive. While this does not seem like a major problem if driverless cars were a reality, but the malfunctioning of systems would prove to be chaotic. If there was a systemwide problem with driverless cars, all of the vehicles in use, malfuctioning or not, would have to be recalled and fixed, causing mass hysteria. Because of the loss of driving skills, nobody would know how to drive. Humans would be unable to travel places, go to work, or do recreational activities.
Driverless cars may promote many benefits to humans seeking leisure and comfort while driving, but driverless cars could prove to create some very serious safety issues, especially on the busy roads of today's society. | 5 |
38589ae | I think that participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program is not a good idea and heres why,
It might be fun to go and help others in need but what about your job, lots of things could happen. You might have an exiting time but what about all the responcebilities you have if you go. I mean I wouldin't go because of that or because what if one person doesin't want to do it any more, our someone gets car sick. A lot of things can happen and you know what, I dont want to get car sick if I were you. Also what about home, theres opportuneities here. What about the people who are in need right now. There is so much you could do right here right now. You don't have to go somewhere els just too help somone I mean there are people out here that are in need bad but your going to Greece just too help other people. It's a good idea but just think about what you good do here. I'm one of those people who love helping others but I know that I could just help someone here because going to Greece!! I wouldin't want too because I already have more than enuogh people I could help, things I could see, things I could do. There is just so much to do, and to see. I know that if you just think there will be something to do for our community just like that. Like I said you don't need to got to Greece to see that!
Those were some of my resons why you shouldin't go to Seagoing Cowboys program. Like I said,it would be fun but think about what could happen before you go and give it a try. | 2 |
385ea97 | Some people dont like to drive cars and some people do like to drive cars. Do you like to drive cars? There is a new thing called "Driverless cars" meaning a driver can be in the car and the car will drive by itself. They are still in production and still being tested to see if they are safe. People are finding new ways to make them more and more safe.
I dont like the idea of driverless cars because I like to drive cars. There are also more reason why I dont like the idea. One reason is they can cause some problems such as reckless driving and if the technology fails then it can wreck into another car or a building. The main reason is what if the technology malfunctions and doesnt let the driver know when to take over the wheel? Technology doesnt always work 100% of the time.
The car uses sensors which will sensor a 3D surrounding of the car but what if something is blocking the sensor such as rain or heavy snow. How does the technology know the speed limit on certain roads?
There are also alot of positive ideas to driverless cars also such as it only uses half the fuel it uses today so it wouldnt cost as much fuel. It would be easier to get to places and it wouldnt require much work.
What about the cost of this technology, it sounds very expensive. I dont like the idea of this. Some people are going to love this technology because it doesnt require much work. There are some states that might not allow this because of any kind of malfunctions it has.
Whats your opinion on this new technology? What if alot of people dont like it and they dont use it so they spend all that money on somthing people dont like. I dont think this is a good idea but yes there are alot of pros and cons. | 3 |
386015d | Residents in Vauban, Germany have done the unthinkable; they have given up their cars. It's streets are completely car-free. You can still own a car, but the problem is their is only two places to park: large garages at the edge of the development and where a car-owner buys a garage with a home.
Automobiles in France were to have caused a near-record pollution in paris. Diesel fuel was blamed. In paragraph 16 it says "Diesel fuel makes up 67% of vehicles in France, compared to 53.3% average in the rest of Western Europe."
In Bogota, Columbia only buses and taxis were permitted for the day without cars. The goal for this capital city was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. In paragraph 28 it says "Parks and sports cemters also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."
Research has shown that citizens in the United States are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses each year. In paragraph 32 it says "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." In paragraph 43 it says "Bill Ford laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, coserve resources, lower emmisions, and improve safety." | 1 |
3865c55 | Being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun and interesting. I would know, because I have have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times in total. It only takes about two or three days to cross the Atlantic Ocean. You get to see beatiful sites, help people, deal with animals, and play games with other Seagoing Cowboys. You also get to travel places.
On the boat, time will fly, because you will be doing something fun most of the time. You get to see beatiful sites such as: the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, China, and the Acropolis in Greece. You also get to help people in need, and you can tend to animals. An example of an animal is a horse, you would have to clean them and feed them. On the way back, after the animals have been dropped off, the Seagoing Cowboys and I can play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals have been. As a Seagoing Cowboy you get to travel a lot, places like: Greece, Europe, and China.
I have been a Seagoing Cowboy for a long time, and I like it a lot. You get to see beatiful sites, help people, deal with animals, and play games with other Seagoing Cowboys. You also get to travel places. It's an opportunity of a lifetime, that you don't want to miss. It's a lot of fun, and I would recommend that you try it. | 2 |
3868a3c | Imagine a world where there were less accidents, less pollution, and faster transportation for everyone. This may sound too good to be true, however this just might be a reality in the near future. Many car manufacturers have been pushing to have autonomous care be developed and sold. While some people may not be convinced by these claims, autonomous cars are a stepping stone towards a safer world. The main reasons why these cars would be beneficial for our future are increased safety, less pollution, and faster transportation.
The first advantage is safety. Who doesn't want to live in a safer world? Autonomous cars can greatly incresase the safety of transportation. If we all got autonomous cars that were all programmed nearly the same, they would drive themselves in a safe way and less accidents would occur. For example, many deaths occur in the U.S. due to drunk driving or wreckless driving, however, with these autonomous cars we can prevent these factors from claiming lives.
Next, less pollution is a wonderfully positive characteristic of these cars. These autonomous cars use half of today's taxis. This would decrease the amount of fossil fuels being burned which will greatly decrease pollution caused by automobiles. If these autonomous cars were to be fuled by some other resourse that harms the environment little to not at all, pollution would drastically decrease. In the future cars may never cause pollution again. This would help us conserve our planet and insure that our children's children will live in a safe world.
Finally, the last reason why autonomous vehicles are a good idea is faster transportation. If someone were on a road trip,
on their way to an important meeting out of state, or if your just extreamly tired in the morning, autonomous cars can help. Human navigation is required in some situations, however it may not come up that often. If you ever get tired while driving for many hours, the autonomous cars can help take you to your destination. This insures faster transportation and increases safety. Many people have to drive for many hours a day, when these people start to get tired they slowly drift into sleep, this could cause many accidents. Autonomous cars can eliminate this problem immediatly and it will also increase the amount of time you drive so you can get to your destination faster.
Clearly autonomous cars are the way of the future. It may take a while for these cars to be developed, but the advantages are too great to over look. We can saves lives with the save autonomous technology the cars use to drive themselves. We can save our planet by creating less pollution and we can travel longer and faster. We should encourage car manufacturers to create these cars so we can life a better life. | 4 |
38740e0 | Can you picture life without cars ? In today society cars are our only transporatation, well in the U.S. it is. many different places around the world are beginning to use other ways to get around from place to place. This are some reasons why cars should be limited usaged because you can save more money, you save more time, and you become more happier and less tense and stress.
To begin with, In paris people are to save more money not having cars because of smog. Smog fine citizens for even or odd numbers on their license plates. A quote from the passage states "the goal is to promote alternative transporation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." This quote shows how citizens really feel about cars, they want more transportation outlets and to ban cars so they can save more money.
Next, Picture being stuck in traffic late to work only becuase it was probaly a car accident or maybe the road is getting constructed. A good way to avioding traffic is to use other source of transporation. It saves you more money and less time. This also improve the safety of the people beaucse fewer accident can be avioded. Most accidents happen becuase of rushing to get to work or school. for exable from the passge states" he proposed partnering with the telecommunication industry to create cities in which "pedestrian", bicycle, privatecars... are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resouces, lower emissions and improve safety." I agree with this quote because it gives you reason to imporve the way me save our money and hepls make our environment safe.
Last, Study show that more people who don't have car are more happy then people who have cars. the reason that is, is because people who dont have cars don"t have to worrie about car insurance and car payments. People who dont drive become less tense and stress. A quote from the passage states " when i had a cae i was always tense. I'm much happier this way, " said heidrun walter, a media tainer and mother of two | 3 |
387e0e5 | The concept of driverless cars coming soon is no suprise. People can already pull off astounding feats like building huge cities and making people fly with the technology humanity already has. To be against the concept of new inventions like the driverless car is like going against a hurricane. Technology will constantly advance regardless of how people feel about its achievements. What is a driverless car compared to what we have already created?
Smart cars will make life exceptionally easier for the average person. The equipment required to make such a car is becoming cheaper and more commonplace every day. Sebastian Thrun himself said that a radar before the year 2000 costed two hundred million dollars. Today a person can buy similar tech for about thirty dollars at Radio Shack. Not only are smart cars becoming more viable as a normal vehicle replacement, they are becoming even more proficient than humans at their job. Google's modified Toyota Prius constantly updates its surroundings with a 360 degree 3D laser map. Some can even sense imminent collisions and apply the brakes much faster than any human could. Before too long automated cars will be safer than even the most alert driver.
Driverless cars are definitely taking over. While most people are wary about such concepts now, in about twelve years these new inventions will take the world by storm. Before too long driver's licenses will be obselete all together. What the world needs is a progressive, accepting way of thinking. Holding on to old suspicions will only keep the world in the dark ages. Humanity needs to bolstier forward, not lag behind. Driverless cars are just one milestone in an endless technological journey fueled by human ingenuity. | 3 |
38844bc | I dont agree with this idea of driverless cars becuase my first thought when I hear "Driverless Cars" is i woldnt be safe. Thats my concern; safty in the car. If the car doesnt require you to drive then something in the wires and sensors could malfunction.The car could sense something and break quickly and could cause accisents or cause the person in the vhecial to get hurt. In this article they say that the car would need a whole lot of sensors, on the left rear wheel a rotating sensor on the roof etc. If you ask me this sounds like i would be riding down the street in a space ship. It says they tested a car on an embedded track with electrial cables, thats not safe. Also it says it would be a massive amount of money to make these roads. Who has all that money to comtribute?
They say that the cars arent truley driverless, they still alert the driver to take over when certian things happen. So whats the point of a driverless car if its not technacally driverless? Even they ask themselves that in the article.
They say driverless cars are the new thing but recently BMW has came out with the "Traffic Jam Assistant" meaning you have to keep your hands on the wheels. This is the total opposite of driverless cars. I would choose this meathod. Speaking of BMW other high-end cars like: Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan are plannng to have driverless cars by 2020. If driverless cars are as safe as they say then why are they only happening in expensive/ High-end cars. Everyone cant afford these types of cars espically adding on driverless to an alreday expensive car, only the rich will have a driverless car.
When i hear "Driverless Car" i think of sitting in a car where you have to press one botton and enter the location and go. this article says the human driver mustremain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requries.
In conclusion i think driverless cars are pointless because they arent completly driverless, they requrie a ton of wires, raido signals, sensous, etc. They are expensive and the USA is slready in debt and were wasting money on more and more pointless stuff. So if you ask me driverless cars are not my thing. | 3 |
3886ce6 | Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. This is valuable because a computer program could know how you are feeling, adjust your viewing program to make you happier with the program, and make you happier.
A computer program could know how you are feeling based on your facial expression. In the passage it states that, "It's all about those muscular action units. They can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." This shows that a computer program can tell how you are feeling even when you may try to hide it or force a smile.
The Facial Action Coding System could also adjust your program to make you happier with your program. For example, "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 instructor." This shows that FACS is able to make the lesson into something you can enjoy. This can Improve grades and overall attitudes in classrooms.
The program can make you happier overall and allow you to succeed in school. It states in the passage, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help produce them." This shows that smiling can help you become happier. The program is made to allow you to feel certain emotions and adjusts the program based on your feelings. For example, if you are getting bored with the work that the program is providing it can alter the work to what you can feel more comfortable with.
FACS is valuable because a computer program can know how you feel, adjust your program to meet your needs, and make you happier. If we had this program this would allow more students to feel better about our learning, leading us to learn more. Also allow us to enjoy viewing ads, movies, TV, etc. | 4 |
3888966 | In my opinoin I think that the Facial Action Cooding System would be very valuable, for school purposes only though. For a few reasons, concering the fact some kids do not like to say things infront of their classmates.
In the article it says "A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Some students are too afraid to tell their teacher that they are stuck on some thing, or that they need help in front of other students. So using this technology not only tells the teacher for them, they get the help they need without being afriad to ask for it. Some kids could be ahead of others, and become bored with the same old work, some kids may be behind and are confused by the work, having the Facial Action Cooding System we could prevent kids from being confused or bored.
Those two reasons are my opinion on why I think the Facial Action Cooding System can be very valuable. | 2 |
3889cc7 | Hello, I am a scientist from NASA I am here to tell you that the Face, found on Mars, was not created by aliens, the face is just a natural landform. We have new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from the NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is. The Face is just a mesa created by natural landforms. I am sorry to tell you but aliens do not exist, we haven't found any evidence proving that aliens exist.
Twenty five years ago NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet Mars taking some pictures of the possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking. While it was taking the pictures for the possible landing sites, something funny had happened, it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face on the plant. It turned out to be an enormous head nearly two miles form end to end. No this was not created by aliens. Us scientist have been working as hard as we can to see how this "Face" was created. We haven't found anything about it being created by aliens. The Face is just a natural landform. Us scientist at NASA figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, this mesa had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
A few days later us at NASA released the image to the public to see. The title of the image was "huge rock formation ... which resembles a human head ... formed by shadows giving an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." A few of us scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact, but it was talked about with the scientist of NASA and we decided that it wasn't created by aliens because there is no sign of life on Mars that we have found. On April 5, 1998, is when a Mars Global Surveyor flew over the Cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera, also known as (MOC), team snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original Viking photos. The pictures revealed that it was a natural landform. There was no proof that it was created by aliens. Aliens do not exist they are just made up and scientists, like me, at NASA have never found evidence about aliens existing.
Not everyone was satified with the picture. Everyone thought that the weather conditions were different because the Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98. Since it was winter in April '98, it was a cloudy time of the year on the Red Planet. The camera on board, MGS, had to peer through the wispy clouds to see the Face, so people thought that the photo that was taken was not a fair photo. The people wanted a fair photo that they could see in almost the same weather condtions. We gave people what they want and we went to look for it again. Mission controllers prepared to look again but it was not easy. The face is very hard to track and get a picture of. The Mars Global Surveyor on Apil 8, 2001, went to take another picture, and it was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia. The Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. The spacecraft had to be 25 degrees to center the Face. Each pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo had 43 meters per pixel, but when it was compared to he 2001 image it spans 1.56 meters. The picture was easier to look at and they got a closer view. They came to the conclusion of it just being a natural landform.
In conclusion, the image from NASA, known as the Face, was not created by aliens. The image is just a natural landform. According to scientist, like me, at NASA there was no proof that the Face was not created by aliens. Thanks to the technology that we have it is very clear that the image is just a natural landform that created itself. | 4 |
388e90c | The advantages of limiting car use are you become less stressed, you have cleaner air, and decreases the amount of traffic jams.
First, limiting car use will lessen stress. for example, in the article Car-Free City a woman says, "when i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way." She is happier because she does not have a car. in the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota" it also says, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polution..." Having a car makes you more stressful.
Secondly, limiting car use helps the air be cleaner. For instance, in the passage "paris bans dring due to smog" by Robert Duffer it says,"after days of near-recod pollution,Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Cars pollute our air so putting bans on cars will freshen our air.
Thirdly, limitation on the use of cars will decrease the amount of traffic jams. for example, in the article "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" it states that, "...leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of trffic jams." with out so many cars being on the road other forms of transportation jush as buses or trams have room them to drive and be on time.
In conclusion, limiting the amount of cars is a good idea. The advantages to limiting car use are that lessens the amount of stress, it provides cleaner air, and decreases traffic jams. | 3 |
389b212 | Having technology to read a student's emotional expressions is outstanding. The technology can see how your feeling, if your feeling sick, sad, happy, angry, and surprised. It can help councelors see how you are feeling with problems you may have or just how your feeling that day or the week in general. If students used this new idea, it would be helpful for guidance councelors as well for helping students with problems with school/homework or dealing with drama.
This technology can help prevent more teenagers/children committing suicide. This is especially important because everyday teenagers commit suicide due to the fact that they are getting bullied at school, feeling sad, have depression issues, and have suicidal thoughts or actions. The technology can help prevent this because it detects if a person or student is sad, happy, depressed, mad, or having suicidal thoughts. Everyday parents and everyone in this world lose their children/teenagers from suicide. If students all around the United States of America stopped bullying each other we wouldn't have so many teens committing suicide every year.
The technology can also help with elderly people who have short term memory loss or dementcia. It can help the elder person and the nurses or relatives if they are in a nursing home because it helps the nurses see how that elderly person is feeling and how their emotional state is doing on that day. It could possibly help with the elderly with dementcia and their memory and possibly help them regain some memories they once had but forgot.
This emotional state detecting technology can change the way we deal with things. This new idea can help so many teenagers out with problems and adults as well. The technology can be a game changer and a very helpful resource or tool too many people in the United States of America and all over the world. Technology has advanced so much in the past decade but this new technology can save millions or thousands of lives every year from comitting suicide or with problems people may have all around the world. | 3 |
389c7bf | I would argue yes this could be a valueable. The reason this could be valueable is because this can be used anyhwhere in classrooms work offices police office etc. People wouldn't be able to lie about what they done or how they feel inside. This could become a lie test for people who comit crimes.
I believe this new technology could become a great tool. The teachers when they ask a student if he/she understand their face tell it all. This can also help teacher who at times don't know how a student feels and relate with the student. If the students aren't into a lesson the teacher know so she maybe come in at a different point of veiw. This would not only be a good tool but it could make people better at their jobs.
This new technology can be use in the court. When people lie they put on a different face with the kind of tool the courts can detect if someone telling a lie. This new technology tool can make jobs like easier and take stress off people knowing that they did the right thing. This can also tell if someone gets mad and about to lose control which can also be a sign of guilt.
This new technology tool can be of great use in the at docter office or the emergancy room. This tool can help se how much pain a person is really in and what they can do to help. This can also see if someone is liying about pain to get pills to sale. This can also see if someone needs help mentally and what can help or be of great use to them. This new technology can help after a women has given brith to see if the baby is doing well.
I think this new technology tool can be of great use to our society. This technology open doors to a better life a better school for kids. This technology can be useful because it helps people see the things wrong about them. This technology can be used anywhere helps peole who needs help this can also help people descirbe how they feel in the inside. I do believe that this invention would have a great use in society and benefit many people in the work force. | 4 |
389db01 | Luke went on the trip to Europe because he wanted to help other. So luke took some time off of work to help the city that had been messed up from World War 2. In the passage it says that,''Luke and Don sign up to help Europe by shiping supply and other goods over sea. luke worked with the (UNRRA) helping with supply. luke and Don were known as a Seagoing Cowboys in the program.
In my opinion luke did the right thing because he's helping other people in other places. In the passag it says that,''In China luke help and took care of animals. Luke went to Greece and brought 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. So luke is helping people,animals,and he is helping with supplys. Luke is travling from sea to sea helping people and working very hard.
So these are my reasons on why I think that luke did the right thing. Also when luke took a trip to help people he also help countries who left in the ruins. In the passage it says that,''It was 1945,World War ll was over in Europe,and many countries were left in ruins. luke and don sign up to help people in those areas. Also Luke did what he needed to do to help. | 2 |
38a36e7 | I know that people are saying that this is proof that aliens inhabit Mars, but trust me, this is not proof. I wish this was proof. It's exactly what we need to hear right now. It's exactly what we've been needing to hear for years. We wan't to find evidence of life on Mars, so why would be hide any signs from you?
If you still don't belive me, look closer at it. Some images the face is more clear than others. That means that the eyes and nose that you see are just shadows. Aliens wouldn't make an artifact that only looks like a face from certain angles. They would want it to stand out.
Some of you say that the alien markings are hidden behind the wispy clouds. Well, we checked again at a time when it was clear and you could see everything fine. There were no alien markings. Like I said, if there were we would have been extatic. The whole world would have known about it within a few days.
I know it has become a huge pop icon, and I'm sorry yo ruin this for you, but it has to be done. It's just a landform. It's very common around the American West. It resembles the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. If you still want to think that it's a face created by aliens then be my guest. Nobody can stop you.
For those of you who now believe that it's a natural land mark, Nasa is just as disapointed as you. We wanted it to be created by aliens too. It would be pretty nice to finally have actual proof in the existence in aliens. Hopefully our trip to Mars will help us find proof in their existence. | 3 |
38a3f6f | This technology is amizing. It could be a life changing thing. The could have a confrence with forigh leader and tell when ther lieing. I completlea agrea with this technology.
A classroom computer could tell whin a sudent is bored and spice up the leson. It could replace all te techers and make ther jobs esayer. It could make video games more realistic. The gaming commpynes will pay alot of mony for thish tech. Ther would be a lot more sales on this tech.
This would be the most uesful tihng to invest on. Some peson would put milloyans it to this. It would help us communicat with others. Ther would be a lot on this tech. Ther would be a mase intelgns in macines.
The emotions we all have are happines. The happy emotion dosn't alawsy win. Anger can over power any emotion. It is dangres and very unstabel. It can set off at any time and you could hurt some one. It is a horebe emotion.
In conculsion This tech is amazing. It can tell wheth your Happy or angry. it will help win wars in the futer. In conclusion i soper thish tech it is amazing and asome. | 2 |
38a752b | I believe that driverless cars are a negative factor. As the author stated, having driverless cars will be in need of many new laws to compinsate for these new cars. These laws would cause more hassle for the people to have new laws put on these cars. These laws may cause problems for people who do not have these cars.
Secondly, I believe that these new types of cars will need to have a new type of insurance. This would prove to be troublesome for insurance compines and for the people. The prices for this insurance would be expensive and hard to afford.
Finally, the safety of people would be at a risk with these cars. If one of these new cars have a maunifunction in it's technology, it could drive off the road, hit another tdriver, or even kill someone because of it. The manufatures could make a mistake in the programing and it would be a deadly killing machine on the road.
The best safety on the road is cause form aware drivers not aware technology. A perosn could make a better prediction on to where to stop then any driverless cars. Driverless cars are a negative impact on the road and to people. | 2 |
38aec83 | The techology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotion is making Mona Lisa Smile.
Making Mona Lisa Smile is made for computer imagery, when making of Mona Lisa Smile, The students are finding the "computer construcs a 3-D computer model of the face." the model of the computer move like the human muscles. Also the computer are smart as the human as, and computer tells the true. when the student's finding how is becoming to found the computer 3-D. they sloved the model and the founded. And useful in the world.. when you use 3-D model is look real life you seeing. Is beautiful to look at the imagine on the comuputer or video imagery.
Body of 2, Because the computer useful and how can the computer must do it well. The computer knows your feel happy or feel sad. for example, when the proson did bad things, the police offcial used the computer and they will find you on the computer imagine. And the computer can being to ceek your bones; also the computer are so smart. it will knews everthing; for example, when people's visit the other counrtys, at the ariport when before you going throught, it might have like gate. the gate are put in computer, when you go throught that gate the computer cheek your bodys and inside of your bones; and it'll cheek your bags.
body of 3,for example, When you have eyes problem,the first they took the picture, on computer, your imagine will shows up your eyes problem; and the doctor will cheek your eyes with computer. The computer's would know how your eyes will gonna work and how much far you sees; or you need glass, it'll shows on the imagine computer.
when you eyes cheeks would lay dawn your chin and you look at the green light and everythings the computer know about your eyes. for example, When people went to takephotos store, with their family to take family picture. After they took family picture; the carmerman ask about Adding the photos. And their family choces background, a beautiful picture, and the camerman add imagine on the computer. For the other example, when the US soldier's to fight war with Isis, before US Army's will fight their bad guys US Army's used small ariplan it have carmer, the Army's look at the place on the computer. After they look at on the computer, the Army's knews how many Isis people are there. And US captian let's go his soldier. to fight bad guys..
incodue, The emotional computer class are work well. And helpful, useful and the computer will protect the country's or population. the computer are useful in everything. | 1 |
38aeea4 | Ever confused in the classroom? Some pieces of technology can detect emotions from people or even students. Having technology in the classroom is valuable to students because the computer can adjust to each students learning method, it can go at a pace that is comfortable for the student, and in the end the student learns more.
When doing assignments in the classroom, many methods can be found when doing numerous things, like figuring out a math problem or chemistry equation. In the passage "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the Dr. Huang says, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", this shows that the student does not understand the assignment or is not interested. The computer can easily adjust that by changing the method or make the learning more entertaining while the student is still learning. Some students have a harder time learning in the classroom because they don't understand how the answer is being found. With technology changing the method in which a student can learn, the student may be able to grasp the topic at hand better. The adjustment to the way in which the student learns may help, but the time it takes a student to learn is also another major factor why technology can benefit the classroom.
Students go at all different paces, some are slower than others and some are faster than others. However, technology can find the pace the student feels comfortable learning in just by the way they look at the computer. If the student is a slow learner, the computer would take it slow and teach the lesson at a slower pace. If the student is a quick learner, than the computer may speed through the lesson with no problem. This would allow the student to effectively learn.
The student can learn more just by making a facial expression towards a piece of technology such as a computer. By using facial recognition, the computer would know what to do and the student would feel more enthusiastic about learning in the classroom.
Technology in the classroom would open up new doors for students and the way they learn. Dr. Huang from the passage "Making Mona Lisa Smile" says, "'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication'", this means that the facial expressions a student makes is like a language and it can be understood by the advancements in technology. Having facial recognition on computers in the classroom would be valuable to students because it can teach the student a lesson that would fit in to how the student wants to learn, the amount of time it takes for a student to learn would be adjusted, and the student can effectively comprehend what is being taught in the classroom. Technology plays an important role in society today and later it can teach new things that many people don't know. | 4 |
38b22fd | After the unmasking of thepictures of the face on Mars many people had their own opinions on what created the face and why it was there. Personally I believe the face was not created by aliens and that there was not an ancient civilization on Mars. In the prompt they explained there were shadows that made the mesa in the ground look like it has a nose,eyes, and a mouth.
but there is more evidence like on april 5,1998 the mars global surveyor caught a picure of the "face" that was ten times sharper than the picture in 1976 which had no alien monument in the picture. Then on april 8, 2001 which was a cloudless day on Mars the global surveyor caught a photo using the cameras maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters which is better comapred to 43 meters per pixel in the 1976 photo.The picture shows is the martian equivalent of a mesa or butte which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars" said garvin. but their were still no signs of airplanes or eyptian style pyramids or small shacks. So their is no evidance at all that their were aliens or even civilizations on Mars. | 2 |
38b605a | Driverless cars are coming. The futuristic design is extrodinary. Using a computer and satelite to navigate its surroundings. This computer has multiple sensors around the car for different things. For one thing, I am for the cars of the future.
Reason one is because they can navigate traffic jams so you don't even have to worry bout them. One bad this though is they arent completely driverless because the drive has to remain aware in case of road work or an accident where the AI of the car would not be able to compute this at the given time.
Reason two is the functionality of it. It will save our air and reduce the consumption of gas used by taxis. Public transportation will be a thing of the past if these cars are used.
In conclusion, driverless cars would be a great benefit to everyone. The envvironment would benefit the most because of the fuel reduction and the air would be a little bit cleaner. There would be less accidents due to texting and driving. All in all, driverless cars are great and the laws need to see that. | 2 |
38b93a3 | Will Venus truly every be explored? In my opinion no because there are many obstales that our sister planet presents. Such the inhospitable weather. atmosphere and, past attempts failing.
Inhospitable weather is an exapmle of the obstacles Venus presents. Dispite Mercury being the closest planet to the sun Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. With tempts. reaching up to an Average of over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Beyong high pressure and heat additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqaukes, and frquent lighting storm and, If the heat don't kill you those things surely will.
Also, impediments like the atmosphere also present obstacles. With a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blanketing Venus as of now no spacecraft will make it through there with no scarches. Also clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in Venus's atmosphere to add on the the carbon dioxide. With these conditions the environment would even crush a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of the ocean.
Which brings me to my last and final point that past attempts have already failed. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world. With each previous mission being unmaned, and for good reason. Since not one spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Expalning why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
Finally, In conclusion this is why I firmly believe that Venus will never truly be explored like any other planet in our solar system because of all the obstacles it presents. | 3 |
38c496c | Have you ever wondered what it would be like without cars? well i havent but maybe you have. This whole idea is about limiting car usage. Selling cars, diesel and life without cars are the three ideas i will be talking about.
To start off with selling cars, 70 percent of pepole sold their cars in order for them to move to the suburbs. Most people say that selling their car was the best thing for them because it made them less tense and stress. Walking would be better for the cities so there is less polution and fuels in the air that we breath.
Secondly diesels, Diesel has been blamed since France has a tax policy that favors it over gasoline. Diesel makes up over 67 percent of vehicles in france. It only makes up about 53.3 percent of vehicles in the Western part of Europe according to Reuters.
Last but not least life without cars, It is an improvement campaign, it bagan in bogota in the mid 1990's. Without cars bicyle paths have made it to 118 miles, that is the most of any Latin American city. Also parks and sport centers have bloomed without cars throughout the city. Another thing is rush hour has gotten so much better it has cut out most of the trafic dramatically.
In conclusion, Now how do you feel about life without cars, you think itll be better? I do,limiting cars. Selling cars, diesel, and life without cars were the three things i talked about. I hoped you start limiting your car usage to help our environment. | 3 |
38ca5e0 | I personally think that there shouldnt be a facial expression reader if some one isnt genuinly smiling ok thats them. Its just to personal an i dont want to be monitored. The paragraghs states evidence that it might inprove certain things such as gaging when a person is bored or getting cofused i think that is graet an could help the world. My personal feelings differ thou we shoud strive to understand eachother more with out technology. Face it almost every human can tell how someone feels just by looking at there facial expression so why do we need computers to monitor or faces as we do activities. I think people wont approve of being monitored also . Emotions are not to be caculated anyway so i think we should not use this technology. The article states that i could help the student in the long run but maybe teachers should try harder to prepare the future of this world. Also lets say the machine malfunctions an we get a wrong reading an someone is forced to do extra classes an have someone help him because the monitor read him as confused. This is a great technological discovery but i dont think it shoud be part of the school system. Iam against using it in any educatinal faciliy. My conclusion is that we shouldnt use it. | 3 |
38d7876 | Do you feel that you woud want your emotions read to you everytime you sit down at a computer? I do because , I feel that technology that can read your emotions would be good for everyone , say someone is depressed but covers it up with a smile , this type of technology could help lots of people find peace with their emotions. The author says "For instance , you can porbably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking at her face.", the author is absouletly right , people show more emotion in their facial expressions then they think.. your face says it all."They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." It is so very improtanat that poeple feel that they can to anyone they trust with their emotions, emotions are something big that run through you 24/7. You can not stop emotions from coming and going.
The author then says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," "Then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor." I feel that the computer recognizing emotion in children at school is a big deal , so many children get bored during class because its always the same routie that they to everyday , nothing changes for them. If more teachers would fcus on the lesson and keeping their students awake then school would be a lot better.
In conclusion , that is why i feel that the Facial Action Coding System is a wonderful idea. | 3 |
38d8f6c | Since the rise of suburbs nationally and globally, car culture has been an important component of our history and of the typical human experience. Every teenager anticipates the excitement and freedom of a driver's license, our country is "the birthplace of the Model T" and "the home of Detroit," and mothers across the globe rely on SUVs and station wagons to haul their children to and from school, soccer practice, Sunday mass, and the like (Source 4). In recent years, however, there is a growing trend of limited car usage around the world as countries promote vehicle-free neighborhoods and as in nations like the USA, "there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year olds getting a license," (Source 4). This trend, while seemingly alarming in our technology-dependent universe, offers several advantages, from a better environment to healthier citizens and communities, and encouraging and promoting this pattern may just be as revolutionary for the planet as the introduction of the first car over a century ago.
From France to Colombia, first of all, governments have been encouraging limited car usage as a means to better the environment through the reduction of toxic emissions into our atmosphere - after all, "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States," (source 1). As debates have run rampant around the world about global warming and air pollution, several nations have taken initiative and experimented with the effects of this idea. In the district of Vauban, Germany, for instance, "street parking, driveways and home garges are generally forbidden," and as a result of expensive parking spots for those who do choose to operate their vehicles - upwards of $40,000 a pop - "70% of Vauban's families do not own cars," (Source 1). Limited car usage and public transportation is alternatively being promoted in Germany and elsewhere as an attempt to live our day-to-day lives in a way that is healthier for ourselves and the planet. France is one such example - in Paris, for instance, "one of the most polluted cities in the world," "near-record pollution" led officials to impose a driving ban to help clear the air, and almost 4,000 were ticketed with a $31 fine as a result of not following orders (Source 2). Free public transit was offered, and a result of the actions of the ruling party, "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog," (Source 2). Likewise, Bogota, Colombia annually hosts a program known as the Day Without Cars that has attracted interest from neighboring countries and cities and provides an opportunity to "take away stress and lower air pollution," according to businessman Carlos Arturo, who spent the day bicycling with his wife (source 3). Globally, limiting car usage has resulted in exciting changes for not only the environment, but, surprisingly, public health as well.
The obesity crisis and lack of healthy social interactions, secondly, both are looming global issues due the rise of supersized fast food and innovations in social media and the Internet, and this trend of limited car usage serves as an unseen, advantageous remedy by promoting healthier people and communities. Without cars, people must find alternative forms of transportation, and in Bogota, for example, during the Day Without Cars, "millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated...to work," and since this campaign began in the mid-1990s, it has seen "the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" and has resulted in parks, sports centers, and broad sidewalks; considerably less traffic; and the emergence of "new restaurants and upscale shopping districts," (Source 3). A mother of two in Vauban, Germany, Heidrun, Walter, claims that, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," (Source 1). Alternative forms of transportation also allow for increased social interaction - walking with your neighbor on the way to work, your kids interacting while en route to school, or striking up a conversation with a stranger on a public bus or tram are all examples of making connections with others that do wonders for our mental and social health. | 5 |
38ddc8d | I think that the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enableing the computers to identify human emotions is'nt valuable at all. Especially not for students in a classrom. I say this because students moods in a classroom can change, in a matter of seconds because the teacher may give out extra work or it was a hard day for the student. Also kids don't always show their emotions.
Let's get a little bit more into this. I'm not completly sure why this facial exspression system seem's like a good idea. Maybe because the people who thought about it thought it would be a smart and great idea to know peoples emotions. If you can already tell by "facial" exspressions why need this machine system? It would be a waste of money to make everywhere.
People may show their mood by their facial exspressions but others might not. Some don't even show their emotions. Others may even have that natural "mean/angry", "happy/funny", or even the "sad/depressed" facial look.
This is why I think it would'nt be much of a good idea. It costs to much and might not even be worth it. | 2 |
38e935c | Lets begin with so far there is no such thing as aliens or any extra terestrial life for that matter. Also "The Face on Mars" is just a natural land form.
As stated in the article " The Face on mars " was first discovered in 1976 in thr Cydonia region of the planet. It was discovered while the Viking 1 spacecraft was going around the planet taking pictures. Trying to find a landing space for it's sister ship Viking 2. Although releasing the photo to the public brought attetion to mars it also lead people to belive that there could be life or was life on mars.
Although few scientist believed that " The Face on Mars" could be a alien artifact 18 years later they returned to the red planet because " Jim garvin explaind that thwy felt it was important to taxpayers." Finally on April 5, 1998 The "MGS" flew over Cydonia for the firt time. Michael Manlin and his camera crue took a picture "ten times better" than the photo that was taken by the Viking. A lot of people were curious and nervous waiting on the release of the photo. Some were disappointed when it was released because "it revealed a natural landform."
They were disappointed because "The Face on mars is located at " 41 degrees north martian latitude." They werent satisfied with thiss because at this latitude it was winter in april of 1998. Which is a cloudy time of year for mars. People were claimimg that perhaps because the camera had to oeer through thr clouds the alien markings were hidden by the haze.
Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASAs Mars Exploration Program said that "its not easy to target Cydonia infact its hard work." Then on April 8, 2001. The "MGS"
was passing over Cydonia and drew close enogh for a picture and they took the picture from the direct center of the face. Also the picture that was taken was better quality than the two before it and was taken on a "cloudless summer day."
In conclusion if "The Face on Mars" would have been an acient alien arifact you would have been able to tell. So it is just a natural land form. Although it is similar to the lava dome is in the snake river plain of Idaho. | 4 |
38ea253 | Before I get into whether or not FACS is a valuable tool in the classroom I ask you, is this valuable? Depending on how you're looking at it and who you are you could have many different opinions on this. FACS stands for Facial Action Coding System.
If you think about what this software is about, it is about reading a students facial expression to determine what it is. It's not impossible to do without this software. In what situation would you not be able to read a students expression that you needed to use a software to determine it for you? It says in paragraph 5 of the passage "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." It says in the passage that humans can still calculate their emotions without this software.
I believe that this type of technology is completely useless and a waste of money if this were to be implemented into a classroom, that would be many uses and practical situational use for this software. The classroom is not one. If you were to implement it at a high college level course then it might be effective and worth the money but only if it effects that major that they are going into. If FACS implementation was thought about between kindergarten through 12th grade then there is a problem.
There is no practical use for this software anywhere between that grade level. You would never need to use this software for practical use in the school day. There is no gain from having student learn it before college because they most likely won't retain the informatio and even if they do it is most likely useless to them.
In conclusion, why implement this software that can change a photo or painings facial expression? It's complete and utterly useless for K-12th grade to learn about this software or even have hands on time with it. There is no practical field to go down with this. I see this FACS software as just a gimic that people who are interested will use for their own fun. So to answer the question, no. I think that this software is valuable but not in the classroom. This software would only be useful at a college level course or in a professional career like in a hospital. | 4 |
38eba82 | People are wanting to create "Driveless Cars". Driveless Cars are a car that you could drive without steering it or doing anything with driving like you do today, that is just making humans even more lazy. Humans are already lazy today but society wants to make us even more lazy by not doing things on our own now. Farmers already have tractors that are like this, the tell them when they need to turn around and that is it, other thant that the computer tractor does everything for you.
I think that Driveless Cars are pointless because we already have all this technolgy that we don't need but yet soem poeple are big on technolgy but there is also somw technolgy that we don't need. Why do we need Driveless Cars when we could drive the car ourself, do other thigns by ourself, and not be lazy? See the Google Car is programed to do everything that we should know about driving but the Google Car does all of the thinking for us.
The cars that you have to plug in instead of putting gas in are somewhat a good idea because then you wouldn't have to pay fo rgas but on the other hand you have to charge your car up every night, replace the charger when it is out of charging the car, and you would worry abotu if your car would make it through the dya or not. So the charging your car in a good idea but there is also some cons about it too.
My personal thought is that we shoudl not have these Driveless Cars because it woudl make us humans think that we can do whatever we want adn just be lazy all the time when in reality we can do everything on our ow, we just choose not to. There are some good ideas with it, like the BMW has vibrating seats if the seat is dozing off and it keeps the driver alert. The Google car is watchign teh driver for the most part, when the car shoudl be watching the road to, notjust the driver.
So me personally, I think that we shoudl not get Driveless Cars. They will make humans thingk they can do anything they want to, make us lazy, and make us not do our own work. People that work are the hard workers because they make the effort to do things. | 4 |
3902084 | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about how dangerous other planets are to humans but in this passage they specifically talked about Venus which happens to be one of the most dangerous planets. Venus is the second planet to the sun which makes the surface very hot and dry and so it doesn't allow for us humans to land there easily and just explore. The passage even says "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans" this shows how we can land on Venus and survive but the conditions make it so hard that humans usually die after a while. and even though Venus is a dangerous planet I understand why people explore the planet regradless.
Scientists and NASA have been trying to figure out if we can survive on a different planet or if would be able to build there and have people live there because the world could get over populated. So, when they search new planets it's not for fun its because they want to see what else is out there and as dangerous as conditions may be I repsect the people who go out and discover things we didn't know existed. As of right now the only way to find out more about Venus is by going there, however, "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, some simplified electronic 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." These projects could work one day and we wouldn't have to risk lives to find something new, we could just use the resources found here on earth.
The very last sentence of the passage says "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. I strongly agree because if we didn't take risks and put ourselves out there we wouldn't have half of the stuff we use on a daily basis. Having the technology we have today we will be doing great things one day with the amount of knowledge we have rn and we will only build off of what we have. | 3 |
3905809 | Driverless cars shouldnt be a option or even a car to use. Technology can fail which isnt worth risking lives over. Even though the google car has driven more than half a million miles without a crash something can fail. These cars use post estimating sensors to control the vehicle. Imagine if one of these sensors got damaged and caused the car to go out of control. The cars seats also vibrate when the car is in danger of backing into a object. How does that give enough time to the driver to realize what is going on. And what danger the drive is in.
Car entertainment can also distract the driver if the driver has to take over. Anyting can happen why should we trust technology with our lives. People also can get blamed if their car gets in a accident when that person was technically not driving the car. So who would be liable if the car did get into a crash? Its not logical to think that a car has a better reacion time than a real human being. A human can see what is going on before his or her gets in a crash. But now its the car that isresponsible for always being aware. Have these cars been tested on different terrains? People can drive anywhere but if its in a different place with no signal how would you drive the car? im sure the car would need signal o drive. Some places that could shut down and you wouldnt be able to drive the car. | 3 |
3906f96 | In 1976, a natural landform that looks like a human face was photographed. IN 1998 and 2001, NASA took more pictures in higher quality. Some people believe that it is an alien artifact or a formation from an old civilization. For many reasons, it is not. One: From our knowledge, mars is unable to support life. Two: Aliens are scientifically unreasonable and myth. Three: It is just an abnormally shaped rock formation that plays with the light to create the illusion of a face. Huge accusations have to have huge evidence, and there is none.
Mars is not able to support life. There is minimal air, no water, no known food source, and it is dangerous with its extreme temperatures. If there was a civilization, when did they get there? How did they get there? Where are they now? If someone was there, then why don't we have any proof or even slight clues? There is no proof or evidence to support people living there. If they lived there, why did they create a huge '"face?" None of this adds up. Concluding that it was not man-made.
Aliens are not real. There is no solid evidence that aliens exist. UFO's, E.T., or any other alien concepts are irrational. If aliens are seen as supperior or more intelligent and thought of to know of and be capable of better, more complicated technology, then they may have been able to live on mars, but why? Why did they leave? And why did we not find any evidence of inhabitants. Aliens are irrational and have no proof of ever existing, they are as made up as magic.
All this is, is a well positioned rock that plays with your eyes and mind, so you think it looks like something it's not. Because of mars' unique atmosphere, weather, and terrain, the enevibility of the rock just being a rock are very high. There are craters on the moon, and we don't think they're aliens. They are simply part of the moon. Wind, erosion, weather, and heat are all familiar terms. Yet, when they exlplain something, we jump right to the confusing concepts that have no proof, no explaination, and no possible positive outcome.
Today's society loves over-exagerating the importance of some things. This causes us to overthink and make irration conclusions that bear no resemblance to the problem. The "Face on Mars" is cold hard rock that was sloppily carved by nature, not humans. If NASA thought anymore of it, we'd be out there right now looking for the aliens, but we are not. This is, because it is an abnormally shaped rock. | 4 |
390ba85 | People in science class tries to figher out this girl named " Mona Lisa Smile" while they looking at the picture they loooking how she smiles back but they really think she's really kinda angry at the same time and there is other people doing the same thing but with diffrent painting in schools. There's an expert name Dr. Huang, he developing ways for humans and computers communicate even though it's going to take some years. Until they finally finded out they can calculate emotions like math homwork but working with real humans.
The way this process work is to have the computer with 3-D contructs and a computer model of the face and have to build the human like human muscles which it's called "action unit"
which made by Dr. Huag and Dr. paul Eckman, the creator of facts of "facial action coding system". during his own creation he knows the six basic emotions like happiness, surrise, anger, disguet, fear and sadness plus characteristic movements of that new computer model they making out of 3-D.
It says that when the computer model wakes up everyday it have the same impressive calculation so it really means it still acts the same from yesterday like saying when u have a friend that like being happy randomly from yesterday well your friend can still act the same the next day which you is wathing your temper, when Dr. Huang haves a computer soft where that stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.
When you try to make computer models on your own at home wit a PC it might not work on yours ether way because you'll need a newer model of it so it can work it doesn't have enough storge to carry all tha data, so some people rarely take the long way which is writing it down for instruction that encode different emotions.
Even looking in a mirror you can look at yourself and see how you act with your emotions so you can make your own model and aftyer when you are done, you can tell your lab partners to test it out to see if it's really complete to make a fully computer model and that model will have the same emotions as you, plus not only you'll be happy about it you truely know how to reveal so much about the science of emotions. | 1 |
390be02 | My position on driverless cars that there is a cause and effect to it. You can have postive effects and some bad effects such as having someone drunk in the car and they do something reckless in the car. But a good effect is that you can have someone avertise the car or use it in a good way. You have good reason that you can be having long dinstance driving and might take a nap if you get tired. then wake up and take control of the car. You might have the car for it's breaking system and not know that car that close to you and it can save someone life. But there somone bad effects like somone with out there driver liscense might get a smart car and get pulled over with them in it or have some thing bad happen to them.
Then you got the waitng on the law there might be some states that might not like the smart car and have people getting hurt and having it be the people that created the car problem. Such as california,Nevada,Florida,and the District of Columbia. they belive that you need somone with a licesnse to be driving the car so they baned it. They belive it be more reliably and safe. Who falult could it be the driver or the manufactur. But automakers still making there work and plan to have them ready by 2020.
Then you got senseing the world like travling long places in a smart car or having them racing. There alot of radio recivers and satilete information it has to be for the car to work right. You gonna need some type connection in the area at all times so the car don't do anything wrong. Then you got many car manfuctors trying to work on there own types of cars to make there's better. Then they got sensors for the cars for speed sense to know how fast you are suppose to go. Then for the breaks so you dont have out of control skids down the road.
Last thing is you have advertisement for the cars in movies and on tv. Trying to get people to drive them and persuade them to get it and not make it a money issue. Make it easier for public transportation and taxi-system. Then try to make it a better way to get around in all of the coutires and states. But in my option i think it makes it esaier for people to get around and it's a cool thing to have and have this technogly to make moving around alot easier. | 4 |
390d864 | There are many advantages of limiting car usage. Some include less smog or pollution, stores would be places in walking distance, it saves time because there is less traffic, and it improves safety.
In Vauban, Germany, residents of this upscale comunnity are surburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.
Basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking. In this new approach, stores are being placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.
After days of near record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog. The smog rivaled Bejing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
In Bogota, Columbua, there is a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hikes, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
President Obama proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." | 1 |
390f734 | In "The Challenges of Exploring Venus", the author suggest that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite of the dangers it presents. Venus is very well known for " Evening Star" and Earth's "twin". Meaning, Venus has the same density and size as Earth's. Even distance. When orbiting we have a great chance in getting close to Earths "Twin".Therefore, we have an oppurtunity in sending spacecrafts to Venus to explore. The many dangers that Venus has are incredible!
It was discovered that while sending a spacecraft on each previous mission, it wouldn't even survive the landing for a few hours. Continously, no spacecraft has touched down on Venus for more than three decades! Venus has almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, but a highly more corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.Meaning, it could easily kill any human that steps foot in Venus. It could easily crush a submarine and even dive into the deepest parts of our oceans and detroy all kinds of metals.
Venusian and geology show that the weather in Venus is presented by erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes. So, why would astronomers even try to get a better glance at Venus? Well, Venus was so much like Earth. It was mostly covered in large amount of oceans and could even support life. In todays life, Venus still has some features like Earth's, it has valleys, mountains, and craters.
We believe that venus can be our next planetary visit. NASA has been appealing an idea to send humans up to Venus and allowing scientists to float above the fray. Making a vehicle hovering to avoid ground conditons also the airs pressure would be close to sea level on Earths. It wouldn't be easy, but will keep the humans safe. For now we only see limited insights on ground conditons since most light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.
Scientist are seeking the conducts to understand Venus and would need the closest and personal despites of the risks. They're working on innovations to last long to contribute to our knowledge of Venus. One example, is an electronic made of silicon carbide that has been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos of Venus's suface; surprisngly, it has lasted for three weeks in such conditions. In meeting the conditions and challenges on Venus has lots of value. The exploration on Venus could lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors! | 4 |
3910d38 | I think having self driven cars are retarted.So many things can happen to the passengers and other cars that are invovled in the accident.I mean there are some good things about the car. like not having to drive such far distances by yourself,because alot of people don't like driving so far cause they can get tired and fall asleep on the wheel,But then you got alot of reasons that is bad about the car.say one day you fall asleep and your car has a monfunctionand gets to messing up and ends up killing everybody thats in the car with you.then another reason is what if some one hacks your system and sets it to a defrent destination and you cant change it or stop the car from goin there.
then you have sports cars like bmw,audi, mercedes,and nissan that can get self driven they all have a high speed of 180 and faster say a car speeds up and you can't stop it and you end up crashing that or hitting a bridge and flying off the edge. there can be kids in the car and they accidentlly hit a button and it drives off with the kids and then the parrents cant fid there kids or the car.then drivers might get bored waiting on there turn to drive.and whats the point of buying a car your still going to have to navigate for.then all the cars are controlled by computers what if that computur messes up and that car can mess up to and cause alot of damage.
all im saying is these cars are stupied.they spend so much money on a driverless car then paying for things we actully need .the car is a waste of money to build just in case they mess up. | 2 |
39115ab | My position on driverless cars is that car manufacturers need to do more research and develop a more safe and effective driverless car, but the thought of driverless cars is pretty cool.
Humanity has always strived to improve thier inventions. When we invented the telephone people soon wanted it to be wireless. Now look where we are; we have phones that can fit in the palm of our hand with more computing power than a 1970s space shuttle. the advancement of technology in the past 150 years is almost unbelievable. from the invention of the internal cumbustion engine to the supercars today we still come up with better and more efficient ways to transport ouselves around. back in the day people would laugh at the idea that cars could move over 140 miles per hour. now it is common to see a car going over 180 miles per hour. But now we are in a time were large automaking companies are developing vehicles where you do not have to drive. the computing power and sensors will be expensive now, but in 20 years they will be mass prodiced and will be on most of the cars on the road.
As you can see, there are many reasons to have autonomous cars and reasonss not to. but my opinion thinks that autonomous cars are the future and can hopefully one day eliminate car crashes on the roads | 2 |
3911a88 | Vauban, Germany, home to 5,500 residents is taking a new rout to life... without cars. In this community street parking, drivewaves, and home garages are almost non-exsistant. The streets are "car free" except for the main thoroughfare. Cars are allowed, but there's only two places for parking: large garages and the edge of a development where the car owner has to pay 40,000 for the car space and buy the home.
70% of the people in Vauban don't own cars, and 54% have giving up their cars to live there. They feel happier without them. This is trending in Europe, people are calling it "smart planning" and it's also trending in the United States considering we have 50% green house gas from auto mobiles. With the less parking places, stores are just a short walk away from you.
In Paris they banned driving for a little while because of the almost record high pollution. Drivers on Monday with even numbered license plates were not permited into the streets or would get a 22 euro fine, and the same deal to odd numbered drivers the next day. 4,000 drivers were fined, and 27 cars were impounded for their reaction to the fine. It's not as easy for the people in Paris to get used to a car free community like the people in Vauban. Although the cogestion was brought down 60% in France's capital.
In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during their car free day. This is their 3rd year of celebrating a day withouth cars in the capitol. The rain didn't stop people from participating either. This day, even just one day lowers their air polution and help realize the stress of driving. Two other cities in Columbia participated in this event, Cali and Valledupar.
The United States is also trying to make great changes to reduce green house gas polution. Statics show that people are buying less cars, driving less, and getting less license plates each year. With the changes and reduction each year, it will do great things to our envirmoent and the air we breathe. Although this would not help our economy, the car industry will be troubled. Driving by young people decresed 23 between 2001 and 2009. This could help us but also put our country more into debt. | 2 |
3911f96 | Have you ever seen or ever been on Mars? Most of you might have not, but studying Mars is a part of my job. I believe that the Face on Mars is a natural landform because aliens do not exist, NASA has proved that it is a natural landform, and it looks like landforms on Earth.
My first reason is because aliens do not exist. There has been much research in this world to prove that aliens do not exist, but still some people believe that there are aliens. Whenever something weird happens in space, we always have to say aliens exist, and there is a lot of proof that they don't. On Mars, landforms can change, just like any other planet. For example, in 1976 it started out by looking like a bump. Then in 2001, it warped into many different shapes with cracks or ridges in it, and in the end it turned out looking like a face.
My second reason is because NASA has proved that it is a natural landform. It says in paragraph 7, On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. When they recieved the photo it revealed a natural landform. The picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. So, the Face was proved to be a natural landform in the end.
My third reason is because the Face looks like landforms on Earth. In paragraph 12 it states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the Americian West." This tells us that the Face is common and not a shockingly new landform. Also, in paragraph 12 it says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." So, the Face is obviously not a new thing, because Earth has a landform very similar to it. Landforms are made naturally and it takes many years to start noticing the changes in a landform.
Some people might say that aliens are real and that over the years they have been working on this landform. They could also say that NASA rarely goes over the Face because it is so hard to find, so NASA never sees the aliens because of this reason. This is all true, except that aliens are real; there is no true proof of knowing if aliens are real or not, but they most likely aren't. Also, NASA has proved that the Face isn't a new landform, but that it is similar to many landforms on Earth.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. I believe that the Face on Mars is a natural landform because aliens do not exist, NASA has proved that it is a natural landform, and it looks like landforms on Earth. | 4 |
3916a44 | My position on driverless cars are that I am a total advocate for it. I think driverless cars will become a safer way into the future. I also believe that it can have an huge impact on a becoming a green earth, or reducing pollution.
Details from the story that provides valid info will definetly be passage 3. Passage 3 explains what and how many sensors the expiremental testing car had, which would also be on the final driverless cars. Also passage 7 explains what BMW has designed with the "traffic jam assistant" this is can be an aquired postive or a negative, because of people preference.
Passage 7 explains what will happen when the car's computer system can not handle intense driving situations only humans can handle. Such as road work or traffic jams. The computer or car will sense if the driver need to tak over and a gret question comes up in this passage about what is the point of buying a car that is driverless but you have to wait until you might have to drive?
This is a great question becuase it will lead more developement to the car but not all people have to buy the car. I would still drive it becuase it is safer that the average car, it designed very well to keep you afe during these drives and can give the driver a break at most of the time. It's just like every pilot needs an auto pilot for a break.
I truly believe if pople accept these driverless cars to revolutionize the car business it will change lives and also some them too. I aslo am a strong advocate of the belief on that there are more postive than negatives about the driverless cars.On a side not, this can reduce taxi pollution by half leading to a cleaner world on earth. | 3 |
391f6fa | Dear Mr.Senator,
I have decided to contact you today to inform you on my oppinion of the nation's Electoral College and why we should remove it from our federal government. I write to you with all do respect and do not intend to offend you in any way shape or form. I hope that you might agree with my opinion and speak out oppond it and if you do not agree with it, I hope you respect it.
To start off, he people of this country have fought very hard for the rights of all people to have the freedom to vote so, why should we have our citizens be negleted to have the president we want? Keeping the Electoral college is restraining us to have the president that the majority of Americans have voted for and many people think it should stop.When going into voting many Americans know that when we vote for a president that we also vote for a slate of electors so, why did election of John Kerry and George W. Bush go wrong? If many citizens voted for John Kerry, why did George Bush win the election? Obviously, the Electoral College did not go through on what they were suppose to do. It feels like electors took advantage of their position and decided for a president that many of us did not want. When did the government start deciding who would be our president and who wouldn't be our president? Isn't that reason why this country was founded under freedom, because the government was taking advantage of the people and deciding who our president was going to be?
I also believe that the government should give us a chance to decide whether we should keep the Electoral College or not. As shown in the second article, The Indefensible Electoral College, a poll taken in the year 2000 showed that 60 percent of voters rather have a more direct election.
The Electoral College also makes voting more confusing, it's very stressful to have your vote seem to mean nothing or very little.
I do not only think that the Electoral College is just something terrible but it also has some pros to it also. I believe it is good to also have an opinion of people who are some way apart of the U.S. government to vote to see a different point of view. The person who has the majority of popular votes might not always be the right president for the current place and time the country. It is also good that smaller populated states mean more than larger populated states.
I hope that someday that when the younger generation does grow that we fix the problems that are found in the ferderal government and always give this country the president that we want. Mr.Senator, I hoped that you liked my arguement and it change something, even a bit. I hope you have a nice day, week, month, and year. Goodbye.
-Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 3 |
392298c | Many of us are used to getting somewher by simply using a car, but should we always use a car. If we limit car usage we can solve most of our problems. We can save ecomically and collect less polution
In source one the German Suburbs are car free, where street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbiden generally. Car ownership is allowed, however where a car-owner buys space for their car has to pay near $40,000, along with a home. As a result according to source one 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars , and 57 percent sold a car to move here. Many citizens complain when the gas prices go up, but if we limit our car ussage we wont have to complain anymore. We will save money, because when we decrease the usage of cars we wont use as much gas or deisel. Heidrun Walter told Elisabeth Rosenthal that he now lives happier this way. Not only do we save money but we also relieve tension through out our bodies.
However we may not enjoy this new idea of limiting car usage some of us actually enjoy driving but, there are days where after a long day of working the last thing you want to be in is in traffic jams."It's a good opporunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman named, Carlos Arturo Plaza who rides a two seat bicycle with his wife.
In other ways that limiting car usage could help us is by eliminating pollution, of course everyone enjoys breathing in fresh air. By limiting car usage we can help lower polution. According to source two," After days ofe near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city," the usage of car produced so much smog that they had to ban driving. Many of use drive to so many places that are near by that in reality we dont really have to use our car not only will we reduce pollution, but we will also maintain ourselves fit by using different alternatives like, walking, running, ridding our bikes. Although some may say, " what if its an emergency," its fine we're only limitting car usage, we aren't goining to ban it forever.
If we limit car usage we can not only save money, but we can also reduce polution, and have a better lifestyle. Although these aren't the only ways limiting car usage can benefit us. | 4 |
3926c2c | The use of the new computer software created by Prof. Thomas Huang, can read you're emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be valuable. The new computer software could be a big help in schools. It could be able to tell how a student is feeling. It could help solve issues- drama- at schools and work places that nobody wants.
In paragraph three, the author tells us how it works. It reads all 44 major muslces of the face. But all 44 of those muscles need to move in the model for it to calculate the persons face. The iPhone X
reminds me of the new computer software. The new computer software is kinda like the iPhone X. The iPhone X has new freatures that include facial reconition and new talking emojis. The new talking emojis move the way the 44 face muscles do. What does the new computer software created by Prof. Thomas Huang do? It reads all 44 face muscles on the human body same thing as the iPhone X.
The computer software can also help with how students feel. If in a situation where they don't know what they are feeling, they could go to the computer and figure it out. I definitely believe it would work. Sometimes kids need to figure themselves out and hope for the best. | 2 |
392b094 | Driverless cars are a challenging and expensive aspect. Recently, a crash occurred from a self-driving car. They are a potential danger to innocent civilians. If the driver is not alert and ready, then the damage could be very harmful and costly. Driverless cars are unnecessary and dangerous.
New cars can be very costly to the potential owner. Manufacturers will assemble this product for only a select few to purchase it. The ordinary person could not afford such a high-tech item. Also, if the car turns to be ineffective, the money coming out of their pocket would multiply to repair the car. With how much money is being spent, the car would not be needed.
The aspect of how much money is being spent would cause doubt in the purchaser's mind. There are plenty of cars that are more reliable and needed, instead of being a perilous luxury. The money used for producing and buying these cars could go towards much more necessary things. In addition the title is not truthful. The driver would still need to be alert and ready for incoming traffic and potential damage and accidents. Some cars can only function under certain speed limits and conditions which poses as a risk.
Recently, a Google self-driving car was involved in an accident. This questions the ability of the car and how it works under certain conditions. Therefore, it can harm the passengers and people outside of the car. If the car notifies the people in the car if human interaction is needed, and the person does not respond, then a treacherous incident could possibly occur. The responsibility of this is a more conflicting issue.
In conclusion, driverless cars are highly expensive to the buyer. The car still requires contact through heavy traffic. If this contact is no met, then the responsibility of a crash falls onto either the individual or producer. The car poses as a risk to the passengers and any passerby. Overall, driverless cars should not be permitted. | 4 |
3933370 | Luke said he grew up on an farm with his aunt so he wanted to help the animals. After World War 2 Luke wanted to help the countries recover by bringing food supplies and animals. Luke loved animals because when he was younger he had lived on a farm. So when he heard UNRRA is hirring Seagoing Cowboys to take care of Horses,Cows,and Mules he and his friend Don signed up. This to Luke this was an opportunity of a life time.
Luke got on an boat called SS Charles W. Wooster and there were 335 Horses plus hay and oats to feed the Horses. When Luke was 18 he could be drafted to be in the military but when they heard he was on a cattle boat trip they told Luke to stay. In 1947 Luke made nine trips the most out of any Seagoing Cowboy. Luke said "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropoils in Greece was special,"he says.
If you get to go on this trip you would be busy but you would have so much fun. Also if you like caring for people and animals you would be perfect for this journey. Another reason is if you like travling on a boat and don't get sea sick you should try being a Seagoing Cowboy or girl. Not only that but you could become famous just for helping people. Then again you should always help people. Luke went would you? | 2 |
3933960 | Driverless cars have positives which they hold but in total perspective driverless cars are a negative. Driverless cars are exciting cars that show progress in technology. As the years go by technology continues to advance, one advance being the driverless cars. As experiements and trails of these driverless cars have been held, I believe they are an awesome new technology advance but would be to advance for our day and age.
Driverless cars come with cool new gadgets and upgrades but they are not neccessarily safe. The cars which have been recently tested by Google are not fully driveless as the driver has to stay alert so they know when they need to step in. "Google cars arent truly 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."
In my opinion, the cars are not needed because if we are still needed to always be full attention on the road why wouldn't we just drive. Also in with coming the driverless cars it states we need smarter roads. So the cars would only be able to drive on certain roads or every road in America would have to redone. Every road being redone is unrealstic as it was way to costly and time consuming. " These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." Another reason being the safety and changing of the laws. The safety of one car not catching a sensor of another car and getting into a crash. Another safety problem if they driver is driving a driverless car and is to preoccupied with his phone or another task in the car and the car needs the persons assistance and her is to preoccupied then the car with crash. With the law, many new laws would be needed to be created with the development of driverless cars. Only four states have released permission of testing driverless cars as other states are not on board. "As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars; manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe".
Also issues like in a crash who takes the blame if no one is driving? " Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at faultthe driver or the manufacturer?"
As the development of the driverless cars continue I hope manfucaturers see even how neat and technological advanced these cars are they are simply unsafe and unrealstic to the world around us. Many people will argue they do not want a driverless car. We will then have normal cars and driverless cars driving on our roads which will cause more collision. In an overall view driverless cars are a step in awesome technology and development for Google, car companies, and our country but in perspective of safety and realicy driverless cars are just not an option. | 3 |
3935ed0 | The developement of driverless cars could be a good thing for the world. With these cars and proper roadways, many lives could be saved. Although there are a few negative aspects, over time these cars could change the world we live in for the better. These cars have the capability of making the future safer and cleaner.
Driverless cars can make the future safer. According to the article, "further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." Technology like this in driverless cars can lessen the deaths in automobiles greatly. In addition, with driverless cars people can pay more attention to their surroundings instead of focusing on just driving. As the article claims "lawmakes know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers," we can assume that without the task of driving, people can be more alert; this will help the passengers in the car achieve more safety. Along with safety, the air can be cleaner with the driverless cars.
According to Google's cofounder, "the cars he envisions would use half of the fuel of today's taxis." With less fuel being used, the earth could have a cleaner atmosphere and benefit everyone's way of living. These changes could fundamentally change the world. Cleaner air leads to healthier people that can benefit greater off the driverless cars. The air is just one of the few things that could potentially make the world easier to live on.
Because of things such as cleaner air and safer roads, the world could be easier to live on. There would be less of a hassle with traffic and breathing. The developement of these cars could potentially be the next great thing for this world. Laws on the road and the environment could be less easy to break, making humans' lives easier. Driverless cars could be a large part of the future and it would be a shame if they could not reach their full potential because of a few negative aspects during the making of them. | 3 |
393b2fb | Cars. A large leap for man into technology. But what else could we do with these huge machines for transportation. Google has some ideas. And many other companies think that these ideas from Google could work. They're even eploring them too. But what faults could happen if we put all of our eggs in this basket?
The article talks about how these automaton cars aren't totally driverless. They still need a human for tricky situations but then what about the rest of the time? The article explains that there would be a very big fraction of time where the "Driver" would be bored or just sitting there waiting to be needed. But then you lose all the fun in driving. No one wants to sit somewhere for hours on end waiting to be needed. We all wanna be involved in the adventure of where we're going!
Then there's the idea of what happens when a fault in the system gets someone hurt or even killed? Who gets the blame? I mean the driver has no control if the car is driving. So who goes to court the maufacturer or the "Driver". I know the article already talked in detail fo this much but it's a great topic to speak on because that's a part of driving cars everyday. Accidents happen. But these driverless cars they aren't people, they're just computers running a program.
Cars aren't always safe. But many people strive to make the the safest thing they can be. And yes sometimes there are "crazy" taxi and bus drivers but most of the time they aren't. What do we do then? When we start replacing these people's jobs? I mean yeah they are still going to have jobs but what if these people's favortite part was the driving aspect of it? Not the sitting on your butt all day idea. What do we do then? What do we do when people who don't know how to drive very well start getting those jobs because the computer can do most of the work. But then they're put in a situation that they have ot drive and can't. What then?
I personally don't like the ideas of automaton cars. They aren't totally driverless which means someone has to sit in that car the whole drive with nothing to do or they have something to do and get caught up with that activity; and when needed to drive they can't because they're too involved. This leads to my next conclusion. They won't always be safe and will have malfunctions that could be deadly in the end. And they downright do not put our job economy in a good position. These cars aren't a "safety" feature. They're a lazy feature. A way for people to stop doing things for themselves and let the machine use it's program to do it all. But why do we continue to think that the more we don't do the better everything gets? | 3 |
393f182 | Venus is worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Venus is refered as the to the "Evening Star. The nickanme is misleading since Venus is really a plant in our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our Sun."Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may have beem the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus is often referred as Earth's twin. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Venus seems to be a fairly interesting planet to look into when put into the consideration that it was earth like with its rocky sediment surface, valleys, mountains and craters.
"Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but sirvivable for humans." If the people on Earth were in a end of the World crisis colonizing Venus would not be bad idea. Since the evidence of past life on Venus is right under the noses of the people of Earth it would be tough but not impossible.
Although the risks for exploring will be tough the real challenge will be to land on venus."Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions. Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." NASA is working on studying some appoarchs on how to get to venus. "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." Developing new technology is coming soon and as more time passes the more advanced it going to become and the goal to reach Venu's surface grows closer than ever before.
In conclusion aiming for landing of Venus is worth it, because of the invidence given on the planet. But there is also this hidden curiosity about Venus that can be off putting. Just because Earth may not have the technology right now doesn't mean humans should give up on the thought of exploring Venus. Life, new technology, and new discovery's are waiting on Venus so it is worth all the trouble for one little planet bigger than Earth. It could the people of Earth's future home if something happened with a huge effect on Earth all to together their would be a back plan. | 3 |
393fc11 | Limiting car usage has many advantages. For example, less stress on the people who uses cars. When i had a car i was always tense. "I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, in
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , by Elisabeth Posenthal. it was also stated that if you have a car, its going to cost you $40,000 apart from getting a house to park a vehicle in a garge if you own one. In
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky, it was stated " I;ts a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution, said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza..."
Rush Hour is a main problem on the roads. The traffic is like a chatty person-hard to get by. In
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky, it states "
In a program that's set to spread to ther countries, m illions of Colombians hiked, biked skated or took the buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Every person who did drive in any car-free program got a fine. The less traffic the people have the less they have to worry on getting to the place they need to go. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." was stated in
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer. The less traffic helped the city's air clear and was able to lower the Diesal fuel to disapear in the air. | 2 |
3946e1a | Cars are a wonderful thing. They are perhaps one of the worlds greatest advancements and technologies. Cars get us from point a to point b. That is exactly what we want isnt it? We as humans want to get from one place to anther as fast as possible. Cars are a suitable to do that. They get us across the city in a matter of minutes. Much faster than anyhting else we have. A train isnt going to get me across the city as fast as my car is and neither is a public bus, but those other forms of transportation just might be the way to go. Don't get me wrong, cars are an absolutly amazing thing but, maybe they just cause way to much stress, and maybe they hurt our environment in ways that we don't think they will. With a bus or a train you do not have to worry about washing your car or getting frustrated when stuck in a bad traffic jam on I-4. Also there is not as much pollution in air hurting our environment. You might not think so, but there are many advanteges to limiting our car usage.
One advantage that not only humans would benefit from, but also plants and animals is that there would be a lot less pollution in the air hurting out environment. Right now our cars give off gases that are extreamly harmful towards our environment. These gases are called green house gases and come out of the exhuast pipes in our cars. Your car alone dosent give off much gas but collectively, our cars give off enormous amounts of gases. This is especially true in big cities like France. In France, their pollution level was so high it was record breaking. due to that france decided to enforce a partial ban on cars. This is described in the second article " Paris bans driving due to smog", by Robert Duffer, " On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were orderd to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." After France limlited driving there congestion was down by 60 percent. " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France". So after five days of intense smog, 60 percent of it was clear after not using cars for only a little while. Even across the world in Bogota, columbia they are limiting driving and reducing smog levels. In the third article "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, it describes the annual car-free day they have to reduce smog. " the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog". So all over the world people are relizing that wilthout cars, we are insuring the saftey and well being of our environment.
The second advantage that would come with limiting car use is less stress. Everyone knows that driving a car causes emence amounts of stress. Getting caught in traffic is a major cause of stress in someones life. Haveing to repeatingly wash your car just to get it dirt again causes stress. Having people in the back of your car screasming and yelling all while music is blasting, causes stress. So obviously driving causes stress. If we were to limit our car usage we would not be as stressed as we usually are. There would be no traffic, no car washes and no one screaming in a small confineded space. In the first article " In German Suburb, life goes on without cars", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a citezen named Huidrun Walter, states " When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way". So with out the stress of a car Huidrun Walter is a looser and happier person, less stress equals happier person. In the third article, " Car-free dai is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, it states " It's a good opportunity to take away stress...". If we have the opportunity to take away stress, why not take it. It is a huge advantage in our lives to limit driving if it takes away stress. No one wants stress, no one needs stress, and if we have an opportunity to take some of the stress away, take that opportunity.
In conclusion, there are many advanteges to limiting car use, one being theat we get to help the environment and two being that it helps reduce stress. Our environment is already screwed up in so many ways, if we can help it to become the healthy enironment it once was, then do it. Stress is proven to impare your personal health, no one wants to be unhealthy and no one wants stress in their life. If you want the environment to get better and you want to reduce stress in your life then take this advantage and impliment it. Some might not think that this is an advantage, but i just explained that it is a clear advantege that has been proved to help the enviornment and reduce stress. Limiting car use is a very effective advantage that really does work in more than one place. | 5 |
394b71b | Myths. Fables. Tall tales. What do they mean to you? People just want to believe things that are not true. Some may say NASA is just not wanting to tell people about the Face that was created by the aliens, but NASA claims that it is not true. The Face found on Mars cound just be the seasons changing, it is the size of a natural landform, and there is no actual true evidence that it is extraterrestrial life; however, some may say that in fact there is no real evidence and the Face looks like an actual face. All in all, the Face is just like any other natural landform.
Strangley, the author of "Unmasking the Face on Mars"
suggests that the season changing might have affect on the Face that was found on Mars. To clarify, in the text the author states that in April of the year 1998, it was the middle of winter in Mars. The author also explains this was "a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet," referring to Mars. By this strange thought, the author is trying to explain that the landform might have just looked like a face through both the clouds and the winter being in full swing. Although, several years later, scientists returned on to take a closer look at the Face with newer technology and to find a better view with the clouds being gone. At this point in time, scientists found that the Face was the size of normal land form that would exist on Earth.
Ultimately, the Face is the size of what a normal land form on Earth would be. In the text, the author stated, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West." What the author is trying to explain is landforms including volcanos, some mountains, and rock sculptures (like Mt. Rushmore) are about the same size of the Face. Chances that the Face is just a landform is extremelly likely. If you truely think about it, what creature is as big as even just George Washington's face on Mt. Rushmore?
All in all, there is no "true" evidence that the landform was a real face or creature. There is no recorded history of the face moving. Also, what "face" is the size of man made Mt. Rushmore? In the text, the author states, "Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform." The author is trying to explain that technology has grown with the landmark, and a sharper picture actually reveals an alike picture of the landform that had no sign of any life. The author explained in the text that the high resultion camera was so strong that pyramids, airplanes on the ground, or even the small shacks that you see when you drive down the interstate were crystal clear. This means that the Face had to have been landforms that one person might have mistaken for life on another planet.
On the other hand, some may also say that they is no proof. The Face could just as well be life on another planet, but there is no true evidence to prove so. In fact, scientist have came up with more ways that the Face is not life rather than if it was. For instance, in the text the author stated, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West," and, " Michael Malin and his MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform." With all this said, the Face could have a slight chance of being real life; however, it is highly unlikely that it is true life on another planet.
Ultimately, the Face shown on Mars is just a nautral landform. The Face cound just be the seasons changing, it is the size of a natural landform, and there is no actual true evidence. All in all, life is changing all around us. New technoloy is being formed, but with a new generation who is ready to show the world what really is in the solar system. The future is in your hands. Find out what is next. Make your mark on the world. | 6 |
394ce95 | The ''face'' is just a natural landform, formed by dirt or sand in the ground.
If it was to be created by aliens, there would have been signs of alien life by now, but there isn't. To top off the reason that the ''face'' is a natural landform formed by dirt or sand or some unknown substance, there is also other weird-shaped looking objects in the ground next to the ''face''. No alien life has been found yet, so with that being said, there shouldn't even be a possibility that aliens created it.
If aliens created the ''face'', there should be footprints or handprints near the ''face'' leading to a possible location showing what may have made it. The ''face'' looks like something buried inside the ground to me, more than something inprinted in the ground. The ''face'' may have just been an illusion.
In my opinion, I think the ''face'' may have been created by wind or the movement of the camera causing wind to blow and create this false-claimed ''face''. The ''face'' has later been viewed in new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft has revealed that the ''face'' on Mars is a mesa. | 2 |
3952208 | Dear Florida State Senator,
I am writing to you about the position of the Electoral College. It seems that it's difficult to depend on electoral college while the American people should vote for who their president should be in a right way. Their been mistakes and uncertain way to handle the people votes. And I can probably understand why their's a use for Electoral College because of many voters vote but their should be a chance that people should choose.
I argue against electoral college because of we might call the disaster factor. ''The American people should consider themselves lucky that 200 fiasc was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse.'' The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer. Why should the electors be responsible for choosing while defying the people? Electors would sometimes refuse to vote their party's candidate and cast whomever they please. That is why votes should counted for each indivdual voters.
Another reason to be against electoral college is that big states gets all the attention than liitle states do. ''The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution..'' written in the In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised metod of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner. The big states should get as half of the electoral votes. And the little states should double their votes.
My reasons are fair as they should be. Disaster factors and big states aren't fair, the American should vote for their President in a right way. | 3 |
3953491 | Driverless Cars are a big jump in the world, because in the world alot of people do alot of things in their car than just driving. So with that being said I would like to see driverless cars in the future that would be a very great idea. There are several reasons why this would be a great invention, because you have to think about when kids wanna go out places and their parents do not feel like driving places they would not need them to if there were driverless cars the car could go by itself. Another reason could be people would not have to catch buses anymore they could just get in their driverless car .
Having driverless cars would save people alot of time to do things they want such as catching up on work or doing work while the car drives for you. Another reason is you would not have to worry about putting yourself in danger because of trying to complete a task while driving.
In conclusion I think driverless cars would be a great help to the world as we all know it. | 2 |
3958fcf | Scientist say that a long time ago, Venus could have been the closest planet to how Earth is now. Even though it has become exstreamly dangerous and unhabitable on land. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author in this article supports this idea very well by including details about how venus is dangerous.
The author begins by talking about Venus' history as a planet. He referrs to it as Earth's "twin" becasue of the planet's simmularities. The author says, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This sentence helps develope the authors point of how Earth and Venus are twins. Before this though, the author described how dangerous Venus has become and how it has almost become impossible for scientists to send a robot to the planet. Although, the author does say that it wouldn't be impossible to live there. The author also says that if a vehicle hovered about thirty or so miles above the suface, temperatures would be hot, but the pressure would be the accuivalent to sea level on Earth. After this, the author includes that solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth's levels. After this, the author moves on to show what scientists are doing to study the planet so that maybe one day we can live there, or atleast visit for a longer period of time. Scientists are studying older technologies that do not use electricity, but can calculate number and withstand harsh conditions. One example the author uses of this is the mechanical computer. After this, the author goes into detail about how it was used in world war two and how with the right metal, it could possibly withstand Venus' conditions. To finish off the paragraph, the author talks about how modern computer that use electricity are often more delicate, to show why the scientists are using this older technology. The author then wraps the imformation that has been said all together by saying, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
In conclusion, the author in this article supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents very well by including details about how venus is dangerous, how we could live their, and what scientists are doing to study the planet. The supporting details of how Venus used to be, to how it's changed from paragraghs two to four, helps paint a clear picture for any reader. Details like the imformation in paragraph five, that give us insight on how we could one day live on Venus, allow the reader to truly understand the authors point of view. Also the contrast of technologies in paragraph seven helps the reader understand a strong point of why we should continue to pursuit Venus. I don't know about you, but I sure hope one day I can visit Venus! | 4 |
395a189 | I think Facial Action cording system should not be able to identify human emotions. As in pargraph 1 it says, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted,6 percent,and 2 percent angry". What if those percentages are wrong. Those percentages could not be real just by looking at the image she could of been happy. Those emotions are just identified by a computer, not all technology could be right. The computers/technology just identify but could be wrong by looking at the face of the image/picture they have used to dectect the emotion.
As in pargraph 3 it says, "The process begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model of the face". Ther computer cops the face of the image and copys and make it 3-D. The expression is compared against a neutral face. The motion that is shown is showing no emotion at all which. The computer that they use shows wether the face is happy or sad.
The computers use calculation to show wether the face of the image is happy or sad. There is certain muscles in every face that make the bonestructor make it what you look like. There are six emotions that are used every day sad,mad,happy,scared,disgust,and susprised. I think computers/technology should not be able to dectect the emotion just by what the picture/image looks like. There muscles that move in your body every day that is called an "Action unit" as it says in pargraph 3. | 2 |
395ace8 | The idea of driverless cars is exremely crazy, and doesn't make any sense. Creating a 100% hands free car is just another way to make America more lazy than we already are. Completely driverless cars are too big of a leap considering all the accidents that still occur with the drivers hand are on the wheel, and manufacturers still want to create a car that mimics the skill of a human? What if a malfunction occurs while the car is in motion? What if someone gets injured? These things must be considered if safety is a big concern.
The most important thing when driving is keeping your eyes on the road at all times. However, manufacturers are planning on inserting in-car entertainment which is more than likely going to result in the drivers taking their eyes of the road. What about the flashing lights on the windshield? That sounds like a great idea! No seriously, how dangerous is that? If they're too into the in-car entertainment they may not even see the flashing lights. Or the worst case senario the driver could be sleep, bored from having to wait their turn to drive or just sitting there in general. Safety is the most important, not making driving easier. | 3 |
395e093 | The new FACS (Facial Action Coding System) could help out in a classroom setting. This software could help teachers make class work that keeps kids intrested and ingaged. The software could also help teachers know which students need help, both in class and out of class.
The FACS software works using the 44 major muscles in the human face to identify "6 basic emotions; happiness, suprise,anger, disgust, fear,and sadness." The computer will make "a 3-D model of the face" of all 44 major muscles. Then as the actual person moves their face the program will measure the emotion they are showing. In a classroom setting this can be used to see if a child is intrested or confused about what they are learning. Then could potentaly "modify the lesson" or notify a teacher that said student was confused or bored during the lesson. This software could also help detect if a student is depressed. If a student if going through something mentally the software can "indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forces one." If the computer is showing that a student is showing a lot of sad or forced facial expressions then it could notify the teacher. Then the teacher could try to help that student with whatever it is that might be troubling them.
Adding FACS to school settings would help teachers teach at the right pace, keep students on task, even help students become smarter. By reading a students emotions the teachers can help in so many ways. Schools should look into adding a system like FACS into classrooms. | 3 |
396197e | I would tell them its just a natural landform and, its no aliens there must have been a degree surprise among mission we phototgraphed the face as soon as we could get a good shot at it. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL revealing a natural landform there was no alien monument after all. Not everybody was satisified but it was the truth after all the the research all the the pictures. It was not true but mission controllers prepared to look again it was hard work. They still kept saying lets prepare to look again Mars Global Surveyor its a mapping they says its a mapping spacecraft that normally look straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine thats why people still think aliens are true on Mars. We was on are second look the Maliens team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.
Although a few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global surveyors arrived at the Red Planet in Sept.1997. That was the first time when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia to tell them aliens are not real.
They say the Face on Mars has since become a pop icon it has starred in a hollywood film, it even haunted grocery store checkout lines 25 years ago. We have evidence Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos we done The situation is done aliens are not real and it will never be its a landform we had Mars Global Surveyor fly over to Cydonia to tell us the truth. | 1 |
396898a | I am for having teachnology in class rooms that can read peoples emotions.
If we have this tech we can have a better chance of preventing harmful situations. This will really help the special ed teachers because there is kids with emotional problems and if you can reach out to the students fast enough you can most likely prvent a issue. I thhink if we know what emotions someone is having we would have a better chance of helping them. I like the idea of helping others. We can improve are way of teaching others with this tech. It says in paragraph 1 " Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." we need to leave it to the experts to help us find better ways to communicate with humans and computers.
If we are helping kids on this earth im all for this way of tech. | 2 |
396b504 | Its a landfrom i tell you. But still people don't think it is a landfrom. Its a landfrom there is proof that it is. This eassy is going to explain that it is a landfrom i hope you change your mind and belive me on this.
So what it looks like a face many things have that don't mean there is aliens. Yes, it would be cool if there were aliens but there not as far as we know there not. How many things have we thing was a face but was some thing else? For exampal there was a toy in my brother room that look like a human face in the dark but it was a pokemon. So why can't these be some thing that looks like a face.
They took a lot of photos of it. But that don't mean its a face. NASA figered it out that it was a landfrom the have a very good camira. on paragrafh seven it says,"Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appered on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landfrom. There was no alien monument afther all." See there is your proof. | 2 |
396c150 | Should there really be an Electoral College? Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO have all agreed on abolishing the electoral college, and so do I! Not very many people really understand what the electoral college really is.
The electoral college was established into the Constitution by our founding fathers as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of citizens. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Wherever you live your states allotment of electors is equal to the number of members in its Congressional delegation.
Each canidate running for president has his/her own group of electors. The electors are usually chosen by the canidates political party. But each state has different laws. It depends on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. The Presidental election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Whenever you vote for whom ever you want to be President, you are also helping choose your states electors. Whenever you vote for your canidate you are actually voting for your canidates electors.
Your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertianment" after the presidential election listing all of the canidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. Also, the certificate declares the winning of the presidential canidate in your state and it shows the electors that will represent your state at the meeting of electors in December of the election year. Your certificate is then sent to the Congress and the National Archoves as part of the official records of the presidential election.
Now, im sure there are many many people that agree with me that we should get rid of the electoral college. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the one we have now. Under the electoral college system, voters vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electoral college doesn't try to fix the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority vote, they just ignore it.
I think that it is the popularity vote that should decide who gets the most amount of votes and decides who become the next President of the United States. I think that the Electoral college is unfair to the citzens around the U.S.
I always thought that it is us, the people that got to decide who we believe should become the next president, not the canidates electors. I believe that our votes should decide who become the next President, not the electoral votes. | 2 |
397608e | Many countries world wide have gone "car-free" due to either smog or other areas has simply banned them. Not only is banning cars good for the enviroment it is also good for the well being of the human race. In the following passages "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", "Paris bans driving due to smog", "Car-free day is a big hit in Bogota", and "The End of Car Culture" mention the finner points about why being "car-free" is benificial.
By far, Europe is once again ahead of the United States due to the fact that many countries dont use cars, but they travel to their next destination by train, tram, bus, and walikng. Unlike America, almost every one is using a car to get to their next place, and barely use a bus. According to the passage " The End of Car Culture" our own president of the United States is making goals to help improve the "greenhouse gas emissions" but just like the title suggest the end of cars are near. " The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime car cultures" researchers are noticing a decline in the buying and selling of cars nation wide. "Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate."It has already accelerated in Europes biggest capitals the world has come to know and love.
Paris. The "city of love" or the city of smog, has banned driving due to record high reports of smog. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partcial driving ban to clear the air of the globla city" according to the passage " Paris bans driving due to smog" smog in the "city of love" is not quite romantic as a city without smog. Paris alone "... had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter...". Banning cars and fining people is one way to help clear the air of pollution, so their is more room for love, laughter, and happiness. "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals." well maybe the smog and love can share the air. Lets travel all the way back to the Americas to see how the smog is doing there in the countyr of Colombia.
Bogota, Colombia located in South America has had its own little smog problems just like Paris. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." a whole day of either biking, hiking, skating, walking,or taking a taxi and/or bus, to get to work or school. In the Passage "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" explains to us why we should stop using cars but rather rely on our body than a 3,000 pound peice of machinerery. " The days without cars is part of an imporvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s.". For almost 25 years Bogota, Colombia once a year celebrates a day to help reduce smog, and produce a happy, healthy, and smog free life style. "'The rain hasnt stopped people from participating,'" remarks Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. there may have been a few gray clouds, but that doesnt keep people form not supporting their own enviroment. Good Job to Bogota, and see what tricks Germany has up their sleeve.
Picture this: an upscale suburban community in Vauban, Germany; where soccer moms are taking there children to soccer practice, and big CEO executives are going to work. They're getting to their next destination not by car, because in this town of 5,500 people, nobody has a car because they have give up the life of "Car Culture". The passage "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", well truely they do. Who needs cars when you go to work by bike, train, skateboard, roller skates, or the traditional walking. "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called 'smart planning.'" What amkes this "smart planning" truely genius, is that everbody is totally cool with it. For "the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking, planners are now taking the concept to the suburbs...". Vauban may be just an experimental suburb, but the people who live in it seem to enjoy the life without the hastle of smog producing vehicles . "When I had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way." states Heidrum walter, a resident of the green suburban town Vaubran.
Many countries world wide have gone "car-free" due to either smog or maybe even banned them entirely. Countries all over the wolrd are seeing a difference in their community every day when they don't drive a car. not only is going "car-free" great for the reduction of smog, but you can live a happier, healthier, and stress-free life style; like most people have noitced from Bogota, Colombia to the small suburban town Vauban, Geramny. Next time when you leave your house for work, just think how stress-free you'll be if you biked, walked, or take the train. | 4 |
3978930 | My thoughts on the " Facial Action Coding Sytems" is that it may work but it also may not work cause we can't always count on technology to tell us if it's right or wrong, or true or false. The " Facial Action Coding System" is supposed to tell the reader how you feel with percentages on happiness, sadness, madness and even fear and depression.
We dont really need this machine cause it can put out false information to see how you really feel. Say you are actually really happy and you arent sad at all but then you go to the machine and it tells you that you are 70% mad, 15% sad 10% fearful, and 5% happy. That is putting out false information on how you really feel because you feel happy.
When you look at someone you can usually tell how someone is feeling by there facial gestures. We don't need the "Facial Action Coding System" to tell us how someone is really feeling and most of the time if you ask how someone is feeling they will tell you they will be straight up with you. They will behappy that someone actually cares enough to know how they feel.
Personally i don't think we need the "Facial Action Coding System" because that is a waste of money and research. Why would we do research on something that we can go up to someone and ask them how they are feeling we dont need percentages or anything to wild we just need a simple answer like "i'm fine how about you?" or " I'm good how about yourself?" or " I'm fantastic, How are you feeling on this wonderful day?"
I think it is a waste of money to do research on something we can do in person when we ask someone how they are feelig today. You just have to ne polite and nice when you ask someone on how they are feeling. Just cause the " Facial Action Coding System" tells you the persentages on how you fell doesnt mean anything because for all we know it can be false and it can produce false information on how you are feeling so to end this off i don't think we need the " Facial Action Coding System". | 3 |
3981208 | In 2020 Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are believed to be coming out with driverless cars? This is going to change the world. There have been many driverless cars, but people do not hear about them that often. I think that more people should hear about them people because driverless cars are the future.
If Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan come out with driverless car, i'm going to have to get one. I'm not sure if you have your hands on the steering wheel, but if you don't. You can do whatever you want. There's alot of people hating on driverless cars because they think its dangerous. People probably thought cars were dangerous back when cars were new. This could save people not kill people. There's alot of drunk people who die in a regular car and if they were in a driverless car they probably would have been safe. People are always afraid of change.
People need to spread news about driverless cars because they are going all over the world. | 2 |
3982990 | In my opinion limiting the usage of cars would be great. Some people use there viechles for the stupidest reasons when they could walk or even ride a bike. It would be better for our enviorment and even people. some advantageas of limting car usage would be cleaner air and people would get excercise.
Alright we'll who wants to be in town and smell the nasty fumes of a car? Not me i would love to smell the fresh air. When you limit the usage of cars this could happen not only would you hvae clean air but the people around you would be satified with the results. According to the article"Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" they claim "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." With this being said happier people may give people a chance to get job or even have a better enviorment to be around.
In addition people could get excersise from limiting car usage. when people get excersise it means the obiesity levels can go down and make the place better for everyone. also from people having an activity they dint have ti sit on there butt anymore. They can actualy get up and attemp to find a job to benifit their family and the community.
In conclusion people can benifit from this no car usage rule from having cleaner and get exersise. those all play a factor in each other. | 3 |
3984590 | In the passagae "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" ,The auther supports the detail really well he gives valeis information about the story and about if venus is closer to the sun and it goes around the surface. It also talks about how humans ay be able to live on it someday and make it a earth like planit. but more importantly sciencetest cannot take rock our gas from it because it is impossible for them to do it. Like us NASA
is working on other studyes to try to get us to go over there and stay there to make it a earth like home. They want to send a human into space to go to venes but the surface friction there is supper high. And Venes is the twin to the sun. An the secound name for Venus is "Evening Star". because it brights up the sjy at night time. | 1 |
398495a | The date is May 24, 2001 and twenty-five years ago we found something that left both NASA and I speechless. They say that this face was created by Aliens however they are totally wrong. NASA says otherwise that it's just natural landform. The most logical reason is the natural landform, because we haven't had any evidence of aliens being real. Therefore I argue that its just a natural landform and not in any form made by an alien.
First of all, we have no proof of aliens whatsoever. No one has proved that they exist, or that they are real. So why do they think its aliens, when it could've just been a natural landform. Things like these happen all the time, our Earth just happens to make things like these. People are actually beliveing that aliens are real, when really they don't have proof.
Second of all, how would the aliens know how to create it. If to say if they even are real. How would they create it, there aren't any tools on Mars. They wouldn't know what they were making, they would have no idea. The face just happened to be a natural landform, it was not created by aliens. Along with they have no proof "aliens" did this.
Third of all, why would they even do this. If they did happen to do it , they didn't even mean too. Because they haven't seen a face so they wouldn't know how to make it. Aliens are not real, if they were it'd be everywhere all over the news. People would be so excited and although going to space is a risk many people would do it. Just to go see the "aliens", but no one has proved they are real. Therefore, NASA will stand correctly. The face is just a natural landform.
In conclusion, NASA is correct. There is no proof of aliens, and even if there was the slightest chance to having proof. Aliens wouldn't even have meant to do it. They have never seen a face, so why would they just do this. Natural landforms happen all the time. But this one just happened to be spotted by NASA. NASA always seems to be correct on their stats because they do so much research, unlike the other who just suggest that its an alien. I'd like to see you do as much research as NASA and give me proof of aliens, then we'll believe you. | 3 |
3984b13 | Do you beleive that the face on Mars was was made by an alien? Well I disagree on the statement because in the picture it has been changing from 1976 through 2001. I beleive the face is formed by natrual landform because the text states that it was formed by a shadows.
I beleive that the face is formed by natrual landform because in the text it said it was formed by shadows. These shadows formed the mouth, nose, and eyes to make it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh as the text states. Also the text states
with the camara that they where using on April 8, 2001 if the objects where there it would be able to capture all of it. Most importantly in paragraph 7 it says thats ob JPL web site
revealing there was no alien monument after all.
In conclusion
I beleive the face is formed by natrual landform because the text states that it was formed by a shadows. Shadows are reflections of light. And lets be honest there are no aliens , they are not real. | 2 |
3984fa7 | I think that driverless cars are a great idea. Driverless cars would prevents many wrecks and accidnets do to unskilled or careless drivers. They would also make traveling more effecient and fun. The advancement of driverless farm equiptment already exists and is very useful and efficeint for big time farmers. They can plant and plow fields throught the use of GPS and an automated oporating system. Driverless cars could be used the same way, but instead of planting a field they would take you to your friends house. With driverless you wouldn't have to worry about directions, all you would have to do is put in your destination and the cars would find the quickest route by itself. You wouldn't have to worry about being distracted because the car dives itself. The only time when you would need to be paying attention is when there was hazards or construction areas.
In the future I think everyone will have self driven cars and driving will only be as useful as reading a book: you need to know how to do it, but there is no need to. This future is getting closer and closer every day. I think that in ten years these cars will be cheap enough that people will consider buying them instead of a normal car. I think that the roads will be much safer and more fun. I think that in 20 years everyone will have them and driving will be a thing of the past. | 2 |
3986e5a | We run our elections by a process called Electoral College. This process consists of tje selction of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. The Electoral College consists or 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoal votes is required to elect the President.
There also is another process which is the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. We could change to popular vote but why would we change how we run the election if this is how we have been doing it for years. Also there are many other reasons why we should keep the Electoral College. Such as certainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, Big states,and also avoid run-off elections.
A dispute over the outcome of an Electoal Collge vote is possible but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning canidates share of the Electoal College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes, 538, is an even number, but it is highley unlikly. Also the Eletoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a priesident.
The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the politial balance that large states ( by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution. The winner take all method of awarding electoal votes induces the canidates. Voters in toss up states are more likely to pay more attentionto the campaign to really listen to the competing canidates, knowing tjat they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters.
It can be argued that the prsident may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state. I believe that we should not change our electorial process to popular vote and i think we should stick with the process we have now ; Elecoral College. I listed my resonas why but the main reason is that everyone is so used to the Electoral College process because we have been doing it for years so to change it, it might confuse everyone and actual make the elections even more difficult and it might end up messing up our election and cause an unfair vote. | 4 |
3989a43 | In the article unmasking the face on Mars NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet,snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2,when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face.
It was an enorumous head nearly two miled from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet calle Cydonia.
I dont think the face was real in the first place because the face is really blurry and its half in the ground.
NASA knew it wasent real when they unvelied the image for all to see.
The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars.
"But the sensation was short lived."
"Scientists figured it was just another Martian messa, common enough around Cydonia,only this one had unsual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon.
It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years.
What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around american west. | 2 |
398af51 | Human emotion, once about feelings and expression, can now be calculated and recognized by a computer, as if it were a math problem. As stated in the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, there is a new technology created by Prof. Thomas Huang, as a way to improve the relationship between computers and humans. Meaning, ads and websites would be able to assess the user and adjust what is shown, depending on the emotions of the human. The example given in the article is"... if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screan, a smiliar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different" (D'Alto 6). Not only is this device useful in the world of marketing, but may also be of use in a classroom. The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) would have great value in the way teachers and students communicate,as a way to improve the education of students and the way teachers teach. Though there are many pros and cons in this given situation, if done right, this device could help students greatly.
To begin, the use of FACS would be a wonderful way to help students and teachers communicate indirectly. This would be done through a computer that could analyze the movement of the muscles in the face to identify the six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, disgust, fear, and sadness. In a classroom setting, whether it be during an assignment or lecture, teachers would be able to use FACS to read the emotional response of the students to help determine their thoughts on the given subject. This could allow teachers to improve and change the way they do things, in order to better the students educational experience. In addition, this technology could be utilized to keep students honest in the classroom, expecially on assignments and tests. The complexity of FACS is able to read mixed emotions, which would allow teachers to build an understanding on their students, and help the teachers find a way to relate to the students. Also, a conselor may also be able to help students more effieciently with the use of this device. They would be able to read the emotions of students to help them determine the mental and emotional state of a students. Though all of these pros seem good on paper, there are also many cons that come with it.
Ultimately, it is quite clear that this device may seem intrusive to some people. As stated in the article, "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements..." (D'Alto 4), this technology would be able to use videos to track facial movements and determine how people feel. Some students may think that their rights are being violated with the use of FACS. Students may not want teachers to know how they feel, especially if the feeling is negative. However, D'Alto states, "...we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' every day" (D'Alto 5), meaning people naturally utilize the function of decoding emotion. It's most likely not that difficult to determine how someone feels. In current technology, there are fingerprint scans and facial recognition, that essentially have the same purpose. So, in the end, this device may not be as intrusive as people may think.
Overall, using the Facial Action Coding System would benefit many people within the school system. Teachers would be able to connect with students and determine whether their teaching methods are working or not. This would then improve the education that the students receive and result in a happier classroom environment and better grades. The FACS' understanding and analyzing of emotion may eventually lead to the improvement of education and the attitutes students have towards school. | 4 |
398be0d | In this article we can see that the author give us many reason's why venus can be a awesome and bad star . The author says that Venus , sometimes is called "Evening Star," and that is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. However, that nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. In the solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Other people refer to venus as the tein of the Earth because Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too. Earth,Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor,orbit the sun at the different speeds. These differences in speed means that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to venus. The author says because Venus is sometmes right around the corner-in space terms - Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus . After they saw that no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. They think that the issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. The atmosphere of Venus is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide . Even more challenging are the clouds if highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface , the temperatures are over 800 degrees Fahreheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth ; such an environment would crush even a sybmarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals . Venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in the solar system. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most like Earth . Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth . By sending humans to venus would be a huge risk because they knw that even doe they are making a space mashin they can also be many dangurous thing that can kill a human and in this article we can see that the author give us many reason and for my pinon if they ever would send someone I would like to hear their experienses . | 2 |
398d69a | In 1976, a spacecraft from NASA, called Viking 1, was sent out to Mars to take pictures of where Viking 2 could land. Then the most unsual thing happened, the spacecraft spotted a "shadowy likeness of a human face." NASA is trying to prove that the Face is nothing but a natural landform. Since not everyone was satisfied, NASA continued to explain that the Face has nothing to do with Alien Monument.
NASA's discovery is leading to an argument over whether it was formed by aliens or if it is just a natural landform. The text states, "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien amrkings were hidden by haze." This evidence shows how people continue to believe that the Face could've have alien marking all around it, but they couldn't have been spotted because it was winter on the Red Planet so it was very cloudy to spot anything like that. Then on April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor got close enough for a second look. The text states "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." This proves that if there were any Egyptian like pyramids or any alien type monument, you would be able to see it. | 2 |
398e51b | We should keep the Electoral College instead of changing it. One reason for keeping it is because the method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Electoral College avoids problems for example Nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent of popular votes,while winning a majority in the electoral college 301 and 3 70 electoral votes.
Another reason would be because some states are bigger then other and get more popular votes then others like Obama, who won the same amrgin in wymoing would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. reasons to leave it like it is are Certainty of outcome, Swing States,Big States,and to avoid Run-Off Elections. Whats wrong with the electoral vote some people seem to think its fair and more efficent.
Some people might not like the Electoral College just becaues they might think that its not fair. Some States have more electoral votes given to them then other states. Such as California t has 55 and some other states only have like 3-8 electoral votes. Some people might argue about this. It should be the more thoughtful voters that are able to vote.
Certainty of outcome can help. In the election between Obama and Romney Obama received 61.7 percent of the election while Romney had 51.3 percent of the popular votes because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner takes all basis, evem a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. | 2 |
3990b13 | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
On this article the way he explore venus. Sometimes venus is called by ''Eving Star'' is one of the bightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. I think that author have to many ideas and how was he experience on Venus he new the planet surface temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet.
For NASA this information is important to them and sand more people to vanus that they can keep getting information the value information to venus seems indisputable. On the paraghap 5 said that " solar power wound be plantiful and radiation wound not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions,but survivable for humans" this means that is danger that human keep going because venus don't have the same recurses that we have on the Earth howevr, peering from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate thye dense atmosphere, rendering standard froms of photography ineffective.
The conclution of this statementis that avery scientific explore what they waht to knoe ore sand people that they can get informayion form 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. | 1 |
3992f01 | Did you know driverless cars are being made right now? Many people are unaware of the creations that will further shape of our future. Many big companies are planning great things, companies such as Google, BMW, Tesla, Nissan, Mercedes-Bens, and Audi. Some people are against it while others such as myself are all for it. These new cars will have amazing things such as Dubbed LIDAR, innovated sensors, and assistance in Traffic Jams
First off dubbed LIDAR in every car would reduce car crashes, in my opinion. Many lives can be saved. Its a special sensor which is located on the roof of the car, this sensor spins. Also it constantly updates a map of all the car's surroundings. This is done by laser beams. With this sensor the car will be aware of everything that is going on around it, reducing the chances it'll crash into something or someone. Nonetheless sensors have been around for quite some time.
Since the 1980s sensors have been improving all around us. In the article, Driverless Cars Are Coming the author states "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." Sensors such as those in the wheels are called speed sensors, they can help manage antlock brakes. Over time they have improved abundantly. Sensors can detect rollovers and out-of-control skids. But this isn't the only improvement yet.
Finally a peculiar new invention that was recently added to a BMW, traffic jam assistance. Everyone faces traffic some time during their week. What better idea than to create something to assist those who deal with traffic most often. This feature was added in 2013, so not that long ago. But the driver must keep hold on the wheel for safety precausions. And the car can handle speeds up to 25mph.
Its always good to be aware of what invention will be next. Things like 3-D mapping (dubbed LIDAR), sensors, and assistance in traffic jam could save everyone lots of valueable time. Many companies are getting on board with these innovations, will you? | 3 |
3993eb1 | Venus is a beutiful start, why? is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky, But the challange of exploring
Venus suggest studying Venus as a worthy pursuit despite of the danger that presents.
Conditions in Venus is challenging because in the article says, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the cloud of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."
which in this conditions are severe problems.
More intersting about, Earth and Venus are so familiar that both have some comparison on each other like in the article says,"Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Venus can be sometimes the neartest option for a planetary visit.
Now, in these days NASA
has one particulcarly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus because NASA is working on simplified electronics tested in
a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition , but they are gonna do another project
with a old technology called mechanical computers, in the article says, "the tought of devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not requires electronics at all. Mordern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but then to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditons."striving to meet the challenges presented by venus has value because humas curiosity will likely
lead into many equally intimidating endeavors.
Planet Venus is a place that someday woud be similar to earth and that could probility live in venus.even if is dangerous, peole should not give up and expand to meet the very edges of what could possibly humans can do better. | 3 |
399c5b4 | Dear Senator,
It is the peoples right to vote on who represents our country, but why vote if you cannot choose the the direct candidate you want? I demand the electoral college to be abolished, it is a violation of the peoples right to vote for who they want. It is enough nonsesne of voting for someone to vote for you. Popular vote is the fairest way to vote, in lines 24 though 31 of the text, it exclaims that state committee's and candidates pick the electors. So candidates choose the electors that the people vote for? How do we know the candidates or committee's aren't sabataushing their power and picking the people they opinionly want, as opposed to whomever? We don't!
With the electoral college exsisting we are giving our power to other poeple that can vote for us. We are handing them free votes, so they can vote for who'm they'd like. That is not fair! They say that the most powerful person in the world is the people, but with the electoral college it has partially been robbed. In lines 26 through 27 of the text that supports the electoral college it states that "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." That sentence proves to you that the people are incontrol of voting for their president.
Yes people may say that without the electoral college favoritism may appear in certain states and places. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! There may be more voters for one candidate in a certain place, but as long as the people voted for whom they want there is no injustice.
In lines 17 through 18 of the text that supports the electoral college it states " that trust is rarely betrayed." RARELY? Meaning wrongful doing has happened between the lines of the electoral college, and are likely to happen again...Do not be blind to the electoral college's purpose. It is damaging the voting for our presidential election. Popular voting, where all equals and powers vote for the president they want.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
399c926 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be somehow valuable, it depends who is getting a benefit from it and how the person who is being reading its expressions would feel, but in my personal opinion, I do not find it any value in a classroom.
I can imagine this system in my classroom, I would not behave freely and I think my classmates would be too. When we are in the classroom, we. some us, are there to learn and I admit that sometimes I do not understand not even a bit of the teaching lesson, and this system would benefit us because the teacher will know if we need to be more claryfied when this technology tell him how we feel about the subject, but what if we do not have our mind in the classroom and we would like some privacy, of course we will not have it, and everyone will know our deepest feelings. All of us deserve privacy, and not for only our own good. If we have some doubts and we need help, we would ask the teacher. Some of us do not do it, and might it be for a reason or we just have another source of information, we like to be independent.
If would have to argue where this system would be more valuable, I will not say some where. Everyone is free to express or not express themselves. I think that any reasonable or not reasonable person will agree with me. The use of this technology is valuable depending its purpose, and I find some advantages; when we need help and we do not know how to ask for it, and disvantages; if we are not sure if we really want it, and it is our own job to resolve our problems. There is always pros and cons.
When in school, college; learning, we are still developing skills, and to reach them we have to work for ourselves, we have to be independent and find our pathways. And with this,
I conclude that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not necessary, not valuable. | 3 |
399db9f | I think the use for this technology is a good idea cause you can get a understanding of how students feel. This technology could be used in a lot of different ways. I feel like this technology should be valuable in on students in a classroom. They stated that "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal" Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often showing varying degrees of expression"A classroom computer could recoginze when a student is becoming confused or bored.
This technology should indeed be used more offen cause theres so much you could use it for. With this type of technology we could figure out a lot about one or more people. The more we use it the more we will know about it and other people and we can use that informion to find different emotional expressions and we can make this techonology even better. That is why i think we should use this technology more in are class rooms or even are work space. | 2 |
39a0218 | When Dr. paul Eckman decied to create a sofware that can tell you emotions called the Facial Action Coding System it identifys human emotions. It has to have a human structure to apear emotion. The use of the technology is intruding into people personal emotion such as getting on the computer the computer shows your emotion on the screen. In some cases the new sofware can save lifes such as kids that are very depress that just want someone to talk to. There surent tails people have to tell a emotion some picture show emotion very differently then others how can a computer jusfiy the emotion on human that feels all types of emotion more effectly then the next human sitting next him/her. It states in the article "Your frontails pars lateralis ,uscle ( Above your eye)." The saying just making everybody look like they have the same muscle shape when it comes to emotion, majority of the people don't have a normal face structer. The use of technology should not be allowed to be used at all it will be intruding into peopel bussiness and thoughts. If the human society want to show there emotional then the new technology shoul wait until the humans want to allow them to look at there emotions. In the last paragraphs they was talking about the acing crew of acting a serent emotion to the show the muscle movement in the face. Then had them reproduce it on stage, the new technolgy is very smart but yet they only lookin at it as good day they not looking at it in everybody eyes people could feel like they are test subjects based on emotion, that was told to them through a devis that looked at there facial muscle. | 2 |
39a0c64 | Life goes on without cars in German suburb. Well at least thats what it sounds like. While the residents of Vauban, Germany in a community have given up their cars, Paris also believes banning cars for a while would be good due to the smog. I am shocked because cars are a big help if you asked me. Why do they think cars are not useful anymore?
The residents of Vauban, Germany feel that cars are not really useful to them. "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."Most of the residents say they are much happier without their vehicles and would perfer it that way. I believe they have adapted to not depending on cars and they dont mind walking. Many feel they were tense while having their cars , like it was a burden. "Vauban, completed in 2006, is an exampple of a growing trend in Europe, the united states and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use." Vauban has been successful without cars or auto use and their encouarging others to do it to. the concept their using is not bad , but I feel auto use makes things quicker and easier.
Vauban, Germany are not the only ones not using cars. Paris has banned driving due to the smog. In my opinion Paris has a great reason for banning driving , and yes because of the smog. On the other hand , Paris believes the cause of the smog is because of the cars pollution. The cars are causing pollution because of the gasoline used. "Diesel is was blamed, Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters." This is a valuable point that cars are not useful in Paris. Well if they can find a gasoline for their cars that will not cause pollution or smog , auto use shouldn't be so bad in Paris.
We all have different feelings about cars and auto use. In the United States, cars are a big part of transportation for us."A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..."In other countries around the world walking and other ways of transportation works for them. Such as Vauban, Germany they enjoy walking and dont need cars. And in Paris cars were banned for causing smog and they are getting around just fine without auto use. | 3 |
39a1cc5 | The Face was not created by aliens because it is probably just a shadow. It also looks ,in height wise, like a lava dome in Idaho. Lastly, their camera would have caught any glimpse of alien markings. These statements are valid because looking at the evidence provided it gives you more facts that any skeptic could.
The passage states that the Face is just the shadow of where the camera was, then creating the affect of the eyes, nose, and mouth that you see in the pictures. It is more than likely just a groovy landform created on the surface of Mars.
It also states that in the Middle of Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho there is a lava dome, and it is about the same height as the Face on Mars. Which is meaning that if there is a landform on the Earth that resembles the Face, then the Face is a natural landform.
Skeptics state that when the scientists tried to get another picture it was very foggy, and that the "ailien markings" were hidden by a haze of fog. That is not true because in paragraph 11 they state that they can make a pixel 3 times its size. Hence that if there were alien markings it would have been caught by the camera.
The Face is not an alien marking because it resembles an Earth landform, the face created is just a shadow, and the camera would have caught any alien markings. | 3 |
39a2689 | The main characters were Luke and his friend. Basically the story is about his friend giving him a once in a life time opportunity. He first worked at a grocery store and and the bank. When his friend invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He couldnt say no. So then he went.
He had graduated from high school and had 2 jobs but whem his friend invited him to Europe his whole llife had changed. Since there was a war he went to go help out. He and Don had signed up to be a segoing cowboy. 44 nations joined toggether and formed a UNNRA and he was hired to be a seagoing cowboy. That when you have to take care of horses , mules adnd young cows. That was his job over there in Europe.
He kept going there and he kept helping others. He like his job. The cattle boats were unbelievable for a small town boy it had said. He really enjoyed his job. He toured lots of places like Venice Italy and a city with streets of water. But Luke had made 9 trpis the most of any seagoing cowboy. He traveled across the atlantic ocean and it took him about 2 weeks.
He was taking care of lots of animals and was feeding them 2 or 3 times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats. They had to be pulled. He had helped out his aunt Katie as a boy. So he was prepared for this. On his second trip he was served as a night watchman. His job was to check the animals every hour. Then one rainy night he had slipped down on a slippery ladder. His heart raced. But luckly he lived.
This ssums up about everythung. His life had changed a whpole lot. Thanks to his friend Don. He liked helping out. He couldnt work though because he had cracked ribs. After that he returned to being a seagoing cowboy. Then it made him more aware of peopl in other countries and thier need. | 1 |
39a6d61 | There were many details from the article from Luke's point of veiw that supports convincing others to join th Seagoing Cowboys program.
One detail from the story that supported it was that World War II happed in Europe. That is an important detail because during or after a war, the counrty is most likely going to be in ruins. Also, in the article, it says, " many countries were left in ruins. To help these contries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. UNRRA hired 'Seagoing Cowboys' to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." That detail is very important because " Seagoing Cowboys" are a part of the UNRRA, which is a project that helps recover food supplies for countries that got destryed or maybe in a war. That is very important because those countries were left in ruins, and people were left without food. And some of those peple were already injured.
Another reason to join the program, is because they get to travel around the world, and have fun doing it to. This is a good reason because lots of people dont like traveling long distances, beacuase they think its boring. But in the article, it says, " Luke also found time to have fun onboard.", and " The cowboys played baseball volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time." That detail, supports that you can do activities to help pass time, have fun, and make to trip worth-while
My last reason to join the program is beacuse you would be helping a lot of needy people. Not only does the UNRRA help lots of people, but so does the 'Seagoing Cowboys' that come along with it. That program also helps a lot because they help feed and take care of animals that other people might not be able to.
Those are my reasons to
persuade someone to maybe join the "Seagoing Cowboys". If not the Seagoing Cowboys, then maybe the UNRRA. I hope reasons like these could change someone's mind, and maybe help them join. | 4 |
39a8344 | There are many different reason why people can choose to driving a car and over choosing a driver less car. There are many sides to story that you can hear but which one do you think you would choose? I think that driving a cars is alot funner, teen start driving, and its would be alot safer if we had alot more control on the car then the car doing its own thing. These are a couple of reasons of why i choose driving a car then it being driver less and the car driving me.
Its a bright sunny day and a teenager has started driving they want to go to the beach with friends enjoying the ride but with a driverless car you can't. "For starters you need a whole lot of sensors."The sensors can take up the roof space for if they wanna go take things with them and the care would be modified alot and may be to difficult for a teenager to use.
I think driving a car would be alot funner."all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires humans skills."Only getting to drive the hard parts while driving can be hard and fustrating and would take the fun out of every thing."They need a whole lot of sensors." That means that the price would go up dramaticly on the cars and would require alot more knowledge to fix and to mantain for a regular house hold. If the cars computer was to brake down u cant use it at all but with a normal car you can replace cars and have it working again.
The last thing i think it would be alot saffer and have faster moving traffic and going to places faster if we didnt have the driverless cars."and information systems that use heads-up displays"That can slow that cars behind and especilly get the people behind them mad because some poeple can be texting and it can be a slow process to convert to a driving state. "The car can handle driving functiond up to 25 mph which is way below speed limit for some people and the slowest of a neighborhood can be 45mph.
These are some of the reason why i think driving a car instead of haveing a car drive for me is better. The reasons are because its alot funner, teens start driving by learning, and the roads would be alot safer it the person driving the car had full control of it. Which side would you choose? | 3 |
39a9978 | I think the Seagoing Cowboys program should be broght back because it helps people around the world. It gives the Seagoing Cowboys the chance to learn diffrent languges. It also gives the Seagoing Cowboys the chance to foster exchange students.
It helps people around the world by giving them food. It gives them food by the cattle that the Seagoing Cowboys bring to them after a atacke or a war has hapened. Plus the Seagoing Cowboys have to learn to take care of the cattle that helps them. It helps the loackels with the damage. That was the first reason
The secand reason. It gives the Seagoing Cowboys a chance to lern diffrent langes. It dose this by when the Seagoing Cowboys travel to many diffrent countreis the may pickup on the langeuse. If the go to China the might pick up on Chinases. If they go to France they might pickup italan. If they go to spain they might pickup Spansish.
The third reason. It gives Seagoing Cowboys the chance to foster exchange stundets. It dose this by you traviling all over the globe and just fall in love with the kids. so when they come over during the school year you just foster them because you love them. It gives the kids a chance to have a proper eductian.
Weshould bring back the Seegoing Copwboys program because it is fun exciting and a lot more. But most inportinal it is helping the worlds people. It helps the people by giving them food. Fostering there kids whale they are here for a prpoer eaductain. And it helps the Seagoing Cowboys be good at heart. So therfor we should breing back the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
39aa8f8 | Why should you become a Seagoing Cowboy? Well first let me tell you about a boy named Luke who was a Seagoing Cowboy. A Seagoing Cowboy is on this boat with other Seagoing Cowboys. To go help Europe where World War II just ended.
They were heading over to Europe because, many countries over there were ruined. So they were coming over to bring them food supplies, animals, and more. If you love to help, this would be something for you that you would enjoy. Luke traveled through the Atlantic occean and pacific. Trying to help these countries that were left in ruins. When Luke was on the boat he had a job to do. He had to feed the animals and keep them healthy. He also had to clean the animals and keep there stalls clean.
When your a Seagoing Cowboy you have a big responsibility. You also have alot of jobs to take care of. Another job Luke had, was a night watchman. That job was to check on all the animals every hour. Then make his hourly report to the captain. A Seagoing Cowboy wasn't always working. When they unloaded the animals and were heading back there was an empty space. So sometimes the cowboys played games. Like baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fincing, boxing, and more. Luke always enjoyed that part.
So this is what a Seagoing Cowboy is and what he does. If your someone who's willing to be on a boat for a long time and take care of animals and if you also love to help people. This job is perfect for you. While your on the boat you get to make new friends and explore unique places. It was just a big adevnture. Also if you love dealing with animals this is another good reason to become a Seagoing Cowboy. Take the information that I gave you. Luke loved being a Seagoing Cowboy and if you have the heart like Luke, this is the job for you. | 3 |
39b6d1e | Scientists found "The Face" when the NASA's spacecraft Viking 1 was taking pictures to find a landing spot for Viking 2. When the picture was first taken it resembled a human face. Scientists belived it was just another martian mesa because they were commin in the region of Mars called Cydonia. Scientist realsed the picture to the public trying to bring attetion to Mars. They didnt realize how much attention it was going to bring. I'm going to prove it is a natrual landfrom.
The cameras scientists used when the first image of the mesa was taken wasn't the best. In 1998 when NASA's Mars Global Surveyor took picutres of the face you can clearly see that it is a landform. The picture was ten times sharper than the one taken by Viking1. People were still skeptic because there were clouds the camera had to shoot through. They said the alien marking were his by the clouds.
On April 9. 2001 MGS got close enough to take more pictures. They took the pictures and used the absolute resolution to see any "alien markings" the picture shows a mesa.
A mesa is like a butte that are common in West America. There are landforms on earth just like the "alien face" that some people thought proved there was life on Mars. If there was life on Mars I belive NASA would know about it first. The face got a lot of media attention but in the end it is just another mar discovery in the line of many. | 3 |
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