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4620d7f | The future of cars are coming to use, they are the driverless cars.Driverless cars are a good thing, they will help people who can't dive as will as others. Lot of people opose driverless cars for one prticular reason.
These cars will save people lives when that are on the roads. People think the cars will not save people but kill them. Th e cars have all the same saftery fectures as a normal care and more. These automobels have many sebores such as th Dubbed LIDAR that use a laser beam to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surrounding.This will see thing that the diver would not see when he is driving to help the car stop for thing in frount of the car or see a car coming at you and more you to the side of the road to not get into a accendent.
Also this car will save the owner money on the car and get you places better them puplic transortion. These cars are made from hybrid car so they will same gas wicth will save you move ans some are going to be electroinc cars. Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, beliver one day in the never future we will have fleets of driverless taxis the will pick you up at your house and take you anywere. this taxis would use less gas then puplic buses not and taxis do wirch will save money.
The only problem about the cars is one question "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" With this one question there are only four place in the united state were you can use driverless cars. the manufacturer should be the one at fault , they should have tesed every system on the cae before it is sent to the owner. But also, their should be a law stating that is you own a driverless car yoou need to get all the sencor on the car cheaked by a profisinol every 6 mounths.
In conclustion, Driverless cars will help the ecomomy and also save peoples lives.People should not think they are a bad thing. yes they need to be tested more but people should want change that will help people out. | 3 |
462b85d | Since the 1900's cars have been an integral part of our lives. It seems everyone has one nowadays. But this overuse of cars is starting to have a negative effect on our enviroment and is causing mass traffic jams that put cities on halt. We as a society must start limiting our car usage to help save our enviroment and to stop traffic jams that do not let the city run smoothly.
Cars were and still are one of the best inventions man has ever made, so it is understandable why people would have such a hard time letting go of something that is so useful. But one must understand that although the car is useful it is also hurting other things, whether it be inadvertant or not. Cars have always been bad on the enviroment, now so more then ever. According to
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars passenger cars are responsible for 12 % of greeenhouse emissions and up to 50% in some car intensive areas in the United States. This shows that we as a society are one the of the main reasons why are enviroment is crumbling around us. These greenhouse emissions and mass pollution by cars are hurting the enviroment whether we want it to or not. Everybody must take a look at these numbers and see the negative effect they are having on the enviroment and realize that by simply not using a car they can help save the enviroment. Another example of the bad effects cars have on the enviroment can be found in the article
Paris bans driving due to smog.
In the article it talks about how Paris had to enforce a driving ban due to the amount of pollution in the air from cars. The fact that a driving ban had to be implemented to stop pollution is absolutley ridiculous. This alone should show people that refuse to see the negative effects they are having on the enviroment around them that car usage should and must be cut down. By simply cutting down our usage of cars we as people can help save the enviroment. Who would not want to be a part of that?
Cars have always been viewed at as the best mode of transportation. Everyone believes that their car can always get them to the place they need the fastest. But what most people do not think about is the mass traffic jams in cities that the usage of cars can cause. If people simply cut down there car usage and try out other forms of transportation it actually could get them to the destination they want the quickest. An example of this can be found in the article
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota.
In the article it says when they banned cars for the day the huge traffic jams in the city suddenly went away. This allowed people on bikes and buses to actually get around quicker than they usually could with their cars. So by not using cars people actually got around to the places they needed to be due to the lack of traffic jams in the city.
The amount of cars driven on the road per day has risen to an astronomical number over the years. Although cars may be efficient they also have many harmful effects. Two of the worst are the effect they have on the enviroment and the mass traffic jams they cause. We as a society must recognize that by cutting down our usage of cars we can actually have a positive effect on our enviroment while also allowing ourselves the ability to bring traffic jams to a minimum. | 5 |
4632334 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College is a system that the United States has been using to elect its leaders for many years. A large number of people have come to believe that this method of voting is fraud because not everyone's vote is truely heard. The way the Electoral College works is every four years when people go to vote, people are not actually voting directly for their desired leader, but for a state elector. Although this sounds like it would work flawlessly in theory, in some cases the number of electoral votes have overridden the number of popular votes.
In the 2000 election between Bush and Gore, Bush ended up winning even though Gore received more popular votes. The nation did not know who the President was going to be until the next year becuase the election came down to only a couple of hundred votes. Although this is a rare occurance it shows how easily the Electoral College can wrongly choose a President. If the United States elected a President by taking a popular vote, this issue would not exist. All of the extra systems that are put in place are simply not needed.
If the Electoral College was removed and the United States voted in leaders based on the national popular vote, this means that there would also be more people voting. Many people, especially in one sided states such as Texas and California, believe that their vote does not count becuase they're state is guarenteed to favor one party every election. If the Electoral College did not exist then knowing that every individual vote counts and that it does not matter where you live, more people are actually going to listen to what candidates have to say and are going to go out and vote.
In Conclusion, although the Electoral College may sound good in theory, I believe that the United States voting system would be more legitimate if a national popular vote was taken so that everyone's voice is heard no matter where they live. Voters should be able to know that they're vote will count so that the right leader is chosen for the right reason. | 4 |
4633c99 | I believe that the cars are safe to an extent. These driveless cars would prevent crashes. But they are not complety drivless they still need human help. Whats to say the car is driving itself and when it switches to manul and the drivers not paying attention, or if the sytem is not working right and it does not alert the driver to turn or break. There are a lot of things that can go wrong. But on the other hand there is a lot that can go right. The sensors in the cars could allow the car to break long before the driver can react. These sensors can stop drivers from backing into things. the gps and 3D mapping could allow drivers to avoid crashes and avoid contrustion on roads. This would save drivers a lot of time. In closing I do believe that these cars are safe but to an ectend because they can not fully drive themselves. | 2 |
46369ce | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" argues why humans should research Venus, despite the difficulties that may follow. The author provides information about Venus and what makes it such a hard planet to explore, but more importantly, why that should not stop researchers and scientists. Through the author's compelling argument, readers are able to form their own opinion of whether Venus should be explored. The author supports the idea of studying Venus well by dicussing benefits, ways to avoid dangers on Venus, and future experiments, all while including strong evidence and interesting hooks to captivate the readers.
After sharing information about Venus, the author begins to discuss the benefits of exploring the planet. The author supports their argument well by giving compelling evidence to back up their statements and opinions. It is stated in paragraph 4, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". This quote shows the value in exploring Venus, further supporting the author's argument. The article goes on to share another compelling reason; the fact that Venus is "our nearest option for a planetary visit", as stated in paragraph 4. The current limitations of space travel only allow for close visits for astronauts, making Venus a compelling planet. By discussing the benefits of exploring Venus and giving evidence to support it, the author starts off their argument very strong.
Next, the author shares how astronauts can get past the many dangers that Venus presents. This acts as a refutation for any arguments that claim Venus is too dangerous to explore. In paragraph 5, the author shares an idea of a blimp-like vehicle that would allow astronauts to survive. They state, "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans". There are also other approaches that can be taken that the author shares. In paragraph 7, simplified electronics are discussed because of their ability to survive on Venus. This ongoing project shows that there are ways to explore Venus and that the idea is not entirely impossible. The author also brings in evidence to support their claim by sharing the science behind simplified electronics. This shows that the statements made are not false and allows for the readers to understand how the electronics work. These refuations leave no doubt for any other arguments, creating a stronger support.
The author later compels the readers with motivation and inspiration by arguing that the challenges should only bring more drive to explore the impossible. In paragraph 8, they state, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". The author is able to finally bring to rest the argument that Venus is too dangerous to explore. More importantly, it also shows the emotion that the author brings into the paper. All throughout the article, the author uses many hooks in order to draw the reader in. This technique makes the article more approchable and altogether much more interesting. Discussing the value in exploring Venus allows readers to believe that humans are capable of surpassing the challenges, despite the odds. It also draws more interest in, as not all people who read the article will be interested in space or the importance of it. Even if someone who reads the article is not interested, they will at least be inspired at the end. The last sentence in the article states "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". Imagination and innovation appeal to everyone, allowing for a stronger arguement that will presuade anyone who reads the article.
Overall, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a very presuasive article. The paper starts off with information about Venus, drawing the reader in. The author explains the reasons why humans should not be daunted by the nature of the planet, and goes on to give evidence to support their reasons. Solutions are given in order to survive Venus' challenges in order to refute any arguments against their claims. Lastly, the author uses strong hooks and compelling arguments that appeal to anyone in order to create a persuasive article that interests the reader from beginning to end. The idea that Venus should be explored is well supported in the article, leaving no one to be against it. | 5 |
46453d7 | The most accurate way to read another ones feelings is by doing it yourself, because technology is not the most accurate way to read or feel what somone else is thinking or feeling about. Feelings can not be calculated by using technology all the time, therefore technology will never be a good way to read someones feelings or emotions. If technology is being used like it is today then there will be a point in time where humans a ruled by technology.
Technology is a good use for many things but allowing technology to read our emotions and minds is not a good source of use. If we allow technology to grow and develope by observing human behavior then isn't it possible that technology can eventually become smarter than the human mind and be able to manipulate the human kind? If this were to happen then humans can be replaced in many job fields.
In the article it states (" Technology can read human facial expressions, if so then there would be a lot of revealed information about how many people feel about science, math,reading,history, and even their own job"). | 2 |
4649053 | Dear Senator,
I believe that we should let our nation's President be chosen by popular vote. The Electoral College is a wondeful idea don't get me wrong, but it seems as if with the Electoral College, the candidates running for U.S. President are just getting free votes and could defy the will of the people.
When a candidate runs for office, aka Presidency, it means that he also has to choose his electors, but sometimes the state picks them. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. So when a voter wants to vote for their choice of candidate, they would have to send their vote for a group of Democratic or Republican electors that are pledged to your candidate. If your candidate won the statewide election, then they would go to Congress and your candidate would get however many electoral votes that he recieved from winning. "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor," according to Source 2. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy, (so a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)", according to Source 2. Some electors occasionally refused to vote for their candidate and wanted to instead vote for some who they actually want to vote for. Another worrying factor is if the Electoral College had a tie. If that were to happen, then the election would be given to the House Of Representatives, and then the state delegations vote on the president, and the Senate would choose the Vice-President.
By the electors defying the will of the people, then the wrong President could be elected into office. If a majority of state voters wanted a candidate to be President, but the electors thought differently, then they could be unfaithful and vote for whoever they wanted to. Where would we be then? "Most states have a "winner-take all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate," according to Source 1. Some states, like Maine and Nebraska each have some type of "proportional representation". The reason I believe that we should have a popular vote is because you never know with the Electoral College. One minute they could be voting the way they should be, and the next they could be going against the will of the people and the state overall.
Overall, I think it we should rely more on ourselves than the Electoral College. It was a fantastic idea, but the electors could change their mind in a split second and who knows who could be going into office instead of the President we actually need and want to run our nation for the next four or more years. | 4 |
4649f4f | As technology advances in a very constant and remarkable fasion, many new innovations begin to reveal themselves. While we still might be waiting for the next flying car or teleporter, several smaller, yet very significant, inventions have presented themselves. An example of this is a computer software that is able to identify and recognize emotions. Profesor Thomas Huang from the Beckman Institute for Advance Science at the Univeristy of Illinois created this software in hopes of changing the world for the better, but is it really that great? Among the several other practical uses, Huang says that the use of this technology in the classroom can be the most important. Overall the use of emotional recognition has the potential to be useful due to the ability to change the lesson based on mood, and alter mood based on the current your current status, but overall would not be 100% effective due to the spiratic qualities of humans.
Dr. Huang, the inventor of the emotional recognition, claims there could be huge advancements in the education system due to his new technology. In a time of computer screens, video games, and the newest iphone students have trouble beign lectured for six hours a day. Dr. Huang's main goal is to put a computer with the lesson plans and his software in front of a computer so that it can do the teaching, effectivly. If a student begins to get bored and their zygomatic major muscles begin to relax and visibly show the boredom setting in, Dr Huang's computer software would be able to recognize and alter the lesson to be more engaging to the student. This would easily work for many other situations, if a student is sad the lesson could use brighter colors and better diction to create an enviorment where the student is not distracted and wants to learn. Nick D'Alto describes a situation where a student becomes very confused and does not know what they are doing and how to do it, but with the use of Dr Huang's technology the lesson could be changed and break down to easier steps to correctly compensate for the confusion.
Overall, the use of Dr. Huang's software to change a lesson would be very useful in improving the learning enviorment for the students who will go on to create equally as innovative new mechanism in the future.
Secondly, the software can be used to help change the mood of a student in order to boost morale as well as create an enviorment where the student wants to learn. In this day and age there are so many things for a student to be passionate about, such as: sports, video games, friends, and so much more. This is very good in the sense of passion but ultimately takes away from the desire to learn and become successful in school. Often times a student comes into school with the worst mood possible, hating every second of it, but Dr. Huang could change things up. For example if a student comes into school angry Dr. Huang's facial coding system would be able to create an enviorment where the lesson becomes more like a game for the student to play and enjoy while at the same time learning the content.
If a student comes into school depressed, it could be the job of the system to recognize this, notify someone, and help them be happy.
Dr. Huang's invention creates a short cut in seeing how someone feels through science. At times people are too afraid to ask ,"Are you okay?". The use of this software can go straight to the aiding of someone without even having to think twice. In the end, emotions create roadblocks for students to learn and the use of Dr. Huang's technolgy can identify and help break them down so that a kid can be a normanl kid again.
Although Dr. Huang's software is extremly useful, things can often be a little more complicate than what technology can actually be good for. While the identifying of emotions is very useful, the actual action of neutralizing them can be beyond the machine. For example, if a student is crying their eyes out with no sign of stopping, I am pretty sure a change in the lesson will not help calm that student. If a student is so mad that they just want to break the computer and storm off, no change in the lessons music, colors, or diction is going to be able to fix that. In general an actual human is what each student needs to be there for them. The warmth of a hug or simple hand on the shoulder can change the outlook on a students entire emotional status. The fact that an actual teacher cares is more than enough to allow the teacher to keep teaching. Overall Dr. Huangs software is incredibly useful to identify emotional change but really can not help deal with most situations like a teacher would.
In conclusion Dr. Huang's software holds its value in it's ability to read emotions and alter the lesson as well as alter the mood of a student in need, but is very limited in how it can help a student get through their troubles. The use of Dr. Huang's technolgy in the classroom will definately lead to advances in student comprehension but for the many individuals that need more than a computer for sypathy, the program most likely will not work. | 6 |
4653b01 | Dear Senator,
Most people hear the word "Electoral College" and think that it is a place.. But they're wrong, it is a process. The Electoral College is widely regarded as a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present. The advocates whom are conflicting with others are saying that the Electoral College method isn't democratic in modern day society, which is correct. The Electoral College is a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens which was founded by the founding fathers.
The Electoral College has 538 electors, but to elect the President, 270 electoral votes are needed. One for each member in the House of Representives plus two for your Senators is what your state's entitled allotment of electors must equal and the number of members in its Congressional delegation. In the Constitution under the 23rd Amendment, D.C is given 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. "State" can also be used instead of using the District of Columbia. Each canidate running for President in each state has his or her own group of electors. The political party is who the electors are generally chosen by but they elect them by giving them different responsibilities. Every four years is when the presidential election is held. I believe that the senator should stick with The Electoral College to vote for the President of the U.S.
When the presidential election is all finished with, the governor prepares something called "Certificate of Ascertainment" which lists all of the canidates who ran for office in that particular state. The electoral college system voters vote not only for the president but for what we call the slate electors who eventually elect the president. Not always can voters control whom thier electors vote for and sometimes voters can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. Some people may call the Electoral College outdated, irrational and maybe unfair but I think it's a way to keep everything organized and it won't cause to much chaos, unless you disagree with it.
Slate of electors are trusted to vote for the President however, he or she is usually picked by the number of how many votes your electors put in for you.
Basically, everyone thinks that The Electoral College is just a big waste of time and outdated. But it's a process which elects slate of electors then those who are apart of that will vote for the president. In my opinion, I think it's a better way to handle things than to just ask everybody to cast their votes for just one person. Everyone can just work together and everything will probably work out just fine if each voter agrees on one thing! | 2 |
4653b67 | The facial action coding system in a classrom is valuable. It is valuable because when a student is confused and doesn't understand what the teacher is teaching, the teacher or the computer will know immeadeality and they or it will help the student understand to further their education process. If a student is bored the teacher or the computer will regonize it and do something to make their learning expirence more remeberable, so when it is ime to take a test they wil remember it and they wouldn't fail.
For example, In paragraph 6, Dr. Huang states that "A classroom computer could regonize when a sudent is becoming confused or bored,( Dr. Huang predicts) then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." .
This example explains that the computers could help kids when they are confused or bored. This shows that facial action coding systems can be used in school to help kids with the learning and further their education for the future as well the present. | 2 |
4656468 | By doing a Facial Action Coding to a classroom full of students would be different and interesring. This would be the first time anyone has done something that like. But the results could vary cause of how the students are feeling.
Say there is a girl who is having a really good day, she got asked to Prom and she said yes. It made her day and she was happy for the rest of the day. And then take a boy who was late for the bus and had to walk to school. He would be tired and upset. They both have two different emotions, so the results would be different.
Read this part of the article, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". If a classroom did a scan and all the students were tired, not interested, and ready to go home, the teacher could take those results and make the class more interesring for the students. The students would probably have more fun and want to do the work if the teacher made it fun and interesting for the students. But don't make it too difficult for the students cause they could shut down again.
By doing the Facial Action Coding, the result could be different for some students. But it would be fun and interesting to switch things up a bit and have while learning. By doing the Facial Action Coding, you can see how the students really feel. And it cpuld help them and you (the teacher) get a better understanding of how to teach. | 2 |
4666036 | In this essay, I will be showing how the face on Mars is just a plain everyday landform.
In 1976, a picture was taken by the satellite Viking 1. The picture on Mars was found to be what looked like the face of an Egyptian god. The pictures taken were blurry but showed to actually be a face indicating there was life on Mars sometime in the past or even here in the present. NASA kept studying this mask for years to come. A few years later, another satellite took pictures about 10 times sharper and clearer. But in this picture, the so called mask just looked like a normal everyday landform. The media was not happy with this picture. But this picture did show proof that there was just a landform just like on Earth, that was nothing special. Even one of NASA's global surveyor said that there are landforms on Mars just like on Earth.
In conclusion, the landform on Mars was just a simple regular crater that looked like a face in a poor quality, blurry picture. | 2 |
4667066 | For the past two decades we as citizens have been trying to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, with little or no change. A major conductor of greenhouse gases would be automoblies also known as cars. For example France, cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel made up 67 percent of vehicles in France, which was blamed for causing five-days of intensifying smog that rivaled even Beijing, China; Which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
In an article "
Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, It tells about Vauban, a town occupied with 5,500 residents in Germany where locals have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district and Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter a local resident of the town.
Vauban serves as a great example on how the majority of world should be. The time to take action is now. Reducing car usage can benefit the world around us globally, less pollution equals a cleaner world we live in meaning a better environment. Things like "A day without a car" should be global holiday. In "
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota
" by Andrew Selsky it describes how Bogota, Colombia had a day without cars that helped promote alternative transportation and reduce smog.
Cars are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions and need to be put on a limit.
They produce pollution that is not only bad for the earth, but bad for our health as well. A solution to reduce cars emissions is having holidays in which no one can use cars and use other forms of transportation like bus or bike. It is important that we take action and aim for a better, cleaner tomorrow. | 2 |
4667092 | My postion on driverless cars, is that it is a great idea that somwonw created.
There are some how ideas that are stilll being thought of and created.
Things are still be deveploed and have not come out yet until 2020.
What Google is trying to do is, make it to where no one has to drive anymore in the future.
Google did make a somewhat of a driveless car but you would nees to take control of the car when you pull and out of the driveway, or dealing with complicated traffic issues.
They thougt tha making a driveless car was not just only the car but also making a smart road as well.
The road worked very well but there would then that would mean massive upgrades to all the roads.
In 2013, BMW annouces the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." the car could only handle a scernt amount of speed under traffic, but sersonrs make sure that the drivers hand is still on the wheel.
Which in that case means that the driver is stilll going to have their eyes on the road.
The google car would just announce when to take over the car.
In the result to the driverless car, laws are starting to be made on the safty of the car.
In most states it is illegal to test computer driven cars.
Laws will soon be needed to cover tecnology fails if somonw was to get hurt.
Who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer. | 3 |
46692fb | I think that limiting car usage would be something good. My reason is for less car accidents. Many people drive reckless and speed and this is what causes these car accidents. We can save alot of people from getting injured in car accidents.
In this case we can also save traffic and causing people to be late to their jobs. This is why we should limit them also because of the gas rate. In this way we can save alot of money. Gas has been really expensive and this case we can save money and cause less accidents.
Nobody is willing to keep driving to stay safe and save gas money. "70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars and 57 percent sold their cars". I think that limiting this car usage would be a good thing for all of us. We would just have to find a safer way to get transportation.
In other ways alot of people drive around drunk and they cause alot of car accidents. This is something that is not fair for us innocent drivers. We would just have to find a new way to get us all transportation. Driving is something pretty dangerous though cause their really is alot of crazy drivers out their. | 2 |
466a255 | Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, tempertues average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressire is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet.
Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Marcury is closer to our sun. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. | 1 |
466e970 | The author support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger by including fact and he explain in every detail. He explain that Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too. First, he say a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, on the planet's surface, temperatures avererage over 800 degrees and pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planets. Second, Venus is hottest surface temperature of any in our solar system, these condition are far more extreme than anything huamns encounter on Earth; such as environment would crush even a sunmarine accustomed to dive deep part of oceans and would liquefy many metals, also venus was once convered with oceans. Third, the author say that NASA has one particular idea for sending human to study Venus, and he compared with a 'blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or something miles above roiling Venusuian landscape'. He also included the World War ll technology called mechanical computer, and it doesn not required electronics. Finally, Venus is the hottest planet and it is beyond high pressure and heat. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it many well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. the authors example in every detail and why it is dangerous it presents. He explain that Venus is the hottest planet and it have very high temperature. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. | 2 |
4677e9c | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks, not only about the risks and dangers of trying to study Venus from up-close, but also the benefits and the knowledge we'd obtain by succeeding. With dangers like eight-hundred degree weather, atmospheric pressure ninety times greater than ours, sulfuric acid in the atmosphere,etc., the mission almost seems impossible. While our author does give us the cons of this mission, he/she also gives us the pros. The author gives us supporting ideas by telling the reader on why scientists are so fascinated in Venus. The mission seems dangerous, but scientists and astronomers want to study the planet because it's known as Earth's "twin" and because they believe that long ago, the planet once might have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
Scientists and astronomers believe that Venus might've been covered in oceans and support this by stating that some of Venus's feautures are analogous to those on Earth. With rocky sediment as the surface and features such as valleys, mountains, and craters, the planet has a close geographical terrain such as Earth's. Furthermore, Venus can sometimes be the nearest option for a planetary visit. If we, the people, somehow found a way to visit the planet without suffering from the consenquences of the all-killing world, it'd have a huge impact on today's society and history. The author later states we might actually have a way to study Venus with something we've already used for decades.
One compelling idea that NASA came up with was to let scientist study the planet above the fray. Sending a blimp-like vehicle, the vehicle would hover 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape, allowing the scientists to study the planet without the vehicle being destroyed. The author later gives the reader a comparison of how our jet airplanes do the same to fly above many storms. If we succeed in sending the vehicle above the surface of Venus, the temperature would drastically change,decreasing from eight-hundred degrees to one-hundred and seventy degrees. Furthermore, the air pressure would also be something we humans could survive; the pressure only being that of the sea level on Earth. While seeming almost impossible, it is something that can be accomplished through time and effort.
Another way that NASA is working on to approach Venus is by using older technology. The author states on how while our technology is quick, powerful, and flexible, it tends to be more delicate. Using technology and machines from the 1940's, during the World War II era, NASA wants to use mechanical computers which can survive a longer period of time. While older, the machines do not take any electricity and works with only gears and levers. The technology is way more resistant to the pressure, heat, and other forces that Venus contains.
Finally, while the challenge is a very difficult one, the author explains how the mission still has value and how human curiosity will lead us into many equally intimidating edeavors. The author also gives a good point on how "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." Anything can be accomplished as long as we are still here on this planet and we as humans evolve. The more we work as a team and the more dedication we have, anything can be accomplished. The people just have to have faith and our imagination would still have to run wild. | 4 |
467a47d | Technology has come a long way from one hundred years ago. As it adavces more and more things can be used to help benefit in any of situations such as in classroom settings. The article by Nick D' Alto "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto tells how the Facial Action Coding System can help in any situation as it can even read students' emotional expressions in a classroom.
The article informs people the technology uses the major 44 muscles in the face. When the face moves it can detect which muscles are put into use and identify them with one the six basic expressions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. These basic expressions off diversity more than just the basic happy and sad, and also account for most emotions. To make sure this is even more effective the given expression is put againts a neurtral face for a comparison. By giving a neutral face and an expression it gives a independent and depent variable. This would ensure a correct basis rather than just giving the face with an expression. It would also be able to tell if a student were enjoying a lesson or not. It help the teacher too see what topics they could make more interesting.
Some people might ask how can it detect emotions accureslty if somone fakes an emotion, but facial muscles do not lie. For example the frontalis pars lateralis muscle indicated suprise though a raised brow. A raised brow would indicate to the teacher that a student had mostly likely just learned something new. If several students had this expression the teacher could decide to keep incoorperating it in the lesson. The zygomatic major is the main indicator of a fake or real smile. For a real smile the mouth is lifted at the corners whereas in a fake smile the mouth stretches sideways. This would show if a topic was enjoyed by a students or disliked. It could also tell which topics students prefered more than other.
"Making Mona Lisa Smile", an article by Nick D' Alto, tells how the new technology, Facial Action Coding System, can read expressions of a student. Once technology advances even more it would be able to help out in an array of settings, and even be able to detect more accurate, specific emotions. | 3 |
467b271 | I am against the developement of driveless cars for various reasons. First,
these cars are not 100% driveless. Second, They can be really expensive and not affordable to many and
finally, it cannot navigate through roadwork or accident in which a driver would need to take over.
These cars are not 100% driveless in the article it said that the cars would not be able to navigate through roadwork , accidents , and etc. They also can not drive in or out of driveways or handle complicated driving issues. These things could lead to accidents in which someone could get seriously injured.
Next, these cars will probably or most likely be very very explensive in which millions/billons of people would not be able to aford. Even tho it is not a serious problem i feel like most people would like to have a driveless car of there own,but because of it being expensive it
would be very very difficult. In the article it states that the Engineers at Berkeley tride to something similary as said in the pasage, "these smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to extisting roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical" .In the passage it also said that radar was a device on the hilltop that cost 200 million dollars
Fianlly, it wouldnt be safe. Lets say a driver was taking his driveless car to work in the morning and his lack of sleep from last night got to him in the car and he ended up falling asleep. In the passage it said that google cars werent truly driveless, that the driver would need to take over during complicated things a driveless car wasnt able to do things
like move through accidents or roadwork and if someone got lack of sleep like they guy from above then the car would get into an accident because the person would
be sleeping and this accident could lead to his death. The passage also said that in 2013 Bmw announced trafic jam assistance" and that the car would handle speeds up to only 25 mph that speed is no where near how much people could now a days 25 mph is like for a small neightbor that raffic jam wouldnt be able to work during a regular street in which speeds could reach 55 etc.
Although the develepmonts of these driveless cars are increasing i still believ that it is not at its greatest length and i dont feel like we will reach one day when im alive mabye wehn im dead. As you can see i am against the developement of cars. | 3 |
4681db6 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthwhile pursuit despite the dangers it presents because ''...may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system''.
If that's the case, we should most definitely try to explore Venus. It would be hard but possible because NASA has ''compelling ideas for sending humans to study Venus''. Their idea was to ''allow scientists to float above the fray''. Meaning they would be about 30 miles or so in the air avoiding Venus's harsh ground conditions. Since their about 30 miles above the surface, the temperatures would be a cozy 170 degrees Fahrenheit, the air pressure would close to that of sea levels on Earth and radiation would not exceed Earth's levels. This isn't easy conditions for humans but it's survivable.
However, hovering over Venus from a ship above the planet is safe but it can't get us certain information that we'll need like samples of gas, rocks, or anything else. But the good news is, NASA is working on other alternatives to study Venus. An example of this would be, ''...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks...'', Another example would be, mechanical computers. Mechanical computers are devices that make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics what so ever. Though modern computers are powerful, they tend to be weak when it comes to extreme physical conditions. ''By comparison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces''.
In conclusion, We will eventually get to Venus and when we do, we will not only gain insight on the planet, but we will also get to see what human curiosity can lead us to. Our travels in space should not be limited by doubts and dangers because without doubt and danger how will we expand our horizons and learn? | 3 |
4687b25 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that even though studying Venus has it's dangers scientists should study Venus and here is what the author said.
Astroniomers are fascinated by Venus because it may ahve been the most Earth-like planet on our solar system. Scientists think that long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and it could have been supported with various forms of life, just like Earth.Today, Venus still has some features that are the same like Earth. Venus has a rocky sediment surface and it includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters, others, recall taht Venus can sometime be our nearest option for a planetary visit. NASA thinks that scientists could go to Venus if they don't step on Venus because the planets tempeature is 800 Fahrenheit they can be on the ship hovering 30 miles up from the planet. The dangers of visisting Venus are high but human curiousity can beat all of the bad thoughts of visiting the planet."Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. This is why Venus is worth studying despite the dangers. | 2 |
468b07c | In this essay there will be details and examples of technology where you can tell emotions of a character that tries to hide it in pictures. In text it says she is not fully happy she is 83% happy , 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry.
Using this techonology would be good, because in pictures you could figure out emotios from the picture. In the text it say imagine being able to detct exactly how other people are feelings, even when they are trying to hide their emotions.
It says that we humans use the same caluculations everyday when we can tell the emotions and feelings of our peers. This technology would be like a emotion calculator for pictures and paintings.
In this essay I gave details on what the 3D tecnology does , it showes a picture emotions when want not to be seen. All paitings show emotions and some of the emotions are hard to see, but this technology could help you see it better. It could help you calculate the exact percentage of all the emotions in a picture. | 2 |
468f06d | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus is a worthy pursuit to study because scientists can find a way to develop life on Venus. Also, despite the risks, it can be a good way to find out more about Venus and what's happening on there exactly.
Venus is capable of having life and people if researchers is willing to study for as long as they can. Even though Venus weathers are very dangerous and can cause severe harm, technology can be invented so astroanuts won't get killed by it. In the passage, it talks about mechanical parts is being made to be more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
It can be a great opportunity for Nasa scientists to study Venus atmosphere and air temputures so it can be safe for them to travel there. Also, an advantage of going to there is that it is close to the Earth and the sun. This can be heavily explain in the article by mentioning that Venus can be sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Nasa has believed that they have found a possible solution to hostile conditions on the stray. This evidnece is further explained by allowing scientists to float above the fray so they can not get hurt by the it.
Venus is not a lot different from Earth. For example, Venus still has some features that are analogus to those on Earth. In the passage it says that the planet has a surface of rocky sediments that Earth has in many ways. Venus has valleys,mountains,and craters that scientists have found on the planet a while ago. This specific pargaroh can tell readers that scientists have a lot of exploring and studying to do for some time.
I have explain my three reasons on why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Researchers can still foind a way to help scientists study Venus without getting hurt by the intense weathers. All the people needs is time and money in order study the planet and pay for the equipment to better handle them selfles in that dangerous environment. | 3 |
46939cc | Have you even seen the Grand Canyon, even if it was just on television you know that without a doubt, its real, its not camera magic or computer generated terrain. This "face" on mars is nothing more that a natural landform, no alien monument, no NASA hiding something its just a natural landform, just like the Grand Canyon.
So, why is this so important? Well lets say this is an "alien monument" so if it is why wouldnt there be dead bodies on mars or more faces like this one, because this is not an alien monument, its not a corpes its a Mesa just like the ones that we have on earth.
This really can not be anything more than just a natural landform due to the fact that in 2001 NASA took a picture of it and now it doesnt look anything like a face now it just looks like a little hill on the ground. Honestly the seventies were a really superstitious time. So I could see where they saw a face in it, but that doesnt change the fact that in 1976 their camera quality was bad. Even the 1998 picture was starting to reveal that it was just nothing more than a mesa that is certian conditions looks like a face.
Today there have been studies that prove the human brain sometimes has a tendency to make inanimate objects look like a face, in fact today I say a face in the bumper of a car, but I still know that all that was, was a bumper of a car. I honestly understand some theories but this is just downright non sense.
If it was an alien monument NASA would release it because then they would get really popular. So with all of these reasons combined it proves that this is just natural landform. It always will be. | 3 |
46947bc | Vroom! Vroom! Is the familiar and common sound heard all across the world. Can you believe that cars can be so helpful and convienient, yet cause so many problems? The United States, Environmental Protection Agency, jumped on board with it's new promotion of, "car reduced" communities. This is a new act that will limit car usage, and help protect our Earth's environment. Motorits all over the world are contributing to the Greenhouse effect, stress, congestion, and pollution in the air we breathe. Countries such as, Columbia, France, and Germany are trying to reduce pollution, and the long term affects of cars have on the world.
Middle-class families, ranging from Chicago to Shanghai, make a huge impact on our greenhouse. Up to about fifty percent in the US alone emits carbon dioxide gas, instead of trying to reduce it. According to the international agency headquarters in London, the congestion and traffic within the capital of France, went down sixty percent, after fining citizens for being on the road after five days of a near-record pollution. The smog that covered this global city had one hundred fourty seven microorganisms per cubic meter. They had blamed diesel fuel as the reason for the smog. The cold nights and warm days trapped car emissions. If we started this new idea, we would see a large improvement within our enviromnment.
Beep! Beep! Traffic is such a stressful situation to be in. Wheather it is on your way to work, going home, getting lunch, or going to see a friend, the streests are flooded. This new act will promote the simplicity of transportation. This will release a lot of stress on people, and make their lives happier and healthier. People will be more connected and involved with their community and surroundings. Sidewalks are being layed out all throught cities, for people to find a new efficient way of transportation such as, walking or riding a bike.
Some countries are so used to not having a car or even having a space to put a vehicle. In Vauban, Germany, people are giving their cars up more and more. They just see the positive affects this "car-free" act has on them. Today seventy percent of families that live there do not own cars. The rate of people getting their license has gone down dramaticlly as well. Car companies are scared for their business if everyone tries to conserve energy.
This limitation of moterized vehichles may be just what the world needs to improve it's environment. This saves more energy, reduces pollution, keeps people healthy and stressfee. Living a life of simplicity will make you more happier. | 4 |
4696a0e | The discussion of driverless cars, is a big one. Some people believe that they will be safer, more fun, and easier to use. And then there are some people who believe that autonomous cars are not a very good idea. I believe that autonomous cars shouldn't be used until they can do everything that a human can behind the wheel.
I do not think that autonomous cars should be used in public until they are perfected. There are quite a few reasons why they should not be used yet. First, they can only drive in specific weather conditions. Secondly, They are not completely driverless. To me, a driveless car means that there doesn't even have to be another person in the car for it to perform like a regular vehicle. Thirdly, the cars will be very expensive with alot of technology on them. The cars with have sensors all over the car, 3-D mapping technology, and cameras. And i do not trust car munufacturers with video footage of random people.
Finally, i don't believe that driverless cars should be used yet because they can only go 25 mph by themselves. Which means they can only be driven on side streets mainly. You can't drive them on open roads and on the interstate because those speed limits range from 30 mph to 70 mph. I believe that driverless cars can be useful when they are perfected, but until then i'll stick with manually driven trucks. | 3 |
46970c2 | Technology has become so advanced that we are able to get places without touching the wheel. Or that is what people envision of when they think of driverless cars. In reality, the driverless car still needs a driver. Driverless cars shouldn't be implemented on the streets until we are certain that they are safe. Switching the a driverless vehicle could also cause you to forget how to drive since the driverless car will do it all for you. Taking a driver's license test and education would prove to be futile as well since you're not going to be driving. Driverless cars aren't actually driverless and car manufacturing companies are falsely calling their cars something they aren't. Driverless cars shouldn't be used in the near time future.
The driverless car seems too good to be true, and it is. Dr. Wener Huber, a BMW project manager driver stated, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" The car still needs a driver and signals them in a way that will get their attention, whether it's flashing lights or a vibrating seat. Getting behind the wheel of a driverless car can put your life in danger because technology isn't always reliable. Until driverless cars are perfected with no flaws and safe, then they will be of use. If the car would get into a collision with another car, whose fault is it? The car wasn't doing what it was supposed to do and the person in the driver's seat couldn't do anything about it. The company who made the vehicle would be to blame because they released a car that wasn't safe to use for public transportation.
At the age of sixteen is when teens usually get their driver's licenses. There would be no point in the younger generation obtaining a license because they won't be driving. Hypothetically speaking, a ten year old could be behind the wheel of a driverless car, granted that the driver doesn't have to touch the wheel, and drive. Cars should be manned by humans that have the power to respond to certain situations that a computer might not be programmed for.
Car manufacturers are falsely branding the idea of a driverless car. They are making it seem like the car does it all and that you can sit back and relax. The truth is the exact opposite of what they say. The driver of a driverless vehicle still needs to remain focused on the road and must be ready to take over the car at any given moment. Our technology today is advanced, but not to the point where a computer can operate a car by itself.
In a couple of years, many improvements can be made to the driverless car. By 2020 car brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are planning to have cars that can drive themselves. Not now, but in the future driverless cars would be beneficial and make a big impact on the world. No more dreading long car rides. It will also be safer because drunk drivers would be driven home without any problems.
Driverless cars aren't ready to be released into the world. They need to be developed so that everyone's concerns are satisfied. It shouldn't be called a driverless car if a driver is still needed. Questions about who can drive it and how old you have to be need to be answered. Driverless cars are still a long way until they are ready to be used in public. Driverless cars shouldn't be used in the near future. | 4 |
46983df | The Electoral College was a compromise made by our founding fathers. It was made as a compromise between the election of a president through a vote from Congress and election through popular vote. The downside to this way of election is that the voters are not voting for one of the candidates but for their state electors, who then vote for the president. The votes from each of the states electors then count as votes for the candidate. This way of election for a president is unfair and confusing and should be changed.
First off, the Electoral College is unfair in the way that a vote from an individual does not really count because the only votes that really count are the ones from the Electoral College. It is also unfair that the voters cannot always choose who they want thier electors to be. There are also voters who have no hope just because of the state they live in, such as Democrars in Texas or Republicans in California. Since they know that thier vote doesnt matter in a state whose majority of the population goes fot the opposing party. Thsi is one reason why individual votes are more reasonable and fair.
Secondly, the Electoral College is very confusing for a voter who doesnt know how it works. | 2 |
4699ca6 | In the story luke had no idea his life was gonna change after highschool. Once he joined the progam he loved helping out. He visited a lot of cool places a long the way. I would joion cause of all the places you visit and you get to be outside most of the time.
In chapter 2 it said he went to europe after world war 2 ended. That cool to see the remains of the war. Its great to help animlas and people with whatever they need after the war. 44 nations joined together to help its not just one it is a lot. Everybody is wanting to help. There is one thing you have to take a boat over sea and that took two weeks! In chapter 8 it says luke has fun on board of the ship.
There is table tennis tournaments and boxing,fencing and other cool stuff like that. Luke had a great time it opened up the world for him. He said he is greatful for the opportunity. Not every person has what they need in the world. Thats why we have nice people and luke is one of them. His family hosted international student for many years. | 2 |
46a2c8a | Natural Landform
Unmasking the Face on Mars is talking about how some people discused how it was created by aliens and other scientist just say it is a natural landform and i agree.
May 24 2001 tenty five years ago NASAs space craft found a shadowy likeness of a human face . Scientist believe that it is a natural based lanform called a Martian messa common enough around Cydonia . A few days later NASA unveiled it for all to see. Now few scientist think their is an alien artifact, but they are wrong.
As soon as word got out on April 5th 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time.
They snaped a picture ten times sharper than the originak viking photo . Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for the JPL website to show the picture scientist revealed the picture as a natural landform there was no alien monument after all , stated in paragraph 7 .
There was no evidence of there ever being an alien just a historical landform that was a familiar to a humans face . But people were still not satisfied about the research . What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or messa lanform not an alien or artifact . | 2 |
46a61ed | The Facial Action Coding System, created by Dr. Huang and his colleague, was put into place to recognize human emotions. This technology has lots of positives and very few negatives. The use of the Facial Action Coding System is a reliable piece of technology that can be very valuable in a classroom setting.
This new technology can read the emotions/expressions of students while they are doing work on the computers. It can tell whether a student is enjoying what they are doing are if the absolutley despise the work. Dr. Huang predicts that "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This is showing how benificial this new technogly is to not only a student but also a teaacher. If a student is struggling or just doesn't want to do the work that is presented to them then the computer can "modify the lesson" to fit the needs of the students. This also takes stress off the teachers shoulders, now they don't have to walk around the class to answer every single question.
One might say that this new technology can limit student-teacher interactions, which is not benficiary to the students at all. One might also say that this type technology will lead students to become more dependant on technology then the Teacher. These can be proven true but a majority of our communication is nonverbal. Dr. Huang states "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. "So computers need to understand that, too." This is basically saying that since most of our communication is nonverbal we might as well add computers into the mix. which is very smart.
One can conclude that the Facial Action Coding System can be very valuable to classrooms, because they can modify lessons if students show some type of negative emotion towards it. It also takes the stress of teachers and limits the questions being asked. | 4 |
46ab8e9 | Dear Senator,
I think you should get rid of the Electoral College and use poular vote instead. I think this because the Electoral College acts as one. The Electoral College also does not give every state a chance to see who they are voting for. And last, but not least its just confusing.
I think you should use popular vote instead of the Electoral College because the Electoral College votes as a whole. There is not just one person in a state, there are thosands, sometimes millions. Not every single person cast the same vote, not every single person has the same views. If the Electoral College was used than it votes as a unanamyous vote, while there are different political parties within that state.
Another reason the Electoral College should not be used because it does not give evey state a fair chance. The Electoral College does not give every state a fair chance because the presidential canidates only visit the states with the larger amounts of electoral votes or the swing states. If a state doesn't have a large number of votes or isn't a swing state the canidates don't visit as said in source two. The smaller states don't see the canidates as much as the larger states because the Elctoral College makes it seem as though they can only have little if any impact on the outcome of the presidential race.
The final reason reason why the Electoral College should not be use dis because its just so confusing. The popular vote is a lot easier to understand than the Electoral College. Many people get confused during the election days because they do not understand the Electoral College. When they are voting they think they are voting for the President. The Electoral College doesn't mean that you are voting for the President you want, it just means that you're voting for the people who also want to vote for the same President as you.
In conclusion, Senator, these are the reasons why I think that we should use the popular vote instead of the Electoral College. First, the Electoral College votes as a whole instead of showing the a state's differences. Secondly, Presidentail canidates don't visit the states with a smaller amount of electoral votes. And lastly, the Electoral College is just confusing. | 4 |
46b1195 | You get upearly on November 6, 2012 ready to vote, because every vote counts! But does it really? Instead of your vote going directly towards who you want as president, it goes towards the electoral collge and then they decide who really wins the presidency. The Electoral College ia a system where instead of the people vote for the president, a group of electors choose the next leader of the free world. I fervently believe that we should abolish the Eletoral College sytem, and change the election of popular ovte because it is an injustice, outdated, and irrational.
The Electoral College system is highly unfair. The voters wnat to elect the president that they would like, and in order to do that their vote should be significant. Although the Electoral Collge system is at times efficent, it still does not satisify the voters. The people aren't even the ones who get an actual say on who their next president will be. Even the people who are in defense of the Electoral College System agree, "It is the electors who elect the president, not the people" (15), says Richard A. Posner author of "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our despised method of choosing president." In the 2000 elections, candidate Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush, and won the popular vote, but did not win the electoral college vote so he lost the presidency. If this is supposedly a "free" country with a democratic system, then shouldn't the citizens have the right to pick the individual that will be running their country for the next four years?
Some electors may not even vote with the majority. Voters can't control who their electors vote for. The electors are even sometimes picked by the presidential candidate running for office, how does it seem fair that a group of people that hold the fate of our country in their hands is chosen by soemone who would be highly affected by their decision.
It is also an injustce because of the way the votes count. If you live in a state with a higher population, your state gets more electoral votes. The amount of electors depends on the amount of senators and representatives your state has. There is one elector per representative, and two per senator. There is a total of 538 electors, and to win presidency the candidate mst have at least 270 or higher. For example sya you live in Iowa, where there are only four electors, the vote doesn't count as much as the votes in California or Florida. The system is completely outdated too. The Electoral College system has been around for hundreds of yars,a dn it is not up to date with our modern times, so it is a complete waste to use it. | 5 |
46b483f | The majority of people use some sort of gas transportation such as a bus or a car. It is a good idea to limit the usage of gas tranportation to help save our enviroment, to help our own health and to save money. Cars are very popular now-a-day but are also bad for everyone and for the world we all live in. Limiting car use will be better for all of us.
Car usage is extremly bad for our enviroment. According to the first article in paragraph five a total of about 62 percent of gas emission in our enviroment iin Europe and the United States are because of cars. That is alot, and to think that limiting the usage of cars or eliminating it will help better the enviroment and world we live in. As stated in the fourth article in paragraph 29 that every year our enviroment betters due to less people buying cars and getiing licenses.
Health is a big issue everyone faces. The more cars our used the more contaminated the oxygen we breath gets. We can not afort to let the air we breath get contaminated. In the second article throughout the whole reading Robert Duffer the author says that in paris smog is everywere. That fog absorbs all the gas that the cars release. Think about it, that poluted fog is n the air and you can not help breathing it. Once you breath that fog you are putting your health at risk.
Every car i money you have to waste out of your pocket. You waste money when you buy the car, when it breaks down, and even everytime the car is low on gas. If you put that all together you are wasting lost of money when you could be saving it and using on other things. In article one in paragraph two in the last sentence the author put how much money is wasted to be able to have a car which is about $40,000. Having a car means getting fines if you do something wrong or improperly as showed in paragraphs 11 and 21.
In conclusion, cars are not good for the enviroment, our health, or for our money. Use cars less or do not use them at all. Everyone needs to end car use. Make a change, it is all up to you. | 4 |
46be9c7 | Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents? Venus poses several dangerous obsticles to pursuit because of how dangerous the planet actually is, which makes the time of pursuing the planet not reasonable and not worth the time for scientist. The author says, "studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." It is hard already to study Venus because of its atmoshere, which is made up of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide, makes the planet Venus the hottest planet in our solar system. Which creates big problems for spacecrafts to land on the surface of the planet because of the intense heat that Venus produces.
In paragraph 2, the author says, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isse explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more that three decades." The author gives good reason to why trying to land a spacecraft is not the best option to obsevre the planet. Instead, focus on another planet that is well worth the time and money of a spacecraft. It would only take moments for the spacecrafts to be liquefied after standing on Venus's surface. Spending more time on a different planet that has an atmosphere and geological features similar to earth would be ground breaking for science and especially NASA.
In paragraph 3, the explains, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenges are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." Venus is too hot for us to explore. Landing a spacecraft would only last moments because of how severe the weather is on Venus. An environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals. Also, Venus's geological landscape and weather like erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
In paragraph 6, the author states, "Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" Since entering Venus's atomsphere is deadly, even hovering over the planet is not enough for finding more information and observations about the hot planet. Hovering will only give scientist limited details about the planet. Also, having no light shining out of the planet makes it difficult for scientist to observe the planet.
Not being able to observe every characteristics of Venus would not make it well worth the mission to study more about Venus.
Pursuing Venus is not well worth the time and money for NASA or any other scientist, which does not make it reasonable for scientist to study and want to go more in depth about the hot planet Venus. Venus poses several dangerous obsticles to pursuit because of how dangerous the planet actually is. Overall, Venus is just too dangerous for people to explore, its not convienent for astronomers and NSA. | 4 |
46bffef | December 30, 1957
"My name is Luke, Luke Bomberger. The Seagoing program was a opportunity of a lifetime for me. Yes, there were many struggles and hardships but I got through it. You should really join the program it gives you something new to try in life. Also, it helps recover food supplies, animals, and much more for the 44 nations who joined together to make the UNRRA.
There are amazing places you can go to. For intance, we took a trip to Greece. The Acropolis there was something special. In this program there is never a dull moment. You're either taking care of the animals, sight-seeing, being at night watchman. There is also times to have fun. The othercowboys and I have time to play games or do on board such as baseball, volleyball, table-tebbis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, or other games to pass the time.
Since there are struggles to this job I might as well say them too. This job is much more than a adventure, it shows you unbelievable things in this world. My aunt Katie helped me prepare for this. She might not have known it but she did.
The thing is though that I was never prepared of the dangers at sea. It was only my second trip and I served as a night watchman. That night I was to check on the animals every hour and to report to the captain. It was a very rainy night. After I had made my hourly report to him I was sliding down on my backside a slippery ladder. My heart was pounding I was slidding feet first toward an opening on the side of our ship. Luckly a thin strip of metal on the edge of the ship saved me from going to the dark Atlantic ocean. I was very happy that I was alive but I could not work for a few days or so because i cracked my ribs.
There are advantages and challenges apart of this job. Some challenges may be risky but if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you are doing this for a good cause. If it weren't for my friend Don Reist I might have never joined this program. This was a truly amazing experience for me and also some other men like me." There was a round of applause from the crowed. Then a young boy, Jacob says to me " You are really inspiring to me. I really loved your speech and makes me want to be in the Seagoing Cowboys program now."
"Thank you. Keep trying to persue that dream, son." After that we talked a few more minutes and then waved good-bye. | 4 |
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Limiting car usage is something that we all need to do. There are numerous ways of doing this; a person can car-pool or use other means of transportation. Today my sister and I created a mess of emissions just getting to school to take this test that is completely worthless. I do not gain from this test, nor do my proctors who have to dilligently coach a hundrded students through a bogus set of instructions for this bogus test. Those emmissions are still rising. For each one person in the room where i'm taking this worthless test, hundreds of cubic feet in carbon monoxide gas have been released into the atmosphere. When this test is over it will be sent to some place, probably in the northern part of Florida for a bunch of people to grade. Test by test. They too must create huge emmissions to get to the place where they grade this test. Or do they? We have no idea who created this test, why we're taking it, or even the slightest insight of who's grading it or if it will even be graded! We're like a bunch of helpless test animals deprived of sleep because we have to write some bogus test. I look around me in this room and there is at least 40 people who I can see are pouring their hearts out on this test. I did yesterday, and for what? I cant be proud about this essay I just wrote, or even share it with my family, there is hardly even a record I took this darn thing. They tell us that we're setting the bar high for other schools but for what reason. Why would you strive to be better than someone who has writen their sole out on this essay. Its supposed to be special with origionality! These are supposed grades that you ace because you wrote a beautiful essay you cherished, and took pride in and even brought in other authors to make your work stronger, then you hear that that essay you submitted was to set the bar high for people we've never met. What kind of sick mind creates prompts for sudents to devote themselves to school and greatness and makes them take this whole thing just to see how it went? Why dont you make this thing worth a goal? Give us an incentive! It's so rediculous that I have to sit here and write about car emissions when I dont drive. You should turn this around on yourslef and ask why you did it. Why the hell do you need to test us on the daily basis like this. This test is an outrage and a discrase that should not even be thought about. I have better stuff to do. I want to learn about the things essential to me, not some foney worthless writing essay about car emmissions in France. This whole thing is so irrelevent to me it's sick. For me to use up energy and valuable time is something like this is not in charactar for me. And to think I have to sit here for another hour and thirty minutes. I feel sorry that my school and I have to put up with this crap. This test was a giant waste of time, you dont deserve my response and screw you for putting me and 500 other people through this. Before you even try to do this again ask yourself if what you're doing is right, if it's worth other peoples while. I want someone who made this test happen to read my little rant to see how students really feel. I know I speak for many of my peers with this writting. If you're just reading this and have nothing to do with me receiving this test, no hard feelings. Have a great day and thanks for taking your valuable time to read this. I hope its more compeling then reading about car emissions. :^) | 1 |
46ca26b | The Face on Mars has been a popular icon of space, and evidence in arguements for the reality of ancient alien civilazations on mars. The Face on Mars is a natural landform similar to many on earth, like mesa's common in areas like the nevada desert or the grand canyon. Nasa has taken photos of the land form whe never they have been able to get a good shot of it, which is not very often.
Skeptics were far from convinced by the 1998 photos, many of them claimed that NASA had chosen to take the picture during a cloudy period of Mars' year to cover up an ancient alien artifact, or possible markings. Skeptics did not realise that NASA would benifit monumentaly from the discovery of an ancient alien monument on the surface of mars. In 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor again was close enough to catch a pitcure of the Face on Mars, the picture spanned a total of 1.56 meters compared to the Viking's 43 meters per pixel photo, The Surveyors photo revealed simply a landform similar to that of a mesa of butte.
The Face on Mars has been a populars icon for many things in the past, and has been used time and time again for debates on ancient alien civilazations on Mars. The iconic Face on Mars was a subject that was only important to the taxpayers not some scientific marvel or long lost ancient technology. In reality the Face on Mars is simply a land form like any other on the red planet, not an ancient alien artifact or monument. | 3 |
46d02cd | This kind of technology could prove to be quite useful but at the same time it could prove to be annoying. So to me i'm like half against it and the other half is with this type of technology. Like i said there are pros and cons about this type of stuff. For example like what they said in the story "If you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." you can find this an paragraph 6 line 3 to 5.
I say this because what if someone is trying to hide something not bad but something that is personal to the makes them deppresed or sad and they don't want to talk about it but the advance technology might know and it might notify the teacher or someone else. Then that could be bothersome because then that person will keep asking him/her if he/she is alright but that is only if the technology notify's techers. But then again it could prove to be quit useful like what if a kid needs help but they don't want to talk even though deep down they want to talk to someone but they just don't know who that person is.
This technology can show thing like when a studet is bored or confused and is something similar to what Dr. huand predicts might happen "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.".
So my conclusion is that no matter what there is always going to be a good and bad side to different technology's. you may get good results one day but the next someting mght happen because of it. Their is awlays going to be consequences for some advance tech. So i will say it again I am in niether side i'm more in the middle then anything else. | 3 |
46d27e2 | Venus is a planet that is in our soloar system. Its our second planet from the sun.Yes there's are a lot of dangers but we been wanting to be closer to it we want to get to know it better. Venus is so to called evening star but why is that they say that its the brightest light in the evening at night. venus is sometimes referred to Earth's twin because venus is so close to the Earth, meaning in density and size and with distance. As you might already know Earth, Venus, and Mars are our
our neighbor to the orbit sun but with different speeds. We sometimes closer to Mar or Venus it depentes. Alot of people have tried to go visit Venus but couldn't make it. or they unmanned because they knew it was dangours. There's are a thick atmosphere of almost 97% of carbon dioxide blankets in Venus. What made it challenging were the clouds of highly corrosive. on the planet surface, the temperatures are the average of 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosheric pressure is 90 times greater than
whta we live in. If you thinnk of that its really hot it can burn down anything in less than a min or seconds. Venus is the hottest temperature of any other planet that we have even if Mercury is closer to the sun. The sun is extreming hot. Astrono are fascinated by Venus because it has been the most Earth like planet in the solar system. Venus had or have features liek earth bbut not so many like we do. Like we have oceans they have that too. our planet has a surface of rocky sedimet and familiar features like i said, oceans, valleys, mountains, craters all that. NASA been trying so hard and they have a plan to sent humans to study Venus.
They arethinking of buliding a so what called a blimp-like vehicle that was a hovering of 30 or so mile above the roiliing Venusian lanscape. They want to sent to study Venus but in a safe easy way. With there plan that they got gwant to make sure because temperatures,
so they want it to be thirty miles above the surface so they don't have to touch it. yes they would be 170 degrees fahhrenheit but the pressure would be closer to the sea level on earth. No they might not be so easy conditions but they are survivale for humans. so thats the callange of exploring Venus. | 3 |
46d3d41 | according to the passage there is somthing call Facial Action Coding Smile . Can this be useful to school's ? Yes the reason why I say yes it's because some studets can understand some thing . And if they can understand it the computer could be able to under stand the assingment well . Also this can help see where is it the student struggles . And it can be a game changer for alot of school .
Some good things about the software are that know's if you force a smile by detecting the muscle in the face. For example if a student gets stuck on a question or the teacher is busy with the another student or if you dont feel like bothering the teacher the software could help . This program can help or notify the teacher if a student is stuggling and with what they each struggle . Because in some schools teachers can't find out what is wrong with some student . This can really become somthing great for the future generations by modfing the lesson for each student . For example if a student doesnt like the subject the program can detect that and make it funner . The reason why is because some students think some teachers teach boring things and with this program it can make the lesson funner .
In conclusion this software could really help out schools . By making students like school because some complaints I hear from some of my friends is that a certan teacher is boring or they can't make the lesson fun . So if the lesson is boring the camara can check the face the individual is making and modify the lesson . This program may also raise a generation of smart students if this where ever to happen . In the end I think this program could also make some teacher smile . | 3 |
46d89a1 | Driverless cars seem like something that would come out of a movie, not very realistic, a thing form the future. How would one even invent something like this? Roads are unpredictable. Are smart cars really ready for anything?
Smart cars may not be ready, but smart roads are. Imagine it. A car that follows the road. Too bad it would cost billions and billions to replace every single road.
Let's say cars would be able to drive without smart road. What would happen if an accident were to accure or if there was major traffic? Would cars be able to menuver around? What about state laws? In paragraph 9, it states that in most states it is illegal even to test driveless cars. Why would that be? People claim that it would be safer to have driverless car, but would it be illegal if it was considered safe. Plus, what would be good about taking jobs away from bus and taxi drivers?
Driverless cars seem like a fantasy. Are smart cars the way to go? Or should we focus on the problems in hand? Having driverless cars would just put the country in debt. | 2 |
46d9c7d | What would it be like to own a driverless car? Well as I sit here and ask myself that, I think of all the possible outcomes there could be. Yes, it would be nice to have a car that would do the driving for you, but humans will have to drive at some point. I feel as if this car could be resulted in both good and bad ways.
There are many reasons this car is a great idea. Say a wife and husband go out for a romantic date and leave their child at home with a babysitter. While they were gone, the child started running a fever and began to puke. The babysitter calls the parents but gets no answer. There is no medicine at the house and the nearest hospital is four blocks away. The girl babysitting does not yet have her license, so she asks herself what to do? She thinks about how long it would take to walk all the way there, then grabs the child and runs outside. Once she gets outside she puts the child in the car and straps him in. An even tho she does not have a license she gets in the driver seat, and starts up the car. She puts the car in gear and it beigns to drive itself to the hospital. Once they arrive at the hospital, the babysitter takes the child into the hospital and checks in while the car parks itself.
There are many great things that could come from this car. There is also a few things to worry about though. If the car is driving itself for the most part, then all the human is going to do is sit there. Therefore their driving skills may decrease. If the car drives itself all the time, then no one will remember how to drive correctly. What if something was to happen to the car and it would malfunction while driving down the road. What if the people in the car get seriously hurt? Those are things that will have to be worked out before the car could be released. But overall I feel like the driveless car would be a great idea. | 3 |
46dc7f2 | I think that luke did the right thing by saying yes to one in a lifetime opportunity. People could have participated in the Seagoing Coyboy program but then again they didn't have to like luke he couldnt say know because it was on in a lifetime opportunity. In Lukes point of view to convise others to come would be it would be a lot of fun you would have a lot of fun you get to be with many people you can talk to people and you can even make new friends. The things that you can probably do there is make new friends talk to people have fun and be thankful you got . You can even bring your familey members with you or you can go a lone it is up to you but come and enjoy your self be happy make new friends and just be your self. You can always try something new rather you like it or you dont like it is is really up to you .You can come and everything but you have to obay the rules and do what you are told and listen. You can also be gratful that you got invitd to come and that luke wanted you to come you should br graeful rather you are or not that you got to go. This is what i think Lukes point of view for convincing people to come. | 2 |
46dd129 | I claim for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. To support the claim here's to esamples, one it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face, and two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them. That's my two reasons why I support the technology to read students' emostional expressions.
One it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face. Also the code can be kept for years, and would only need to to updated so we won't need to have multiple people tring to tell others how their facial expressions tells hows they are feeling.
Two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them. A esample of this would be the classic of "put a smile on your face".
In conclusion, I claim for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. To support the claim here's to esamples, one it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face, and two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them. | 2 |
46dd6fb | The
authors claim on why we should keep on studying so we can land on venus has alot of great idea and points but i dissagree with him. I feel like we should not land on venus anytime soon because its way to risky and its not a habital place. Another reason why we should not
go on there is because its way too dangerous and not alot a people wouldwanna risk therre lives like that.
In
the article there is many reasons why they think we should try to land on venus even with ll the dangers. One reason is that they can make suits that will help the with the heat since its 170 degrees on that planet. Also they say that venus used to be
an earth like planet where they think some type of people could of lived there. Lastly landing on venus could give us life changing information about or solar system and it can also give us a technology leap and we could start advancing in technolgy.
In conculsion there are many dangers to visting venus and NASA and other space companies are down to take that risk to see what is on that planet. Even though i disagree with there opinion on going to venus because it is way to risky and people might die. Lastly we might waste alot of money on this project when it can go to many other things that could be life changing. | 2 |
46df9c0 | The "Face on Mars" is a a butte/mesa landform on Mars, that has started a huge controversy between skeptics and Nasa, because it depicts a human face. At first we were skeptical about the validity of this landmark, and we were not sure about what it really was. Some of our other scientists got on the case and according to paragraph 12 of the "Unmasking the Face on Mars" article, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West. People were not going to easily accept this easily.
According to paragraph 5 in "Unmasking the Face on Mars" article,
"It has starred in a Holywood film,. appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows--evne haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!". This transformed
and fueled people to start being skeptical about wheather or not it was a sign of life or not. They started to deny that me and other scientists at NASA were telling the truth and even thought that we would rather hide it then tell anyone. I can prove that the "Face on Mars" is just a landform on Mars because, we have taken high quality pictures on a clear day of the landform, we would share with the world if their was life on Mars, and we have studied it enough to see it is just a rock, thats shadows that make it appear as a face.
The first piece of evidence of this Face just being a landform is that we have taken the highest quality pictures possible, and we even did it on a clear day. The pictures were way more high quality then the original pictures, and accoriding to passage 10 "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. This showed clear as day what the "Face on Mars" really looked like. We then even took more pictures on a clear day because people started to speculate and according to passage 8 "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." Us scientists decided we had to take it on a clear day, so we did and now we can tell you that is 100% what the landmark looks like.
The second piece of evidence for the Face only being a natural landform is that if we knew their was life on Mars we would tell the people. We would make a lot of money and we would be able to keep NASA going and get enough money to keep funding us. According to passage 5 "Some people think that the "Face on Mars" is a bona fide evidence of life on Mars--evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." This just proves my point of we would tell the people, and we would let everyone know because their is no reason for us to hide this from the people, and we would make a lot of money and would be able to keep funding NASA.
The last piece of evidence about the "Face on Mars" just being a natural landform is that we have observed the landform for long enough, and according to paragraph 12"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West." This proves my point of us being able to identify just from the picture that it is a butte or a mesa, and it is easy for us to know, because we already have some all across the American West. We also know according to paragraph 3 that "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." This shows that we have observed this landform for long enough and taken enough pictures that we can identify that it is just a landform that has shadows that just make it portray a human face.
In conclusion me and other scientists at NASA know what we are doing, and would like to inform everyone that the "Face on Mars" is just a landform. We would tell the people about this as quick as possible if it really wasn't, and we would not try to hide it from the public at all. I hope all skeptics understand that we have enough evidence to believe that this is not a human face, that is just a landform, that we have taken enough pictures to understand what it is, and that there is nothing to worry about. | 5 |
46eaa8b | What is it? "Unmasking the Face on Mars" is an article that explains to us what the face on Mars actually is. The "face" on Mars is actually a type of landform called a mesa. It was proven to us by the revealing in 1998 and the 2001 image.
On April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia while Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) took pictures of the landform. The pictures were ten times sharper than the one picture the Vikings had revealed. When the image had first appeared on the JPL wedsite, thousands of anxious web surfers were disappointed. The image revealed that the "face" was actually a natural landform. "There was no alien monument after all."
It was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia on April 8, 2001, when the Mars Global Surveyor was able to get close enough to the landform to snap a picture. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field view," said Garvin. The team had captured a clear picture using the camera's maximum resolution. "Each pixel in 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." That image proved all those wrong of who thought of it to be a "face."
So, the "face" on Mars is actually a type of lanfrom called a mesa due to the revealing in 1998 and the 2001 image. Both of those images proved to us that the "face" was not a face or an alien monument, but an actual landform. Also, if your able to comapre it to another landform, like in paragraph 12, then you understand it pretty well to know what it actually is if you've done the research. | 3 |
46eb091 | Limiting car usage is great, I mean the more money you save to go out and try or do different things. The biggest question everybody that reads these articles might ask. "How do you get to other places for example the Airport or if you wanted to go to Disney or somewhere else. Anyway back on topic. "All of our developement since World War II has been centered on the car, and that needs to change." says David Goldberg, an official of Transportation for America. The question every pereson who is legal to drive "How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid.
First and Foremost, Vauban, home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life. Passengers cars are responsible 12 percent of greenhoudse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. In the United States the Enviormental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a larger part in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be approved this year. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.
Next, After days of near-record pollution , paris enforcd a partial driving ban to clear th air of the global city. Motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leve their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to the odd-numbered plate sthe following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to the international news agency(Reuters). Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France ,after five -days of intsensifying somg. Diesel fuel was blammed, since France has a tax policy theat favors diesel over gasoline. Paris typically ahs more smog than other European capitals. Las week Paris had 147 microgramsof particulate matter. Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. The somg cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party rescined the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday.
Last, Recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licensices as each year goes by. That has left researchers pondering a fundamental question "Has America passed the peak of driving?" America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. The United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter. As of April 2013, the number of mile driven per person was nearrly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in the year 1995.
Inconclusion all of the less car usage is being used all across the globe. Things like this are good to keep up. | 2 |
46f9e1c | The Electoral College has changed between what it is and what it does. The electoral college is a organization that pick people to become president. The electoral college consists of 538 people that are allowed to choose the president and have there rights. Out of the 538 electors, 270 elcetors are required to vote. Each person that runs for president in your state has their own group of electors and they all come together with one answer.
They are chosen by the candidates in the political party and after that they are given their responsibilities. When that's over, the governor prepares a certificate of ascertainment and send them to the congress and national archives for the offical record of the presidental election. The electoral college is wrong in many ways. Regular voters vote for the presidents but they are also voting for the high standard elector groups with around 34 electors in it.
Being asked to change the electoral college, my respons would be yes becuase it is unfair to us and to the winner take all system in each state. The electoral college is outdated, and irrational.
If voters came together and had meetings about how they feel towards choosing presidents it would be alot easier because some people vote just to vote, but others actually care and want their votes to be seen. They are better known as the most thoughtful voters, on average and thats how they will/can receive the most information and attention for the candidates and they should be the ones to decide the elections. Their votes are strong and may actually help the parties have better agreements on who they would pick for president. | 2 |
46fa387 | The Facial Action Coding System is a really cool technology. New Software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. I can see how much our world is developed and became more creative. I against the use technoloy to read the emotional expression of students because I think It is unnecessary. first reason why I disagree is we can read someone emotion through their action and the look on their face. Instead of using technology why not talk each other face to face and express our feeling. I also have a strong feeling that we can't exactly know someone emotions and what's in their mind through computer.
First of all, We can read someone emotion through just by action and the look on their faces. we show emotion in everything we do. we don't need teachnology or computer to tell if someone is happy or sad. Our facial show it all. for example, when someone been having a good day or something good is coming up, we can see bightness and excitement on the face and we can tell that person is happy. As Dr. Paul Eckman associated emotions with the characteristics movements of the facial muscles, when your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raise your eyebrows when you are suprised. In that case It is really unnecessary to use technology to tell emotions.
Secondly, Instead of using classroom computer that could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored I think it will be more effective if the student and teacher talk each other face to face It's the teacher job to know if their students understand what they are teaching. Of course can tell if the students confused or boed just by looking at them and the look on their faces. Even the computer know what's the students confusing or their emotion, It can't do anythng about it. The computer can't teach them or help them, It's the teacher that can help the students. It's the people, the human that can help when someone emotional. It's a waste of time and money to use technology to recognize students emotion at school.
Therefore, It is unnecessary to use technology at school to read the emotional expressions of students because we can't really read what's exactly in someone mind , the looks of a person the computer recognize might be happy and the person can be deep sad inside. even the computer is smart and can tell if a person is happy or sad. That's might not be one-hunred percent accurate because we are human and it is just a pieces of materials. human are mysterious. human and human understand each other more than the computer understand the emotional expressions of human. | 3 |
46fbc04 | Have you ever thought about why venus is a worth exploring pursuit? Venus is extremely dangerous because of it's hot temperatures that can average 800 degrees farenheit.But there are many things astronomers can learn about venus. The astronomers could learn how close the density and size of venus is to earth.They could see why carbon dixiode blankets venus if there is no form of life there.They could test what things will melt on venus.Lastly,they could find out why there are no longer oceans on venus.
Venus is the Earth's twin acording to the author,venus is the closet planet to earth in terms of density and size.The astronomers could examine why 97 percent of carbon dixiode blankets venus.They could go to diferent parts of venus and see if the temeperature rises or lowers due to the high temperatures on venus.They could see how long it will take venus to destory a vehicle used to tavel to venus.They could see what metals will melt on venus so they could use osmething else on the ship that will not melt.Finally,those are all the reasons astronomers should explore venus.
In all based on the evidence venus seems like a worthy pursuit.there will be many great things that will come out of a trip to venus.Astronomers will have more knowledge to share about venus.People could get their questions about venus answered.In conclusion,that is why venus is a worthy pursuit. | 3 |
4704fdb | The face on Mars is just a normal landform. The face may be a pop icon, but it does not have proof that aliens made or build the face on Mars. People who were sufing the web , JPL mention on the web that the face is just a natural landform. The planet had to be looked at twice to prove there is no civilazation on Mars.
The face of the pop icon starred in many things. It has been starred in things like hollywood films, radio talk shows, books, magacines, and even frocery stores. It has been in Grocery line for 25 years. People think the face is a "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. They also think of a ancient civilazation on Mars.
While people were suffing on the web, JPL anounced that the face on Mars is just a normal landform. Not everyone was satisfide with the announcement. They still believe of ancient civilazation on Mars. The camera on boradhad to peer through the clouds to see the face.
Perhaps alien marks were hidden by haced siad by skeptices. Yet there is no proof at all aliens did it.
Mars ws looked at again to prove there is no cilvilazation on Mars. Gavin says is not easy to look for a face on planet. They don't pass over them often. They took a other photo of the pace on Mars. What teh photo actually shows is the Marian equivalent of a butte jor mesa- such as the landform.
The face on Mars is just a normal landform. There is no proof of aliens made it. Also there is no proof that there was a | 3 |
470a853 | Driverless cars are making a break across the world. Cars have changed so much since first invented. These driverless cars are just now getting popular although first invented in 2009 from Google. These cars have driven thousands of miles without crashing but could a crash be coming soon with them becoming ever so popular? The developement of these cars is going the change the world, for the better.
The idea of driverless cars would not be on the rise unless the idea of safety was presented to the world. Safety is a major topic discussed with these cars. According to the article, there are now ways that a driver can basically become a passenger in the car but still be able to take over the car when needed. There are seats that will vibrate when the car is backing up but is close to an object. These vibrations are meant to alert the driver that they need to take over the wheel and control the car again. No matter what, the driver will still be in control of the car.
With safety being a concern of many, the idea of drivers not paying attention while in the car is also a concern. According to the text, the newly inovated car will feature flashing lights when the driver needs to take over. According to the text,"They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." This example from the text explains that these cars are only going to be helping the driver. The driver must stay alert during the driving process though. Safety is always going to be a concern in this car, but GM and other car manufactering companies are taking the necessary precautions to ensure that the future cars are still going to be safe.
The new car is going to have several safety features. According to the text one of the safety feature are heads up displays that appear on the windshield that need to be turned off immediately. This heads up will pop up and if you arent paying attention to the road, then it will not be turned off as soon as it should be. According the article, this feature is considered a safety feature, which is a big concern.
Although safety seems to be important with these cars, there are some ways that manufacters are inventing that may be unappealing to car buyers. The article states,"Manufacters are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." This can seem very creepy for some drivers. They might not find it very pleasing that someone is going to be watching them every second that they are in their car. This single factor could be the reason why many people might not purchase a driverless car.
Although there seems to a long list of safety features for the new driverless car, there are small features that could stand between buying or leaving. With vibrating seats or pop ups that need turned off immediately, Google, GM, Audi, Nissan and others companies are taking the necessary precautions when developing the new driverless car. | 4 |
470f64e | Mona Lisa Smiles Again
Frown and smile, love and hate, but can you see a face
How was Mona Lisa redone
The simeple ancer is computers. Also, there is sicince to derturmin how female faces have change over the years. There is also talking to pefrenciles to recrate it.
What determind this simple materpice.
This was not exantly come word for work but the wrighting shows it need to be based off older pictures. There is ovisely is estmation in the pargrafe. Unfortionly but not uncommon there was some gussing.
Why was the picture recoreted.
The lovely picture of Mona Liisa was to make it look better. The suftware was crated for 6 different emmotions, happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Disiner of the sofware used was Dr. Paul Eckman. The reson why the sofware was indrectly used for this project.
How was Mona Lisa redone
The simeple ancer is computers. Also, there is sicince to derturmin how female faces have change over the years. There is also talking to pefrenciles to recrate it.
A face is not just a picture if is a way of life. | 1 |
4711ef3 | There are many reasons to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will have many adventures if you join. Will delivering food, supplies, animals, and more you can go sightseeing. You get to explore the vast oceans. These reasons will make this job woth it.
When your Seagoing Cowboy you can have many adventures. It can be on land or sea. You can have an adventure different countries with your free time when your finished your delivery with time to spare. The boat you travel on can even hold the beginning of an adventure.
Every country you will go to will most likely have exotic sights. Sightseeing is something that can make you glad you toke up the job. The things you could see are things that you probably won't see at home. These sights can also teach you something about the country
Exploration is usually the best part about this job. Exploring countries, towns, and cities is something you definetly should do on this job. You can even explore the ship. While exploring you can bring a friend to experience it with you.
I hope these reasons are good enough to make you join. Some people don't want to commit to the hard work envolved. You're not being forced to join. It's your decision. There is work envovled, but at the end of the day it's all worth it. | 2 |
471269c | "All of our development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change." Mr. Goldberg an official of transportation for America, a growing coalition to promote car frees communities said. The world is changing for the better and one of the machines man created, that is one of the world changing invenions of it's time is coming down for it's throne is the car. So what are the reasons for not getting a car? lets find out.
In Germany, that is coming faster than people think. An idea called "Smart planning' is taking hold in an exprimental town bulit in 2006 named Vauban. A place were cars are a thing of the past. People everyday are not driving to school or work they are walking, bicycling, or taking the tram into the town from the suburb. Smart planning is revoultionary buliding towns to not be dependent on driving. 70% of Vauban's famlies do not own car and are much happier to not have the everyday anxiteys of driving a motor engine car everyday. 57% sold there car just to move into the small town of Vauban. Car free suburbs and town are a growing trend all across Europe, the united states and many more nations. These efforts have been making cities, towns, and suburbs denser so you don't have to go far to get some milk and eggs.
The global warning is a huge part of the fight to make the earth our home more better and healthier for generations and generations to come. Cars emit gas emissions that make up 12% of the greenhouse gases in our enviroment, up to 50% percent in car-intensive areas in the United States and around the world.
France, Paris having heavy smog decided to have a partial ban on driving making even numbered license plates not drive or fear a fine. Congestion went down after the experiment. What was to blame for the smog was the Diesel fuel being used in most cars because of the fact that a tax policy favors diesel fuel over gasoline. Paris having more smog than the typical capital had a decrease in congestion and the citiy after enormous victory decided to go at it again and do odd numbered license cars.
The car culture is one the has had enormous effect on the everyday lives citizens around the world. In the United states, "Recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." In America where the car culture has turned us into the number one place in the world to find the history of one of the planets world changing innventions. People want a greener earth and benifits of not owning a car because everybody knows the stress of having a car no matter ho much it helps you. The car in which you have to have insurance, life insurance, car payments, you have to keep up with your car, the dangers associated with having a car and stress plus anxiety that comes with a car. The cons outweight the pros but those pros have an enormous effect. People are changing and the percentile of teenagers and young adults have droped ten fold in getting or renewing a license. The new trend is that people are no longer getting cars or licenses so why should you.
The people of planet earth understand the pros or cons of a car the benifits of not diving and are making for that change. One of the worlds greatest innventions is stepping off there throne. So why will you not get a car? | 5 |
4714ef3 | Many people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, its a once in a lifetime experience and you wouldn't want to miss it! If you know someone that works in the Seagoing Cowboys, You can always ask them about it and you could sign up today!
You could go to unique and cool places, You could also meet amazing and cool people while visiting these places. You may not want to leave your home and family but it will be worth it in the end. I went to Europe, China, and Greece. Greece was my favorite. Once you visit these places you can meet unbelievable people that might end up joining the Seagoing Cowboys with you!
This is a once in a lifetime experience to go around and help people and animals out at sea, you can easily save many lives. You could become well known for saving living creatures. Every so often you get to go out on a boat and rescue people and living things, You dont get to do that often at home. I thought it was a great opportunity to save these things.
Another good thing about joining is that you can have lots of fun with your friends or work buddies. This experience could change your life, like it did mine. "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy" We all had time to have fun on the boat, we played baseball, volleyball, and many more games. We also played board and card games. | 2 |
4718f97 | Dear State Senator, I send you this letter to bring up an issue that is often debated amongst us Americans. Should we kee the Electoral College? No! The electoral college just doesn't work anymore and we have seen that in the past. You probably ask yourself what is wrong with the Electoral College? The problem with the Electoral College is that it is unfair, it doesn't rely on what the people say and it can sometimes really make the public mad.
The Electoral College is really unfair, especially for voters. We vote for who WE want, not for some other guy to say what we want. Voters want THEIR voice to be heard when they vote not someone else's. When we vote for a presidential candidate we want to vote directly for who we are voting, we want to pick who we want directly. In source 2 the article explains how the Electoral College works. The author says "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president." What this means is that when you voted for Obama you didn't vote for Obama , you voted for a group of people to vote for who they wanted. So your voice was not heard. Don't you find that unfair to the voters and to the candidates?
Everytime one person votes for a certain presidential candidate, they are basically ignored. The President should be chosen by the people! And at the moment the President is being chosen by politicians who will "represent" us and repeat what we say although that has been proven to not always be true. Passage 2 reminds us of the incidence in the 2000 election in which Al Gore lost the presidency to George W. Bush by electoral votes, even though he had more inividual votes. This proves that our state representatives will not always represent us how we want them to, but how they want to represent us. This is the reason why voters need a direct voice from them to picking their leaders. We should pick what we want not what some politicians want. You are probably saying that these incedents do not happen very often, as said in source 3. The article says "...it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely. It happened in 2000...but that was the first time since 1888" This says that situations like this are very rare, yet it is still possible. Even so, wouldn't you rather the people be heard rather than a politician that claims to represent his state?
So many people got mad in 2000 when they just chose the president most people didn't want. There's many ways to make us Americans mad and this is just another one of those ways. In the United States you are supposed to be able to choose what you believe to be right. If you want to choose what you think should be the future's right president then you should be able to pick him and not have to expect anyone's approval or opinion on your vote. You should be able to walk out from the voting center and say
I voted for this guy. Eventually keeping the Electoral College will only cause more problems, because as time goes on the human develops its opinion futher and creates and spreads new ideas meaning that there will be more people picking different things. If you think that what you are picking should be picked you should be able to say "I want that" and not have to through the bother knowing that a politician may have chosen what you DON'T want. If you want to make Americans mad, then keep the Electoral College.
In conclusion I think that the Electoral College be removed and the use of popular vote be put into effect because the Electoral College is unfair, it does not reply on what the public says and it makes the Americans mad. Please take this letter into consideration. | 4 |
471ba4e | Going 'car-free' seems like an excellent idea! Perhaps even less days of usage. It would be safer and bring cleanliness to the air to whole new level. No more angry citizens beacuse of global warming and our atmosphere will stop getting thinner. As well as less deaths due to a motor vehicle.
Our streets will be so safe that parents will not have to worry as much about their kids getting abducted or hit by a car. For example if we were to only use public transportation such as buses there is no way that a child or adult can be taken and successfully brought to the destination of the persons choice. Simply because there will be no where to hide or secretly place the child or adult.
The amount of deaths would drop dramatically if cars were used less on a daily basis. There would be less D.U.I'S, distracted driving, even collisions because some young individual decided to break the law. So many positive things to think of and yet the court would still have to deal with these occaisional issues.
At least they would be occaisional.
The air would be so clean that no one would have to worry so much about pollution. The atmosphere would not contiue to get thinner through time. Thus buying us more time to eventually find a permanent fix in the future. Rioting would most likely come to an end because of these acts. We can also look foward to what some prefer to call 'crazy folks' to have signs around thier necks and around town claiming the world will end soon. All of this would come to an end because we stopped using cars as much. Last but not least, people of the world and Earth itself would lead a happy and healthier life because we wont inhale so much toxic air and polluted Earth's air. | 3 |
471bc23 | I am going to tell you why you should be a seagoing cowboy. It is really esay, it's fun, and you have to be brave. I will tell you why it is all of those things.
It is really easy. What you have to do is get on a boat go to where the tell you to go. Then get the herd on the boat.
Last you take it to where it goses. Then do it all over agin. Plus I did 9 of then.
It was really fun. You get alot of free time on the boat when you are going to get the cadle. On the way back you have to make sure that the cadle dosenet jump overboard. Plus you get to see alot of things.
You have t be really brave. If are not brave then you wodent be abole to get on the boat. You have to be brave and keep the cadle onboard. You have to be far away from your freinds and family. You have to be brave and ride on a boat all the away around the world. lastly the boat might crash.
Those are just some things about being a seagoing cowboy. That is why you should be a seagoing cowboy. Maby one day you can be like my. | 3 |
471cd36 | In this draft I will talk about reasons why you should join the program, give details from the artical to support Luke's claims, and I will sum it all with a conclusion.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you would be to help countries recover from war, recover their food supplies, animals, and more. The UNRRA which is the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were being shipped over sea. This is what you would be doing if you joined the Seagoing Cowboys.
While Luke was in the program called Seagoing Cowboys he experienced many amazing sights. He experienced many sights, has been to places,and done many things like go to
Europe, China, Acropolis in Greece, and took a gondola ride in Vience, Italy. He also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
In conclusion, as a Seagoing Cowboy you would do the things said in the paragraphs. I talked about the reasons to join the program. | 2 |
471f8d3 | I think that the use of this technology called Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students is valuable. I like the idea of this. People can now know the true meanings of things. They can detect how someone is feeling. I think this is really cool and something that is unique and has never been thought of before.
The reason why I think it is valuable is because everyone can now know the true meanings of things. In the article, Dr. Huang states that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." I think it is quite amazing that you can now tell how someone is truly feeling. Everyone has their days and you can just tell by their face what is wrong with them but that is the obvious. With this new technlogy, you can go more in depth on how they are feeling by simple facial expressions that you sometimes don't notice. In pictures or pantings you see a person half smilling, but that doesn't mean that they are half happy half sad. It just simply means that you shouldn't always just go off by what you see. With this technology you can see what the true meaning of the person's smile is or what their intentions are. In the article, it states that "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face." If you have seen the painting, you will notice that the portrait doesn not seem like Mona Lisa is happy nor is it trying to bring us happiness. That just shows how much this technology can do. It is just pretty interesting how a computer can know what you are feeling.
In conclusion, I do think the technology called the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It would really be a helping hand for anybody. It helps detect the true feelings or meanings of things. This can be really useful for those who need a little help identifying what the true emotions really are. It is also very discriptuve. This is why I think this technology is valuable. | 3 |
471fb53 | The use of technology to read the expressions of students in a classroom could be very valuable. In class, no matter what grade a student is in or what gender the student is; they often get confused. When confusion takes place some students would rather not ask for help because they may feel ashamed and notfo as smart as their peers for not understanding.
Teachers are human too, however some could know when something is wrong with a student while others on the other hand wouldn't. The technology that could read emotional expressions could see if a student is confused, frustrated or even angry because they aren't understanding the work given to them. The teacher could use the computer software to detect if the student is progressing during instructional time. This could prevent students from failing on exams and getting poor grades on assignments.
Using the computer software to read the emotional expressions of students could even help the teachers communicate with the students to see what they are struggling with. This way the teacher could discuss with the student about which parts the student does not understand. It would be smart and hughly effecient to enforce this computer software in classrooms. It would have a great effect on not only the students so they could ge good grades, but the teachers too; so they can know how to verbally express themselves while teaching. | 3 |
4720230 | Over many years, technology has become more and more advanced. Some of this technology has become so far that it can now detect human facial expression and determine what emotion they are expressing. This technology is called Facial Action Coding System (FACS) technology, and it enables computers to identify human emotions. This technology can have a positive impact in school classrooms today. FACS can help improve the way students learn in schools, they way teachers teach their students, and most simportantly, help teachers detect when a student is feeling confused.
One of the main positive impacts FACS can have in reading emotional expressions of students in a classroom is improve the way students learn. FACS can scan the facial expressions of the students in the classroom and determined if the majority of the students are confused by the leasson the teacher is teaching. FACS could then modify the lesson in a way that students can understand it and the teacher can then further clarify the lesson the way FACS shows it. As stated in pargraph six, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instrctor", this shows how FACS can help teachers in the way they teach. This could also explain to teachers how to clarify even more the lesson to students that may be going through hard times.
Another way FACS can have a great impact in schools all around the country is by improving the way teachers teach their classrooms. FACS can detect many expressions on students in a classroom. It can detect whether a student is perplexed by lesson or simply just bored. FACS can detect which students in the classroom are bored by analazing their facial expressions. As stated in pargraph six, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". FACS can then provide the teacher many ways in which they can make the lesson more interesting so that students can comprehand it better and in a more fun way.
The last way in which FACS can greatly improve the teaching environment in schools is by recognizing when a student is depressed or sad. FACS can detect facial expressions on students faces and determine if they may be going through trouble or are depressed. As stated on pargraph six, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". FACS could recognize when a student is not okay so that teachers can the help those students who may need help, wether that is emotional help or help with school work. FACS could even help save lifes by getting help to students who may be contemplaiting suicide.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System can be extremely valuable to schools all around the world. This computer system can help teachers improve the way they teach their classrooms by analazing students' emotional expressions towards a certain lesson. It can help teachers by modifying their lessons in sich a way so that students are not bored or confused by it. Lastly, it can help teachers know which students may be going through hard times and help those who need help. | 5 |
4721465 | I am totally against driverless cars. It seems like a waste of our resources. Creating driverless cars can waste a lot of money too. The car isn't completely driverless , some help is still required. You'll also need to create new roads , so the car can pick up on the signals.
Creating driverless cars can waste a lot of money. Everything a car has now you'll need triple that amount. In the passage it states "they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be practical." Its so much that would have to go with those driverless cars. Plus cars like that the average person wont be able to afford it.
As stated before those cars aren't completely driverless. In the passage it states "they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." Its things the driver has to do to key the car in the right direction. I don't believe that their would be a time where a car is completely driverless.
In conclusion, I think driverless cars are not safe. People should just stick to regualr normal driving cars. Getting a driverless car is just a form of being lazy. | 2 |
47225d8 | I, Luke Bombeger, crossed the atlantic ocean 16 times out of my life. I wanted to help people in need, and I did. I am proud to be a seagoing cow boy.
I wanted to help people who were affected by the war. Sure, there were many hardships. And at one point I almost died. But it is all worth it. I got to help many people, and I also helped solve the food problem in Europe.
On the boat trips I had to care for many animals, it kept me busy, but it was good to do work. When the animals were unloaded, we would play around in the stalls and play games. It was a good time with my team mates.
I encourage you to be a seagoing cowboy. I had so many good oppurtunities and I helped so many people. I feel blessed to go from country to country and help others in need. If you help, I think you might be surprised at how much you can accomplish in life. | 2 |
472298b | In a world of advancing technology finding new ways to change everyday objects is becoming a trend. From improving smartphones to driverless cars the number of new innovations is limitless. Driverlss cars is one thing that has really been advancing lately. Automobile manufacturers are coming up with new ways to advance the car. New "diverless" features are starting to become the new trend in the automobile world.
Driverless cars are a good yet bad idea. There are many great features that are being developed in these cars, but its not the smartest/safest idea. Allowing technology to control a car instead of a human can lead to many hazards. One thing that it can lead to is wrecks that happen out of the persons control. The technology could fail and cause the car to do things that it should not. Cars that are run by technology also don't have the instincts that a human has. People have the ability to prdict the acts of another driver, like when they pull out in front of you. Technology may not be able to detect these types of things leading to more accidents. Driverless cars would also take away the need for people to learn how to drive. When a teen becomes of age to drive they wouldn't need to learn how since the car does it all for them. What would happen if the technology were to fail and needed to be manually driven? People wouldn't know how to opperate the car because it was all done for them. In the event of an accident or speeding who would be put at blame? The driver or the car? These types of things could lead to many disbutes about the cars themselves.
Although there are many down sides to a driverless car, many good things could come out it as well. All of the sensors on a driverless car could help in the evnt of a person not paying attention while driving. The sensors could make the car react according to the situation if the person controlling the car was not paying attention. If a drunk driver were to be operating the car the technology in the car could help save the drunk driver, and other drivers on the road from getting in an accident.
Driverless cars have good and bad points. It is a grat idea with great intentions, but not all intentions are good ones. These cars could help save people from accidents or it could lead to more. The ability of what these cars can do won't really be known until they are applied to the real world. | 3 |
47256d8 | Car usage around the world is causing an increase in pollution, greenhouse gas, and obesity. Cities have had to shut down roads and ban driving just to clear the pollution in the air due to car usage.
This is why the world must put limitations on car usage. If we limit the usage of cars we will be rewarded with numerous benefits, such as: better health, clean cities, and new relationships, in turn.
"But cars take us everywhere we need to go and fast! Why should we not use them?!" Many people exclaim when first hearing about this idea. While getting to your destination fast, you begin to speed up everything around you. Trying to get everything over with as fast as possible. For example, a teenager is driving home, he notices he has 5 extra minutes because he was speeding, and he feels hungry. So what will he do? He will go drive through a McDonalds and get his dinner. Now, not only has he added to greenhouse gas and the pollution of his city, he is also polluting his body. Another downfall of the use of cars is safety. Millions of car accidents happen every single year killing thousands of people. Cars give stupid people too much power and speed then they need. You would not experience a bike crash or public transit bus crash as often as you would a car crash. Cars don`t just affect personal safety, they endanger your city. Driving hundreds of cars around one area will definitely lead to the collection of fuel emissions ehich in turn produces smog. Paris, France had to put a restriction on car usage because of the fact that the city`s air was covered in smog. Who on earth wants to live in a city of smog. The restriction acted as a test, to see if they could omit fuel emissions and help reduce the smog. So, one day all the even licensed plates were banned from driving while, the next day all the odds were banned from driving. This plan worked so well it didn`t last more than a couple of days. Car usage is a big issue worldwide and it needs to be stopped.
"Wouldn`t the limitation of car usage be a waste of cars?" No. the answer is plain and simple no. Countries worldwide are taking action to wean people off of using personal cars. In Bogota Colombia, they have the Day Without Cars, a holiday in which you can not, at any time , use your automobile. The city of 7 million all use bicycles, and other forms of non technological transportation to move around the city. People who do not participate will be subject to paying money.
This day has caused new bike paths to be built, parks, sport centers to grow more popular, and decreases the air pollution of Colombia. Another country taking part in the no car festivities is Germany. In Vauban you will experience a "car free" community. This town has stores built within walking distance, and offers public transport to travel around the town. "I`m much happier this way" said a german mother of 2. She walks the town and speaks of the noises she hears such as the "swish of bicycles" and "chatter of children". The limitation of the cars has brightened the communtiy as a whole and allowed for it`s residents to be more happy and healthy as they walk or bike most places. Also, studies show that happiness and good health are directly related so while fixing the negative effects of car use you are also stopping the vicious cycle of obesity .
Over all, the world would be a much better place without a high usage of cars. These new ideas and innovations are testing the ideals of a car free society and frankly, they are getting positive results. Without cars, the world would be a much cleaner, healthier and happier place for all. | 5 |
4728682 | Some people say that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a dull job.
What is a Seagoing Cowboy you ask, well it is a person who delivers cattle to people in need.
It was World War 2 and people around the world needed help with ways to get food.
I felt like I could do something for them, so I decided to be a Seagoing Cowboy.
If you feel that way then I encourage you to join the Sea Cowboys.
There were many reasons why joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a cool thing and here is one.
For the experinces!
I was a small town boy and had not got to see a lot of the big world that we live in.
The sign up sheet said we would not only help the people in need we would also get to see some of the amazing sights in that country.
That was no lie!
On my journeys I saw the Acropolis in Greece, the Panama Canal, and a recently excavated castle in Crete.
I also got to ride in a gondola in Venice, Italy.
Another thing that not many people could say is that you crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific twice.
Another reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you have a chance to serve your country without killing another person.
On my first trip as a Seagoing Cowboy, I turned 18. That is when you are old enough to be drafted to the army.
When the draft board found out I was being a Seagoing Cowboy, they told me to do that as my service.
If you don't like the thought of shooting people, then maybe you could be a Seagoing Cowboy. You would help people get food, not have to shoot anybody, and serve your country.
Now you know some reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.
I hope to see you aboard soon. | 3 |
47288ad | being aale to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable.
I believe if a student is struggling then they will find the most productive way out of how they are struggling, doing anything to gain some sort of happiness when they are down. it is there business and privacy, I never think that should be put into jeproady. It is impossible to detect 100% how someone is feeling, and I don't think that some new technology is going to change that. Nothing can detect how someone is emotionally feeling, facial expressions don't show emotions. Anyone can fake a smile and that thing be thrown off. Nothing can be said with a "calculation" I don't believe that a computer can tell how I feel based upon the looks of my smile, We have all taken a picture with someone we may not want to, but we toughed the smile out in that, this will be no different. Although, facial expressions are univeral based upon the emotion, people can manipulate the system and they will. The whole thing seems very orgainzed, like when the articel states that quote "Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. That is truly breathtaking, and almost too good to be true.
but I just think students will rebel when they have something can show how they feel, becasue that computer cannot get into the minds of some people, and truly help them, when someone who is visibly there, and physically there can help them out so much more. Some students will love this feature if it ever gets adapted, but most will rebel, and dislike school even more than some of them already do.
Emotional expressions are how someone feels, and thinks about anything, a computer will never be able to tell me how to feel or think, and some corny ad for a youtube video will not change me if something truly drastic is affecting me, I think that the entire production of the FACS is magnificent, and truly admirable.
I just think in this date and age that you cannot influence someone on how they think, or how they feel. If someone is happy, you should continue to let them go with the flow, and do there own thing, not crowd them with a computer that could potentially know how they feel, although I find that very unlikely, I am an optimist and hope that I can find reviews about this thing one day.
I don't think I'd truly ever wanna know how some people feel, the thought is somewhat scary. | 3 |
4733890 | Ever since the invention of the car people have driven over walking or biking. while it does cause gas emissions as well as other forms of pollution such as smog, there is no better way to get from point A to point B in every day life.
Henry ford revolutionized the world when he produced the model T. Ever since then driving has been a huge part of life in the world. it makes life easy and it has almost become our own "coming of age" ceremony to when you can finally get your lisence. having a lisence is just more freedom and it as become in most societies more than just a piece of plastic showing you can drive. now it is used as your ID. it is used to show your age, where you are allowed into, whether or not you can buy alcohol. getting your lisence is almost a necessity now.
Now, if the entire world were like the Vauban where there were individual suburbs with wide sidewalks, their own restaraunts, and own grocery stores all with in reasonable biking distance, then sure, I'm all for ditching the car. But, in every day life the car is a necessity. Now im only speaking from what ive seen in my little town on the coast of Florida. I agree that the car in New York carries less value and need than where i live. But people still own them, the streets are still always full, and taxi cabs are still cars. It'd be different if you took the subway of the big eat coast cities or the cable cars of the west coast ones. But taking a taxi is still burning precious fuel that is harmful to our air.
These "car free utopias" sound very good. They may even be a success, but the main thing they lack is practicality. There is nothing practical about these places. They reduce fuel use and smog and air polution sure. But the use for a car or a truck cannot be replaced. lets say there is apractical emergency, your wife's water just broke. you are not going to be able to get to the nearest hospital on your bike in time. calling an ambulance may take too long as well. or lets say you need to evacuate. (not a threat that happens often, but still a pliable scenairo). I'm not saying these cities arent amazing nor am I bashing them. I find them very progressive and excellent. i think that they can really make their mark. There just is no replacement for the automobile.
These cites can grow and sprout all over the world. they can prosper and get phenomenal feedback and support. However, they will never replace the automobile. At least not in my lifetime, probably not even in my childrens' lifetime and perhaps not even in their childrens' life time. Every sinc Mr. Ford produced that first model T. The automobile was here to stay for a very very long time. | 3 |
4735bbe | As in the article author says that Venus is like an evening star as one of the brightest pioint of light in the sky.As Venus is the second planed in our solar system and humans have proved also that it is very simple to see but when the earth is safe and though it is proved that it is closely to our earth.As the author said that humans who had gone by spacecraft werent that sucessful so the issue explains that thats why no spaceship cansurvive for long time.As VENUS is a challenigng planet for humans because the atmosphere is really bad like almost of 97 percent of carbon dioxide and we humans need greenery atmosphere and also good clmate then only we can survive,as high temperatures around 800 fahrenheit and many things too that can damage the deepest oceans to.The authors says that if VENUS is such an inhospitable planet then why are astronomers trying to figure it out,so then the scientists took out an idea that if we are sending humans then we have to study about venus .As then author gave an example that blimpy vehicles can hover over 30 miles then why not jet airplanes and also jet airplanes can still work in such bad atmoshpere too but the air pressure will be closest to the sea level of earth and also solar poower can work but can hel survive humans.So the scientists were looking up for technologies but they last till 3 weeks that in such conditions,so then scientists came up with the old technologies like the mechanical technology as first humans were shocket but then the scientists said that it may help us with calculations and all and also it does not require electricity to.So, from my side thanks for working so hard our scientists and astrnomers who gets good information from the space and then it is being spread all over the wolrd and how it works and everything.So the more you study the more your mind gets knowledged and thats what i read about venus.As special thanks to author also for sharing a great article. | 3 |
4735e4c | I think that if technology could read students emotional expressions, it would make things easy to find out if someone is upset, mad, happy, and much more. So if someone was to be depressed and they do the best they could to hide it from many people even their family members or friends. So what im tying to say is that if technology could actually help detect those types emotions it could stop people from hurting them selfs. Because many people have comittide sucide due to depression or hate, so if the technology could read the students emotions or anyone one else's then it could prevent stuff like suicide or someone going after someone else. Technology could help people find ways to stop things like that from ever happening so I think the value of using technology like that could help many people out and save a life, a whole lot of lives.
Like in the article it talked about how they wanted know the emotions The Mona Lisa had, right? Well by havingn that type of technology, it could tell us all the emotions that The Mona Lise had. In the artical it even said that, by using all 44 major muscles in the model of a human like muscles a person has in real life it could help detect the emotions a person has and it would also tell about the emotions a painting could of had or does. It should be a very helpful pice of technology that could help change many things and help others give a smile to someone who is feeling sad or mad about something. | 2 |
473f48b | Can you imagine a new innovated world with cars that could drive itself! Crazy right!
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", I have read about the evolution of the driverless car and I think it would be a great and cool innovation in the near future. In this essay I will explain my position on driverless cars.
One reason why driverless cars would be a good innovation because it would be a safer way to get from one place to another. As it explains in paragraph 3-5, in order for the car to drive itself it would need sensors. The sensors will be advanced to detect the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. So forth, the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes and reduce power from the engine. But, the driver will always need to be focused at all times because the sensors will not detect other work zones and accidents.
Another reason why driverless cars would be a good innovation because it would possibly help young and rising drivers have a little more understanding of road smarts and how driving in the real world works. Using driverless cars can actually be used in "drivers ed" in the future. Now that that the world is more advanced when students are learning how to drive, the students won't need a teacher to teach them. Companies could put a digital teacher in the driverless car with the same sensors to make the students more safe when they learn to drive.
The last reason why driverless cars would be a good innovation because it would just simply be cool to say that the United States have driverless cars that are more safe and durable. The most important reason to have driverless cars is to keep the citizens safe. I wouldn't say driverless cars would prevent car accidents , I would say it will decrease the number of accidents in the United States.
In conclusion, driverless cars, in my opinion, would be a great innovation to cars in America. Driverless cars will allow safety on the roads, it could help young drivers, and it would just be cool to have a driverless car. I wouldn't be suprised if I see a car with no driver floating around in my area in the future. | 3 |
47426c5 | Electoral College is a process that help the United States over many many years. So my question now is, why are you trying to get rid of it? They made so it a vote from Congress would go towards the President and a popular vote from cictizens. Without the Electroal College barely anyone's vote would be heard and Congess would be making our choice for us. I believe that we should keep the Electroal, because it makes citizens feel that they are in the system and without it people aren't really voting for who they want. Source 1" What Is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register and source 3 "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised to method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner.
To begin, keeping the Electoral College makes citizens feel that they are in the system. Even though they may not feel like they are in the system, this will let people's voices be heard and give them their rights to vote for who they want as President."You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you wre actually voting for your candidate's electors." This quote from source 1 states that baicsally people are voting for their candidate's electors who vote for the President. Therefore, keeping the Electoral College makes people feel that their vote counts.
Also, without the Electoral College citizens aren't really voting for who they want. Even though other people are voting for you, at least they r voting for what u want and what you think. "The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised- to feel that votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president."this quote from source 3 explains that without the Electoral College their vote won't count and that the new president won't have any of their interests. To end this, if we didn't have the Electoral College no one's vote would count.
To sum this up, the Electroal College would give citizens the right to choose who the want and feel like they are apart of the system. This would give everyone a chance to let their voice heard. So why would they try to get rid of it, if it helps lots of people? Therefore I believe that we should keep it. | 3 |
4743935 | Do you still think that the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens? Well if you do, here is some information that I have on the case that will probably make you change your mind.
My first piece of evidence is that not everything you see is really what you believed. If you look at the image of the "Face on Mars" it really does look like a face, but it turns out that the shape was formed by rocks. These rocks formed together and made it have the shape it has. Just like the montains and hills you see outside. They all have different shapes and that doesn't mean it was made by aliens. Same with clouds, there are many clouds that you see and think "Oh, It looks like an animal." That just shows that anything can have different shapes and doesn't mean it was formed by something.
My second piece of evidence that shows that the Face is really just a natural landform and is even proved by scientists. Since the topic of the Face got so popular they actually flew over the area again to get another closer shot of the face. When people saw the new photo they were disappointed to see that it really was just a rock formation and a natural landform. Some people still disagreed and made the team take another picture that revealed it was just a butte or mesa, a landform common around the west. Even someone said, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Saying that there are landforms just like the Face. He also said these landforms in Idaho were about the same size of the Face.
There was my information and evidence that proves that the Face really isn't a face and just is a normal landform. You can't always assume that some object is what you think it is, until you actually look closer into it. This was just telling you that it wasnt something made by aliens, but just a normal landform with an odd shape. I hope this made you change your mind on the whole topic. | 4 |
474c621 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College should be kept despite it's lack of giving people a chance to speak up. Although, the Electoral College is a "non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner.. it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential canidate you're actually voting for a state of electors." Yes this may be true but, have you thought that they created the Electoral College to help citizens live better? What if, someone with no education comes to vote and chooses someone who wants to take away government funds away from school's? Wouldn't that affect us? In other words, you want to ruin school's life by taking away funds and it doesn't really have to be school it can be anything just beacuse, you had no idea who you were voting for? The Electoral College does allow us to vote, but they make sure we aren't choosing someone who can affect the United States drasticly.
"The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potiential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state, knowing that their vote will have no effect but of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election."(Source 3) Brings me back to one of my claims, yeah you do want to vote, but what if you don't have no education but you want to vote just for the hell of it? Without the Elecoral College your vote will count, as well as others and the group of senators won't be there to make sure you don't choose whomever and make a horrible decision. Although the Electoral College makes it seem like your vote won't count believe it or not, the Electoral College atually makes the most suitable decison for us, the people. Without the Electoral College, we'd have probably different world.. meaning they fix our choices dumb or not, they come together and they choose what's best for us whether we,the people have an effect on it or not.
Despite the fact, our voice may not be heard as loudly as the state of electors, we still have an impact, and without the Electoral College it may be a drastic impact. The Electoral College should be kept, and not changed into the most popular vote wins. You don't just vote once and hallieluja, there is a process and that's where the Electoral Colleg takes hand and make sure we choose someone mosly suitable. The Electoral College should be kept, it is very helpful despite it's cons...
Sincerely,
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474d602 | The "Face" is not even a face, it is just a landmark on mars. People who think that it is a face, are wrong. It's not a face because, There isn't anything that has a face that big, The three pictures don't look the same, and because Aliens aren't real.
There is no Human, or animal that has a face that is that big The biggest animal on earth is a whale, and the face looks like a humans, and humans aren't miles wide and long, so there is no way that that "face", is real.
The first picture had very poor quality, and it actually did look like a face, the second picture looked like a mountain with a blur, nothing like the first one, and the final photo was way better quality and you could tell that it was just a landmark, and not a face.
Alien's aren't real, People try and try to find alienlife out in the universe, but they never find it, you know why? It's because Aliens don't exist, so since they don't exist, then there is no way that they made the face, and a pyramid on mars.
So all of the scientists are correct, and everyone else is wrong, that was just a landmark, and Aliens aren't real. There are enough facts in this essay to prove that there are no huge faces on mars, or an alien civilization. | 3 |
474e939 | Dear Senator
The Electoral College process was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The Electoral college consists of the selection of electors.
The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to elect the President. I am arguing for the change of the electoral college in the favor of changing it to the election of popular vote. I believe that if the people were given the chance to vote for president the outcome would differ. As it stands the president is elected by the electoral college. If the people were tasked with voting for the president then they would choose who they want. Not who the electors want. The electors vote for whoever would look good for office. That means that the president wont always do whats right for America. The people desevre to choose the president. In a way it would be giving the people more freedom. If the electoral college stayed the way it is then americans would feel the freedom they were born with.
The electoral college wouldnt be needed if the government allowed qualified citizens to vote. It would save quite a bit of money and time. We wouldnt be wasting paper for ballots. The resources used to set up voting booths could be targeted at something else instead of wasting paper that will be thrown away. The votes from american citizens are not taken into consideration. We are wasting many resources making people think they are voting when its really all up to the electoral college to who the president will be. I strongly agree with the fact that the electoral college should be taken out of power. If the electoral college stays in the power of deciding who the president will be then they can control the power. They decide who to put in office and if they want someone who will pass health care laws then theyll pick the presidential candidate that will most likely pass health care laws. In the future I hope that the electoral college will not exist. If the electoral college no longer exists then the people will be free to vote for whoever. This will make american citizens feel more free if they have the power to decide who the next president will be.
Sincerely
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474ec4c | Venus,
sometimes called the " evening star is one of the brighest point of light in the night sky making for even an amateur stargazer to spot . in our solar system , venus is the second planet from our sun.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets evenus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus' s atmosphere. On the palnet's surface ,tempreature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atospheric pressyre is 90 time greater thean whar we experience on our own plaent.
According to the (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile coditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. imagine a blim- like vehicle hovering 30 or so mile above the roiling venusain landscape . just as our jet airpalnes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many stroms vehicel honering venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way so they prove the venus is like our earth .
In the Inconclusion
striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value,
not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation on the Earth. | 1 |
474f4f1 | The Facial Action Coding System presents a possibility for people to understand exactly how others are feeling just based on their facial expressions. The technology creates a 3-D computer model of the human face which includes all 44 of the major face muscles. The software then analyzes the face, taking into account all movements of the muscles. This computer model is then compared to a neutral face that shows no emotion to identofy exactly what that individual is feeling. The Facial Action Coding System offers a great opportunity for students to clearly understand the material they are learning, confidently be able to excel on a standardized test, and receive a better education overall.
The Facial Action Coding System will alllow students to understand the material they are studying much more clearly and completely. The system can evalutate a student's face and be able to show whether that student is happy, bored, or confused. If the student appears to be bored or confused, the computer could then possibly modify the lesson and make the content easier to understand or enjoy. This would have extremely positive effects on classroom productivity. If all students were able to completely understand material, they would not only be well prepared for a standardized test, but they would also be prepared to continue their
path in life towards a university or full-time career.
Many students stress over certain standardized tests. Some students don't understand the material they have learned leading up to the test, while others just don't do well on tests. This software could dramatically increase the overall scores of students' standardized tests. The use of this software could also help to alleviate the stress of some students that are preparing to take these standardized tests. Because certain tests are used to determine whether a student can enter a certain university or take a certain class, the Facial Action Coding System could also allow students to pursue the career that they enjoy. It would allow them to take the classes and go to the universities that apply to their own personal interests. Overall, the system could help students achieve their life goal when they otherwise might be unable to.
Because the Facial Action Coding System would allow students to test into classes they enjoy and possibly enter their dream university, it would directly help that student to get a more fulfilling educatiion. Without the system, some students are unable to take certain classes or attend certain univesities because their grades or test scores may be too low. If they are able to take classes they enjoy at their dream university, then they will be more prepared for the world they encounter when they leave high school or college. Attending a university that they enjoy could allow individuals to receive a degree in a field in which they are passionate and pursue a career that they enjoys that could also benefit them with a steady income and insurance benefits.
Because it allows them to get a better education, clearly understand the material, and be better prepared for certain tests, the Facial Action Coding System presents a great possibility for students to be successful. The system would allow students to clearly understand the material by analyzing their facial patterns and showing whether they are happy, bored, or confused. It would allow students to better prepare for standardized tests because it would help the students to clearly and completely understand what they are learning. This could also allow them a chance at a better education because higher grader and better test scores could allow them into their dream university. This would enable them to get an extremely benficial education that would set them on the track towards success. Because it would better the education of students around the world, the Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable in a classroom. | 5 |
475637e | Self Driving cars, we've seen them in movies and on television. Not science fiction anymore. Google has been trying to develop a fully self-driving car, that consumers can buy and use. Not most people are against these potential dangerous vehicles, because of the driver's lack of control and the fear of something failing in the car. In fact, some people are so afraid of letting these things on the street, that some states for example, California, Nevada, Florida, and even the District of Columbia, have put down laws to prevent these potentially dangerous tools on the streets. I am all for these new advancements in traveling technology, because they will help to reduce crashes, braking would be much more easier to detect, and they will for sure keep their drivier's eyes locked on the road.
Now will many car crashes happening every year, people might assume that a slf driving car, not aware of the things surrounding it, would be more likely to cause a crash then regular cars...right? Wrong! Google, the company trying to develop these machines, have found out ways of preventing even more crashes in these vehicles. First, they actaully took a Toyata Prius, and attached a camera, sensors, and even a GPS reciever to the car. The GPS would help guide the thing, the sensors would help with braking and knowing if something is near by or coming towards the person inside, and the camera would as well, help the driver out when on the road. The camera also revovles constantly on the roof and creates a 3D model of the car's surroundings to help out the driver. Don't believe it would work? What if I told you they actually tested it, and the car made it mkore then half a million miles with a crash! Yeah!
Now of course some drivers are either on their phone or doing something else to even pay attention to the road and what's ahead. Yeah, you know who you are. Now of course Google has figured out a solution to those problems as well. Some of these things I've already mentioned, so I won't go into too much detail. For one the self driving car would have the LIDAR sensor camera to help make you aware of the surroundings. Now there will be a camera inside to make sure the person is focused on the road, and if thy aren't will send a "wake-up" call to the driver to make them do what they need to do. Now one downside is the self driving cars they said would also have entertainment, that is another thing to distract the driver, but they fugured out that problem as well. They made it to where when the driver needs to focus on the road, the tech you're on would immediately switch itself off, to let the driver know that something is gonna happen, unlike phones that don't do that, again increasing the probability of crashing.
Now the driver's eyes are most important while driving. A driver must be fully aware of it's surroundings, or else something could happen to them, or somebody else. Google realized this as well, and added a few new features. Again, a few of these things I might have already talked about, so I won't go into too much detail. A camera would be inside the vehicle to allow a person to watch the driver, to make sure their doing what they're supposed to be doing, and even though it's a self-driving car, the camera will also make sure that the person's hands are on the steering wheel as well. Now again, I don't like that they decided to put in entertainment for the driver, distracting them and increasing the chances of a crash, but again they took care of that by making them immediately switch off whenever the car believes that it's in danger.
Now then, are self driving cars okay to use? Right now I think they're decent enough to use, but not ready for consumer use. I mean even though they did keep in mind the negatives and the positives to these cars, they still need a little more work, in my opinion. But I do believe they will be ready to use, and will be safe because of the new features they added, but get rid of that entertainment part of the car! | 5 |
475e950 | Alot of people might think that aliens have lived on Mars and formed a face of an alien artifact on Mars. But I think that the face is just a natural landform.
The reason I think that it was created by a landform is because on JPL web site it showed a clearer photo of the face on Mars. Most landforms are around the American West. So we can look at the landforms around the American West as a guide line to compare photos alot easier. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho, says Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
By the looks of it it seems like the Face on Mars looks like it was created by a natural landform on Mars by the looks of the photo graphs. | 2 |
4761e38 | The objective of the article the author wrote was to explain why Venus is a worthy pursuit even though there are dangers to it. The article itself mostly described the dangers of exploring Venus but did not give us many reasons of why we should do it. The author did not support the idea that studying Venus is worth the pursuit despite the dangers it presents that well.
Even though the author said that studying Venus can be an opportunity to challenge our limits and can "lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors", they gave us more negative reasons than positive reasons about Venus and why it would be a good idea to explore it more. The first big negative statement about Venus and attempting to explore it was when the author said "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". The author did not give the reader any possible solution or even an idea on how we might be able to fix that.
Another negative statement about Venus and why it is a difficult planet to explore is when they mentioned "temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". These factors are just about impossible to survive in for even more than a few minutes probably. The author did not mention any possible solution of what scientists might be able to think up. He didn't even state a positive reason why Venus is still a worthy pursuit.
A final negative statement about exploring Venus is when he said that "our jet airplanes could travel at a higher altitude to fly over storms" and that "temperatures would still be hot at thirty-plus miles above the surface", but then gave the readers more problems with flying high over the surface of Venus in the next paragraph. The author told us that "far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere". Because of this, any pictures or videography would be useless. The author told the readers that "researchers are are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus", but he did not give us any example to prove to us that researchers were actually doing that.
This article attempted to argue that even though Venus was a worthy pursuit even though there were many challenges to it, but it did not argue why very well. It could think of more negative features of Venus and gave us more reasons of why pursuing that planet would be risky than stating why it was a good idea. The author did a poor job trying to convince its readers that exploring Venus is worth the risk and challenges. | 4 |
47625b4 | Driverless cars have always been a point of interest as our technology advances. I am for driverless cars because they could make the roads safer.
These driverless cars are not completely driven by a computer. There are certain times where the person in the car has to take over, like work zones or accidents. However, for the most part, these cars have so many sensors and cameras in them that they can drive without the help of a human driver. This could mean that accidents that happen when the driver is distracted or incapacitated, would never happen. Once our technology advances ever furthur and these cars actualy become driverless, then they could prevent accidents.
Cars made by companies like Google or Tesla are not only interested in make a cars driverless, but they want to make a car that would be better for the environment. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a car that "would use half of the fuel", and Tesla's focus has been on electric cars. Both of these options reduce or elimate the need for fossil fuels, therefore reducing carbon emmissions and taking better care of our environment.
Although there is some serious work to be done to be able to test these cars to improve the cars to be legally considered safe, I think that the reality of driverless cars is not to far away, and that it is a good thing. They could make the road a safer place and help out our environment. | 3 |
47626ae | How would you like to be walking on the sidewalk and see nothing but automatic, driverless cars. This is fesuable and according to scientists may be the case by 2020. Scientist have long been working on cars that drive themselfs. However fascinating this idea may sound the negative apsects of this far outway the positives.
For example, the cost of the new "smartcars" or roads will be almost unbarealble for the average middle class family.The cars will have to have a bunch of sensors from a rotating roof sensor, to camera a sensor that watches you as the car drives. As the text states " smart road sytems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be practical." However the cost of the new cars is not the only setback.
Why not spend time and money on researching something more important ? Having a fully autonomous car may be nice but isnt a neccesity. Why not cure cancer or the common cold ? Alot of cure research facilities lack the fundng and staff that they need to succesfully find a cure. However if more effort and funding was put towards them instead of
autonomous cars it would help substaintially.
Lastly, what would happen if the car malfuntions and the driver wasn't able to control it ? The car could travel of the road and hit innocent bystanders. It could also hit other cars and cause an expensive, dangerous and, perhaps unviodable crash.Automonous cars could be vary dangerous and In this case having a car that drives itself Isn't such a good idea.
The idea of automonous cars arent bad but their just to impractical . Auotomonous cars are vary expensive. They also contain alot loads of underlying safety hazards. An these are the reasons that i believe that the Negatives of automonous carsb strongly outwieght
the positives. | 3 |
47697bd | Aliens couldn't have created this! If it is formed by some kind of rock that is placed on mars, how could a alien create this? This "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. Most of the pictures that were taken of this landform were compared to other landforms that are on Earth. The "Face on Mars" was compared to landforms such as, The Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Both landforms are about the same height.
In the photos, there is no signs of any alien artifact. There isn't any monuments, pyramids, or symbols found around this landform. Other than a shadow that looked like an Egyptian Pharoah, wasn't anything else found to suspect aliens made "The face on Mars." If there was an ancient civilization on Mars, it would help us figure out how this was made.
So... Until you can give a good explanation or opinion that aliens have made this, it is a natural landform. | 2 |
476b78f | Have you ever wondered what are some of the true dangers of exploring Venus? Venus is a broiling hot planet due to it being the second farthest planet from the Sun, which is our closest star.
Scientists have created multiple technological devices, but have they created enough for them to explore planets, such as Venus. Did you know people say Venus is a female planet.
In case the reader has not yet figured it out, this essay is about the planet in our solar system known as Venus.
Venus has a bad reputation and for a pretty good reason. No spaceship has ever landed there, neither has a space craft and survived for more than a few hours. This is because of the toxic gases that suround Venus. Its been three decades, thirty years, since scientists attempted to try to land another spaceship on Venus. This is because those toxic gases that suround Venus are ninety-seven percent of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acids, which is deadly for any living organisms' lungs from planet Earth. Planet Venus's toxic atmosphere makes it difficult for us humans to explore Venus.
Venus has many other dangers to explore this planet as well. Weather, Natural Diasters beyond what Earth's people has ever seen, heat, and its's atomospheric pressure. Venus may be farther away from the Sun by Mercury is the first closest planet to the Sun and is cooler than Venus. Venus's average temperature is over eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our entire solar system. Venus has an atmospheric pressure that is ninety times greater than what we experience on Earth, our home planet. Venusian geology shows Venus has natural diasters including erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequently occuring lighting strikes. The lighting could easily get to Venus's surface.
Venus has many other dangers to explore this planet as well. Weather, Natural Diasters beyond what Earth's people has ever seen, heat, and its's atomospheric pressure. Venus may be farther away from the Sun by Mercury is the first closest planet to the Sun and is cooler than Venus. Venus's average temperature is over eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our entire solar system. Venus has an atmospheric pressure that is ninety times greater than what we experience on Earth, our home planet. Venusian geology shows Venus has natural diasters including erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequently occuring lighting strikes. The lighting could easily get to Venus's surface.
Despite these life-threatening dangers for scientists, it would amazing to explore Venus because it is something no human has ever done before. 1st sentence. It would be a worthy pursuit for sure. It would also be a lot of hard work just to discover how any human would be able to survive landing on Venus to explore it. It would be amazing as well to do something like this because future generations of people would know if they believe and work hard enough that they can do anything they set their mind to do. Anything is possible.
This essay was on Venus, a very dangerous planet. Venus is a dangerous planet becaus Venus is toxic. Venus is also full of hot weather and natural diasters. Those natural diasters are much more extreme than anything Earth has experienced or the people on Earth has and will ever see. Mercury is even cooler than Venus and Mercury is even closer to the Sun. Venus is a dangerous planet, but it would be well worth being able to finally explore. | 3 |
476dee5 | Driverless cars is definitely not something that I would condone. I feel that it would be a public safety issue. Any mechanical object is subject to malfunction. In addition, it may end up putting alot of people out of jobs in the long-run. "He envision a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public transport-taxi system. While that sounds very intreaging, shouldn't we be thinking about those drivers that can no longer be supplied with that income that they have been depending on? Then, when people can't find jobs due to robo-cars taking over, their going to file for Social Security. This doesnt just apply to taxi drivers either. Delivery drivers could aso be replaced by these cars. Poverty would grow in ways America has never seen before!
Referring back to the issue of public safety, there is a great risk in this. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufactorer?".This could turn into a huge contoversial thing that could potentially lead to an uproar. What happens when a child is hit by one of these cars? In my opinion, there is no way a machine could have the same reaction a human would. The human mind is very complex and quick. There are way too many factors that are in play against this idea. | 2 |
47762a4 | Gas is harmful to mother nature. The use of Gas has increased more and more every year. have you ever came to think what can we do to prevent, or help the reduction of fossil fuels? in the united states and around the world people everyday are helping to reduce the amount of polution that goes into the air we breath. communities and legislators are acting on this important cause for our globe. The earth is our home and we need to take more care of it.
Fellow citizens what can we all do to fight polution? think about it... would it be that bad limiting car usage? we can spend more time getting healthy, like takeing a jog to the nearest fast food place to eat a burger, going to publix to buy the milk, or maybe to pick up your sibling from school? what if one day out of the week you instead of takeing the car to go to school you can easily walk or take a bus anything can help out the enviorment. Don't you get tired on waiting on red lights or on slow going traffic? you see walking you dont have to be in so much congestion on the road. You can walk with family,friends,your dog or even to spend quality time with yourself to get away from home.
limiting car usage can relive stress and stop you from being so tense. | 2 |
4779250 | Imagine being able to detect someones emotions? First, how does this new technology work. Second, the values it has in the schools. Third, it can make it easier detect someones emotions. This is why technology that reads emotions can be very useful.
First, how would the new technology detect the emotions? The Facial Action Coding System is how. This innovation was created by Dr. Paul Eckman. The process starts with the computer constructing 3-D model of faces. It also, models the 44 major muscles that have to move like humans. By using video imagery, the software tracks the facial movement to recognize the emotions.
Second, the effects it has on the school could be outstanding. What if the school computers could tell a student's emotions? The computer could recognize if the student is bored or confused. The computer could modify what the student is learning to something more effective. This way would be easier on the teacher, so they won't have to come up with new lesson plans.
Third, it can easily detect someones emotions. They have used the new technology on Leonardo da Vinci panting of Mona Lisa. In the painting it's kind of hard to tell her emotions. The new technology find she's 83%, happy 9% disguted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. If this technology can detect a painting emotions like this easily, just imagine how easy it would be to detect on a human.
In Conclusion, technology that reads emotions can be very useful. First, how it's uesd. second, the value it has in schools. Third,it can make it easier to detect someones emotion. | 3 |
477bbba | Driverless cars are the cars of the future.
When you think about the future you like of hover boards, spaceshifts, and automobiles that can literally drive themselves; well the future is almost here.
Advances in driverless cars have not only made them plausible, but it has also made them a safer alternative to human skills.
Many car manufactures have been working on driverless cars, driverless cars have been driven over half a million miles with no accident, and driverless cars have safety features and abilities far beyond the skill of a human's ability.
Google has modifies a Toyota Prius so it can drive itself.
This special Prius has a huge amount of various sensors from wheel to roof; it even has a LIDAR on the roof that continously updates 3-D imaging of the surrounds of the car using laser beams.
In 1980 we only had antilock brakes and within the next ten years those sensors have become so advanced that they could detect and respond to skids and rollovers better than a human.
Because of sensors driving a car toda in safer than it ever was, further advancements in the technology of the car have made it so human error is lower. So why not make the car driverless and have NO human error?
In 2013 BMW announced their development of a car that can handle driving up to 25 miles per hour, but the car features touch sensors that require the driver to keep hold of the wheel.
This car can steer, brake, and accelerate themselves.
Although this car does have near driverless attributes, it is still not driverless.
If we had casrs that could basically drive themselves with little to no help from humans, imagine the future when the car doesn't even need a human inside drive.
Driverless cars also improve the safety of everyone on the roads, or near them.
Some driverless car manufactureres hope to develop a car that uses displays that can be turned off the instant the driver needs to take over, as a form of in-car entoertainment.
In a way, this display system is a safety feauture since it is turned off automatically when the driver is needed, unlike a cellphone.
Google's driverless cars have driven over half a million miles with no crash.
This proves the safety of the driverless car compared to the safety of a completely human operate car.
Driverless cars might be illegal in most states but that is starting to change, California,Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia are the first to allow limited use of semi-autonomous cars.
The saying, "the trend is your friend" applies to this situation, and soon the country will legalize the use of driverless, or almost driverless, cars.
Driverless cars have more capabilites than a completely human operated car, they are safer, and they have peeked the interest of many large manufacturers.
Driverless cars are the future. | 4 |
4780b02 | Wouldn't it be nice to be able to text or answer that urgent call you need to get without having to take your eyes off the road? Well then, that is why the major solution to this problem is driveless cars. I believe driveless cars are the next step to the beginning of a technological breakthrough.
This invention isn't just something you dream about or might have seen in a movie, it is something that is actually being produced right now. The well-known, multimilllion dollar companies that are popular right now are really putting in the effort to finalize it. These companies include Google, BMW, General Motors, and even Berkely College. Many poeople would say this is irrelevant, why does this need to actully be produced? Well this car would benefit not only you the customer, but also the world. As stated by Google cofounder Sergey Brian,"... it would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility that a bus." With the smaller amount of fuel being used it would allow less pollutants to be given off also; which in turn would keep the air clean.
The idea of the driveless car would be extremely beneifcial ,and also helpful. In fact they are basically on the verg of being completed. Google has even had cars that drive independently with specific conditions since 2009. Even though many states are turning against them by illegalizing the concept such as California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, manufacturers still press on in their production.
Lastly, there is still a lot of major work to be done with this project. It has been stated that the cars are actually taking the place of assisting people to drive. This concept could be taken the wrong way as it will be a while until the cars actually able to do the functions we want them to. This is actually true, but with the millions of dollars being poured in I am certain man kind will be able to accomplish it in the end.
In conclusion, driveless cars would definitelty be considered the thing of the future. With Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan planning to have cars drive themselves by 2020 Im sure it isn't impossible. They allow you to not have to do the hard job of actually driving when you do not want to, but you can still take control of the car when you need to. There isn't any way driveless cars wouldn't be an improvement to your daily life. | 4 |
47812b1 | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about the different aspects and dangers of Venus. It tells of what we have learned and what we have been trying to acomplish since we (Scientists and Nasa from Earth) first attempted to land spacecrafts over three decades ago. So the question is, Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents? The author of
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports this idea using facts about Earth and newly learned facts about Venus.
What have we done to further investigate this planet? According to this article,
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" we "- have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." The author reports that not one spacecraft lasted more than a few hours, luckily we sent the missions "unmanned". He says this is the main reason why no one has tried to explore further. Although this setback we still continue to work towards learning more about Venus the "evening star", coming up with different ideas for example from the article we could hover over the planet at a safe distance. But we still struggle to land and bring back samples.
Why is Venus so dangerous? Well according to the author of the article
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" in paragraph 3, it is not only covered in "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide-" but the planets surface is " -over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" Which where i live it can get up to average 90 degrees fahrenheit from what i have experienced. That is almost nine times as hot and would kill most living things that land there if you think about that based on the authors facts. Also due to atmospheric pressure being so high those together is mentioned in paragraph 3 line 4 to , "- crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." Which makes this planet not only dangerous but inhospitable.
So why are we so addicted to learning and exploring this planet? Why won't we leave it be? Venus is, according to the author of this article "often referred to as Earth's twin" Most people who have learned about the solar system would know this neighbor planet "- is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size". The author even says that, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" Most scietists just want to learn more about the planets that surround the world we live in.
In conclusion,
Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents? According to the author of
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
he supports this idea. He does this by using facts about Earth and newly learned facts about Venus. He also stresses the point that we shouldn't let danger stop us by saying in paragraph 8, " 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." | 4 |
47824ea | Facial reading technology could be considered as an invasion of privacy. Seeing it in this light, it would essentially reveal emotions to others when one may not want them to be perceived. Although this technology may seem invasive to some, it could benefit classrooms in a variety of different ways because of how perceptive this technology is. The Facial Action Coding System would be a vital improvement to the classroom because it would allow the teacher to know how the lesson went and make improvements upon it, make students happier, and check on a student's well-being.
Many times in a classroom, students are not willing speak up to tell a teacher that he or she is doing something wrong. However, with the new facial techonology, teachers will recognize how their method of teaching is affecting their students. With this new feat of technology, teachers will be able to know how their students are feeling. They could recognize flaws in their lesson plan if students became too bored and disinterested with the topic; they could have the ability and knowledge to make it more engaging the next time they teach it. While many people have the ability to fake an interested or happy expression, this technology would be able to tell even the slightest of differences. They even have the ability to tell "when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" (D'Alto 8). Considering these are people who are always in the spotlight, these miniscule differences would be difficult to detect without this technology. In classrooms, even the best of actors would not be able to fool a computer system. Therefore, teachers would be able to make drastic improvements upon their classroom if they wished to do so.
If teachers recognize what they are doing wrong and would be willing to change it, students would be happier overall. If a teacher said something wrong or especially demoralizing to a student, they would be able to identify what it was and apologize or learn from their mistakes. The class would be more engaging and fun for students which would then prompt them to be more attentive in class. They would have more fun and learn more from the teacher. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion in the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," watching others emotions can make someone feel the same as the other person. They could create empathy among their students if they smiled more and would be able to create a better and more light hearted or elated atmosphere.
With facial recognition technology, computers may be able to recognize when something is wrong with a student so that others could go get help. Improving a student's well-being is an important factor for many teachers. If something is wrong with his or her home life, a computer may be able to tell and alert someone before a drastic situation occurs. Many problems could be prevented by checking in on a students well-being such as bullying. It would be more effective then students going to tell adults because many are afraid to do so. Depression among teens is at a record high, and this could help prevent students from suffering as much; it would also be able to detect anxiety and teachers could use this in turn to help reassure their students.
The classroom would drastically improve if The Facial Action Coding System was implemented becuase it would be aware of the atmosphere of the classroom and the people within it. By seeing how students react to the class, teachers could help make the learning environment more engaging. Through this creation, students would be happier in the classroom and would essentially learn more if they were more interested. This techonology can benefit many students under emotional duress who might be afraid to speak out otherwise. If schools implemented the Facial Action Coding System, it would improve the lives of the students and the classroom as a whole. | 4 |
4784274 | Did you know not haveing a car can make you happier. In Vauban,Gremany it costs 40,000 dollars for your home and garage. Because of this 70 percent of the population does not own a car and 57 precent of that sold there car to live there. Many of there residents say there much happier without a car. One offical named Heidrun Walter explained how "When i had my car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way" and its true driving makes you stressed.
Not only not have a car makes you happy but it also can save the ecosystem. Green house gas is a big problem in the world now. Carbon dioxide slowly filling are planet. Acts like Vauban, and others like it, can influnce the world to change from the dangeruos road that we desided to take. But Europe produces 12 precent of green house gas, America on the other hand produces 50 precent of green house gas. America needs to change or we all die off.
Paris has more smog then any other European capitals. Come on if you don't think thats terrable then you need a new mind set because this is evolving into a problem. They say that diesel fual is to blame. because 67 precent of Paris has diesel fuel. I think its because theres, I dont know, A billion people driving at the same time.
This concludes that we need to stop using automobiles. Because its killing are eco system and we can do it . Many small cities are doing it and there happy. So why do we have to be mad and lazy when we can be happy and active. | 3 |
47875cb | In my opinion, the use of the Facial Action Coding System on students in a classroom could be beneficial. This technology could be used to tell when a student is confused, bored, or enjoying the lesson at hand. While this does have some foreseeable practical application, I feel that most students wouldn't enjoy the thought of their computer watching their every facial expression.
A situation in which the Facial Action Coding System could be useful is when students don't express their confusion. Some students, despite confusion and lack of understanding, won't ask the teacher for help. With the implementation of the Facial Action Coding System, the teacher would know if a student was confused and would be able to go and help them to better understand the subject: "A cassroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The Facial Action Coding System could also be used to determine whether or not the students are bored. If they are, the teacher could ask for feedback and change their lesson plan accordingly.
Despite all of the good that the Facial Action Coding System could bring to the classroom, I feel that some parents and students wouldn't be comfortable with it. At our school, each student has a laptop with a built in camera. Some of them cover the camera on their laptop, and express their fear that they are being watched. This is a fear which I myself dismiss, but it might make me uncomfortable to know that I actually was being watched.
While the Facial Action Coding System could have some practical application, I don't think students and parents alike wouldn't be comfortable with it for classroom use. If the students are bored or struggling with the lesson, they themselves should speak up. | 3 |
47887b6 | A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus, its even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric aciod in venus's atmosphere. it is usually 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and sometimes the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet. All thought these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth.
Also venus has the hottest surface temperture of any planet in our solar system. Even though mercury is closer to our sun. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcannoes powerful earthquakes are frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus. For an example some simplified electronics made of slilcon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. These devices were first envisioned in 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during world war II. Modern computers exidting in those days may sound schoking but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value not only because pf the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
In conclusion venus has many dangers ways and it is very hot planet. its very hard to study | 1 |
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