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4a70bc3 | Limiting car usage have advantages. For example, being tense can happen having a car but if you do not have a car then your much happier that way just like Heidrun Walter stated in the story. They use smart planning. In suburbans life not having a car is more compact, more accessible to public transportation. Meaning people would not spend more money for gas or anything they will have more money staying in their wallets instead of leaving. They would not car about car insurance or anything because they do not have a car. Also, suburbans are in a new approach of this because now there are stores a walk away.
Also, limiting car usage means less pollution. No more car emissions would be trapped from those cold nights and warm days. There would not be smog also. Cars are stressful and rather than a car use a two-seated bike. Lots of new things can be made in a city rather than cars which are so much distractions. | 2 |
4a71171 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dnager becuase the atmosphere is almost 07persent carbon dioxide. Venu is a very hot place."On the planet;s surface, temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we ecperience."On Venu's the condition are far more ectreme than anything us humans have encounter on earth .
As the student reads in the passage its say that "Venus has the hottest surface temperatur of any planet in our solar system ". Many of the people reading this think that it is hot on earth but what we dont relize is that Venus is ver hot. Many of the people in the world think that Mercury would be the hottest because it is closer to the sun . Why are scientist even discussing further visits to Venus? Why the scientist are even discussing furth visits is because astronmers say that they are fascinated by Venus because it is well known for its Earth-like planet . | 1 |
4a7605d | Do you think that the the human face looking thing in Cydonia, on Mars, was created by aliens? I do not. I think that it is nothing but a Martian mesa. There is no factual evidence for aliens making this "monument", it is familier to us on Earth, and it would not make any sense for it to be hidden from us.
First of all, there are no facts to support that aliens created this landform. For example, the theory was based on no evidence or facts. No facts even hint to the landform being created by aliens exept that it kind of resembles a face. And there are plenty of chips, and even grilled cheeses that looks like a person, or even Jesus.
Like having no factual evidence, the landform seen in Cydonia on Mars is somewhat similar to things that us humans on the Earth can see. The landform on Mars is similar to landforms that we have on the Earth today. On our planet, there are many mesas, just like the one found on Mars. And we know that the mesas on our planet are created by natrual events or occurences.
Last of all, it would make absolutly no sense for NASA to be hiding that the landform was created by aliens, wich it wasn't. If it were alien made, NASA would tell us, in order to make money. For example, if NASA figured out that it was created by aliens, they would want to tell us in order to make money to expand the Mars exploration program. But, hiding it, they make less money, because people want to know more about othe life-forms, not a lifeless, rusted planet. (but wateer was recently discovered on Mars)
In conclusion, the landform on Mars was not created by aliens, but meerly just a natrual landform. This theory has no factual evidence, can be seen on Earth, and does not make any sense. And, though, there will always be people who will always believe that it was created by aliens, you should now believe other-wise. | 4 |
4a779d5 | Space exploration is one of the most difficult and dangerous yet rewarding activities humans can pursue. With difficult conditions living in space, studying planets can take a toll on all sorts of people. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", an unknown author brings up the idea that exploring Venus presents many difficulties and dangers, but is rewarding enough to execute.
The author begins his essay by providing background on the planet, letting the audience know that Venus is the second planet from the sun and is difficult for humans to explore. In the second and third paragraphs, the author explores many difficulties surrounding the thought of studying Venus. First, he claims, no spaceships have landed on Venus in recent years. This allows readers to understand that compared to Mars, another planet close to Earth that humans are trying to settle on, studying Venus will be a challenge. The author continues by explaining the ridiculous temperatures and atmospheric conditions of Venus, claiming a sweltering 800 degrees Fahrenheit with a pressure that is 90 times greater than the pressure on Earth ("The Challenge of Exploring Venus").. This alone causes the readers to double back, letting the audience know the dangers that come with even stepping foot on Venus. Furthermore, according to the author, Venus is well known for its frequent natural disasters, like earthquakes, volcanoes, and lightning strikes ("The Challenge of Exploring Venus"). Not only do unbelievable conditions exist at the surface itself, these sweltering temperatures also exist far above the planet. According to the author, temperatures would still be 170 degrees Fahrenheit even 30 miles above the surface, much hotter than the temperature 30 miles above the surface of Earth ("The Challenge of Exploring Venus"). The author later explains in the fifth paragraph that while exploring Venus would be tough, it would be possible. Knowing this information, the author convinces his audience that exploring Venus is a difficult task to accomplish.
However, despite all of these challenges the come with exploring Venus, the author still claims that learning more about the second planet in the solar system has its own benefits. In the fourth paragraph, the unknown author explains that Venus has many similar features with Earth. He claims that many astronomers are "fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" ("The Challenge of Exploring Venus"). He provides similarities such as the similar ecosystems Venus may have supported and implies that Venus may have had a biodiverse world. The author communicated to the audience that even today Venus has many features that are similar to Earth, stating, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth" ("The Challenge of Exploring Venus"). The author uses his facts and evidence to explain that life forms may have existed on Venus long ago. While the author does not explicitly state it, he is implying that studying Venus may help scientists learn how people from today's world can reside on Earth's "twin". This relates to current news with scientists and researchers learning how to develop and maintain life forms on another one of Earth's neighboring planets, Mars. As Venus has had many similar characteristics with Earth, the audience may realize that in the near future, the human population may grow to a number where it is necessary to settle on different planets. The unknown author uses evidence to explain that studying the atmosphere, solar power, and radiation levels of Venus would be important to support life on it.
In the last two paragraphs, the author explains a method that is currently being worked on by NASA, or The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the development of silicon carbide, which is a material that can withstand the conditions on Venus for a few weeks. Essentially, the author is explaining that exploring and studying Venus may be possible in the near future, allowing mankind to settle and develop on it.
In summary, the exploration of Venus may be one of the most difficult tasks mankind has yet to accomplish, but may also be one of the most rewarding. The sweltering temperatures even 30 miles above the surface of Venus and the astonishing atmospheric pressures on Venus causes a hesitation for space explorers in the exploration of Mars. Frequent natural disasters on the surface of Venus make it even harder for people to study the surface of Venus. However, beyond these dangers and difficulties, the author manages to prove to his audience that exploring Venus may be one of the best choices that man can make, potentially allowing the development of humans on another planet. But ultimately, it is up to The National Aeronautics and Space Administration to further develop silicon carbide technology so that mankind will be able to explore Venus and possibly, even inhabit it. | 4 |
4a7ce79 | There are plenty advantages to limiting car use on this Earth. For example, limiting car use can lead to a cleaner environment, better overall health of the people and the Earth, and overall, just a better place to live. Cutting down on car usage can be very benficial for the planet, along with future generations of people.
First, limiting car use can lead to a better place to live in. If we were to slow down on the use of gas, there would be less wars over oil in other countries. We as a race can change the world, one car at a time. Lowering the amount of driving wouldn't be an easy change, but surely one worth while.
Secondly, giving up cars completely might not be necessary, but emitting toxic gas fumes can be easily avoided simply by switching to an electric car. There are many affordable electric cars that can help stop the fumes from traveling into the ozone layer, which can prolong our Earth's life, our lives, and can stop global warming dead in its tracks. Who doesn't want to keep this wonderful weather?
Lastly, cutting down on driving automobiles might have an effect on saving people from car accidents caused by unfit drivers. Thousands of people die every day from unnecessary car usage. If we were to cut the amount of driving in half, the rate of death due to car accidents would find a steep decline.
In conclusion, limiting car usage can make the world a better place. This decision can lead to better health, less death due to car accidents, prolonging our planet's health, and less complaints about those roller-coaster like gas prices! It only takes one person to make a change, so decide if you want to be the one to potentially save the world. | 3 |
4a7e08f | Venus is a planet what belong the System Solar. Venus is the second planet from our sun. Earth, Venus and Mars our other planetry neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space term-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land ono this cloud-draped word.
In the atomosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Today go to the univerce is very dangers because not can to breathe and you can not survive.
The NASA has one particulary compelling idea for seding humans to study Venus .At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sesa level on Earth.
NOt can have table or cell phone is a acid or heat capable of melting tin.
The people are very corious what investigator everything the System Solar. | 1 |
4a7f13c | The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) enables computers to identify human emotions. This may or may not help students feel better or help them at all in school. But i think it could be helpful although it could be a little distracting.
I think the FACS could be helpful in a clasroom. Not only because it could help them with their emotions but because it could help better education. Students can teachers can use the coding system to know what the student think about the lesson they are teaching. Wether it is fun or not, teachers can figure out what they are doing wrong. This could help better education because teachers can use it to make the lesson more entertaing so students would actually pay attention. The text mentions that, "a classroom coputer could recognize when a student is becomig confused or bored." This means that using the coding system students may be more interested in learing. This also means that when knowing when the students are confused, and sicne some students may be afraid to ask for help, teachers now know when to jump in and help a student.
The coding system may also help in the fact that it could make students and/or teachers happy. The author gives the reader an experiment to try, which is similar to what the coding system does. After the experiment he then asked, "by the way, did making a happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happy?" He then provided information about how just using the coding system could make you happy. This could help students be happy while in school, have them better focused. I think that being happy can change the way on how you view things. When you are happy and someone asks you a question you'll probly answer nicley. But when you are sad or angry the chances of you answering the same way are very low. The FACS could help with that by changing the way you feel. "Moving your facial muscels not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." This is why I think, it making you happy students can be more involved in the classroom and in learning. Having the teachers happy could also mean they can teach better and in a nice way, helping more and more students. I can now conclude that with the FACS making students happy, it can help them in the classroom.
In conclusion, I think the FACS could help studetns in their classroom, having them happy and ready to learn. Because having the students and techers happy they can learn more and they can learn better. | 3 |
4a7f767 | Well the Omna Lisa is a good paint but now that they are trying to know what was her expresion. I think it is good for 1 reason. Bad for 1 reason. The technology is going to know about the expresion that you have and the facial expresion if you are fakeing it or it is natural.
It is a good reason because they can discover the expresion of the paints like Mona Lisa but the same time for the fake people who just are being fake.
And it could be able to use for the president to see if they smile its natural or fake. To the special people if they are being honest because that can be seen by they face expresions that's what I read.
However the bad reason is that they could use it to all the people and know that they are not feeling good or that type of stuf that is private in that way. But also they can had the or ask the permission for the people so if they can see their expresions because it is private for what are your feeling inside.
In conclusion it is good and bad. Becuase we can discover from famous paints or photos that had expresions. But for the present it would be something that is private and cannot violate by they rights. But in conclusion I think it would be good but just to use ir in old and past things that would like to be discovered in the present. | 2 |
4a84090 | Venus is a dangerous planet with 800 degrees fahrenheit, a thick atmosphere made up 97% of carbon dioxide, and highly corrsive clouds of sulfuric acid. You may think thats pretty dangerous. It is, but with the authors insights well find out why scienctist want to go there so badly.
The enviroment is so deadly that it can crush a submarine, that was made for going to the deepest parts of the ocean, and liquefy many metals. So you may be thinking, well writer its too dangerous for us so just forget about it and stop rambling, well thats were youre wrong. The Author claims we could fly 30 miles up in the air and hover around on the blimp. The tempature would only be 170 degrees fahrenheit but thats also survivable for humans, maybe not easy but still survivable.
So that seems safe enough for my beliefs, so maybe it should be safe enough for your beliefs, but hey thats just a theory, an Essay theory. | 2 |
4a842cc | Theres many advantages for car usage, but limiting car usage is better! When they enforced a driving ban in Paris, almost 4,000 drivers got fined for driving instead of following the ban. There plans are to make suburbs more officent than regualar driving. As gas emerges there are less americans buying cars, driving, or even getting licenses! Some people see it as not driving, they dont meet new people or be able to visit friends a easily. With all these changes people who stopped car commuuting as a result if the recession may find less a reason to continue the habit. Also New York has a new bick sharing program, its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls which reflect those new priorities... As do so to a prolifecation of car-sharing programs across the nation. Theres been a large drop in the percentage of 16-38 year olds getting there license. There interested but its not a priority, they have found different types of transportation such as; car pooling with a friend, walking, or taking public transprotation.. therefore, they dont have to use there expences of the outrages prices for gas. Researchers found driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001...2009! With out-rages prices for gas not many people will be driving that turns back to the topic, with gas prices, friends, public transportation..who needs a car.. thats limiting car usage.. as simple as that!! | 1 |
4a84ca9 | I am against the developement of "Driverless Cars." Although a driverless car may sound cool, or may change the world someday, there are some negatives that go along with the production of the car. Driverless cars would be an expensive thing to prouduce. It would cause human driveres to not pay attention as much as they need to, and traffic laws would need a lot of updating.
The car would not be completely driverless, in the text it reads "Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over..." With that being said, a driverless car wouldn't be the correct name for it. Another reason the production of these cars would not be a great idea, is the money. For the car to respond to the things it needs it would require massive upgrades to existing roads, which is not practical. Along with the road needing upgrades, the car would too. The car would need a whole lot of sensors, in the text it states, "The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." As if the human body is the best driver in the world, I feel as putting most of the control in the car would not be a great idea. To get cars up to the proper state they need to be would cost a lot of money.
In a driverless car the "driver" would still need to be alert when "driving the car." The thought of having a driverless car would make people think they can text, eat, play games, and drink while driving. Yes you say, "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver," how reliable would those cameras be, they could easily go out, break, or mess with other signals.
The law is what is stopping these cars from being out on the road. Traffic laws are written in the assumption that a human driver has control at all times, not when there is an accident, construction, or busy traffic. Traffic laws can change frequently, but if these driverless cars were to become a thing, traffic laws would need changed abudantly. New laws would need to be set in place for liability in the case of an accident. How would you solve that? Who is at fault? The driver has control when it needs to, but the car is doing most of the work. The statement about the displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over, what if the driver can't get the displays to turn off.
In conclusion, the production of "Driverless Cars" should not continue. It will cost a whole lot of money to get existing roads up to pass an inspection. Along with the fact that the human behind the wheel in case need be could fall asleep, drinking, or texting and not paying attention could cause more accidents then needed. And finally take into matter all the changes traffic laws would have to make or change. It would be better to let humans driver themselves to where they need to be instead of some computer genorated car get me to my destination. | 4 |
4a8528f | I disagree with the idea of driverless cars. They may seem like a good idea to some people but i say it is just more of a hazard. People now a days text and drive all the time and do not pay attention to yield signs or even the speed limit. Being in a car that you do not have to drive will give people the bad habit of not paying any attention to the road or things around them. With a car driving on its own they wont think it is neccessary. I say it is not a good idea at all to start such a bad habit.
Although people may think it is a good idea to have driverless cars on the roads, I disagree. They say that the car can steer itself and ecelerate and slow down but what about all of the other things. There are multiple different things a car must do on the road that technology can not take over. Such as getting onto a highway or passing another car. How would a car know how to move left the back over right or if a car was coming from another direction. Technology may be upgrading but i think that it is not smart enough yet to control a car and get a passenger safely to their destination.
Lastly, driving a car is a huge task and priveledge. Their are many different rules in driving such as no texting while driving and you must wear a seatbelt at all times. A driverless car is way too dangerous for teeneagers or even adults for that matter. I feel that being in a car that somehow drives itself will make people think that they have no responsibility anymore and they will think its okay to text and drive or not pay attention to their surroundings. Driverless cars were a good idea but i do not thing they would be safe for our generation. | 3 |
4a8af26 | I believe that driverless cars should be allowed for everyone. The cars could help certain people if they are occupied with something else. Some people may not be able to have a driverless car because even though it's driverless, they still have to be there in case of an emergency. Other people may just ignore the signals of the car and it could cause a wreck to occur.
Driverless cars could benefit many people in many different ways. The driver may need to take an important business call, and they can do that while the car is still going. The person could also have an injury and need to go to the emergency room, but have no one else to take them there. If the person has children one of their kids could need something, so they could help them while still going where they need to go. Also, the driver could've woken up late and needs to hurry to work. They could finish getting ready in their car or eat their breakfast. They may need to finish their make up or brush their hair and you can't do that with both of your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.
I also believe it would be diffucult to know who is at blame for a wreck. The car could mess up and it would be the manufacturers fault, but if the driver is not paying attention it would be their fault. The driver may not want to take responsibilty and admit to not paying attention to the signals of the car. The idea of having cameras in the car to watch the driver is very interesting. It may feel weird being watched by something, but it would help figure out who is to blame.
The idea of driverless cars is a little frightening though. There are people that may take advantage of it and not pay attention to whenever they need to take control of the car. The idea is also excellent for someone that may need the time to do something else. I approve of the idea, but there is always the slight chance of someone messing it up. Hopefully if driverless cars become a thing, they will make everything safer and nothing bad will happen because of them. If driverless cars become a regular thing, I think they need to be figured out and practiced with a lot more. | 3 |
4a8be70 | I want to change the election by popular votes instead of the Electoral College because even if the president gets popular votes, it wouldn't matter anyway. They will have to vote the president by using the Electoral College. It wouldn't be fair because "Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." That means if the president gets the most popular votes, it won't matter.
Back then, presidents wouldn't accept the Electoral College. "What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college!" They all thought that it wouldn't be fair if the popular votes wouldn't count and the Electoral College has its defenders. The thing that's wrong with the Electoral College is because "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." So if someone were to vote for a president, they would be voting for a slate of the 34 Democratic electors. After that, they pledged it on the president that they voted for.
"At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." It's because of the winner-take-all system that happens also on each state. So candidates think they know they aren't going to win and never spend time on other states as well. People also think that the Electoral College is unfair because they never get to see the candidates and they won't know who they're going to vote. People only relied on Bob Dole. His goal was to "Abolish the electoral college!"
When people also vote for a presdential canidate they actually vote for the slate of electors. Which was why Gore had more popular votes than Bush, yet he had fewer electoral votes. But there is one way to settle a dispute of the outcome of an Electoral College vote. "it happened in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." The Electoral College also has a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal but has enough electoral votes to vote for president.
So now we all know how the Electoral College is unfair. Because of the constant votes that don't matter at all yet they always make sure to vote that president and all of the popular votes wouldn't matter. That's why I want to change to popular votes than the Electoral College does. All we need to do is work together to over come the Electoral College so the votes can be fair and we would want to vote for the president that we want. | 2 |
4a8d31e | As humans, our natural instinct is to look for ways of improvement. Driving is a big risk factor in our every day life, so finding ways to reduce the effects of life on the road is beneficial to all of us. If the driverless car means less accident occurance and more alertness, I am all for the driverless car. Although there are minor kinks to smooth out, that will come in due time.
Driverless cars propose many good situations. With the assistance of these cars, less accidents are likely to occur. Many young drivers text and drive, which leads to a lengthy number of accidents a year. With the driverless car, the driver can actually be alerted before they reach a road block or when something pops up unexpectedly. These cars can steer, brake, and accelerate all on their own. This would mean that if the driver were to get distracted and the unexpected happened, he or she would be able to have the chance to get their mind right and asses the problem.
Who wouldn't want to be able to reduce the chances of getting into an accident? When it comes to manual driving, if you look away for a second it could mean crashing into the car in front of you. It could mean backing into a hidden pole. These smart cars have many sensors and cameras that will ensure these things from happening. Google has test driven these cars 500,000 miles without a crash so far. Basically, driving with these cars would be more like performing a job with moderate supervision and an all around less stressful act. It is nerving driving on an interstate with thousands of cars flying around you. There are no room for mistakes. Having assistance wouldn't hurt.
Like any new technology that falls before us, there are always problems. So far, the driverless car is not able to navigate itself through accidents or work zones, but manufacturists are already working on solving those problems! Our technology has come such a long way. We only keep making improvements. Pretty soon, our cars will be driving us safely from one destination to the next.
Over all, driverless cars seem like a smart way to go. It's where we are heading. Things are improving everday. I know I would like to eliminate as many harmful things out of my life as possible, and these driverless cars would help so many problems that us new drivers will have to face everyday. Our eyes can only see and do so much. Having this car would make driving safer for everyone! | 4 |
4a8da90 | Lets think about this, a computer that can tell you feelings. You couldn't think about that if someone just asked you to, and you wouldn't think of what to say if someone said," This computer can tell you if you are happy, sad, excited, or frustrated." That would be something anyone would have to see for themselves for them to believe that this is acually true.
In the passage it states" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This means that a computer can also help the same way a teacher would if was in need. This computer could help alot because not many students like to ask for help from a teacher.
Using technology to read a humans emotions is a great idea. It makes things easier on other people due to not knowing how to explain your emotions. The computer can help you to tell you how you are emotionally. In the paassage it says," Most humans communicatioon is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So a computer need to understand that too." They are basically boosting the data so it knows more about emotions whe it becomes hard to point out the feelings of someone.
"Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile. But we can write down some simple instructions that "encode" different emotions." The Mona Lisa painting was made to try, and test the computer on telling rather it can see Mona Lisa's emotions. "She's 83 percent happy, 9p percent disgusted, and 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The PC was put to the test and was able to calculate the emotions of Mona Lisa.
I beileve that having a computer that can detect your emotions is a great idea. Helps student better on learn the process of an assignment. Helps teachers teach when they can't get around to everyone in class. Able to help the people express there emotions they are feeling if they can't seem to tell. A computer that tells emotions could be a big help to anyone. | 3 |
4a9461d | You should partcipate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
During this program I got to take care of the horeses, young cows, and the mules that were being shipped over seas, I also got to see many unique places as well.
If you think that some of these things may interest you than keep reading and see what it was really like to be apart of this excellent program.
Being on the Seagoing Cowboys program is not just anything, but for a small-town boy, like me, this is an amazing opportunity.
Besides just helping the people of other countries, I also got to see Europe and China, they are actually pretty amazing places to visit too!
If you have ever had a dream to see places such as these than this is the right program for you to join.
While traveling the high seas, it took me about two weeks to get from the United states to China, although caring for the animals kept me busy.
Some of the jobs that we have to do here are to: care for the animals, pull bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower hold of the ship, and clean the animal's stalls.
In order to be able to uphold the standards, you would have to be a pretty focused and responsible person. That is something that would have to be in your personality in order to do this job efficiently and correctly.
During some of your free time, sometimes my cowboy friends and I found that we can still have some fun onboard.
We had the chance to play baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals had been unloaded.
Table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and lots of other games helped pass time too.
See, even though you have lots of daily responsibilities during this program, you can also have some fun every once and a while too!
In conclusion, the Seagoing Cowboys program may have a lot of tasks that need to be completed, but there is also some fun things involved that is, well, in my perspective, it's given as an awrard for all of your hard work.
After reading what things that I accomplished, and all of the fun I had, I just hope that you decide to come and join the fun here that they have at the Seagoing Cowboys program! | 3 |
4a9a74b | Should cars be operated by a machine? I belive that they should not. The reason being that there are always error's in code that could result in horrible course of action. The action of putting the code in for every possible scenerio that they can think of that may possibly happen may help but what happens when something they did not program the car for happens. In may lead to a devastating injury or maybe even death because of the error in coding. The wide variety of code can go on for ages and with just one mess up this will take down the whole code like a tree.
The wide spread of choices the car is ready for with "yes" or "no's" may not help when the time comes of a tornado moving toward you down the road. The system may not know what to do because the vehical was not programmed for this such scenerio and may turn to driver mode. This will catch the driver off guard because he bought a "driverless car" and with the fact that he is reading his book and now he has to drive he will be placed between a rock and a hard place. This just one example of missing progamming.
Another thing is a mess up in the code of the "yes" and "no's". With this the whole thing may go whack and they make fix it but what happens when it fly's under the radar and gets through to the final product. This will lead to a horrific incident that will happen like a chain of domino's. The car not being fully programmed for a red light may just run through and hit another car and that is when it goes haywire. The incident will be caused from one mistake with a "yes" or "no"
Another thing is that the driverless cars will put some people out of business. The jobs that require being driven by a human is beyond the stars. This will put some people out of their job and many companies out of business. Some people will not face the fact of being driven around in a taxi as pleasing as other's. I like to see a person at the wheel of the taxi and may have some small talk with him and it will just feel like they are focusing on what they are doing. Without the communication from human to human people would go insane.
These are the reasons I do not side with driverless cars. They will put people out of a job they have worked for. They may have coding errors. And even if one part is messed up everything gets messed up. There are wide room for error and one mistake will destroy everything. This is why I do not side with driverless cars. | 4 |
4aa998f | The author of this greatly fasinating artcle is informing the reader of the wildly amazing benefits of trying to explore our neighboring planet Venus but at a very dangerouse and intimidatingly servere cost such as, acidic gas, unpredictable weather patterns, bone crushing gravity and blazing temperatures but in contrast gives reasons for traveling there such as the planet being a new home and a way of escape to us earthlings .
The very first servere danger, the author explains is in paragraph three as they get into the specifis of the sulfuric atmosphere as stated " Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" this line shows that this dangerously corrosive gas creates a huge problem for the space program NASA.
The next neighboring issue is also the extreme blazes of heat that come from the planet Venus itself show in paragraph three " On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit". The author also states that Venus temperature would "liquefy many metals" this peice of information reinforces the many dangers of space travel towards Venus as even an unmanned space craft will be torn to shreds and scorched like tissue paper.
The author also lightens the mood by stating in paragraph four " recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel". This new knowlegde gives the reader a new look on Venus as in the future it can be considered a new home.
In final conclusion this authors amazing article has given information on the dangerouse downsides to the exploration of Venus while imploying some hopeful upsides to. | 3 |
4aa9f4e | If you could, would you want to live on a different planet? Well according to the author, studying a different planet such as Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author supports his or her idea well and has many examples to back himself up. The author talks about the similarites Venus has to Earth, the dangers of Venus, and what scientists are doing to make going to Venus a possibility.
Despite the dangers of studing Venus, there are many reasons why it is a worthy pursuit. The author states in the article,"Often reffered to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This shows that even though Venus is dangerous, there are similarites that make it worth while to study, if that means one day having another planet similar to Earth.
In the article, there are many dangers of Venus. According to the text, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." This shows the challenges of studying Venus because the percent of carbon dioxide and high corrosive sulfuric acid are too much for humans or even some spacecrafts. Another danger is the temperature. Venus averages a surface temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. That is beyond temperatures at which we humans can withstand. To show the severity of the atmospheric pressure, the author states, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." These dangers may seem like it isn't a worthy pursuit but the author goes on to describe just why and how scientist should pursue Venus. The article states that long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. To add on to that, today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. This is a good example to support that the author supports his or her claim because it is describing what was and is still good about Venus. The top example that supports the authors claim is what the scientists have already done to begin the search of Venus. According to the article, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." This supports the author's claim because despite the dangers of Venus, the scientists have found a way to study Venus at a more suitable, safer way. Maybe not as efficient, but it saves the lives of the astronaunts.
In conclusion, the author supports his or her claim well because of all the evidence and examples that are used in the text. Stating the similarites of Earth show that it is worth while to study Venus when the outcome could possibly be a planet that is like a second Earth. Describing the dangers of Venus but then talking about how the scientists can get around those dangers supports the author's claim because the readers see that even though Venus is dangerous, there are still valuable ways to study it, meaning that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. | 5 |
4ab52d8 | I think the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) should be used in classrooms because it would help to see the emotions of kids. Like see if they need help or if they aren't feeling good. Mostly things like that. You could also use it to see if kids are lying or not when they get in trouble and have to go to the principle or when they get in trouble at home.
Mona Lisa: 83% happy, 9% disgusted , 6% fearful, and 3% angry! When Mona Lisa was painted in 1503 we had no clue how she was really feeling. But with the FACS it is now easy to see how she was feeling. That is a good thing because it could help us in the future with life or death situations.
When we ask questions like "Can we actually 'calculate' emotions like we calculate math problems? or "How can a simple computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans have to use and show how we feel? shows that we humans need this type of cool technology in the future to make things easier than what they are nowadays! | 2 |
4ab6958 | In the story "The Challlenge of Exploring Venus" the claim is they use facs like how we havent taken any thing from venus and they also use how if we do live up there we have to deal with the weather and how some of our metals will mealt if there up there because of the tempeture is 800 degrees farenhight and the atmoshphere is 97 percent carbin dioxide blanks venus and the atmoshphere is 90 times greater than what we expect at our own planet and venus has powerfull earthquakes and lightnig strights and the aurthor is telling and explaning what the goods and bad to the world venus and how the world is a working envoirment for the humans but they would have to deal with bad weather and problems like earths aurthor but harder to deal with and much more stronger and they have try to take samples of venus but the tempature is to strong and they cant get to close and every attemet was etheir unmmaned or unndrowned.But the narator show how NASA is perparing and how they are trying to get there but they are having struggles and difficulties. The aurthor saids "probaly covered with largely oceans and could have supported various of life just like earth today, venus still has some features that are analougous and incldes familliar features such as valleys, mountains and craters. | 1 |
4ab8bc1 | Our Solar System is out of this world. Different things occur in space.Many people and scientist ask numerous questions about space and our Solar System. For instance," Is there life on Mars?" and " Is the Face on Mars a natural landform?" In, this essay you will read why the" Face on Mars" is a natural landform.
There are three different occurings of the face that appeared on Mars.First, you have the Viking 1 that appeared in 1976.Secondly, we have the Mars Global surveyor(MGS) that appeared in 1998. Lastly,we have the latest MGS that grew in the year 2001. All of theses are exotic discoverings from space. But, now we try to find out if they are true natural landforms or more than that.
In this article, NASA and conspiracy theorists argue whether there is life on mars or it's just another natural landform. But, in this case NASA has a budget wish saying that there had been a ancient civilization on Mars.But, once the image first appeared on the JPL website reavealing what they call a "natural landform" turns out there was no alien monument after all or an aien monument.
In conclusion, the "face on Mars" is most likely a natural landform. The picture shows that
the Martian is equivalent to a buttle or mesa the landforms that are common around the American west. Still, to this day do scientists and conspiracy theorists there miht be life on Mars. | 3 |
4ab92e8 | The advantages of limiting car usage result in a healthier environment for you and your children, exercise by walking or riding a bike, and saving money on parking and gas.
Limiting car usage would be beneficial for the environment because the gas wouldn't polute the air. Green house gas emissions from tailpipes polute the air that everyone is breathing. If the car usage was limited, then the air would start to become fresh again. Stated in the passage, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." This exerpt from the passage "Car-Free Cities" explains that Europe's percentage is too high and they need to drop it fast or the percentage will grow and the greenhouse gas emissions will increase.
Limiting car usage isn't a big move like most people are making it out to be. Walking to pick up your child from school isn't such a bad thing! It gives you bonding time to spend with them outdoors. You can walk or ride a bike to the park to play. Especially if it is less than 1 mile! Walking is a great way to exercise and its free! FREE! This component of "smart planning" could work if eveyone helped by reducing car use.
Having a car is expensive! You have to pay for gas, which is expensive, and you have to pay to park your car! If you live in the area where you want to go, walk! But if you're going to the grocery store, obviously you would take your car if you're getting a lot at the store. You have to pay to park in the parking garage and that is $40,000 with a house. The passage "Car-Free Cities," states that "70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to move here." In that town, everything is pretty close to each other so you don't have to drive anywhere. If you needed to go visit a family member in a different city, the the train! It's fun, free, and calming.
As you can see, you don't need to drive a car. Yes, you can drive a car, but why would you? You have buses, and trains, and other ways of transportation. This way, you don't have to pay for gas to go to the park. Not using your car is healthy for the environment and it's great exercise. It's a good way to get outdoors and have a nice walk. So please, just try using your car a little bit less everyday and soon enough, you will rarely use it, the air will be fresh, and you'll be taking some nice strolls in the park with your family. | 4 |
4ad512b | I really think you should partcipate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. It can be really fun to do. It is really fun for all of the seagoing cowboys because you can take care of the animals while everybody is gone.
In the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation or UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys"to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and Don signed up, you can sign up, too. Also in the story, it says that you can only be 18 or older to sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Also in the story, it says that being a Seagoing Cowboy was more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. Luke had a good time and he had an adventure and he saw new things. Why you can't have an adventure just like Luke.
Anybody can have an adventure and get to see new things, I'm just trying get to let you see things that you never seen before. Working as a Seagoing Cowboy is really fun. I really hope that you sign up so you can take care of the animals that are probably extinct. I wish I was there to sign up,but I hope you sign up. Who knows, you'll probably be on T.V. | 2 |
4ad7a7d | I am against driverless cars because, it isn't really driverless if a driver is still required to drive at times. What if the driver falls asleep and the warning signals for them to begin driving doesn't wake them up? Then you have a wreck and then who is to blame? The owner or the manufacturer? Now, you have a huge arguement that would most likely have to go into court , and the buyer is most likely going to try to sue the manufacterur.
Another reason why i am against driverless cars is because, if the sensers mess up And don't sense a person walking across the street or a wreck ahead etc. and the driver isn't paying attention because they're on their phone or something and the warnings don't go off then you have an even bigger situation than the one that was already ahead. Then if the car gets messed up in anytype of way then the driver has to pay a lot more money to get things fixed then they would with a regular car, because that type of technology isn't cheap.
Another reason is , what if its snowing out side and the roads are icey , would the car be able to drive it's self through all the ice and stuff? It barely safe driving on ice with a regular car now. I believe that more wrecks would be caused by making driverless cars legal in all states . | 2 |
4ad859a | It's incredible how the technology is able to know your emotions. It's like the techonology is trying to communicate with us, but will it be useful for school and teachers? In this passage I'm going to tell you, why having the technology is valuable and useful for school and teachers.
The use of this technology that is able to read the emotional expressions of studnets in a classroom is valuable becuase it's important that the teachers know the emotions that her students. This technology can help the teachers understand the students btter for example, the teacher is giving a lesson the teacher needs to know if they're bored or confused so he or she can do something about his or her lessons.
If the students are bored then he or she can change the ways they teach, by adding some fun activities to try and keep thier students attention, enocourage students to learn and pay attention to what the teacher is teaaching. If the student is confused then the teacher can try and help the students by giving them more examples and talking about the topic more. Having this sort of technology is great becuase many of the students don't want to ask their teacher for help when they're confused in a certain topic. The students might be afraid that the teacher might get displeased or made fun of from the other students.
In the text "Making Mona Lisa Smile" states "A classromm copmputer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". It says that the computer can read the students emotions when they are bored an confused, like I said before.
In conclusion, Using this sort of technology would help many teachers and many schools because they would know how his or her students feel. Also, help them with thier lessons and way of teaching. Creating new ways to teach and enocurage the students to learn and be in school. | 3 |
4adb263 | Hello, I'm Luke Bomberger and I work for the "Seagoing Cowboys". We are a group of people who bring animals in boats to countries who are in need and have suffered from the war called "World War 2". We work for a group called the U.N.R.R.A. (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). They are a society that gives to those who have suffered from the war.
You should join me and the other Seagoing Cowboys so we can do an even better job of helping people! On return trips, we play games in empty animal holds such as baseball,volleyball,fencing,table tennis, and more! We have so much fun all the way home!
We have gone all over the world, we have gone to Greece, Venice,Europe, China, and other places around the globe! We even see things that countries are known for, such as the Acropolis in Greece, and the Panama Canal in China! Even though we work hard to help people, we get to see the amazings sites that just wow us! We even get to do things in the countries besides our job, like the time we took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy!
We bring the animals to countries all over the world so people can live better and healthier lives. The animals give them food, and a way to get around (on horses). The people can even get money if they sell the animals. The animals help people in need every day! The animals help the countries prosper and regain wealth from the loss of the war! You can help people around the world if you become a Seagoing Cowboy! | 3 |
4adf796 | Having a driverless car can come with it's pros and cons, just like everything else. The positive side of having 'driverless cars' you wont have to drive the car yourself. The nagative side of having driverless cars are possibly getting into a car crash, and getting a driverless car could cost much more money than just geting a regular car.
Well, let's start with the pros of having a driverless car. One of the pros are that you won't have to drive the car yourself. I'm pretty sure that people with their licenses or with their permants, probably get tired of driving and it probably gets boring also. Now we have the cons of driverless cars. Cons of driverless cars are that people can possibly get into a car crash, and driverless cars probably cost much more money than regular cars. If anyone with a driverless car, were to get into a car crash, who fault would it be? The person in the drivers seat ot the company's? Nobody would know. Now with the money situation, i'm not sure if it would cost way much more money than a regular car or not but if it does lots of people may not be able to afford it.
In conclusion, I feel as if having a driverless car would not the best of ideas. I hope that now whoever would want to buy a driveless car indentifies the pros and cons of having a driveless car, and makes the decision that they feel is the best decision for them. | 2 |
4ae7748 | Can you imagine a time in the future when cars are intelluctually capble of driving theirselves?In the Article"Driverless Cars are Coming,"the author effectively argues both the positive and negative aspects of driverless cars..The author uses rhetorical devices such as Logos and Pathos to prove both of his aspects correct on the use of driverless cars.A society in which we enable the use of driverless cars would fundamentally change the world.
Logos,a rhetorical device that is defined as logic appeal or facts, is an effective way the author shows how driveless cars would benefit society.He envisions a future where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system.Inquiring how a very important sensor called The Dubbed LIDAR creates a 3-D model of the car's surroundings.This emphasizes how the sensor is just as effective as a human.The author states "the comination of all this input is neccessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." Driverless cars implements the act of safety and are reponsive to inactivity of the driver.The author reveals,'In 2013,BMW announced the development of "traffic Jam Assitant." "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph,but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel.'Logos is just one of many ways the author effectively shows how "Driverless Cars" help benefit society.
Pathos, another rhetorical device that is defined as emotional appeal is another effective way the author shows how driverless cars would benefit society.The author goes on to say informaton systems and car entertainment systems are now able to be used effectively delivering heads-up displays.This could decrease the number of accidents caused by texting a nd driving.The author states the display systems are "soething not availabe to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." "In this way,the in-car system is actually a safety feature,and safety is a big concern."Emotions are drawn when talking about the disdfunctional aspects of the producr.The author states "Idf the technology fails and someone is injured,whos is at fault-the driver or the manuafacturer?"This may spark interest with emotion because it has to do with the safety of the public.I believe the laws for the release of the "Driverless Cars" should be passed.Pathos was one of the many other ways the author effectively shows how "Driverless Cars" help benefit society.
A society in which we enable the use of driverless cars would fundamentally change the world.Is something I belive the author effectively proved.HIs facts and evidence clearly stoody behind the points he created.The "Driverless Cars" would definitely help improve society as a whole. | 4 |
4aea2ed | Wouldn't you want to be a cowboy who rode the waves? We call them the "Seagoing Cowboys." If you said no, I think I can change your mind!
Don't you care about horses, young cows, and mules? These poor animals need your help! Just sign up, so that you can feed them, bath them, and make sure they get plenty of rest. It must've been a long trip for them when they were being shipped overseas. Maybe some of them got seasick!
Haven't you ever dreamed of traveling the world? You get to go everywhere when your a Seagoing Cowboy! You can find beautiful views of sunrises, and sunsets. Imagine the amazing photos you could take. You can get some good selfies, too!
This job dousn't just give you the sence of adventure. It dousn't just give you the sence for caring for animals. It really makes you think about what's happening around the globe. It shows you the feelings of others. It makes you aware of what some countries need.
If you are a kind fellow, this is the job for you. If you need money, well of course you need this job. You may even save lives with this job. | 3 |
4aed3c1 | Luke's point of view on convincing people to go on this seagoing journey is he wants to go on this wonderful cattle boat journey.
He doesn't want to miss out on this great oppurtunity to go on this trip.
He knows it is an oppurtunity of a lifetime because his friend is encouraging him to go, but he doesn't leave home.
He can't resist the temptation so he goes anyway.
Luke knows it is a very rigorous job to do but he knows he might be able to help a lot on this trip that's why he goes.
Lue loves this experience on his adventure to Europe.
Luke is veer convicting on why he goes on this adventure. People want to participate in this because Luke liked this journey so many other people might.
When Luke has to check on the animals each hour he has to make sure he has to chech on them very painstakingly to make sure every animal is there.
When Luke breaks his ribs that's when you know that all of his jobs are super rigorous to do and work. | 2 |
4af15c8 | Have you ever wondered what else is beyond this planet earth. There is much more out there than what we know. The universe is a very great mystery. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author focuses more toward the planet Venus. Venus is much more than what we believe it is. Venus is not just an ordianary planet it's much more. There are other things that could be threating on Venus because NASA does not have enough information as stated on Paragraph 2.
Discovering Venus may be harder than NASA thought. First you would have to get the materials to be able to survive in Venus' enviornment. The materials to build the space ship and for the ship to function well. The people would also have to be trained very well for the circumstance they will have to face. It will be a challenge for the people going to Venus, but in the long run it will be helpful for NASA to retrieve all the information about Venus.
Now the cost will be something very big. The suits for the people will cost a lot of money. The suits would have to withstand very high heat. The ship would have to withstand very high heat tempatures as well. The technology required will also be very expensive. Everything required for the mission will cost a lot of time and not only that, but a fortune.
Since NASA doesn't know much about Venus they would have to send people very smart and with a lot of patience because in tough situations you will need to be calm and alerted. Venus also might have things we have never seen before like creatures or objects. The people in the ship would also need to have very good communication with each other. On Paragraph 4 it states "Astronomers are fascinated bu Venus because it may very well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solor system." NASA would have to make many caculations and work to get to Venus.
It takes hard work and dedtication to get to where you want to be. Getting to Venus will be a challenge for NASA in many ways. NASA would have to cunduct a lot of research. NASA knowing very little of Venus will be even harder to get there. They are currently trying to get more research from Venus and are trying to make plans forpeople to head to Venus safely. NASA is curently working on many other approaches to learn more about Venus as stated on Paragraph 7. NASA will one day be able to send people to Venus and will be able to open many more doors to the future. | 3 |
4af3457 | A computer can tell the Mona Lisa painting is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. A computer is a complex machine with almost everything in it. A computer stores information like what sites you have been on, documents, and more. It also lets you get information in less than five seconds, but is this a good idea to use in classrooms with students? By looking at the reading "Making Mona Lisa Smile," we can see how computers are helpful when it comes to students' expressions; the teachers can change the lesson up to make it more exciting on the spot.
The software that can read people's emotions is the latest innovation from Professor Thomas Huang, who worked with Professor Nicu Sebe on this project. They are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an 'action unit.' Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." All of their research on human expressions went into this software. They noticed your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when you are surprised and your orbicularis oris tightens when you show anger. By using the software on the Mona Lisa painting, they predicted how she was feeling. She was more happy than angry according to the software, but by looking at the painting, a human can not tell if she is happy, angry,or sad. The computer can tell us how she is feeling by acknowledging her muscles in her face. This software can also tell us when a student is happy, confused or bored, and it will help the teacher adjust the lesson for the student. "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confued or bored.' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". The technology can help a teacher and a student succeed together by telling each other how they are feeling even if they do not talk during class. Most students raise their hands to answers questions, but a student will not raise their hand to say "I'm bored". Some students do not want to tell the teacher they are confused either. Hence for the computer will automatically tell the teacher and they can explain the lesson better to the whole class because there are always multiple students who need extra help, but will not ask. There for, their software will make humans interact more by telling us how they are feeling.
In conclusion, the software Professor Thomas Huang and Professor Nicu Sebe will help read students' emotional expressions. The software has information on how a humans' muscles move when they are happy, sad, angry, fearful, surprised, confused, etc. By using it on the Mona Lisa, we can see that the software works and it will also help find problems in it. Dr. Huang predicts that the software will also help the teacher know when a student is confused or bored. The teacher can then adjust their lesson to make the student more attentive. This will help the teacher succeed in their job more, the lesson more informational, and the student more productive in their school work. | 3 |
4af77e9 | My name is Luke Bomberger and I honestly believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the program you can stay on until you are at least 18 years of age. Joining the sea cowboys is a way to go on many journeys through out your lifetime. It is a way to learn different types of animals and, since I used to work on a farm I can help you feed the animals if you need any help. Even though im above 18 I still want to stay on the program with all of the new followers but, I did have to be drafted in 1947.
When I was traveling across the sea I got to see Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, Crete, and Panama Canal on my way to China. I had very rough times at night watchmen, one time I was going to go and feed the animals and I fell down the slippery stairs, it didn't hurt to bad but I did feel alot of pain. We also had a fun time on board playing baseball and volleyball. After all of the animals had been feed and put to bed we also played table-tennis, boxing, fencing, reading, and whitling. As the time went by it is always ttime to go to bed because when we were playing the games time had been flying.
Joining the Seagoing Cowboys was a great decision. After I had quit my two half-time jobs, banking and working at a grocery store my friend Don had asked if I wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys. It was as fun as it gets having a friend aboard that I was able to talk to. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys was a great opportunity to help me see everyone elses needs in other countries. So if you ever want to talk stop by my house where I have very many vistors each and evrey year. | 3 |
4afa8b6 | Driving is one of the most dangerous everyday things that we do, and we dont need computors to help make it anymore dangerous. In this article they bring up the possibility of having hands free driving. This is a subject that has been tested and fantasized by humans for quite awhile now. Google has had this technology since around 2009, and has allowed them to test it. However in these tests the cars have not been truely fully aoutmated my a computer. There has been a driver behind the seat everytime.
The tests that have taken place have proven that the computors have the capability of driving under the circuiumstances that they were presented with, but if they still require the driver to be alert whats the point? The time that the car has spent driving still required the driver to remain alert behind the wheel once it ran into issues. I belive that this is just a tool that is asking for trouble. Most people dont have trouble driving by themselves, and this tool is just another peice of technology that is going to make us more lazy. I feel like there are far more chances for the computors to calculate wrong or malfunction and possibly hard or kill the passengers and drivers behind the wheel as well as others on the road.
I feel like people might also be misinformed if this was ever released into the public, and feel like the computor is to be doing all the work, but as of right now thats not the case. This can ultamitly lead to more accidents and deaths behind the wheel. As The article states if this were to happen who's really to blame the driver or the manufacurer? This leads to more issues than conveniences in my opinion, and could do far more damge to large companies that would be relasing this hardware into the world. There would need to be a total redesign of safety laws and additions to the laws that are already in place.
In conclusion i dont feel like cars need an autopilot feature because it has more cons than pros at this point, and is a danger to the public until tested on for a longer period. Im not against it in the future possibly, but at this point in time its far too dangerous and adds to the chaos that is already in place on the roads. Hopefully by the time that tesla releases their vehicle they have done enough testing to make sure that its as safe as possible. | 3 |
4afb85e | I am Luke Bomberger, and i go on sea cowboy trips. There are many things to see and tour. There are many reasons why some one should become a sea cowboy. I hope you listen to my advice.
One reason someone should becoome a sea cowboy is because you get to do a lot of sightseeing. I got to go to China, Greece, Venice, and Crete. In China, there was great sightseeing. So many things to tour and look at, and i got to see the Panama Canal while heading there. It was beautiful.
I aslo got to go to Greece, as i have already told you, and got to see the Acropolis. Greece was by far the best place i went. It is one of the spectaclals of being a sea cowboy. If you aren't a sea cowboy then its likely that you will never see the things i got to see.
In Venice, the streets where made of water, or atleast people traveled by canals of water. The people of Venice had to be good at controling boats to do that because i tried, and fell in the water. You get to do some unique things as a sea cowboy, such as the things i just described to you.
Crete was the second best, because i got to see the Panama Canal. I couldn't say enough that it was beautiful. With its wide mouth and trees every where, you don't see that every day unless you're a sea cowboy.
There may be a big wait to get to those places, but its worth the wait. Hey, that reminds me of the time i almost died at sea. If you like risks, you'll love being a sea cowboy. Back to the time i almost died at sea. I was walking on deck, just back from checking the animals, and i sliped on a ladder below me. I started sildeing down the side of the boat, and caught on a peice of metal. That peice of metal saved my life. I did end up with a few broken ribs, but i was ok.
Did i mention the animals, almost 400 hundred animals each trip. The best part of it is being with the animals. I get to feed them, clean them, and water them. Some of the animals you get to see are some of the ones that might start to feel connected to. I got to keep a horse that i loved. Another great thing about being a sea cowboy.
Please take my advice and join me on these great adventures. | 4 |
4afbbfa | Dear, To whom ever it may concern I here am writing this this letter to tell you guys about the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The Electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electorals votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Under the 23rd Amendmentof the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposesof the Electoral College.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of Electors.I know the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's politicail party, but state law vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are .. Also the Presidential election is geld every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 1 |
4afda89 | In 2009, Google cofounder Sergey Brin was a part of a team that develop what we know as the worlds first "driverless" car. Given, this car had to be under specialized conditions in order to function, and needed human guidance when it encountered difficult situations, it still was a huge step in the field of autonomously driving cars. Some people think these feats of technology could be revolutionary, whereas people like myself, believe they belong in science fiction. The question is, are autonomously driven cars a feasible thing in today's society?
My argument is complicated, but I do believe that these vehicles will hold no place in our society. The only way these cars could be precise enough and safe enough is if they were the only cars on the road, which is a very unrealistic thing to expect. Besides safety and precision, these cars would absolutely shatter our culture, and what we know as the American Dream. The American Dream being, buying a fixer-upper with your father, and working on it form age eight until age sixteen when you can actually drive it. Not even to mention the sheer amount of jobs that this would kill, and stomp the glass that is our economy into smaller and smaller pieces.
From a devil's advocate perspective, the idea of these cars are actually quite neat to me. What convinces me these are not the right direction for us to be headed in is the fact that they will be run by computers. Trust me, I do not hate computers by any means, I actually have a passion for them, but the idea of having my life in a computers hands scares me. If you have ever done any computer programming or software development, there is often a phrase that is thrown around and it is, "The computer will do exactly what you tell it to do." Meaning it knows no more than what you teach it. When humans drive, they have a healthy fear of speed and the dangers it brings. They also know that there mistakes could cost other people's lives, and it instills a certain level of fear inside you when you're behind the wheel, knowing that it would be there fault if there happened to be a crash. Computers do not care if they crash, or kill someone, or go to fast, unless we teach them to; which, would take an unrealistic amount of time to do.
That brings me to my final point, the legality of the things. They simply could not make it in today's society. Someone random could easily hack in, change destination, swerve off the road, etc. Even if a crash was truly the computer's fault, who would be responsible? Google? The Owner? Drivers shouldn't be allowed on the roads unless they can testify in court. Humans can testify, but computers cannot.
In summary, the idea of autonomously driving cars are neat, but in reality they are just that, a neat novelty. This feat of technology is unrealisticly unsafe, and not a feasible thing for today's society. The effects it will have on our culture, economy, legal system, and most importantly safety, makes these autonomous cars not only unrealistic, but a waste of time and resources to research. | 4 |
4afe435 | Dear state senator, I think that we should change to start voting by popular vote because it will be easier for the voters and is a more realistic way of voting.
When voting and following the rules of the electoral college, many voters get confused. As is says in source 2, many voters vote for the wrong person. They also don't always get controll over who they vote for. Say they voted for one canidate to be their state senator, well with that one person comes many people that have "pledged" themselves to that canidate. They would be voting for the canidate and these many people that have pledged themselves to him and they don't even know it.
Also as they say in source 2, the election of 2000 was a huge mishap in presidential election history. In states like Louisiana, they had people replace democratic electors so that the popular vote that would've went to one of the canidates, didn't actually go through. Although the electoral college is good for getting exact numbers and helps solve disputes( source 3)it is an uruly and untrustworthy way of voting and should not be used anymore. Voters are easily confused when voting and many do not follow up on what is happening during election time. I think that a better way to votee would be to vote more often and give the electors another chance to be relected so that after a few months if voters changed their mind then they could reelect someone else.
Popular vote is a much better idea not only becuase it is more realistic, but because it is easier to understand. Even some of our presidents like Richard Nixon and Bob Dole have thought that this was the way to go. Not only do they believe this, but they lost their presidency votes becuase of the electoral college. I think that they are just trying to scam voters and pick someone that would be best for them, not for our country. I think that by using the electoral college method, they are cheating into picking the winners, but if we used popular vote, this wouldnt happen.
Thank you for your time. | 4 |
4afe849 | People may think they know what the future of cars may hold but no one really knows all the possiblities. Driverless cars are one of the features everyone is talking about in the future of cars. It may sound very cool, but it could cause more accidents than there are now.
People don't really know what it takes to make a driverless car, there has to be a sensor basically for all arround the car just to see if there is a car arround or near, and if just one sensor malfunctions it could cause an accident. A driverless car also takes a lot of programing to make sure everything works proberly, like making sure the roads are programed into the system and having all the speed limits of every road the person may go on are in the system. With all of the suff it takes to make a driverless car in consideration and how much everything would cost would be a rediculously high price for a dirverless car and the average driver.
If the price of a driverless car was rediculously hight then the average person wouldn't be able to afforde the car and he car would only be sold the the people with more money, which isn't the majority of people so my opion on driverless cars is that they should not make them.
The thought of having a driverless car would be very cool; But... they would be very dangerous in the first couble of years in the making and could cause multiple accidnets. Also the cost of the cars would be only for the people with more wealth. which wouldn't be very good for the companies that want to make alot of business.
The future of cars is a very cool thing to think about, but no one really knows what the future holds in the making of cars. | 3 |
4b037f4 | From the small town of Cocoa, Florida, to the busy streets of Beijing, China, driving cars is a global phenomenon. It could be said that reducing the use of cars is beneficiary to the human population. Although, some believe that the negative effects of limiting automobile usage will surely outweigh the positive outcomes. The superior argument, however, is overall, less vehicle use.
Limiting car use would be an improvement to society on a global scale. According to source 1, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. This shows that the the excessive use of transportation harms the ozone layer. Even at 12 percent, the percentage will gradually increase and later will become an even more significant threat to Earth's atmoshere. According to source 4, transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind powerplants. If the numbers were reduced, it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. This would cause less pollution and more breathable air in the long run. The world we share will become uninhabitable if we continue in these environmental patterns.
Furthermore, there is more justification for the advantages of limiting car usage. According the source 2, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France. This was due to the fact that Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air five days before. The amount of time it took to air out smog that rivaled Beijing,China is an impressive factor of being fuel efficient. According the source 3, Bogota Columbia has a program where, for a day, you go around town car-free. It is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. This has lead to the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city. Not only does the environment become more habitable, but your physical health is improved as well.
However, some would argue that limiting vehicle use is not the route to go. According to source 2, when the Paris driving ban was enforced, delivery companies complained of lost profit. This is not completeley true since plug-in cars, hybrids, and other earth-friendly cars were unaffected by the Parisian ban. Car companies will still be in business because of the use of green cars instead of foosil fuel-powered automobiles. According to source 4, demographic research has shown that there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 to 39-year-olds getting a license, while older people are likely to retain their licenses as they age. This may harm the next generation as they become more dependent on alternative methods of traveling. It does not mean, however, that they won't have similar efficiency of speed and reliability with different transportations as they would now. The goverenment will have more money from public transportation to improve upon the community, and greener way. of traveling, like walking or bike riding, will create stronger immune systems and keep the majority of the population in healthy physical shape. The argument of the disadvantages of limiting car usage is somewhat counterproductive, as shown in this paragraph.
Cars, one of the less significant necessities of a well functioning society, will continue to be used. Children, teens, and adults alike will all be affected by the results of driving. We do require a method of convienient transportation for daily occurences, however, there is an extent over how much driving is sufficient to continue our everyday lives. Whatever an individual's decision may be, the amount of car usage will determine the living conditions on Earth for generations to come. | 6 |
4b07312 | Are electoral college better than other colleges. yes i belive that a electoral college is better than other collages becuase they help pick the preiden andthe vice presidentg based on votes, the Electoral collage is consists on 538 votes whicha majority of 270 elecors is required to elect the president.
An electoral college is a collage that helps pick canididates that are running for president in are state. the canidates are chosen by the politial party. the election is held every 4 years on thethe first tuesday of november. my second reason electoral collages help are state out are they help pick they rights states to vote.
an electoral collage tells there president where to go and give there speechs. presidebts seechs are very important, the speechs give them vote two keep them president in charge. some on thebig voteing states are texas,california,and florida, so inconclusion you should go two a electoral collage becuase they help are states out by pick the right president and keeping him. | 1 |
4b0827c | I think that the smart cars would be really cool to have. I think if we have these car some people, like me, may actually want to drive. Some people have a fear of driving, and I think these cars could be a good way to help with that fear. I have this fear because of the car accident in my family.
Another note that would have it be more helpful is help older people to drive. My great grandma never learned how to drive. If these cars were here just maybe it could help her get out of the house more. Many people think that if you get in a car accident, while the smart car is driving the manufacturer should be punished. I don't think this because you still have to stay alert when something is coming up. One other thing I can think of is that the car is not fully driverless. This to some people is a downfall, but to me I think it is awesome. The shows that we are getting lazier by the day. The author states, "... but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires the human skills, such as navigating through work zones and accident... the humn driver must remain alert and be ready to take over." This to me is a major downfall to the car. Driver should still be resposible for any damage that is done to another person or other car. If you are going to drive make sure you focus on the road head and leave the phone alone till you get to your destination or home.
I still think the smart cars are going to be a big thing. Even though it has its downfalls, I think that they will help wth a few issuse. It can maybe helo people get over their fear of driving, or teach older people to drive. But if they do become driverless, I think the driver should still be held responsible. | 3 |
4b0dcc9 | I have been working with Nasa now for three years and not one have I heard some crazy things like this. How can people possibly think they are being reached out by aliens that is just so crazy I cant stress that enough. I think if aliens were real why would they want to be found if they are smart like people think they are because they can fly a spaceship then why would they leave that face there for us to find it.
If I was a alien I would not want to be found because who knows what they would do to me I would be so so frighten its not even funny. The other reason why I dont think it has anything to do with an alien is because where is that face from? Is it from an alien or human? How to we know if its even a face it can simply just be a rock that looks like face we do not know sure. For all we know this picture can actually be fake. They might just have wanted people to start thinking its a face and that we are living under aliens. I think my team in Nasa is just crazy straight up crazy.
So this is what I think about the whole alien thing this is not alien related stuff at all. It was never anything about alien stuff or egyption goddess stuff either its jusyt simply a rock that look like a face nothing more notrhig less. | 2 |
4b10de1 | Dear state senator,
I think the voting should be based off of the most popular vote. When we go to vote all we're voting for is electors to vote for the president they choose. In my opinion the people of the United States of america should get a saying in who they want as president. If the voting was based off of the most popular vote, it would be fair to everyone.
For example in 2000 when Al gore recieved more individual votes then George W. Bush and Bush one ,that was unfair because more poeple wanted Al Gore as their president rather than George W. Bush. The president is going to be ALL the people in the United States president, not just those 29 electoral voters president. In 2012 Obama won the election because of the 61.7 percent of the electoral votes not by individual votes. If the voting wasn't based off of the electoral votes than maybe the united states wouldn't be so much in debt and have so many people not wanting Obama as our president. Maybe Romney would have been a better president and have took the U.S out of so much debt. After all, 53.1 percent of individual voters voted for Romney.
Romney's chances of winning by electoral college were thin because since he was in the south he had no incentive to campaign heavily in those south states. Many voters don't vote because they know their vote won't matter at all when it comes to voting for the president of their choosing. If 35 million people vote in California, it would only count as 55 representatives. Is their really a point of them voting? no point at all.
In conclusion, if you really want a fair win for the president ,the president should be chosen by the people , not the electoral college. When i'm old enough to vote i hope it will be based off of who the poeple want as their prestident not the electoral college.
Sincerely, a student who's parents voted for Romney. | 4 |
4b1290d | Nasa is good at its job. Give them a break, they cant keep trying to gain information about this so called face for everyone to see. Atleast there giving you a possible explanation of what it could be. You guys just keep saying things you know nothing about, nasa is the scientist here. Plus theres no such things as aliens.
Who would even think that there could possibly aliens on mars. Nasa is for the study on space, and just to think yo guys think you know more then them is ridiculous. I understand you have your beliefs, but sometimes you treally just ahev to sit back and say is this logica. If your at the point where you say yeah this is absoulutely right, theres obviously some mental issues going on.
So baed on things in this passge such as the images, you never know the nasa company could b sneaky and photoshop the picture. Just for the controversy thats going on now. In the first picture it resembles nothing but a land form like structure. So as i was saying in the first paragraph stop trying to get attention on some so little. | 2 |
4b131e2 | Dear President of the United States,
I think you should change the whole "
Electoral Collage
" and have election by a popular vote instead. It would make much more scence instead of the whole Congress blah, blah, blah, and stuff. I mean I know that this was created by our Founding Fathers and should show respect, but popular voting won't take as long and much faster too. It states that in the article on paragraph 3, the first sentence , "
The Electoral College consists on of 538 electors
". Thats a lot of people. But when people try to vote for you, they are actually voting for the candidate's electors.
"
Under the Electoral Collage System, when voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for the slate of 34 Democratic electores pleged to Kerry
" (
Par. #10, Sent. #1-2).
"
The Electoral College is what we might call a disastor factor. The American people should be lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in the century; the system allows much worse
" (
Par. #11, Sent. #1-2
). That is why I suggest making a popular vote in stead.
Sincerely ,
PROPER_NAME
. | 1 |
4b21cc0 | Auto mobiles have become a major aspect of the everyday life of citezens all around the world. because of this growing use there are many disadvantages that come along with this over use. Many have come to the conclusion to limit automotive uses. Limiting car use has many advantages, it lowers air pollution,takes away stress and saves money.
Many places all over the world have begun this change. Places such as Vauban, Germany have given up the use of cars. Seventy percent of residents do not own a car, and fifty seven percent sold their car to move in to this community. They use a system call "smart planning" which seperates suburban life from automotive. Now instead of cars they walk, and bike to get to their destination. Here they made homes and the city as a whole, much closer together. Vauban residents the whole 5,500 of them are all in a rectangular square mile, making it easier to get from place to place with out a car. Also Paris has limited car ussage. after days of near-record pollution Paris decided to enforce A ban on driving. One day all even numbered lincense plates were told to leave cars at home to lower car pollution, if not they were to pay a fine. It was said in a five day period that traffic was down sixty percent. In Bogota, Colombia they have a day in the year that is car-free, millions are included in this day. This has gone oon for three years and is growing in size, many other cities have joined in on this car-free day. In the United States the president has tried to curb the greenhouse gas emission. Many citizens in the U.S. have grown with cars and have a growing admiaration for motive vehicles.
Giving up cars or lowering car ussage helps decrease our recent rise in air pollution since the out break in the early twentith century. In France there was a sixty percent drop of congestion in just a span of five car limiting days. Also it is a stress reliver! many say that when you give up a car you are less stressed about the traffic and it is nice to just walk to your destination.
Giving up are cars is a money saver! cars are a black hole that you just feed money into. we have to pay for gasoline every week or so and then we have fines and tickets. In Vauban, Germany residents have to pay for a parking spot to leave their car at and that parking spot does not come cheap. One parking spot costs 40,000 dollars on top of a payment for a house and other nessesities.
Although a car may get to from place to place very quickly, it is very harmful to the enviornment. With cars you bring stress, air pollution and debt. but all of that could go away if you follow those who are taking a step to reduce car use or even cut use of it completly. | 3 |
4b2ae1b | Mr. Senator , I agree you should keep the Electoral College because it a has a major impact who gets elected .
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors . A majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the president , and that helps the election move more swiffer which helps the people give more time to think , adjust , and prepare because most states have "winner-takes-all" they can have for time , unless they just rush it also that includes republicans and democrats . For example In 2012's election Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of popular votes cast for him and Romney because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in the state . Also they say that the citizens are voting not for the president , but for the slate of elector , who is turn elect the president . Eventhough though that is true and they do vote for a slate most of the time each party selects a slate of electors trust to vote for the parties nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed . I think they are doing a good job cause there has been no complaning , also statistics , maps , and facts shows who recieved the most popular votes . So you cant say they're cheating or treating people or doing it unfairly . Additionally people are glad well most people are glad who they picked because they're on their side , and plus majority rules and they will just have to pay the price if they mess up .
So I think you and they are doing a good job and shold keep the Electoral College . | 3 |
4b2c8fb | Think of this, "car-free cities". To about 90 percent of Americans this idea may sound outrageously retarded. why? well, for those who own a car their car is extremely important to them because it's their form of transportation, but also think of the harm that cars have done in just the past decades. Our global warming levels have rose dramatically and cars are one of the so many reasons. Not just that, think of all the deaths that have been involved with car accidents. All this can be stopped if we learn how to manage our car usage.
I'm not saying that cars should be banned or not used at all in our country, but we most definitely do need to be less dependent on our cars. Some places have already started the movement of car-free cities like in VAUBAN, Germany. They have given up their cars and have adjusted to a whole new life style. In the article "car-free cities" paragraph 3, a women named Heidrun Walter shares her opinion. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Not only can it be beneficial, but some people actually like the idea.
Now lets think of air pollution that has rose our global warming levels. If you were to ask someone "what's the biggest reason for global warming"? The first thing that would come to mind to almost everyone would be air pollution caused by cars. This isn't just in the US, this is going on everywhere in the world, but some places are finding solutions for this problem. For example, in the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" paragraph 1, it says "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". That's a perfect example of limiting car usage that can be extremely beneficial to us and our earth.
Some people may ask, "how can you limit your car usage" Well, you can ride your bike to work, take public transportation, and also walk. Riding your bike to work or walking to where you need to go can be an advantage to yourself. Many Americans are so inactive due to their cars because it can take you anywhere, but if you go out and walk or ride a bike to where you're going you're helping yourself out, and no it's not like you have to do it every day, but its just a way that we can manage our car usage and it would be more helpful than you think.
If we all take that big step and want to make a difference to our earth and its air pollution, we can achieve it. We don't necessarily have to be "car-free" we just all have to learn how to manage our car usage to make the big help. There would be less air pollution, our global warming levels would drop, there could be less car accidents, and less deaths. These advantages of limiting our car usage could just about save our lives and our earth. | 3 |
4b2ed69 | What is that mysterious face hiding in Mars? In the acticle "Unmasking the Face on Mars" its states many different thoughts of different people. NASA has expiremented this Face on Mars and belive that is just another Martin mesa. Although conspiracy theorists like to think otherwise, they do not really have any proof on their beliefs, there for, they do not have many people that follow upon that. Only a few scienetists believed that the Face was an alein artifact.
NASA photographed the Face as soon as they could get a good shot at it. In 1998, when the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia, they were able to snap a picture that was over ten times sharper than the original viking photos. This gave everybody a pretty good idea that if the picture was clear enough that it could prove if there was life on Mars or not. The anxcious people were waiting for the picture when they discovered that the Face was nothing more than a natural landform.
Alough the picture had proven that the Face did not show any life on Mars, they just did not believe that the photo couldnt have been right. At the time the Face was photographed, the camera had to peer through wispy clouds. Because the camera may not have gotten a clear shot, people argued with the sam monotnous story that they didnt get a good enough picture and the clouds could have been covering the the markings.
So the question comes back again, is that really a face in the in the ground of Mars? Garvin, a NASA researcher, states that it is very hard to target the face and where it is located. One day on a cloudless summer day, in 2001, Mars Global Surveyor went to take a second look at the Face that held thousands of people speechless on what to belive. Malin's team had managed to capture a picture using the camera's absolute resolution. They discovered that the picture actually shows a Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa, landforms common around the American West.
After all the fuss about the Face, it was proven to be just a landform that you you would find on Mars. This uniqe landform kept people wondering for years about what it really was. After many trips into space and passing by the Face, scientists finally got all the proof they needed to prove what it really was. This uncommon feature left the conspiracy theriost's jaws dropped and mouths closed. What do you think that mysterious face hiding in Mars was? | 4 |
4b30666 | Facial Action Coding System in Classroom's?
Have you heard about the new computer software called Facial Action Coding Sytem? This software can detect what kind of emotion you are feeling. This latest innovation comes from two profesors and some colleague experts. They are all developing better ways for a computer to communicate with people. The use of this technology could and should be used to even read students facial expressions in a classroom.
My first reason as to why I believe that this latest technology should be used to read students facial expressions in a classroom is because it can modify the lesson. For example when a student is in class and is looking at a computer screen and becoming confused or bored the computer will recognize this. When it recognizes this it can than modify the lesson in a way where it can make that frown go upside down. The lesson will than become more interesting and the student will than be willing to do the work because he/she enjoys it.
My second reason on why the Facial Action Coding System should be used in a classroom to detect students facial expressions is because it will help them academicly. For example when a student has to work on something on the computer that is visually interesting he/she will do a better job on actaully putting in some effort. The computer will read the facial expression on the student and continue giving them things on the screen that will keep a smile on there face. This will result in the student scoring well in whatever it was they were working on because it drew there attention in enough for them to continue reading and looking at the screen.
In conclusion using the Facial Action Coding System has its benifits.When using this new technology in a classroom the students will not only be happy but it will help them do well in school as well. You won't ever have to read anything in class that is boring so make sure you take this new computer software into consideration the next time you are working on something on the computer. | 4 |
4b31908 | Dear, Senator
I think we should not keep the electoral college because we should have the right to choose who runs everything. We the people want to be free and vote on for what we want. Its not fair because the winner take all system in each state candidates they think they cant win.
Also if their is a tie the election will be thrown to the house of representitives. The senate would choose the vice president because each state gets one vote. That means the one representative from Wyoming representing 500,000 voters has as much say as 55 representatives from California with 35 million voters.
In the electoral college system voters vote for slate of electors not for presidents. They elect the president. It depends on the state who picks the electors. Voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidency.
Best argument against the electoral college is what people call the disaser factor. 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The system allowed much worse consider legislatures picking electors and those electors could lways defy will of the people.
The people should be the ones picking the people they want in charge of the government. Thats why there should be no electoral college and let us vote and choose who we want.
Sincerly, The People | 3 |
4b3357a | Driverless cars being brought into the world sounds like a dream come true, no more worrying about horrible car accidents, or having the urge to text and drive at the same time, right? Wrong. Having driverless cars may sound like a good idea, but to me they're not. Especially when a persons' fate in being messed with.Plus bringing driverless cars into mind would also bring an even lazier world, and people that work as driving instructors would be out of a job. Having driverless cars will lead to humans becoming lazier than they already are, twice as many car accidents as there were before, and some lots of people around the world wouldn't have a job.
Car accidents can happen anywhere at anytime, and they are not a pretty sight to look at. Most car accidents happen during " work traffic" and on the highway. Now think of how many more car accidents would happen if we have "smart" cars driving by themselves. The damge would be horrific. In the passage, paragraphs 7-8, they talk mainly about how even though these are computer engineered cars, they still would need human assistance if nessecary. A line from paragraph 7 says "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselevs, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This sentence showed that even though these are smart cars, humans still have to be alert at all time. But what if the technology in the smart car refuses to provide smart alerts and warnings to the human? This would lead to a huge accident. And since the law doesn't know wheather to blame it on the manufracturer or the driver, its completely pointless to take the risk of putting these cars on the road.
Human laziness is another reason that we should not have driverless cars. This new idea just gives humans more reasons not to use their brains. Not having car skills, like focusing on the road,and knowing road signs wouldn't be helping our brains develop more. And having driverless cars should just mean that everyone should throw their brains in the trash.
Last but not least, jobs. Alot of people all around the world have the job of being a driving instructor. People get made and make a living for teaching other people how to drive good. If we take learning how to drive, and replace it with a computer just doing all the work, we would have alot of people without a job. And I'm pretty sure there would be a huge controversy about it. Plus, learning how to drive should be a special, and very big part of becoming an adult. If we replace that with technology, then the next generations wouldn't know how it feels to work for you freedom.
Basically, what I'm trying to prove is that bringing driverless cars into this world, would bring more accidents, worldwide laziness, and jobless people. Chaos would be among us. So I do not think we should have driverless cars, beacause it would keep humans really safe, and it would keep the "tradition" of learning how to drive a car living on through many generations to come. | 4 |
4b3469e | It is logically impossible for aliens to create what we call The Face. Although we do not know if such life forms exist, it still could not happen. It would take hundreds, or even thousands of lightyears to travel to the Milkyway galaxy. Extra-terrestrials would most likely have the same life-span as us, or slighty shorter/longer. So they probably couldn't survive the whole trip to our galaxy.
Even though no one knows how The Face was made, there are some more possible explanations. Strong winds could have eroded the surface of Mars and carried its contents to another location miles away from where they originally were.
Some lighter winds could have made indents on the flat part, giving it "facial features."
We have no evidence that truly proves that aliens are real. Many pictures that people show of their "encounter" just for attention. Others are just hoaxes. On the other hand, we were not there with those people to know that it wasn't true. Yet the lack of evidence says that they don't exist.
How would aliens even know what a human face looks like? They probably would have no idea (if they existed, that is). In the passage it says that The Face resembles an Egyptian pharoh. I don't think that aliens could understand what that was and leave an imprint on Mars that resembles a pharoh.
What kind of technology would they be using? A large laser? Technology/weapons that advanced don't exist yet, so it could not happen. It would most likely take a very long time since it is nearly two miles long. To be honest, I don't think anyone would have the patience to do that. Not even aliens. It could take months or possibly a year, depending on how detailed it is. | 3 |
4b346ce | If you had an opertunity to become a Seagoing Cowboy take it.
You should take it for two reasons, first it could be fun, second you could learn about the places you travel to. You could be one of the few who can say that the have fun for a living. Imagin this your at a famaly reunion and evey one there had no enteresting storys to tell you can tell them about your travels.
It would be fun to go to japan maby go shoping or go to a salon. You could go to disney world and met your favorit disney prinsess. Your frinds could even come along and have fun with you. Also get paid to have fun that is even better. So that is one reason why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
You could get a better education. You could learn facts about japan it's history and it's traditions. You can learn about different wars or different animals. You can spread your knoglage to the world. That is just some of the purkes of being smart.
There are lots of reasons to be a Seagoing Cow boy but I listed just a few. You can be like Luke and have fun and learn. You could also wast a opertunity like that and regret it. If you get that opertunity do with it what you will but you can't have your cake and eat it to. | 2 |
4b34809 | Article one was about electeral college and how it works. It explanined to us how when presidents get elected they have there own party to vote for them and, how the goverment has to prepare a certificat of ascertainment listing all candidates who ran for presadient in your state alony with the names of their respective electors.
Article two was about the electeral college, and why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. well in differnt places or state's you would vote for a cernten person supposably all fifty states are differnt some are republicans and some are democarts. so the states that are democrats are the ones that would vote ofr the democrats and the ones that are republinacs would vote for there kind and hopefuly there kind would win.
So i feel that both of the aritcles are the same but personally i thinkthat the first article has more support and more detail. I honestly dont have no idae what the heck Electeral college is it takes more than just two little articlesto tell me what something is. but I think I will have tosay i would like to vote to keep it beacuse it sounds ok from what i've read i maen. It is like i said if I had more information on it and understood what it really maent and what it was for I would be abke to give u a more striaght foward answer. But i do have to say I think we should keep it beacuse it looks like something good and something worth giving a shoot but form where my family is and what they belive i am going to have to go with there choice of who the go for or what they go for which they are republicans so therefor we r going to want nothing but republican to win. I mean not saying i will ever go my own way but i am just not ready to go and pick which party i want to follow yet. So yes i am going to have to vote for the keeping and trying of this i think it is worth the shoot. | 1 |
4b34887 | I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. This would be a gret way of futher advancing techology by starting this on the students in the classroom. " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. With this technology being able to read the emotionjs of the student, the it could be able to modify the lesson to further intrest the student. A computer that knows when youre happy, suprised, angry, disgusted, scared and sad sounds pretty cool, right? Most people would say so, this advancement in technology is amazing, but people may not be able to afford it. This would be great in classrooms because most teacher dont know that a child does not get the subject if the child does not say anything about it. With this technology we can help the children learn better and easier in the classroom. | 2 |
4b35d62 | Driverless cars aren't completly driverless, they could malufunction, and so far, seems to be expensive. Cars that can drive themselves are bad or just plain pointless.
First, driverless cars aren't even fully driverless yet. Seems like this cars can't do much by themselves, as said by BMW in paragraph 7 when the say " ...None of these cars developed are completely driverless...Designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requries human skills...This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requries". This means that you could be in danger of your car not alerting you quick enough or not at all. Which obviously would be dangerous.
Secondly, they could malufunction. These cars radar could stop working, not let you take control, or alert you at serious times. But the biggest problem is that if someone is injured. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer". This is asked in paragraph 9 and is most likely to be the biggest problem with these driverless cars.
Third, they seem to be just too expensive for the average consumer to buy. Look in paragraph 4 it says that "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position estimating sensors,... A rotating sensor on the roof,... A video camera,... Four automative radar sensors,... Gps reciever,... Uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-d model of the car's surroundings". Seems very expensive once you name what you need for this car to work, and most will not pay for all of those things to get the driverless car to work, plus the car.
so if the cars aren't completly driverless, they could possibly malufunction and cause serious issues, and most likely will be highly expensive, just makes the driverless car seem like an extremely bad idea and possibly pointless. | 3 |
4b39a5d | I am writing this on behalf of the the people and my fellow co-workers who agree with me and believe that the Face is just a natural landform.
For those of you who think that the Face was created by aliens I find that almost impossible. We have been watching Mars for years and have found NO evidence of lifeform or evidence that some lifeform has even been on Mars. I find it pretty hard for someone or something to come and leave the Face on Mars and leave no tracks. There is no true evidence that indicates that there is life on Mars.
As bad as we all wish there was a ancient civilization on Mars; There isn't one.
Even after our chief scientist Jim Garvin photographed the Face in 1997 it was clear that the Face is just a natural landform. There are many times where we have looked at something in our life thinking that it was something that it was not. The Face just happens to be on of those things.
Lets not make this natural landform more than what it is, which is a mesa. As time progressed and our technoloy progressed by 2001 we realized it was not a face. And yes,
I know we all wanted it to be something like a face, But the truth is, it's not. It's literallty just a landform on Mars. | 2 |
4b39f05 | Hi I am Luke and I am a Seagoing Cowboy. A SeagoingCowboy is someone that sails on a boat and the boat has farm animals that you take care of. I have been a SeagoingCowboy for nine years and I am still facinated at all the places we go to. I have been to the Acropolis in Greece, I also rode a Gondola in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.
Whould you like to be a SeagoingCowboy its a lot of fun and I forgot to tell you also get to feed the farm animals. It's a very long sail but it's worth the seightseeing. The night watch is like a job you have to check on the animals every hour to make sure their okay. But the night watch could be scary one time I fell and cracked my ribs.
There are also some fun things you can do on the ship once you drop of the animals. When you returning from dropping of the animals you can play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Ping-Pong tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games that helped pass time on the boat.
The animals on the ship were pigs, sheep, chickens, cows, roosters, horses, and goats. The most liked animal was the horses because they were nice and the fur was very soft. Every time at night you could here the animals for a litlle then they would finaly settle down.
Would you like to be a SeagoingCowboy if not thats okay but it's very fun. Being a SeagoingCowboy keeps you active and it helps you learn responsibility and being trustworthy. There are signups next year in New Orleans, Louisana. This is Luke we will se you in New Orleans next year. | 2 |
4b434e1 | Florida Senator-
I had not known much about the electoral college until now, and I am appauled that this election process has been used ever since the establishment of the Constitution-decades ago. The electoral college is unfair, raises dispute, does not provide an accurate representation of the country's vote as a whole, and the process is simply not logical. I feel like we, as a country, could avoid a great deal of dispute that arises, regarding the electoral college voting system, if it were changed to election by popular vote.
First of all, when the electoral college voting system is used, while people may think they are voting for a presidential canidate, they are not. Voters are actually choosing a group of electors that then elect a president. Shouldn't something that has a great impact on our country, such as electing the president of the United States, be chosen by the people living in the country under the president's decisions? Anyone would agree that the people should have the power to contribute to these decisions, yet somehow the electors are taking this huge responsibility into their own hands.
Another issue with the electoral college is that it gives canidates different motives for their campaign. I believe that in an electoral campaign, canidates should be advertising their views equally to all parts of the country, if all parts of the country get to have a say in their voting. However, most of the time, entire countries are skipped over by canidates, as if they don't matter, so that the canidates can talk to states that they find more important to get a vote from. In the election of 2000, a seventeen whole states didn't see the canidates at all, and some of the larger states didn't see a single campaign ad. If the presidents know that they are practically guaranteed the electoral votes by a state, why would they waste their time trying to persuade a state that is already persuaded? It makes sense for the canidates to see "swing states"-the states that are more divided, and whose electoral votes are not guaranteed one way or another. I don't blame the canidates for their methods, but the electoral college itself for bringing about these techniques for campaigning.
The last problem with the electoral college that I would like to address is how the electoral college discourages people from certain states from voting. For example, a Rebulican in California or a Democrat in Texas are obviously aware that their vote isn't going to count towards the majority of the state's votes, or to which canidate the state's electoral votes will be going to. People are definitely more likely to vote if they know that their vote will be heard in some way. The "winner takes all" method is eliminating any representation of the opposing party's vote and discourages the minority of the state from voting. Everyone says that being a good citizen requires being aware and involved with government decisions, and voting whenever possible, yet in the 2012 election, one-half of Americans that were eligible to vote, did not. I'm sure that a good portion of non-voters were influenced by the unfair ways of the electoral college.
As you can see, the electoral college brings about many issues-issues that could be easily avoided if the electoral college was changed to the much simpler and straight forward popular voting system. Our country would be accurately represented, people would feel as if their vote actually makes a difference, presidential campaign would be consistent for all states, and we would actually be able to vote for the specific person we are trying to vote for in the first place. With all of these reasons been said, I think it is pretty clear that the electoral college should be abolished, and that government should change to election of the president of the United States simply by popular vote. | 5 |
4b47532 | Driverless cars are the future. No matter which side you are on they will make there way on to hte treets in this lifetime. There is a downside to this. There is no more joy in driving. The car can malfunction and crash. Lastly the cars can misintepret the maps and send people way off course. These are a few reasons why I believe
that self-driving cars shouldnt be a reality till we can confim that the risks are lower than the rewards.
The first reason why i believe driverless cars shouldnt be a thing is because there is no joy in driving anymore. If we have cars that drive for us why would kids want to be excited to get a licence. Why would engineers want to build cars that go faster if no one is going to drive them. Another reason is why would people even buy a car if they can just rent a self driving car or call a driverless taxi to take them where they need to go.
My second reason for why i think driverless cars shouldn't happen at this point and time is because the car can malfunction and crash. Not only can
the car malfunction it also relies on the driver to pay attention. If the car malfunctions and goes off course who is to blame the manufacturer or the driver. This was a question from the article the makes me wonder what will happen if the car has a promblem and hurts many people. Another point I want to
make is that the car still requires the attention and
as drivers we already have distractions and a car buzzing and beeping everytime you look away could be the one to cause the driver to an accident.
The last reason why I dont agree with driverless cars is because the car might misread the maps and send people of coures or they might even be seriuosly or fatialy injured. If people rely on the cars sensors to update for them what happens when the sensor malfuctions and the car doesnt alert the driver. What will happen when the car's maps arent up to date and the car runs 69 mph into a constrution site or a police officer making a traffic stop. This is just a few circumstances that could turn into a reality with driverless car.
For these reasons that I believe that the driverless car shouldn't
be on the streets. There is no joy in driving. The car malfuntion and crash. Lastly the car can misread the maps and senosrs and cause serious injury. Thaty is why driverless cars shouldn't be the way of the future. | 4 |
4b50f50 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, a new techonology known as the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) provides computers and devices to identify emotions in humans. The techonlogy does this through scanning facial muscle movements and with basic psychology knowldege. However, this new techonlogy is also being proposed to being used in schools to have more effective schooling based on the emotions of students. The using of FACS to determine the emotinos of students is valuable because it allows for more interactive lessons that are based off of non-verbal communication, which will help students succeed at a higher level.
With the inception of FACS, the interactions between humans and computers can become more efficient, and will allow for more streamlined communication. In the article, Dr. Huang, the creator of FACS, states that "Most human communication is nonverbal, inlcluding emotional communication" (6). If in a classroom situation, a computer trying to teach a lesson with students might not be able to understand if its pupils are getting the concepts, or it wouldn't be able to dectect whether the students are paying attention or being engaged. Since most human interactions are non-verbal, the computer would have a hard time communicating with the students to understand what was wrong. With FACS, however, the computer can analyze non-verbal cues and alter its teaching style. This in turn would allow the students to have a better time and have a higher understanding of the materials being learned.
Not only does the concept and development of FACS allow for more streamlined communcation between humans and computers in the classroom, it also removers barriers between humans and computers by allowing computers to act more like humans, creating a more effective learning environment. In the article, D'Alto states that like how FACS learns to interpret emotions based on non-verbal facial cues, "we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' every day"(5). This means that by giving computers/teachers the ability to accuratley identify emotins (to some extent), we are lessening the difference between a physical and a digitial teacher by making the computer more "human". In an age where the world is becoming more and more digital, it is a neccesity that students and computers are able to communicate effectively. If Dr. Huang's quote "'The facial expressions for each emotion are universal'"(4), is true, this means that if a computer can analyze mixed human emotions in a classroom setting, it is possible that not only will the computer modify lesson plans to make teaching more interesting, it will also have an almost artificial empathy, allowing for students to be more accepting of a digitial counterpart.
In addition to streamlining communication and being more relatable to students, the usage of FACS system in a classroom computer can also be used to solve conflicts and make resolutions between students. In the article, D'Alto states that some facial muscle movements, showcase negative emotinos and false emotions as well. One of these muslces is the orbicularis oris, which tightens one's lips to show anger(3). Furthermore, certain muslce cues "even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one"(8). Since FACS is able to analyze these kinds of movements as well, it can detect when two students are angry at one another, or when a student is lying or being subtly disrepctful. By being able to recognize these situations, the FACS system can advise teachers on how to solve these various conflicts or negative scenarios and can be of use to better the general nature of the classroom.
Overall, throughout Nick D'Alto's article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", it is shown that by using the technology known as FACS, communcation between humans and computers can be streamlined. When placed in a school, FACS is valuble because it modify lessons to make teaching more effective, be more relatable and approachable to students, and can resolve conflicts in a classroom. In the future, with more and more systems such as FACS being implemented, it is possible that soon computers will devlop emotions of their own! | 6 |
4b5df1d | The new software "the Facial Action Coding System" should be allowed to read students emotional expressions. The reason why the new software should be able to do that is because some students could really be interested in these new technologies and make it better and find new ways to improve it. Or They could be feeling down and you run the test on the student to see how he or she feels. In the text it states that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored".
With that being said about the computer knowing if a student is bored or confused about the lesson. The teacher can pay more attention to the problem that the student has and give him or her extra help.Students are confused all the time and they might not ask for help or tell the teacher, but with the new Facial Action Coding System they can get help without asking because they may be shy. Or it may be a type of student that just never talks in class. The new technology can also help on may things in a class room like if two students argue they can run a scan and see their emotions and how they feel.
In paragraph 6 it states" most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". What that is saying is everyone feels differant and has their own opinion and ways on how they feel on something. And not everyone shows their emotions but with the new technology that can change everything and might make everyone happy and the students may change the way they are acting towards their peers. It also says in the text "imagine a computer tha knows when you're happy or sad". If a computer knows that and can recognize that then maybe it can give you good ads on the computer to cheer you up or brighten your dayif you are feeling sad. That can change a students day and make them want to focus more in class.
As we can see the Facial Action Coding System is a good pruduct and has muiltiple positive effects on reading a students mind. Like being able to brighten their day, change the mood of a student. If they are interested in new technology like that it could give them new ideas in the future to make something like that on their own. It also even helps teachers on knowing if a student is having a hard time focusing or confused about the lessing. It also helps knowing if a student comes to school 92% mad then people should leave the student alon to cause less tension or maybe even stop violence. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and should be able to rad students emotions. | 3 |
4b60d5a | Hello. I am Luke Bomberger and after you read this article, you will definitely want to be a Seagoing Cowboy. It is a fun job, it is a job full of adventure, and is a very heartwarming experience.
I said that being a Seagoing cowboy is a heartwarming experience. And there is no doubt about that. While being a Seagoing Cowboy, you ride the seas. And you also tend to animals to keep them well for the trip to other countries. These animals will be given to countries in need from the World War 2. It can really give you a good heartwarminng feeling when you help others. But you don't just give to the countries, you also get to viset them! Besides helping people, you can tour all the different countries that you visit. I got to visit many places like the Panama Canal on my way to China. And I even got to tour and excavated castle in Crete!
As I said in the previous paragraph, you will be working and traveling the world. And even though it is a hard working job and long periods of time on a boat, don't fret! There are a lot of fun activities and games that you can participate in on the ships while you are traveling. And sometimes, you can even play sports! After we took the animals to their destinations, we all played baseball and volley ball games in the empty holds where the animals were previously held. There were differnt games also. There was table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, and other games too! But sometimes, I would like to read a book or whittle something. So you will definitely have a fun trip.
So do you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy yet? I bet you do! In this article, I said how it is a heartwarming experience, it's a job full of adventure, and has very fun trips around the world! I know I definitely liked being a Seagoing Cowboy, and I bet that you will love being one too! | 4 |
4b6d0bb | In this article, the author talks about how the Facial Action Coding system works by analyzing the movement of facial muscles to enterprate human emotion. This kind of technology would be useful in many situations, especially in a classroom setting. Schools can use this system to further understand the needs of students and find more effective ways to teach, based on the way a student feels. Kids that are too shy to speak their minds about a subject and ask for help could really benefit from this innovation. It allows for administrators and teachers to help out a child that looks confuzed in a subject.
The article states that "A classroom computer could recognized when a students is confuzed or bored". This allows for the computer program to modify the lesson in a way to create a more effective way of teaching.
Becuase it can detect when a student is bored, it could also make the lesson more fun for the kids. This creates a postive stigma towards learning new things which build confidence and motivation. If more schools started using this technology, we would see a rise in test scores and attendance. This is true because more kids would want to learn.if it means that they are having fun while doing it.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System is very useful in terms of creatng a better school environment for kids. It would detect things such as confusion or boredom which the schools can use to change the way kids learn for the better. | 3 |
4b705ea | The article expland how we need to study more about venus so we can learn more about it. Do to the author ideas on how we can make to Venus helps the read belive that NASA can do it. Frist the author explans how the Earth and Venus are sister plans, saconed that author shares how Venus is also much differnt than Earth, and lastedly the author tells us how Sicentests are still working on how to land on Venus.
Frist the author explans how the to plants are sister to each other like how Earth and Venus are the same size and density. The aurth also shares that the two are neighbor plants. By te aurth comparing these to he is stating that do to thes thing Venus is one of the plants that is more like Earth. Do to Earth and Venus haveing their simalerates thay also have ther differectsis.
Sacandly Venus is different from Earth by Venus having a thick atmosphere and it being made by carbon dioxide it not realy Earth like. There are also many other differect like how hot it is there on the surface of the plant it gets over 800 degrees and thats realy to hot for humans. By these condions its hard for Sicenatis to get to Venus.
Lastedly if Sicenatis like NASA's want to get to Venus they would have to get thought these tuff problems they would hve to faces. Like NASA's would need to make ther rockiet more use to Venus's inviernment. also they would have to figer out how would there pasingers be able to serve in 800 degree weather. Do to these problems we still have alot to learn about Venus and how to get there.
Even thouth it shounds difitclud we can still learn more if we can get there. Do to these steps thay have to take on how we can get to Venas NASA will be on their way in no time . Also by the authr explaning his idea thhuoth the article it makes me belive that one day we can land on veans. | 3 |
4b77414 | Technology makes the quality of human life around the world significantly higher. One extremely important techonological advancement is the automobile. When the automobile was invented, it changed the world completely. Transportation of long distances became (fairly) cheap and extremely convenient. Now, the question of driverless cars arises. Clearly, they are the next technological revolution.
The first and most obvious reason towards the development of driverless cars is the environmental impact they would have. In the first paragraph of the article, the author states that the cars "would use half the fuel of today's taxis". Considering how much of a global and rapidly growing issue climate change is, a technological advancement like this could be detrimental to the survival of not only our planet, but also its inhabitants.
Another pro of driverless cars is safety. The author of this article cites Googles semi-driverless cars as having driven "more than half a million miles without a crash". Automobile accidents are devastating and very widespread in our modern world. Even with laws against driving under the influence and using cell phones while driving, crashes are still a large issue. If we could develop a car that can avoid accidents almost entirely, then vehicle safety and crashes would be a non-issue. People are going to drink and text and drive regardless of laws, so if our cars can avoid danger regardless of the state of the driver, then everyone would be safe always.
The final reason that driverless cars should continue development is that the technology is already here. From the article, the author showcases Telsa as having a 2016 release for a 90 percent autopilot car, and four other automobile companies plan to have entirely automated cars by 2020. Also in the article, many safetly technologies that are already in cars are mention, such as vibrating seats to warn the driver, and all sorts of radars and sensors and scanners that could be used in a driverless car.
Autopilot is the way of the future. It's better for the planet, better for ourselves, and its already here. There is no reason to fight something that could be as revolutionary for the human race as this is. Google cofounder Sergey Brin belives driverless cars would "fundamentally change the world", and its easy to see why. A healthy planet and a safe and fast travelling population are only a few roads away. | 4 |
4b78e63 | Cars are quite helpful to an extent. According to Source 1, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Witout Cars," the usuage of cars is beginning to derease. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe" says Elisabeth Rosenthal. Most of the bills that are being paid show that 80 percent of the Government's money is going towards the production of highways, while only 20 percent is going to other transport.
Although not having cars around may eventually lead to an increase of time that it takes to get to different destinations, it also has many advantages. The smog around Paris has been said to be created by the amount of cars around the area. Paris put a partial ban on driving in order to reduce the amount of smog. On specific days, even-numbered license plates would not be allowed to travel, the owners of these vehicles were ordered to leave their cars at home athat day. If this order was not followed, the owners would be forced to pay a $31 fine. Drivers with odd-numbered license plates had to follow this same procedure the next day. The people of Paris had to alternate the days they could drive their cars. As said in Source 2, "Almost 4,000 drivers were fined."
Not allowing many cars on the roads causes there to be a significant decrease in the amount of traffic. In Paris, after they placed a partial ban on driving, "Congestion was down 60 percent . . ." Bogota then participated in what they call a "Car-free Day." This led to no traffic jams, and only buses and taxis on the roads. The people in Bogota walked, skated, took a bike or a bus to work that day. Once again, violators had to pay a $25 fine. Andrew Selsky states that, "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." This day became a big hit in Bogota, so Cali and Valedupar, two other Columbian cities, joined them in this successful event.
The United States is viewed as "[O]ne of the world's prime car cultures." The US had the most amount of cars traveling on the roads per day. Slowly, the amount of cars are decreasing due to a rise in tunnel tolls. Also, According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, due to "demographic shifts in the driving population . . . there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16-to 39- year-olds getting a license. . . ." Between the years of 2001 and 2009, "23 percent of young people driving decreased." | 3 |
4b79d77 | Though the idea of driverless cars is not a new one, it is a now becoming a possibility. The cars we watched in movies and shows, will no longer need a screen to exist, in the near future. Driverless cars are not only now becoming a reality but may help decrease the amount of reckless driving that takes place on the road.
The advanced technology, used in these cars, can detect possible dangerous situations. These cars, can use its ability to control the power of the engine and to apply brakes to specific wheels, something the driver does not have the ability to do.
Those against driverless cars may argue, that the driver may become bored and would become less alert once on the road. However, Some manufactures plan to add in car entertainment and information systems that gives the driver a heads up in times they may need to take over. In order for that driver to notice those notifications, they must be alert. Which means, cell phones have no choice but to be put to the side. Possibily making texting and driving a thing of the past.
Another concern posed, is how these cars would work, legally. In states such as, California, Nevada, and Florida, use of semi-automatic cars is limited and in states where it isn't who would be to blame in the event of an accident? The driver or the manufactuer? Laws will surely be put in to address these issues and similar issues have already occured. If a person's brakes fail to work, it usually isn't the driver's fault. So if the issue was programming, the manufacturer would be held liable. Also, those producing the cars are currently working to rarify the occurance of the technology failing on the driver.
The existence of driverless cars is expected to happen soon, with Tesla stating a 2016 realese and other manufactures predicting their releases in the year 2020.
Driverless cars, may even drive us towards a future with less accidents, and more technological advances. We'll have to wait and see in which direction this will take us. | 4 |
4b8a067 | Are you someone who is really good at hiding your feelings or emotions? or are you someone who is expressing everything that you feel inside and emotions?. More importantly, are you someone who likes to express your feelings but is not good at expressing it?. I am someone who is really good at hiding my feelings and someone who is not good at expressing feelings. I smile when I am sad and I cry when I am happy. The technology won't be able read my emotion when I can't even express myself. Therefore, the use of technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable because it cannot read your mind, it cannot see or feel your feelings and it will cost a lot of money.
First of all, I don't expect the computer to read my mind because it's imposible. It may read your outside
such as your appearance, body, or your outside emotions but it can't read what you are thinking inside.The article said, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". I disagree with the quote above because you never know if she is pretending to be happy, surprised, sad or joyful. When you think about it, the only person that knows how you feel and how you think is you, the technology cannot define it. Let's say you are laughing in your mind and you don't show it outside, will the computer see your emotions?. Therefore, the use of this techology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable or inffective.
Furthermore, this technology cannot see or feel what you are feeling inside. The article said, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". The quote is basically saying this technology can see your emotions but I don't agree with it. Some students could be hiding their emotions or feelings. for example, one student is hurt and deeply sad inside but is pretending to be fine and smiling, will it know what she is feeling inside?. It will only see the fake emotions, the outer appearance and that is why the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable.
In addition, this technology is considered a high technology so it will cost a lot of money to own it. Some schools might not have enough money to purchase it. If this technology could do those things, most of all the schools might want it and if they can't purchase it, it is sad for them. Plus, this technology is not useful so why spend a lot of money on it. There are a lot of ways the schools could use the money such as donating so why spend money on technology that is not useful. It is not worth spending the money for, that is why the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable.
In conlusion, the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable because it cannot read your mind, it cannot see or feel what you are feeling inside, and because it costs a lot of money. It may see what you show but it cannot see what you actually feels inside unless you express it. If you are someone who is not good at expressing your emotions or feelings, this technology is not for you and is not valuable. | 5 |
4b8c90b | In this essay Im going to be explainig about the advantage of limiting car usage. First of all a man says that when he had a car he was always tense. Now he says his more happier with out a car. Cras are good in some ways but bad in other ways because cars contaminate the air with the smoke. Their good because they take you places faster and more comftorble. But many European cities are not permiting cars, and they say is good for them. They live better now."All of our development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberge.
In the United States, the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduce" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously. I think that the United States should take reducing cars in consideration, too see how it goes. After five-days of intensifying smog... The smog rivaled Beijing, China wich is know as one of the most polluted cities in the world. So imagen what it would do in the United States. In Bogota, Colombia a program that set to spread to the others countries million of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day. Leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third year that they been doing this. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. For the first time other colimbian cities joined the event. We should have a Car-Free day here in the United states to see how it goes.
American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Maybe these means people are getting over about the car fever. People should vote to have a car-free day. It would be good people would be less tens, they would get more excercise and pollution would dropp. This would be good for you and for me. | 2 |
4b8ee35 | Variouse forms of life, just like earth today, venus has some simliar stuff like earth it has valleys, moutains and craters and scientest think that venus was cover all in water like how earth was million years ago. Venus solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earth levels,not easy condtions but survival for humans.
Nasa is also doing still doing studeis today and sending people over there to study the planet to see if the conditons are getting any better or worst so they can studie and any maybe someday the human beigns can live there in another decade once they say the venus is a safe place to visit and live there.
When you land of venus its dangerous, So people are creating ways that there makigng a ship that will hovering safley around ground condetions that cannot stad the dense of the ground of the atmosphere and rendering phitigraphhy and vidoeography and the most important they cant get smaples on rock,gas or anything else,In that case scientist are seeking to conduct missions on venus. | 1 |
4b920ac | In 1976, the Viking 1 set course to mars. When the Viking 1 was orbiting mars, the Mars Global Surveyor took a photo of a strange figure. It looked like a shadowy human face. The question everyone is asking is who are what made this? Was it aliens or is it just natural. If you ask me, this strange looking thing is just a natural landform.
I think it is a landform for a couple of reasons. My first reason is that only a few of my friends from NASA believe that this strange landform was really made by aliens. I also think that this is just a landform because the photo that we took was not very clear and that could have made the landform look like a face.
I also think that this is just a land form because the time of year that we took the one of the photos. When we took the photo in 1998, we took the photo during the winter on Mars and it made Mars sort of cloudy and the Mars Global Surveyer had to peer through the wispy clouds to see the strange landform. Some of my friends from NASA were saying that some of the so called "alien markings" were hidden too.
My final reason for thinking that this is just a landform is that when we took the thre pictures and compared them, they all looked different from each other. The picture we took in 1976 looked like the face the most out of the three pictures. The picture we took in 1998 did not have the same details of the first picture and it did not look like a face. The picture we took in 2001 did not have the facial features of the first photo either. Therefore, I think this is just a landform
In conclusion, I think this is just a landform because only a few of my friends believed that it was done by aliens, the photo we took in 1998 was different due to some of the factors of weather, and all three photos looked different from one another. | 3 |
4b96296 | I am for driverless cars, because they could be helpful, they seem safe, and they are already being used by Google. They could help people with disabilities that make them unable to drive or go where they need to go.
First of all, they are using sensors in them to help navigate them. They are developing special roads, smart roads. There were test tracks built in the 1950's by General motors. They built a concept car that could run on a special track that was embedded with a electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Engineers at Berkeley tried something similar. They used magnets with alternating polarity, so the car could read the polarities using the binary code. All of this was proved to be too expensive. They started putting sensors on the cars, postion-estimating sensors, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an internal motion sensor.
Second of all, they seemed far away from making a driverless car. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assiatant." The car would be able to handle driving at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors makes sure the drivers keeps ahold of the wheel. Most of these cars are yet to be fully driverless, they can steer, accelerate, and brake on their own, but they all are designed to notify the driver when the rooad ahead requires human skills. Some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays would be turned off instantly when the driver needsto take over, this way the in-car system is acctually a safety feature.
Third of all, The only problem is that there are laws prohibiting the uses and testing of driverless cars. Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars. Manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proven more reliably safe. Traffic laws will have to change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. Automakers are still continuing with their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved.
Therefore I am for driverless cars, because they could be helpful, they seem safe, and they are already being used by Google. There's no telling what's to come from the future of driverless cars. | 1 |
4b98b72 | Driverless cars can indead be a scary, or harmful thing. When you are in a car, you would want all the control you can get not little, half or none. Or it can be relaxing and intersting.. if nothing goes wrong.
Driverless cars offer very little control from a human, which can also be an issue, or a nervous thing with some people or many people. Even newer cars today require less of a human handling type deal.
Driverless cars can be a dangerous thing, when you have none of the
control of what your car may do next it could be a scary thing."They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves..". A driverless car that can "brake itself" could be very dangerous. For instance what happens if you come to a stop light\sign and the car doesnt break, something goes wrong in the sensors and it keeps going. "if technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?". This is one burning question that manufactuers have to face when
dealing with driverless cars.If the senors or the automatic brakes, accelerate system decides one day it just does not
want to drive itself any more, and the human driver is not able to get back in control, who is at fault, the human driver, or the manufacturer?. The driver should not have to be worried about this happening, especially if they are new drivers, new teenage drivers not to mention the nervous cautious drivers.(heads up display) "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over- something not available to dirvers trying to text with a cell phone". This is where danger comes in. If you are in your driverless car and some people might think that the car is in control i do not need to steer or break anytime soon, or at all i will just check my messages.If this happens and the " heads up display" does not give any type of heads up and the sensors or the automatic driving system instantly stops.. it is an accident waiting to happen.
Although driverless cars may sound new and exciting to be able to have. There is always downsides of it that dealerhsips fail to explain, which is a recipe for something bad. Driverless cars need alot more work, and saftey hazards checked out before any one sets foot inside it. Saftey is key on the roads of a city, there should always be a car to match that saftey. | 3 |
4ba41e0 | Well some new computer software can recognize emotins.Thomas huang he is an advanced scince who studied at university of IIIinois and nicu sebe who studied at Amastrdam University they collabrate to devolpe better ways to communicate between human and computer which means yes with time it will be valuable new technology like 3_D opend a new thinking about having computers can read our feelings FACS
that was created by Dr: paul eckman can classifiy 6 basic emotions like happinese,surprise,fear etc, The mona lisa were described its emotions
by the FACS system wich means we will have this technology in classromm sometime later we can see right now face unlock on some phones just like fingerprints or use the eye to like fingerprint which lead to the same point that we are in 2018 and we already have computers or even computers can act like human"i mean robuts" they can know how you feel and act just like humans.The FACS technology can even know your emotions even tho it is
neutral face we as human can know how friend feels but we have trouble describing each facial trait that conveys emotions.Like teacher can tell how student feel but She?He do not really know how to describe each facial trait the conveys emotions.
Well we do not really have this technology in
classrooms,but i think starting of 2050 we will start to have this technology in classroom it is just expensive but starting of 2050 I am pretty sure some schools will offer that for students to make some computers be even a teacher for the student like if the student felt bored the computer makes the lesson fun for him/her.We are in the best period of time that
we develope technology so we can make the imbosable bosable we can as humans make things that nobody will expect. | 2 |
4ba65c3 | I think that the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea. It can have it's pros and cons but I think that the pros overdue the cons. Three reasons why I think it's a good idea is because it tells you how someone might be feeling, if they are lying about how they feel or not, and that if they don't want to tell you, you can figure it out.
First of all, do you ever wonder on how might one person might be feeling? I bet you have. using the Facial Action Coding System can help with that. It can be hard because if you really care about someone and you might wonder how they are feeling. You can ask but what if they don't want to talk about it because it makes them uncomfortable.
Second of all, what if you ask a friend on how they are feeling and they say they are fine, but clearly they are't. People can lie about how they are feeling. They might show something but deny they are feeling some type of way.
Lastly, what if they don't want to tell you but you really want to know so you can help. the system can help with that. It would be much easier because now you don't have to ask and make them feel moe of what they are feeling.
In conclusion, I think that the Facial Action Coding system is a really great idea. It would probably take a long time for mostly everyone to have that system. But in the future there will be some type of system like that, that everyone can afford and have. | 3 |
4bae377 | Somtimes i wish i could vote, then i could argue in favor of keeping the Electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. I will pick change to election by popular vote for the president of the US. I would pick that because the Electoral votes are anachronism, it might choose the wrong person to run in office, and the Electoral votes are not fair.
The first reason why i would pick popular votes over the Electoral vote is because electoral votes are anachronism. anachronism means a person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present. Source3 of the article 'In defense of the Electoral college" states that "The Electoral college is wildely regarded as an "anachronism",a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner.
The soncond reason is that electoral votes might chose the wrong person to run in office. source3 part five of the article "Indefense of the electoral college" states that,"it can be argued that the Electoral college method of selecting the presidedent may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote."
The last reason why is because theElectoral votes are not fair. Source3 part 2 states that "no region...has enough electoral votes to elect a president." also source3 states that "Electoral college method is not demovratic in a modern sense ...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. And source 2 states that "the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.
In conclusion the electoral vote is un fair in many many ways. not only it chaets for others it does not let the people chose who to be president. POPULARITY votes are better than Electoral in many ways. and its modern. | 3 |
4bb1fa5 | Do you believe in aliens? Some people say to have evidence and proof that aliens are real. Today I will talk about a particular piece of evidence people are said to have, ''The Face on Mars.''
''The Face on Mars'' is a natural landform found on mars that resembles a human head, but people belive it's an alien landmark. ''The Face on Mars'' is a landform and not an alien because, in the images in the beginning it looks like a head but as technology developed over time and they were able to get clearer pictures it looks more like a landform.
''The Face on Mars is a landform. I say this because if you look at the beginning pictures it looks like a human face, but towards the end it starts to look more like a landform. In the middle of the article it starts to talk about how in the beginning it look liked a face, but the article states, ''April fifth nineteen ninety eight when Mars Globlal Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper then the orginal Viking photos. ''That is proof that back then their cameras weren't as developed and that in nineteen ninety eight there technolgy wasn't perfect, but able to get clearer pictures to prove it was a landform.
In conclusion, ''The Face on Mars'' is a landform and not an alien landmark because in the images you can see at the beginning it may have looked like a face but towards the end of the pictures it looks more like a landform than a face. When you look at the pictures, I believe that in the beginning I would have believe it was an alien landmark because it does look ike a face. As we see in the pictures it does start to look more like a landform because there technolgy develops so they can get a more clearer picture. | 3 |
4bb4988 | I believe that having facial recognition technology in a classroom would be beneficial to everyone involved. It would allow for the students to be put back on track if they are distracted or bored. It would also aide the teachers by giving them feedback that they might've never recieved before. Lastly, as a domino effect, it would help the entire world because we would be making the education system for our future a lot better.
Firstly, if we had facial recognition technology in the classrooms, it would allow for our students to recieve a better education. For example, a student is in class one day and a teacher is giving a lecture that they are just not interested in or don't quite understand so that student's mind begins to wander because they are bored. With the facial recognition, that student would be detected as distracted, bored, or even confused so the teacher can make adjustments to the learning space and/or the way that the material is being taught. This technology would help the students who would normally be confused and too shy to say anything, recieve help and better understand what they are having issues with.
Secondly, this facial recognition technology would be very helpful to teachers who would work with it. They would be getting direct feedback from the class without them even having to say anything. If the class is confused, the teacher can work around the confusion and readjust. This would ensure that students achieve the most information possible and would, therefore, make our teachers and the education system a lot better.
Lastly, I believe that the entire world could benefit from this technological advancement. Our world is changing and adavancing technologically very quickly and we have to be able to keep up. As the world gets smarter, we must get smarter with it. Better technology in the classroom means better learning which means even better, smarter pupils. Any technological advancement that makes our future doctors, surgeons, lawyers, etc. smarter then, I believe, must be put into use right away. We would be securing our future as a nation.
To conclude, the implementing of better technology in any form would be very good. Everyone would benefit from this technology in the education system. That is why I believe that it would be very valuable to implement the technology talked about in this essay in the classroom. | 4 |
4bb8c9c | There are some undeniable advantages of not driving a car. There is the obvious advantage that it cuts down on gas emmisions that harm the enviorment during a time when the enviroment needs all the help it can get. But there is also the advantage of getting fresh air and getting excersize which is beneficial in a country like the united ststaes which leads the world in obesity. Driving less also cuts down on money spent on gas, leaving room for more disposable income it also cuts down on traffic and could lead to peope being less frustrated or tired during their day to day work week if you spend an hour less in traffic and spend that hour at home relxing, you'll most likely tend to be less tired.
The benifits of not driving a car as much are undeniable. These benfits have led cities like Paris to have days that alternate when specified drivers can drive and in Bogota, Columbia they have an entire day where the captial cities does not drive and one will be fined if they do drive. while you may never be able to replace the convenience of cars, the alternate forms of transportation such as biking, bus, or subway have things that personal vehicles simply can not offere | 2 |
4bbcd54 | In this story we are trying to see if the technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions.
I think that the computer is going to work for that, is not going to be the same but is going to work. The monalisa is something that people believe in but if a new computer software came out with 3-D and 44 major muscles must move like human muscles. I think that computers can read peoples emotions with just a video imagery. In paragraph 6 Dr. Huang said that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored".
In this case i think that the computers are the prefect thing to work with because the technology is growing really fast. I think that computers should identify if a student is confused or bored. The same technology can make animated faces more expressive. For video games Dr. Huang said that "Most human communication is non-verbal, including emotional communication","computers have to understand that too".
I learned that computers can make a huge different in our life, and it can help us know how we're feeling at the moment. I think that's a really good thing for a future that is coming. | 2 |
4bc1460 | I believe that the use of the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System would not be valuable towards students in a classroom. One example is that not all humans could possibly express emotions the same way therefore the student may not express an emotion completely. Someone could keep a straight face and feel many emotions. A direct quote from the passage is "she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry," which I disagree with because it is unrealistic to know all the emotions a person is possibly feeling and especially how much percent of each emotion. I think it's absurd to trust this technology. The computer may be great and have all this amazing technology but there is no way that it could calculate emotions correctly. Another reason I disagree with the Facial Action Coding System to be valuable in classrooms is because not all classrooms need computers to work the way the class does and is supposed to. A direct quote from the article I disagree with is "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." I believe that is where the instructing should be, within the instructor. I however agree that the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable to video games. A direct quote to support that detail is "the same techonlogy can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or videosurgery." My final reason i disagree with the Facial Action Coding System to be valuable in classrooms is because the example the article uses does not really support their claim in the strongest ways possible. The direct quote that leads me to believe this is "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." The author should have used more persuading evidence to allow others to think this techonlogy would actually be important or valuable in any situation. These are reasons I do not think that having Facial Action Coding Systems in classrooms would be valuable. | 3 |
4bc17fe | Dear State Senator,
Many people today have very strong oppinions on why or why not we should keep the Electoral College. I am writing to you today to tell you some of the reasons why the Electoral College should not be used anymore.
The Electoral College, like most things, has room for error. However this is the type of error that you want to try as hard as possible to avoid. Any error here could lead to the false election of a President and Vice President. Now maybe the falsely elected President and Vice President have some wonderful ideas on how to help our country as a whole, but in carrying out their wonderful sounding plans, may have to hurt or cut back other resources to do so which could hurt us. This is just one example of how the Electoral College can go wrong.
The Electoral College has been used for many years and has become an anachronism. We consider ourselves a democracy yet we use a non-democratic method of selecting a president. With the Electoral College comes the certanty of outcome. The winning candidate's share of his/her Electoral College usually exceeds the share of the popular vote. The Electoral College requires the president to be a candidate with a trans-regional appeal. Any candidate with regional appeal is very unlikely to be succeful as president. The residents of the other regions will most likely feel disenfranchised and that this candidate is not really their president. The swing states tend to pay closer attention to the campaigns and to really listen to what the competeing candidates have to say. The residents in the swing states tend to be the most thoughtful voters. In the Electoral College, they try to restore a political balance between the large and the small states. With the Electoral College you avoid the problem of an election where no candidate recieves a majority vote which would complicate the presedential election process.
All of these reasons are great and everything but there is always going to be a flaw in the system. Some believe that is is the people who vote in the presidents, however, all we are doing is electing the slate of electors who are are the real people who elect the president. In the Electoral College there is a disaster factor. The electors chosen could always defy the will of the people. These electors can be anyone who does not hold public office. Voters cannot always control who their electors vote for and some voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
The most worrying part though is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. If a tie were to happen, the election would be thrown off to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations would vote on the president. Due to the fact that each state casts only one vote, one single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have just as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who are representing 35 million voters. The House's selection can hardly be expected to refelct the will of the peple in the states. The elections can be only a few swing voters away from a catastrophe.
The Electoral College is unfair to the voters in its most basic level. Due to the winner-take-all system that is in place in each state, the candidates don't spend as much time if any at all in the states they know they have no chance of winning, and spend most of if not all of their time on the tight races in the 'swing' states.
Like everything it would take some timw to get used to the changes and I understand that. I also understand that election by popular vote has its flaws as well. It is time to change from an outdates, irrational, and unfair method. Thank you for your time and consideration about this. I hope you consider changing from the Electoral College to election by popular vote.
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4bc1b8b | Hi my name is Luke Bomberberg and I want you to join my program because it is a nice thing to do for the sick people. It may take a long time to get there and back but hey its worth the wait to help the sick. You also get to explore new places around the world with me and my friend,it also gets you exercising because there is a lot of heavy things like the hay barrels. This programis also really really safe. annother thing is that there are about 335 horses, so if you are affraid of horses then this program isn't for you.
In 1945 we went to New Orleans to get started with our program on the SS Charles W. Wooster. I turned 18 when we finally made it to Greece wich meant that I could be drafted for military servrice. By the time I was discharged in 1947 I had made nine trips,the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. When I was a little boy,helping out on my aunt Katie's farm had prepared me for hard work,but not from the dangers at sea.
On my second trip I served as night watchman. My job was to check on all the animals every hour every night. One rainy night after making my hourly report to the captain I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. My heart raced as I shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal aalong the edge stopped my slide keeping me from flying overboard into the dark Antlantic.
I found time to have fun on board,especially | 2 |
4bc8914 | A world without cars. Around the world many places have decreased in the use of motorized vehicles. Wether it be government inforced or not vehicle useage has dropped a staggering amount in the past few years. This new habbit has had many effect on the environment, car industries, and even the way cities are built. What will become of the future if this trend continues?
It says in "The End of Car Culture", "...transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. Therfore if the use of cars decre4ases as it has then carbon emmisions will also decrease along with it and will in turn cause the greenhouse effect to ripidly slow. Evn though we would all love the world to be "greenhouse free" it is still quite far away, one thing thats this decrease in vehicles is effecting is Motor Companies.
The decrease in sales has caused major car companies such as Ford and Mercedes to, "rebrand themselves mobility companies with broader product raange beyond the personal vehicle. One example of this happinging is shown in soure 4: "Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Companu, laid out a bussiness worl plann in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable." As you can tell this recently discovered trend has caused major companies to resolve into making almost entirely new products.
The worl is slowly but surely loosing the desire for personal vehicles and it has many positive effects but it also has plenty of counter, negative, effects. They always has said "no good deed goes unpunished", all we can do is sit back and see what happens. | 2 |
4bca23d | Do you think that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a great opportunity for you? I think it is a great experience for anyone and everyone. Becoming a
Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity because, you get to help many people that are in need, see lots of the world and have great experiences, and it is lots of fun.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is the best thing I ever did. I got to help many people. When you get to the different places, you see how you can really make a difference with what you are doing. It really made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs. This is only one reason becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity.
Another reason you should become a Seagoing Cowboy is that you get to see and experience lots of the world. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy, on my nine trips, I got to see many parts of Europe and China. The most special parts of my trips were seeing the Acropolis in Greece, and taking a gonola ride in Venice, Italy. When you join the Seaging Cowboys, you will get to see much of the world like I did.
The last reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is it is lots of fun, especially after the animals have been unloaded.
It's not just working with animals, feeding, and watching over them. You have lots of fun playing games like baseball, volleyball, and boxing. You have lots of down time with the long trips there and back, and not having to care for animals on the way home after they are unloaded. It is a lot of fun being a Seagoing Cowboy!
Now are you thinking participating in the Seaging Cowboys program? It is a great opportunity and experience for anyone who wants to join. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a great opportunity because, you get to help many people that are in need, see lots of the world and have great experiences, and have lots of fun. You really should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 3 |
4bcd05d | Yes, the driverless car has its ups and downs but in whole I truley belive this car is wonderful. I think it is a great oppertunity for people who don't always like driving, I can say for my self I don't always injoy driving because sometimes it gets confussing or makes me frustrated.
I think that having a driverless car will show weather people are responsible enogh for stuff like this. Obviously if a driver buys this car just so they don't have to worry about driving, or so they can text and drive, you can tell that they aren't responsible. But there are some people that acually care about rode safty and would treat this car with the same responsiblity as the other car.
There are a lot of ways that we can make sure people are paying attention, I really like the idea of how we can put cameras up to make sure the driver of the car is staying alert and paying attention to the road. Like the artical said, "While the driver watches to road, the car watches the driver."
With the cameras we can catch people wh do the wrong thing even if they don't have a driverless car! The cameras will be able to see people who look like they are speeding, they can see people that text and drive, they will also be able to catch the people that are under the influence of drugs and alchol. So there are postivies to the driverless car and making more driver safty to the other cars.
Like i said the driver still has to stay alert to the road, and one thing that will help that is how the seat vibrates when the car is in danger of backing into something. This will help if a person if having trouble see behind the car if they feel a vibration they know to take charge of the car. The artical asked, "What if the driver wants to drive the car and take charge?" I think with the vibrateing seats this will helps the driver to take charge.
And what I think is most imporant is, "Who is held responsible if there is a car accident and someone gets injured? The driver or the manufacturers?" I do know that car accidents are going to happen, weather you mean it or you don't. Even if you are driving a car that isn't driverless you can get in an accident, because there is awlays going to be that one person that drinks and drives or is texting someone, so accidents happen. On this question, I think it would be both the manufacturers and the drivers fault. I think this because, yeas the drivers should be alert to everything that is going on, on the road, even if they aren't driving. And it is part the manufactureres fault because they are the ones that trust us with this type of car, know that there are people out in the would that will take it for advantage.
At first when I read the title I thaught, " A driverless car? No Way! I would never buy one of those." But now that I read this I can say, that a driverless car would be great to have. So why don't we make it happen, because I know one day i would deffinatly buy one. And I will be one of the people that pay attention to thr road, and have ddirver safty. | 4 |
4bcf5ca | Cars make it exceptionally easy to travel and move around. Auto use permets an individual to go to places they have not been before. In Europe, the countries that share the Schengen space allow Europeans to move freely. To avoid pricy plane and train tickets, a lot of Europeans use their cars to go to an entirely different country and experience a variety of different cultures in a matter of hours. It is most certainly a priviledge. Despite the many pros of having a car, the cons outweight them. Throughout this essay I will explain the advantages of limiting car usage.
In many countries and cities car usage has dropped. Some countries,it is purely accidental or due to economic reasons and in some cities and countries, this decline is intended. In a city called Vauban in Germany, citizens have given up their cars. In this city,street parking,driveways and garages are more often than not forbidden. This may seem strange to not have the priviledge to own a car or a garage. But most of the residents have moved out from the city to live here. Heidrun Walter claims that she is much happier this way and before she was always tense.70% of the Vauban's family do not own a car, and 57% sold their cars to live in Vauban. This particular city is a mere example of a growing trend in Europe,the United States and various other country. The plan is to seperate suburban life from auto use;this movement is called "smart planning".
In opposition, to these efforts, automobiles are usually an important factor to the suburbs where usually middle-class people live. This causes a huge impediment to current efforts to significally reduce greenhous gas emissions from passenger cars. In Europe,passenger cars are the reason for the 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions; in the United states that number almost quadriples in size in some car-intensive areas. The approach is to make suburbs more compact rather than having malls on the border on distant highways.
Due to smog and pollution to this global city's air, Paris enforced a driving ban to put an end to polution. 4,000 drivers were rightfully so fined that day. This issue had to be taken seriously for a greater cause. For example, for the smog levels to decrease and to purify the air in the cities and suburbs and to prevent pollution. Public transit was free for those five days that the ban was enforced. Congestion dropped 60% in Paris, ever since the driving ban. The smog rivaled Beijing, which is often known for being one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed because of a tax policy in favor of diesel fuel in France. More than half of vehicles run on diesel fuel in France.
In the Colombia's capital, Bogota, many colombians hiked,skated or took buses to work in spirit of their car free day. Personally I think this was an extravagent idea. It teaches people to not be so dependent on cars. This day significantly reduced traffic jams,smog and promoted transportation. This was a wonderful oppurtunity to lower stress and air pollution at the same time! Parks and sports bloomed that day, sidewalks that were unfinished and in poor conditions were replaced,the traffic decreased and restaurants blossemed. This car free day had an amazing impact on this community and the world.
Due to recents studies, Americans are driving less and buying few cars as the years go by. The miles driven have peaked in 2005 , but as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person dropped 9% , and was equal to the percentage in Janurary 1995. Scientist state that this decline is beneficial for carbon emissions and the enviroment. Although this might affect dearly the car industries. The rise of cellphones,internet and apps this permits a more flexible way of making commuting arangements,and the evolution of vans services.
A lot of people have been using public transportation and biking to get around. There has been a drop from 16-39 year olds in getting their license. Getting license is not as big as of priority for those people. They revolve their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take busses and trains or car-pool with friends.
To conclude, I strongly believe that limiting car use would benefit different aspects in peoples lives. But for people to give up using cars,the recontruction of suburban cities is a very important. I live in the suburbs and despite the houses around, you would need a car to go to the grocery store,restaurant and to have fun with your friends. Highways usually circle around suburban cities and that may cause congestion. To make car usage less of a priority for citizens, we would have to think of the greater cause and to restablish cities to not prohibit people from moving around. The decline in car use will improve the world for the generations to come. | 4 |
4bd15b7 | World War II has started in Europe and they need help. This is time that you can be a Seagoing Cowboy. You could go on a ship over the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. You can help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA, aka the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and they have joined with us, the Seagoing Cowboys. We need help to save these countries, so come on down and sign up to become one.
You can get orders to go to places like New Orleans or Greece. You would have so much fun going there. And you would get free time after you finish. And you would need a partner to help you get the supplies out. At night, you'll need to be a watchman to keep on guard and also find the people you're trying to get to. So you need to be awake. You will need to your duty for these people. If you graduated from high school, you can join us like Luke and Don.
You can be a great person for those people in the countries. And for your free time, you can play table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and game to help pass the time. Your friends could beat you in those games.
You could have an adventure with us. Luke said, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs" and that is true. And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. You could be Luke as well by helping many people become saved by you and your partner. | 2 |
4bda0ce | According to the articles,
'In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'
,
'Paris bans driving dye to smog'
, and
'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota'
, there are many advantages that can come with the limiting of car usage.
Elisabeth Rosenthal mentions many of these in her article about Vauban, Germany. One woman she quoted in the third paragraph, Heidrun Walter, says "
When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.
" Not everyone may feel less tense after getting rid of their car, but it would definitely be a great thing. Another advatage that came with less car usage in Vauban that Rosenthal mentions in her article, is that stores started getting built about a walk away instead of in malls miles away. This is obviously an amazing point because everyone still has needs they must buy or tend to and it's much better if the places they buy the things they need are in walking distance because no one would need to use distance as an excuse to use their car.
In the fifth paragraph of Duffer's article, he makes sure to mention that car traffic was down 60% in Paris after they decided to enforce a partial ban on driving to also clear the air. If we limit car usage, their would be way less traffic, which means less time sitting in our cars aggravated about the fact that we're stuck and need to get to school or work soon or else we'll be late.
In the third article, which is written by Andrew Selsky he reports that in Bogota on their "
car-free day
" there was little to no traffic, and the annual event has reduced smog. In the fifth paragraph, he quoted a businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza. Carlos says that the event is "
a good oppurtinity to take away stress and lower air pollution.
" The day without cars inspires you to find alternative transportation methods, which can be as simple as walking or even riding a bike which are both really healthy and great ways to get your excersise in! Selsky also notes that the day without cars has sparked the construction of more bicycle paths, bigger, nicer sidewalks and more parks and sports centers have popped up around the city. Clearly in Bogota they are taking advantage of keeping their air healthy by trying to inspire their residents to be and stay healthy as well.
Limiting car usage is not just a great way to reduce pollution and keep the planet we call home healthy, but a great way to keep us healthy, both physically and emotionally. Those are just about the best advantages that can come with anything. | 2 |
4bda0df | Some people truly belive that aliens are responsible for the face on mars. The face on mars is a landform that looks like a face. PLenty of peole argue about wether this face was made by aliens or not. In the article "Face on Mars" the author gives great detail it was not made by aliens.
Some reasons people know about this landform and believe it was created by aliens. NASA took great photos of the landform. In addition they wanted these photos to bring attiention to mars. Thats exactly what the photos did. Now the face on mars has a very popular landform. "It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted grocery store chekout lines for twenty-five years."
There is no credible proof or theroes that this artifact was created by aliens. However Thrier are plenty of great scientist that believe and agree with NASA When it comes to this landform not being created by aliens.
Out of all these years NASA has been working in outer space no proof of aliens have been discovered. In addition if NASA realy
had an idea about there being aliens and wanted to hide it, they would have never released the photos.
There are some people who say the aliens are hidden. The reason some peole say this is because they believe the pictures weren't clear enough. So NASA decided to look again. Further more NASA wouldn't hide anything anyway because if there were aliens it would benefit nasa. So
on April 8, 2001 a summer day with no clouds NASA had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the face in field of view they took a photo at maximum resolution.There were no other things like shacks, pyramids, or air planes. What the picture does show is a landform very common around the midwest. Thats why plenty of people believe it is a natural landform.
In the article "Face on Mars" there are plenty of facts that show you aliens did not create the land form. People will still argue wether it was created by aliens or not. However logic shows it is a natural land form. | 3 |
4bde983 | You may think the Face is created by aliens, but it simply is not. You see, we here at NASA have been studying and researching other planets for years. Don't you think that with our intelligence, we would know if something that looks like alien evidence actually is alien evidence? We would not only let everyone know, but we would make a very big deal out of it. This is just a natural landform.
I know it is silly that there is literally a face on Mars, but it's not as big of a deal as you think. Have you ever looked at the leaves in a tree or the coulds in the sky and seen something put together that resembles an animal or shape? This is kind of like that. It's cool, but it doesn't exactly mean the universe is trying to give you a sign of life. When we released these photos to the public, people thought for sure we were hiding something like we had an agenda to have an alien takeover. They said it was "bona fide evidence of life on Mars". Trust me, we wish there was life on Mars! That would be ground-breaking news! We are not hiding a single secret, and we are speaking the truth.
Perhaps, of course, we will find life on the red planet someday. This landform is not evidence to support that moment. On a bright and clear day on April 8, 2001, we took a very high-detailed photo of the face. If there were any outstanding undeniable resemblinces to a human face, we would've seen it. It is much like any other landform from the American West, like a certain one in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Truly any other butte or mesa, just this time its on a different planet.
So, afterall, it's settled. This face-like landform on Mars is not a sign of any martians or aliens, sadly. Conspiracy theorists will go on with their unreasonable theories and we will stick to the cold hard facts, thank you very much. I hope you have realized just how wrong everyone has been and just how much more logical you should be thinking. Don't get me wrong, I and most workers at NASA certainly belive in aliens. This just isn't anything to get to excited about. Keep in touch, though, you never know when the next big discover will come about. | 4 |
4be72b3 | Yes, I do think it's a good idea for computers to read students emotions. I think it's a good idea because some students might have suicidal thoughts or might be suffering from abuse. It's always good to know what students are going through when they are sad. Alot of students dosen't like to show emotions or tell anyone about it. This Facial Action Coding system can prevent suicide.
Everyone will not think this program is safe, and is envading privacy.
But, this system can save suicidal people from all over the world. Prof. Thomas, Prof. Nicu, and Prof. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. Emotions can be solved like math equations with this program.
This program should be put in all computers over the world to help you with school work also. This new technology can also help you with your work like a teacher. If the computer reads that you are stressed then it could explain the question to you better or help you. This new technology program can change the world.
I beleive that this program will spread on others and used by millions if this new technology is approved. This can be big help with teachers also. It could help them releive stress and give them advice or take a day off because of stress levels. It could improve humans and make them stress free.
My incoclusion is that this program can help everyone with their problems and stressful moments. I think it's a good idea to read emotions and can prevent suicide. There is not a doubt in my mind that will make me change my final answer. Your face dosen't lie and this program will be able to tell it like a polygraph. | 3 |
4bf08a1 | The reason others should join the Seagoing Coboys is ,because you would be be able to expolore the world.
I say this ,because in paragrah four ,and five Luke Bomberger whent on 9 diffrent trips. luke had been to Europe,china,Acropolis: greece,and Venice:italy .
Also if you love the ocean a Seagoing Cowboy is the job for you. A Seagoing Cowboy gets to see lots of the ocean. luke went across the paccific ocean twice. He also when across the the alantic ocean 16times. I found this information in the introduction obove the black line of paragrah 1.
Also if you fasinated ,and would like working with animals being a Seagoing Cowboy might be a job of your intreset.
I found in paragrah 2 that the(the united nations relief and rehabilitation administration)
URRA hired '' Seagoing Cowboys'' to take care of the horses, young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than the adventures its about being aware of the people and contries in need. This in luke Bomberger eyes is what is means to be a true Seegoing Cowboy. Information stated in paragrah 9. | 2 |
4bf890b | The author suggests that studing Venus is a worly pursuit the danger it presents because in the passage it say that Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. So there for this means that Venus is posably belived to be just like Earth or at the least to be a live able place. The author supports this idea because this was in the passage so there for the author wrote it to be true.
The author is trying to show how the studies are and have gone about Venus and how it is belived to be a live able plant to animal the can with stand the heat or a new speices of animal. In the text it say a think atmosphere of aamost 97 percent cardon dioxide blankets Venus. "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" that is why the auother is showing that Venus could be inhabited if they can with stand the heat.
The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents because Venuse is the only plant to being close to the same temputer as the sun, and the planet closest to the Earth. In the text it says also notable, Venus has the hottest surface tempertature of any plant in our solar system, even though Marcury is the closer to our sun. | 2 |
4bfbf8d | The advantages of limiting car usage have are there's going to be less smog in the world. More people going to play sports and excersise. It's better too walk,ride a bike, instead of driving a car. Car usage is really bad for the earth.
If they limiting car usage there's going to be less smog in the world because in the second story it stated that, "cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions". That means when you keep driving your car and it cold or warm the warmer layer in earth trap the car emissions. And its hurting the earth. Also, in the second story it said that "the smog cleared enough Monday for ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday". They use less car in French becuase they had ordered motorist with even-numbered license plates to leave they car at home.
More people going to play sports and excersise, because alot of people not going to want to pay alot of money for a car and a place to park it. in the first story it sated that "A car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. Not everybody going to want o pay that much money for a car sapce with the house. Also,it stated that "As a result, 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move her". That tell me a car is really expensive and not alot of people got enough money to buy a car, they would walk instead of driving.
It's better too walk,ride a bike instead of drive a car, because when you drive a car its releasing smog in the air and that's bad for our health. The air the car release's can get us sick. Alot of people rather ride a bike or walk."it's a good opportunitty to take away stress and lower air pollution". that means walking help u alot if you stressing you can take a walk its going to take away your stess and its going to be less air pollution on earth. Also,thres going to be less air polution.
The advantages of limiting car usage have are there's going to be less smog in the world. More people going to play sports and excersise. It's better too walk,ride a bike, instead of driving a car. Car usage is really bad for the earth. That's why i walk most of the times beacause I want to save the earth. | 3 |
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