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59eaef5 | The Evening Star At Night
The Venus is closest planet to Earth in therms of density and size. Venuse's challenge our planet to study and proximity to us abiut the Venus. Venus is one of the brightest point of light in the sky from our planet and second planet from our sun.
And some people said often referred to as Earth twin Venues has samepeed as our Earth and its more hotter than our planet. Many issues explain why not sigle speaceship has touchdown on Venues in more than three times. Venues is around the corner-in space terms humen have time right spaceship has decades.
Venues, Earth, and mars, and our neighbor planetary, orbit the sun at different speed, different of this mean sometimes we are close to Mars and some we close to Venues more than Mars this how work our planet and our neighnor planet in the darkness powerful earthquakes, frequent lightning, strikes to probes sekking to the land, and invisible things. The Evening Star can be our nearest potion from a planetary visit, Thre Venues of returning to the values seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a
missions bouth safe and scientifically production. Our NASA has complete one of the complling idea for sending humen to study Vens, NASA solution to hostile conditions on the surface of Venus allow scientis to float about fray, In a imagine a blimp like vehicle houring 30 or miles above the roiling venusing landscape, just as jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storm.
Venues studying up and out of their way at the thirty-plus miles above bove planrt can't penetrate the dense atmosphere or rendering standard form photograph dense athmosphere, more importantly, researcher posible to take penetrate the dense, and rending standard froms of photo graf. Therefor scientists seeking to conduction misson hope to under stand Venues should need for het uo close and depite risks. May be we might thinks of challengers, researchers are working in innovations that allow our march to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to work for Venues. NASA is still studying on Venues from 1940 during world war II thought of computers existing on that day may shocking, thise devices makes by using gerars or lerers do not electronics at all the times. For example some simplified electronics made of silicon carnbidre been tested chamber simulation that chaos Venues surfaceand have last for weeks in contion. By sysetems have use mechicanbe made more pressyre, heat, and other forces. Our travels on this Earth and beyond should not limited my danger or expanded meet very of imagaination.
Striving meet challenge by Venues has values not only of insight tobe gained on the planet iself, finally human couriosity will like lead us into many equally endeavors.
The Venues was the most hostest planet in and one of the bright planet we can see from outfrom our planet but its not enought to merorise we do not know about how is side the Venues work like our Earth. | 3 |
59ebcf6 | Cars were created to transport humans to their desired destination. I see no need for driverless cars when cars were ment to be driven. Why do we need driverless cars anyway, we don't know how reliable the technology is, the driver still has to remain alert, and no one knows who to blame when someone gets hurt.
Computers crash everyday, elevators breakdown, escalators stop escalating. Technology breaksdown. If all of these things can happen everyday who's to say something like that won't happen to these cars. The brakes could stop you right in the middle of a busy intersection or the Google car wakes you only 2 seconds before you run into a semi-truck. "For the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel", exactly they "mimic" humans which is unreliable.
What is the point of a driverless car if the human driver has to stay awake. The only reason one could see a driverless car as useful is if they were only created so that the passanger could sleep. This also means that the cars aren't equipped to handle difficult situations and if they aren't advanced enough to handle that, then they shouldn't be allowed on the streets. "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." What if you are a deep sleeper and you don't hear the warning?. You would die, that's what would happen.
"It's your fault!" "No, it's your fault." That is what judges across the country, across the world would be hearing if the driverless car went to market and had an accident. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" Who is at fault, the person who made the car that malfunctioned or the person who interviened trying to save themselves and the car only to have it backfire, making things worse? This would then lead to a long trial draining both parties of a lot of money. Why would anyone put themselves through that? Just so they don't have to drive themselves places?
People should not subject themselves to a product run on unreliable technology, that keeps you awake, and leaves you bankrupt at the end of the day. There are other luxuries in life that come with less conditions. Try them because continuing the development of driverless cars is pointless. | 4 |
59ec7e2 | Many people think studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, meaning by studying Venus, you have to face it's danger or difficult times but it's a worth of try. In ''The Challange of Exploring Venus'', the author also suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the text it says that Venus is simple to see from the distant and it's safe vantage point of Earth so this might be the reason why Scientists and Astronomers are so curious to study about Venus so do i.
The author says "Despite the dangers it presents", because humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world but none of the spacecraft survived more than a few hours. This makes Venus reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study so does the author. Astronomers, authors and scientists are facinated just by knowing the fact about Venus.
The author did said that studying Venus is worthy, In the article it says "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface". This is usefull for everyone so this might be the first reason why the author says that studying Venus is worthy. The next reason why the author said this is because Venus may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, this is worth a try in despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
59ed27b | Venus may have some dangers. The author think's venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Here are some things you should know about Venus. Venus may be called " Evening Star ". The Evening star is one of the brightest point of light in the sky. Even though Venus is called a Star it's actually a planet. Venus is the secound planet from the sun.
It being close to the sun makes it hard to examine closely.
Venus may be very challenging to get around or to beable to find more out about. Venus is the closest to the earth. Venus is like a cloud-draped world. One of the dangers of Venus is it being cloud-draped because humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus. No spacecraft lasted the landing more than a few hour if that.
A reason Venus is a dangerous place is the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. Venus has challenging clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we feel on our own planet. How we know this informaiton can help understand that the author thinks venus has some dangers on it. For example , " These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth ; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. "
Venus would be a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because Venus was once the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Venus used to be covered with largely oceans and may have supported various forms of life. To this day Venus has some features that are analogous to those on earth. Venus surface is a rocky sediment. Venus also has some familiar features such as valleys , moutains and craters.
This concludes how the author think's that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus may be harmful to humans but at one point Venus was just like our home. Venus once has forms of life like we do today on planet earth. Venus might be something interesting but the danger's is what keep's us from landing. | 3 |
59f0d46 | Driverless cars can be unsafe to many people, but there are people who support the idea 100%.
Seregy Brin states," he envisions a future with a public transportaion system where fleets of driverless cars from a public-transport taxi systtem. The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus". Since the car will be driving around with no human driver and offer a wider range of transportaion, then, that could lead to many harmful occurances. There have been many things that were technology based that were not the safest thing to have. A stove magically catching on fire is one example but another example could be a plane crash due to malfunctions and not because it was shot down by another country. If the car has to tel the driver that he or she needs to take over then the car is not needed." They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues". There are so many downfalls to having driverless cars that there does not need to be any type of driverless cars on the street.
If there were to be driverless cars in the near future then no one would have to drive anymore , but some people may not have the money nor the right resources to go and buy a car that drives itself. Many people would be terrified by the idea of a driverless car because the idea has not been around for hundreds of years. Some ideas are not worth sharing with the rest of the world. To have a hightech car such as the driverless car means, it would have to be as smart as a human driver to uphold those type of responsibilities. if Google can create a smart technological car that can drive a car the way a human coould then there could be some exceptions made.
Many people agree with the making of the car because ti will relieve alot of things and no ne will have to worry about driving 15 hours to another state becasue, the new and improved car will do all of that on its own. The traumatic thing about that is, there can be glitches and the car can freeze. The car could glitch, or, freeze in the middle of the road and create a terirble accident that could lead to death. ther are too many negative outcomes towards the car , that, changing the world that much right now, or, even in the near future is too much to try, and handle. There are too many other things going on in the world then to worry about making a car that does not need a human driver to operate it. Even if the car is made correctly , many people will not have money to pay for it. Other than safety there are other things to worry about such as exspenses. then after exspenses ,how much mooney wil be going into having enough supply, product, and inventory for many people to have the car. Then, they would have to worry about how much fuel the car would need, or how much elecricity the car would need in order to be operated. People try to come up with differnt ways to make so much money, they try to make it seem like they are right in what they are doing but in all reality some things can be a joke. The driverless car tempts death. the car does not sound too convincing for many people to pay for it .
Although, in many peoples mind, the idea of a driverless car seems to be more efficient, does not mean it is more safe. The driverless car can change the world really quickly and it can change the world into being alot worst than what it is. The next invention might be robots for every household, and that can lead to many downfalls. The driverless car is inspiring many other ideas that are not safe . What can be depicted from the passage is, that, transportaion isses will be handled more efficiently. Anyone who is in their right mind would not buy such a product. Risking many epoples lives just so that an "interesting' product is out on the streets is not an idea that needs to be supported at all. | 4 |
59f3a62 | A studying of a Venus is a worthy persuit despite danger because the authors explain many things about Venus and how Venus is also one of the brightest points in the night sky. The authors provide that Venus is actually a planet and Venus is
the scond planet from our sun in solar system. The author supports the ideas very well by explaining how they works and how challenging.
This is a challenging exploring because the author provide the texts from the article is that "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.'' This is shown that it is challenging for us human to explorings. Some of the reasons it is challenging because for a good reason there was no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours and why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Venus has the hottest surface tempperature of any planet in our solar system. I believe that Venus is a challenging planet for us humans to study and not easy conditions but we are still trying.
This is not going to be easy for us to studying that but we are still trying to exploring about our Venus. Venus is like our planet because the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes fimiliar features such as valleys, moutains, and craters. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and they could supported various from of life. I believe that we can be try to studying about Venus and try to learn about it because in the articles is saids that "Many researchers are working on innvations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." This show that we have a chances to study about our Venus.
This exploring challenge can worthy because NASA is working on the other approaches to studying Venus. They are trying to create machines that can be resistant and the ideas that they trying to recreate is from the old technology called mechanical computers. The mechanical computer is a devices that can make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. The ideas of NASA is to create part of machines that can resistant of pressure, heat , and other forces. I believe this is going to be succed for us to study venus even though it is going to be cahllenging for us. If the recreation is succed we can exploring and learn about the Venus and our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers. | 3 |
59f4b9a | BANG! Imagine youself in a car, driving at a fast rate, and used as a test monkey. The author that wrote the story "Driveless Cars Are Coming" is very persuasive, and I agree with him throughout it all. He gave very interesting facts on how some states are saying it's illegal that companies test computer driven cars.
I also think that them states thats saying its illegal is crazy, because their basically saying they rather have people drive and test them out. In paragraph 9, they don't know if anything will go wrong with the manufature. They could end up dead up dead for all they know. The author really gives detail when he wrote this. It is a possibillity that we'll have driveless cars they way where going.
In Paragraph 2, the author tells us about how in all these movies we have with flying cars and what they can do with these cars on television can end up happening in real life. I agree with that also, because with the technology we have now, is just crazy. We going crazy with the technology. So imagine if they put all that technology into cars, we'll be having flying cars right now. We already have cars that can park on they on.
Me agreeing with the author, i couldnt have said it better than what he said because he gave so much detail and research about the cars we have now. he even stated that google has had cars that could drive independently under specific condition since 2009. SOO! Just think about it, we all the way in 2016 technology got better and they started investiong more technology into these cars. I even have an exampl, THe BMW I8 thats the most futuristic car youll ever see right now. That car has everything. so much money and technology was invested into the car, critics say once you get it its like stepping into the future.
Another thing the author gave readers that was really good, is when they first started making computer driven cars. which was in the 1950's, that let us know when they first realized they should start making smart cars or cars that can go on thier own. In the passage, the author gives us hints on where to look just incase it falls in that category. He gave fact's in each category about whats going on or whats being built. So yeah, I agree with the author one-hundred percent because he gave a wonderful agrument and it was very persuasive to me and i couldnt have said it better. | 2 |
59f5500 | Driveress cars have developed a lot in advancing to their purpose, but it doesnt actually replace the driver. Many cars have been developed and tested to see if driverless cars reduce the amount of accidents. Accidents will always be something that will have to be considered. I do not support driverless cars because there will be argumental faultry when it comes to an accident, drivers actually have to be more dependent on the car, and the price of the car would not be accessible at first.
Who is really to blame for accidents that happen by driverless cars? Manufacturers certainly do not want to be blamed for something they did not do, but they did make the car. The driver does not want to be blamed for an accident that the "driver"less car did. If driverless cars are to actually happen, there will be a lot more lawsuits coming to the manufacturer becauase they did not actually follow through with the meaning of driverless cars. That is to be said that the manufacturer has to tell the buyer of the car all of the components that actually need to be taken into place to resist from getting into an accident. Therefore, if the driver actually has to do work to resist a "driverless" car from getting into an accident, then what is the point of buying a car that you will have to watch over and make sure no accidents actually occur?
Drivers now are actually driving the cars, meaning they are in control. When the driver is in control, they only have to watch over thereselves andthe driving of others. Defensive driving has been the tactic for many years to resist accidents. What would it be for driverless cars? To resist any accident you actually need to make sure your car is doing the right thing. The driver knows exactly how to drive and the calls to make when certain situations come into place, but the car does not really know much other than the computer telling it what to do when those situations come into action. Even in some situations, the car still needs help to carry out actions that need to take place. Driverless cars will not be driverless if the driver still needs to take actions for the car. People would not want their car to stop in the middle of a highway because their car does not know how to respond when another car is trying to merge into the same lane. There will always be flaws in the making for driverless cars. People now do not trust much on technology to take over their lives. Families are probably not going to buy these cars from the lack of reliability they have on computers and trusting a car with their family. Therefore, it should not be called driverless cars in the driver still needs to look after themselves and the car. People would rather just buy a normal car for which they can be in control and know they will not be getting into an accident.
Accidents are expensive, lawsuits are expensive, driverless cars will be expensive. With all the technology a driverless car would have, the price will go up. The technology is pricey itself, practically the whole car is made up of sensors and computers. Who is the driverless car targetting? The whole aspect of driverless cars is expensive. First off, these cars are not coming lower than hundred thousand dollars. Second of all, families normally target cars sixty thousand dollars and lower.
Third of all, everyday cars are making advancements meaning the prices of cars are not getting lower. It makes it hard for a family of four or five to try to buy a car with many advancements. It seems that the target group for driverless cars are mostly the upper class. Everday, prices go up or down, but driveless cars seems like another toy for the rich to have.
In conclusion, driverless cars does not seem like a good idea. Drivers are always going to be arguing with manufacturers, they are not given a leisure time, and they might not be able to afford them. Sometimes humans need to take matter into their own hands and not rely on technology for the rest of their lives. Driverless cars just seems to be one of them. | 5 |
59f5bcf | I think driveless cars are a positive thing today. Driveless cars are helping our future and making things a lot better for us now. Techology is being put to great use now with driveless cars.
The reason i think driveless cars are a positive thing is because they are helping save lives. The driveless cars are helping save lives everyday. The more techology we have, the better the cars become. They have alerts and different things to make sure the driveer knows what is going on and help to try avoid accidents from happening. For example BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant."
Driveless cars Can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. These are great things to have on a car to makes things a lot easier and safer for others and yourself.
The driveless cars are just an enhancement for humans and to help keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safer now. | 2 |
59fb41f | Intro
Do you want a messed up system to control who is voted for president, or would you want to vote for who becomes president? In my favor, I would choose the most popular vote for president. In my defense people should vote for president and not have higher ranked people vote for president. To be clear with you,
The Electoral College should not be used.
Would you want to vote for who becomes president?
I would love to vote for who would become president. Why would you let people that do not live the life you live vote for you, you need to vote for who you think will be a great president for you.
For EX.
I'm living in a retirement home and I cant pay for my dentures I would need to vote for a president that allows charity for retirement homes. different people need different presidents we all can't have a different president so we all need one that we all agree on. people living in the white house do not know what we want so why would you want them to vote.
Would you use
The Electoral College
?
I would love to vote for who would become president. Why would you let people that do not live the life you live vote for you, you need to vote for who you think will be a great president for you.
For EX.
I'm living in a retirement home and I cant pay for my dentures I would need to vote for a president that allows charity for retirement homes. different people need different presidents we all can't have a different president so we all need one that we all agree on. people living in the white house do not know what we want so why would you want them to vote.
Which statement sounds resonable?
voting for president is more reasonable. to me thats what i say. | 2 |
59fd54d | Venus is a place that is close to the sun. Scientists say that it is the twins with earth. The thick atmosphere is 3% shy from being all carbon dioxide, as stated in paragrahp 3. Yes, it is every hot in the plant. It is the hottest plant in our solar system. It averages just over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than plant earth. If scientists say that's are twin planet. Why do they
discuss further visits to its surface. Venus looks like a rocky mountainy place. Venus probably was covered largely with oceans and could have supported carious forms of life! Venus would not be easy place to live, but it is survivable. Yes, it would be hotter. Way hotter. NASA claims that its working on other appriaches to study Venus. Last time Venus was looked at was during the 1940's. When World War ll was happening. Scientists stay that Venus is first place to look at when in look for a new home. I don't how that's possible if the surface is so hot in the plant. | 1 |
5a04f5d | I think it is a good idea because if someone is feeling like he or she wans to kill their selves that the computer will pick it up and you can get help for that person. Then you can tell if someon is having a good day and you can joke around a little. If you could tell if someone was not happy you could try to do something to make them happy. It can tell you six basic emotions. It can pick up on a lot of your emotions. It can help you figer out what you are felling. If you find out what your friend is feeling you could help them feel different. If someone is strugling with depression you could find it out with your computer and then tell them that you know what they are going through and that they need to go talk to a person who can help them cope with their depression. I think it would be fun to just expirement on people to see if they like me or not. The computer is able to take a picture of you and tell what you are feeling by looking at your face muscle. | 2 |
5a091fb | Why do we vote? We vote so we can choose a candidate that we can trust to make the best decisions for our country. But what's the point of voting if we have an Electoral College. We are not actually voting to ellect a president, we are voting for electors, who elect the president. The Elecotral College should be shut down, because everyone should have their right to vote for who they they want to vote for, not have electors do it for them.
"Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." This shows that more than half the voters, would rather just vote the president instead of having the Electoral College do it for them. "This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency." This means that the President who gets the most popular votes is less likely to win over the electors votes. It seems like the electors are never agreeing with people's votes because, usually the popular vote never wins. But the Electoral College should stay up for certain reasons.
"The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution." The Electoral College helps with a certain percentage of people who aren't giving the best decisions on the candidate they are choosing. But that still doesn't mean that people shouldn't have their right to vote for who they think is best candidate. It should be the people's decision on who they want to vote for, not the electors. There would be no reason to vote if the people's vote don't really mean anything.
People should have their right to vote for who they think is best. That is why people are given the right to vote. The Electoral College just takes that right away. Presidents who win because of electoral votes, are not fairly chosen because, not many voters agreed on him, the electors did. The candidate that won popular votes, should be President, because most people agree on him and his choices. Let the people's votes count toward presidency. | 3 |
5a0a6e7 | There is a saying that goes as this; "You can't make everyone happy." One would typically use this saying if an action they make improves the situation for one person, but creates a worse situation for another. However, if Professor Thomas Huang's new 'Facial Action Coding System' proves to be what he says it can be, then Huang believes that there actually is a way to make everyone happy, even in the school setting. The implementation of technology able to read the emotional expressions of children in the classroom is valuable for both the teachers and the students.
Inside a school classroom, there is no doubt that it is hard to please everyone. Therefor, when a student becomes disengaged from the lesson, they often become bored and fall behind in the class. After-all, all students learn differently, so it is inevitable that some of the students will become disengaged. However, with his new technology, Professor Huang predicts that the "classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson" (Paragraph 6). With this technology implemented, anytime a student starts to fall behind during the lesson, the computer could make slight adjustments to the teacher's plans to help redirect the student back on track. It is common knowledge that the more a student falls behind in a class, the harder it becomes to catch up, which in turn makes the student fall behind even more. It is a viscious cycle that all stems from a day of not paying attention that could be averted by this technology.
This technology could also help both students and teachers in a long-term manner. In paragraph 7 of the article, it is revealed that this new technology could "even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one" (Paragraph 7). Say there is a classroom without an emotion-sensing computer. In the classroom there is a student who, behind the fake smile is dealing with something that they cannot tackle on their own. The teacher never notices, and the child goes on without help. Now imagine if there was a computer in that class. Once it sensed the troubling expressions on the child's face, it could flag down the teacher and alert him or her to the students problem, resulting in the child getting the counceling he or she needs. In an extreme case, this classroom technology could end up saving a life.
The amount of improvement a classroom could see if this technology was implemented correctly would be immeasurable. The system could prevent students from falling behind in class because they cannot relate to how the teacher is teaching, and the technology could see through fake expressions hiding more troubled thoughts. With this sort of system, it may actually be possible to "make everyone happy." | 5 |
5a0b24e | The author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify human emotions sould be valuable. I would want to see people's different emotions from the face from the past and today. This could be a new science technology that we ever made. It's just like a math and science subject, but trying to figure out more of different people's emotions. They could be angry or happy or have any other emotions.
This technology would be great for school education, maybe in college. It could be a new subject for a science class. For these six emotions for the class, it would be a great class to pass a high school class. Doing this is pretty cool to do. Out of all the science classes and math classes it could prove that emotions for humans would be great.
That is what we should do for the future science class talking about emotions. It would be great for it to pass a science class in high school, or college. | 2 |
5a0f5fb | Curiosity is a particular trait in human haracter. We seek evolution so we need to conquer and explore foreign land for beneficial items or sciences. The author claims that study Venus is worth the risk, because we get new theories and formulas that cannot be possible on Earth's atmosphere, we may have insight into what the future of earth may potentially look like,and, we are forced to challenge our imagination and mental capabilities to the fullest while on this conquest.
As advanced as the earth's formulas and theories are; there are still unexplained phenomenons in this world of ours. There are unexplained answers to mysteries that dormant on earth and the answers may not even be located on this planet. "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance" The author claims that undersanding Venus needs research, and, a success in the research could bring good tidings our way.
"Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" The author makes a point about how Venus may have once been like Earth with the oceans and landscape. But now Venus is not even accesible without years or decades of technological advancement at work. Understanding and conquering may hint some clues as to what triggered such an evolution in our sister planet. Knowing what triggered that evolution would be beneficial to us because then we can avoid it or we can work towards it.
"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" The mind is vast and needs to be filled up. One of our most redeeming qualities as humans humans is the power of the mind or imagination. We are able to visualize things as we wish they were and that is a quality that should never be lost. With such a vast mind; why fill it up with on things we are no longer curious about. Rather, we should explore the unexplored and conquer the unconquered because our minds are on top of the food chain and they should stay at that.
The author claims that the challenges and risks needed to conquer venus is well worth the risk. We do recieve and satisfy our cravings with imperialism and conquering. | 4 |
5a1d913 | "Our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". Studying Venus is a worthy worth wild task despite the dangers that it involves. There are many positive things that may come out of exploring our dear neighbor Venus inlcluding how it might have once been just like Earth.
Venus was once just like earth researchers have found many Earth like evidence to support this claim. Venus may have been fillwed with oceans once just like how we have them here. This planet may have had various form of life whether it be the tiniest things. Today there is still much evidence that can give off it has Earth type atmosphere. Such as the rocky sediments, the valleys, and the mountains. This way if we were to pursuit Venus we could cope with what we already know on about our planet Earth and how we have similar structures. It would be a worthy idea also because they have volcanoes and earthquakes some things we on earth have as well. We would be able to do this and discover if Venus was just like Earth.
Venus can be a worthy pursuit because since it is not a far away planet we would be able to travel their with an advantage of it being close to Earth. Going to Venus would also be a the nearest option for a planetary visit as well. With not a single spacecraft touching Venus in 3 decades going back and replanning the visit to Venus would be a mega shock to others. Like as said in the paragraph Venus is around the same size and density of Earth so this would give our fellow space people a similarity of what Earth is like but in hotter and a bit more extreme troposphere.
With the improvement of technology we could have spacecrafts succefully land on Venus surface. Giving technology an area to expand as well this can also see what technology can do for us more in the future. NASA has been working on a electronic that could stay up till three weeks in the tempature of what Venus approxiametly is which is around eight-hundred degrees fahrenheit. This could give us the chance to send a spacecraft to Venus and see what we could find that relates to things here in Earth. So, yeah technology is a big part of this pursuit.
Wrapping it up the pursuit to Venus would be challenging but we could soon enough get there. The positive things and the excitement of what Venus may contain makes this something worthy of going and exploring what Venus has for us. There are some dangerous things about it such as the hot tempature but with the right technology I believe it is a worthy trip. | 4 |
5a1e507 | Exploring the unknown "great frontier" of space has always captivated the minds of many people. Recently, there has been a lot of talk at orginazations like NASA and SpaceX about sending a man to Mars. In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author writes about how studying Venus is a worty endeavor despite the dangers. The author supports this idea very well by describing the dangers of Venus and explaining the lengths groups like NASA have to go to in order to make it past these challenges.
First, the author supports the idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit by describing, in great detail, the challenges of exploring Venus. In the article, the author talks about the many dangers on and around Venus. For example, the article states "...temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." By using these details about the dangers of Venus, the author is able to support his idea, because the reader is able to understand how dangerous it is to explore Venus
Next, the author further supports his claim by explaining why groups like NASA want to explore Venus. In the article, the author claims the reasons scientists want to explore Venus are "...[Venus] may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The author also says "...[Venus] could have supported various forms of life" and "The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable..." These excerpts from the article help the author support his claim very well by comparing the reasons for exploring Venus with the dangers of doing so.
In conclusion, the author does a very good job of supporting his claim by describing the dangers in great detail and then comparing these dangers to the reasons people still want to explore the planet. In doing so, the author is able to effectively communicate with the reader about why NASA continutes to try to explore Venus. In the future, this article could inspire future scientists to come up with a new way to explore the surface of Venus. | 4 |
5a1f872 | In my opinion i think that driverless cars are a waste of time and they are also a waste of money and besides that half the people in america make minimum wage and would never even be able to afford one because they would be really expensive because they would have alot of technology so that they would be able to drive without a driver
One of the main problems with these driverless caars is that what if you were to get into a car wreck while havin the auto-pilot on and alot of damage is done to the other persons ar who would take the blame for it the driver or the company that made the car,there would have to be alot of new laws made going towards the driverless car like what happens if the gets into a wreck when its on auto-pilot
Another thing is how would the cars be able to know when they were at a red light or a stop sighn or in a constructin zone and how would the cars know how to talk to eachother and tell other cars around them thatr they are about to turn or something or when they are about to come to a stop there would have to be alot of sensors on the car and there you go again wating more money on something that is pointless but thats just my opinion | 2 |
5a22a42 | The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) machine developed by Dr. Paul Eckman is turning the tides of facial expression recognition. It is able to distinguish individual expressions such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness which humans can find hard to do making it vital to being infused into the use of schools. Teachers would be able to learn more of their students and improve on their curriculums in order to satisfy the needs of their students. The FACS machine would be able to tell whether a student is lying, needs emotional support and help, and see whether they understand the lesson or not making the machine essential to school life.
When it comes to school, students will not always tell the truth. They may lie about not doing their homework or be untruthful about whether they were involved in a fight. The FACS machine could solve that issue as it is able to determine whether someone is lying or not based on their expression which is stated in the quote," 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." This machine is able to examine the details of one's face to find out if they are lying or not. It examines the key traits of each specific emotion and if they are not meant, that is how it knows whther the truth has been told or not. Students will no longer bee able to weasel their way out of punishment due to their superior lying skills as the FACS machine is able to see through the lies. This is not the only thing this machine can do though for schools.
This mechanism is able to determine the emotions of a student and see if they need help or not. It can read a total of six emotions with some branches coming off of those emotions. The six emotions are stated in the quote," Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness - and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." The machine is able to determine whether a student is in distress or not thus telling the teacher to help the student out with the problem that they are facing. The teacher would be able to help the student cope and deal with their emotional sadness or anger and tell them how to deal with it in order to assist them in getting through it. This is not the end though of what this incredible machine can do for a school.
Students may not understand a lesson and are having troubles getting through it. SInce humans find the task of reading emotions diffficult, a teacher may not be able to see this and help the student out but this machine can deal with that problem too. How the machine deals with this horrible issue is state in the statement," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This quote shows how the FACS mechanism would be able to tell if a student is bored which would signal the teacher to modiffy the lesson in order for it to be better understood. Students would no longer have to complain about not understanding their homework or curriculum. This would allow for better grades and better lives for the students in the future.
In conclusion, the FACS machine would be essential to the lives of students in a classroom. Teachers would b able to make the experience of school even better than it is already and easier than it is already. No student would have to struggle anymore which is key to the success of a school as everyone would learn greatly and effecttively. The machine would deal with the problems of whether a student is telling the truth or not, whether a student is in need of emotional support or not, and whether a student needs help understanding the curriculum and lesson that they are learning. | 6 |
5a245d7 | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Nowdays exploring new planets is not such a crazy idea as it was 100 or 1000 years ago. Exploring new planets can be our new, huge step in science. What planet should we visit first? Maybe Venuse?
Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" and Mars are the closest planets to Earth. It is logical to see them as planets to visit.Earth is located between Venus and Mars. There are no common climate, temperature, content of atmosphere, its thickness and etc. We need technologies, resourses and a lot of money to sponsor this project. It would be hard to visit another planet. Hard, but possible. Should we visit "Evening star? Is this hardship worthy the result? Woud our sister planet be hospitable for us? There questions that author answers are very actual. Would The National Aerounautics and Space Administrarion actually sent humans to study Venus? Are we able to participate such a big challenge?
Authors absolutelly, possitively agree that we are. Venus or the "Evening Star" absolutely worthy to visite despice the hardship. | 2 |
5a26bdd | The reason I think people should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboy program is because you go places where you will probably never get to see. If you do sign up for the program you will get to take care of animals,clean stallls and,water and feed them,I think it would be good for the kids to get out of there normal rutine on their phones,video games. I think it would be an amazing experience just because i love people and helping them would make me feel better if I just helped one person. That will get you places in life if you help people in need, it makes you feel good about yourself. That is the reason i think people should sign up for the program.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an adventure opportunity of a lifetime. This paragraph is filled details that agrue with people who don't want to go to Europe on a cattle boat to Europe.
The reason I want people to go on a cattle boat and trasnport animals,food and,water for the nedding people, is because I want people to get out and explore the world and see what is going on around them, and get off there phones and ipads. People need to get see more than just there phone screenand explore, like The Amazon, the jungles that are in Jamica and everywhere like that. I think it would be good for people to get out, even if you don't have enough money. Still get out of the house and explore. That is why I want people to get out more and sign up for the a Seagoing Cowboy program. | 2 |
5a2a58f | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. The article is mainly about whether not driverless cars will or will not be useful in the future. Driverless cars may be useful in the future but there are both positive and negative aspects of these cars.
Positive aspects stated directly from the article is that the sensors of the cars will be more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. In paragraph 4 it states that " Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." This is important imformation that highly supports the positve aspect of driverless cars.
Although driverless cars are advanced but there are also negative aspects of these smart cars. In paragraph 7 most of driverless cars are listed and it directly states that, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. 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 the work zones and aroung accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the drivers's attention whenever a problem occurs. GM had developed driver's seats the vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under considerations are flashing lights on the windshields and other heads-up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." These are the main negative aspects of driverless cars.
In my opinion I am for the development of these cars. Because we had come so far with technology, so far that most technology seem nearly impossible. I believed that in a few years from here that the will have driverless cars perfect with no negative aspects. Because soon enough we wouldn't need to remain completely focused and wait for your turn to drive. So far driverless cars have many negative aspects but those negative aspects are decreasing because we are finding ways to help make driverless cars advanced.
Driverless cars will be amazing once it is perfect with no negative aspects. We are just waiting for the law to approve driverless cars. Driverless cars may have positive and negative aspects but I believe we can have these car perfect in just a few more years. | 4 |
5a3698b | The Electoral College is not a place but a process. The Electoral College process consists of the slection of the electors. the electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
" Its official : the eclectoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." The electoral college is not fair to voters even at the most basic level. Some states dont even get to see the candidates because they dont spend any time in states they know they dont have a chance of winning in. During the 2000 compaign seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all because of the winner- take- all system.
The electoral college does restore some of the weight in the political balance in large states. Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over sixty percent would perfer a direct vote than have the elctoral college vote also. The vote could be very close even if one candidate wins by much in the popular vote due to the presidency vote. If there was a tie in the electoral vote the election would be thrown to the House of Represenstatives. Instead of all that work if there was only a popular vote it would be quick and simple.
Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a singke ad campaign because the candidates didnt think they could win there. "If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidnecy in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it....".
The best arguments in favor of the electoral college not being good are mostly assertions withiout much basis in reality. Electoral college is a process which is irrational, unfair and outdated. | 3 |
5a3d282 | Venus has been a planet neighboring the Earth and the Sun for many years. There has been many discoveries about the planet Venus and about other planets too. More discoveries can be made in order to figure out how we can live on other planets and also other discoveries for Venus can be made.
Venus is called the Evening Star due to the fact that it is very bright when seen. Venus is the second planet in our solar system and it is almost as bright like the sun, when a stargazer looks up to the sky they can see our planet venus because it is easy to spot for a couple reasons. One beinging it is bright and the second it is close to our moon. The Moon and Venus can be considered twins, they are close in size, and it is close to our Earth but it is also close to the Moon. Venus is a warm planet not nearly as hot as the Sun but somewhere around there, so if huamns were sent up to space to live on Venus they wouldn't survive. There is no water in Venus it is just hot and lots of lava.
Over the years NASA has tried to send spacecraft up to Venus. They haven't been succesful due to the fact that it's so hot on Venus, every spacecraft ever sent has only lasted a couple hours. Not a single human has even been on Venus, they wouldn't want to risk someones life if a spacecraft cant survive than a human wouldn't be able to survive. Venus is truly a difficult planet for humans to study, not a single space ship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Planet venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide, the temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit that is extremely hot, that is 90 times greater than what we experince on Earth. We would think that Mercury would be a hotter planet due to the fact that it is closer to the Sun but it turns out it's not.
Even though Venus is a hard planet to study scientist haven't given up yet. They are willing to do everything that is possible in order to find out more about it, scientist still want to visit the planet. Scientists say that Venus at one point was the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, it probably had Oceans on it, Valleys and even mountains. Scientists are still developing new technology to send humans up into Venus so they can study it and find out more about the planet. They have even thought about designing something that allows astronauts to float on Venus so they dont have to be on Venus, that way they wont get burned.
In Conclusion, more discoveries can be made in order to figure out how we can live on other planets and many more discoveries for Venus can be made. Many things are still being tested in order for us to find out more about our planet. Scientist aren't going to give up until they get some clear shots, there may be some difficulties during the process but it will totally be worth it. Nasa is working on other approaches to study Venus, some simplified eletronics have been made to make it easier to study Venus. These eletronics will be easy to use so scientist can make further discoveries but also study the planet without getting hurt. | 3 |
5a3eba0 | Cars have become an important part of our world. From their rising fame came consequences that effected our daily lives and our enviornment. Limiting car use can have advantages, like reducing greenhouse gasses and making ones community better to live in.
By limiting car usage, the amount of greenhouse gasses- gasses produced by exaust, carbon dioxide, etc.- would be reduced. Greenhouse gasses effect the ozone layer of the earths atmosphere and that in turn effects the health of everyone breathing in the earths oxygen. Greenhouse gasses, albiet the healthy sounding name, is not good for people or the enviornment. By limiting car usage, people can put a dent in the amount of greenhouse gasses being produced. "Passenger cars are responsible for for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" (5) This means people can change the world by simply reducing their car usage.
Changing the way one lives can change the way they look at life. Some people in the community of Vauban have found happiness just by reducing their car usage. "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two" (3) In this community people get to experience walking down the street, hearing people instead of the constant sound of a running car. "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway." The people living in the community don't have to go out of their way to buy something when they can just walk down the street and purchase it. The town of Vauban entertains the choice of effeciency and health over inconvienence and unsafe air.
Limiting car useage can have many advantages, like reducing greenhouse gasses and making one's community better. Although cars are convienent the people in the town of Vauban would rather live in a reduced car community. | 4 |
5a40c03 | Have you ever thought about the future? As a day gose by we have to start think about what will today be in 10 years from now. i can picture my self getting into a car that has automatic opeing doors and the car driving it self. We are living in a society where new thing are being made every day, just like the new cool hoverbored.
There are many pros to the new invention people are coming out with. Several of the ones i have herd are about how they will make life a lot easier. For example look at the new hover bored, a flat surface that can move right left back forward yes this make life easier but it also effects us. You could be walking places that will give you good extercise.
When you take a look at car driving themselfs that is kinda scary though. just imagen what could happen if the car took a wrong turn and there was a big trailer coming that could be your last day alive. We see on televison and movies that have long been fascinted with cas that could drive themselves but that is all but in reality that is all fanticy made by a computer. this world has taken it a step to far on how we are just being here for nothing why dont we just have computer do everything. Because that is what it looks like.
In conclusion I feel that this is a very hard topic to arrgue about beuase yes I would like to make life easier but at the same time I want it to be safe. I feel like we should be take life nice and slow and more car driving on there own for a bit firther in the future. | 2 |
5a41f05 | Do you think that a computer can read how u feel? Can it be some sort of help to you in school? My answer is yes it can, enhancement in technology is happening sooner and sooner. They started with a system called " FACS". FACS is known for "facial action coding system". The creator of FACS is Dr. Paul Eckman, Dr. Huang had many predictions based off video imagery
and how it would work.
The FACS system was created for sensing emotions from imagery. Eckman classified six emotons happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He then tried to associate them with facial muscles getting different facial expressions. Each facial expression tells how a person feeling, " for example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when your're suprised". This means that when your feeling a certain way your muscles react. So creating this code system helps them with trying to figure out how others are feeling in there facial expressions working torwards facial emotion expressions while in front of a computer.
Dr. Huang made a few predictions and conclusions based off the work of psychologists. One of the psychologists was Dr. Paul Eckman, Dr. Huang states that " the facial expression for each emotion are universal". He also states that "
even though individuals often show
varying degrees of expression". Meaning it happens all the time even though there are all types of forms of expressions. While using video imagery it can sense the facial movements in a still image or a real face.
We create these thoughts about others daily. you can tell whether a person is happy, sad, mad etc. the text states" you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". They use " Mona Lisa" to show how these things work from a computer. Dr. Huang also predicts " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confuse or bored".
Computer facial recognization would be great for the society who knows
it just might
improve others on doing there work. Yes it maybe be a hassle to get everything together but in do time everything will fall in place. Technology improves as the days go by , that technology will imact the world. Just
by one facial expression could tell it all. | 4 |
5a4758c | Our system of driving has been implemented for a long time now.
Driverless cars would be a huge leap in technology.
There are so many cars on the road right now that require drivers and almost next to no selfdriving cars. Sel driving cars in theory sound like a good idea, but in all reality they aren't.
The first and biggest issue is cost, the self driving car will have nearly everything our current cars have, in addition to all the high tech sensors and a very exspensive Dubbed LIDAR that uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings.
Also they're talking about putting in camera's on the rearview mirrors and a camera that watched the driver.
The cost of repairs will be a a necessity because your car will have to be in working order or else it will not drive itself and you will not travel, and in this day and age you have to be able to travel.
The second issue is implementation.
How will driverless cars implement their product into the general populus?
Will there be a mix of driverless cars and driver operated cars?
If so, that sounds dangerous.
Theere is no need for drivers to be on the road with experimentall technology that is new and has never been used.
The chances of a problem or accident are enormous.
The third issue is change, drivers who use this new car will most likely feel a sense that something is missing as in they aren't doing anything like steering or breaking.
They will not be used to this and feel the need to do something that will distrract them from being alert.
Selfdriving cars will be so new and so different that many Americans will shy away because the change is too significant.
In conclusion, there is already a working system in place and to try and change that system on that big of a scale will create numerous problems that may not be solved.
The three big issues are cost, implementation, and change.
The scale at which this change would happen is just too great.
In addition it is too risky to make a slow implementation because the mix of car types would create many problems as well. | 3 |
5a4cb1b | In the past one hundred there is no dought that technology has advanced. Even to this day technology is still advancing. Driverless cars are very posible today because of the advancing technology and the knowledge of the car makers. The new wave of innovation is coming wth the driverless car. There is no doubt that driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the well-being of the human population.
Driverless cars are not only the way of the future but they would be highly effective. Driverless cars would be good for society because of the safety standards that would be the driverless car. Driverless cars could reduce the risk of collisions and accidents because of the technology that is in the car. Driverless cars would not only be good for the driver but for the other drivers on the road. Many accidents on the roads are caused because of reckless driving but with the driverless car the crash rate could go increasingly down.
Driverless cars could reduce the risk of accidents beacuse the car would be able to drive itself. Drunk driving, texting and driving, and falling asleep at the wheel would not even be an issue for a driverless car. Take a person who is intoxicated and put them behind the wheel of a car. The person behind the wheel is dangerous to other drivers on the road. With the driverless car the intoxicated driver would not even have to drive and would not cause as many deaths or crashes as the regular car. It is the same thing with texting and driving and falling asleep at the wheel the danger of those before the driverless car is at a high rate. With the technology and the sensor ability of the driverless car the total numer of accidents and death on the roadways would go way down with the driverless car.
The driverless car would be much more effective than regular taxis of buses in large cities. The first thing is the environmental help of the driverless car. It is projected that the driverless car would use half of the fuel that the taxis today are using. With so much of the environmental concerns today about the poluted air, the driverless car would be an environmentally friendly car helping out with keeping the air cleand in big cities. The driverless car is also much more flexible and productive in terms of public transportation. With a lot of driverless cars able to help with public transport the fluidity of the public transportation system would speed up.
The driverless car would have no schedule like the taxi drivers have today. With the help of the driverless car people would get to and from quicker and there would be no taxi or bus fee as there is no driver. Driverless cars could change the whole outlook of city life and possibly change the world.
The driverless car would have so many good qualitits like saving the lives of men, women, and children as well as saving the environment of the great earth. Driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the society. There is no doubt that driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the well-being of the human population. | 4 |
5a4ec55 | liveing in a place with no cars or garages are forbidden sounds terrible but there are some advanteges to it. one you save money on gas also less traffic. Over 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars. People are even much happier with out the stress of owning a car, now they dont have to pay for gas or payment on the car. Also it more health for people to walk or bicycle every where they go.
With less cars means less polution in the air. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissionsin europe. with less cars means more stores are just a walk way, rather than haveing to drive on the highway to get to a mall. Some people think that the hybrid was the answer to less polution and less money on gas.
The environmentel protection agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. After a near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air.
People were fined for driving even though there was a law passed thats all cars would be fined $31 ,almost 4,000 people were fined and 27 people had there cars impounded.
Beijing China is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions poluting the air even more so. Diesels make up 67% of frances vehicle population. Diesels are one of the most poluting trucks know to man. less cars would help the world but also slow us down. | 3 |
5a57116 | "When I had a car, I was always tense," Heidrun Walter said in the article, 'In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars', in the New York Times, "I'm much happier this way." In Vauban, Germany, people do not use cars. They find other means of transportation, such as biking and walking. In Bogota, the construction of bicycle paths has made 118 miles of passages for residents. According to David Goldberg, "All our development since World War II has been centered around the car." While that is not entirely true, it does have a good point. We should move on from the all-powerful box with wheels.
One major reason for not using cars is pollution. As most of us know, pollution is bad for the environment, and for most life on Earth. Unfortunately, our use of cars and power plants is generating pollution faster then plants can take it out of the atmosphere. "Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions", Elisabeth Rosenthal said. In the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", 60% of drivers in Paris stopped after five days of intensifying smog. That means that the smog was dense enough to where it was dangerous for drivers to go anywhere.
The article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" mentions that: "The turnout [for car-free day] was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota." Why would people continue to participate in car-free day if they hated it so much? Despite the fine of $25, it really isn't a big deal. One of the participants, Carlos Arturo Plaza, said, "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
Now, how can you simply stop driving? You need to get to your job! Nobody is telling you to move to Vauban. However, biking or walking to the park could help. You don't need a car to go to your neighbor's house. They're right next door. Of course, not using cars is not going to stop the pollution from power plants, but it will certainly slow down how fast it is going into the atmosphere.
We simply can't allow pollution to go where it is going. If we all stop relying on cars to get us to places, we will have enough time to think of an easier solution. Bill Ford laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. There is a chance that being car-free won't be as bad as everyone thinks. It might even be enjoyable. There is also a chance that it will despised. We'll only know if we try it, now won't we? | 4 |
5a5ccda | I belive the driverless cars are a good idea due to the many reasons I have come to know through reading the passage provided. There are less distractions while driving these cars. Although they are not full driverless cars, they take over most of the driving. It has been shown that with these driverless cars there are fewer wrecks than with our regular cars we are use to driving everyday.
While driving the driverless cars people still have most of the control. When a dangerous or risky situation is approaching the driver is signaled to take control over the car. So the driver does have control during difficult or risky situations. For example like backing out of a driveway or even into one, complicated traffic situations, and even navigating through road work, or accidents. The car only has control in calm situations that may not cause harderous risks.
Millions upon millions of dallars have went into this project not only to manufacture the cars and to make sure they work , but also to fix situations due to the saftey or anything regarding the car. If something is not up to date, or isn't working corectly the engineers are paid to fix it. This causes the driverless cars to be more efficent and safe. Texting and driving is a huge problem with the society we live in today, but if you put thought into it the car can take over driving while you or whoever reply to that text instead of putting peoples lifes at risk. Also, another example would be if your running late and trying to finish getting ready your car could drive while your finishing up.
After reading this passage and inferring some things I have came to the conclusion that driverless cars are not only more convinent but also safer and cause less polution. Driverless cars have had a signifcate difference in wreck numbers than a regular car. As a bonus they give out less polution while driving. Which not only means they're safer for the enviorment, but also safer for peoples lifes. | 3 |
5a5cd94 | I believe the ''Facial Action Coding System'' is a original idea that nobody has never thought of that till now. Teachers can know now when students are not really interested in a assignment or its boring. '' A class computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.''Teachers need to know when a student is not feeling well. So you now not to push the students buttons.
The students point of view is that it will be way more better .''Then it could modify the lesson, like an affective human instructor.''My own opinion is that if we had those ''Facial Action Cody System'' would help alot,so the teachers know when we are not interested in a assignment that they end up giving us.''Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions,but also may even help produce them.''Not even does this idea help you produce feelings like (happy,sad,and disgusted) them in a drama class, but even tells the teachers what you feel also.
''You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking by the look on your face.'' i wish we had this idea at my school but we dont.''of course most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial that conveys happy,worried,etc..'' I know how i feel when im sad because it is not a good feeling . We know how we feel we just have trouble saying it to teachers or others. With this idea we can actually say how we feel without even saying anything. | 3 |
5a5d37e | I think that the development of driverless cars should be stopped. If the development of these cars are continued, they will cause many accidents.The development of driverless cars will also open millions of lawsuits aimed at the manufacturers and the customers, by injured victims. This will hurt the economy as a result and lead to violence, and even death. The development of driverless cars should be stopped because it is illegal in most states, it will lead to more accidents, and becuase many people will have to pay fees due to liability issues.
Driverless car development should be stopped most importantly because it is illegal in most states. If it is illegal in most states it is because they are not one hundred percent safe, or it is something that should not be done. If it is illegal in more than half of the states, then it should be illegal in every state. Have you ever wondered why it is illegal in most states?
The use of driverless cars also will lead to many accidents. Most drivers will not pay attention to the road if the car is driving for them, so it should be looked upon the same as if an intoxicated person is driving the car. A person in a driverless car not looking at the road will think they are safe until they look down and the car turns into a construction zone and the car requires the driver to quickly take the wheel. Just as a person under the influence would think they were safe to drive home, both drivers made bad decisions. The intoxicated driver's mistake is driving intoxicated. The driverless car user made the mistake of buying a driverless car!
Finally the last reason that the development of driverless cars should be stopped is because many people may not have insurance policies on their cars if the owner or the owner's car is responsible for the accident. Many people may have to pay large fees to victims because of a mistake that their driverless car made. The worst part is, nobody will care if it was the cars fault because that owner should not have bought the cars in the first place.
Driverless cars pose many threats to families and citizens everywhere. You can never fully trust a machine that is automated to do a job. The safest way to use a car is to drive it your self.
As the text states, 'Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times.'
The development of driverless cars should be stopped because it is illegal in most states, it will lead to more accidents, and becuase many people will have to pay fees due to liability issues. | 4 |
5a68bcb | To many people, the Face is not an alien made landform. NASA has done plenty of research to find out what the Face was, and their research does not lead to that. The people who do think that this is an alien made landform have not done as much of the research to figure it out, since they do not have the same high technology equiptment that NASA has. Many people think that the Face was made by aliens, but I believe that it is naturally formed, and it just happens to look like a face.
There is no real evidence stating that aliens are real, or that they have ever existed. There has been research done, but no clear evidence that they are real, leading to the conclusion that most people think that they are not real. The Face, to some researchers, looks like what is similar to a mesa or butte. This is a natural landform that looks like a landform you would typically find around the American West. The differences in the pictures over the years help explain why the Face is not alien made.
The pictures over the years change gerastically. In 1976, the picture is pretty blurry, looks smooth, and almost resembles a face on a statue. In 1998, the picture looks a little more like itself, a little rougher, and it does not resemble a face as much as the first picture. Lastly, the picture in 2001 looks more like a landform and is a little rough, but it is a much clearer picture than the other two. The last picture still resembles a face almost, but I believe that that is just a coincidence. NASA did plenty of research on the Face.
NASA has done a lot of research on the Face to prove if there is life on Mars or not. The Face was found by one of NASA's spacecrafts called the Viking 1, which was taking pictures of possible landing spots for the other spacecraft, Viking 2. They let the picture out to the public, which got really popular really fast. The Face was really popular for 25 years! After those 25 years, they decided to get a better picture of the face. The picture turned out to be ten times sharper than the original photos. The pictures showed that the photo was a landform. Some of the scientists were not satisfied, and had to get a better photo, which still showed that the Face was just a landform.
The Face was a natural landform on Mars that happened to look like a face. Although many believe that it was created by aliens, the evidence shows that it is just a landform. The three pictures that were taken help compare and tell us why it was not alien made. There is no evidence stating that aliens are real, so it is not a valid conclusion to state that aliens created the landform. The evidence shows that the Face is, in fact, just a landform which coincidentally looks like a face. | 4 |
5a6ac21 | The face on Mars, some people think it's an object created by aliens, others believe the face is just a natural landform. Many people think it was made by aliens because it looks similiar to a real person's face. Many other people think it's just a natural landform because aliens don't exist. The face on mars, is it an object made my aliens or just a natural landform?
First of all, as myself being a NASA scientist, I believe it's a natural landform. I think it's a natural landform because there has been no evidence of life on Mars. NASA took a picture of the landform with a camera that can make the image three times bigger. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small rocks, you could see what they were"(11)! Also it could be a natural landform because in Idaho there is a natural landform that looks similair to the one on Mars. If it was an object made by aliens us scientist's at NASA would be able to know.
On the other hand, many people think it's an object that was created by aliens. Many people think that because its so similair to a person's face. The face on Mars is located at a place where it is usualy cloudy, "Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze"(8). Skeptics think that NASA didn't see the aliens in the pictures because they were hidden in the fog or haze. They also think "the FACE is bona fide evidence of life on Mars"(5).
Also the face on Mars is a pop icon. When NASA released the pictures many people whent crazy about the face. "It has starred in a Hollywold film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years"(5)! This shows us that people are excited and what to know about the face on Mars.
In conclusion, we will never know if the face on Mars was created by aliens, or just a natural landform. There are many facts on why its not a landform made by aliens, but many peopole still believe it was made by aliens. Whatever the face is, it will always be something everyone will remember. | 3 |
5a7063a | Recently, there have been and more people walking, riding bikes, and carpooling with friends to get to the places they need to be. Because of the fact that people are doing this, the amout of smog in the air has reduced, people are less strsssed, and the enviroment will be a healthier place and create healthier lives. If this continues to happen and more people become involved, it will make live better for everyone and we will live on a much healthier planet. Plus, the price of gas will go down, and who doesn't want that? These ideas that Paris, France and Bogota, Colombia created to have a car-free day(s) are brilliant and extremely helpful to all.
In Paris, France, a short driving ban occured due to massive air pollution. For two days, certain people were not allowed to drive on the roads to help reduce the about of smog. On Monday, only drivers who owned a vehicle with an odd-numbered license plate were allowed on the roads and on Tuesday, those rules were switched. Anyone who did not obey this rule was fined 22 euros ($31). This was a brilliant plan because the amount of smog in Paris was reduced by 60% after five consecutive days of it being quite strong. In France, diesel fuel makes up about 67% of automobiles, so this is what was blamed. The 67% is a high percent compared to the rest of Western Europe which averages at about 53.3%. Reuters, which is an international news agency that has its main headquarters in london, found that Paris has an unusually large amoun of smog compared to the rest of the European capitals. While Brussels had 114 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) and Londion had 79.7, Paris had the absurd number of 147. In Bogota, Columbia, their annual car-free day was created to decrease the smog and to promote other transportation options. The violators of this day had to pay a $25 fine. A businessman in Bogota responds with his opinion on this day with, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
About 57% of families who currently live in Vauban, Germany sold their car to move there. Currently about 70% of families there don't even own a car. According to Heidrum Walter who is a mother of two children as well as a media trainer, she is much happier without a car because when she had one, she always used to be so tense. Being outdoors is so refreshing, so why not do it more often? For the past two decades, there have been efforts to make cities better for walking and other alternative transportation as opposed to cars. Vauban is known as benig the "most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life"(Elisabeth Rosenthal). There is where the movement called "smart planning" was created. About 5,500 people live within one rectangular square mile, and this is in attempt to make the suburbs "more compact" and easier to use public and alternative transportation. Because of this, there is also less parking around the city and stores are placed on a main street instead of inside a mall that could be miles and miles away from residential areas. Also, parks and sports centers are used more freuently and those uneven sidewalks were replaced with smooth ones for walking, riding a bike, etc. Now there is no more road rage and yelling at those drivers who can't hear you from two lanes away.
The amount of people between the ages of 16-39 have become less interested in getting their license, or it just isn't a priority for them. The older generations nowadays have been know to kee their licenses and continue heir driving. If the decrease of driver's licenses continues, there will be multiple benefits for the environment and for carbon emissions. Automobile transportation is the second greatest source of America's carbon emmisions. The only factor that is ahead of this is power plants. Most people who live in the suburbs have a car, becuase they believe that this is the only way to get around. There are, in fact, lots of other options, and this is only harming our environment because the cars that most people own are held accountable for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. In the United States, however. it is about four times worse. In the areas of the United States where there are a high number of cars, they are responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. If these percentages can be reduced by using other versions of transprtation besides cars, our world will be a much healthier place and it will live to be a lot longer.
The United States should definetly start having an annual car-free day not only to reduce pllution, but to promote exersice and the outdoors. How fantastic would it be to see more and more people riding their bikes to a park or to a friend's house? If you need to get somewhere, you might as well enjoy your ride by getting some fresh air and some exersice. A reduced amount of time would be spend on the roads because there is less traffic, and that causes less accidents and people will feel much safer. Alternative transportation would also create happier and stress-free lives; who doesn't want that? There are plenty more positive effects on the topic of less cars then there are negative ones, so why not begin this "smart planning"? | 5 |
5a72fcc | One hundred years ago inovators wouldn't have dreamed of inventing driverless cars. The very thought of an automobile being able to drive itself would have been a feet only the gods could do. In the twentieth century, though, technology has advanced more and more each day and that includes this mind boggling idea. Many would say that driverless cars are unsafe and would needlessly use up time and energy but the truth of the matter is, driverless cars are our doorway to another world of inventions that could not only benefit our daily lives but save others as well.
Inovators around the globe agree that self-driving cars are, at least, a great accomplishment for humanity. Until 2009 cars, such as these, did not even exist; because of the brillant minds of many amazing inovators, we can now say that humans are one step closer to a new type of world that doesn't have to involve death because of irresponsible and reckless drivers. In the passage "Driverless Car are Coming" the author even states that "The in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." Of course the author is right, but what about all the sensors cars like these would come equipped with? Many say that these cars would lead to disaster and countless car accidents but, in fact, these cars are safer than any other we have seen before.
Although we are not quite ready for driverless cars to be driven around town, inventions, such as these, are what make our civilization so unique. Self-driving cars are not only impressive because of how complicated they are, but the idea that someone could have to think that these cars could be made possible. Driverles cars are safe and might include back-up options in case something goes wrong and the driver needs to steer. Law-makers feel these automobiles cannot be safely driven around other individuals but they have obviously not looked into how able these cars actually are. These cars are what gives us a chance at other inventions that we cannot even fathom down the road. These automobiles are what will insure that our futures may be just a bit brighter because of these self-abled cars. | 3 |
5a730aa | When NASA found the Face on Mars, conspiracy theorists were sure that it was created by aliens. NASA did research and found out that the face was not what everyone thought it was. NASA found that the Face was just a natural landform. NASA knows that it is a natural landform because they took a close picture of it, and we have natural landforms just like it on Earth.
Lots of people thought that the Face on Mars was bona fide evidence of life on Mars. Those people say that NASA would hide information like life on Mars from the public instead of telling the truth. Even after being shown evidence, the skeptics were not satisfied. They said that the alien markings may have been hidden by the haze on that day.
When NASA took a picture ten times sharper than the original picture, it revealed that the Face was just a natural landform, not an alien monument. The picture shows that it is Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. The landform is quite similar to landforms on Earth around the American west. The skeptics still didn't believe NASA. To satisfy the skeptics NASA took another picture with maximum resolution on a cloudless summer day. It again showed that the Face is only a natural landform.
The Face turned out to be just a natural landform afterall. Although skeptics believed that there was something that NASA wasn't telling us about the Face, NASA had proof that it was a natural landform. We know that the Face is a natural landform because we have landforms just like it on Earth and we have proof with pictures. Although the Face could have turned out to be the discovery of life on Mars, we had to face the facts and realize that it was just a natural landform. | 3 |
5a79f2d | By limiting car usage you would be making it a healther enviroment, and a safer one!
there would be less polluation in the air and that would make the air better for us to breath.
Sure by limiting the usage of cars would have an effect on people its also doing us a favor wether we like it or not, because constsntly breathing in polluated air is really bad for you it can have major affects on our lungs, and respotory system. Also by limiting car usage you wouldent spend so much money on gas, oil, car parts,ect:, so by saving all that money you could spent it on something else.
When you own a vehicle you put in so much money in just getting your insurance and then you spend so much money on gass every week, dont get me wrong the gas prices have gone down but what will happen when they go back up and how much money will the gas be then?
So is driving worth killing your air and the enviroment you live in and spend all your money on gas?
Or would it better for us to start imiting our car usage?
But that is up for you to decide what you want to do.
Whe driving have you ever thought how much polluation you vehicle is dishing out while your driving around town? Probably not, probably you where thinking how log till i get there or i need to text someone back but i bet not once did car polluation ever cross you mind and its okay not alot of people think about it when there driving. Actually hardly anyone thinks abot it ever unless its on the news saying that the air polluation is bad again and thats when you start to think about it.
With car polluation ypu dont realse what it is dont to you enviroment because you never see it happen in a fast pace it always happen really slow.
All of a sudden plants will start to die really fast, people will have areally hard time breathing and will probably have to go to the hospital because of the lack of oxygen they can get.
Imagine saving you money, wouldent that be nice not having to worry about a car paymeny or gas?
alot of people would have so much money that alot of them nedd because there is alot of families struggling to make it by the have to constantly worry if they have enough money to pay the bills and put gass in there vehicle to get to work to make the money to survie.
what if instead of having a vehicle and constantly spending money on gas you walked or took a bike to work, imagine all that money you saved by donig something little as that. | 4 |
5a7d2db | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author clearly describes the article. He supports everything he says, its backed up with more facts after another.
He explains how NASA is working on getting more knowledge about venus, but venus is too hot and extreme for a ship to land on it or even hover over it. the knowledge that they gained so far is being a distant away from the planet. The author says "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason since no spacecraft survived the landing more than a few hours.
He talks about how venus is earths planetary neighbor. Venus is the cloest planet to earth in terms of density and size. Researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas or anything else since no human can walk on venus. He says "many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." so possibly one day people will walk on Venus and we will discover more and more about our planets. We will soon gain the technology to reach Venus and other planets. | 2 |
5a7d31b | America's love of cars may soon be spiraling down. With America's car culture seemingly coming to an end, there will be more alternative ways to get to work, school, shopping districts, and etc. As the years come and go by quickly, Americans are buying less cars and obtaining fewer licenses for themselves. The advantages we can recieve by limiting our car usage is that it takes away stress, lowers air pollution, and benefits daily businesses.
First, Limiting car usage takes away stress. As businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza states:"It's a good opportunity to take away stress..." People who no longer own a car will not have to worry as much about their car. Such as the price of gas rising, car payments, and insurance payments. These type of payments every month often put a big dent in a person's wallet. If we take up to the oppurtunity of limiting our car usage, we really won't have to worry about car payments anymore. Plus, being outside in the environment will certainly reduce stress levels almost completely, because we are interacting with others that are waliking and enjoying the the environment outside.
In addition to, taking away stress. Limiting car usage will result in lower air pollution. According to Duffer, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." If we limit car usage, the levels of air pollution will dramatically decrease resulting in cleaner air and a healthy environment for us to live in. If we continue to use cars, we are further damaging the air that we breathe everyday and causing people to damage their lungs. Pollution often has chemicals that can harm our breathing and sometimes our lungs. As Americans it is our responsibility to take care of the earth and we are not doing so by constently using our cars.
Lastly, limiting car usage benefits daily businesses. Selsky staes: "Parks and sport centers also have bloomed throughout the city; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. If we rely on walking to stores, etc. that are only a block away, it will surely increase the revunue of restaurants and shopping districts. Since the stores are so close to home, we'll be more willing to enter the store and/or restaurant. Increasing businesses revunue also helps the economy, which we desperately need.
In conclusion, these advantages that we have gone over in the essay will greatly impact the future of America. Such as, taking away stress from former car owners, lowering the air pollution so we have a cleaner air to breathe, and beneifiting our daily businesses to increase revunue and better our economy. If we all limit car usage and follow the advantages listed, it will result in a better earth for us to live in. | 4 |
5a7f694 | Not everyone has the luxury of owning a car. But cars are not the only means that can get us from point A to point B. In fact, having limited usage of cars is an advantage to society, our own good, and also the environment. In the twenty-first centruy, it may seem that possessing a car is a vital aspect of living, however, that is not always the case.
To began with, having a limited amount of cars on the roads means a less amount of car emission that stays in the air. Carbon emissions from cars are responsible from around 50% of the greenhouse gases in the United States alone (Source 1). If we were to limit our car usage, it is very likely for that percentage to go down. Taking the account that cars are the second most item that pollutes the air, it would be a dramatic change for the environment to be a cleaner and heathier place to live (Source 4).
Additionally, if we were to use our cars less and relie on public transportation, we would be able to help the economy. Using individual cars does not help anyone economically. In the other had, riding subways, buses, taxis, and other public transportation will allow the public economy to rise, which in turn allows the government to recieve extra money that could benefit the local city. Taking the desicion to not use cars promotes alternative ways to get to the final destination in mind (Source 3). It also lets parks to be used more often than before and sidewalks become wider and safer. Moreover, the less cars that are on the street, the less traffic jams, car crashes, and time that is wasted sitting in a car wishing to be somewhere else (Source 3).
Futhermore, if more people were to walk or bike on the side walks, they would be able to enjoy the natural nature that they cannot fully appreciate when they are zooming pass it in their cars at fifty miles per hour. Also, getting the chance to actaully look at what the local city has to offer helps little businesses to become successful. Not using cars can also be included in our daily excersise that we are all supposed to be doing. Instead of being lazy and using cars to take us to places, we can all use that extra mile or so to help improve our health. Getting out in the open and getting some fresh air will also be beneficial to one's health by allieviating them from bad thoughts and "it is a good opportunity to take away stress" (Source 3). Getting away from the busy life that includes cars is extremely advantageous to humans' health and the city they live in.
Much has changed throughout history. Nothing ever stays the same, so maybe it's the time to change the amount of car usage. This era is a time period where there are many technological inovations that allow humans from all across the world to stay in touch without leaving their couch. There has been a noticeable decrease in the amount of miles that have been driven since 2005 (Source 4). This is a positive step foward to a better future for the generations to come for less cars on the road means there wil be less pollutions entering the atomsphere, more opportunities for businesses, and incouraging individuals to make healthier choices. | 4 |
5a867c7 | The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. If you think that the face is an evidence that theres life on Mars, then think about how they got there and how advance their technology would have to be. The face is just a natural landform because on paragraph 12 it says, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West"(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,12).
You may think that it is evidence that life exist on Mars. I respect that. You got some good evidence, some scienctists even believe that too. That the face is an alien artifact. "Althought few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact"(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,6). I'm not gonna lie, it does look like a face to me too.
Althought it may look like a face, alien artifact , or the face of an Egyptian Pharaoh. You still have to get cold hard facts. Some facts like, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh"(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,2).It was even unveiled as " Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose , and mouth"(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,3). With all these facts I say that the Face is just a natural landform. | 3 |
5a86d53 | There are advantages and disadvantages of not being able to drive a vehicle place to place. Many people do not agree with this change in society because it makes getting around more difficult. But on the other hand if you get to thinking about it it is healthier for the environment and yourself. To get more into detail let me continue...
Who likes to walk? Most people would say i hate walking but now they have no choice or else they will pay the price. You could take the chance of driving, if you want to pay $40,000 just for a parking space!!! In source one they explain that because of the high fine and parking rates over 70 percent of Vaubans famiies do not own cars and 50 percent sold teir cars just move there... It was different in Paris, people were only allowed to drive their cars on a specific day according to their tag numbers. Paris is smog house of all the european capitals. To avoid trafic jams and smog Colombia started the "car free day" which is when citizens can only take the bus or a taxi to work or where they needed to get.
President Obama has a goal to stop the greenhouse gas emission. Officials state that each year the amount of cars being sold has decreased drastically along with the amount of lisences given. My opinion for the cause of this is because teenagers would rather be with friends going out to parties but cant drive home alone so they car pool.. Maybe thats not the case maybe its the increase in gas cost. Why should you waste gas instead of just going along with someone else.
Some people believe it or not may not drive because they want to get into shape instead of being lazy and driving. Air pollution may have a big partake in the decreasing rates of driving, all you hear on the news is about the world ended new deseases whats next the ozone layer being eaten away by the chemicals given off by cars. It may not seem like a big deal now but thats what everyone says until it actually happens and you have no where to hide. Theres not much anyone could do to completely stop air pollution but if everyone obeys the rules set in certains parts of the world the environment would be a much better place to live in. So next time you want to go out cruisen look at the big picture before thinking about the fun! It may seem like a good idea at first but theres always a reaction that comes unexpectedly. | 3 |
5a87202 | ON THE WATERS
Have you ever thought about taking a ride in a cattle boat to europe? Well now you can have a chance to. This ride is to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped over seas. This is a great oppurtunity to go and help. In
a different way called the Seagoing Cowboys.
The people that go on this cattle boat are there to help countries that were left in ruins of World War II.This is a gruop to form the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rebelion Administration). This group of people has 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. This is how great it would be if you were to join this group. 44 nations is a lot and it shows you that the Seagoing Cowboys is a great group to help. You dont just go to help you can explore the places you pass through. Or you can go sight seeing and maybe see some animals, places, fivers, or maybe plants you've never seen before. That why we want you to join bacause it's a great group to join and it can get better starting with you.
The UNRRA doesn't just help animals and allow you to go sight seeing. You may not no or realize, but you are helping a lot of people, because this is the main idea of the UNNRA. We would love for you to go and come with us it would be a great expierence for you and a great expeirence for other to know you. So what's your idea of the group how do you feel, would you like to come? | 3 |
5a89201 | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" it talks about the face on Mars and how it was put there. Three ways scientists have concluded, is that there was once life on Mars and the face is from Aliens that once lived there. Others think it was hit by a huge rock and where it got hit it left an identation that just looks like a face. Or that the Face is just something that formed there naturally but to the human eye it looks like a face.
In my opionion I believe the face was put there by a rock or it just formed naturally and that there was no aliens on Mars. I say this because rock formations happen all the time along with rocks bumping into planets causing indentations on planets. Even most scientists believe it was not put there by an alien like in paragraph 6 of the article it says, "Few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact." I also believe that the face was put there by either a rock or just formed there by itself because if it was put there by a alien how have we not ever seen any of the aliens there on Mars or around Mars not only recently but ever? Or how have we not found any other artifacts left behind by aliens?
So in conculsion all of the information I have read in this article show me that any of the theories could be true but I still believe that the Face is just an identation on Mars left from a rock collesion or just formed there naturally. Especially since we do not have any other artifacts of it being put there by a alien or another living thing. | 2 |
5a8cc99 | Autonomous cars is a big deal for people in this time of tecnoligy.
Also there is people that do not think briveles cars are not safe do be in the road. Me personaly think that cars should not be produce by conpanyes. becouse the car has a lot of bad functions. The reaoson that the car has a lot of problems becouse it is program to follow all the laws, which could couse many asidents. One of the reasons is that not every peorson is goin to have a driverlees car.
That couses a problem between the people becouse people do not follow the rules all the time and aoutonomous cars will go exacli at the speed limit or top if some one is crosing the road. My second reason it that the person that is in the driveless car can fall a sleep, and there could be something that the car can not do, and the owner wont react on time to take control and it could couse a big acident or evn the deth of many peple. Theose are some of the reasons why i do not think driverless cars should be produce becouse the car is not safe enought to be driving in the road and for the safti of other cevilians. What do you think? | 2 |
5a8d9b6 | I feel that this system would not be the right way to tell about someones emotions,jsut becuse you have a system that tells you this person is feeling his way doesnt mean they are actually feeling that way. Everyone has their own way of expressing either they way they feel or they way thefeel about something or someone. In the passage of paragraph 4 it says "his new computor software stories similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huangs emotion algorithms are a different sort of ' Da Vinci code"! how can someone tell you how you actually feel about something jsut because it was made by a doctor that thinks he can make something up and tell you how your feeling. i wouldnt have a computor tell me how im feeling today or the next day. everyone has their own way of express how they feel. you shoudnt have someone telling you that oh your feeling this way today or your gonna feel this way the next day because everyone can feel different everyday. i woudnt use this system is it was me so i think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. i wouldnt recommend anyone to use this system | 2 |
5a8ffae | Dear state senator i really think we should keep the electoral college. I mean look at how far we have come in are lives were we have kept this system working for years and it has not faild us yet. If we try to change IT now we will probally screw every thing up and it will probally be to confusing because of how the world is today.
If you look back at the probloms we had in the past we got passed them and came back stronger and improved we really just need new electors and just keep the system the same but get out with the old people and in with the new ones. "This method is a non democratic method also". this method also cant get any more fair because the people vote who they want and whoever has more votes then they win. whats not fair about that?
the electoral college avoids the problom of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast. I really think we should keep this method so in the future we can always go back in history and talk about this method and the 23rd amendment. | 2 |
5a92ac6 | Imagine driving to work, but catching up on the latest news at the same time. Imagine commuting no longer being a hassle, but an enjoyable experience. That is the world that the driverless car is able to bring our society. Driverless cars should be developed because they are safer, more affordable, and more relaxing to the passengers than the cars of today.
On the roads, safety is a top priority, and driverless cars are being made with this in mind. Since 2009, driverless cars have been nagivating roadways with little issue. The author states, "Their [Google's] cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." That is an extremely long distance to drive, and most humans can not drive that far without a crash. This shows that the technology in driverless cars is even better than a human's brain.
If technologically advanced cars such as these were to come into the market, one would expect them to be expensive. However, this is not the case. The author writes that Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, believes, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..." While it is true that driverless cars might cost more at first, the money saved on fuel would make them a worthwhile investment for everyone after a few years.
Contemporary cars create a stressful environment on today's roads that can be difficult for humans to manage. On the contrary, driverless cars would reduce stress while also providing an important source of entertainment. Cars typically require the driver to always be paying attention to the road, which can be mentally taxing. According to the author, manufacturers of driverless cars are developing "in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." With driverless cars, people can relax while the car pays attention for them. Additionally, the removal of stress from driving would drastically reduce road-rage incidents stemming from the stress.
Driverless cars are safer, more affordable, and more relaxing to the passengers, and so should continue to be developed. They offer a new transportation experience that will improve our opinions on cars for decades to come. These marvels of modern technology will, in the words of Sergey Brin, "fundamentally change the world," and companies such as Google and BMW are proving his words to be more accurate with every passing day. | 5 |
5a93b8e | The human face on Mars was not created by aliens. I know that because it changes over time. And the aliens wouldn't know what humans looked like they would have had to guess what we looked like. And another reasons is that if they did make it someone probably would have seen them create it. They would have to be like invisible for us not to catch them making it or doing somthing eles. That is why it couldn't have been aliens who made it
If aliens were real they would have to know what we look like and in order to see us they would need to get close to earth. If they did get close to earth we would probably see or notice them. Or they could have seen us on the moon but in order to do that they would either have to be able to see through the glass or they would need to go in the spaceship. But they are probably more scared of us than we are of it so why in the world would they have made a sculpure of us if they are more scared of us than we are of it.
Even if aliens did make the face on the moon they would have to have a way of making it and they probably aren't like you see on the tv or somthing. We probably would have seen them if they did make it bacause thay would have had to frist have the tool and it would have tacken a long time. It shows in the pictures that they are still modifing it so they would have to be like invisible to dodge all of our space crafts and rovers and stuff. Even if they still made it then they are probably more scared of us than we are of them. So if they were so scared of us than why in the world would they make a sculture of someone they fear ,and that they know wold hurt them.
Now you know that aliens could have in no way made that face on mars. the reasons that aliens couldn't have made them are, they would have been seen they are too scared, they are still modifing it, they dont know what we look like, and they may have seen us but through a spacesuit. | 2 |
5a99050 | venus is consideree as a planet beause it's the second planet on hour solar system bt it have something difference to the other planets on our solar system, venus orbit at a different speed around the sun. we said the venus is the second planet in our solar system so that means it's the closest planet to the sun but sometimes it can be located right at the
corner.
venus has been a difficult planet to humans to study, it's so challenging.
something that makes venus challenging is that a thick atmostphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanked venus,
in my on opinion it's something good because it can protect animals and other things that live in venus bus i also think it's something bad because it do not let humans to visit and learn about that planet because it could be dangerous for humans because no body knows what can happen to humans if they try to live in other panets like if their were living at the Earth because the atmospheric preasure is 90 times greater than in te Earth, sohumans would'nt survive to the preasure of that atmosphere.
i think that if humans start like experience they may one they visit other planets. | 1 |
5a9f2f4 | In this passage/story it talks about how we should challenge ourselves to explore Venus and how Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star". Venus is planet and when your laying down on your grass outside in the night when you wanna watch the sunrise go down you can see it because it is the brightest points of light in the night sky we can spot venus esaily in the sky when its dark. Venus is the closes to Earth in the terms of density and size. There are other planets too not just Venus there is a planet called Mars, Jupiter and Earth there was a planet called pluto its not a planet anymore because scientist thought it was so small and scientist didn't reall care about that planet. Some of our planets are called sister planets sister plants i think sister planets are planets that look the same scientist at his point don't know what are they or waht other name should they called them. When you see a word like this (NASA) what comes to your mind when you see a word like that NASA is the abberviation for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration you might wonder what is that this is something for scientists instead of saying the whole thing they just say (NASA) it's a easier way for scientists to communicate with each other. There is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus but the challenging part is the clouds when it rains and in the night you can't see venus because of the cloudsand how the clouds are too fat that they cover up Venus. Scientists are still woking on studying Venus well the (NASA) is because they are still trying to figure out why is Venus known as the small planet and the brightest one in the Earth ass well. Venus makes it chllenging for the scientists because they have been studying this planet for so long but they can't figure out nothing just yet. In the 1800s there was an old technology called the mechanical computers these computers had a important role in the 1940s during World Warr II these devices made calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at this time we use computers that are flexible and way faster in this time now but back then the computers were way slower. So in my opinion we should all have a challenge to study and explore Venus. | 1 |
5aa1385 | In the article "The challenge of Exploring Venus," Venus is the second closest planet to our sun, it has the same density and size as Earth. Venus is also one of our neighbor planets along with Mars but the planets Mars and Venus orbit around the sun at different speeds than Earth. The atmosphere on Venus is 97% carbon dioxide, the clowds are made of corrosive sulfuic acid, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater than Earth's.
The conditions for any thing living on this planet are impossible for any human to visit this planet. The text states "A thick atmospher of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere... temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit...the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater than what we exerience on our own planet." No one would survive long enough to touch the surface of this planet. The text also states "such an environment would crush even a submarine accustumed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."
This proves the danger of this planet and how intrested we are to learn more about it.
Some Astronomers think that Venus was just like earth a long time ago. They think that Venus use to be capable of sustainging life just like earth. the text states "Astonomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system..." The text also stetes "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth." The Astronomers even found some evidence that there could have been lif on this planet. The text states "The planet has of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." This may be proof that Venus may have had life billions of years in it's past.
This is what makes Venus so intresting and so dangerous. Hopefully we learn more about the planet in the near feauture and have advanced enough technology to visit the planet. | 2 |
5aa4f1a | "Therefore scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges"(paragraph 6) . This supports the authors claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because in this quote it supports the idea that instead of thinking of this mission as a risk, think of it as a challenge. A risk is when something bad can happen as a result of failing where as a challenge is a reward you will get if the operation is a success.
Why would some people consider getting a closer look at Venus a challenge and not a risk? "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything huimans encounter on Earth" (paragraph 3). This supports the idea that going to Venus does have some dangers. On Earth we have never expierienced 800 degree weather. To top it off, the atomosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide. This would make it extremly difficult for us to even breath on Venus. "Modern computers are enormous;y powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme nphysical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This supports the idea that in order for them to get to Venus they must produce a device that will be able to make it through the mission withought burning up. They also have to think about how the human who on the mission are going to stay cool in the scorching conditions of Venus. This supports the idea that going to Venus for a closer look may perhaps be a risk.
Why may some people see going to Venus as a challenge? "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors" (paragraph 8). This supports the idea that going to Venus is a challenge because not only will they gain insight of the planet, but it will lead them into even more intimidating endeavors do to our curiosity as humans. "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"(paragraph 8). This quote supports the idea that our travels should not be limited because of dangers and doubts but they should actually expand so that we can live up to our innovation and imagination.
How could this challenge and/or risk be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? "Often reffered to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Erath in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This supports the idea that not only is Venus a close planet to us in density and size, but is is close to us in distance too. Therefore, If we can't make it to Venus and it's one of the closest planets to us, how are we supposed to explore other places in the solar system in the near future? It is also important so that we could gain insight of the planet and see what Earth and Venus really have in common.
In conclusion, a risk is when something bad can happen as a result of failing. A challenge is when you will recieve a reward if the operation is a success. Either way the author claims that it is a worthy pursuit to closley examine Mars. Not only will it give us gainful insight of the planet, but as humans, all of us are very curious. | 4 |
5aa769f | Technology continues to advance as it becomes more complicated, complex, and innovative in today's society.
Just eleven years ago the iPhone did not exist, and yet now we have access to 3-d printers, life-saving medical advancments, and...the Facial Action Coding System?
That's right: this new technology, sometimes refered to simply as FACS and developed by Professor Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, has the incredible ability to read each and every emotion displayed on a person's face.
For instance, the invention identified da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" as being "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."
While this demonstration of its ability is certainly impressive, we should instead think about the potential that this machine has to be a useful tool elsewhere: such as in the classroom.
The Facial Action Coding System could be utilized brilliantly to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom, a valuable idea that could change the way a school is run.
First of all, teachers could use this tool to test how their students react to certain lessons, topics, and concepts.
By using the FACS to gauge the class, they could identify how to modify lesson plans for future units and for the years to come.
As Dr. Huang states, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.'"
The teacher could access and interpret these results, or the computer itself could "modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
The emotional information of these students could provide valuable information and instruction that would in turn give a student more confidence and a better undeerstanding of the topic at hand.
Secondly, the Facial Action Coding System could be used to help pupils measure the effectiveness of not only lessons, but homework assignments as well.
From a student's perpective, homework is the dreaded and unforgiving punishment that one always has to look forward to when one gets home.
If the FACS was used to measure the reactions of kids to certain assignments, the new technology could modify these assignments to better fit the needs of each individual student.
The same topics would still be taught, but not every individual learns the same way, so by using this emotions-reading innovation each student could learn and develop better connections with their current subject material.
Lastly, there are some who might say that the FACS would be useless in helping the learning proccess of a child.
Naysayers could claim that this type of instruction would never work in a classroom because a computer can't provide the same type of personal connection that a teacher can develop with a student.
However, this is exactly what the purpose of the Facial Action Coding System should be; to personally instruct a student based on that child's specific learning needs.
The computer technology itself may not be able to directly teach a new topic, but it can certainly help the proccess by identifying what methods work and which ones do not in a classroom.
In conclusion, the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is an incredibly valuable tool.
This innovation can pave the way for the future of instruction, setting up a template for teaching for years to come.
Not only could the FACS be used to help teachers modify the way that they present their information in a classroom, the Facial Action Coding System could be used as an additional item to help students with their homework.
While some might say it's too impersonal to be effective, this new technology could truly be the most personal and individual type of instruction that the world has at its fingertips.
In the end, Dr. Huang said it best; "'Most human connection is nonverbal, including emotional communication...so computers need to understand that, too." | 6 |
5aadc97 | Most kids find school very boring, espesically because you wake up early almost every day and go to this place where you use your brain all day. Using this new technology I think would help schools out a lot because it would help them understand what a student is thinking everyday at school. In the article it states "most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait" this system could see through your expressions and right to what you're thinking.
This new technology would be very intresting to have in a classroom just so the teachers could know what you are thinking emotionally. I can kind of see where this could be interupting your privacy but sometimes a teacher should know if your having a hard time or if your even bored in class. Knowing your getting bored in there class would make me as a teacher want to try something differently. Just by reading this article the machine sounds kind of cool it can read what your emotions are just by scanning your face, thats crazy.
Finally after my opinion this machine hopefully you agree with me on this because some schools might wanna try it out. Some teachers need to know what there students are thinking and you know 90 percent are probably going to be bored. So now it is up to the teachers to make it less boring because they know now that your not interested in what they're teaching. Therefore, I think schools need this technolgy in classrooms because it could benifit the teachers in many ways. | 3 |
5aae84f | " The reason that 44 nations joined the program was because, when World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins, people around the world had got together from different nations to help these poor people, that got there town destroyed, house/apartments, and also helped the animals get taken care of. In the text it says, " to help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA ( United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)" UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys".
The Seagoing Cowboys are people to help take care of the horses, young cow, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke had been traveling with food supplies for the aniamals and that people need. On Luke second trip he served as a night watchman, his job was to check the animals every hour. Being a sea going cowboy was much more than a adventure for Luke. It opened up the world for him. Luke was glad that he was able to help other people from other countries to help when World War II ended. He was also glad to help take care of these animals so they can still live. | 1 |
5ab2093 | Would it be awesome if you could read someone's emotion by the look on their face?, You could but most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that can enable computers to identify human emotions. That means this can read emotions correctly. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can identify a person emotion by coding the facial structure is being planned to be used in classroom to read the emotional expression, In my opinion i considered it to be valuable.
First, Everyone is different and reveal different emotions. For example this technology can be used in classroom to read the emotions of students, teachers can identify when students are not paying attention or just bored. This technology will let the teachers know that maybe change plans some fun activities before moving to regain the students attention.
Second, Faces don't lie; If a student had been bullied the technology will show the emotion of that student which will alert the teachers, teachers can talk with the students about whats wrong? or what happend?. Many kids in the world are bullied but they keep their sadness and fear to themselves, even when they show sadness or fear teachers can't tell or understand. The FACS doesn't just take a picture of a face, it constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model move like human muscles.
Third, This technology can have impacts everywhere not just at hospital, or video games. FACS can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery. Teachers can make animation and excites the students to regained attention. Teachers can do animation for the topic they are on to impress the students.
Last but not least, "why not?", If the FACS is affordable for schools to obtain, Why not right? It can be used for educational purposes. For example, students can use this for projects or other activites. Instead of schoolwork students can be involve with peers and read eachothers emotion. "Most human communication is nonverbal, icluding emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang.
In conclusion, I considered this technology (FACS) to have a good impact in classroom, This technology can change the game for teachers and even students. | 4 |
5ab40d6 | I am Luke, I served as a Seagoing Cowboy. I think you should join this program because there are a lot of perks to it. My favorite part of being a Seagoing Cowboy would probably be helping people. I went out and looked for people in distress. I tried to help them as best as possible. I adored helping people even before I joined this group so I loved this part.
When I wasn't helping people I would treat my self to some site seeing. I loved seeing the Acropolis in Greece. That was my favorite! I also saw Europe, China, I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, I saw an excavated castle in Crete, and the Panama Canal.
I also had a few scary times like one time I was just about to fall overboard on my night-watch, but this little piece of metal stopped me.
When I was on my way home and we had already loaded off all of the animals, I would play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, and boxing. I also read!
I kept going on these amazing trips and now I feel as if I have been everywhere! I'm sure that if you take this offer and join the Seagoing Cowboys then you will have plenty of stories to tell children and relatives.
Remember that all of this was a huge oppertunity for a small town boy like me. I was just a boy dreaming of changing the world and now I have lived that dream. Now it is time for me to help you live your dream! | 3 |
5ab7db3 | Limiting car usage would be great for both you and the environment. If we didn't use cars as much, we would get more exercise, save more money, and limit the amount of air pollution we produce. We would start to notice changes for the better in our health, our budgeting, and the condition of the environment. I have gathered evidence from a few different sources to back up these claims. "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Botogta", and "The End of Car Culture" all go into detail about the benefits that did happen or could happen while we limit car usage.
One advantage of limiting car usage is the increase in exercise it will give you. Did you know that 70% of America is overweight? An advantage to walking or biking places that driving doesn't have is that walking or biking will get you active. It will help you burn calories and it will give you the self-confidence of being in good shape. Sure, it might be hot out when you walk or bike places, but this problem can be solved by simply dressing appropriotely for the activity. Wear something that you know you'll be comfortable getting excercise in. One business man riding a two seat bicycle with his wife (instead of driving), said, "It's a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution", (Source 3). Walking or riding your bike to get places rather than driving to them will give you more time to think. If you think too much on the road, something dangerous is bound to happen. Walking to places is a great alternative to driving not only for your body but for your mind, and this, to me, is a strong advantage of limiting car usage.
Another advantage to limiting car usage is you will start to save money. Gas bills start to add up, especially considering the constant inclination of prices. Not only gas, though, but other costly needs such as getting your car's oil changed or tires replaced can also turn out to be expensive. Cost plays a huge role in whether or not teens and young adults will get a car when legally eligable. "There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds getting a license", (Source 4). A large amount of teens just now getting their licenses are unemployed, making the car expenses impossible for them to pay on their own, making them rely on usually a parent or relative. Money has always had a significant effect on how people transport from one place to another. Limiting driving all together would save you gas and repair money, and saving money could never be a bad thing.
Finally, a significant advantage of not driving as much is that it would limit the amount of air pollution on this earth. "...a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe", (Source 1). Though we may not notice it, air pollution is constantly contaminating the earth. Air pollution is extremely harmful to inhale, almost like how smoking is extremely bad for your lungs. Reducing the amount of driving that we do would reduce the amount of air pollution we produce with it. Walking or biking does not pollute the earth the way driving can.
Advantages of limiting car usage are not only good for the environment but are good for us both physically, mentally, and financially. If everyone started to limit the amount of time they spend driving per day, just imagine the change we might start to see in the community. We could start by walking to the grocery store or our friends' houses instead of driving, and then maybe bring on a long-term change, such as walking to school if it's close enough, or walking to the bus stop so you can ride the bus with other kids instead of driving your own car, creating more air pollution. There are other advantages to limiting car usage, but these are the top three advantages we will begin to notice if we act soon enough. | 5 |
5ab9aee | Is technology that reads emotion expressions really that valuable? It helps you tell someones emotion and that could help the world find out more about paintings or people in general. People hide emotions and that is not okay, people need to know when their friends are mad, sad, depressed, happy, angry, etc. It helps those people know if they can for example, say a joke or not, talk about certain things, tell a story. What if we could spend our time and money into something else that is more important. This is a really cool peace of technology but is it really worth it.
Is this emotion expression reader really worth it in the grand scheme of things. It is very cool to find out how people are feeling in pictures or how your friends are feeling but do we actually need it. People could be spending money in other places. It is nice to know how people are feeling because someone could tell if they are just pretending or really smiling. This could also helps people find out if somone is depressed or not. If a kid is depressed and angry about something we could use this to find out if they are faking a smile or if they have been cured from their depression. The emotion expression reader has some value but is it really that great.
This machine that reads emotions can be valuable if used in the right ways. We can scan someones face to see if they are depressed or if they are cured and are actually happy, Yet there are other places we could spending money, we could spend it on technology that matters more, like vehicle technology, computer technology, improved cell phones. People can be careless with there money and spend it on all the wrong things. It is cool to find out how someone is feeling just by one simple scan, we can know if someone is sad, happy, angry, surprised, disgusted, or fearful. This piece of technology can be useful in some ways. | 3 |
5ab9d2e | 40 years ago, on mars, NASA caught a picture of a huge rock formation that looked like a face! Many thought it was evidence of life on mars while scientist thought it was just another a natural landform. After all it was just a natural landform that was shaped like a face and shadows that made the eyes, nose, and mouth.
First, Scientist just figured that it was just another Martian mesa, common around cydonia, but the only thing that was unusual was that the shadows made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. But, beside the shadows they still believe it is a natural land form. So they reveiled they photo for the world to see how cool it is.
But, It was taken the wrong way. Even though the said it was natural landforms, others believed it was life on mars. It became popular quickly. It was in books, magazines and even Hollywood films. Since everyone thought it was life on Mars scientist had to prove them selfs and take it one step closer.
Next, scientist had to go up in Space with Mars Global Surveyor to photograph Cydonia. On April 5, 1998 the Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Carmera snapped a picture the best they could. Jim Garvin said" We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a shot." After looking at the photo, JPL website revealed that....it was just a natural landform.
However, that did not stop the people who believed that it was a sign of life on Mars. They said " the Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98." Since it was cloudy around that time of year maybe you couldn't see all the alien markings because they were hidden by the clouds.
Then, Scientist decided to take a better picture with no interuptions or anything in the way. So, on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia in 2001,The Surveyor captured an amazing photo. "Malin"s team captured an extradorinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." said Garvin. "Each pixle in the 2001 image spans to 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meter per pixle in the best 1976 Viking photo."(Unmasking the Face on Mars)
In conculsion, The face on Mars is a natural landform. Scientist took 3 photos to prove it. Others may still believe that the face is life on Mars, but scientist have proven it is just another natural landform on Mars. | 4 |
5abf3c2 | With some thought I really like the idea of ths FACS. Not only can it train us to know someones emotions but it can make lessons at school more intersting. If I am reading an essay about something that I do not like, obviously I will not attain as much knowledge as I should. The computer that reads my facial expressions and designs a whole new lesson per say, is the one I want.
I can see this program coming in play for a lot of applications. We could get more kids to enjoy school.
In the first parapgraph the author talks about how this program can read and understand someones emotions. They used a painting that dates back centries ago, and still can see exactly the emotion of Mona Lisa. If this program can do this to a painting, imagine what it could do in the daily life of most people! Just think about how much of us use technology. We dont always see what we want to see on social media and what not when it comes to adds. This program can read how you feel about that add and change the add the next time. Thats amazing.
In paragraph 3 the author explains kinda how it works. The only problem I could see come about is security. I mean i wouldnt want some program judging my facial expressions 24/7. So there would have to be some type of agreement and some rules. Also I would want what the programs reads about my emotions to only be shared with me and not be accsessed by others. Its a personal thing.
I was wondering about how the program could read mixed or multiple emotions. Paragraph four goes into detail about this. The author writes "by weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." and " Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." So I would think this software is decently accurate.
Every day at school us students are forced to read and comprehend stuff that we have no say in. It has always been like that. To me I would think if a student is enjoying what He or She is learning they will learn and attain more knowledge. That is where this software comes in. Looking around at fellow classmates, I could almost guarentee that I will not find anyone smiling. Well maybe I could but I can promise you they are not doing school work.
So again I am for sure all for this software. When you stop and think about all the applications this could be used for, it is amazing. Not only that but look at how this could change education. This software can help truly tell someone how they are conveying themselves in public. You may think you look and seem hapy, when to everyone else you look like a sad puppy. Again this is a great software and would do some great things for a lot of people. | 4 |
5ac14fa | We all know about the "Face on Mars". The question that comes to mind is; is the face real? Or is it just some sort of natural occurance? Some people out there think that it was created by beings that lived on Mars. Others believe that the face is a natural occurance.
The "Face" is just a landform. How do we know this? Take a long look at the picture taken of it in 1976, seems alittle blurry to tell what it is. Then take a look at the picture taken of it in 1998, as you can see, it's NOT a face. Still not convinced? Look at the picture taken in 2001, the camera used had a
high-resolution lense. Go ahead and sneak a peak. It's no face.
In fact, the "Face on Mars" just looks like a LANDFORM in the 2001 picture. Clearly, it's not a face. Some scientists believe that it is fact an alien artifact, but not everyone aggrees with their opinion on it. Yes, there could be life on Mars, but it's a slim chance. There's barely any water there, but what water is there is frozen, suggesting that life may have existed there in the past.
The "Face on Mars" has been argued over for the last twenty-five years! People, please! Twenty-five years is long enough! In addition to that, some of the people who believe that aliens created the "face", believe that NASA is hiding it from the public! NASA would actually BENIFIT from finding evidence of life on another planet.
Yes, the landform has some shadows that resemble eyes, a nose, and mouth. People, please just think for a moment. Why would an alien race create a face-like structure on the surface of Mars? What would the purpose of it be? How would it benifit them in building it? Why would they ONLY build a face structure? Why not build a body for it? Face it people, it's a natural landform. | 3 |
5ac9060 | I am completely against driverless cars. There are three main reasons I am completely against driverless cars: there is already a problem in our country with obesity, humans don't even have the process of regular automobiles down yet, and most importantly these cars still require human assistance.
I do not think a driverless car is a good idea, one main issue with the U.S population is its obesity and unhealthy way of living. The only thing this driverless car is doing, is taking another activity away from us and doing it for us. This driverless car will most likely draw in about more then half of the U.S pedestrians and bike riders, not directly taking away the physical activity but giving citizens another easier option.
Personally I believe this driverless car is a dangerous idea, and we are biting off more then we can chew. Our automotive industry is a very well designed system, but it is nowhere near perfect. We still have cars that malfunction, need a ton of assistance, and more technology is just gonna make it worse. The cars themselves are not the biggest problem at all, it is some of the current drivers in the U.S. Some people dont even know how to change oil, jumpstart a battery, or other little things that an automobile could possibly need. So, until our automotive industry is completely perfect and our drivers are completely safe in what we have now. I personally wouldnt want anything that a normal citizen would understand even less on the roads.
The biggest reason I believe the driverless car is a bad iea, is the fact that a person is more likely to fall asleep. Now, the companies say they are coming up with ways to alert driver such has a vibrating seat, or flashing lights. That is completely ridiculous if you ask me, there is no telling how a person would react upon waking up to vibration or flashing lights. Every person wakes up different, sometimes it is frantic, drowsy, or maybe even scared. There is just no scientific way to be comfortable with a persons reactiopn upon waking up.
I am totally against the driverless car. There are many many liabilities and safety issues. Not to mention mental and physical health deffecencies. | 4 |
5ac97a0 | Are you looking for a job that gose oversaes? Then I have the job for you! You should come join me in the Seagoing Cowboys progam. We go over seas to all kinds of countries. Here is some information you might need before you decide to join.
This isn't one of those jobs you hate and want to get over with and go home. It is really fun and a lot of responsibility. Something that is really cool and I love to do, is go sight seeing when we drop of the animals. Since we go a lot of places to give animals away, there is a lot of things to see. That is something that is always fun, if you love going to foreign countries to see things. Like the time I went Crete and and explored an excavated castle.
You are always on a boat, so you can't be scared of boats or the water and you can't be a person who gets sea sick a lot. That's not the only thing you have to mind, though. Because we are taking animals overseas, there is alot of animals to take care of, like 335 horses, plus we have to have enough hay and oats to feed them. It can be a stinky, dirty job, too. You don't really have to be good with animals, though. You just have be good at remembering and giving them food and water up to three times a day. But it would also help if you were good with them, so then you wouldn't scare them. If you are strong then great! We would need you to carry a lot of bahles of hay and bags of oats onto the boat.
Just think, sailing all around the world! You can see places and go to places that you've always wanted to go. If you're thinking like, oh! They don't need me. They've already got enough hands on board!, then you better think again. We can always use a new person to help us. | 4 |
5acc7e6 | You are in class keeping up on work while trying not to fall asleep. Rocking your head back and forth with your eyes are in the back of your head. Then computer realize this putting something on to wake you up! This technology can help people with their life everyday. In this article the techology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can modify lessons, help computer understand us more, and can know the emotions we have.
First of all, this technology can help modify lessons. Computer could look at us and make some justments to our lives. In the text it says "A computer could recognizes when a student is becoming confused or bored" and "Then it could modify the lesson" showing that this techology could help us learn better.
Secondly, the techology can help computer understand us more. If people are talking with emotions the computer will need to understand that and help. In the article it states "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that too" stating that if the computer knows our emotions it could help more.
Finally, the techology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can tell want we feel. If computers knew that people felt something it could try and do somthing about it. In the text it says " if you smile when a wed ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow" showing that if the computer knew your emotions it would help and stick to would like.
This techology modify lessons, help computer understand things, knowing the emotions we have is valuable in the classroom. No more will we fall asleep in class trying to figure out what to do. We would benifit from our emotion reading computers. Smiling at our computer could help us learn. | 3 |
5acd760 | Have you heard of the photo taken in 2001 that revealed a strange, unusual, "Face on Mars?" In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars in search for a landing spot for its sister ship. During the look for a site, the spacecraft noticed something that resembled a human face. This discovery brought up a huge debate between other NASA scientist and conspiracy theorists. The people thought that the Face was a confirmation of life on Mars, but we scientist can ensure you that the Face is just a natural landform. The picture captured of the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because Marian mesas are common around where it was spotted, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument, and high-resolution images from NASA revealed that the Face is just a mesa.
The Face on Mars was discovered on a red planet called Cydonia. When Jet Propulsion Lab seen the photographs captured by the NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, they figured that it was just another Martain mesa. Jet Propulsion Lab came to the conclusion that it was just a mesa because in the text it states, "Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia..." From this the reader can infer that mesas are often found on this planet. Not only did Jet Proplusion Lab believe it was just a natural landform, Mars Global Suveyor also believed it was created naturally.
On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument after all. The spacecraft flew over Cydonia and also captured a picture of the pop icon, the Face on Mars,. The Mars Global Surveyor took a photograph, but ten times sharper than the original photograph from NASA's Viking photos. This picture sure proved that there were no alien monuments. However, people believed it was too cludy to see clearly. Therefore, a high-resolution image from more recent technology offically confirmed that the Face is just a mesa.
Mission controllers from Mars Global Surveyor prepared to take another look at the Face on Mars. On April 8, 2001, the spacecraft flew over Cydonia again and captured a photo as clear as day. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said," Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." This photograph showed that the Face on Mars is equivalent to landforms found around the American West.
In conclusion, the picture captured of the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because Marian mesas are common around where it was spotted, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument, and high-resolution images from NASA revealed that the Face is just a mesa. I believe that this was an amazing discovery and gave us, NASA scientist, a challenge to go out and find evidence to prove conspiracy theorists's accustuations. | 5 |
5ace3fa | Facial action coding system is a great way for teachers to understand how a student is truly feeling about an assignment or lesson in class. Facial action coding systems can help teachers to know if a student needs to either move ahead for a lesson or slow down. This software will help a student further comprehend the work their being assaigned instead of giving up early on. Not every human expresses their emotions the same way on their face so the coding system would have to be advanced and be able to detect slight emotions for every face.
The Facial action coding system does not always work the same for everyones face. A student can be deceptive and it may seem on their face that they are attentative and happy about the work, but could just be thinking about what their going to have for lunch. The pros for the facial action coding sytem are that the system would be able to detect when a student is completely furious and confused about the work they are doing. Another senario for the facial recoginition system would also be able to detect if a student is really confused about the work but they have all the right answers. This system would certainly prevent cheating from students and promote more honest work.
In this article ¨Making Mona Lisa Smile¨, the facial recognition system detects that Mona Lisa is feeling 83 percent happy, but is she really feeling this way? Emotion can not always be detected through facial recognition. Humans can have serious mood swings and can be deceptive and indecisive with their emotions. One moment a teenager could be 95 percent happy, but with mood swings varying the next moment that same student could be 65 percent frustarted. Facial action coding system is a great idea to implicate into schools if, the sytem does not have any flaws with detecting faces. | 3 |
5ad7706 | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program it one chance oppurunity. It allows you to travel places you have not seen before and experienece new things. You will be able to take care of animals like the horses,young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. You may be able to go sight-seeing on you spare time. "And your able to have fun onboard after unloading your able to play games such as baseball and volleyball gamesin the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass time".
If you participate in Seagoing Cowboys program you wont have to have two jobs and it gives you a future job for after your highschool graduation. "You can be more aware of people of other countries and their needs." And that awarness stays with you". The more you travel the more you learn about all kinds of new things you might not have covered in school. Not only are you able to take care of animals you are able to help people.
My overall thought on becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is amazed by all the good you would be doing for the world. Espcially since there is a lot of ways that Seagoing Cowboys program change the world. Being in the Seagoing program there is a big resposibilty because you have to make sure everything is in order, you are not forgetting anything, and everything is going as planneed. | 3 |
5ada2e1 | On May 24,2001 NASA vikings 1 spacecraft was circling mars and snapped a photo of a strange human like face on mars. It just so happens its not actually a face. Scientists discovered that the face on mars was just a natural landform. Some people think aliens created the "face" on mars.
However, aliens did not create the face on mars. The face was a natural landform, scientists did tons of research on this face. At first the scientists thought the face on mars was just another Martian mesa. Once this face was captured on camera a few days later NASA revealed the face they took a picture of on mars. The face then was starred in a hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines and even radio talk shows.
When the scientists were researching the face on mars, like i said they thought it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Many people make ridiculous assuotions, like how they think aliens created this face on mars, even though there can be human life on mars but those are just theorys people are making. Which is when everyone starts amking these assuptions and even make it look belivable that aliens could have possible made the "face on mars".
So aliens did not create this human like face on mars it was mostly just consquently mistaken to be one becuase it really is just huge rocks together just so happening to look like a face. | 3 |
5ada5db | Be able to detect your friends emotions is not that hard but what about someone you dont know very well? Being abble to hide emotions from onthers is not that hard, you van put on a smile and act happy around others and be different be yourself happenes all the time with teens and young adults. Will the machine be able to detect that? Or will it show the outer emotions rather than inner.
This may help a lot of schools witth kids who dont like sharing their feelings, but at what cost will it take fot them to make kids go out and do this? Will it be something thats mandatory or will it be a choice? Thats the question we need to be asking, will it help teens and kids overcome feelings they dont like sharing or will it hurt them even more knowing they felt something that they have been denying all along. Also how do we know if thats correct? In the article it only used an example thats not even a person who is breathing, they used a painting so why spend an upwards of 5,000 dollars on something that may or may not work depending on the situation.
Students get told all the time by teachers, parents, and a lot of other people that expressing their feelings is very important and to do it to someone they trust. Will this take that away the connection between two people sharing feelings, will we turn intoa society that relies on a machine to tell us our emotions? In mu opinion schools shouldnt make or even give this option to students it is giving them an "escape" to talking about their feelings, will it be worth it in the end? To turn our next generation that its okay not to tell how we feel. isnt that the same as being sort of "robotic". My parents stress the improtance of showing and talking about emotions and how it makes people closer, now they want to trow that away for a machine. I also see it being sort of like an alternative counsilier because you go see your counsilier about how your feeling and isnt that technically what this machine is doing?
We need to stick with human interactions, having that is what makes us a society of poeple who care about one another. Once you introduce something with more machinerey yo introduce more kids who are antiscoical and dont want to go outside or play sports. There is a time when technology gets to be too muchand this is one of those times. Lets stop it before we even begin. | 3 |
5ae32d2 | Many people feel that the president plays a very imperative role in the United States. He has much responsibility and an enormous influence on what this country stands for. So, surely, this president must be carefully sought out from the abundance of other candidates. It is quite contreversial as to what method is best for selecting them. Although an electoral college may appear as the right path, the countries interest unvariably lies with the popular vote because it is fair and unstressful unlike the electoral college.
Firstly, the electoral college is quite unfair. It is mentioned by Bradford Plumer in "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" that some of the states do not even get to see candidates under the electoral college system. Candidates don't even bother with the states that they don't have a chance of winning over. They focus all of their attention on swings states. This means that some states have to vote based on just what they have heard. These people could have heard rumors and now are voting under false impressions. They deserve their own fair share of information from the candidates themselves. Also, under the electoral college the people of this nation aren't even voting for their president. They are voting for the electors. All that they can do is hope that the person that they voted for votes in their favor (Plumer). There is no guarentee that they will, so people have little say in who is president. This is their country, they should be able to decide who does and doesn't govern it. It is mentioned that with the popular vote larger states get more attention than little ones (Posner). The popular vote may not be entirely fair to all states, but it most definitely is better than the electoral college. Even Richard Nixon, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO agree that the electoral college should be abolished.
As if this wasn't enough to get rid of the electoral system, the popular vote is also much less stressful. First off, the there could be a tie. If there is a tie, the decision goes to the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is likely that the result of their voting will not be at the will of the people (Plumer). Isn't it just easier to have their load lightened and take the stress of thep possibility off thier back? Although the outcome of a tie is unlikely (Posner) it is still possible and causing unnecessary stress. Additionally, the electoral college results in the presence of the disaster factor (Plumer). If a repeat of the 2000 fiasco (the biggest election crisis in the past hundred years (Plumer)) is what America is looking for then by all means choose to stick with the electoral college.
In summation, it is prominent that the most potent option for this naiton is to elect the president of the United States by popular vote. Even though the electoral college does have some pros, the ultimate candidate is the popular vote as it ensures fairness and a virtually stressless voting process. Who doesn't want that? | 5 |
5ae6fe3 | Would you like to help animals that have been shipped over sea?If you would like to thier is a program for it,the name of the program is Seagoing Cowboys.In this program you would help animals that have been shipped over sea.You should join the program because,you get to help animals,and you get to do fun things.
In 1945,world war 2 was over,most of the countries were left in runis.To make these counties recover their,food, and animals and more, they hired "Seagoing Cowboys".Don and I decidce to sign up for it because it was a good cause. All you have to do was feed and watered two or three times a day.My job was to check on all the animals every hour.
I also had time to have fun on board.We got to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds.We only got to have fun on return trips.Table-tennis touraments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass the time.I also enjoyed spending time with Don.
In conclusion,I thought being in the Seagoing Cowboy program was a great opportunity for me.This program opened up the world to me.I think everybody in the united state should help out. This program was great in i hope i inspiered you to be in the program. | 3 |
5aed1c1 | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will be able to go site seeing in other countries.
You will also learn how to speak the languages of were you go.
Another thing you may learn is hours care.
One more thing that you will learn is what other countries need support in.
One reason you would want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is to have the oppurtunity to go site seeing in other countries.
Some of thoes countries are China, and the United Kingdom.
You will probibily go to more countries but each of them will be unike.
One way they will be unike is by their arts and arckitexture.
Another thing that you will see different in the countries is their fifferent quizines.
You may also learn how to speak the languages of the countries you go to.
On the other hand you have already learned the hardest language in the world if you are from America.
The one thing that makes English the hardest language is because of the homifonnes.
There is no other language that has words that have more than one meaning for a word.
So it should be a little easer to learn the countries language.
Most likely if you do join the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you will be shipping hourses.
So you will probibly learn how to take care of the hourses.
One thing you will learn is how much gran to give the.
Another thing is when to feed the hourses the grane.
One other thing you might learn is what the other nations are needing after the war.
They might need cows for dary and meat.
They might need sheep for there food and wool. So they might need a lot of stuff after the war.
So if you joined the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you would have a lot of options of learning that you can do.
You could go see important things about other countrys history.
You can even lean a nother language.
Also you will probibly be with horses all the way across the Atlantic ocean.
One last thing, you can also learn how the other countries need support. | 3 |
5aef530 | People would love driving without hands. BMW will be making this happen by 2020 year from now. No hands would be cool because u can sit in the back and do nothing. Driverless will be safer for everyone. It might save you gas because its was smart car.
No hands would be cool because you can eat while sitting in the back. It won't hurt your body while sitting in the car for hours. Some people will think you doing magic because no one sitting in the front seat. There will be something for that person whos controling the car. No hands for a drive less car will make everything better you can do a lot of things.
Driverless car will be safer because it can tell you when you in danger or stop if you need it. If you about to fall asleep turn on driverless mode and take a nap. It will save you a lot of time. It will make the right choose for you when you turn it on. Less people getting hurt because they half sleep or doing something bad behind the wheel. Only thing you need is turn it on or park and wait.
This might save you gas .By making the right chioce for you. It will cost less for gas if its the right way you going. It will be more money in his back pants. More gas the less it will be on the samrt roads if its needed.
People would love driving without hands. No hands would be cool because you can eat while sitting in the back. Driverless car will be safer because it can tell you when you in danger or stop if you need it. This might save you gas. It was save you gas and money and money. | 2 |
5af1f7c | People are becoming more and more reliant on cars, from getting to the store, school, or wherever else, it's become a pandemic. Cars emit gasses, they pollute the atmosphere, and are a reason why people don't live healthy lifestyles.
Back before there ever were cars, there were the small neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are still like this, including Vauban Germany they get around with the bikes, or just plain old walking "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there" (Rosenthal,3) . Some neighborhoods are still like this, including Vauban Germany. Cars pose a danger in these neighborhoods. Gasoline vehicles produce gasses and carbon monoxide, it is colorless, odorless, and cannot be seen, but can be inhaled. This gas harms the body and can kill it if it inhales too much of this gas, and in small neighboorhoods where a lot of young children are, it is very dangerous. This is why car usage should be limitted around children and neighborhoods.
Cars have become one of the main culprits of a polluted atmosphere. In Bogota, Columbia, there is a day where no cars are to be used or allowed. Only public transit, walking, or any other transportation other than cars, not only to reduce poluting in the air and promote using alternative transportation. In effect, this has also sprouted new job opportunities, and a more beautiful city: "Parks and sports 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 disctrics have cropped up."
Cars have become one of the main reasons why people don't live a healthy lifestyle. Cars cause stress, anger, frustration, and laziness. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter" in Vauban, Germany. In Bogota, it's also promoting healthy lifestyles by relieving such emotions: "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said business man Carlos Arturo Plaza".
In conclusion, cars are one of the main reasons why people die of carbon monoxide poisoning, the air is polluted, and why people don't have a healthy lifestyle due to laziness and stress from cars. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, and official of Transportation for America." | 3 |
5af2cfe | In this article it talks about how scientists should focus on exploring Venus our sister planet. They want to further explore Venus because of how facinating the planet is. The only problem is that the weather, atmosphere, and pressure on Venus is very deadly. No spaceship has ever lasted a long time on Venus, so not much is really known about what is hiding on its surface. That's why scientists thing that we should explore more into Venus. By exploring Venus our understanding of more planets in out solar system would expand greatly.
The author gives many claims and examples of how we can further explore Venus with little to no probelms. The first claim is that a blimp-like ship could hover over the planet at a safe area to achieve more information anout the planet and atmosphere. The temperature would still be hot and crazy, but it would not be as hot as the surface of Venus is. Also the pressure would be safe and would not kill anyone like it would on the surface of Venus. But the only probelm with this idea is that the people can not get any physical samples of rock, gas, and any other material on Venus. They would only be able to observe from the ship that is hovering over the planet. This idea would work, but the information that we would get wouldn't be as helpful as acturally going onto Venus's surface
Another claim that the author gives that we could try is that, scientist have made simplified electronics made out of silicon carbide already that can survive up to 3 weeks in the conditions Venus has. Along with this is by looking back into older technologies and how strong and stable they are. And how we can incorperate this into ships and other things that could travel to Venus safely. This would work but it wouldn't last forever and would eventrally melt and or something would happen to the objects that are preasent. This idea would work up to a certain area and would give us only limited information that we could obtain.
The author is all for exploring Venus and that we should try harder and focus more on the exploration of Venus. The author does give some decent claims about how we could take it into action. But the claims he gives don't really show how we can get to Venus. The claims that the author has given in the reading are well but together, and they seem like they would work up to a certain extent. In the reading the author makes it seem that we should put all of our time into exploring Venus, and he gives many reasons why. And what information we would gain out of exploring Venus. The author gives many helpful ideas that would not be as dangerous as just going to the planet's surface. Overall the auhtor gives his support to the exploration of Venus, and his claims are very well towards that idea as well.
In all not just the author thinks that we should explore our sister planet Venus. There are many people that have thought of this idea and that we should work towards it. Venus is a very interesting planet and has many things that have yet been discovered about it. Overall the author fully supports that claim that we should further explore Venus for many reasons that would be successful to us and help our knowledge grow.
Venus is the only planet that could've looked like earth many years ago, and still has many similar features to this day with earth. | 5 |
5b02768 | This Facial Action Coding system or a new technology that can read your feeling were valuable, The software produce by two successful of the university professor which we can be trusted the quality, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confusing or bored" It was easy for the teacher to know that neither they students was understanding or not because some of the student chose to act like they're understand the lesson but actually they don't and ended up fail the test. The Facial Action Coding System will be helpful to the High School counselor "Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" the counselor can see if the students lie about they feeling at home or at school this technology could help more prevent suicide. This FACS can also recognize a painting "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry, the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance oainting, Mona Lisa" So it's was even more valuable if we can know the painting feeling it can prove a history people feeling. | 2 |
5b044b7 | Are Driverless Cars the Answer
Do you remember the time you had that long never-ending day at work? And all you had on your mind was getting home. But you had about a 45 minute drive home. A task that seemed so impossible because you were so exhausted. Well why not have an automated car that asist you with your driving. Yes i´m talking about a self-driving car. Yes the mere future is right around the corner!
Google cofounder imagines a future with a public transportation system with these driverless cars. I agree with his booming vision. I think it would change the world in so many positive ways. The first thought that comes to mind is the economy. The car he wants to develop uses about half of the fuel today´s taxis use. That mean less fossil fuel use. Which leads to less polution in the air. I think if we cut the problem in half, that could be a stepping stone to end global warming.
But of course you know any big idea has down faults. The driverless arent´t totally driverless. When it comes complicated traffic or construction work on the roads, it needs the driver to take over. But the Google industries are finding safer ways and better ways the car can
be completely driverless. Did you know that Google has had driverless cars since 2009. I mean their cars have driven a whopping half a million miles without crashing?
One of the causes of deaths is car crahses.The self driverless cars will be also equipped with state of the art computer sytsems, antilock brakes, and with all that asistance it will also have you in the vehicle. The antilock brakes make ensure protection against rollovers, also it prevents out of control skids. They respond better than a human can do. So that mean less crashes. Which means less deaths. No one wants to lose there loved ones to a car crash.
The cars are all around just enjoyment you can sit back, relax, and actually enjoy the ride. I think the developement of the cars are such a good idea. Its going to help the economy, provide less crashes, and all in all let a car ride be enjoyable. The future is thought to be right around the corner. | 4 |
5b06e68 | Driverless cars are cars that drive on its own and you do not have to control it what so ever. Google has had these cars ever since 2009. They are said that these cars are all working from the computer and the manufacturers. These cars seem to have a lot of benifts, but at the same time, there are many downsides to these driverless cars. These cars seem pretty troublesome with things such as conflict, lack of attention, and the roads.
Driverless cars can start a lot of arguments. Suppose you got in a car crash while using one of these driverless cars. Who's fault would that be, the driver or the manufacturer? It could be said that it is the driver because they were not paying enough attention to the car and roads and it is their fault that they did not control it. Then again, it could also be said that it is the manufacturers fault because they could have engineered it wrong and it have some flaws.
Another downside about driverless cars is the lack of attention that some people will have when looking out for the roads. People are lazy, and when they hear the word driverless cars, they automatticaly assume that they will not have to do any work and will just sit back and relax. This leads to people not paying attention to the road and not dealing with the car when the car alerts it to take control.
As said in the article, not only do you have to have smart cars, but you will also need to have smart roads. This is imossible to do because you can not go aroung changing every road, it would cost too much and take forever. Now it is said that the solution to this is that you would just have to make smarter cars, but how smart can they get? It will be most likely that there will be some roads that the car is just not smart enough to do.
In conclusion, diverless cars are not what they are cut out to be. The arguments that would arise, the lack of attention, and apparently the 'dumb' roads are only a handful of downsides and issues of the driverless car. Is it really worth so much when you yourself can just drive? Many people in this day drive and it is not such a big deal. We can not resort to even more lazier ways when the computer does all the work. We soon will just be doing nothing and electronics will be doing everything for us. And it comes to say, how much smarter can a car get? | 4 |
5b078b2 | The "face" on mars is not a face at all, although it may look like a face it is not. The "face is very similar to some land formations on earth like a butte or a mesa. The "eyes" of the face and the "nose" of the face are just shadow on the rocks. The day that the picture of the "face" was taken it was cloudy and may have crated the shadows, or there are rocks that are higher up that created the shadows.
It is stated in the article that the "face" does not actually have eyes or a nose, that it was just the shadows that made them. scientists proved that it was not a face by takeing another more clear image of the "face", showing that it was a land formation and not an alien. They also proved that there were no alien pyramids, shacks, or any alien artifacts near the rock formation.
In conclusion the "face" is not an alien artifact or a giant head. the "face" is only a large land formation like a mesa or a butte like we have on earth. | 2 |
5b080e5 | Reducing the Toll on the Human Race with Driverless Cars
The development of driverless cars would be an amazing thing.
So many bad situations could be avoided with driverless cars because the human drving a car is an enormous variable.
The payoff of using driverless cars would be giant as well.
Granted, it would be expensive and the period of time it would take to completely phase out regular cars would be lengthy, it would be a worthwhile investment into the future.
The development of driverless cars would be an amazing in incredibly helpful step for society and the car manufacturing world.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are killed in car accidents.
Many of those accidents are a result of neglegence on the fault of the driver.
Driving while under the influence, driving and texting, driving and making calls, driving and eating, driving and putting make-up on; all are things that cause car accidents that could be avoided with driverless cars. With driverless cars, passengers would be able to go on the road and not have to deal with the stress that comes with driving around on busy roads, or the stress that comes with taking into consideration bad drivers, other people driving under the influence, or just other drivers in general.
Driverless cars would eliminate the biggest variable regarding cars: the driver.
A driverless car would be beneficial to many people, but they would be even more beneficial to the companies and factories that construct and sell the cars.
They would be expensive to buy, but would pay off themselves every time an incident is avoided.
Not to mention, eventually the regular cars would be phased out.
This means that car companies who build and sell the driverless cars would be making a sensational amount of money.
Finding the equptment to build all the driverless cars would be expensive and time consuming, but the process would be worth it to have all the new cars made and on the roads.
Driverless cars would change the way the world works.
There would be no "new driver anxiety" when teens get their liscenses.
There would be a dramatic decrease in the death-by-vehicle statistics.
It would not be suprising if one day people no longer needed to buy cars, similar to the article when Sergey Brian said, "...such cars would change the world.".
There are so many options that arise when considering such an invention.
What is a city decided to have fleets of taxis and buses with driverless cars?
Driverless cars would be an added benefit.
Then no one would have top buy a car and spend the money to take car of it with upkeep, and car companies would still make a lot of money.
With driverless cars, the impact on the environmet would be very much less than those cars of today.
The options and pros are endless when it comes to driverless cars.
The world would experience a shift in function if driverless cars were introduced.
The number of deaths and accidents involving automotives would decrease exponetially and life would be a little less stressful for many.
The attack on the environment would be lessened, and roads would be safer.
There are pros and cons for any situation, but in the case of driverless cars, the pros seem to greatly outweigh the cons.
The quality of life would increase, and the variable of the human driver would be eliminated. Driverless cars would be an excellent addition to the car lots and would be an amazing tool for people in everyday life. | 4 |
5b0850d | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit by presenting examples of how NASA is trying their best to find a way to survey Venus, as well as state how these examples could work, and why NASA is wanting to go to Venus at all.
In paragraph 4, the author states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in out solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be out nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable[.]"
The author stating the reasons why NASA (as well as other astronomers) wants to go to Venus is exactly the answer to the question. The planet could have Earth-like minerals or even evidence of past life that may have lived there long ago. Going to Venus would be risky, but given the opportunity we should explore all the planets we can, just to see what it's like.
Like Christopher Columbus exploring new lands around the world, we should be pioneers in the context of space exploration. Seeking out new life, and to go where no man has gone before, for the sheer benefit of exploration. | 2 |
5b0ae13 | In the newer ages, people were worried about how they would get from A to B. They would have the curiousity of what others were driving, as of Mr. Sav ik in the article
The End of Car Culture said when he was around twenty years of age. Most relied on cars because it was quicker or easier to have their own. They always thought about the disadvantages of not having a car but not the advantages. Helping the environment, saving money, and safety of others are all advantages of limiting car usage which citizens fail to realize.
To start off, limiting car usage helps the environment and helps keep it clean. In Europe passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Experts say that the the main cause of the greenhouse not being able to reduce gas emmisons is because of the tailpipes of cars driven around.
For example, Beijing,China is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Paris,France even banned cars for five days because the air pollution was so thick. They fined people for thirty-one dollars if they refused to leave their vehicle at home. Everyone wants to live as long as they can and to have a clean environment,so why not give up your car for a few days to help ciontribute.
Furthermore, everyone ould love to have a little more money in their pockets instead of putting it in their gas tank. Limiting car usage is the way to go if you want to save money. In Vauban,Germany you are allowed to have a car but it would cost you an arm and a leg just to have one. For car ownership there, you would have to buy a parking space for forty thousand dollars and a home.
As a result to having to pay that ridiculous amount of money for one parking space seventy percent of Vauban families do not own cars at all. Over fifty percent of the citizens sold their car before they moved there. Having that extra amount of money helps a lot.
Therefore, the safety for others is also an advantage of limiting car usage. If most of all the people are either walking or biking their way to their destination, no one would have to worry about getting hit by a car or getting into a car accident.
In German Suburb,Life Goes On Without Cars , Heidrun Walter explained how when she did have a car she would always tense up while drivng. Now that she doesn't have to worry about driving she is much happier with walking or riding her bike.
In conclusion, Helping the environment, saving money, and safety of others are just some of the advantages of limiting car usage. Their not only advantages but benefits to you as well. As said in the forth article, the percentage of people getting their licenses has dropped. The miles of driven by one person in 2013 was nine percent below the peak in January 1995. Slowly but surly the trend of not using a car is not blooming in the European countries but in the US as well. | 4 |
5b0af71 | Driverless cars is something that we have all saw, wether is be in a movie or had been referenced in a song or televison show. Cars that can operate by thereselfs is something every one would want to be alive to see happen, right? Who wouldnt want to relax a little while driving, and it be safe while doing it? The future would turn ito the present and driverless cars would became a well known thing and would be normal to see on the street.
"...such cars would fundamentally change the world." says Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, and I totally agree. The world is becoming more technology advanced, and scientist are discovering new things everyday. Years ago, if someone had said that everyone in america, or nearly everyone, would be carrying a celluar device around that could tell us almost anything, and could send instant messages to another person, even if its half way across the world, they would flip out. I wonder what they would have thought about cars that drive themselves? If we have the technology and resources to do this, why not? Driving would be a lot more fun, and more safe too.
Car manufacturers always look at driver saftey when designing a new model, or brand of car.Although this is a key aspect, humans are prone to have error. We dont have vision to look at our surroundings all at the same time, although We sure try. Humans are prone to unprevented error, but with the help from technonlogy, having driverless cars can be a whole heck safer. "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position- estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receivers and an intertial motion sensor." Thats a whole lot of detections all around the vehicle, even in the blind spots that we humans cant quite 100 percent see. The car would even alert you if it senses danger or a problem where it would need your assistence. In addition, It's even better for the world.
The car "...would use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." The world we live in today takes such things as, gas, as underappreciated. Gas isnt cheap nor renewable. Once we use all the gas, there's no more left. We have a limited supply and its hurting the earth more than you think. The world needs to cut back on such luxuaries and the smart cars would help. Half the price, half the gas per car than an average car. They offer more eco-friendliness than any other. therfore, smart cars that drive themselves, or with assistance ,should be something all states allow.
In conclusion, smart cars should be something in the near future. New technology gives us the opputunity to do things we never dreamed of. These cars would fundamentally change the world as we know it. Safer cars equals safer people which equal more lives saved. The world would also be a better place for everyone seeing as the cars are cutting down on gas than a regular vehicle. Smart cars are in the near future. | 4 |
5b1041d | The author supports this idea fairly well, giving an extreme amount of interest into the topic. He too is like any other human, curiosity driving him. Paragraph 8 states, "Striving to meet the chcallenege presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.", this being explained that human curiosity does drive people to do things. The mind is a very confusing thing for humans, that we still to this day doesn't understand. They have thought of many solutions for getting on the surface to mars, whether it being vehicles flying 30+ miles above the surface to have a glance of what they're dealing with, or using certain materials to make a machine last longer on the surface to get the data they need. We can't stay there permenently to obtain data, but we can stay there for a slight bit, as Paragraph 5 says, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape", and as Paragraph 7 states, "For example. some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions...". Though our human race hasn't even dented the knowledge of the world, our technology is advancing whether it's taking 20 years or 20 days. Soon enough, we could support civilization on Venus. | 2 |
5b1893b | '' Do you think that it would be fun to be a Seagoing Cowboy?'', Parker questioned
'' I think that it would be a great idea. ,I stated We could go on the ships to see different countries on our free time and we could have fun watching the animals.''
Many resonsons why I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program are you can help out people and you can visit cool places while you are traveling. Also you could get a chance to learn how it feels to help someone out that really needs it like Luke did.
Luke also got the opportunities to see China and Europe, the Acropolis in Greece, take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water, and he toured a excavated castle in Crete and he saw the Panama Canal on his way to China, like you could if you did something like this.
Also if you did this you would have the opportunity to see and travel the different oceans like Luke did in his travels.
My conclusion is if you join the Seagoing Cowboy program you will enjoy the sights you see and the wonderful feeling of helping out people ineed in other countries.
I think this because in the article it says ''Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. I'm grateful for the opportunity,'' he says ''It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.'' And that
Awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange vistiors for many years. That is why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program. | 3 |
5b192c8 | In my opinion, I'm against these type of cars. Yes, there are a lot of positives about them, but that doesn't mean they are completely safe and will help humanity.
I can foresee these cars becoming a huge issue. One of those issues I can see happening is that these cars, yeah, they seem safe. Are they really safe though? It seems to me like these cars would get in accidents very easy and could severly hurt someone. Lets say you aren't paying attention to the road, imagine if someone swerves in front of you and its so fast your car doesn't pick up on it. You could end up in a sever accident and possible pass away from lack of paying attention.
Another issue I have with these cars being produced is that it would take away from tradition. Whats even the point of going through driver's ed when you can have an automatic car that does everything for you? It's a right of passage to get your first car and learn how to drive it. It gives you a sense of accomplishment. I wouldn't feel very proud of myself if my car just drove itself.
These are my biggest two problems with these cars being made, and I have more. These cars aren't going to help society they would end up simply destroying it. | 2 |
5b1dea8 | We should have Driverless Cars. Drvierless cars have been thought of since we've had cars. We should have driverless cars because they are safe, they have alerts if/when drivers need to take over, and they'd work even better if we invested in smart roads/sensors. Driverless cars are the future so why not hop on the Driverless Car train right now?
Driverless cars are safe. The Google car made in 2009 has never crashed. The car has driven over a half million miles without a single crash. The Google car isn't all the way driverless, but they only alert a driver when, pulling in/out of a driveway or dealing with complicated traffic issues. Other than those three things the Google car drives, brakes, accelerates, and deaccerates on its own.
Driverless cars now are not all the way driverless.They still alert the driver when he/she needs to takeover. The driver taking over is probably for the best at this time, but when technology becomes more advanced the car will be able to park itself and manuver through constuction zones and more. Also if America invests money in smart roads. Smart roads are magnets with alternating polarity. The car reads the positive and negative polarity and drives itself.
If the option for smart roads is out of the question because of how expensive they are, we could always use sensors. Sensor are nothing new to the car world though, they have been used since the 1980s. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes, reduse power, and allow better response and control that a human driver could manage.
In conclusion, drivers should be able to use driverless car technology. In 2016 Tesla anonuced a projected of a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. The technology is safe, relieable and driverless cars are the cars of the future. We grow closer to reaching that goal everyday. | 3 |
5b21c38 | The author frequently tells the reader how much he supports it or talks about its importance. He goes on about things being made or planned to counter rack the dangers of Venus showing he has intrest in it. He also seems to know a bunch of unccomon facts about Venus. Lletting the reader know he went to the trouble of learning about what he's talking about.
In paragraph 8 it states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." That quote shows that he wants to study Venus even though there's danger, he thinks overcoming those challenges will better humanity. Still on paragraph 8 the text 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." This statement shows that no doubt or possible dangers should stop or limit us from exploring. This shows that he thinks we need those challenges to meet the limit of our imagination and innovation.
The author shows evidence that Venus holds some information of the history of our solar system and of itself. Like in paragraph 4 the text states " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." That states that other forms of life could've exsited before us, also that Venus was once like us. Also this line "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." supports that Venus still has some things in common with us. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." this statement shows that Venus is also our most convient planet because of space travel.
The author does support studying Venus, by listing his opinions in the last paragraph, which would be paragraph 8. He also talkes about it's importance in the future and present in other paragraphs especially paragraph 4. He also list somethings that can evolve into the soultion we need to study Venus in paragraphs 5-7. So inconclusion he thinks stuyding Venus is a vital action to expand our imagination and innovation, and to also test the limits of the human brain. | 4 |
5b27416 | Dear state senator,
The Electoral College is a process of choosing the United States president that was created when the Constitution was written. Electors from each state choose a candidate for their state based on the people's popular vote. Some people believe the Electoral College should be abolished while others want to keep the system. The Electoral College should be abolished in the United States and the president should be chosen by popular vote for several reasons.
Of course, there are many valid points why the Electoral College is still a good system and should be kept. "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast,etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president..." (Posner,19). This stops one specific region of the US, especially if the president is dominantly popular in that region, from being the main decision for president, so every state in every region has a fair chance in deciding the president. Also, "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution..." (Posner,21). This gives larger states that have more voting citizens a bigger influence on the desision of the president than smaller states that have less voting citizens unlike how the Senate gives an equal number of representatives to each stater reguardless of the states size. However, all these arguments to keep it lack good logical reasoning and are outdated. So, we should abolish the Electoral College and give the choice of the election to the people through popular vote.
The first reason we should get rid of the Electoral College is the system is outdated and unfair. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president..."(Plumer, 10). What this means is the electoral college is non-democratic in the fact that the people don't choose their leader, the electors do based on the peoples choice but in the end its all up to them. Also, a state with more electors will have a bigger impact on the choice than one with less so it doesn't really come down to the peoples' choice, it comes down to what state you live in. Another argument is "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states..."(Plumer, 13). | 3 |
5b27764 | Leonardo Da Vinci's renaissance painting "Mona Lisa" is one of the famous painting this world has ever known. But there was one question in my mind,"WHAT IS HER EMOTION"? Is she smiling, is she angry, is she sad, what is her emotion.
Now this new technology called FACS (Facial Acting Coding System) can measure human emotions. It also measures Mona Lisa's emotion. Is it valuable in today's world.
Nowdays, unlimited machines have been built to comfort human civilization. Some of them really benefitted, some of not. Now a Human emotion telling machine is built to measure emotions. I think it is valuable because the creator might have built it for purpose. But what I personally think, "IT IS USELESS". WHY?.Let me explain you.
Humans are making new machines. But who has the time to test it. Because machines are growing, but the civilization is busy. Some people can't give their family some time because they got job to do. If they're done with job, then they have to look for home. Stress increases these days.
I think this machine is valuable same as useless. Valuable because it takes a lot of time and years to make. Useless because it has no role to deal with human stress, it reads emotions, that's pretty cool. But what anout dealing with stress. I hope you like my thought. | 1 |
5b2a930 | Dear Florida state senator, as a citizen of the United States I would like to get rid of the electoral college and replace it by the most voted canidate wins the election. The electoral college system is curropt and is not fair to some states. Some states with lower population have a smaller voice than Callifornia, Texas, Florida and New York. Their voice is not heard or their state is not even visited by the canidates because the canidates want " bigger fish ". This is not right and I will not stand for this nonsense any longer.
Maine is a small state we can agree on that right? Now compare Maine to a much larger state in population and size. Maine has a 4 and now look at the big bad wolf state of Texas. Maine is in the shadow of many other big states and Maine is not alone. Arizona, Marryland, and even North Carolina are pip squeeks compared to other states and they barrely even get a say. The outcome really only comes down to the bigger states with a bigger population and some states are big but they dont have a large amount of people like California and Texas.
Peopel who vote are not even votin for the canidate himself! They are voting for a person who will most likley vote who we are voting for. Now rarely they will vote for the other canidate which is not right and is a waist of time in my opinion. It would be better if we as a nation would just cut out the middle man and let our votes directly go twords who we want to win the election and not take any risks. If the electoral college goes on there will still be a chance of betrayal of who the person we are voting for will vote for the oppisit person we want to win the election.
If we cut out the middle man there will br no more risks of the person we are actually voting for will not betray us and vote for the other canidate. If that were to happen there would probably be chaos and alot of people outraged. If you gave somone 1 dollar and they have to give it to another guy to get a candy bar, than the guy dont have one. The guy you gave the dollar to might just want tp keep it and now your out a dollar. Why not just cut the middle man and get whats right and what you want?
People should get what they ask for and desreve. I say lets just drop the electoral college plan for voting and do it ourselfs. Lets not take the chance of getting robbed a vote and take no chance whats so ever. Lets not leave out the states with the smaller popualtion in the shadows of Texas, Florida, and ec. but make everyone equal. Lets say screw the electoral college voting system bacause me and a million others thaink its unfair to the states and us citizens. | 3 |
5b2f5a3 | As the years fly by, technology becomes more advanced without us even noticing it. Wheter it's new phones, or a new way of searching the web. You name it! Technology has become a high part of society. Why? New inventions pop up faster each and every year, making it a living essential for many around the world .More scientist asks themselves, what more can they do. Which leads into the topic of driveless cars.
First, In 2009, Google introduced us to the science of driveless cars. Each time they worked on it, it would gain even more features. Including steering, and other navigation services. Even though it is driveles, the car will still the driver when it comes to parking, and road side construction. Google feels that this has been in the minds of
others for years. Giving them the inspiraton to give it a try.
So what excatly does drivless mean? Actually it's more like a assisting instead of really driving, since it can only do the basics. Personally, i feel it could be a bit unessacary to have drivless cars;they aren't truly needed. I could see this being help to those who are disabled, or maybe those who have trouble seeing. I don't feel the need for everyone in the world "needing" them, but those who truly do should have them. At the end of the day, we're using driveless cars to help, not to spoil others.
Lastly, safety is a huge part to play when driving. Watching for others cars and pedestrians is super important. Driveless cars are known to be safe, until someone disobeys the rules. There could be an issue when an owner of a driveless car abuses the rules they were given, and causes an accident. I think a lot more can be brought into the making of these driveless cars such as more monitoring and/or children safety. More time should definitely be put into this project before they release it out to the world as a commericial car.
In conclusion, technology is rapidly improving. Millions of ideas come to life before we can blink. Society is what inspires many to come up with projects that could one day become a vital part of our future. Though, i am not the biggest fan of driveless cars, i do believe that they could change the world. Changing the world has become not only a goal, but a dream. | 4 |
5b327ac | Less cars are getting sold on a yearly basis, which is trimendously changing everything in the world. Countries have started noticing when the polution rate spiked up, causing people to make a change. Stated in the fist article "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe"(Elisabeth Rosenthal). This is saying that in just Europe alone cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
The people did not react as you would expect. After noticing the statistics of the rise of problems cars make, they where actually exited for the change "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"(Heidrum Walter). What is being mentioned in this statement is that hardly and of the people that live in Vauban do not own a car and they are happy about it. Now because of situation like this people are going for a more healthier alternitive like walking and biking to there destination.
In some places it is now starting to become a law like in Paris "motorist wih even-numberd license plates were orderd to leav their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day" (Robert Duffer). In the begining that law did not go well with most drivers. About 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. In Bogota it was the third straight year cars have been banned, only allowing buses and taxis and the violators will face a $25 fine. But although some residents do not mind "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polution" (Carlos Arturo).
Now auto mobil companies are looking at the stats and seeing that every year their sales are lowering because of the changes going on. Now fewer people are starting to care about getting their licence to drive. The world is changing for he better. | 3 |
5b33e2a | Driverless cars have both pros and cons. However, more cons. I strongly believe that driverless cars are not safe and should not be driven. Driverless cars pose a great danger when there is not a driver in the it. Firstly, accdients will most likely occur more often therefore damaging the car and anyone in the car. Secondly, the roads could be different and cause the car to not follow certain directions or the road could be under maintenence. Thirdly, driverless technolgy mistakes could happen anytime and cause a major risk to anyone in the car. All of these reasons should make people not want to driver driverless cars.
To start off, driverless most likely cause more accidents. If there is no one in the car to take control of the car if a road is blocked off the car could end up being completely damaged. Also this could cause even more distracted driving. It is already a big deal with normal cars. If someone is texting and notice that the dirverless car is about to hit something it could cause more acidents just like normal driving. Accidents will hapeen no matter what;if there is a driver in the car and if there is no driver in the car. I strongly believe with no driver in that car accidents will definitely go up. If there are more driverless cars on the road than normal cars whcih could possibly mean no dirvers the risk for an accident to occur is much more likely.
Next, roads and driverless cars. You're driving down the sreet and you see part of the road is cut off so you just change lanes even though the lane you were in is usually fine. Lets say a driverless car did the same thing. How would it know not to drive in any lane that is uner maintenence? Driverless cars would not know and that is the problem. If there were construction workers on sight and a driverless car went through that. It would cause damage and possibly even kill the innocent construction workers. Another possibility is that someone is crossing the street and the driverless car can't sense that. The person crossing the street could get hit. Whose fault is that? Driverless cars cannot always sense what is on the road ahead of them unlike normal drivers that can see the road of them. Not knowing what lies on the road ahead of you is very dangerous and that is exactly what driverless cars do.
Finally, the technology that is in the driverless cars. There could easily be a mistake with driverless cars. Regular drivers make mistakes also however it is probably more common in driverless cars. If the car accidentally runs over something thinking it got into an accident and releases the airbags of the car damaging the car and anyone in the car. Or if the car brakes suddenly or
pushes the gas. The price to fix all of this could be very high, higher than the price for a normal car. When you are not in control of your car it opens a lot more risks than when you are not in control of your car. Like any other technolgy things happen that cause it to fail. Since the technolgy is not immune to failure and could even require a driver to be in it, a regular car is a good option. Overall, technolgy always has its flaws and you don't want to be in car that ends up losing control.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good idea. They cause people to constantly worry about whether or not their own car will get in an accident or not. Accidents will occur most likely, the car could not see roads are closed and drive in them anyways thefore damaging the car. Lastly, technology could malfunction also. All of these problems could put anyone in a driverless car at risk for an accident. These cars will be expensive and you do not want to end up getting the car detroyed even if it is not your fault. The only car you have complete control over is the one that you can drive. | 4 |
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