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520da03 | Reading ones emotions using technologydoesn sound os bad but it also sounds just as badas it seems to be good technology for someone to have for family use, Mona Lisa was used for this experimet, and showed happiness, and some other objecrs and mostly was happiness, resultingin a somewhat successful attempt at technology..
Im siding for this as it can reveal a persons inner emotions and see if they are suffering on the inside out. Besides, its not everydy you can judge emotion by the face only right? it would only help us more in the end then hurt us in the long run. But of course the cost of the product would be a quite big infact, maybe to big for distribution, whichcan lead to problems later on.
Sure, using your mouth muscles revealing emotions is easy, but it can be a bit hard for those with stage fright or insocial status to show emotions around strangers, thats why this inventions is a great thing to me to know and have in the world of mysteries. | 2 |
52106bd | The use of this technology is not valuable for a studdent in a class because some emotions are to be kept because with this technology students emotions will be out there for people to wonder what is happening with the child.Well how about the child do not want other people to know what is happening in his or her life or with his or her emotions.In the artical it states that the computer could recognize when the student is beccoming confused or bored, My question is how will the teacher know when she is teaching the children, and how will she know that one of her students is confused, it also stated that it could modify the lesson like a human instructor and that would be taking jobs from teachers . One of my questions is that if the computer knows what you are feeling and if it says that you are bored and the computer will modify to like a human instructor will it spice things up and make lessons funner and interesting so kids won't get bored?Im againt using this technology for it to read the students emotions because some emotions are to be kept and it is creepy for a computer to be reading your emotions that maybe you didn't know you were feeling. | 2 |
521a7e4 | Driverless cars can be a dangerous development and should not be made.
Sergy envisions a future with public-transportation replacing personal vehicles,this can spark conflicts or dissatisfaction because we hold our personal possesions close and would not rely on public-transportation,
Electronic cars can be vulnerable to hacking even in googles hands,without manual piloting a driverless car be a serious hazard on roads. if the LIDAR malfunctions the car is blinded and will most asurudely crash into its surroundings unless the person takes manual control.
It mentions in paragraph 6 that they intend to make cars more and more independant,and that sensors will be the cars main feature to see. this again can be hazardous if those sensors are disrupted or hacked. in pargraph 7 it mentions that the car can steer, accelerate, and brake on its own,a car doing that at the wrong moment can cause a major crash or serious injury to the driver,and flashing lights on the windshields can be distracting if the car is in manual use.
Lawmakers know safety is best achieved with an alert driver,so traffic laws have made smart cars illegal even to test computer-driven cars in California, Nevada, and the District of Columbia.
Driverless cars should not be used because they are vulnerable to hacking, glitching, and disruption and can be a road hazzard in any situation, so you should not support automated cars and further develop driver dependant cars. | 2 |
5225bf0 | Imagine being driven automatically by a car to your destination? Amazing isn't it? This is why the ideal of developing fully driverless cars shouold be pushed more. These are just a few reasons on why we should work on developing this type of technology.
To begin with, wasn't this always the american dream? Generations before ours always imagined that new things like this would be developed, but they didn't have the technology. As it states in paragraph 6 we now have the ability and technolgy to do so. Why shouldn't the technology be put to better use.
Secondly, It would make things so much easier. The development of these cars could,
"change the world," as said in pargraph 1. There would be less wrecks, transportation would be faster, and there would be way less pollution. Sounds wonderful right, some people might think otherwise.
On the other hand, people might be worried about safety hazards like system malfunctions and or crashes from misreadings. Well, that's just another reaason to start development on these vehicles now. The faster peopole start developing these cars the faster the problems can be fixed. As it says in paragraph 10, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved."
In conclusion, the development of these cars isn't all bad. Just look at all the good the production of these vehicles could do. I hope that people finally understand that the idea of developing fully driverless cars should be pushed more. | 3 |
5225ffc | Car free day is spinning into a big hit all around the world. Many people cant even image the advantages there is for limiting of car usage. Many countries have been doing a lot to reduced the the car usages. In Germany the government have made The ether current resident of car owning to buy a space to park their car for $4,ooo along with house. The number of usages have been lower. As a result ,70 percent of Vauban families dont own cars or use than and 52 percent have sold there car to move to Vauban Germany. An also in a other part of the wood like Paris have enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air that had been the re for days. On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or surfer a 22 euro fine.
In the Colombia a program was put place on a car -free day also. Colombia had been doing this for three years and have been seeing a good results. violators faced $25 fines the turnouts was large. The limiting of car usage has also turnout to the residents of Columbia one stated "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said a businessman. The tat with out cars is a part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid 19900s. It had seen Th econstrusion of 118miles of bicycles paths the most of any Latin America city-according to Mockus the city mayor.
The end of the car culture, president Obamas ambitious goals to to curb the U.S greenhouse gas emissions , unveiled last week will cut down the usage of cars on Us roads. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. people that thorn that car is their life have also have things to said about the world with no cars. They tend to said that they cant move to another place without a car. That they cant live without a car.
With the car limiting the world will not fixed all of it problems but will hjad a great start. In a Moblile world congress last tear in Barcelona , Spian, Bill Ford layout a business plan for a world in which personal vehicles ownerships. Preposed a a plan where pedestrin,bicyles,private cars,commercial are woven into a connected network to save time. | 2 |
52280f0 | Driverless cars offer a glimpse of what we could have in the future.
Transportation as a whole would be greatly influenced by the introduction of autonomous navigation and driving systems for everyday use.
Driverless cars offer benefits that human-drivin cars simply cannot.
Machines are much less likely to commit errors than humans.
Autonomous cars can tackle many of our problems today, and are a promising technology that we must develop to better our lives and the world.
Through reduction of the threat of distracted driving, compensation for natural human errors when driving, and improvement of our public transportation system, Driverless cars can change our world for the better, and they offer a vast improvement on human-driven cars today.
Distracted driving is a major problem today that can be remedied through the use of driverless cars.
Today, a large percentage of automobile accidents in America occur due to a form of distracted driving.
However, self-driving cars can fix this.
When one is too intoxicated to drive themselves, or even too tired to drive properly, driverless cars eliminate the risk they pose to other users of the roadway by preventing them from driving with impaired judgment.
Machines can take over when the human driver isn't completely focused on the driving at hand and can correct major errors.
When it comes to texting, driverless cars are just as vital.
According to the article, some manufacturers want to bring heads-up displays with entertainment and information systems.
This would allow somebody to text while still having their eyes on the road.
Furthermore, they would be able to have the car drive for them while they were busy with their distractions.
Autonomous cars would prevent the many thousands of deaths each year that occur due to distracted driving.
Natural human errors are always present when driving, and autonomous cars can fix them before they become a problem.
Humans have a slow reaction time compared to machines, or make rash decisions.
If a human-driver were trying to parallel park, it would be very hard to get a full understanding of the situation without automated driving.
According to the article, GM has created seats that rumble when the vehicle is about to back into an object.
This helps remove any errors from driving since a driver who didn't have an self-driving car would not know that there was an object to the rear and would then commit a major error.
Machines can process information much faster as well, so if human reaction time is too slow, machines can take over to stop a car, or prevent it from harming anyone.
Humans are error-prone creatures, but driving can be error-free through the use of driverless cars.
Autonomous cars can improve our public transportation system and allow for easier transport anywhere.
According to the article, Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google (now Alphabet), believes that fleets of public-transport driverless taxis would be able to reduce fuel consumption and be more flexible than existing systems.
This is important because public transportation is very inefficient today.
Often, cities don't have underground subways, and must rely on buses to get around.
Buses are highly inefficient because they have set routes and are inflexible.
Driverless taxis could be ordered to pick up passengers at a certain location and drop them off at another.
This is much more convenient and efficient for consumers since they don't have to do much walking while trying to look for a bus stop.
Driverless taxis would also allow for long-distance public transportation.
Today, trains have the same problem of buses in that they have set routes and they are hardly funded.
With public-transportation driverless taxis, customers can travel long distances and reach destinations in a much more convenient and efficient way than current transportation systems allow.
Public transportation would be greatly improved through the introduction of driverless cars.
Driverless cars offer a variety of benefits including improvement of our current public transportation system, accounting for and reducing human error on the roadways, and eliminating the risk of distracted driving affecting other roadway users.
Human driving today is an inefficient and dangerous task that can be better performed by machines.
Automation can be more precise than humans ever can, and it is only natural to apply this to driving.
Automated driving can improve all of our lives only if we make progress in developing the technologies to better our future. | 3 |
522892b | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studing Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the knowledge to be gained is greater than and equal to the risk taken. But technolocial advancements are encouraging the further study of Venus and speeding up the process.
By teaching us that Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin" and that it is relatively the closest planet to ours in the solar system, the author sees that "Stiving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity...Our travels should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" (8). Meaning that the author supports the idea that studying Venus because the risk taken should be seen as a challenge needing to be conquered.
In Paragraph 7 the author states that "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus...electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"(7). Thus demonstrating that the further studying of Venus is inevitable due to advancements that could decrease the possible risks of pursuing the sudy of Venus and eliminate the dangers.
In conclusion, the author supports the claim that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents because the knowledge to be gained is greater than or equal to the risks taken because the author sees it as a challenge rather than a risk, needing to be overcame. In additon, further technological advancements make studying Venus inevitable and is eliminating the problematic dangers that studying Venus presents. | 3 |
522932f | Dear state senator,
I strongly believe that we should get rid of the Electoral College, not only is it unfair to voters, but it lacks democratic pedigree.
Firstly, my honest opinion is that I stongly believe that we should get rid of the Electoral Colledge. It's very unfair to voters, and most of the time their votes hardly count. When voters vote, they don't really vote for the president, but for a slate of electors who elect the president. Awhile back in 1960, states sent two slates of electors to Congress, instead of one. Now is that really fair? Maybe it was a mistake, but I hardly doubt it. What if it happens again, it's very hard to trust these people. The electoral college is unfair to voters also because of the "winner-take-all" system in each state. What's wrong with this you may ask, well see candidates are very smart, and know what they are doing. They don't spend time in states they know have no chance at winning. 2000 was the worst, during the campaign, seventeen states didn't even see the candidates at all. Rhode Island, South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't see a single campaign ad.
Secondly, the Electoral Colledge lacks democratic pedigree. Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California, really don't pay attention to the campaign because they know their vote will have no effect. If the president were picked by popular vote, not only would it be more fair and official, but people would take more intrest in voting. But, no voter's vote swings a national election. In 2012 about one-half of the American population did vote, but the difference is, is that they want to express a political preference, rather than others who think that a single vote may decide an election. In 2000, there was a dispute over the outcome of an Electorical College, it could happen again. The Electoral College method is not at all democratic in a modern sense. When you vote for a presidential candidate, you're actually voting for a slate of electors. See, it's not the people who elect the president, it's the electors who do. So how is that fair, basically your votes don't count toward anything and you're waisitng your time. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing the electoral college, so why hasn't it happened yet?
I stongly believe that that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It's very unfair to the voters, and it lacks democratic pedigree. The electoral college can cause many disputes, and arguments. Why not just get rid of them? I hope you read this, and understand where I'm coming from. | 4 |
52393de | Just A Natural Landform
The Face has been to be called many things but its pretty clear that it is just a natural landform. If it was really made by aliens would't there be proof of actual aliens? Yeah there should be but there is no proof of aliens, so that is just more proof that the face is just a natural landform. There are many rocky parts on Mars and the face is just one of them people are over thinging it when all it is a pices of land.
Twentry- five years ago NASA's Viking 1 discovered a shadowy figuer that looked like a human face. The thing that set off the people the most was the shadowness that formed a illuison of a face. Then when the face was released to the world everyone though that it had something to do with aliens. Peolpe started to but the face in movies, magazines, make it in a book,and people would talk about it on the radio.
Very few scientist think that it was a alien which i dont think it is a alien. Then NASA sent Mars Global Surveyor to retreve more photos of the face. The pictures they retreved clearly showed that theface was just a natural landform. Think about it the pictures that were taking back in 1976 the technology wasn't great and then when they retook photos in 1998 they were so much clearer. The technology obviously inhasted over that long period of time.
But people were still not convinced so they went to take another look in 2001 and the picture was even better. People want to think aliens are real but they aren't and this so called face is has nothing to do with them. If NASA were to take more photoes of it today there would be no one who thinks its a alien. Today's technology doen't even compare to the technology they had when they took the last pictures of the face, but people are going to believe what they want.
All the facts clearly state that the face is just a natural landform. In the beginning when the face was first discovered people though it was a hard fact about aliens ,but technology got better and we could see it better to tell that it was just land. it is really clear to me that all it is a natural landform. | 4 |
5243f77 | Driveless Cars Coming Closer
Driveless cars are a very touched topic. Not only because we see these type of cars in movies ot Tv shows, but because we are in the future now. Even though these cars are able to steer, accelerate, and brake they are not all the way driveless. Driveless cars don't have common sense. Driveless cars should not be a part of the future we've been waiting for.
First of all, we see the future in movies and Tv shows, and we see things we like. For example; driveless cars, yeah, they are something humans have been talking for a long long time ago and we have been waiting for them since we first saw the on the big screen. but do we really want them to be a part of our future? We are in the future 2016 is now, good technology, smart people, and determination. We have those things to make the driveless cars but lets think about things that can happen because of these cars.
These cars can steer, accelerate, and brake, but they are made to tell the driver when to take over. Some have vibrating seats, others flashing lights. Would this be something someone would buy? If someone was in a car at night and they are trying to rest, they can easily press the, "self navigation" button and take a nap without wasting time. What we know is that these cars are not driveless completly and still need the driver to be alert.
Finally, driveless cars don't think like us. They are robots not humans. In the text it says, "most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers knows that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." Drivers that can think, not robots that will mostlikely have a problem within and could cause an accident.
In conclusion, driveless cars are being talked about a lot lately. We see these cars in movies, Tv shows, etc. These cars can accelerate, steer and brake by themselvesd but are not driveless completly, they still need a human driver to be alert. Driveless cars don't think, don't feel, the don't have the need to be driving around not knowing how to think. We need human drivers not robot drivers. Driveless cars should not be a part of our tomorrow. Would anyone want this in our childrens future? | 4 |
5246ba5 | The unmasked face? Some say it's aliens, but i have proof that it is just a natural platform.
Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times better than the original vikings photo. The picture revealed that it was just a natural platform. Thousands of web surfers were waiting to see the image. They waited just to see there was no alien monument after all. Which made a lot of people unsatisfied. Few scientist believed the face was an alien artifact. Which made photographing a priority for MGS. And thats what they did.
It was winter in April '98, so it was a cloudy time of year on Cyndonia. The cameras on board MGS had move through clouds to see the face. So they thought maybe alien marking were hidden in the haze. April 8, 2001, a CLOUDLESS summer day in Cyndonia. MGS drew close enough for a second look. Malin's team captured an "extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. The picture actually shows that the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. Which is a common landform around the American West.
This "face" had became a pop icon. It starred in Hollywood films, appeared in books, magazines, radio talks. It even haunted grocery store checkouts for 25 year! Some people think the face is a bona fide evidence of life on mars. Evidence that NASA would rather hide. Defender of the NASA wish there was an ancient civilzation on Mars.
The unmasked face? Or should i say the butte or the messa? | 3 |
524ed9f | The Face is an actual landform, it was not created by aliens. In order for me to prove this to you I need facts, so that it is what the majority of this essay is going to be about. I will also be be telling you how I know that the Face on Mars is a landform. There are many facts as to why the Face on Mars is a landform and I will be sharing all of those that I can find with you.
I will also be telling some other landforms that are similar to the Face. I am citing all of my evidence and facts from the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars".
One of my first claims that the Face on Mars is actually a landform and was not created by aliens is from paragraph three in "Unmasking the Face on Mars" and it states, "The caption noted a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."
At the beginning of that sentence it says "a huge ROCK formation" which is telling us that it is actually rock and that it had devolped over time to form into the shape of a face. And that it was not created by aliens because aliens can not create or make rocks.
Another claim that the face is actually a land form and was not created by aliens is that in paragraph twelve is it giving us a very clear and precise meaning that the Face is an landform by telling us that, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. "That a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." That is telling us that there are more places in the world that are like the Face on Mars. That also means that if there are more places, then aliens could not have made the Face on Mars because that means it would have had to make all of the other mesas and buttes in the entire universe.
Lastly, my final claim that the face is actually a landform and was not created by aliens is in paragraph seven in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" and that it tells us that, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture tem times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appered on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." At the end of that whole paragraph it tells us that there was no alien monument after all. Which means that the aliens did not create the Face on Mars at all.
In conclusion I know that the Face on Mars is actually a landform and was not created by aliens because of the facts the a have cited from the article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars". I have given you very good claims as to why and I really hope that you change your opinion on this topic of matter. | 4 |
524f91a | Drivelesss cars should not continue to develop. There are many reason for it,and three of the could be that it can still cause problems on the road even though it been developed fully. Even though its been fully developed not everyone is okay with it. The driveless cars can also take away the experiance way from a young adult wanting to drive their own car. These are only some reasons driveless cars should not be developed even more.
One reason is that driveless cars can be a problem on the road because yet being fully develop there is a possiblity something could go wrong with it. On the road anything is possible and it will come when least expected. Maybe with all this developing in it it can cause a greater damage then a regualar car would. In the article they talk about who's fault it would be if something would go wrong with it. The people driving it should not have to take the fault for because they didn't make. Yet they would only by it because of what the manufatures say about they will try persuading the people to by it.
Another reason is that not every state is okay with this because they might know the damage these driveless cars are capable of doing. With not every state okay with it, the manufactures could have a less chances of selling much of thses cars. In the article they only talk about four places that have considerer the driveless. They would also have to have new laws in order to over they rules of the driveless cars.
A third reason is that driveless cars would take way learning expireances from young adaults that would actually like to drive their own car. In the article paragraph eight they say "We have to interpret the drivnig fun in a new way."This is like say you can as well stay home and do nothing. When you drive you can learn many things like road signs and road name without even knowing it. Something they also talk about is about driveless cars bieng safe because peole will be able to text on their cell phones while driving. This is not okay maybe the only way some poeple can stay off their phones is when they are driving and they are trying to take that way. People can as well just stay home and be on their phones all the time and text all the time. This car would probably just make people more lazy.
With all these negative things that could happen with this car is why it shouldn't be developed. They can be a problem on the road,not every state is okay with it and they could take away driving experiance from young adults that would like to drive their own car. There are many other reason out there for this car not to be developed even more. It would just probably just cause more problems in place were there is plenty of problem. This is why driveless cars should not be developed more then they already are. | 4 |
52504c7 | I believe that dirverless cars should continue developing and growing. Driverless cars in my opinion are the future of driving, and there is nothing that anyone can do to change it. With everything that we have in the world today at somepoint someone thought it was a stuipd idea and it was impossible. For example Steve Jobs created Apple out of a garage and then was kicked out of his own company. When he came back he worked even harder to prove everyone wrong, and he did. He created the first smart device and it changed the world. The self driving cars are the new tomorrow and big dreamers will make it a reality, all we can do is be ready.
Google is the first company to sucessfully make a self driving car, that works on real roads. Google took a Prius and fitted it with sensors, cameras, high tech GPS, and motion sensors. Out of all the high tech gadgets that Google's car has the most impressive is the rotationg sensor on the roof. It creates a 3-D display of the cars surrounding so that car can react more precisly to the changing road conditions, and act more like a real driver.
Even with all of these gadgets some people still think that self driving cars are a danger to people on the roads. That is where they are wrong, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash". Most people in their life dont drive half a million miles, and if they did they would at least get into one fender bender. I am not saying that these cars are perfect machines that can just go out on the roads today, there are still so many things that have to be done before they are ready, but they are closer than ever.
Although they are called driverless cars, they are not completely driverless. Someone need to be in the car in case the car comes upon a situation that requires a human touch, such as construction zones or complicated traffic jams. Now you might be thinking just sitting in that car while it drove me around would get boring but, BMW is talking about fitting a heads up entertainment display that the driver could use until they needed to take the wheel. This would keep you accupied as the car drove, it just has to be leagal.
The main problem for self driving cars is the Law. It is illegal for self driving cars to even be tested in most states. As self driving cars become more advanced and prevelent, States will most likely start changing their laws. New laws will also have to be put into place as safety regulations. The laws will have to be able to regualte what can be used in the cars and how they are used. One big issue is if there is an accident most drivers will try and sue the manufactures for faulty equipment, but are the manufactures really at fault.
Self driving cars are becoming more and more of a reality every day, and that scares some people. They just have to trust that the proper safety precautions will be taken to prevent any injurines. Most companies pedict that their self driving cars will be street ready by 2020, but will we be ready for them. | 4 |
52594dc | In pargragh 4 sentence 2
it states that the face on the planet it is from rocky mountains or a land slide. In pargraph 5 sentence 3 it also talks about how people believe it is a alien.scientist says that the " shadows give a illusion." pargraph 5 it talks about the face in magazines ,stores, books,they say that so
people
can pay attition to science a little more.
"scientists figured out it was just one of martian mesa common enough around ,only this one had unusal SHADOWS that make it look like an egypatian pharao."
the face on mars was at a 41 bdegress north martian latitude where it was winter.The wind of the witer might have swept passed crating a face. that people belive was formwd by alliens which I belive it was not. The face might have been caused by nautral land forms which might have been around for many years that scientist might not have caught until now.
In pagraph pargrah nine a scientist says they dont pass over faces very often tich says they might have passed over that face many rimes but at a diffent angle.Mabey that why scientists might not have figued it out. | 1 |
526454d | My personal belief is that driverless cars should not be allowed on the roads. Driverless cars sound efficient and luxurious but they are really accidents waiting to happen. Many car companies that want to develop driverless cars talk about a world where no ever has to buy a car again because of this new and more efficient form of public transportation. This new form of public transportation would have many flaws due to humans not being in control of the vehicle such as accidents and malfunctions.
Google is one of the companies that want to get driverless cars out on the road to try and make the roads safer. But would that really make the roads safer or more dangerous? Google has tested driverless cars already and they stated,"Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." My question is how does the car know when to alert the driver? Does it have sensors on the front of the car that detect traffic, and if so what if the sensors fail and the car continues to drive at a steady speed right into heavy traffic before the driver has time to react because he was relying on a car to alert him? The same goes for the car detecting roadwork or if a person is crossing the street or someone riding their bike falls into the road. There are too things that could go wrong on these cars to have them out on the road.
There are laws that prevent driverless ars being tested because the government believes that these cars are dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles. If the government believes that these cars are too dangerous for the roads then why do certain companies want these cars to be on the roads? Car companies want these cars on the roads because they would be expensive to buy and they would make alot of profit if they where able to sell these types of vehicles. They are cars out now that have driverless features such as parallel parking and automatic breaking but these features have failed many times. Driverless cars are driven by computers which can malfunction like all computers do at one time or another.
My beliefs are that these cars should never be produced because they are nothing but a threat to pedestrians and other vehicles on the road. I agree with this sentance from paragraph nine,"Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver.". I agree with this because there are too many flaws with driverless cars. There are alot of things that can go wrong with humans driving cars but there are even more things that can go wrong with driverless cars. | 4 |
5266ddf | Dear Senator,
The robust political system of the American government is greatly hindered by the Electoral College. The Electoral College isn't completely representative of what citizens really want. History will prove such logic with just a simple recollection of past events. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new elector who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and case a deciding vote for whomever they please."
(Paragraph 11)
Americans are not getting the representation we deserve. In fact, in a democracy, we should be representing our own beliefs, ourselves. The Electoral College must be totally abolished and the popular vote should become the new standard for political voting.
Time and time again, we have been shown that the Electoral College is nothing but a gimmick and "a compromise between election of President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
(Paragraph 1)
by the founding fathers. Maybe that had worked in the past, when the population was statistically low compared to today, and citizens were less informed because of the lack of media avaliable, like the internet and television. But, it is not working today. The 2000 election serves as an example of a faulty system. "According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral college--won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."
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Therefore, this is an obvious majority of citizens who agree with me. The Electoral College is almost universally despised, and not considered the most effective way to elect a President.
"At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad."
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This is ridiculous and not at all fair to voters. In this sense, it is absolutely true that every vote doesn't count. Unless you're in a swing state, your vote may mean very little in the grand scheme of things. Every legal American deserves the right to a balanced and fair election with a true, meaningful vote.
Claims by supporters of the Electoral College are not effective. In fact, one writer finds Swing States to be a good thing! Yes, "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign--to really listen to the competing candidates--knowing they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average...and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election."
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Seriously, that is absurd. Every voter should have the right to know they are going to decide the election. This writer is implying that the small state votes are useless, and that the voters in them don't even pay attention to campaigns or research before they vote! As a former resident of a politically smaller-impact state, I know very well that citizens there research thoroughly before they do any voting. Putting thought into a vote isn't just a thing people do in large states.
Maybe it will be that way in the future, because due to the Electoral College, votes there don't even matter anymore. Citizens are losing faith in their expressions of freedom and ability to vote and uphold justice. The Electoral College needs to go, because it makes for an unfair political system that only benefits politicians running, not the average joe."It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality."
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Regards,
A concerned citizen. | 6 |
5268f5e | Some people believe that the Face on Mars is something that was created by aliens. The face was not somethimg created by aliens the face is just a natural landform that is on Mars.If I were a scientist at NASA and i was dicussing the Face on Mars with someone who thinks that the face is something that was created by aliens and i was trying to convince them that it was just a land form i would tell them that if there were really aliens on Mars and NASA found out about it if would benefit them so there would really be no reason to hide it, also I would say that on April 5, 1989 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and Michael Malin captured pictures ten time sharper than the original Viking pivtures and it still showed that it was just a land form and not an alien monument, and last i would tell them that on April 8th Malin's took more pictures of the face when it was a cloudless day on Cydonia using the camera's maximum resolution and Garvin said that if there really was any type of object or anything there that they would be able to see it.
So the first thing i would tell the person that thought that the face was an alien monument is that the scientist at Nasa hope there was some type of life form on mars because they would benefit them so there would be no reason in hiding it. Also in the passage it says that the defenders at NASA budget wish there was an ancient
civilization on mars.
The next thing i would tell them is that on April 5, 1989 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and Michael Malin got pctures that were ten times better that the Viking orginials photos. These photos that were so much better than the orginial photo still proved that the face was just a natural landform.
The last thing i would tell them in that on April 8th,2001 Mars Global Surveyor captured more pictures on a cloudless day on Cydonia and they used the camera's maximum resolution. Garvin said that by using this that if there were really anything on mars that they would be able to see it.
In conclusion what i would say to the person is that one if there were really alien life forms that it would benefit NASA and they wouldnt hide it, next i would tell them that on April 5th they got a picture that was ten times better that the orginial Viking picture and it still shows that its just a landform, lastly i would tell them that Malins team got more pictures of the face and they used the camera's maximum resolution so if there was anything down there they would be able to see it. | 3 |
527009f | I think that that facial recognition is an okay thing. The reason im not totally against it is because i think it could help some people going into a career that needs to know how to read body language. The reason im not totally with it is because i think its weird. I dont think that a computer should know what a persons emotions are, or what you feel. I think there is no need for it.
Why would a computer need to tell you what someone is feeling... I think if you go to a therapist and they need a computer to tell you whats wrong you, thats just making the world more distant that is alreadly is. We already talk to people through computers, which makes you not leave the house. So if you have a computer tell you what someones emotions are then you are making them not talk to people, and people need human interactions.
I think it could help some people because some people cant talk, so you use it to tell what they are trying to say or feel. It could help people learn more about the human body and anatomy.
In conclusion it could go either way so it could be bad and it could be nice. Different people have different opinions on it. | 2 |
5272dd3 | Do you ever wonder how the states that fought in world war 2 recoer so fast well here it is. After world war 2 most country were left in ruins dasater had fell over states that fought in the war so they formed a progam that would help the states recover from world war two it was called unrra which stand The United Nations
Relief And Rehabilition.
The goverment put adds up so people would volentier to help other country in need of help here are some ways you could do to help you could donate food clothes and materials to help family who don't have food and clothing. You could also volentier to visit the country and help rebuild homes and farm so they could start farming again
There is also another way you could help you could become a seagoing cowboy they help animals make across the sea on boat you could also see differnt kind of countrys like China,Greece andEurope so you could go to all difernt kind of countrys if you become a seagoing cowboy it could help a lot of people | 2 |
5272eb0 | In 1976 the first image of "The Face on Mars" was captured. NASA's Viking 1 was circling the planet when it spotted the likeness of a human face. Nearly two miles from end to end the face was from a region called Cydonia. Scientists figured it was just another mesa, landforms common in this area. When NASA released the picture to the public it became a pop icon. Some people think the Face is evidence of life on Mars, however, NASA disagrees.
Conspiracy theorists feel that the Face's true reason for existence is something that NASA would rather hide. In the mean time NASA's budget defenders wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Finding such a thing would greatly benefit NASA and hel them in many ways. Therefore, if the Face really was proof of life on Mars, NASA wouldn't be hiding it, they would be announcing it for their own good.
On April 5,1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped another picture ten times sharper than the original photos. The new image first appeared on the JPL web site, revealing that the Face was in fact a natural landform, not an acient alien civilization. However, conspiracy theorists were still not satisfied due to the fact that it was a cloudy time of the year on Mars. NASA prepared to look again and captured a final picture on April 8,2001. What the pictured shows is a mesa, landforms common around the American West.
Of the three images NASA snapped of the Face, none of them show any alien monuments or civilizations. The increased pixel sizes would have picked up any objects on the ground such as pyramids or planes. There is no reason for NASA to believe they discovered anything other than a common natural landform. The only difference is that this landform has unusual shadows that make it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. | 3 |
5278bcd | Would you be able to give your car up? Having to ride with strangers on the bus to reduce pollution. Would you be able to pay the fines after driving your car?
Most people nowadays wouldn't give up their car to save their life. We've been so used to having cars since they came out we've just forgotten what It's like using our bikes, or walking from point A to point B. "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold their cars to move here" Says passage number 1 paragraph 3. Imagine selling your car just to live somewhere else. Not having a car would for one, reduce the amount of pollution in the area, but two, also reduce the amount of stress. Come to think of it, it would also lessen the number of deaths. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Said Heidrun Walter. She uses her bike to get from place to place. Which could e a lot more healthy. We most likely wouldn't have so many obese people.
A lot of people have bad health just because of where they live. All these cars polluting the area does not help the fact that most people with asthma, It's just slowly killing them because their lungs can't get enough air as it is. " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... the smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." The gas that makes these cars zoom around the world is hurting the enviroment. Polluting our streets, making it so foggy out that drivers can hardly see. Not only does diesel fuel hurt our ecosystem, it hurts our wallets too. How much does the average person spend on gas in their lifetime? A lot, don't you think? You probably have to fill up your tank every week or so, depending how far you drive. Just think of all the other items you could buy instead of having to pay for gas. Shoot, we'd probably all be millionares if we set aside our gas money.
Death. Death is a major problem. Due to alcohol and stupidity plus cars equal not very good outcome. Most people aren't even safe when the drive so it's not like cars can drive themselves and not get in an accident. Police were starting to fine people if their license plate was even or odd, depending on the day. Would you really want to be fined for driving a car? Save the time and effort on your precious little car and ride your bike to the grocery store. Or instead of driving your dog to the dog park, walk him or her there. Maybe instead of running an aron in the car why don't you actually RUN the aron.
Cars cause a lot of problems in most of our cities, countries, states, islands, whever. It would be ten times easier just to tone it down a notch. | 3 |
527b007 | The Facial Action Coding System is not necessary in a classroom enviroment. It can be a distraction from student productivity, it is most likely a costly item, and might not be one hundred percent accurate. There are just so many flaws with the idea.
If the F.A.C system was to be placed in a classroom, students will be distratced. For instance the students would be much more concerned about the machine than the actual work in class. "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is become confused or bored." Students will mess around with the system and try to through it off by making weird facial features or gestures, the computer can not tell if the perosn is lying and some students no matter what they will always be bored. Also some students are paranoid and might think that the government is taking information from them or the school is keeping an eye on them and that will be a distraction.
To be able to have this advanced peice of technology in a public school it is going to cost a lot of money. Because the F.A.C system can be damaged, students will not be albe to go near it t and teachers are going to have to be taught on how to use it which takes their time from them whem they can be planning lessons. If a school were to buy those they might as well use that money and spend it on better supplies for students fix things around the school buy better soap for the bathrooms or something that is worth the money.
The F.A.C system is advanced and made by some intelligent people but it might not be completely accurate. There are multiple students that don't like to show their expressions they just have a blank face. In the passage it states "each expression is compared against a nuetral face (showing no emotion)," yet some people just have a resting face where when they are happy they use words instead of facial expressions, or when people choose the unhealthy option and keep it all on the inside instead of letting it all out. The way people feel can not always be determined by a machine.
Therefore the Facial Action Coding System is pointless. It is better to do things the old fashion way by talking to ine another and being kind. If students are confused or bored they can speak up and let the teacher know. On the other hand if there is someone out there with the extra money then by all means. | 4 |
5280733 | Does we are really voting for the elector or someobody else?, sometimes elections can be unfair but one of the best methos and the one more easily to understand and fair is by electing the president by popular vote.
To beging with,every state should be treatly the same, have the respect campaings and no one state should have advantage or disadvante at the time of voting because sometimes representatives can give a advantage or a disadvantage and sometimes can give a catasrophic decision, but also more power for bigger sates that represents 35 million voters like california."given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people".
other example of this can be seen in te elections of 2000,"seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including rhole island and south california,and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. And this just show how when we have electoral collegue can be a disadvantage for candidates, if they know they are not going to win they don't focus on those states,and some people who want to have more options or listen to other persons they cant because they dont see a campaign to convice them.
In summary,its better to the winner to take all cause almost half of the population agrred with the candidate thinking and maturity to select whats best to others,but also whe you are voting fot the state elector you cant control their final vote and sometimes you don't choose who you is your state elector and you don't now if he has the best wisenes to decide,if two presidents in popupal vote get close that mean that a lot of people agreed with the same person,but that doesnt happen when we have electoral because its just a minimum number and we dont now if everybody in the state really agreed with the representator.
To summarize,if we want a fair election and be part of it, listen to others options, have part of the the decision of our president , and be trheated the same and the our vote really counts we should elect by popular vote. | 3 |
5283e8c | Emotional expressions
Did you know that emotional expression are easily to see. Using technology to see emotional expression, you can see it in video imagery. this can track some facial movements in a real face or in a painted face. or humans can perform some facial expressions.
Humans can probably see when a person is doing a facial expression by how they feel. Like for example if they are sad, happy, or worried, you can easily see it by their expressions. In computers if you take a picture and put on the computer and you are smiling the computer would see what kind of emotions you will have. Also in some computer can animate some faces expression like for example when a character from a movie is having a painful feeling you can animated and put the emotion that the character is feeling. Like for example the character's emotin is sadness, happy, worried, angry, etc. You can also show some facial expression by moving your muscles like for example, eyebrows, mouth, nose, etc. You can make expression by just moving some muscles in your face.
In conclusion you can make some facial expression using some techonology to make or see facial expressions, or seeing in painting the expression that they have. Or you can do some expression by moving your muscles in your face like eyebrows, nose, and mouth. | 1 |
5284dea | JUST
imagine one day, of limiting the use of cars. It is true that people couldn't reach their destination as quick as they want to; however, there are beneficial advantages for limiting car usage. Such as, citizens having a much better time, less smog interrupting the oxygen, and the community might be better without vehicle culture.
INITIALLY
, one of the auspicious advantages of limiting car usage is citizens having a much better time. To illustrate my point, in Bogota, Columbia, they've launched a campaign in the mid-1990's called the Car-free day. Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during work, leaving the streets of the capital city to ellude the traffic jams. Also in result of the Car-free day campaign, parks and sport centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
IN ADDITION
, less smog interrupting the oxygen is another benefit to limiting car usage. To explain my reasoning, Paris has banned the privelage of driving due to smog. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesel make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western europe, according to Retuters.
FURTHERMORE
, the community might be better without vehicle culture. To explain, President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will gety a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.
ALL IN ALL
, there can be auspicious advantages to limiting car usage because of citizens having a much better time, less smog interrupting the oxygen, and the community might be better without vehicle culture. Some people may say that cars get you to your destination faster; however, it may be all for the better. | 3 |
5285dca | Cars are a thing not many people can drive. You dont have a license so you take the bus or get a cab. Who would ever thought in our life time we would be able to create a car that can drive its self. At first sounds like a good idea , all you would need to do is call for a car and it takes you where ever you wanna go right ? As a beginner driver i have no problem with someone driving me around but what happens when the car or technolgy the car is made out of messes up ? Thats always going to be a issue most will always consider talking about next time they have an idea on the car. There are many things that go into creating these cars like money , who is smart enough to do it , who builds it , and what software goes into it. In the coming future will start to invest in these types of ideas that will shape our future.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has been trying to figure out a way to build upon this idea that we can create a car without anybody that will come pick you up. Movies and Television have depicted what it would be like if our world had a system like that. If this is a big topic why hasnt our gonverment or anybody tried to invest in the idea of a driverless car. Well theres many things we have to consider. Who would be elgible , how much would it cost etc. In the back of my mind i would think would happen if this wass actually a thing and somebody was in the car and it ran off the road or something even worse would happen. What would happen to cab drivers would they lose their jobs ? So there are many factors that go into creating new things. In Paragraph 8 the first sentence reads " Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver ? " that question can be answered in a sence we would still need to be in the car but would we be controling the car or would we sit back and relax? Theres no problem with that but what happens when there is a car acciendent or a traffic stop infront of you will your car alert you on whats happing ? Will you need to take control of whats happing , basically how ssmart is your car ? In the near future i look forward to seeing the first car that can pick up a human and take them where ever they wanna go with out any problems.
This whole article is a wake up call. What will happen to all the other cars in the world ? Will everyone have to use this system. The public will react in a way that this a bad idea and that it should be scapped but we humans are not big on change. This will help out people who cant afford cars or need help getting home from anywhere they are . I hope that someone actually invest in the project google is trying to do and not reject it . This might cause a lot of people to lose there jobs but might create some at that. Technolgy is good for or race might help us learn more about what we are and what are our limitations. There are negatives but there are postives that outweigh everything that will happen in the future. | 3 |
5286e2b | The Face of Mars
The face on Mars has grown popularity over the idea of exterterrestrial life on mars. The face on Mars has many scientists taking sides if the face is exterrterestrial life or is it a rock land formation. Conspiricy theorys are spreading that NASA is hiding something from the public. Why would NASA hide anything about the face if it would fund NASA to grow and explore more, NASA has made 2 trips to identify what the face really is and both trips they ave come to the conclusion that it is a rock, There are few scientists that actually believe that it is exterterrestrial life.
Why is NASA being accused of hiding something from the public if they would benefit from discovering something that has to do with exterterrestial life? The Conspiracuy theories are ridiculous and it is completly idiodic to think that people would hide something if they wold benifit from it. NASA has also made 2 trips to prove that it is a rock foramtion on the suface and not exterrterrestrial life. NASA has researched the face and proved that is is a rock formation because it is similar to the land formation here on earth. There are also few scientists that believe the face is exterterrestrial life. The scientists that work for NASA have studied the face and it has been scientifically proven that the face is a rock formation.
The face is a rock landform but I could see why NASA would keep it a secret if it wasn't a rock landform. NASA might keep it a secret to avoid mass panic throughout the world, but that is very unlikely that it would be alien life because we have similar land formation to the face on Mars. The conspiricy theorys are ridiculous because NASA wouldnt hide that because it would benefit them and their space program and would earn money to adventure further into space and have better technology. | 3 |
5287917 | I feel that we should not have driverless cars. They could malfunction while someone is riding and cause an accident. There are also a lot of flaws to them. I also feel that most people wouldn't be able to afford them and then companies are wasting money. Why would a company make something that won't sell very well?
As I said, they could malfunction while someone is driving. A wire could be loose or the sensors could stop at any time. The car may not even be able to tell you that there are issues if there is a problem on the main circuit. What would happen if I hit somebody because my sensors stopped working? In the article it said that they are not sure if the blame is on the driver or the company. To me that's unfair, I wouldn't purposely hit somebody. There are too many flaws to this idea and even more could occur down the road. It's too unsafe and multiple disasters are more than likely to occur.
These cars would also cost a lot of money. In today's economy, a lot of people are struggling to even get jobs. They wouldn't waste money on something they don't need. They have a car that they can drive themselves, that's more safe. People would also have to pay for gas and probably have to get it checked out for multiple reasons. How much would all of it cost?
Overall I feel it could be helpful in some ways but would you really trust a driverless vehicle? You wouldn't just send your kids in a car with no driver. It doesn't seem very safe and I feel that there are too many flaws. I wouldn't continue developing them for cost reasons and safety issues. Once you fix one flaw, you are more than likely to just find another. This is why I feel we should quit developing driverless cars. | 3 |
5288e6f | he says its worthy because us man kind really dont know much about venus. venus is things to provent use from studing the plants more. us humans well always want to explor new places like we have for thounds of years. space is just a whole new area we still dont know everything about and the plantes in them. man kind has sent numerous spacecraft to venus, but its never last more then an hour or two on the gound level. auther says its worthy because venus is our twin plantes that is more relatible to earth then any other planet on our solor system. but the temperature on the surface gets to 800 degress witch is to hot for humans to survive on to study. but our researches are not giving up on the mission to venus. researches already thought of hovering over the surface about 30 plus feet witch would be 180 degres for us. witch is good for use to gather more research on how venus is kinda like earth. we alredy know nebus got a roucky surface with moutains, vallys and hills on it has the same weather cycle but more intence then ours are. we are just at the begening on our travels and discoveries no danger things are going to stop us humans from research that is all worthy | 2 |
528d63f | Exploring Venus
Venus is one of the two clostest plantes to Earth, including Mars. We don't know a lot about other planets, because exploring them is to hard. The conditions some planets contain are to tough for human contact.
Even though it would be hard, the author thinks it would benifit us greatly in the long run if we explored Venus. The passage states that Venus could have been closely related to Earth. Scientists say that millions of years ago, Venus could have been covered by forests and oceans, just like Earth. If this statement is true, then there is a slight possibility there is still some form of life, whether it be plants, animals, or even small living cells.
The article explains, "The planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." Since the surface is to hot for human contact, scientists say that if we fly about 30 miles above the surface, then we can study the landscape in conditions that are fit enough for humans to survive. It may not be comforatable, as temperatures will still be about 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but we could still survive. "The air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth," the article explains.
Even though we could still stay 30 miles above surface level, the author says that could only provide limited information on the planet. The author says,"Most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere." This means cameras couldn't really capture any detailed pictures of Venus. Also, if we want any rock samples from the planet then we would have to get up close to the planet. The author claims that scientists are developing machines that can last longer through these conditions. That will allow them to get any samples they need. The passage explains that NASA is working on a robot that can lat up to 3 weeks in these conditions. They are also trying to gather an old computer that can make calculations wihtout using any electronics.
In conclusion, the author supports the idea of traveling to Venus to get information about the planet. Everytime the author makes a statement detering us from studying Venus, he backs it up with a solution. His closing paragraph also says,"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be exopanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Here he states that we shouldn't be afraid of the obstacles we face, but that we should face and overcome them. | 4 |
528fa4d | Venus is one of the brighest points of light in the night sky and sometimes called "Evening Star". Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. In "The Challange of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursit despite the danger it presents. Three reasons that supports author idea is Venus has dangerous geology and weather , the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, and the surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
The fisrt reason is Venus present dangerous geology and weather. In Venus, the climate and weather are worst and danger which make nothing to survive. in a paragraph, it said " Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting vocanoes, powerful earthquake, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface." This show why it's danger for anything that land on Venus.
The second reason is venus has the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. In a paragraph, it said " The cloud conditions are far more extreme than anything human encounter on Earth; scuh as enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." this show how it is dangerous to humans and enviroments.
The third reason is the surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fehrenheit. Also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our planet. In a paragraph, it said " Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system and solar power power would be plentiful, and radition would not excced Earth level." This support that no one can live on Venus because of the temperature.
So, In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus, " The author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursit despite the danger it presents because of this three reasons. Venus has dangerous geology and weather, the clouds of highly corosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, and the surface temperatures average over 800 degree fehrenheit. Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin," It's dangerous for living organisms to live. | 4 |
528fde0 | How do you get to where you need to go? Do you take a bus, drive a vehicle, ride a bicycle or walk? In 2005 in the United States, almost everybody had a personal vehicle for transportation needs. People all around the world are working to break the habbit of using a motorized vehicle to get places. Scientists say that driving the vehicle has a very bad effect on the enviroment.
In Vauban, Germany people are suburban pioneers. They have forbidded street parking, driveways and home garages. Their streets are car free, with some few exceptions. They have allowed car ownership, but there are only two places to park. They have large garages at the edge of the development, where the car owner has to buy a space that costs $40,000, along with a home. As a result of these limitations, 70% of people do not own cars, and 57% sold their car to move here. Heidrun Walter, a mother of two says that "When I had a car I was always tense. I`m much happier this way." Vauban is a growing trend in Europe, that was completed in 2006. Experts say that it is a huge effort to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. 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.
In Paris, they have enforced a partian driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday`s motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their vehicle at home or suffer a $31 fine. On Tuesdays, the odd numbered license plates would follow the same regulations. Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France, after the intensifying smog. Smog is a big problem in France, and it even rivaled China`s most polluted cities in the world. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals.
In Bogota, Colombia there was a program that is set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaze says that "It`s a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Authorities from other countries came to witness this event and were enthusiastic and believes they are generating a revolutionairy change and it is crossing borders. Parks and sport centers have bloomed throughout the city. Uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks and the rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.
In America, President Obama has ambitious goals to curb the greenhouse gas emissions and has gained a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior. America had long been one of the world`s prime car cultures, where it was the birthplace of the Model T. It seems that America`s love affair for its vehicles is cooling. The miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and has been on a steady decrease since then. Sociologists believe that if this pattern continues it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the eviroment since transportation is the second largest source of America`s emissions, right behind the power plants. Many people are taking advantage of car pooling apps, the internet is helping keep people connected so that they don`t have to drive somewhere just to talk to someone. There has been a large drop in percentage of 16 years olds to 39 year olds getting a license. A study last year found that driving by young people has decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company has laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industy to create cities in which pedestrian, bicylce, private cars, commercial and public transportaion are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve power, lower emissions and improve safety.
Do you think you will still take a motorized vehicle to get to wherever you are going after reading this article? If not, you could be one of the many people that would contribute to saving the Earth and it`s precious enviroments. We are going through a revolution of enviromental friendly transportation, are you going to be apart of this? | 2 |
5290f9d | Limiting car usage would be an extraordinary improvement in everyone's daily lives. When you think of Bejing, China what do you see? Busy streets filled with cars, sky scrapers, and SMOG. The earth shouldn't be treated like this, when people excessively drive it creates significant amounts of greenhouse gases. Also, we shouldn't have to live in this kind of environment, filled with smog, it's very unhealthy to inhale these substances. Think about a world with no cars for a second like in Vauban, Germany; walking to work (which gets in a quick morning exercise), watching kids play with their friends outside, clear skies, oh and actually being able to take a deep breath without suffocating. These are all marvelous reasons to reduce car usage.
Think of Earth before cars; there were clear skies, green views, blue seas, birds chirping in the morning. Nice right? Well, now come back to reality where the air is gray, the fields are covered with roads or dirt, the seas are filled with oil and the sea animals all fighting for their lives. According to experts, "passengers are responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in United States". Is sitting in a car, being lazy, stuck in a traffic jam really worth this? You could be out enjoying the view taking it all in, getting in a few minutes of exercise even. To me, there is no question, I won't be responsible for the lives of others.
Now, jump forward a few years, imagine excessive car use, black skies, no room to walk. Who wants this kind of environment to live in? Noone, and thats why we need to change our lifestyles a tad, otherwise this is what it will be like. The smog that cars create is not good for you, it damages your lungs slowly, but surely. My question is would you rather save a few minutes getting to work and die a few years early, or walk to work, enjoying the beautiful view of nature and also getting some exercise in? I think this decision is the easiest one a person could make.
Lastly, think about the future generations, do you want them to be unhealthy and relying on automobiles their whole lives or do you want them to experience the awesome adventures life has? Don't use your car for one day, that's not too much to ask and just appreciate your neighbors, the animals and all the amazing things Earth has to offer. That will surely change your mind about using cars and if it doesn't have a nice life struggling to take a breath and see more than a few feet in front of you.
I definitely think that car usage has a major negative impact on our environment and it needs to change. Cars hurt our Earth, our health, and our daily lives distorting us from what we really need. Apparently, "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009.." this is an amazing start and I hope it continues. | 4 |
5295209 | Their is no way that the US can continue approving the electoral college! Its a cotastrophe waiting to happen! The electoral college is going to fall apart any moment. It basically takes away one of every americans best rights, The right to vote! Why would we take time out of our lifes to vote when we are basically voting for someone to vote for us? This can pretty much decide an election and we would have no say. This is a completely unfair part of the election. This is an anachronism and a very non-democratic way of electing presidents. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust has a chance to be betrayed. Although its a small chance it can still happen. It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes but Bush had more electoral votes. If the electoral college didn't exist, Gore may have become president and it may have been a much better run. If we have election by popular vote we will get a fair and legit outcome. Their will be no errors or lying or even hacks in the decision or system. That is why the electoral college is not a good system to use for electing a president. | 2 |
529c0eb | The face that you see on mars is actully a landform called martian mesa. It just happened to form like a face with the shadow. When the viking 1 was looking for a landing spot for viking 2 it happened to fly over this landform the viking 1 was already taking pictures so it took a picture of the landformation that looked like a face.
When this picture was later given to the public to see it became a pop icon in a hollywood film, book, magazines, and radio talk shows too. people belive that it is a sign of life on mars and that NASA would rather hide conspiracy theorists, but really if there was life on mars NASA wouldnt hide it they would be getting funding money for a mission to futher investigate. Then on
April 5, 1998 a mars orbiter flew over cydonia capturing a sharper image of the landform it showed a martian mesa with shadows that made it look like a face as NASA said. Yet people were not happy they said it was cloudy on the red plant and that the camera had to take the picture thought clouds and could of missed alien life. So NASA then fleew over the landform one for time on cloudless day at the red plant and took anouther picture it showed the same thing as the second picture. So it was made clear that there was no alien life on amrs or that the face of mars was made by aliens it was just a great landforming. | 3 |
529dccc | Space the last place humans have to quench their thrst for exploration. Venus has a highly hostile atmosphere it's tempatures round to about 800 degrees fahrenheit (Challenge, 3). The author states that exploring venus is a worthly pursuit the author claims, this is how he supports that claim.
The author shares that, since venus has one of the closest orbits to earth, It will save on travel cost (Challenge, 2). This is based in fact the fuel cost to even get a rocket of of the earth is astonomical, to enter a steady orbit around venus that will drive the cost up even more. however that cost will still be a lot cheaper than if
NASA shot for jupiter or another planet further away in our solar system.
The author goes on to say what NASA plans are to support a scientists life above the surfice of venus. He says "A blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the above the rolling Venusian landscape. just like our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way" (Challenge, 5). the Blimp-like vehicles can possibily support a human living on it for a few months while staying out of the way of the storms.
In conclusion, the author seems to have stated his points well with exstenive research. He wrote a well thought out essay, with facts and science to back it up. | 3 |
52a8741 | Jonah has had a long day, and he has to drive home late at night. He is exhausted, but has no choice but to drive himself home. Imagine if he had the help of his car to keep him alert and staying on the roads until he gets home. With the new driverless cars that are out, Jonah can still stay alert, even after a long day. Driverless cars are a wonderful, new idea for this day in age.
In paragraph 1, Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisioned a "future with public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system." That alone would only use half the fuel of today's taxi system. Another reason why this would be such a good idea is because the cars they are using have been driven more than half a million miles without crashing. These cars also have sensors and cameras in just about every part of the car, to prevent accidents. It also keeps the driver engaged in some perspectives being that its a "driverless" car.
Although driverless cars are such a great idea, there are some negative sides to it. The driver may believe that they should not pay attention to anything at all, and cause a crash. It is also highly expensive to achieve this idea, and not many people will be able to afford it. Drivers could also get bored with it since they are not the ones driving a majority of the time. It is also not fully "driverless" being that drivers would still have to do smaller things such as pulling in and out of the driveway, or driving through a construction site.
Even though they may have their negativites, their positive sides outweigh it. Although they are not fully driverless, it still keeps the driver engaged, just in case something happens. In paragraph 7, it says that "while the drivers are watching the road, the car watches the driver." It is also enhanced with a spinning sensor on the roof, which detects nearby objects coming by.
Driverless cars are a big debate. It may make or break the future of cars and technology. There are many pros and cons to this idea, but some outweigh the other alot. Driverless cars are a wonderful idea, and should be used more often. | 3 |
52a9b4f | The high intensity pollution around major cities, towns, etc. is becoming out of control. Most pollution seems to becoming from cars and factories. As though the use of cars does not need to be eliminaed completely, it can be a major key factor in the advantage of limiting car use. Rather than using cars, people can be outdoors hiking, riding bike, skating, or even using public transportation. "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollition," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
All around the world places are congested with people and cars. For the amount of cars there is it might be getting too congested causing too much pollution and many accidents. It might be rather safer to start limitting the amount of car use. Limiting car usage and rush hour restrictions will bring congestion down. Bringing congestion down will lower the amounts of smog in the air. Cutting down car use may have disruptions with delivery companies, but plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying multiple passengers, and public transportion are all accepted since it wont cause as much harm to the the enviornment as a standard car or diseal truck would.
The areas that dont allow cars tio be driven through may have a rode throught the border of town and certain parking lots just for the limmited amount of cars that that town would want to allow. Doing this would make suburbs more compact, public transportation would be more accessible, and stores are placed a walkway rather than in malls along the sides of highways. Putting together a city of pedestrians, bicyclist, private cars, commercial and public transportaion - can save time, conserve resources, lower emmissions and improve safety.
Congestion, and pollution may cause much harm to a city, but there are many ways to improve it. Everyone should know and consider many of the advatages of limiting car use. Some advantages would be as to cleaner air, smooth flowing traffic, taken care of buildings and sidewalks, etc. | 3 |
52aa85b | In the challenge of exploring Venus, some times called the evening star is one of the brightest points of the light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Exploring Venus it can be dangerous because of it's temperature and because of what can happen to you.
Exploring Venus can be worthy bacuse scientist say that it well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppported various formsof life, just like Earth." Venus it can also be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. But it can be a little dangerous because Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet in our solar system. One of the challenges Venus has are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.
The average of the temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric preassure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venus has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, it has rocky sediment and inludes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Scientis belive that Venus could have been once a planet where people could live. Scientist also say that Venus could be dangerous in some ways because of it's temperatures.
In the chalange of exploring Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" it can be nother planet where humans can live. But venaus can be dangerous, but it also has alot of features like Earth. The temperatures for venus are a little dangerous, because venus is one of the hottest planets in our solar system. NASA it's also working on other approaches to studying Venus. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 3 |
52af483 | In every presidential election, thousands of americans vote for their most favorite candidate, however, most voters feel that their votes don't count because a process called the Electoral College are the ones who are voting. I have heard that since people have been rioting in protest for a change, you the state senator will ask the government to abolish the Electoral College. Unfortunately, we can't let that happen, the Electoral College is very important to presidential elections because provide the certainty of outcome, allows the presidential candidate to have transregional appeal, focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states,and avoid run-off elections. Without the Electoral College, the elections would be a mess.
First, the Electoral College is important because they give the certainty of outcome. For example, the Electoral votes of a winning candidate exceeds the popular votes he gets. While both votes have disputes on the outcome, the Electoral votes very rarely get disputed. For example in 2000 Al Gore had the most popular votes but lost because Bush had more Electoral votes. If there was no Electoral College, the winners of many campaigns would be their opponents.
Next, the Electoral College is important because it requires the presidential candidates to have transregional appeal. For example if a president decided to only do his campaign in one region, there wouldn't be enough electoral votes to give him the win. This means that the candidates have to spread their campaigns throughout the country not only for enough Electoral votes but to have the people in the other regions feel that the president will have regard of their interests.
Next, the Electoral College is important because Allows the candidates to focus their efforts on the toss-up states. For example, in toss-up states, the voters are more likely to pay attention to the campaign. Because of this, the voters will pick the most respectable of the candidates. Since the Electoral College allows this, people in toss-up states will listen to the candidates, review the information about each one and decide on which one to vote for. If it weren't for the Electoral College, the candidates would be clueless on which states would rank up the popular vote.
Finally, the Electoral College is important because it avoids run-off elections. For example the Electoral College avoids the problem of all candidates not getting a majority of the votes. If there is a run-off election, it would complicate the entire process, but since there is an Electoral College, they provide a clear winner.
If there was only popular votes, the change of run-off elections would go up causing problems in the election.
Many people in this country also believe that the Electoral College is important, however many others do not. I am a person that believes that the Electoral College is needed because of certainty of outcome, requiring the candidates to have transregional appeal, focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states, and avoiding run-off elections. I write this letter to you, the state senator to not give up hope on the Electoral College. Without it, elections in our country just wouldn't be right for everyone. | 4 |
52b037c | You now that in the paint of the Mona LIsa she is" 83 percent happy, 9 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry", (D'Alto 1). How we know that because a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System this technology can read your face and tell how you feeling. This new technology is valuable because this is a better way in which humans and computers can release, also the doctor who do this study the emotions and expressions before do this technology and because people communicate more in facial expressions than in words.
The facial Action Coding System is a relationship between humans and computers "Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate, (D'Alto 1). This show how this invent help humans and computers to communicate and understand better. This is important because show how in this time when everything is technology is important that we understand better with the technology and technology understand us better too so this new invent help a lot in the communication between humands and computers.
This new invent is valuable because the creator of this before doing this technology study the emotions and the facial expressions "Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul (creator of facial action coding system). Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness- and then associated each with characteristics movements of the facial muscles," (D'Alto 1). This show how this new technology its valuable. The inventor of this with a psychologist study the emotions and then the movements of the facial muscles. This is important because we can conclude that the emotions and the expression in the Facial Action Coding System are real like the humans expressions and emotions.
Also people communicate more in facial expressions than in word "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication Dr. Huang, " (D'Alto 1). This mean most humans communicate with expressions and not word. Its more easy for humans make a facial movement that express his emotion that tell someone how he feel. This is important because show how this invent understand better the humans and not neccesary with word, this understand humans with only his expression.
In conclusion we can see how this new technology is valuable. We can conclude that the Facial Action Coding System is a better way in the communication between humans and computers. Is important because at this time everything is technology. Also we can conclude that the inventor study emotions and facial expressions before do the invent. We can infer that the emotions and expression are fact like that the humans do and fell. Humans also communicate more with expression than word so this is very good manner to communicate between humans and computers. | 3 |
52b89ea | You get to travel places and see new things over sea and get to help others get there stuff back for them. His life would change in what he is doing and it was a opportunity of a lifetime. H would be apart of something new.He turned 18 before getting to Greece now hecould be apart of the militaryservice. It was a great opportunity for a small town boy. Helping his aunt when he was at the farm got him ready for cleaning and feedingthe animals, keeping watch staying up at night checking on them every hour. If something was he would try to fix it and report it. Even if he got hurt he would still be there to help. There are lots of stuff to do on the ship they have games to pass the time. It opened his eyes to see what other things you can do telling other people to join in helping him and the others in there need and in his. He in grateful that he got to help others to care for them. There are other people to help and he was one of them that he helped.
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52b970d | The author describes that they a computer that can tell then you are mad or sad i dont think that thas a good think cuz then u going to see everyone how they really feel and i dont like people knowing how i feel and what i be doing so if this was me and we had that think that can telll ourfeelings i would not like it bause like i saide i dont like people knowing hoe i feel only my family. and i would tell if you happy or not the man that tryed to do this was really created to do this but theres alot of peple that dont like to tell people how they feel and whats going onin there houses and they just mead something that can tell how you are feeling your home PC cant handle complex algorithms used to decode mona lisas smaile but e can write down some simple instructions that encode fifferent emotiond so the firts people ir picture was the picture if the mona lisa to see if shewas really smaling in the picture or no. and they said that they seen her eyes and in the picture they saw that she was trying to smailing and inthe camara 3D they seen that she was trying to smaill and to me mona lisa she looks like she was trying to sonreir but she didnt show it alot. this is what i think in the picture of mona lisa . | 2 |
52bab68 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it talks about how different companies are making cars that can be driven with no driver, but some have made ones that are almost driverless. Some companies used different ways to achieve that goal but some failed. In some states you cannot even test out driveless cars. There is an arguement wether people agree or disagree with the car. There are both positive and negatives of driverless cars.
There is a positive side to having driverless cars and one of them is that it will use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexability than a bus. There are cars with sensors so if you come close to a pole or something it will make a noise so you can stop before you hit it. The sensors will also be able to control the breakes and reduce the power of the engine. That will create a better response and control than a human driver. It will be much more safer if we have driverless cars because if a perosn is texting and forgets to stop the car, it will stop itself not causing any accidents.
There is always a negative side to everything and the negetive side to this is that if we rely too much on technology to do everthing for us then we will not know what to do once it fails us. Lets say that we finally have driverless cars and there is an accident ahead, but the car does not stop. At that point what will we do? We will not be able to stop the car because we forgot how to use one after all these years relying on the technology. Like it said in the article, if the technology fails and someone gets injured whose fault is it? It said in the article that some cars are partly driveless except when going up or down driveways or going past an accident so at that point the drivers have to take control. We will all still have to learn how drive.
We should go against the development of these cars because at some point all technology might fail. It may seem safer to have the driveless cars, but I think that if cars have sensors to prevent some things then that will be fine. We cannot rely too much on technoloy even though it is extremely useful. Technology has helped us save lives in the past years. There is more negatives than positives so in that case I believe that we should not allow driverless cars. | 4 |
52bd729 | Do you believe that a Facial Action Coding System or FACS is a good things and is accurate? Well I believe that this FACS could be a good thing and is accurate. I believe this because it is based on the computer being able to detect your emotions by your facial muscles. The computer will be able to know when a child is confused on the lesson, the computer will be able to see a person reaction to an ad if it is a good reaction then the computer will put more up like that or change it if you were not pleased, and this FACS will be able to make video games more realistic. This sounds like amazing opportunity to improve the way we do things in every day life.
For starters, I believe FACS can be a great improvement in evey day life because of the computer being able to change the wording or assignment based on the childs facial expression. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored..then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This will help improve test scores because the computer was able to modify the lesson so the student can understand. This can also help determine if a stundent will pass or fail the class because majority of the time students fail a class because of test they were not able to pass.
In addition, FACS could also be a good thing because it will help improve video games. I know what most of you may be thinking why would we want to improve video games so our kids or student could waste their time on the game instead of doing their homework or going to sleep early. This is not why it will be a good thing to improve a video game but it will be a good thing because it can help make a video or video game, surgery video, or be more realistic for games that have to deal with surgeries. "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery," This could help improve the knowledge of a medical student or a high school student taking anatomy.
Finally, For those of you that hate and like certain ads your in luck. With FACS you are able to see ads that please you rather then the one that makes you just want to break the computer screen. With the new FACS software you can change the ads with the two most simplest facial expression, such as you smile then the next ad you will see is something similar to the pervious ad. If you hate and ad your frown can change the ad to an ad completely different. " For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." this is a good thing because people would not mind ads as much and it might produce sales based on if the person like the product in the ad.
In conclusion, Do you believe me now when i say t that the FACS software is a great improvement. I believe this because the computer will be able to change the lesson if the student is confused, it could change the ads based on two emotions, and making video games or surgery videos more realistic. I hope i persauded you to believe that FACS is a good thing for our everyday life. | 4 |
52c8f85 | From the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it statesdiffernt types of dngers from the planet. So when I read this article the author I knew good points and facts about venus. In paragraph 2 the text states that we have "sent numerous spacecraft to land on the plant but not a single one has survied." The dangers of landing on the planet is very high so taking percousion is needed in this state. The atmosphere, the surface and ect. all are very risky to us humans.
Venus is the closest planet to earth. But there enviroment is somewhat similar to ours. In one point in time Venus could have supported forms of life. Now it is just a hot rocky planet with valleys,moutains and craters. If humans were to go there we would surive, but it wouldnt be in any good conditions as paragraph 5 states on the last line. Hovering above is the only way we would be able to get a decent look at the planet.
In conclusion,
Venus has vaule and Scenitis has gained alot from it. But we only have our curiosity. In the future it will lead us to more discoveries to the planet. The dangers of the planet can be expaned to meet many more vaules. Earth will make it one day. | 2 |
52cd2c8 | People With cars , dont actually use cars anymore they chose to give up on them because Mant have no place to park on the city outskirts and many sell their cars to live in vauban. others dont really own cars. people where more happy with walking . less auto use was labled as " smart planning ." the planned to make less car space and more space for walking in the city. stores are being placed in less s walk awayon a main street besides in malls thats far on a highway. they promote new citys that are less car dependent. so theres more walking.
In Paris ,france they band cars bvecause of air pollution. citizens with odd and even numbered licenses plated had to pay a fine of $31 dollars as a fine for car pollution. citizens that disapproved of the fine had their cars impounded. the smog was rivaled form the most polluted city in the world Beijing , china. in france more cars where used on diesel. paris has more smog then others citys in europe. jobs that made deliverys complained because they couldnt deiliver packages to their recivers. they started to come up with cars thats doesnt run on gas ...that can be just charged with a plug-in. public transpotation was free from friday to monday.
Colombia used a car-FREE day to avoid traffic jams. buses anf taxis were only allowed to be along the city that day. the day was promoting thr reduce of smog , people who disagreed always payed a fine of $25 dollars. | 1 |
52d0267 | I don't think that this system should be allowed in schools, mostly beacuse some people don't want other people to know how they are feeling. Maybe some people do. Even with this technology we don't know if that is the feeling is what the person is truly feeling.
We should maybe use this in criminal cases. The system would tell us if the defendent is getting scared and is lieing. If we could use this machine this was it would help get the bad people off the streets. Nobody should reject this idea, unless you are the bad guy around town. This system would help us in these cases.
Maybe some theipist would like to have this machine so they can quickly tell what their clients are feeling. I know that it can be hard reading other people's feeling, this would deffinantly take less time in showing the problem with the client. The less time that it would take to see how they are feeling, and the more time how they should feel.
Some places this would help, and maybe I dont see how this would help in schools. For most I dont think this should be here. No matter what I wouldn't use it. I rather have the face to face interactions with other humans and haveing them see how I feel. With the new technology coming out and learning how to read us could be bad. I'm not saying don't use it, but just be careful of how you use the technology. | 3 |
52d5d9f | Driverless cars start to be more famous in all ages. Because they are helpful and high-technology. But somehow, they still need improvement to make them surely safe. Here's why we should not have them developed.
First, accidents can happen anytime if we don't drive carefully, and whose responsibility is it? The driver or the manufacturer? As it said in paragraph 9, ' Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. Californis, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-automous cars; manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe. Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will e needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?'. This content tell us that even the driverless cars are improved, we can't still sure they are 100% safe. And if the accident happens, It cause more than money, it can take away our lives. This is why the development of these cars should not be made. | 3 |
52d7570 | Computers that are able to read emotional expresssions of students is a great idea!
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal...the new emotion-recognition software tracks these movements", This new software could very well change our lives as students for the better. Imagine your classroom computer being able to tell when you are lost, or don't understand the lesson. Then, it changes the lesson for you to focus or understand it better. Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor."
It could improve students preformance in school dramatically.
The technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive,which could prove benefical. " Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication," Dr Huang notes."So computers need to understand that, too." So the computers can almost "calculate" emotions-sort of like it's math homework. If the computers can understand the facial expressions,then it would be like having a personal math teacher as a computer.
SInce humans naturally read facial expressions in our everday,its like a second language among us. We do this everyday!
It only makes sense to incorperate this technology into the class rooms. It can potentially help many students with their academic preformance. Also,it could change the very future of learning in general. I believe that computers with the ability to read emotional expressions is a very good idea. | 3 |
52de2f6 | Emotion is somthing that show life the feeling that we have . In this class Mr Huang is teach the student about "Making Mona Lisa smile " Mona Lisa is a person that have 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. Some computer can recognize about the emotion. This lately sofeware is its Porof product. . Mr Huang is working for Prof so he bring the new sofeware for the student.
He let his student calculating like math about facial movements human used to express their feeling. This is the 3D computer's face 44 major mucles in this model . Mr Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of Facial Action Coding
System. He has six emotional like happiness, suprise, anger, disguist, fear,and sadness. "The facial expression for each emotion are universal " He said with the unsimiling face. "even though inviduals often show varing degees of expression". An start the new sofeware to show them how Mona Lisa smile . Dr. Huang used da Vinci sofeware to show the muscle on her smile. The Mona Lisa demonstration to bring smile in her face This computer can know is you happy or sad. If they play video game you fell happy so thee computer know that too. If they try their comuter at home maybe it can't because this is the special computer with new sofeware. In my opion show the emotion is very important bacuse it will show the tacher if you understand the lesson or not. If you show the teacher with the exicting face you show the teacher that you don't understandnd but you show he teacher a couple smile you can make sure that you understand the lesson. Use the technology to read student emotion that you can know the student if you don't understand the student or you are new teacher here. Some of student now they have a lot of trouble or sad story they try to hind . They try to be happy in froent of evryone. But at nigh or when they come back home hey will feel sad they cried all day all night. They will be a not social or can't focus on study so if we use that technology it will let the teacher know the feeling of each student. If they have any problem the teacher can help them figure out or help them overcome that feelunng and bring student the possituve feeling. Some of student is they feel very bored or very sad they will have some disease happen about the neron in their hed make them crazy and bring that sad whole life. But we are glad if the people always think everything in the possitive way and they feel happy and love this life but if they are happy a lot maybe the most of peple that they can not feel their heart or who they love. They will be the person don't have any feeloing that not good to. I mean here you should balance you emoji . And the teacher should have that technology to help student . The student look at the mirror and try to smile so they can see the changing of the smile. Because when to stand in front of the mirror an smile that show every part of that smile so you can see that. However,, simile is come from our emotion if we feel happy or comfortable your smile will come very natural. If you not happy it will show you the smile lip without happy eyebrow . The student feel very excited about this part. The feeling of each of person are very important . Nowaday, it's kind of hard to find that technology so i hope that the scientist can make one for the teacher. You should open and share your feeling to the other person so they can understand or they can undeersttand you well. If it's hard to share with friends or teacher you can shared with your parent . They have more year to face with a lot of problem more than you maybe thay will have some good solution that can help you fix the problem. Finally, the scientist should produce that machine for the teacher to undersand the student or they can share with the teacher or family beacause our feeling is very important , it will make people make good thing and focus more on work. The school should are more about their feeling or if they sad the teacher should open some acitivity or give them a word that make them feel better. | 3 |
52de683 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and I belive he proves that very well of being true. As it stated in paragragh one Venus is the brighest point in the night sky that even a amateur stargazer could spot out, but its not a star it is our sister planet. Venus "may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was proably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." (stated in paragraph four) Also said in paragraph four it says, "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." So in my opion I belive we should continue to explore Venus because like it says in paragraph five NASA is working on some new ways to make some of those dangers disapear. As of right now NASA is coming up with a way to "allow scientists to float above the fray"
also stated in paragrah five. Yes the temputues will still be toasty but the air pressure wouldn't be as bad. Now with this type of tecgnology the scientists would only be able to provide limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cant penetrate the dense atmosphere, they also wouldnt be able to take rock samples or anything of the sort from a distance. (said in paragrapg six) NASA is now working on some more techology that will help us on all these setbacks. Now if the mission of exploring Venus was is so dangerous why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface. Now i understand where some people are coming from because in paragraph two its says that "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."
Still all together i belive if we develop the right technology we could manage landing a man on this so called dangurous sister planet of ours just
paragraph eight says "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has valuse, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into equally intimidating endeavors. Our traveks on Earht and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." So lets not let the feeling of fear strike us out of seeing what is outside of our comfert zone, but lets take the giant leap and see what else is out there because you never know untill you see for yourself. | 3 |
52dea19 | The system by which America elects its president is neither democratic nor fair. It favors small states, could possibly elect the loser of the popular vote, and discourages minority voters.
In many states, the electors who vote for president are not required to vote for who won in the state they represent, says Plumer. An elector could decide, "I dont like who won, so I'll vote for this other candidate". One could say, since a party will choose its electors, that it will hardly ever happen, says Posner. It's true, but it shouldn't ever be able to happen, and it has happened. Plumer points out, that several times in America's past, electors have defied the will of the people. It is impossible to be completely sure of someone's loyalty.
Another problem is that it is possible to win enough electoral votes to become president, but not enough of the actual population's vote to have won the popular vote, argues Plumer. Because senatorial seats count towards a state's electoral votes, and the fact that each state gets 2 Senators, no matter their population, more populated states' votes are technically stolen by less populated ones through the Senate. The Electoral College essentiallty has a skewed view of population distribution. Winning a majority of the popular vote in smaller states will give you slightly more electoral votes for population than larger ones. In most cases though, a candidate will win both the electoral and popular vote, says Posner. While that is the case msot of the time, people would not accept the possibility that in, say, a sports game, the loser might randomly win because of the system used to determine it. It is arguably more important that a country is run by the correct person.
Posner claims that the Electoral College prevents a third party jumping in and grabbing enough votes prevent either "big party" candidate from winning. While in a truly direct vote, this could happen, the Electoral College allows for the same exact problem. If a third party candidate manages to win the election in just a few states, he could steal enough electoral votes that no candidate manages to get the 270 votes needed for a victory. Plumer warns that "most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote". A tie, with both candidates getting 269 votes, would be solved in the same way as a third party getting enough votes that no one manages to get over 269. The House of Representatives would vote on the president. Here, the bigger states are again cheated of their power, as the delegates for as states, and not individuals. Wyoming's sole representative has as much sway as the 55 from California. On top of this unfairness, the delegates do not have to vote as the states have. If a majority Republican state were to have a majority Democratic representation, the state could very possibly end up voting in the candidate of the opposite party. As the Electoral College was created at the creation of the nation itself, and the president and vice-president didn't campaign together, the Senate chooses the vice-president, indpependantly. If the Senate and House are are opposite parties, the president and vice-president could end up being from opposite parties. Plumer gives the examples of 1968 and 1976, where "a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election," and "a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way," respectively.
Posner addresses the argument that the Electoral College discourages voters of the opposite party of a state dominated by the other party from voting. He says "no voter's vote swings a national election... Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a politcal preference, rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election." That view is what causes people to not vote. Even 1% of America's population would be three million people, and among those three million, there are without a doubt, people who believed that lie that their vote doesn't matter. Plumer's examples of the elections of 1968 and 1976, referenced earlier, are prime examples of times where just about 1% of that 1% of the population's votes were needed to change the possible outcome of the election.
The Electoral College is an outdated and unfair system. The fact that it even has the possibility to essentially make the loser win should be enough of a reason to abolish it in favor of something like a true majority wins election. On top of possible "failure", the Electoral College pretends that more people live where they dont, and less people live where they do, and discourages minority voters from even voting, especially if they're in a larger state, an extreme minority, or a combination of the two. | 5 |
52eba6d | The development of driverless cars would not significantly change the transportation systetems of the world for the better, but would instead create a lazier universe, that intises consumers to become electronically dependent, more so than most consumers already are. Driverless vehicles would create time dificulties, untrustworthiness and paranoia between the user and car, and would be an overall waste of time.
To begin, in paragraph seven, the article reads that, "the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph." A car that would move, at its fastest, 25 miles per hour would result in a needed flectuation of time arrivals. It would take longer to get to destinations when the driver is not in control. This recquires users to get an inconvenient earlier head start when preparing for simple travel.
In addition to time differences, driverless cars are an untrustworthy technological invention. No one can 100% garantee that these machines will not malfunction, causing a great variety of possibile outcomes, most more dangerous than not. With people manning their own cars, accidents can be more regularly prevented. In addition to the untrustworthy machines, if a computer were to malfunction, and possibly cause death, controversial debates would be likely to occur on who would be at fault.
Lastly, no vehicle, without the aid of a human driver, has been invented, yet. This means, that along the way, a driver would have to step in and help the computer. Therefore, the cars aren't really driverless. Also, even while the car is on autopilot, there is a need for the driver's attention, in case of an emergency. The whole premise of a driverless machine would be to allow the driver free reign to proceed in other activities. If all attention is required to watch the car, what is the point of creating free time for yourself, that will be spent watching over a machine, waiting for it to malfunction.
In conclusion, if the travel will take longer, and cause you to pay attention while being driven, why not just drive the machine yourself to get to destinations quicker, safer, and more affordably. Driverless cars are proven time difficulties, untrustworthy, and are an unproductive use of precious time. | 4 |
52ebac3 | Although driveless cars seem like a good idea are they really? To me it seems more dangerous to be in a car that is driveless. The person could end up not staying alert like they are suppose too. That could cause traffic problems when emercencys are coming through or road construction or worse a car accident. The driveless car could malfunction while driving. If it was to malfunction who do you blame? The car or the driver? I feel like what the artcile said the driver would get bored waiting for their turn to drive would be true. Safety is best when the drivers stay alert at all times. In most states this driveless car is illegal to even test. In my oppion i think why not just control the car yourself. If the car is going to warn you when it needs help i think it'd be safer to just handle the car yourself. I think another negative thing would be if you wanted to listen to music. How would that effect the car alerting the drive when the car needs help? The cars would be just like the cars we have now but you do not really need a driver. There are many postive effects of this, but thers more negative. I think the driveless care just isnt safe and is not a good idea. | 2 |
52ec23c | Driverless cars are not that safe yet but in the future they could be the best things that has ever been invented. I like the idea of driverless cars but also think that it isnt the most safe thing. If there was a mode you could put the car in that could be cool to make it steer stop and then go again. But just driverless cars with just passangers or not even that i think that is a little bit unsafe. Sometimes technology fails and things that aren't spposed to happen end up happening and then when something goes wrong then whoever gets hurt by one of those driverless cars are probably gonna try and sue google for not making double checks on the robot and they vehicle to see what needed to be fixed and what didnt.
The idea of having driverless cars is very smart because some people dont want to have to drop and pick there kids up from certain places but its also not safe because sometimes things mess up and dont go the right way like its supposed too . Most parents want they're kids to be in the most safe eveniorment regardless if its the smartest vehicle in the world even the smartest things and smartest people
mess up cause nobody and nothing is perfect but the one above.
My Opinion is against the development of these new cars with no drivers even tho i really like and enjoy this idea it is not the safest way to get places unless the car is 100% crash free and drives like a professional. I really do like his idea ( Sergey Bri) but it isnt the best idea to be in the car without somebody that can take the wheel if something bad is about to happen. So my vote is no and thats not because i dont like the idea cause i really do its just not the safest way. | 3 |
52f1aea | Do you think a computer would be able to tell your emotional expressions on your face? I think that would be crazy if a computer really could see how your feeling on the emotions on your face. There is six different emotions the computer will know happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness. It works just like how you talk to someone every day there going to know your facial expressions.
While your on your computer if your on there for something for school or just scrolling to see whats on there your computer will know if you don't like what your on or not so it will change it to something you do like. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", Dr. Huang. This could be good for students who struggle with a topic there learning about in school and could help them make it a little bit easier. It will help student actually wanting to do the assignment instead of giving up on it right away.
Say if your little brother wanted to play a video call of duty for example they would animae it to be more of a kid virison or take them to another or easier cite. If you see an ad you like it will take you to a similar ad but if you dont like that ad it will try to take you to something you might like. It's just all how your facial expressions are.
Your probably wondering how the computer is going to work in the first place well the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face. It will have 44 major muscles and the model must have move like human muscles. That is how the computer is going to know if your happy or sad ect. The computer will also have video imagery so the software tracks know your facial movements.
I think this computer will be a great thing in the future to help kids and even adults with work, and school ect. To see what a computer could do just by see your facial expressions is pretty cool. I feel like this computer will help a lot of students with there school work and improve there work. | 3 |
52f2649 | Imagine a life without cars. All those paved roads completely empty with no traffic and no honking horns. Sounds like a peaceful community to me. Limiting cars could be a huge advantage to our world. Reducing these big pieces of metal flying all over our roads could help our enviornment, save tons of money, and improve our saftey.
Recently, I've heard about all the well known car dealers pushing hybrid cars and trying to design a enviornment friendly vehicle. But in reality, the only big step to helping our planet is to reduce cars overall. Studies shown that green house gases are "... up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States". Not only is the green house gas rate going up, but pollution, carbon emissons, and smog are as well. In Paris, France they had to ban driving for a couple of days as the pollution produced smog. "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London...". The numbers keep rising in Europe and the USA. Picture what our enviorment is going to be like in 20 years if we keep this pace up. Without these machienes we could reduce the number of micrograms, produce the harmful gases from affecting the enviroment, and stop polluting the air we breathe.
Everyone likes to save money, whether it's with coupons or getting the best prices possible. So how would you feel if you had the abilty to save thousands of dollars a year? With reducing cars, you can save your money by public transportation, not paying for a car insurance, and not paying for a car in general. Not getting a car may seem strange as you need to get to location A and B. But in Vauban, Germany cars are not allowed and they seem to be doing just fine. Reports say "Vauban, home to 5,500 residents [within a rectangular square mile] may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life". Even though they aren't aloud personal cars, they can walk, bike, or take a tram anywhere they need to go! Also in most parts of America they now have car-pooling apps, public transportation, and shared vans! So instead of paying huge amounts of money for gas, a car, and car insurance, why not just tag along for a ride or get some excersize!
As you watch somebody drive off, dont you worry about their saftey? Every year there are more percentages of deaths and injuries in cars then there is in any other motor accident. We can prevent drunk driving, car crashes, and the amount of injures and deaths by reducing cars. I hate hearing those unbearable stories about teenagers getting behind the wheel under the influence causing crazy car wrecks. To avoid that we can allow public transportation, removing any crashes and improving the saftey of our generation. Also, the traffic jams that make people stressful and angry increase the crash rates as aggresive driving is very dangerous. To prevent that we can just walk, allowing us to enjoy our clean air and get excersize.
In conclusion, cars have changed our way of life for the good and the bad. Even though they help us get to our destination, they affect our enviornment, our money, and our saftey. If we reduce the amount of cars driven we can help our enviornment by lowering the rate of greenhouse gases, pollution, and carbon emissions. Also we save tons of money as we dont spend thousands of dollars on cars, and their needs. And finally, reducing cars saves tons of lifes as drunk driving and car crashes are avoided allowing the death and injury rates to decrease. So next time you're walking down the street, think about how your community would be without these machienes. | 5 |
52f452e | Dear Senator,
The Electoral College is very important, but on the other hand it is rather strongly disliked. People crave mostly one thing and that is fairness. Fairness is needed for almost anthing, from how much you pay for groceries to the rules of Monopoly. Though fairness is at its most demanding during a presidential election. Picking a president is obviously very important but the way it's done has been a discussion for awhile. It's between electoral votes and popular vote.
To state my opinion, I think that popular vote is the way to go. I agree with this way because I feel like everyone could make independent decision and would feel like their vote had a little impact on the presidential race. Also, people could tend to bandwagon. For example, if someone is a republician and believe in the republician ways but all your friends or family are democratic, theres a slight possibilty that that person could vote for the democratic president just to fit in.
Another reason is that if you get your own individual vote you wouldn't worry about what the majority of your state is voting for. Plus instead of a whole state voting for one party the presidential | 2 |
52f78a2 | Hi I'm Luke Bomberger. I'm a Seagoing Cowboy. My life changed when i joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join the program too! Why you may ask?
You get to help people all around the world. The Seagoing Coyboys take care of the horses, young cows, & mules that were shipped over seas. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, & more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations
Relief & Rehabilitation Administration).
For exaple, my friend Don Reist & I went to Europe to help. It was 1945, World War II was over it Europe, and many countries were left in ruins.
You get to sight see when you have the time. You get to take once in a lifetime trips around the world. It's also fun abord the ship, especially on the return trips after the animals have been unloaded.
The cowboys and I played baseball & volleyball games. We also did; table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, & games to help pass the time.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy opens up the world to you.
So you see? Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. Even though it requires alot of work. When it comes down to it, you have lots of fun & help a lot of people. Thats all that really matters! | 3 |
52fe408 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents because they have tried to explore Venus for many years and they can't succed because only they can stay there for a couple of hours before they can't be out on venus anymore however they do have a nickname for Venus it is called the "Evening Star" and why they named it that because it is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky but they said that nickname was misleading because Venus was a actual planet in our solar sytem and Venus was simple to see from a distance but it is a safe vantage point from it said that it was proven a very challenging palce to examine more closely but they often reffered Venus as earths twin because Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and it is occasionally the closest in distance too. But striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself , but also because human curiosity it will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. And our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. But the reason why Venus is not good to explore because almost 97% of carbon dioxide blankets is covered all over Venus and on the planets surface it is about 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. | 1 |
52fff42 | I believe that we should be able to have the popular vote, so we can be able to choose who we want as our leader and for the reasons that we want them to lead our country. When we vote we accpect that whoever got the popular vote should be our president we dont want the Electoral College to change and over power our voting. We want our right to vote to actually mean something and for us to make some decisions in our country and who should be the leader.
When we where given the right to vote and given some power to our popular vote we we were accpecting to be able to use that right to help descide what is best for our country. as it says in the article,
"You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president...". What that means to me is that when we vote for our president we are just helping our electors have a better point in our sperspective. So when we vote we aren't really getting what we want we are just helping the electoral college get what they want. We should be the ones who are getting what we want we are the ones out there struggling and fighting for what we want. The Electoral College doesn't care about what we want and how we feel about the situation. If we were givven the right to be ablle to vote we accpect for that to happen so there really isn't any point in voting because we still have a chance in having our popular vote getting over ruled. That isn't fare to us to be given a right and it not being any power in our favor. This is the same reason why everyone doesn't vote is because they feel that there vote won't matter do to the Electoral College.
More importantly we have our right of freedom of speech from the Bill Of Rights. Also the Electoral College has 538 electors and they only need a majority of 270 electoral votes to elect our president. So that means the they get the popular vote as well as we do but the only difference is that they have more power than we do which isn't part of our rights. So that being said they dont care what we say either way its going to end up in a popular vote the will just have the final vote and that means they get what they want. Also as the article states in the second section that,
" according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of votors would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now.". That right there is saying that he won the votors popular vote bout because of the Electoral College he lost the presidency. So he won the part of the election but due to the people with more power he lost which is wrong and shouldnt be allowed. As I was saying the people that actually get effected by the election and the president should have the upper hand in power. Another quote from section three,
"The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled...". There is another reason that the the Electoral College should be excluded from the election of the president.
In conclusion as the citizens of the United States of America should have the say in who is our leader and how the election is decided. The Electoral College should be overruled by the citizens and have there power taken away from them. We the people that want the right president for our country should have the power. As our right to vote should be enforced and respected. Also we all should come together as a country and fight for what we believe is right and for what we deserve as a nation. | 3 |
5303733 | The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Unlike the aliens theory, we have poof that it just a landform. It's not werid to see something like that.
The Face on Mars, it is rare to see this, and it's not normal, but on earth we have we have odd things to see here. Like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. We have odd shape things on Earth too, so seeing a face is not that odd, it's amazing, but it not something that had to be made by aliens.
Also we have proof, the Mars Orbiter Camera took lots of pictures and revealed it to be just a normal landform. It formation does look like a head, the shadows give the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. So it is a huge rock, since it look like face , we give the people the idea that it was made to look like an face, but in reality it just a huge rock.
Inconclusion, the Face is just a natural landform. The alien theory is wrong, and the face is nothing special. We have proof and reasons why it's not made by aliens. | 3 |
5306280 | I think this type of technology would benefit many learning and entertainment. For computers being able to understand emotional expressions this would be huge. The use of technology to read students' emotional expressions would help better learning.
For example, the text states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Typically when a student becomes bored they do not tend to pay attention, but with this technology it could help alter the lesson to make it more effective to learn for the student. Another example would be for entertainment purposes. In the text the author states,"The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery." This shows making computer-animated faces more expressive could possibly make them more entertaining for people to enjoy.
In conclusion, I think this technology would be great for the world. It would help improve learning for students in the classroom and also improve entertainment. | 3 |
530a4d7 | The reson you should join this organization is because it has so many opportunitys that open up for you and your family. For example you would get to meet new people everyday you would get to see new things all the time.
Especially if you don't like working long hours at work because if you are Seagoing Cowboy you only have to work a couple hours a day.
You should especially join if you like to see ancient artifacts such as an old castle is Crete and even the Panama Canal.
The down sides of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you will have to travel far from home and stay away from your family for long periods of time and you wouldn't get to see them much.
Those are some resons that you should join the organization because like I said it would be such an opportunity for you and your family. Make sure you join if you would like to see cool things, meet unique people, and just have fun, but if you don't like staying away from home you shouldn't join because you will have to stay for long periods of time.
There are also some reasons that you would not want to join. Just remember all of these things could change your life for ever. | 2 |
530d156 | Dear State Senator,being apart of the voting process is extremely important.It's important,because you are helping by popular vote for the president of the United States.Electoral College helps you get a better understanding of the voting process and the effect that everyone's vote has.However,the Electoral colleges are not a really big help when it comes down to the country.Here is provided information about why they should change election by popular vote.
First to start the discussion,Electoral Colleges were estblished by the founding fathers in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by popular vote.The Electoral College is not just a place it's an important process.This college is made of electors.They have meetings where they vote for the president and vice president.The college is consisted of 538 electors.At least 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president.Each candidate that is interested in becoming president in your state has to have his or her own flock of electores.The electors are chosen by the political party ran by the candidate.This college basically provides you with a idea of why it is important to vote. The country's fate rests in the hands of many.
Next,The Electoral college system only allows voters to vote for the slate electors. The president of the United States votes is more important then the slate electors.The president of the United States is the one responsible for the Country.Most people refer to the most common argument between the electoral college as the disater factor.Like for instance if someone wanted to vote for a specific person you would have to vote for a different amount of slate electors also depending where you lived as well.
Continuing,the Electoral college is really regarded as an anachronism aslo known as a non-democratic method of selecting a president. Many people believe that,that should be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves more popular votes is the winner.Each party selects a slates of electors that is trusted to vote for the nominee that was picked slate electors.Even though the Electoral has a lack of conservative reasons, there are five reasons that people think that should be retained. The first reason is the certainy of outcome,second Everyone's President,third Swing states,fourth Big States,and lastly Avoiding run-off Elections.These 5 things are reasons why people feel that these colleges should stay.
The conclusion, the president of the United states is chosen by our votes.We have the power to make this country strong,but we also have the power to make this country a train wreck.Voting is really important this can determine the fate of the country.
Sincerly,PROPER_NAME | 3 |
5316172 | If you ask me you've got to be out of your right mind if you let a car drive you . You never know what could happen while your letting this car take control . Very resently there have been multiple accidents occurring where a human has gone to sleep on the road while there '' smart car '' was in control and that was not very smart if you ask me .
First of all ,
I would never put my trust into a car all kinds of malfunctions could occur . In paragraph 9 it states in most states it is iilegal even to test computerdriven cars . Also as stated in paragraph 9 '' If the technology fails and someone is injured , who is at fault - the driver ot the manufacture . '' That statement there should not even have to be brung up . There's a red flag already .
Unless , I know that smart cars are 100 % safe , there aren't any red flags , and it has been tested and proved to be safe you will never catch me inside of one . Just think about it , lets say you and your family go on a trip that is a 24 hour long drive and you decide instead of going to a rest stop or getting a hotel you'll just take a nap inside of the car and let the smart car take control . And as you come upon roadwork the car can't read the road signs ; that would be an accident right there . This car isn't all that smart .
I feel as if no one should be allowed to drive a smart car just yet especially since there are problems still occurring . As I've already stated very resently there have been multiple accidents occurring where a human has gone to sleep on the road while allowing a car to take control . And guess what occurred ? ACCIDENTS . Do to the fact this car does not take on much of the duties humans are able to take on .
As stated in paragraph 10 '' Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved .'' For now in my opinion these smart cars are not safe enough to drive ; I give it about 4 -5 years then maybe automakers will have it all figured out . But until then I am ANTI - SMART CAR . | 3 |
531f610 | The driverless cars has been an idea that has been around for many years. The thought of not having to waste energy in driving and to make the experience more relaxing for the individual. It will also display the amount of intellegence and engineering it would take in order to construct such a car. However, there will be many different people who will wish to insult and bring down the idea of the driverless cars. Not only that, but there will people in the world who would wish to turn the positive idea into a negative one. It will also start to corrupt our natural human abilities. What I mean by that is humans will start to become more and more relient on having everything completed for them with minimal effort envolved. Eventually, we will start to become lazier and lazier as advancements in technology increases. One thing to note, I am not entirely against automation or self-seficient machinery. However, how could we say that we are hard working individuals when a robot will be doing the work for us? Could we truely call ourselves hard working when all we would have to do is push a button?
One major example of how this will be a problem in the future is the fact that there won't be any laws inplace of the driverless cars. Numerous states have already opposed the idea and plan to keep it that way until the cars are proven reliable. In paragraph 9, it also discusses who will be counted liable for an accident. "...if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at faultthe driver or the manufacturer?"(Waiting)
The point that I am trying to make is that we are expanding too rapidly. The ideas are good and can be benificial in the future, but lets take our time and make shure that these driverless cars can actually drive themselves. It is difficult to say when these will be done, but when they are, I hope that it will be avalible for everyone. | 2 |
5320672 | Transportation or cars will always have an huge impact on the economy. Think about how many people use cars today. Driverless cars has many positive aspects, but lets focus on the negative outcomes. Driverless cars would change the entire world!
Look at the companies making computer-driven cars compared to the cars that need humans. There are hundreds of places manufacturing cars that considerably need humans. If computer-driven cars take over sommany people woukd lose out on jobs that they have. If people lose their jobs most would not be able to afford driverless cars.
If the technology of the car was to fail and there is an accident there is question about who should take the blame. Safety is one of the major concerns. The manufacturer or the driver? This issue alone can cause conflict. If certain laws change the entire technology of thounsands of driverless cars must be updated,right? With so much debt at our hands I do not believe that driverless cars should be anywhere close to growing closer to the people by 2020. | 2 |
532e10b | There have two sides to using this technology to read student's emotional expressions. Eckman has classified six basic emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit". New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new emotion-recognition software tracks thewe facial movements. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions. Moving your facial musclles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. In fact, these are the instructions for a face that looks happy. It's all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. If using this technology to read, the people won't influence their negative feelings, and can manipulate the degree entirely. Each expression is compared against a neutral face. But the computer can't influence clearly the feelings because they have some feelings and emotionals are so hard to illustrate. And if not using that, the people can show their real emotion on their faces, to an expert, faces don't lie, these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful. In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "caculation" everyday, you can tell how a friend is feeling simply by look on their faces. Most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, surprise... A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive. So computers need to understand that, too. We unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions and developing better ways for human and computers to communicate. | 1 |
5336bca | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You can change your life. You will get a chance to travel all across the country. They will give you a chance to do things you would've never thought of going before. Here are some reasons to to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
You will travel all across the country. In the pasage it states that, when Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldnt resist. It was a opportunity of his life time. Once they left Europe they recived their orders to report to New Orleans. They boerded the SS Charles W. Wooster, that was headed for Greece.
They will give you a chance to do things you would've never thought of going before. In the passage it states, Luke had made 9 trips. When they saw the Acropolis in Greece that was speical to them. They also took a gondola ride in Veince, Italy, A city with streets of water. Luke was excited to get a chance to ride in a cattle boat. Luke states in the passage, "the cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy, besides helping people, he had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.
You will get a chance to change your life. In the passage it states that, luke graduated high school and was working two part-time jobs ina grocery store and a bank. Now instead of working two-part time jobs Luke is now on a cattle boat traveling to China, Greece and Europe. From helping out his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared him for hard work for what ever hed did. Being a Seagoing Cowbow was much more than an advantage for luke Bomberger.
For all these reasons this is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will change your life by travling the world. They will travel all across the country. You'll get an adventure and learn new things. You will do things you would've never thought of doing before on your daily bases. This is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 3 |
5338c0c | The author of this passage talks about exploring Venus, we all know its not a safe thing to do, the author knows that as well. It has been more than three decades since a spacecraft has landed on Venus, so this author wants to change that and land a spacecraft on Venus as soon as possibe.
On a personal note, I strongly believe that if I were to get a piece of paper and make a poll saying, "Do you think landing on venus is a good idea? Yes or No". I wouldn't be suprised if more people voted "No" than "Yes". You really have to look at it safety wise. You're putting yourself in danger by landing on the cloudiest planet in our solar system. You're landing on an 800 degree Fahrenheit planet. I get it, three decades is a long time and they want to change that and fly a person, or multiple people to Venus. But for safety purposes, i'd rather wait it out for another few decades.
In conclusion I think that they support this idea very well. The author gives a lot of information about Venus and the risks of going there. | 1 |
53469e5 | Studying Venus is a great idea. We study Venus because it was like the twin to earth they are very close in size and density. if anything was to happen to the earth we as humans would want a fall back plan and somewhere to be able to go if anything bad happens on earth. Scientist are trying to find ways to get spacecrafts on venus for longer then a few hours.
Venus has a bad environment. they have 97% carbon dioxide blankets in their atmosphere also their clouds have sulfuric acid in them and some of there temperatures hvae reached up to 800 degrees fahreneit. This isnt good because it is 90x worse then what ernesoerience om our planet. Venus has the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system. I know what you are thinking why would we want to live on venus with all bad things on the planet but its the most earth like planet in our system it was covered with oceans just like earth and could have supported forms of life just like earth does.
Our technology isnt good enough to withstand the environment on venus right now. NASA wants to make a blimp like vehicle that could float in the air instead of the ground. This could help with seeing through the clouds and still finding out and seeing whats going on when horrible storms come around. thsi is also not a good idea though because being up innthe air you would have to see the surface. Lots and lots of researchers are trying to find ways to make machines that could help us study venus.
Venus would be a good back up plan for if anything happens on earth and we need a place to live after. I support the idea of trying to make ways for us humans to live on Venus. If we find away to live on Venus we wouldnt have to worry about humans and other living organisms dying out like the dinosaurs did. | 3 |
53483f1 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author displays many ways in witch these new additions to society can be a huge step forward in technology advances and also how they can cause problems. Google cofunder Sergey Brin believes in the driverless car and the safty of one. However, I strongly disagree with his outlook on the driverless car.
In paragraph seven the author displays one issue that makes these type of cars problimatic. This issue is that the cars still need assistance when it comes to applying human reasoning and human skills that a robot cannot control. This is where my concern for the safety of the cars is tested. What would happen if the car did not recognize the situation as a human task? Would the car be able to react like a human being? To me, the answer is no, i believe that a robot cannot be taught to think and perform like a human being.
In paragraph nine the law is the issue that is explained. In the article it states that that there is uncertainty between who would be responsible for injuries in an accident, the driver or the manufacturer? In my opionion this makes the cars even more of a threat. What if the manufacturer was to blame? Would individuals be more likely to get in an accident just for the money? Also presented in article nine is that in most of the states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars. Society does not trust the saftey of these cars so why should we.
In conclusion, I feel Driverless cars are a hazard to society. Their saftey is the main concern. Nothing in this world can function or respond like a human being like we can, so how can we trust our safety in the hands of a computer? | 3 |
534e7dc | People are getting smarter and technology is getting more advanced. One of those technology is the driverless cars. The development of this is a bright idea. This will change the world in a positive way. The vehicles will come in handy and will be useful for multiple situations. It would decrease the amount of accidents there are by a huge amount. The driver can make the choice, whether they want to drive or for the vehicle to do the job.
These automobiles will have tons of sensors. Before the year 2000, it was hard to turn these ideas into reality. The author said, "the sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there, and the mapping wasn't there." But, it is now the year 2016 and the world has developed and changed. Making these cars wouldn't be too hard of a work.
Driverless cars would mean less accidents. One of the top cause of accidents occur while people text while driving. If they do develop these cars, this wouldn't happen anymore because the automobile would do the job for them. So, they'll be able to send messages and do whatever, whenever. This plan includes a lot of safety for people in the car and out of the car.
Also, drivers have more than just one choice. Even though the car itself can do the steering, accelerating, and braking for the human, the human can just turn on the in-car system and drive. This system exists to entertain the drivers. There are people out there who just drive for the fun of it, so why not include this option along? This can be turned on and off instantly according to what the driver wants.
In conclusion, if people want to increase the population of the world, they would to agree to this plan. Driverless cars would make the earth a safer place for every human being. The car is in control of itself. There are many sensors to warn for cautions and dangers. Automakers want to make these cars that only exist in movies to come true for a good reason. Also, it's not like people will never drive again. There are choices. The driverless cars would make a great amount of difference. It would have a huge impact to our society. | 3 |
535295e | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about the different emotions and what muscles help that facial expression function. I think that the use of this technology to read emotions will help students in classrooms.
As Dr. Huang says in paragraph six " A cassroom computer could recignize when a student is beciomung confused or bored;" This would alarm the computer and the teacher that the student is struggling with their work and help them.The computer could acess the problem and try to solve it like a teacher as it says in paragraph six "then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor ." This would help teacher if they had big classes and all the students were struggling with something different.
In conclusion using these facial recognition devices would not only help the students but also the teachers in their classes. Thus solving both the students and the teachers problems or concerns. | 3 |
53533e9 | The Facial Action Coding System is a new technology that enables computers to identify human emotions. Using it for students in the classroom would be valuable. It'd be valuable because it would benefit students and recognizing others' emotions, benefit the students' feelings, and it'd help the way they're educated.
The way the Facial Action Coding System would benefit students' is recognizing their emotions and facial expressions. It'd help the way they learn and what content is good in front of them. With certain material, all students interpret it in their own way. It would benefit how they feel about what is in front of them and what they're learning.
FACS would help others recognize emotions is because after using it and watching others, one would be educated on the technology and the way it works with humans. In the article it says that the system has up to 44 major face muscles working just like human muscles. One would learn how the new technology works after using it and it would improve how they read others themselves. " 'The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,' observes Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression.' (like not smiling as broadly)." WIth that being said from the article, it shows that basically all the same muscles are used to one general emotion and one could adapt that to their mind and be more educated about it.
Also, FACS would benefit students feeling stronger. D'Alto talks about drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky and how he has his actors "carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Empathy(feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." So after using the technology and practicing so much of feeling unknowingly, students would learn how to be emotionally healthy and how to balance their feelings.
FACS would benefit the students' and the way they learn by practicing keeping them alert during their lessons and schoolwork online. After the right content being provided due to their feelings and emotions, it would become natural for them to stay focused. In the article, D'Alto explains how one's feeling will trigger what is in the screen. He says, " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Students would be provided the right material as they go about the lesson.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding system would be very beneficial to student in a various amount of ways. The FACS would benefit students with recognizing emotions, benefit their feelings, and the students' education. FACS will better students and school systems. | 4 |
535617f | Have you ever thought about being a Seagoing Cowboy? We Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventures, do fun activities, and we also have many responsibilities.
The Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventures almost every day. One adventure that we have done, was we to Europe. There are many other places thta we have gone to, for example, we went to China, New Orleans, Venice, and on our way to China we went to Crete. In Crete, we toured an excavated castle. In Venice, we went gondola riding.
We also did many fun activities in our spare time. Us Cowboys play baseball and volleyball. We also had table-tennis tournaments, we fenced, boxed, read, and we played many other games. Not only do we do these activities, but we also liked to whittle.
The Seagoing Cowboys didn't just do fun activities and have adventures, but we also had many responsibilities. There are different types of responsibilities that the Seagoing Cowboys have to do. One of these responsibilities is that we all took turns nightwatching. What a nightwatcher does is they have to check on the animals every hour and make hourly reports to the captain. We also had to feed and water the animals two or three times every day.
The Seagoing Cowboys go on many adventure, we do activites to make the time pass by, and we have many responsibilities. The Seagoing Cowboys would probably be amusing to most people because a lot of people love animals. Not only do you take care of animals, but you would be able to see the world. Some people might not be too happy with this job, because in this job you have to sail over the Pacific and the Atlantic! I hope you all will want to sign up for this job, because I sure know that I would if I were all of you. I also hope that if you do sign up, you'll love this job as much as i do! | 3 |
5359db5 | Exploring Venus is brilliant but on the other hand there are many dangers when it comes to studying it. In order to get samples of anything researches would have to go to Venus but it's not garented they will make it back to Earth, so they have to come up with a better idea because studying Venus is worth it especially since Venus is an Earth-like planet.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus could be the next palnet there is life on. If the researches discover that life could be held on Venus people could start traveling there and try to research more of the surface of Venus. " Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth" (Paragraph 4). There is a chance of life on Venus so thats why the author states that researching Venus is worthy despite the dangers.
Another way the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despiting the dangers is that many reseachers are woking on making machine last long and doing some testing on them to see if the machines do last longer. " Many researches are working on innovations that would alow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus" (paragraph 6). Those machines could study Venus for the reseachers and they wouldn't have to send anyone and risk the dangers.
Exploring Venus is a great idea but researchers should look for other things like machines, or create their own one that could survive the heat and Venus conditions so they don't have to send people and put them in danger because they don't really know what it's like there. If reserches put in hard work and study all of Venus, Venus could be the next Earth. | 3 |
535ab94 | In our world today Google has made very few driverless cars, that have succeeded very well, actually. I would have to say I am all for the Driverless cars that will coming into the world more often. I think it would help us on a few different things. As stated in the text, there has been a lot less wrecks since they welcomed very few of the driverless cars. Also, the dirver hasn't lost all control of the car, the driver still has responsiblities. As stated in the text, "while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." Lastly, these driverless cars are being transformed into public transporation.
The first reason why I am all for driverless cars is because wrecks are a big deal for everyone. Having driverless cars that would decrease the amount of wrecks that happen everyday. That would also be a good thing for new drivers, or even people that have been driving for years! Having driverless cars would not totally take out having wrecks completely, but it would be good to see the amount of wrecks decrease.
Secondly, the driver has not lost all control of the car in case of an emergency. The driver still has to guide the car through heavy traffic, wrecks, and also in and out of the driveway. I think this addition onto the driverless car is actually a great idea. I say this because it keeps the driver from doing other things while he/she is suppose to be watching the road. Also, this doesn't put all of the pressure on the car to do absolutely evrything while the driver is doing whatever he/she is not suppose to be doing.
As stated in the text, "while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." I think that is also a really good thing about the driverless cars, because if the driver is not watching the road there will be vibrations sent to the drivers seat to alert them to watch the road. Having this little alert could be a very good thing to neew drivers as well, because sometimes young, new drivers get destracted and have to have a little alert to put their focus back onto the road.
Lastly, these driverless cars are also being used as public transportation. That could really benefit the taxi drivers, or even the public bus drivers. This could benefit them because that's their job and that's all they do all day, everyday. Driving a car and or bus around can get boring, and could make you really tired. It's always good to be able to take a break but also get your work done at the same time.
Finally, I would say that having driverless cars would be a good idea. It would be a lot safer, and effecient for everyone. Driverless cars may have some downfalls, but there are certainly more pros about them. | 4 |
535d764 | I think the author supports his idea well. I think it´s worthy to study Venus because Venus was probarly somewhat like Earth. If we continue to study Venus a ¨Earth Twin¨, We´ll probarly know something new about our own planet.
In the passage, it states that Venus is known as Earth Twin because Venus almost have the same density and size as Earth. It was also reported that Venus once have been Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus still has some feature that are the same to Earth. It has a surface of rocky sediment and features like valleys, mountian, and craters. This could mean that Venus probably had an ocean and could of supported some type of life. NASA is working on approaches to study Venus. They have some simplified electronics made out of silicon carbide and have been tested in a chamber that simulates the conditions of Venus´s surface. They lasted in the chamber for three weeks in such conditions. Which means that are more resistants to pressure, heat, and other forces.
In conclusion, human might have the power to go to Venus and study the planet. The temperatues may be around 170 degrees Fahrenhiet, but it still survivable for humans. With the technology and the brains we have, I am
pretty sure we´ll be able to land on Venus to expand space experation. | 3 |
535dda0 | People referr Venus as the Earth's twin since it is the closest planet to Earth, but this does not mean that it is easy to explore. Venus is easy to spot, but people have sent spacecraft to Venus but not a single one touched Venus in three decades. This makes it hard for people to explore the planet if they can only see it, but can't be on it to see how it really looks and works on the inside.
The atmospheric pressure it 90 times than that of Earth's. The conditions that occur in Venus make it extreme for any man to even step foot on, due to the envierment of the plantet to crush even a submarine and causing the submarine to liguidfy and no human being could survive.
The harsh conditons are not stopping scientists from exploring Venus. The reason for this is because a long time ago, Venus might have been surrounded by oceans. And water means life. | 1 |
535fa0d | The future is full of all sorts of amazing innovations and technologies.
Life would not be the same without technology, and it seems like no one could live a day without it.
Each year the driving age requirement lowers and more accidents are occurring.
Although driverless cars are very intreeging, there are too many disadvantages that require everyone to rethink if this is what they truly want.
The main unappealing aspect of technology and engineering is that driverless cars do not have eyes, ears, or a sense of touch.
They solely rely on their sensors and other detecting qualities.
There is no way to hear if danger is coming, so how could a car react?
They may be able to detect someone or something as it approaches, but would it be too late to stop?
There are just some things that are safer if put in the hands of a living, sensing organism rather than a cold piece of hardware.
Although it may not be the very first question in mind, everyone has to wonder about the cost-benefit ratio.
If these cars really can drive themselves, how many people would be able to afford them.
Are these cars any good if only a few people are using them?
In addition, at the moment, "self driving" cars are only functioning at 25 mph.
This is not even a major road speed.
No one would spend a fortune on a car that can mostly drive itself at a staggering 25 mph.
This just is not reasonable.
There are some people who can afford these advanced machines, but there is not a high enough demand to continue developing the cars.
The very last thing any one would like to think about is a malfunction.
Technology nowadays is very advanced, but as anyone around technology would know, they do not always work.
Electronics such as the sensors always have the capability to not act as they are expected.
Distracted driving is a problem that leads to crashes, but if there were semi-self driving cars, drivers would still be distracted.
If they needed to take over and react, who is to say they will be safer?
The whole point of the driverless car is so no one needs to stay alert.
In addition to malfunctioning, the car could steal control.
If there is a situation where the driver needed to control, what if the technology thinks it is smarter and tries to override it?
There are just too many problems with putting a 2,000 pound piece of machinery, capable of killing a man in an instant, in the hands of some sensors all so the driver can relax.
There may seem to be many great qualities to having a self driving car, but there are no gauruntees in what that entails.
Cars can not sense the world in the same way as humans, and they are simply not living and reacting.
There is a major cost commitment on something potentially dangerous, and no way to help if the car takes over your driving abilities.
When in doubt, the driver knows what to do, but will he be able to do it?
There should be research in how to make our driving safer for everyone and not just an easy task to take lightly. | 4 |
536462b | Some think the Face on Mars is evidence of life on Mars. The Face on mars is just a rock. It is an illusion formed by shadows. In the text, it states, "Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth."
People are starting to believe that, becuase of the Face on Mars, there is life on Mars but NASA is hiding it from the public and saying "conspiracy theories". There has not been enough proven facts that there is life on Mars. Even if there was, scientists have been reserching for clues and evidence of life on Mars. If they did discover it, i feel it would be something they are proud of and would share to the world.
In my opinion, the Face on Mars was just a rock, an illusion created by shadows. There is no life on Mars and will not be until proven otherwise. | 2 |
536477f | Would exploring a higly dangerous planet from above storms be worth it? What would humanity gain from exploring a planet like Venus. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" did not do a good suporting his ideas, for the author gives information usless to their idea and they give contradictory evidence.
The writer contradicts his idea in by giving contradicting information. In paragraph 6 the author stats "However, Peering art Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions..." By stating this the author contradicts his point of there being much to learn on Venus, as scientists could not find much about the serface of Venus. Also this imformation shows how implausable discoveries would be. Providing this information; the author hurt their previous points.
The author also provides usless indepth information on previous expeditions. The author states in paragraph 2 "Each previous misson was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This imformation is usless in proving that Venus is a worthy pursuit, as it make the mission seem imposible. Providing evidence to make the mission seem implausable does not convince readers.
The author of "The Challenges of Exploring Venus" did not do a good job supporting his ideas, the author gives information usless to their idea and they give contradictory evidence. Again what would humanity gain from exploring Venus. Also would one risk exploring a highly dangerous planet for a chance at information. | 3 |
536f737 | The driverless cars seem like a pretty cool idea. They will help cause less accidents and it will reduce the chance of texting and driving. There are many benefits and disadvantages about these cars. These cars could hopefully stop the number of deaths from accidents that occur. They do, however, need human assistants in some situations.
One advantage about the driverless cars is that is hands off, well most of them are. One has special touch sensors that makes sure the driver's hands keep hold of the wheel. That is actually really good because just incase an accident was about to occur or is occuring your hands would already be on the wheel ready to take over. Another advantage is that it will use less gas than we do now. That could save the driver a lot of money.
There still are some disadvantages though. When an accident does occur with a driverless car no one would know who to blame. It could be the drivers fault, the cars fault or maybe even both the car and driver. The cars are not designed to handle driving through roadworks or accidents. The car also cannot pull in or out driveways. The driver will have to take over and handle those situations. Most states have made it illegal to test these driverless cars. The driverless cars now do cost a lot of money to produce. They involve a lot of sensors, which does cost a lot of money. I think the only reason this car would suck to have is because the driver would have to take over sometimes.
In all, the driverless cars would be great to have out on the roads. They would be a safer way for people to get from one place to another without many accidents happening. There are also sensors on the vehicle to alert th driver when they need to be ready to take over. For the most part these cars do all the work. There are just a few things they would be better at. | 3 |
537261d | If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see new things everyday and do new thing everyday! It is probably one of the best jobs in the world. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the experience!
You should join the program because of the experience, the things you see, and its more than a ordanary job. This program is a once in a life time experience. Not everybody has this opportunity in their life time. You get to see new things everyday. This job is way different than a ordanary job.
With this job there are a lot of things you get to do that can't do anywhere else. You get to travel across the country. You can go to Greece,Europe,China, Venice, Italy and many more. With this program you get to go to places you might never get to go to ever.
This program is a once in a life time experience because of the things you get to do and see everyday. It is probably one of the best programs in the world. You should really should join this aweasome group! | 2 |
5373630 | The Challenge of Exploring Venus. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, and Mars, these three planets are very simuler. Often referred to as Earth's "twin". But Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers study. I mean Venus is dificault to a there and study. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket's Venus. In article dais, on the Venus's surface, temperatures average over 800 degree Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our Sun. This mean, we can go live there, because Venus has hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. However, NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. But I think its impossible to study Venus. I mean NASA will not succeed this project. Because, Venus has 800 degrees surface temperature, and almost 97 percent carbon dioxide in their air. So Venus is dangerous and dificualt to study. | 2 |
53761b9 | Dear state senator,
I very much think that the voting of the president should be changed to popular vote rather than the electoral college. There is too many things that can go wrong with he electoral college. If popular vote is taking place, it solves many problems. For examble, the electoral college does'nt have to vote for the president they were chose for, and a tie could end up happening because the votes are even at 538.
Many important people of the government have tried to abolish the electoral college at times, including Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole. There is many flaws within the electoral college. Like in 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but then lost the electoal vote, if this is a government based on what the people want, then popular vote should by far be appointed over the electoral college.
In 1976 a tie could of been very possible, if 5,559 voters in ohio would of voted oppisite, and 3,687 would of voted oppisite, there would of been a complete disaster in the election. In 2000, people in 25 of the biggest media states didnt get to see any campaign adds, also voters in 17 states didnt even see the candidates at all!
Some people feel that if there was a popular voting for the president, there would be many disputes, but if this is a democracy and the government is ran by the people, then the popular vote is by far better than the electoral college.
All in all, popular vote is just the better way to go, it'll be what the people want, and there wont be any questions asked about the outcome of the election. | 2 |
53774df | Dear State Senator,
I am in favor of keeping the electoral college election. This method has worked well for us so far, and there would be no point in changing it now.
the electoral college is fair. A presidential candidates must have trans-regional appeal to be elected."No region (South, Northeast,ect.)has enough electorial votes to elect a president."(Richard A. Posner) If a presidential candidate with only regional appeal was elected, he would unlikely be successful president. The people would feel like their votes didn't count, like they didnt have a voice in this nation anymore. Would our nation fall apart?
With electorial college we aviod the situation in which no candidate receives a majority of votes(run-off election). Run-off elections is reduced by the electorial college. There is no pressure in our nation for a run-off election. The electorial college invariably produces a clear winner, so that there is no confusion.
Our founding fathers saw the future. they knew that this process, of electing a president, would carry are nation through the decades. It is in my best interest that we keep the electorial college.
sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
537796a | I think that by reading a person's emotions is not the best way to know if the person is depress or happy. If a person wants to be happy all day let them be , and you can tell by thier face exprestion or by the actions they do through out the day..In paragraph three it's showing us by saying "
raise your eyebrows when you're suprise ; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth)tighten your lips to show anger" every person that i know off knows that .Why tell us information that we already know ? I get the person that trying to state there claim is trying to give us evidence and examples. In paragraph four it's telling us that when the software is tracking the persons emotion it shows them how many emotions they feel even if there mixed which agin doesn't make no sence for me because you can totally know or tell just by the person face expressing they do. In the very top off the article of mona lisa's picture you can totally see thats shes happy,ferful. And i only looked at the picture for some secounds which makes no sence of why i'll need a device to tell me how she feels. In paragraph six it's showing us that if your in a classroom confuse a teacher can stop the lesson and tell you which part you don't get . Which is good at some point it's not because what if the teacher stop because of one student and then seconds later or minutes later the person changes to a complety different mood . At the end i think that there's no need for you to know if the person if feeling bad or happy .What if the person is feeling not so good because of family issues? As a person , we wanna just move on and not remind are self of what just happen because it'll make us more disapointed then we already are. I think that less technoloy makes people less crazy and less stressful. The new technoloy is going way to far for this to just makes this up and just imagin something even worst that they made up off. | 2 |
537ade6 | Vennus is evaning star and has a bright point of light in the sky. The nikname that is for it is misleading that venus is a planet,the second planet from are sun. It has been proved yhat it is challeng a place to be examine closely. Venus a friend to earth and the closest to earth than any other planet. The density ,size are mostly the same, Venus,Mars is earth neightbor, orbit the sun at different,hottest planet.
Previous missions that were unmaned by the spacecraft was issue why it's one spaceships touch on venus in more than a decades. Challeging for humans to study planets. Atmousphere is thick almost 97 percent carbon deoxcide blankets venus. The planet surface tempertures rase averageover 800 degrees Fahrenhit,pressure is 90 times greater than what humans seen, that amount of pessure would crush a submarine. Geology compare it to an erupting valcano ,powerful eathquak.
Planet has a rocky surface almost as a valley and mountains , craters. National Aeronautics has one particular reason sendind humans to allow them to float above the fray. Are pressure is clost to are sea level on the earth. Peering venus is ships and hovoring over safely far above the planet so can provide limited insight. | 1 |
537ecf0 | Do you wanna know how people feel about the driverless cars, well here is more information. My argument for this passage is I am against the devolpment of these new driverless cars. Some of the reasons I am against the devolpment is because i feel its a waste of money, still requires a driver, and saftey. If they are not completely driverless and safer than the normal cars would be qhy should we devolp them. These are the reasons of why I am against the development of the driverless cars.
One of the reason I am against the devolpment of the driverless cars is because it could become a waste of money. The way it could waste money is by the number of production have to be made to supply the world with one which involves a lot of material. Also if the computer fails at some point and people crash then there is a higher chance that the manufacters would get sued. As it states in the reading that if the technology fails and somone is injuired who is at fault-the driver or the manufacter. This is the reasons how its a waste of money follows in line with being against the devolpment of the driverless cars.
Aonther reason i am against the devolpment of driverless cars is because they are not all the way driverless. The driver has to take over at some point in time. One reason they would have to is if the car senses danger the driver is suppose to take control. It states that there has to be a driver in the car. This is the reasons how i am against the driverless cars because its not complety driverless.
Last but not least reason of why im against the development of the driverless cars is because of safety. They are not really going to be that safe because of the driver will be entertained so they arent bored which will cause them not be alert so if they have to take over they wont know what to do. Its states this in the reading that BMW stated in paragraph eight or nine. They may be better for enviroment but not for peoples health concerns. This is the reasons where i feel the car lacks safety and this is why im against the devolpment of the driverless cars.
In conclusion, I have listed some of the main ideas of why im against the devolpment of the driverless cars. I aslo had followed and supported those ideas with details from the articles. I had came up with the reasons im against the devoplment is because of waste of money, not to proper about being totally driverless, and the safety features. This is my arguement of why im against the devolpment of the driverless cars. | 4 |
537f360 | Do you feel safe in your cars hands? The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states various positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Why are the manufacturers waisting there time on something that might not be possible with the technology we have now, and be more productive with something that needs improved. I believe that car manufacturers should stop the developments for these cars.
first off, what if the technology isn't their? What if it's something that can never be their ? I believe that manufacturers of anything should be using there time to work on something that they know can be done, not something thats a fanticy. Even though some people may think that the technology is right around the corner, thats what they've been saying for the past 5 years, i think it is time to try something else.
secondly, Even if the technology was there it can be modified, hacked, ect. What is stoping someone from hacking into this technology while your driving and causing you to crash ? No matter how many firewalls, roadblocks, or obsticles you put in technology it can be easily broken. For example, there have been cases of people hacking into peoples private files and bank acounts . If someone is capable of taking over any car they want, how would you feel if it was your car taken over.
Last but not least, what happens if the technology fails? Like it says in the article whos fault would it be. Why open the possibility for a huge law suit that could cause someone thousands of dollars. I belive it would be a much safer world without "driverless cars" .
In conclusion, how do you feel about these driverless cars? Would you rather have the manufactures work on something that is possible and not a life time fanticy, or Do you want to put your life at risk with the possibility of not being able to control your car, And do you want to possibly be in a lawsuit that could cost you thousands of dolars ? I didn't think you wanted to either. | 3 |
537f4ef | Imagine a woman is late to work and her hair is a mess, she threw random clothees on, and all her work papers are stored in random places in her briefcase. But if she owns a driverless car, the woman could sort out her paper files, fix her hair, and be safe at the same time. Having a driverless car has a positive outlook on itself and the future by providing safety for the drivers that own these driverless cars.
A driveless car has a positive outlook for itself by providing safety features too. In passage 8, it states "In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." This statement explains that the driverless car system does care about the safety of the people who buy it. So if the lady in the story has a regular car, who knows if she will be on time for work, there is a possiblity that she will be, and she will not be ready to go.
Yes, the driverless car is said to have a negative outlook, but the positive outlook shines more than the negative outlook does. Driverless cars could help people of the future. Everyone has at least seen a movie with a driverless car in it, like Transformers. In the movie, nothing bad happens to the car, the car just drives by itself and both the driver and the car are safe. In passage 7, the article states "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." Which mens while the driver is driving and the car is not driving by itself, the car is still watching the driver to make he or she is safe.
Many reasons the driverless cars are good inventions for the future is because they are reliable. In passage 7, the author states "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This explains how the driverless is safe because when the driver is not driving and the car needs he or she for something, the car will notify the driver.
Now imagine if the woman in the very beginning did not have a driverless car. Who knows, the woman probably have gotten into a car crash because she was running late to work. Unsafe right? Now remeber, if the lady did have a driverless car, she would have been on time for work and she would have been on time for work safely. Owning a driverless car would make the future better because a lot more people would be safe and not get into accidents. To learn more about driverless cars, go on the Google cofounder Sergey Brin's webpage. | 4 |
537fce7 | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the article, the author has many supporting statements that support the idea of exploring Venus despite the risk that Venus gives.
In the beginning of paragraph 4 it says, "Venus was once the have been Earth-like planet in the solar system," and Venus is close to being the same in density, distance from the sun, and size as Earth is. If that is so then Venus deserves to be explored and studied.
In the article it says, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." In this statement, the author brings up that traveling beyond Earth shouldn't be stopped by dangers that come along with doing so. In the third paragraph of the article, the author talks about Venus and its dangers that the author mentions, such as the temperature and atmosphere. In order for the author to say why they feel that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, they write about the issues first to get to their opinion on why they think it is worth exploring Venus, which has been done but not successfully for scientists to say wether or not that Venus could one day have life on it or not.
Once the author stated all the issues that there was and the complications, they talked about their opinion. Supporting their opinion, they wrote about what NASA was doing to be able to make visiting Venus one day almost possible. The author wrote about the inventions and ideas NASA had and put that into one whole paragraph, starting at paragraph 5, as their supporting evidence. NASA thought about the idea of floating above the surface at about 30 miles or so above the landscape as to not be on the hot surfcae of Venus. If scientists were to float above the surface of Venus to be at 170 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 800 degress Fahrenheit, it would make it impossible to gather data to take to analize so NASA came up with the idea of electronics made of silicon carbide and use mechanical compters from the 1800's.
The author had many supporting facts in the article as to why they think it is worthy studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. They had statistics and facts that supported their idea and had done their research well. | 4 |
5387290 | The picture of what you call "a face" is a rock. It just looks like a face from a birds eye view. The rock just happends to look like a face but if you where there you would just see a rock with some holes. In the text it states "
it's a huge rock which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose , and mouth." In the text it said ILLUSION you know the same thing the do in magic tricks.
They make you think something is happing but its really not. Just like this "face". The shadows make it look like a face with some eyes a mouth and nose. But as you can see that is clearly not hte case.
The text also states that " as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." Which mean that if there where any thing that showed any living organisum living there we would see it.
Since we have not found any proof of living thing on mars yet i would say its safe to say there are no living thing on mars. | 3 |
538bdd5 | Do you want to be a cowboy?
Have you ever heard of a Seagoing Cowboy? Well, a Seagoing Cowboys is the best kind of cowboy there is. When you're a Seagoing Cowboy you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped to places in the world that were left in ruins from World War ll. The cool part is that you get to go across seas and you also have time to go sightseeing. But it feels great to help people as well.
If you become a Seagoing Cowboy you have great responsibility. Yess it sounds like a fun getaway, but you also have to fed and water the animals at least two times a day. We also get to clean all those messy stalls, but you learn to be responsible which is important.
After you get to your destination you can go sightseeing. I got to see Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water by the way. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.
On return trips after the animals have been unloaded is when you have fun on boared. The cowboys play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals have been. Table-tennis touraments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also help pass the time.
So if you want to be a cowboy you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. Not only do you learn about how to be responsible you also get to see the world and have fun with your other fellow cowboys. Most importantly, you help people which makes you feel good! | 3 |
538f361 | Venus is one of the closest planet to Earth, second in comparison to Mars who switches that role every once in a while. Venus is considered to be one of the most Earth-like planets that is in our solar system and many scientists want to know more about this treturous planet. Venus has its downs even though the planet is always being looked at for exploration, the conditions can not be survived by humans, but even so NASA is still working on different solutions to get there.
The "Evening Star", Venus, in our solar system is the brightest star in the Earth's sky bringing curosity to many of the scientists working at NASA. These people want to explore Venus and all it has to offer but there are some drawbacks. The passage talks about how every past mission, unmanned, sent to Venus has failed and no spacecraft has survived for more than a few hours in this toxic environment. Not to mention the not a single spacecraft has touched down on the surface of Venus in almost three decades. The planet Venus might at one time have been the closest planet to Earths conditions known to man, and from what scientists do know Venus has rocky sediment which shows signs of valleys, mountains, and craters. Although scientists continue to have an interest in this dangerous planet there are some key factors of how this planet can not be explored.
Venus has an environment that humans can not live on because of how extreme the conditions are. The atmoshpere on Venus is about 97 percent carbon dioxide which is not compatible with human life as well as the clouds that are made of corrosive sulfuric acid. This combination makes it almost impossible for light to enter the planet. The average temperature on the ground of Venus it around 800 degrees on any given day, which is almost 10x hotter than the warmest places on Earth. This is the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system. These conditions on the ground of Venus are even more dangerous than any submarine going into the deepest part of the ocean, so hot that most metals would liquify. It is hard to even conjuor how NASA is even going to begin to think of an idea as to how to get some type of spacecraft up to Venus.
Even though the conditions are deadly to humans NASA is still working on ideas of how to study Venus, and they have some ideas. Scientists have studied simple electronics made of silicon carbide to help with preventing the heat from damaging the expensive technology within, but with testing the spacecraft would only last about a week on the surface of the planet. Another theory originates with technology used in World War ll and has computors that aren't as technologically advanced but can still produce viable information. These computors are made up of gears and levers in order to write up important information. The strong metals in the older computers are proven to hold up better against harsher weather conditions over the tin mostly used on newer forms of electronics. The latest theory, and the one that may just work, is to create a flying mode of transportation in order to keep the technology from touching Venus's hot surface. Putting the craft up into the air about thrity miles makes the conditions almost the same as if they were on the Earths surface. These strong ideas of how scientists may study this hazordous shows how new and better ideas can develop in the future.
Understanding different planets in our solar system may be able to help with how we take care of the one we currently live on. The exploration of Venus may become a true and not as daunting task with our scientists persistence in curiousity of the harsh planet. Being that Venus is at some points the closest planet to the Earth it is important for humans to understand what it has to offer, after all it is called Earths "twin planet." | 4 |
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