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9af4a25 | This story about Venus talks about how NASA wants to study the planet."Evening star"is what they call Venus. The nickname gaive the rung idea of Venus. Peolpe where misstaking that Venus is a star. Venus it's a own plant. In the text says "Venus is the second plant from our sun." In phragraph one. Reserchers study Venus becouse backthen is was closer to earth. Dispise of Venus bing dangers. Reserchers what to fide out if it still hase some earth fechers.
NASA whats to get information about Venus. One of the idea of NASA is to seand peolpe to Venus. People will hover throw space. In the text says"our jet airplanes travel at higher altitude to fly over may storms."In phragraph five. Flying aroud Venus is not placent. Dispice that Venuse is very hot,bing above is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The air pressure is lower like the sea leveal. Resiving infromation in venus is limited becouse of how much lights it gives. We can not take anying from mars frome a distance. NASA have not founed a way to get far in to Venus. With this problem NASA takes it risky or as a challeng.
Anuther way to resive infromation is by sending elatronics to Venus. NASA had sent mutuple objets to mars. The objet semes to only servive fore some few three weeks. In oder to make somthing beter to sent in Venus is lookng at obld technology. Looking at phragraph siven it tells us that "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers.". NASA uesd newer technology but it has not over three weeks. Sending mechens that are made with meatel it will mealt or over heat because of the heat in Venus. With the old mechens and with the newer we will fined a more resestent salustion that can healp us with information.
One day we will have the limets to go in Venus. NASA has not gavie up Venus. Venus is valuble to us not olny because it's just a nuther resuers but because it will let us have the lemits to explore other plants. I do balive that we should know other plants. We shouled tot be limited with awer inmagination. | 2 |
9af7507 | When we vote for our next president, do you have a voice? When you vote, you pick an "ellectoral college" to do the real vote. Our founding fathers decided to establish it, It's a weird system to follow though. No matter who has the popular vote, over fifty percent of the votes, will not win because of this system. I believe the people should truely decide on who becomes president, not a system.
When we vote, were just picking someone to vote for us again. If thats true then whats the point of voting? Over 60 percent of voters now would perfer a direct election because the ones who get over fifty percent of the "peoples" votes seem to lose just because of this system. John F. Kennedy won from a popular vote but if the electoral system was applied then, if that happend all the great things he did would be gone. The electoral college is outdated and irrational and needs to be changed.
Even if we argue about the system it'll probably never change, the unfairness. Lots of people decide not to vote because of this. People are realizing that votes aren't what they seem they are anymore, people in California and Texas stopped voting because they believed their vote had no effect which is close to the truth. More and more people are not voting, the main reason is this system.
If you think the electoral college is fair, think again. People might say "oh, it's made because people who vote aren't educated enough to decide". Are they calling the voters stupid? The only people who care to vote are the ones who mosy liekly did the research on the person before voting to make sure that person is making the right decision for our future. Oh, wait votes won't matter because the electoral college is doing it for us. The people's votes are just fake ones and dont really matter so why vote?
Does the popular vote matter? Why do we still vote? The electoral college does all the work, no matter what we do. We could have over half the votes on one president and have the other one win instead. The system we have to vote is flawed and should be removed so "we the people" can decide who to be president. We should decide on who leads out country to success. | 3 |
9af7672 | In this article they say the dangers of going on venus. they make it to where it is suitable for people to go on they make it to where theyre standing and floating 30 miles in the air . the pressure makes it harder for it to be liveable and the heat . They say its like taking an electronic on a machine chamber and letting it go and get heated and melt. venus has the hottest surface tempeture of any planet because its closer to the sun.they orbit the sun at different speeds which is why density is so high on venus. Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on venus. it didnt seem to work out but they sent humans there and tried to make it live able for them . The humans studied the planet and tried to get it to where it is most comfortable for people to go. they cant send electro devices because it will only damage them. They put them 30 miles in the air so that they wont feel the heat and presure against their bodies. this is the best suitable way for them to make it on the planet venus. | 1 |
9b02a20 | There are many advantages of limiting car usage, such as it saves gas and it helps relieve stress. "Its a ood opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"(Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota) says a business man that goes by the name Carl Arturo Plaza. There are amny different ways to get from point A to point B and Back to point A in a safe, and helpful way. Such as taking the bus, taxi, carpooling, bike riding, or even skating.
Limiting car usage saves gas because you can use someonjes elses gas instead of your own and you can conserve yur gas when ever you really need to use it to go to the store or get something that you really need later on tin the day when you get bac to point A and see and use your car. "Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel overs gasoline. Diesel makes up 67% of vehciles in France,m compared to a 53.3% average of diesel engines in the rest of the western Europ, according to Reuters." (Paris bans driving due to smog)
Limiting car usage also relieves stress for some stressful people. Some people that i know get really flustered ehen they drive and they have road rage, and they have to take pohone calls and get distracted from the road and sometimes some people just need to have someone else take the wheel and they neeed to get themselves together and take a moment and reliEze that. na dnoone needs a stressed driver that just makes all of us nervous.
In conclusion limited car usage is good because it save sgas and is tgood for reliving stress. | 3 |
9b04017 | Dear state senator i would like to argue the Electoral college, wheather to keep it or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states. Honestley i would like to get rid of it because there are so many things wrong with it, even the best-liad defenses are wrong because our vote does not really count the popular vote could be voting for one of the president while the representative that represents us could choose to vote for the other president if he wanted. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a straight up election to the kind we have now. For example take in consideration what happened the year 2000 when Al Gore was going against George. W Bush, Al Gore had won the popular vote which means that everybody wanted Al Gore to be president. But George. W Bush won the whole election because of the Electoral College. Under the Electoral College system the voters are not voting for the president, but for a slate elctors,they decide who the president is. Which if you think about it its un american because this is a free country and a democracy and if we are not realy picking but just mearley helping decide who is president in a democracythen yeah my opinion is that its un american. What most worries the people is the prospect of the tie in the elctoral college which in that case the votes will be sent to the House of Representatives where they choose the president which if you think about its bad because lets say that the HR is being governed by Republicans and you the voter is a Democrat, which way do you think the HR is going to go, Republicans right, and how would that make you feel, not very pleassent i assume. The Electoral College is a prcess not a place which means we can demolish it without getting people hurtthats why i propose that we crush the Electoral College hopefully all the information i've put in this letter has pursuaded you to help out your country.
sincearly PROPER_NAME | 3 |
9b0c3dd | In today's world, almost anything is possible. From driving cars that don't need gas to reading the facial expressions of a painting made hundreds of years ago. However, one area that still needs possible improvement is the classroom. Over many decades, schooling has remained extremely similar. Yes, with the introduction of technology into the classroom, students are able to do things today that was never possible before. In the modern classroom, teachers continue to try their hardest to fit lessons to the liking of their students. But when a student is bored, the teacher cannot always recognize that and change the composition of the lesson. With the invention of Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, computers are now able to read the emotions of humans. By introducing FACS into the classroom, the education of students will be more fit to their learning style which can help students to absorb information and put the future of America into good hands.
The FACS technology provides teachers with an opportunity to mold lessons to individual students and to keep them engaged. One way to do this would be to install simple instructions for classroom computers so that it could "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," and then inform the teacher and the teacher can find a way to alter the lesson. For example, if a student goes to their science class and the teacher is standing at the front of the room lecturing, the student will begin to become bored. The FACS software would then be able to inform the teacher and he or she could find a way to make the lesson more interactive. Another application that would be helpful in schools would be in psychology classrooms. By integrating this software into psychology classrooms, students would be able to learn human emotions with a much more hands-on experience. Instead of a teacher simply telling them how to read the emotions of humans and how the human face manipulates the muscles to express emotion, the teacher would be able to show the workings of the FACS software and explain to the students how each person's face can vary.
In the end, the implementation of this software into the classroom would be beneficial to the teachers and the students. The teachers would be able to teach lessons that keep students engaged and the students would be able to absorb more information if the lesson is altered to their learning style. By not implementing this technology into the classroom, schools are losing opporunities to improve the learning of their students and the teaching of their teachers. | 4 |
9b0d0e7 | The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom are valuable. It's valuable because it can detect when the students are bored, or confused with the subject they are learning or the lesson the teacher is teaching, If the Facial Action Coding System is used in classrooms it could possible help more students because the system could notify the teacher on who might be having trouble or major difficulties.
I claim that the value of using the technology to read students' emotional expressions would be good. Evidence to back my statement up is " Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." More evidence to back my statement up is "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Which I believe that woudl be a wonderful source for not only students that are confused about something they are learning, but for the teachers too because it would help them know when a student is struggling, or is not really interested as much as they should be.
The use of this technology to read the emotional ecpressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Evidence that can be use to prove that the statement is correct is "A calssroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." More evidence to show that the statement is true is "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System does indeed show some value in a classroom.
In conclusion, the technology would be a magnificent value to classrooms. It would help a ton of students that might be affraid to ask for help, or to tell the teacher that they aren't really learning from the way the teacher is teaching a lesson because it doesn't excite them as much. Which would be a great idea to bring FACS (Facial Action Coding System) to school classrooms. | 3 |
9b0dbc0 | Driverless or Driverfull ?
Do you enjoy driving ? What if you could drive a car that's Driverless ? A Driverless car isn't like a real car , and nor is a real car like a driverless car . Driverless cars comes with alot of errors , but it also is a good source of transportation . Driverless cars has a higher chance of faster trasportation , carries more fuel , but also all drivers still need to be alert when driving a driveless car .
Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of diverless cars form a public - transport taxi system . The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus . Google cars also have a bit of a rough patch . Although , the car is driveless they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues , such as navigating through roadwork or accidents .
Even though goggle driveless cars are cool , who wants to be on alert at all times ; for that you might as well drive the car by yourself . The cars come with alot of built in technology that will cost a fortune to repair if anything happens or need to be repaired . Google modified Toyota Prius uses position - estaimating sensors on the left rear wheel , a rotating sensor on the roof , a video camera mounted near the rearview mirroe , four automotive radar sensors , a GPS receiver , and an intertial motion sensor. WOW ! That's alot of technology built in one car .
When operating a driverful (orignial) car , that much technology from the google car is half their . Out of all the technology that's put in the car ; The most important bit of technology in the google car is the spinning sensor on the roof . 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 google car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel .
The car can handle driving functions up to 25 mph . These cars arent really driverless , but with the sensors the car can steer , accelerate , and brake themselves. Also , GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into a object . The Google car announces when a driver should take over , but why go through the hastle , the time , and the money for the expensive car ; When you can rock it old school with a new bwm or a regular , safer , enviormental safe driverfull (original)
car . | 4 |
9b0e62f | Dear State Senator,
I have realized that there has been debate lately about if we should abolish the Electoral College or not. Reading about this, you could swing either way and have a valid point, but I think my way has more valid points and makes more sense as a whole picture. The key here is the bigger picture because if you look at a small flaw of something for long enough it eventually takes up the whole picture in your mind. You may have your opions about it and I have mine but I would like to share mine with you so you can see why the Electoral College is still important and should still be used.
When our founding fathers sat down and decided to right up our federal government system, they argued emensly on voting and how it should go about. when they finished bickering and developed this system, they made sure everything had a checks and balances type of layout. With the Electoral College, " you vote for the elector and they vote for president and vice president, and then congress counts the electorial votes". This idea is more benefitial then just having a majority vote for obvious reasons. With the electoral votes and populus votes it makes it harder to choose a president just by a single vote advantage.
Now I know your probably yelling at this letter saying the disaster factor is the main problem with the electorial college but let me finish. there have only been two times that this has happened. "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes then bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888". If this has only happened twice then I think it is something that is fixable, but should not be the deciding factor that takes away the whole Electoral College system. The main reason we have this system is so there is a certainty of outcome and not just one score that is judged.
The way this is set up is so that "no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president". This is a great thing because imagine if it was just majority vote; the most populated states could just vote who they wanted to be president and it would be done. No other states would be able to compete and on top of that the canidates for president would only have to campain in the populated states where they know they are already liked. The Electoral College is there so things aren't done in a jiffy. With this system the canidates actually have to work on trying to gain supporters in states where they may not be liked in. It also makes the American people think about all the options and decide on a bigger scale that requires more then just "one vote" to win an election.
Can you see why we need this Electoral College to stay and not just be abolished over like it is some plastic bottle on the highway that gets avoided and never gets picked up. We need people to stay activley involved in voting and I personally think the Electoral College does the best job with this. If the founding fathers spent months upon months just argueing about this single topic, I do not think they would just blow it off last second and come up with some giberish. If this system has worked this well this long then I think they must of done something right. Please consider my opinion state senator. "Voters in presidental elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election". | 5 |
9b119ed | I believe that driverless cars would be a help to society and the economy. I believe so because with driverless cars, everyone will have the same driving skill as everyone else and we won't have people on the road who are either horrible or a professional at driving. Everyone will drive in the same way which will make it easier to avoid other cars and crate less car accidents and collisions. They also use less gas which will stop people from paying for gas so often and will be able to ride their driverless cars much longer without spending as much money on gas.
With driverless cars and their sensors, they could possibly be more aware about their surroundings than the average person. When people are driving they have blind spots where they can't see who is around them, with the sensors all around the cars, it will be hard to miss any object coming toward or is near the car from any direction or area. With the car being able to see objects, people who are carless or uncarful or are little kids and don't check to see if cars are coming while crossing the road or getting something in the road, could get hurt if not noticed. All people in a car should be aware about their surroundings when driving, but not all people are. Some girls could be doing their make up or texting. Guys could be texting or just being to careless. They are the ones who would hit an oncoming person or kid in the road and possibly killing someone who is married, young and loved by many people. This would cause them to be arrested and have the guilt of killing someone or potentially killing someone. With the driverless car, if someone wasn't paying attention, the car would make up for it by always being attentive and aware. The cars would either stop or move out of the way to make sure nothing happend to the innocent passerby.
Being in a car that does all the work could get a little boring though i'll admit. But, being bored and keeping people safe rather than having fun at the wheel and puting other people in danger is the better way to go. this could also stop people who get disoriented at the wheel as well. Some people either are very sleepy before already driving, get bored while driving and become sleepy, people who are blind and still need a ride, or are even drunk when about to drive. The driveless car can help with these problems as well. It will stop peolpe from going in ditches or hitting other objects. some people are nervous about driving and this could help them alot by not making them drive but still have the ability to go places on their own. With all these helpful actions these cars will do for people, I don't see why it could possibly be a bad idea. | 4 |
9b11f52 | The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) technology created by Dr. Huang is revolutionary in its ability to understand human emotion. It uses anatomical science to read and identify the emotions portrayed on the face of its subject. This technology can be beneficial in many different aspects of human life and society. Although some would argue that facial recognition software is not beneficial in a classroom, the use of the Facial Action Coding System is incredibly valuable by helping the student's learning and understanding, better replicating human teachers, and allowing the student to express feeling even in online learning.
Technology has always been used to improve the education of students. Using the Facial Action Coding System could help many student's ability to understand the idea being taught. For instance, the text states that the program would be able to identify when a student is confused or even bored. The program could then change the lesson in order to further help the student's understanding of the subject being taught. The technology would be incredibly beneficial in this way.
The Facial Action Coding System could also help online instruction by allowing computers to better replicate human instructors. If the computer were able to know when a student was having trouble with a subject, it could offer more assistance with the student's learning, similarly to a human teacher. The lessons after this could also be affected in order to help the student's learning based on what the student was having trouble with previously. Online learning would become much more intuitive with FACS.
The Facial Action Coding System could also allow the student to better express themself during learning. In a setting where it is often difficult to convey complex messages quickly, the FACS could help a student immediately alert the program that they did not understand the taught material. This could be helpful to many students of online learning.
While the Facial Action Coding System is not being utilized yet, one day, it could be used to better the education of students. In doing this, many students would have greater opportunity in their futures. The Facial Action Coding System could revoluionize the education of students. | 4 |
9b13fdc | You have just found out that there is a face on Mars. The only question is; is there a face on Mars? I am here to tell you that there is not a face on the planet Mars. The reason that it is not a "face" on Mars is; the time it was taken, that there are butte or mesas on Mars, and the amount of pixles it was taken in.
My first reason that there is not a face on Mars is; the time it was taken. Back in 1976, which was not a long time ago, but technology has changed inbetween the photographs. Their was new technology, but it was not as advanced as it is in 1998, or 2001. Like the sentence in paragraph 3 stating " a "huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head. . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" The statement is saying that it was not face, but a mere illusion given by the shadows.
The next reason to prove that there is no face on Mars is; There are butte,and mesa on Mars, and on Earth. A butte,and a mesa is a " lave dome that takes form of an isolated mesa."As it says in paragraph 12 also. " About the same heights as the Face on Mars" The paragraph is stating that there are objects on Earth like the ones on Mars, but we dont get the reflection of the Sun on Mars, like we do on Earth.
My last proving that there are is not and never will be a "face" on Mars is; The amount of pixles it was taken in and the resolution. As paragraph 10 states "captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximun resolution." The camera in 2001, was more advanced than the one in 1976, but in paragraph10 is also states" each pixel in the 2001 images spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 photo." The camera in 1976 was only 43 meters per pixel, while the one in 2001 has 1.56 meters per pixel, keep in mind that they were at their best resolution, Thats over a 200% decrease in the pixels in a matter of 24 years.
In conclusion, science has came a long way from the original picture, and the scientist worked hard to prove that there was no life "face" on the planet. I have done my part of trying to covince you that there is no life, but the final question will be; Will you believe me or not? | 4 |
9b15bd0 | Driverless cars would be good in the future because nobody would have to spend money on cars when they can actually buy other thing that they need. The driverless cars would use half fuel today's taxis need. Which is going to make people save money. The driverless car would offer far more flexibility than a bus. The driverless cars could change the world in a positive way.
Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half million miles without crashing. People would be so curious about the cars that they would love to try them. People is getting to discover more and more technology which is fascinating stuff and a driverless car would be a surprise for them and they would like to know about it. A driverless car is something that television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves.
A driverless car could be a benefit for a lot of people. People been trying to make a driverless car since the 1950's. They couldn't developed because it was just too expensive. Now that the world have advance a lot in technology is the time to start making new stuff in the world. If a company would dare to do this is going to change the history of the world and it would be in history forever.
Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car Project, believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream. There was no way that they could make a car like this before 2000 because they didn't have all the technology that we have today. The radar it was just too expensive.
The radar cost it was two hundred million dollars. If the companies now have all this technology around them why not make the driverless car.
In a conclusion, the driverless car is something that a lot of people wants to see in the future. It would make the people life easier. The driverless car would make history. The driverless car would amaze people everywhere. If it happens is going to be history. | 2 |
9b16e52 | There´s nothing better than the Seagoing Cowboys Program! There´s no doubt that you´d feel great about joining it. The Seagoing Cowboys Program is a program designed to help other nations after the struggle of the Pacific War and WWII. Seagoing Cowboys deliver food and animals to areas that have devasted by these wars.
First, an obvious reason to join is that you would be helping citizens of struggling nations, and helping to make them prosperous again. After reading that, there should be no doubt about the good you would be doing.
Next, you would have free time to do whatever you wish in whatever nation you visit. I myself have seen wonderous things from China and all over Europe! You might see even more impressive things than I have!
At last, I think you are beginning to see things as I do, not only are helping others, you yourself are having a blast as well! So what what are you waiting for? Get out there and make a difference!!! | 2 |
9b20905 | The use of FACS technology to read student's emotional expressions are valuable. FACS, made by Prof. Thomas Huang and his collague, was made to detect emotions in paintings or in humans. According to Dr.Huang, " facial expressions for each emotion are univesal," which is why the new technology is used to find out what these expressions mean. FACS can detect facial expressions in paintings such as Mona Lisa. The computer can recognize what kind of emotions are expressed in the painting when most people can't. Humans can also perform this action when we look at a family or a friend's face, it is easy to tell how they're feeling by looking at their face. The computer also makes emotions look more realistic in video games. According to Dr. Eckman, the computer has six emotions; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
Furthermore, when students are in a classroom learning for hours or even minutes, they get bored, confused, or even annoyed. Teachers can sometimes realize that and sometimes they can't which is how the computer can help. Simply by looking at sudents, it reads their emotions and when it realizes learning is not fun for them anymore, it changes things. Accoring to the text, a classroom computer will detect that the students are feeling bored. How the computer helps is by changing how the teacher is teaching the students. It modifies the teaching area to create a new way to teach students.
To end it all, FACS is resourceful for anyone. With the emotions it has, it can easily read people's face and recognize what type of emotions they have. It also helps students and teachers a lot by creating new amusing ways for students to learn. People can't always know what other people are feeling by looking at their face but the computer can. It's an upgrade made by professors and doctors to help society and people. | 3 |
9b2d95f | In life there will be things that we question ourselves if soemthing is worth getting , studying etc. The author of "The Challenge Venus" makes his point that studying the planet Venus is very important even though it can be dangerous.
In this text the author mestioned thst striving to meet this challenge would bring value not only because of the insight but to gain about this planet.The author also talked about how we should not be scared to travel more out there because we should be happy that we are expanding to meet the doubts that many people have.
The author does say how going to go investigate this planet would not be easy at all because there would be things that you could not see clearly. I think the author made it very understanding on how he put the goods and bads about this challenge . I think he makes a good point where he states that its good to go find out about new things even though it could be dangerous.
The author states the reason about going out and studying the planet Venus because since the past many people have even question themselves about it being a plante or not. I think that the good thing that the author did was to put the mission and the things that they we be studying .
I think that the author's claim is well said and explained .I think that this helped me get a better understanding in why scienctists want to show people thatv Venus is planet . I think that most of the information was wells staited anf went with the opinions and explanation. | 3 |
9b2d996 | Hi, name is Luke and I am part of the Seagoing Cowboys program. Many people don't conclude the idea of joining the program, but there are many reasons why you should join this program. I crodded the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice. At first i knew nothing about this program until my friend invited me and now, im glad he did because it was an adventure to never forget.
You get to go on adventures, and visit unique places such as Europe, China, sail across the Atlantic Ocean, and visit Greece. During these adventures you meet new people, see new cultures and how people live. You also help people around the world. When I help people in need I feel good inside knowing that im helping and making a difference in the world. Also we found that we could have fun on the ship, we played baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that fullfilled our time.
Overall, I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboy club for these reasons. You feel like a better person by helping people, you see the world and different countries, you go on adventures, and have fun while doing this by playing games and doing hobbies. Why would anyone take up this once and a life time opritunity? This adventure was very rememberful and fun so I think you should join the program and experience the remberable adventure yourself. | 3 |
9b3341c | Even though the article about "Driveless Cars Are Coming" state both positive and negative aspects of driveless cars, an argument from me will help give a better understanding. The narrator of this article think that the driveless car can change the future. I think it can change the future but yet harm people in the furture. The driveless car isn't such a bad idea but i will explain how it can and can't be a good idea.
The driveless car isn't such a bad idea because it can help certain people. Now some older people in ther 70's or 80's can't drive. Most of the time they have to ask for rides from there children or grandchildren, in which can be annoying cause who really wants to ride with younger people. Then here comes the driveless car, an older person in which I feel will be more safe in this car because they are more careful then younger people.
The driveless car can help the elders get where they need to go without them driving. They can get in the car and just pay attention to the road. This can stop some several problems between family, because little arguments cause the older person needs a ride can tear a family apart, but with the driveless car everything will be better in that case.
The driveless car can be a bad idea because it can cause problems with teens. Now we do have teens driving and really drive out of control. The driveless car is dangers because some teens don't drive safe, they like to get reckless and show out. So lets say a teen get this driveless car and think its pretty cool, so of course their gone to want to show it off. The teen drives one day and thinks its okay to text and drive and an accident happens. So now there's death and causes that this car isn't safe. A teen is the main people who text and drive now with regular cars.
There's a slight differences with the regular car and the driveless car dealing with teens. The regular keeps a team eyes on a road more then it will on a driveless car. A driveless car remember you aren't DRIVING so a teen will be more focused on their phones instead of the road. While using a regular car a teen have to focus on the road and his or her car and eventually they will justcput the phone down.
In short a driveless car in my perspective the car is safer for elders then teens because elder are more controling. A elder person is going to be safer because they pay attention to the road and other drivers around him or her. A teen doesn't really pay attention at all times because him or her is checking their phone and don't mind other drivers. | 4 |
9b358e5 | Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore ? Well no I can't really imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore . I can't imagine that because theres always gonna be a time where you need to go somewhere & your gonna need transportation to get you there . If there were no cars in the future so many lives would be so miserable because who would wanna walk everywhere they need to go? I know I would get tired of walking . There's so many places where people need to be on time but only with some kind kind of transpotation . Life wouldn't be so great without cars because just even walking the house or even to go down the street for something important would really get annoying & tired .
When reading paragraph 7 it talks about how BMW announced the development of ''Traffic Jam Assistant in 2013. Well just because there were alot of "Trafic Jams'' in 2013 doesn't mean just think about the future without any cars . We need transpotation everywhere we go. I know that there's many of ways for transportation but walking , I don't think that's really a great idea knowing that we walk 24/7 365 days out of the whole year . Having a car & knowing that you can drive it around anytime you would like to is actually good , because even though the gas that you put in your car goes up a dollar or 2 every week doesn't just give up or think about not having cars in the future. There are teenagers all over the world that are looking foward to getting them a car when they get older & even teens and adults now that are wishing that they could get them a car.
My position on driveless cars is that what is a driveless car if you still need a driver to drive the car ? You will always need someone to drive the car even if it is a driveless car. There are car crashes everywhere you go , but you can always fix that problem by sharing the road with the other drives . Watching out for other drivers and the people that are walking is a big step of getting behind the wheel . Making sure that there aren't other people in the way so that you will not hit them & even following the rules of the road , like making sure that you stop at STOP signs & even waiting for your turn to turn while driving. There's no need to imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore. | 1 |
9b35b9f | Theres two diffrent type of ways to vote for election. There is electoral college or voted by popularity of people. I beleive citizens should vote for there president so they can have a right on who to vote on. Electoral college is a only voted by congress according to Richard Nioxn,Jimmy Carter and Bob Dole the U.S. chamber of commerce and the AFL-CIO all agreed on Abolishing the eletoral college.
2. Eelectoral college is voted not for the president its voted for the slate for example if you lived in texas for insurance and wanted to vote for Jhon Kerry you have voted for a slate. Richard A. Posner Electoral college is widely regarded as non democratic method for selecting a president. From this method u can avoid run off elections or Big states. I beleive that this method is not the best. In conclusion citizens should have there rights to vote on who they want to be president.
3. citizens voting on who they want to be president is more rights for us. There is some negative for letting people vote for who they want president like citizens voting on a horrible president or have run offs were not that many people vote. I beleive this is a more efficent way to get votes from citizens. In conclusioun over 60 percent prefer a direct election to the kind we have no 4. I belevie that citizens voting for who they want is better than electoral college over 60 percent people vote for citizens having there own rights. At most basic levels the electoral colleges are unfair because many candidates dont take there time. In conclusion voting for your president is better. | 2 |
9b35ea1 | Venus is the nearest planet to our Earth. Exploring it will be an important job because people do not a lot about Venus. The author support his idea of studying Venus despite dangers condition such us high temperatures, atmospheric pressure, and each previous mission have be fallen.
Venus the nearest planet to our planet have a very high temteratures. High temperature makes hard for Atronomers to explore venus but the author still want to learn more about it. The article state "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". That quot show how much the Aeronautic and Apace Administration wanted to explore our nearest planet, and because people know a little about Venus the NASA's want to know about it.
The author still show that he want to explore Venus despite atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric pressure is about 90 times greater than what people experience here on Earth. The author state that "recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel". The quot shows that he wanted to explore Venus long time a long, and he is doing what he can now to be able to go to Venus. He still have faith that one day he will to Venus despite many challenges.
Some previous mission have fallen because of the spacecraft was not good enough, but now there working on making on new spacecraft that will be able to land for faw days or weeks to be able to explore more about Venus. The article state that "some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating that chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condions". The quot shows that they are working on new electronics to help them explore Venus, and learn more about it. The author do not want to let dangers or doubts to stop the from exploring Venus.
Venus the closest planet to our planet have a lot things that people do no know about it. But despite bad condetion the author as coclude to not let an thing stop him from exploring Venus. People knows that exploring Venus will be hard work to accomplish. Many of us are hoping that soon they will be able to accomplish their dream. | 3 |
9b3744a | Venus points of danger.
Venus can't be explored since everything that we caused to go there haven't made it since the surface is burning hot at around 800 fahrenheit which can burn many of our technology.Not even space crafts that we sent out wouldn't be able to survive on there planet since it is 800 degrees fahrenhiet which means most of our current technology aren't suitable for this kind of absured planet that we are not used to by anyway shape or form. We can't even make experimental work on it instantly since it could be burning us and our transportation there in a second or
if we're lucky over a minute.
Our technology isn't suitable for this kind of heat and not used to this planet since no body has every took a step on this planet since it could horrificly burn us alive in a matter of seconds.The atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide which is nothing to our used to planet and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times as greater than what we experianced. Could burn us in matter of seconds and liquefy many of our materials now and has a hotter surface than any of our other planets that we have ever known in our solar system so we have less information and not a good amount of time for being in the planet.
Rocky surface include valley's , mountains and craters which is worse for the quality of the surface and us landing on it would be terrable because, even from thirty or more miles away from the planet it would be 170 degrees fahrenhiet which it almost double of what earth has for summer which could almost make us faint,passout and have a heat stroke. Researchers can not take items away from the planet since the heat is to strong and we have no technology to surpass the heat it contains. We simulated choas of venus surface and have tested for three weeks in such coditions.
The gears we have will not require electronics at all which will be hard for us to discover and research on when we can't see even in a peek of communication . A lack of communication for everyone and can't be able to find more information about it if no one could describe it face to face.Many natrual disasters would be involved as well since it has eruption volcanoes and frequent lighting strikes to the point where that planet is hard and unsafe to investagte but, some do still since the investigation will help everyone in the world to figure out how much stuff or things it could do when something happends to it which hopefully nothing does since it safer than veus that could be our second planet to have life there in the future.
Large body of waters is in the planet and it could be terrible surfaceses and form. Oceans could effect the natrual disasters and could enworsing it since the water could have a huge impact and a have a huge part of the disasters. Could be surivale to some humans since it is like our home and planet but, just another planet and it has alot of simularites as earth and could maybe be our next planet to live on just incase something happens but, we should first experiment and have a good amout of information about this hot planet before anybody takes a step into the planet which is highly risky to take a step since all of the natrual disasters are huge and are able to kill any human being who has habitat on venus. | 4 |
9b3b928 | Safetey is first, that is one thing that everyone want sespecilly in cars. Many people don't get that the idea of industries or companies making these smart cars is to help the enviorment by reducing the fuel use. Reducing fuel makes the enviorment more clean. There would be less cars and many of those cars are going to save the enviorment. I'am with the making of smart cars because the safety the car is going to have, saves money, and the smart car can save the enviorment.
Car safety is one of the most impartante things. When a person buys a car safety is one of the things that people want more. The smart car has advianced technology that can indicate that a probleam is going to happen. Sensores are being involved with this smart cars, sensors can help do something that you can not do because you are doing something else. Sensors can help you to decress the chances that someone has. The smart car would have more protection to stellers or accidnts acure, these cars heve camras that can help incase of an accidents. And last smart cars would have a computer that has all the rules of driving that would allow it not to speed or do a wrong turn and even more.
Many people have jobs far away from their homes. People want cars that can waste less oil for more miles. Smart cars reduce helf of what a normal car does. If fuel is wasted less then many products will reduce their price and many people would have to waste less money. People would save money and would have smart cars instede of normal cars. The economy would grow and people would be less poor then they are.
The enviorment is getting to bad from the worlds global warminng that is incressung thanks to all the pollution humans do. Smart cars have the capabillity to use oil. There would be less oil wells in the whole world. Oceans would be less contimanated then they are know., ocean animals would die less. Many small towns or places would have less water probleams then they do know.
Smart cars would do a big change in the world thanks to the oil reduce of the cars. The world would have a better way of life. I agree with smart cars because these cars would make a diffrence for everbody and for the world. | 3 |
9b3f766 | After World War II cars began to become more and more popular, and ever since then they (cars) have done more harm than good, air polution, traffic and just harming health are a few things cars have harmed citizens with. Many cities are doing things to help cut down the "smog" in their area by creating driving bans for a day or even a week (Paris bans driving due to smog 10 PBDS). It starts with one and grows into something much larger, and hopefully that shows in this situation. This essay is going to go into detail on why it is needed to cut back on car usage and maybe one day cars will not be needed.
People began pointing the finger at diesels for the air polution in France after it was made obvious that they make up 67% of the vehicles in this area, compared to around 50% in the other parts of Western Europe (PBDS 16). Greenhouse gasses are harming our atmosphere by trapping the warm air in. If the habits of this generation continue than Earth will not be here much longer. A very popular vehicle, passenger cars, make up to 50% of the greenhouse gasses in some of the busy areas in the US. People are all about convieniency, and cars do much of that; instead of riding a bike for 30 minutes we can drive there in five without breaking a sweat. But it is time to break those running shoes out because our planet is dying. If everyone realized the reality behind greenhouse gassesand the polution we are putting into the air, we would not be in this situation.
In Paris they needed to cut back on the polution, so they took action by having a day where motorists with even numbered license plates could drive and the next day, odd-numbers. After almost a week the smog had cleared and everyone was back on the road again. But during this time period it was recorded that the congestion was down 60% in the capital of France alone (PBDS 14). If everyday was like this, traveling to and from places would be easier and less time consuming. Although it was not much it starts with a little and grows to a lot. New York has a new bike program which adds up to much less if you count in the amount of tolls and gas they (motorists) do from day to day (The End of Car Culture 37 ECC). People are begginning to notice the benefits of riding your bike to work rather than driving, you are saving money and the Earth.
Health is important to us and the future. This Earth is running out of clean air between polution and deforistation when will it stop. The chairman for Ford Motor Company is creating a plan in which "pedestirans, bicycles, private cars, commercialand public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety" (ECC 43). If all car producers were as aware as Bill Ford they could join together to make this world healthier and cleanier. But will it be enough, but by limiting cars usage all together our atmosphere could grow back to the potential it should be at, not trapping the warm air in.
After Bogota had their car free day, sidewalks were replaced and parks were packed. Almost everyone participated with either hiking, biking, skating or taking the bus. The goal, which they succeeded with was to reduce their smog (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota 28). What if all the countries did as so, it could start as a day, and grow into a week, a month, maybe forever. It would help us, our health and the future that has yet to come. After reading this essay it is obvious to why limiting car usage is essential to life. It has grown into something no one could have imagined and now that it is here, when will it be enough. | 5 |
9b3fd14 | Starting with the end of World War II, cars have been a cultural hub all around the world, with businesses and even entire economies relying on the production and sale of cars and car products. However, after over sixty years of a car based global economy, the use of cars is beginning to slowly decline. With the decline of car usage, we see decreases in greenhouse gas pollution, a more relaxed living style, and the dawn of a new era of culture and economy around the globe.
Several major cities around the world have attempted to lower car-use through laws or even annual days devoted to reduced car-use. In Vauban, Germany, seventy percent of the population does not own a car, and fifty three percent of that population sold a car to move to Vauban. Vauban has condesed its suburban layout so that everything is within practical walking range for the most part. They have also discouraged car-use by making parking only available in two places, "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home" (Rosenthal, paragraph 2). Vauban has reported drastic reductions in greenhouse gases. Passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to fifty percent in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency in the United States is promoting "car-reduced" communites in order to cut down greenhouse gas emissions, and legislators are acting on the issue. Experts claim that public transportation is beginning to play a larger role in suburbs, and a larger budget is now being given to public transportation instead of highways. Paris also has reduced driving to reduce smog, but they did it through laws. After suffering record-breaking pollution, Paris enforced a partial ban on driving. On Monday, even-numbered license plates could not drive, or they would be fined twenty two euros, or about thirty one dollars. On Tuesday, the same thing applied to odds. From this driving ban, congestion was lowered up to sixty percent in the French capital. Throughout multiple global cities, these reductions of car-use have had a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and more cities are beginning to join in.
Along with the benifit of reduced greenhouse gases, car-reduced societies also have a more relaxed living style. In Vauban Germany, citizens have claimed that they are enjoying a more relaxed life with much less stress. Heidrun Walter was quoted in Elisabeth Rosenthal's article "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (Rosenthal, paragraph 3). Andrew Selsky's article on car-free days in Bogota, Colombia also states that people enjoy the relief of less stress when they don't use their cars. "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife" (Selsky, paragraph 24). If a drop in car-use leads to a happier, healthier life style, this will most likely set off a cyclicle action of car-use reduction to relief of stress and back to car-use reduction. As more people realize this potential benifit of reducing car-use, more people will beginning to join the population of reduced car-use.
The vast empire of cars that began with the end of World War II has reached its peak and is beginning a steady decline. For nearly seventy years, cars and car products have been a cultural and economical stimulant in both developed and developing countries. From the Model-T to the Buggatti, cars have been percieved as the thing to have over radios, television, and other mass media. Now that they are becoming less used, culture will slowly begin to shift to a different source to hype about. The production of new models of cars and new types of cars will slow and eventually halt all together. As well as culture evolving to a new phase, economy will also undergo major changes. Economy all around the world has been stimulated by auto industries, and international trade has been influenced heavily by it. For example, foreign cars are driven in America more often than domestically-manufactured cars. Now that car-use is declining, the economy will suffer a major crash in stocks in the auto industry. Although this crash will harm the economy, the ever-changing population of Earth will quickly find some new innovation to obssess over and the market will quickly recover and improve on this new product. With a new culture and economy, the world will be in a new era, a new age of living.
With the decline of car usage, we see decreases in greenhouse gas pollution, a more relaxed living style, and a possibilty of a new era of culture and economy around the globe. As the problems with cars are found, people have and will continue to resolve the problem by reducing car-use. The Earth will become healthier with a nicer atmosphere, the population will lead happier lives, and culture itself will transform with the end of major car-use. | 5 |
9b42220 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author believes that studying Venus is very viable despite how dangerous the planet is. The author, however shows many reasons to support this belief.
The main reason why it is so difficult for us to explore Venus now is that the planet has an atmosphere made up of sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide, meaning that for humans and machines alike this planet is uninhabitable. There is also the fact that Venus is the hottest recorded planet, and that mere metals would turn to liquid being on there. Even with these challenges, astronomers still believe they need to explore Venus, as it's structure is very similar to Earth; meaning that it may have been able to produce life at some point. Although the odds seemed stacked against us, many scientists have been trying and testing out theories for years, such as with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, believes that they could send astronauts near Venus in a blimp-like vehicle, avoiding the immense heat and radiation that awaits on it's surface. Even with this theory, it does not fully help our curiosity of the planet, as with staying above means there is no way to collect samples of gas, rocks, or virtually anything. Other people at NASA have also theorized and worked on other approaches to studing Venus. They believe that simplified, silicon carbide reinforced electronics could help emmensely, as the metal can stay intact in Venus' harsh conditions for over three weeks.
Even with all the dangers of Venus being known, researchers are working on innovations that will help us learn more about our neighboring planet. The author states that "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." And with all of the facts he presents, he is very certain of this claim. | 3 |
9b45163 | I think that driverless cars are a great idea. The computer will help with all the human error. Humans tend to cause a lot of problems on the road. There shpuld be a safety precaution incase the car can't manuver through a work zone or anthing harzordus. This driverless car will minimize accidents and speeding.
These cars will help so much with human errors. The cars should have something for kids in it to keep them quite. So there would be no fussing while the parent is trying to relax. While the care is doing the work the parent she be able to sit back and enjoy the ride. In the passage the author said something about the car signaling when the driver needs to take control. There always should be someone who knows how to drive behind the wheel at all times. The car should know when there are harzardous threats apporching it.
In conclusion, a driverless car would be a grat thing in this world. This car would minimize accidents and being pulled over. The car would be the first of its generation. | 2 |
9b46cdb | When each person drives a diesel-gussling car, it is like several thousand smoke covered knives being thrown at the soft protective blanket up in the sky. Pollution is destroying our ozone and our environment, but now we need to face our ramifications. Autos are causing cities to form new laws banning these leeches from being driven. Car usages should be limited, because if we dont, our pollution will be worse than it already is, and using a healthy alternative to transportation will lead to a healthier life style.
Pollution produced by our main method of transportation is killing our planet. We live on the wonderful planet earth which has been generous to provide us with a home and food so we can survive, but when our home is destroyed, we will soon become extinct. Global warming is a famous term heard around the globe, and this word is not used lightly. Our world is heating up due to the many green house gasses produced by the emisions of the cars we use. These green house gasses can not escape our atmosphere which then is heated up by the sun and is melting our polar ice caps. These ice caps, not only will flood multiple cities, killing thousands if they do not escape in time, but they also hold our natural fresh water reserve. The green house gasses are affectng our seas and our skies as well. An article called
Paris Bans Sriving Due to Smog , written by Robert Duffer, states that "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of internsifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." Beijing is also one of the worlds most populated countries. The terrifying smog and the rising seas are not the only factors leading to our demise. The green house gasses are producing holes in our ozone that protect us from harmful sun rays. Without the ozone, the world would not be habitable because of all the cancer humans will have by just standing in direct sunlight. We are the world, and by killing the world, we eradicate our whole species. We need to help our world with some healthy substitutions to cars.
There are several different ways transporation could be healthy for both the enviroment and ourselves. The worlds obeisity population is higher than ever. An average amount of calories we need to consume per day is about 2000 calories and most of the world are consuming way over that limit. If we supply bicycles to cities, we could burn off those extra calories by just going to public places, events,and even jobs. Biking and walking to places not only work out your physical apearance, but also keeps our mind healthy. Exercise trigger neurotransmitters in your brain to fire off endorphins, like adrenaline, which keeps your body moving and working without putting strain on your muscles. Exercise also fires off dopamine in your mind which produces a sense of joy. Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote an article named "
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
" which interviews people from germany about their lifestyle. "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor." Life is much more jovial with no cars, and germany knows it.
There are already different countries that have moderated and replaced their walking smoke factories to their fat burning bikes. We need to follow in their foot steps and moderate if we do not want to be left in the dark ages. The government needs to limit the amount of usages for cars, because the constant use of autos will lead to out doom via pollution, and without cars, people are more likley to live more healthy and happy lifestyle. | 5 |
9b47d83 | I believe that this would be very valuable in classrooms because using this in more classrooms would be more active and enthusiastic. This would be very benificial to every classroom becuase the technology would make kids more engaged with the class and if the technology really can help then why stop it. The reason this would be good is because it states i paragraph 6 that "A class room computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored", Dr huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This could possibly make kids want to contineau to college and so forth and even allow more oppertunities for later learning technology.
This technology would be helpful to teachers because they wouldnt have to try as hard to keep everybody focused and mind driven. This could help because in paragraph 6 sentence 7 that "the same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery. This would help drastically for video surgery because the computer would sence that your nervous and not ready to do the video surgery. I believe this is a good way to test a medical student because you would be able to see if they are nervous or totally calm with wha they are doing.
This could go beyond school and help even help painters get that perfect face but maybe they dont know what emotions they want to portray in the picture. This would help painters because they could see what kind of emotion the person they are trying to draw has and could possibly show them what percent of emotion they have in there face. This would be benificial because not only for painters and such but even for the public such as public news paper because sometimes there is unthought out things such as emotional times for good or for worse.
There is just one problem that could come up in the future of having this technology. In paragraph 1 sentence 1 it states out "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry." Technology could not be this percise and acurate to say the EXACT number of ehat emotion your feeling. Some people just have a mean look on there face, and some have a face of always happy. Ather than that there probably wouldnt be any other problems because technology would be getting better by the year.
In conclusion i truly believe that this could take schools and other buisnesses a long way with the technology that is being told to us today. Other than the unexact percent number this will be will be a base emotion cauculation for schools, painters, and maybe for the public. | 4 |
9b4b239 | The author did a very good job in giving so many reasons to why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. While reading " The Challenage of Exploring Venus" in the second paragraph it states that Venus is the closest plant to earth " in terms of density and size". The atmosphere of the planet is alomst 97 percent carbon dioxide, which is pretty high. When talking about the dangers of being on Venus, the surface temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is " 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". Also Venus has "additonal impediments like erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.
Studying Venus is worthy because in the story it talks about how Venus is smiliar to Earth and how it has simliar features. For explames it says that the planet has a " rocky sediment", that it has similar features to valleys, mountains, and craters. It sounds so cool well you think about it, like there is another planet that is so smiliar to our planet.
In paragraph four it says that " long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like on earth". In the same paragrph it says that,"sometimes its our only option for a planetary visit ". | 3 |
9b4d62a | Modern day technology can identify human emotions. One very strong claim and great example is the 3D computer model. It begins when the computer constructs the model of a human face or painting.
Leonardo da Vinci, a famous artist, painted The Mona Lisa, but new technology computer software can recognize emotion, according to Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois. The 3D computer model can construct all 44 major muscles in the humans body, but it must move like human muscles. The movent of one or more muscles during this process is called an "action unit". According to Dr. Huang, "facial expressions for each emotion are universal", even though some individuals often show varying degrees of expression.
When using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software can track facial movements in a real face in a student or painting. Weighing in different units, the software can identify mixed emotions because each experssion is compared against a neutral face. For instance, in person, you can probably tell how someone is feeling simply by the look on his/her face. Scientists and Professors today would go over types of human emotions through the 3D computer model.
The home PC you own can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's or any humans smile. The Facial Action Coding System only enables lab computers or computers at a University to identify human emotions. This same technology is used to make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.
In conlusion, modern day technology can identify human emotions through a 3D computer or The Facial Action Coding System. The value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is very valuable and can be used to express how someone feels. I'm 100% for the use of this technology becuase this is a one of a kind new age technology. | 2 |
9b51fc0 | I think that the author of The challenge of exploring Venus suggests studying venus is a worthy persuit because he must really intrest him so he wants to share it with everyone else. In the first paragraph the author says that Venus is sometimes called the " Evening Star " because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is offten referred to as Earths twin. Venus is the closest to planet to earth. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets venus. Venus has the hottest surface surface temperature of any planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closest to the sun. High pressure and heat, Venusian Geology and weather presents additional impedments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and then also some frequent lightning strikes. Some sientists have benn discussing further visists to the planet. NASA has been working on many other approaches to studying Venus more. People striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. The tarvels on earth and also beyond earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Venus can be very intresting so thats whay I think the auther wanted to write about us and tell us amny good facts about it. | 2 |
9b523f3 | Technology is important in most students every day lives. We use our cell phones or maybe even our computers all the time. Since we use technology so often, I think it is a good idea to produce technology that can understand us. That is why I believe that using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be very valuable.
In paragraph 6 of the article Dr. Huang predicted "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If computers can recognize a students' emotions this may help that student learn in a new way that was never thought to be possible. For example, if a student is struggling with the same type of math problems and is receiving poor grades on a test, how will the teacher know how to help this student? If the computer senses confusion on these same types of math problems the students is answering incorrectly, a teacher could go back and look at these results and realize that the student is confused on these problems. This type of technology could help not just your average student but even students that struggle in school and need extra help.
Most people understand how to work technology like a computer, but can a computer understand us? Dr. Huang stated in the article that "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that, too." It is important for our technology to understand us, that is what Dr. Huang is trying to achieve with the Facial Action Coding System. Technology that understands humans could greatly benefit the needs of students in a classroom. A computer could learn an individual student's learning style and accomodate according to that student's emotions. It could change the difficulty or easiness of certain tasks according to how a student feels about certain questions. That is why it is important for technology to understand how humans work and feel.
We as humans use technology all the time, wether that be at home, at work, or in the classroom. When it comes to students in a classroom, technology can be extremely helpful. That is why it is important to have technology that cannot only read human emotions, but help a struggling student or accomodate to a specific student's needs in the classroom. | 4 |
9b6a4d6 | A Face on Mars, or just a common mesa? Many skeptics belive that the mesa on Mars, located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, is proof of ancient alien civilazation. In 1976, when NASA's Viking 1 crossed over a landform that showed "shadowy likeness" of a human face. When NASA revealed the picture to the public, thinking it would be a good way to draw attention to Mars, caused an uproar.
A few years later, Micheal Malin and his team took a picture 10x sharper than that of the Viking 1 spacecraft. When the photo first appeared online, it showed nothing but a common mesa that can be found in the American west. Again skepics were not satisfied, the picture was taken on a cloudy day over Mars. So they began to ask questions like; What if the alein markings were hidden by haze?
So again, on a perfectly clear day, another photo was taken April 8th, 2001. They used the camera's "absolute maximum resolution." Yet again, showing nothing but a common landform. Well what if NASA is hiding evidence of ancient alein life on Mars? Why would NASA hide groundbreaking news like this? "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was anceint civilazation on Mars."
So why would NASA hide news like this, that would help advance space exploration? What else could it be, all evidence points to nothing except a common mesa. | 2 |
9b6c2ce | In the text "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about what Venus is like and the dangers of learning about it. The author uses many statements and examples on why it's important to learn about Venus even though it is dangerous, many quotes in this text by the author support the feeling he has on why Venus should be explored.
The author strongly believes that Venus should be learned about and explored because it is the closest thing to earth and it could really help us in the future if we learn more about Venus,"Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size". Although the author knows how dangerous it can be researching Venus,"Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours", he still thinks it needs to be researched though. The author says, "scientists seeking to conudct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks", this shows that the author believes that despite all of the dangers and risks of peoples lifes, exploring Venus still needs to be done, is very important to us, and looking from it a far isn't going to get all of the informating we need. The author also 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 quote by the author explains how strongly he thinks exploring Venus should be done up close, no matter what the dangers or obstacles are. He strongly believes that exploring Venus is very important to our future lives and if we let fear get in the way of learing about it then we have failed, because he thinks no fear should get in the way of learning.
The author of this text really supports the idea of facing some challenges and dangers to get some informating on the planet Venus. The author shows how strongly he feels about his opinion throughout this text. He gives multiple reasons on how dangerous it is and how important it is in learning about Venus, but he strongly thinks we shouldn't let our fears of something keep us from learning something so important to us and our future. | 3 |
9b719d1 | the technology that reads the emotional expression of humans is a good idea because. it will bring more intrest in the persons activity allowing you to continue your activity.
it says if an ad pops up on there facial action coding computer, and you smile the computer will have another ad pop up very similar to that. because the coomputer can detect that you liked the ad which could lead the computer to modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. it also says that it could help u also with acting accrding to the facial feed back theory movingg your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. a renowed drama coach had actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage.
this is why i think it is a good idea for computers like the " facial action coding system" to be involved in schools, but not only schools in other places also. | 2 |
9b765e0 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author says that Venus is important to study. However, the author mostly talks of how we could explore Venus rather than tell us why its important to, but never addresses why its important.
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author mainly talks of how we would be able to explore Venus but, never really explains why it's more important than another planet that we can actually explore such as mars. On Venus the atmosphere is mainly made up of carbon dioxide a compund that is highly poisonious to humans. Without oxygen present the explorers would have to carry oxygen tanks around that only last for a short amount of time. This means we would have to use rovers to explore the surface until we find a way to be able have more oxygen to be able to explore longer. Another problem that rises to the occasion is the unbearable heat, storms, and natural disastors happening constantly on Venus. With all these problems a rover wouldn't be able to last more than a few hours. Meaning this "important study" is not only a waste of valuable time but money that can be used on projects that would be more completable such as putting a person or group on mars.
The author states that despite all the dangers present it's still a worthy presuit. Lets say in 20 years we found a way around all of that and landed a rover on Venus that was capable of lasting a month. The rover goes around takes samples of rocks but sees nothing that was really astonashing, now imagine those rock samples match some of those on earth. Thats great we found a link to the past, but thats nothing to go crazy over we still have other problems such as putting humans on there that are able to bear the uninhabitale conditons and bringing machines and technology over to do more studies that will show why it was important to get to Venus.
Overall, the author doesn't explain why it's important they just state it. All the problems brought up were unable to be addressed and it just sounds like a bigger waste of time and money as the author goes on, because we do not know whats out there. There could be noting and there could be something we just dont know. The author doesn't state any evidence as of why its important therefore the author doesn't support there idea. | 5 |
9b76b36 | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus orbits the sun and we can see it sometimes. When a spacecraft lands on the planet it is only there for a few hours before it goes poof. No Humans can stay on the planet because of what is wrong with that planet. The planet itself is "170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth". Venus is the kind of planet no human wants to live on because of it's hot tempertures and their is no oxygen there either. Three decades ago spacecraft landed on Venus to see if humans could live there well we can't because their is no oxygen or anything else. In my opioion we should never live on Venus because their is no oxygen and very hot tempertures and this planet is not ready for humans and neither is Mars. | 2 |
9b7a85c | When I think of driverless cars I think of cars driving down the road with no one in them, but I also think of how many problems could go wrong with these cars. People could get hurt in a car accident because of something the driverless cars do. I am against the driverless cars for these reasons; They are unsafe, unreliable, and so many things could go wrong with them. If the driver that is suppose to be in the driverless car falls asleep and the car alarm doesn't go off when in need of help it could crash and the individual in the driverless car could die from the crash. I feel the car is unreliable for that reasoning.
These cars are unsafe because if the car was to get out of control and the individual of the car couldn't control it because it was to hard to control it could hit a kid or a adult. So many things could go wrong with these driverless cars. It could be that the individuals that are suppose to take over did something wrong but if they didn't have to take over in the first place then there would be less accidents. In conclusion I feel like the driverless cars are going to be a waste of time and money because they are going to result in more deaths and traumas. More car accidents are going to be reported every year and the individuals of the driverless cars are going to be held responsible because it would be there fault when really it was the driverless car that got out of control. Google Cofounder "Sergey Brin" says "Such cars would fundamentally chage the world." I believe that the only way these cars are going to chage the world is cause more deaths and injuries in the world and it's going to be the faults of the cars and the individuals inside the driverless cars are going to get charged with the charges because they are suppose to be the "drivers" of these so called driverless cars . If they are so driverless the why do they have to have individuals take over whenever they are in need of help? I believe the way things are going now are just fine. You don't see humans calling for help when there is a wreck or roadwork so why should so called smarter driverless cars need the help of humans if they are suppose to be taking our places on the road? | 3 |
9b7b295 | Did you know in 1976 a picture was taken of a "face" on Mars?
Most people believe that it is a sign that there is life on Mars or a sign of aliens. But, people who agree with NASA know it is actually just a mesa. There is two sides to this picture of a "face" either you think it is a sing of life or it is a mesa. So, the figure similar to a face isn't a face because it is similar to landforms on Earth, the figure is to big to be a real face, and it is actually a mesa.
Matter of fact, the figure/landform on Mars similar to a "face" is a lot like landforms on planet Earth. For example,"'It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin."(12) This quote provides evidence that the figure/landform on Mars is similar to landforms on Earth. So, this is evidence that the figure on Mars is just a landform like what we have on Earth.
Next, the figure similar to a "face" is to big to be a real face. For example,"An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end."(1) This quote shows that the head is to big to be a real face. Like, what face is two miles long from end to end?
Last but not least, the figure/landform similar to a "face" is actually a mesa! For example,"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa - landforms common around the American West."(12) This quote proves that the figure/landform is just a mesa. There is no life on Mars or aliens making signs. It is simply just a common landform.
Finally, the figure/landform similar to a face isn't a face. It isn't a face because it is a common landform on Earth. It is way to big to be a real face. Also, the figure/landform is simply just a mesa. These are all reasons and proof that the landform on Mars isn't a sign of life or aliens it is just a common landform. | 3 |
9b7d16d | I believe that through the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," that the author has built an exellent argument for why we should explore Venus. I say this because throughout the article the author points out many of the challenges that would come up durring exploration, as well as potential solutions to them.
In paragraph three the author tells us that no previous spacecraft has been able to survive for more than a few hours. The author counters this problem in paragraph seven when they show us how simplified electronics made from silicon carbide last for weeks in simulations of Venus's conditions.
Another time the author shows us some of the most challenging problems with exploring Venus is in paragraph four when she talks about he clouds of sulfiric acid, the 800 defree Fahrenheit temperatures, volcanoes, earthquakes, lightning strikes to probes surface and atmospheric pressure much greater than here on Earth. They go on to explain, in paragraph five, a solution to this problem would be to make vehicles that would fly thirty miles above the landscape where the conditions are nowhere near as hostile with temperature of 170 degrees, and air pressure similar to Earth. This solution not only solves the problems of being on the surface but also comes with the advantage of having solar power.
In paragraph six the author states that from the thirty mile height above the the vehicle could not easily photograph the surface or take samples of the planet. She debates this in the same paragraph when they tell us that scientist are currently working on machinery that could contribute meaningful knowlege about Venus.
In conclusion trying to explore Venus cold be potentially dangerous, but possible. All of the problems the author has shown us have potential solutions, and the exploration could contribute to the knowlege of Venus. I Believe that because of this, the author has made an excellent argument as to why we should explore Venus. | 4 |
9b80a7f | Unsual sightings happen all the time , some believe supernatural opions and others say it was naturally formed or some go to the extent to say mankind made it. I belived the "Face" was natraully formed. My support for this claim is that the "Face" formed into a face over several years let it be known that it was jus a rock when it was discovered now that was in 1976 come back several years later in 1998 its started to form into a shape. The discoverors come back in 2001 is starting to look like a face. Now my point is that if the "Face" was supernatraul it should've been made supernatrauly. What that means is that discoverors came back almost 2 decades ago and 2 years exactly after they first discovered it. Then they come back again 2 yrs later if its super natraul it should have been made quicker than that more efficient . People came back to the face 22 yrs later that sounds like 22 yrs later that it formed in that 22 yr time period. If aleins made it would probably not take that long to make if they can technology to fly billions of light years from here to there theycouldve made that face faster but thats my point it was made naturally not by aliens nor mankind it ws formed over the years and is now considered a natural land form. | 2 |
9b815d8 | An argument that I have about Luke's point of view about the Seagoing Cowboys program is when the artical said, " By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips, the most of any Seagoing Cowboy," and " It toook two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China". Who would ever want to take that long overseas.
Then, he also said," Caring for animals during the crossings kept Luke busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be cleaned". I wouldn't want to work that hard overseas either.
Finally my last argument is when he said, " On his second trip, Luke served as night watchman. His job was to check on all the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Luke's heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide, keeping him from from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic. But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs. Who would ever want to go through that and get broken ribs. That is my argument to not be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
9b84ec0 | Driverless cars are a bad idea for a couple of reasons. People may begin to become naive while driving, start being a victim in more wrecks, and be in danger of losing safety. Do we really want to put people's lives in danger just so we don't have to drive and can be lazy?
The first reason is that people may become naive and try to sleep while driving because they will believe you do not have to drive at all. This is wrong because in the passage it states that you do have to drive whenever the car needs human help and can not complete a certain action such as driving through roadwork zone or accidents. The name of the car is a false advertisement if you don't read into it.
Another reason is if a person gets in a wreck while in this car would it be considerd the person's fault or the manufacturers? If the person is not driving then it would be the manufacturers for a malfunction in the car. This will put these manufacturers at a place where they will have to pay for damage and insurance to whoever was wrecked into and fix the problem. If this happens to more than one person people may not buy the car or from the company of the car anymore. As stated in the passage there are no rules currently about these driveless cars and there would have to be a new set of rules that would need to be made. Many states are forbidding them completeley and you can't even test drive computer driven cars.
My last reason is that these cars are not completely safe. In paragraph eight it states that drivers may get bored waiting on their turn to drive. This could result in people falling asleep and playing on their phones when they should, at all times, keep their eyes on the road. Anything could happen at any time and it could be unexpected. The cars do not seem incredibly safe for anybody to drive.
I would not reccomend this car for anybody. However if you are older and wiser and know what you are doing this could be the car for you. You will just need to be so much more aware of your surroundings and make sure that you are always paying attention. These cars require a lot more responsiblity than a normal car would. So when looking to buy a driverless car consider all of these points. And in the end, is it really worth it? | 4 |
9b852ba | Is it good to limit car usage?
If the usage of cars are limited their would be less greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gasses are responsible for global warning and the melting of the polar ice caps. If you limit the amount of car usage their would be less cars on the road and it would by a lot quieter at night. In some parts of the United States 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions are from passender cars. thats a sign that we need to stop relying on cars so much. The fact is that if were our passenger cars are giving off that much greenhouse gasses, than our cars are giving off the most greenhouse gasses and its time to make a change.
If you want to help cut back on the greenhouse gas emission than only use your car if your giong a far distance. you dont need to use your car to go down the street, or around the block. You should use your car to go anywhere in your neighborhood thats walking distance. So next time your about to get in your car think about if you really need to take your car. | 2 |
9b873c2 | In the article, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. The author explains why throughout the article, and tries to persuade readers into thinking that Venus is a planet we should not give up on. But the question still remains, why are scientist still researching this planet if it's so dangerous?
In paragraph one, the author explains that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. This may bring an interest to astronomers and stargazers that enjoy studying and watching the sky at night. This may be a worthy cause for some people to continue studying Venus. In paragraph two, the author explains how Venus is sometimes referred to as "Earth's twin". Venus is almost the same size and density of Earth and it also close in distance. Some people may find this interesting because people on Earth are always looking for other forms of life and other places to go besides Earth. If Venus is like Earth, in physical and other ways, there may be life on Venus that we haven't discovered yet.
One of the most important things to know is that Venus once could have been the most Earth-like planet in the entire solar system. I believe that this information is very important and more people should keep studying that. In paragraph four it says that Venus "was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." If it held life back then, why wouldn't it now? If Venus was once like Earth why couldn't Earth be like Venus now? Some people may worry that Earth will turn out like Venus, with high temperatures and crazy atmospheric pressures. If scientists and astronomers find more information about this planet, we could have almost every answer we need for all our questions.
Traveling to Venus is a very difficult and dangerous process. In the article the author states that NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has an idea for sending people from Earth to study the planet, Venus. They are trying to create a vehicle that hovers the planet instead of going directly on the surface of Venus. NASA is also working on different methods of studying Venus besides the hovering vehicles. They made some "simplified electronics made of silicon carbide," and they have been tested in a lab. If they are able to find a way to Venus, they will be able to find out so much more information about it.
They also went back and are trying an old techology called "mechanical computers." The mechanical computers were used in the 1940s during World War ll. I believe that using old technology may be a good thing for some people and a positive thing to look at. Some people look at technology nowadays and believe it is a bad thing, but if we are using older technology from a different generation people might think different of it. Also, as stated in the article, modern technology is very quick and efficient, but do not come to much use in extreme conditions. For example, if you put a modern day cellphone or laptop in a very hot condition , it will most likely melt because of the material used to make it. If we used older technology, the technology would be made by different materials and could come more in handy.
I think this may be another reason to keep exploring Venus because you could create so much technology and invent ways to go to Venus succcessfully. You could also find new ways to explore other planets and go to other planets. Creating this technology would lead to many great discoveries about our planets and our solar system. In paragraph 7 it mentions that they could build mechanical parts that can be more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. If these parts of made, there may be a benefit to the scientists and every day people. These products can be made around the world and can be a benefit to everyday society.
In my opinion, I do believe that going to Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. You could find out many new things, see new things, and learn new things. I think that scientists and astronauts have a good idea of how to do it and I think they will eventually go to Venus one day, or at least figure out a lot about it. People on Earth should take risks and be able to expand their knowledge about the world and about the other planets in the solar system, besides Earth. | 4 |
9b876bf | Driverless cars are becoming more of a thing nowadays. They are safe and a easy way to get place to place without necessarily having to drive. They would have half the fuel cost of todays taxis and offer more flexibilty than a bus. Although google cars are becoming more popular they aren't necessasrily "driverless" they do still alert the driver to take over when doing things such as pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through accidents or roadwork. On the plus side driverless cars are more safe than your normal everyday car, these amazing new vehicals have things such as: a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. So i guess you could say that these new safer driverless cars are a something to look forward to in the future. | 2 |
9b8bb52 | I think that the Electoral College should stay because it it a good helper for electing a governer and a president. There are many differenty way of chosing a president, but this is the better ans easy one. One example that chouse how the Electoral College is helpfull is were it says, "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizenz." This is mostly saying that the votes help finda president by the most popular or voted person.
The secon evidence I found that shows that Electoral College is very helpfull is where it says," won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." This shows how it is easy to get a president with this method, but it is not what they would prefer. Even though it is not what the prefer, it is the best, easy, and fair way to get a president. | 2 |
9b8cfd9 | Being a Seagoing Cowboy is verry fun. Here are some reasons why you should become one they get to go to alot of places around the world, not only do they work but they played too and, they get to work with animals.
First, they can go alot of places around the world. "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acroplpolis in Greese was special," the text says this in line 5. I can infer that he had alot of great experances when he served and so would you. "Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to china," this also says this in line 5 in the story. Next, they have a little fun too.
second, not only do they work but, they play too. in line 8 it says "The Cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the emty holes where the horses had been housed." I can infer that the men and women grew a close bond science they where in there for so long. " Luke also found time to have fun on board," I found this scientce 1 in our story. Last, they get to work with animals.
Last, they get to work with animals . "They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day," this is said in line 6 of A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves. I can infer that Luke liked animals. "his job was to check on the animals every hour," This infomartion was found in line 7.
In conclution you should be a Seagoing Cowboy because they get to go alot of places around the world, they get to play and, thry work with animals. Will you concider becomeing a Seagoing Cowboy? | 3 |
9b94476 | There is a new age coming,and with that means change. Most people dont like change but ths change is a good one. Its useing your car less and use other means of transportsion around your city or town. This leads to less smog around a major city and a safer inviorment for children.
To begin , changing how we travel around the citys and towns of are country's is esental in this time of age. The world is changing how we think and do thing is changing. We are loseing some of are ignorence. The world we live on is running out of oil and that means no more gas powerd cars. To conserve the resorces we have we need to start takeing the bus to work or school. Or Rideing a skateboard to the shop down the street instead of wasting presious resourses that is going to dissaper in 20 to 30 years. And not useing your car is a go thing ,that means less stress on you mind a body. imagin not having to worry about a car payment and having that extra money tohave fun with you'r kids. Useing your car less also means less smog and cleanier air around. For exsample, in Pairs there was alot of smog so they put a ban on cars for two days and it cleared up the city. Now if started doing this more we would help are invierment so much.
Secound off, Not useing your car as much also creates a much safer enviorment for kids. And they can live a more helthy life. And thats what we want, we want to protect are kids a give them a child hood they can look back on. This means you can let your kid outside and not worring about a drunk driver comeing down the street and hitting your kid and killing them. We want the best futer for are grandchilderns children, and know we set them up for good. We need to start designing are towns and city's like Vauban ,Germany. It will make a better and cleaner world for us.
In conclution, we need to put down the car keys and pick up the bike , or hop on the bus. Because Time is running out. And we dont want it to be to late to change. This is the only thig we got . So lets do it right the firts time and not screw it up. | 4 |
9b97986 | You say that the Face on Mars was created by an alien civilization. However, this is somply not true. The Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation similar to a mesa here on Earth. You may think that the Face on Mars was created by aliens, but there is substantial evidence to prove otherwise, that the "Face" is nothing more than a natural landform.
There is plenty of evidence to support the fact that the Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation. If the Face were created by an alien civilization, NASA would greatly benefit. Therefore, there would be no reason to hide the information. "defenders of the NASA budjet wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (5). The second photo of the Face on Mars was claimed by some to be inconclusive because of the haze created by the winter weather on Mars. However, a third photo of the Face was taken on April 8, 2001 "a cloudless summer day in Cydonia [the region of Mars where the Face resides]" (10) tat also clearly shows that the Face on Mars is not a face at all, but simply a natural land formation.
The Face of Mars is nothing more than a natural land formation. "'[the Face on Mars] reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin. 'That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars,'" (12). If the ruins of an alien civilization actually existed on Mars, NASA would reap a great benifit, meaning that there would be no reason to hide the discovery. The first picture showing the Face on Mars as merely a natural landform was dismissed by skeptics because the time of year the photo was taken gave the camera a layer of haze to look through to see the face. This haze, skeptics said, hid the alien markings from view. However, this was disproven in April 2001, when a new photo was taken during the clear summertime on Mars. This photo still showed that the Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation similar to the mesas of Earth. | 3 |
9b9b14f | Have you ever imagine a life without your car? I bet not. In there's a city in Germany called Vauban. In this city there's no cars, except for the main thouroughfared, where the tram to downtown Freiburg, and a few streets on one edge of the community. They even ban the owner ship of street parking, driveways and home garages, even by banding all of this you can own a car if you wish, there's a garege along the edge of the development you can by an space for 40,000 along with a home. As a resoult, 70 percent of Vauban's families don not own a cars, and 57 percent sold their cars to live there. "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"Heidrum Walter, media trainer and mother of two, as she walks down the verdant streets.
Not only in in Vauban, Germany but even in Paris, France driving is partialy forvident. But in Paris is ban cause of smogs, ther air was so polluted that they decided that by partialy banding driving it would help clear the smog. They gave a fine of $31 dollers tio any one driving, some people even had their cars taken away because of they way they reacted to the fine.
In Bogota, Colombia theres a festivity ones a day that is called car-free day. You may go to work or school in bikes, skateboards, buses, or walking. People who violates this rule will have to pay a fine of $25 dollars. Not even the rain stop this people to enjoy the event even two more cities of colombia join in Cali, Valledupar.
The U.S.A is were the car culture develop, troughtout the years this fan addiction and love affiar to the cars haven cooling dawn, few cars are bought, geting fewer linces and driving less. The economy is so bad thst there arent that many Americans buying caras and not that many jobs, any ways is not like the unemployed could by a car they don't even have to go to work. But before the downturn the families had two to three cars. | 1 |
9b9c990 | Senator of Florida, the electoral college should continue and not change. The electoral college has helped America vote evenly on politics. This helps avoid any conflicts with candidates. Without the electoral college, we would have to try and use a new method. Using a new method is not only time consuming but, nobody is sure it can have a certain outcome.
The electoral college dismisses the problem of run-off elections. Candidates wouldn't have to worry about not receiving a majority vote. "For example, Nixon in 1968 and Cliton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370 electoral votes, respectively)." (Posner, 22)
Using the electoral college will give you certanity of the outcome. Since most states go off a certain basis, it is very likely that the state will have a win based on their electoral votes. "In [2012's] election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral votes compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney.... Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." (Posner, 18)
Conversly, it can lead to another disaster. People do have the possibility of rearranging votes so a certain candidate wins. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)" (Plumer, 11)
Although there were problems and disasters in the past, we have grown from them. Electoral College gives us certainty. This avoids run-off elections as well. Keeping the electoral college would maintain the political balance in America. | 3 |
9b9dd02 | Driverless Cars
Driverless cars could change the world for the better. They could make our lives easier and less stressful. Driverless cars could save lives, save time, and save money. These cars would be a great replacement for the manual cars used today. Driverless cars could benefit our society greatly.
This new invention of cars without drivers could save many lives. Each year thousands of citizens die, or are injured due to car accidents. These accidents are caused mainly by drivers. If cars continue to need drivers, many more deaths will result from this horrible choice. The drivers of these vehicles could be drunk, driving illegally without a valid license, texting, or distracted, resulting in car crashes. The possibilities as to why a person driving a car could get into an accident are endless! However, with no unsuitable driver at the wheel, roads all over the world will become much safer. If ,instead of a driver, the car is automated and drives by itself, people could rid the world of unsafe drivers. With these driverless cars, thousands of lives all over the world could be spared.
Driverless cars could save people time. According to paragraph two in the article, Google's driverless cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Less crashes would result in less traffic jams. Without traffic jams, citizens would be able to get to their destination quicker and easier. Driverless cars could also save time by not having to constantly run into blocked roads. Due to the driverless cars being automated and controlled by an automated system, the system will most likely be able to detect the quickest route to the preferred destination. Therefore, driverless cars could be an advantage to us by saving us time.
With the invention of the driverless car, homo sapiens (humans) would be able to save money. The first product of the driverless car is not bound to be cheap, but as time progresses, the cost of this new car will eventually go down. According to paragraph one in the provided article, the driverless cars would use half the fuel of today's cars and would offer far more flexibility than a bus. Gas is a very expensive fuel. However, if citizens were to only need to pay for half of the money they pay for gas today, then they could save a lot of money that could be used for more important investments. Also, the driverless cars could result in less car crashes, which would result in not having to pay for damage repair. Overall, the driverless cars would not only your save life, but your money too.
The driverless cars could benefit our lives. They would be able to not only improve the way people live today, but they would also have the power to save lives, save time, and save money. This new car design could be the exact replacement, for the manual car used today, our society has been looking for. With these cars, students would also be able to focus on their schoolwork more, rather than on passing their driving exam. They could change life as people know it. The driverless cars would fundamentally change the world for the better. | 5 |
9ba4406 | I think the author did a great job explaining venus and it's many complications.
Venus has been a sister panet to us for a long time but we still have yet to properly explore it because of its harsh conditions. Venus is very hot, on average it is over 800 degrees fahrenheit, so it makes it almost impossible to have anything land on it. The author explains how NASA is planning on approaching the heat.
Many people believe that Venus may have used to have been able to support life. Venus was known to have bodies of water at some point in time and has other forms of landscape like valleys, mountains, and craters.
If we could just get to Venus to check out whats going on, it could help us in the future, and i'm interested in knowing now if we ever will, i like how much information the author provided in this text | 2 |
9ba5419 | Mars..... the red planet. We call it many things, some of us people beleive that there is and once was life on the planet mars. But now NASA has discovered something far from anything we've seen before.
The face of on the stone may possibly be weather created by its own planet. In the artical it states, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa." Which this means the face looked like landforms juist like on earth, that are found in the American west.
In paragraph 11 a man states about the "rule of the thumb" which tells us about how you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. this explains to us that if the face was real there shouldve been other things to see around it.
Lastly in paragraph 7 the artical says in April 1998, they sent Cydonia over to mars too take pictures and there was no cloudy weather it was perfectly fine, and it took photos of the face. People at home were waiting for the picture to be released, just to find that it was a natural landform.
People can beleive that this is a real face however, they are wrong becauase that the pictue that was taken by cydonia looks just like a normal, natural landform and also the image they had, if they would've zoomed in on it 3 times they should've seen oher things. They also say that the face just looks like a mesa just like in the west of America.
You should beleive that this is nothing but just a nrmal landform caused by the red planets natural enviorment. | 3 |
9ba7436 | I believe that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is sort of valuable. It can either help someone or not. But it doesn't hurt to try.
To begin with,
I say sort off because, for one, you never know what a person is going through. If the computer can tell someones emotion why not see how they're feeling. If they're sad or depressed maybe you can help them in someway. But also, people might not want you to know how they're feeling. So using the computer's app, that is kind of disrespecting them in a way because they dont want you to know their emotions.
Also, I still think it is valuable because like a I said if they're sad you can help them. Even if they don't want you to know, you can still help them secretly though. They will recieve help without even knowing that they're getting help. Little do people know, alotof people who are sad tend to smile the most and just look happy. So, honestly i do feel like it is very valuable, people should use it. But not just anyone, maybe like doctors or specialist.
I think specialists should be the ones to use them because they can be the ones to help people and they actually know how to do so. In the passage it talks about how in some people it is easy to tell by their face expression what they are feeling. But sometimes it is hard, and i agree. That is why I do think it is very valuable to use the computer.
Lastly, I do think its useable. It helps by letting us know who is depressed or stuff like that. But like I had said, I belive it should only be doctors using it and not just anyone because people and kids are immature and we would not want others to make them feel worse. | 3 |
9ba7a34 | For many people, including myself, we have days when we are happy, optomistic, and just in a good mood for whatever reason. Then we have days where are sad, pesemistic and overall just in a bad mood.
On paragraph eight of this paasage it states that faces don't lie. while I do think that is true I do not think we are at a point where this technology can be accurate enough for us to be able to determine our emotions. Although I do not think it is accurate right now I do believe that in the future technology will able to accurately read our faces and find our emotions and this article shows why and how it is possible.
The first way that this passage shows us how emotion reading is possible is by bringing us an example in paragraph one of the Mona Lisa. The paragraph says that she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. This example right here is meant to show us how the technology can work but brings us more questions that we hopfully get answers for. In paragraph three lots of backround information is given to us so that we can get an idea on how they were able to determine what the emotions of the girl in painting are. the author talks about the main emotions humans show and how technology can now allow us to mimick the muscles that humans have in their face and the movments they can make. In paragraph four the author elaborates a bit more on the technology and how it can be used to search for those mixed emotions. The author cites quotes from Dr. Huang, one of the main people behind the project, in order to give insight to the readers who may not fully belive that reading emotions through technology is possible. In paragraph five it states that if everday normal humans can also read at the very least the basics of human emotions based on how a human looks. It could most certainly be possible for a computer to do it but better as well. In paragraph six Dr. Huang talks about the possible futures this technology can go with more advances. He says that if your computer can read your emotions it can help a student with their homework or exlcude ads that do not appeal to that person. He also discusses about how versatile the technology is and that it can be used in order to improve the facial exressions for characters in video games while maintaining a more realsitic look that many video games have. In the last two paragraphs it shows how you can try to recognize some emotions yourself like a computer would.
I do think that this technology will go somewhere and has the potential to be able to with the rate that it is going. Being able to read the emotions of the girl in the Mona Lisa is already an impressive accomplishment. For the time being we will have to wait and see where it goes but I know that I as well as many others are very excited to see when this type of technology will be integrated with everyday life. | 2 |
9baa424 | Since the planet Venus is the closest planet to earth's density and size scientist have been trying to explore the posibilites Venus could have. Venus is the second planet from the sun which means it is very hot. Venus is 800 degrees fahrenheit and is 90 times hotter than what we experience of earth. Humans have sent many spacecrafts to Venus, but none have sucessfully made it, the ones that have landed didnt make it longer than a few hours. A spacecraft hasnt touched Venus in more than 3 decades. Venus has an atmoshere of 97 percent carbon dioxcide.
Scientists want to explore venus because since it is the closest planet it earth maybe at one time it had life. Venus likely had a great amountof ocean water and could of had many lifeforms. Venus would be our closest option if we visited a planet. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. A blimp like vehicle hoverig 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape would be a good option. | 1 |
9bac66a | Wow! Did you know that Venus have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system? It was the second planet from our sun. Venus is very similar to earth. it was often called earth's rwin. It was one of the brighest points of light in the night sky. Scienctist tried to study Venus but they could not because they don't have devices that can stay longer than a week on Venus. The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Next, Venus is very similar to Earth. The Venus was often called Earth's twin because if you look at the Venus the color was blue and they believed taht Venus was probably covered largely with oceans. Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size and the distance are closest too. Just like in earth the Venus has a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. It was our nearest option for a planetary visit. It was one of their challenge to get to Venus and study about it. "The Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
Second, photography and videography, and researches cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, Scienctist tried to study the Venus but they couldn't because they don't have any techonology that can be sent to Venus. Sometime they thought that sending people to Venus but since it was dangerous. They made electronics made of silicon carbide and they tested it. At first, it was work but it only last for onw week. Now, they are looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. This devices doesn't electronics it was faster, faster, and flexible. This deviced were used in the 1800s to 1940s during World War ll. Sometime, when it is very hot other mental things are meling but this devices can ne made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
Finally, the author suggests taht studing Venus is a wothry persuit despite the dangers it presents. I also think that it was worth to study even it is dangerous because this is so fanastining and very intersecting. Venus is very similar to earth and it will be very cool if we could learn about it. In the reading 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." It means that there are many other things in other planet no matter how dangerous it is we should be seek to it. The author talk more about positive than negative about Venus. Even when the author is talking about bad things but they always end in nice way.
In conclution, Venus was very similar to Earth. Scienctist tried to study Venus for a long time but they could not sucesses because they are lack of devices and the author suggests that studying Venus is worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They have tried several time but they coud not sucesses. I hope that that they will be sucesses this time and if they are sucesses it will give us a lot of knowledege. We already been to Moon so I think they will find out how to get onto Venus. Even if they can not achieve in this generation. I think they will be achieve in the nect generation because technology kept improving each day. | 4 |
9bcbd42 | The election process is complex, but not unreasonable. Over the course of several months, candidates travel across the country to speak out to the people of the United States and hopefully gain their vote. Finally, in November, the big moment arrives. It is the pinaccle of all their hard work - all the speeches they've performed, good deeds that have been promoted, and promises that were made by them lead up to then. However, who is truly voting for them? Is it the people, or a external party? The answer is the Electoral College, which is an essential part of our government. The process is well-organized, and aids us in selecting our president by using electors from each state to more accurately vote.
To begin with, without the Electoral College, there would possibly be less clarity in the election process. Moreover, there would not be the sense of fairness or equality when it comes to voting. Because of it, there is a reliable system in which the population votes, which is then brought to the state's electors to be evaluated and voted on unanimously. If it weren't for this, there would be the possibility of run-off elections in which there is no obvious winner since the votes are tied or very close. Thankfully, since the Electoral College uses a winner-takes-all method in the determination for each state's votes, the pressure "is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner." (22) | 2 |
9bcc548 | On May 24, 2001 a Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet Mars and had took a pitcure of a huge rock forming a human face new high resolution images and 3d altimerty from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the face on Mars of what it really is which is a mesa. Evidence from the text shows that when NASA first seen this picture that they thought nothing of it for the simple fact that it has been seen in areas in West America thats natural and so they thought it was a Martain mesa. This is making them believe that is was just another Martain mesa. When the NASA revelaed the pictures they made a caption that said "huge rock fromation. . . which resembles to a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth" later on this image was talked about alot because many believe that there used to be alien life form on Mars. On April 8, 2001 Mars Global
Surveyor drew close enough for a second look at this huge rock froming a human head. They noticed that this was just another rock and that there was no sign of alien life form on Mars. In the text NASA said that they revealed this photo to the world to engage the public and attract attetion to Mars. But not everyone was satisfied the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Prehaps, said skeptics alien marking were hidden by haze but there were no real evidence to prove it were alien marks made. Nevertheless on April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a pitcure ten times sharper then the original photo the new pitcure revealed that is was just a natural landfrom and that there were no alien monument on Mars after all. NASA says that the face looks like a Egyptian Pharaoh. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."That's a lava dome that takes the from of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. With evidence from the text there were no sign's of real alien life form and that the face was just a huge rock formed to look like a face. Therefore NASA has published the photos to gain attetion to them and to Mars as well. When NASA said that the face on Mars looked like common landforms around the American West. | 3 |
9bcd8ba | I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I have a couple reasons for saying that. First, under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who ends up voting for the president. Second, you have to worry about the ties in the electoral vote.
First off, under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who ends up voting for the president. So that means you actually don't get to vote for the president you want, the electors get to vote for the president they want and their choice might not be the same as yours. Here's an example that was in Source 1, "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry." So you don't actually get to vote for a president. Also, in source 2, it states that the electoral college is unfair to voters because of how each state has the winner-take-all system, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states.
Second, you have to worry about the ties in electoral vote. Source 2 states that if a tie happens, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. The senate would choose the vice-president. The state delegations may not vote for the president you want and the senate may not vote for the vice-president you want either.
I think the Electoral College process is a bad idea and it should be changed to popular vote for the president of the United States. Electoral college is unfair to voters and I think it should be gotten rid of. | 3 |
9bce452 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," The author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using the details, I believe that driverless cars could be a good idea. They could malfunction and cause an very bad car accident, they aren't realiable because in some states they arent allowed to test car that run alone, and it would be animosity between the citizens and manufacturers.
First and formost one reason I believe that the car would be an bad idea today is because the makings of the so called "driverless" cars could happen to have a glitch in the system and break. For emaple, In the article it states "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical". This quote states with before making that cars they would have to fix and upgrade things, but they are making these smart cars without doing so. In taking that action the car could stop working whenever which wouldn't be safe for us espically with the major highways and intersections we have on busy streets.
Another reason the driverless cars would not be safe for us, is because you can't depend on them to function properly. In the text it states, "Presently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most sates it is illegal even to test computer driven cars, Calidornia, Nevada, Flordia, and the district of columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars". In this quote it shows that not many states in the U.S. truely believe that these cars are safe itself. You can tell because they don't test the cars and without tests the cars it is no true evidence that they're safe it drive in.
Lastly, I believe the driverless cars aren't safe is because it would cause drama and animosity between the citizens and manufacturers. For example the article quotes " If the techology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This part of the article shows that when an accident ocurrs with the "driverless" cars the court of law, policie officers, or the makers of the model won't know who to put the blame on for the cause. That is a bad idea because also in the text it states, " Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over". I took this quote into consideration because it could be an very bad incident and the driver blames the incident on the car but the investigators wouldn't know who to put the blame on. Either the driver becasuse they could have turned the funtion off before the incident happened and they were in control the whole time, or the manufacturers because theu driver may have tried to turn the function off to take control of the car but it malfunctioned which causes it to stop working.
These are my reasons on why to not use driverless cars and keep the nice ones we have. The models that we drive in today work well and may have bad functions, but they are functions that can be fixed in an auto shop. Or the parts of the car can be found in an autopart store. | 4 |
9bcf360 | Fellow citizens...we are working on limiting car usage.
By limiting car usage we will be reducing the amount of pollution. We'll also be making the air safer and reducing the stress that having a car produces. In a small town in Germany they don't even drive cars.
Our cities are are becoming polluted because of our car usage. In paris they ordered motorists with even license plates to leave their cars at home or pay a fine. There were almost 4,000 drivers that got a fine.
In Bogota, Colombia they had a car free day. This ment that everyone would go 1 day without using their car. This program helped avoid traffic jams. They had a large turnout. Day without cars helped parks and sports centers bloom throughout the city.
"Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." In america, the rate at which americans drive is decreasing. | 2 |
9bd28f8 | Dear, Senator
In my opinion you should just leave the Electoral college system the way it is. I think you should leave it like how it is because nobody gets to over come power. Everyone in the electoral system have the same amount of power. Its keeps everything organized. There is no problem in it, everyone like the way it is but there are couple of people that really don't go along with it. Some of the people that don't go along as what the electoral system says because they like having power. They don't care what the people got to say, they are only worried about having that power and changing the system. If they every change the system to popular votes for the president it would be a honest choice. I say that because everyone gonna choice a person then other people is going to count and give out the number, whoever has the highest number win. So I think it would be a honestly choice, but in the system everything is organized, everything is already known. This has been done for the longest. Other president already used the electoral system and it wouldn't be fair to use this other system to choose the new president. Everyone knows already what there job is, and if they would have to change it people would be confused. There going to have to start again from fresh. People being not sure if they doing it right or wrong, and it would take longer to choice a president.
So just think about i just said. It might help you choice the right choose but it might not, but i still think that the electoral system is a way better way to help choose a president. There is step to choosing him. There are people that already know what to do with there job, its easy for them. So many times they did it that they are professional at doing it. If we would change it, like I already said they would be confuse, lost. In my opinion the electoral system is way better an easier. Everything is known and better. Its in the constitution. People already knew about this and now y'all trying to change everything. It wont make some people happy some of them gonna get | 2 |
9bd57f9 | Abolishing the electoral college would be the best way to go for everyone. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electos, who in turn elect the president. (source 2, Plumer) Some wonder, are the people in the electoral college even reliable? Many also believe that the electoral college is an unfair way of deciding whom the president will be. The electoral college is also flawwed in a way that it makes the smaller states feel less important than the bigger states.
Are the people in the electoral college always reliable? Who even knows who chooses our electoral college? Voting citizens can't even control who the electoral college votes for sometimes, this is unjust and an outrage consitering us citizens do the moral duty to vote and may not even get a fair outcome anyways. And, there are some cases in which voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. (source 2, Plumer) This "winner takes all" system is a big mess and highly unnescissary. Not to mention, it is also a very unfair way of deciding.
Some question if the electoral college is a fair way of voting. Which it is not. The electoral college can cause an unfair vote to the presidents which also upsets us citizens. What if say, 5,000 people vote in Florida, 3,000 for president 1, and 2,000 for president 2, and the electoral college sends it off as president 1 gets the vote for that college. But then, that 1,000 vote difference could have changed the vote for president country wide. A scenario like this may be unlikely, but it is possible. It has already happened once, it would be a shame if it did again. Chance of a situation like this draws a lot of people away from voting for president. Another unfair scenario was in 1976 when a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. (Source 2, Plumer) The electoral collage is bound to cause a catastrophe and we should stop it before it does.
The elctoral college is also unfair in a way that smaller states votes do not feel as important. Some people in the smaller states even say they haven't seen a campaign poster throughout an entire election because canidates feel as if campaigning isn't important in places that only have 3 or 4 electoral colleges. If we had a popular vote society, people in smaller states would feel like their vote is as important as those in the bigger states.
Overall, the electoral college is higly unfair way of deciding anything. It should be abolished before it turns into a problem. Many can agree that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. (Source 2, Plumer) | 4 |
9bd955d | In "The challenge of Exploring Venus" Venus is also known as "Evening Star". Venus is one of the brightest points in the sky at night. It is also the second closest planet to Earth,that's why we can see it at night. Mars is also close to us but only at certain times, it all depends on speed otherwise how fast it orbits around us. The atmosphere on Venus is 97 percent carbon dioxide which means there's no air, the clouds are made of corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperature is over 800 degrees fehrenheit.
The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater, so if we were to send any type if mechanical transportation over there, it would into liquid as soon as it gets there. Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other plant in our solar system. Venusian geology says that their are additional impediments the erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning stikes. That means their are multiple natural disasters going on at the same time. Astronomers think that long age, Venus was like our planet (Earth).
The planet has a surface of rocky sediment like mountains, craters and valleys.
NASA thinks that they could put a blimp or some kind of futuristic jet airplanes in outerspace. In the article, NASA was talking about electronics made of "silicon carbide". If NASA could add silicon carbide to a jetplane and some how remote control the aircraft, it might work. I noticed how the author capitalized the "Venus, NASA, Earth, and all the other planets. Also I saw how the author punctuated and put a comma in between sentences to take a breath when speaking. I liked how he put a lot of detail into what NASA thought they should do. I read how they planned out what kinds of tranportations they could send to Venus. They even tested the conditions with certain matierials and objects. | 1 |
9bdaaa5 | The NASA and I think that the face on Mars is just a natural landfrom. In some history people believed that aliens are real. Most still do, but the face that had happeared on Mars is just a natural landfrom.
In the text it states that "NASA's Vicking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for it's siter Vicking 2, when it had spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." Now if the human face object was created by aliens then we would have of seen some kind of evidence that they would have left behind.
"Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landfrom". The website could have of not been shown to the public, but the NASA wanted the people to know that their was no aliens involved in "the Face monument". Now their might of had been some kind of evidence that their was aliens their. The camera would have caught something even if it was cloudy at the red planet. Technology has gotten alot better the past 25 years so we would have of seen some kind of shape of evidence.
That the results have been made their was not any aliens involved in the human face shaped object. Landforms are really common on any planets, American West had a river plain that connected to Idaho. The river was not involved with any aliens in it but if we take a picture of Mars, and find a face does it have to be an alien monument? | 3 |
9be0af0 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" I disagree with the authors claim strongly. One of the reasons I diagree with this claim is because in the passage it says"Each previous mission was unamnned ,and for a good reason,since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. This tells me as a reader that why should we take such a big risk on losing so much money on a mission if we can barely survive on the surface for a few hours. Also the clouds on venus are made out of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The surface tempature on venus averages 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric preasure on venus is 90 times greater then what humans experience on earth. This tells me as a reader that trying to explore venus would be a great challenge and would have a lot of consequences to it.
The idea of Nasa of having a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling Venusian landscape is basically pointless. The humans that would live on these vehicles would have to live through harsh conditions but they can survive. Why would you put someones life in danger and have them suffer for a planet that we cannot live..Even if we did this mission we wouldnt be able to take photographs and videography since the atmosphere is so thick. In The passage also says"More importantly,researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas,or anything else from a distance". This means that we wouldnt be able to take anything off the planet and all the mission would be good for is sightseeing.
In conclusion I disagree with the author and his claim saying that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. The reason i say this is because exploring venus has to many risks and it could cost lives of humans. In my point of view humans are priceless and they should not risk their lives on a planet that is not habitable. Also even if the mission was sucessful we would not gather many samples on venus due to the fact that the atmosphere is so thick and the conditions on venus is unhabitable. I personally believe that maybe in the future we should have a mission to venus ,but right now knowing all the risks that exploring venus has, that we should work on the technology more and make sure that in the future exploring venus and learning more about it will be possible in the future. | 3 |
9be2d6d | Can you imagine living in a place where there is no driving? It is an amazing thing to think if every person doesn't drive in one big city that it saves so much pollution going in to the air. Another thing to think about is if everyone in a city didn't drive and walked everywhere, more people would stay healthier by staying in shape. Some people think that owning a car is more stressful than just walking everywhere. If you don't own a car you don't have to pay for insurance, don't have to pay for gas, and don't have to pay for repairs when something goes wrong in a vehicle. To me it sounds like there is a lot of advantages in limiting car use.
One solid reason why not using cars as much is the pollution going in the air. In Paris, France motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at their house or else they would be fined. The next day odd numbered license plates motorists had to leave their vehicles at home. It was a hardship at first to get people to follow these new rules, but after about five days everything started to cool down. The pollution had dropped 60 percent in Paris which is exactly what the city was looking for. Limiting the car usage didn't just save pollution from going in the air, but also there wasn't as much traffic as there usually was. It also made Paris a safer place to be outside and not damage the citizens lungs. The capital city of France also made transportation free Monday-Friday to help the cause. Soon enough people that had both license plates could drive on the same day.
In Bogota, Colombia they do a car free day that is becoming popular in that part of the world. It is awesome to think there are 7 million people in that city and none of them are using a car. People that violated this goal on this day were charged a $25 fine. People from other countries came to see how this day worked and they loved it. The mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay said "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders." You can just imagine all the benefits of everyone not using a car in a city for a whole day. Restaurants and parks would be visited and used more and everyone would be getting more exercise. All in all this idea was genius.
As you can see limiting car usage can help out the area big time that it is taking place. It is better breathing air, businesses like restaurants and parks would be used more and grow steadily, and the city would be taken care of better. | 4 |
9be40af | Dear Mr. Senator,
What is the Electoral College? Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. The Electoral College is an unfair, outdated, and irrational process. Although many believe it is a necessity for choosing a president, it is not. I believe the process of choosing a president should be changed to the election by popular vote in the United States.
First, what is the Electoral College? In the passage "What Is the Electoral
College" it says, "It is a process by which the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for your President because when you vote for your canidate you are actually voting for your canidates electors." But, little did the fouding fathers know it is not really a compromise. The Electoral College is composed of 538 electors. Some of them unfair ones too. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. In source 2 it says, "The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for your President because when you vote for you r canidate you are actually voting for your canidates electors."
Second, the Electoral College is not a place, it is a process, an unfair, outdated, and irrational process. According to the passage "The Indefensible Electoral College" it states how, "Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president." Do you think that is fair? This process is confusing and it should be abomished. Due to the Electoral College many people get confused and sometimes vote for the wrong canidate. In the source "The Indefensible Electoral College" it says, " 'Faithless' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." That is unfair, and irrational. People should be able to have a choice, although they let you feel like you're doing something by voting, you actually are not doing much. The Electoral College gets the last word.
Third, some argue that the Electoral College has good intentions, they support their claims with ideas stated in the passage "In Defense of the Electoral College" some such as "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance to large states, the Electoral College requires a presidential canidate to have transregional appeal, or the Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." Although these reasons may be valid, they're not enough to pursuade thousands of U.S citizens that the Electoral College should not be abolished.
Cat got your tongue? In conclusion, as you can see the Electoral College is not always the best way to choose a president, it is unfair, it is outdated since the founding fathers had set it up, and it is irrational. the Electoral College should be replaced with the process of popular vote. | 4 |
9be4687 | In the text it is said "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 basically means no matter the danger or risks there is we should be able to expand to do what we have always wanted to do with innovation.
So this is showing that the author is suggesting that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents no matter if it is dangerous or risky we were made to innovate what we see in our imagination is what it is saying. He even says thing's like "If our sister planet is so inhospitable,why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" If he wasn't supporting it he wouldn't be saying this.
It's very obvious he has done his research on venus and his main focus is on supporting the exploration of Venus. He knows the space administration ideas for sending humans to go study venus and knows that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus also to the exact temperatures of where they would be and the carbon dioxide percent to the planets average surface temperature. All of this throughly shows how much he supports the exploration of Venus despite the danger and risks. | 3 |
9be8232 | We all plan to get cars when we get our licenses right? Wrong! The relationship between people and cars throughout the Earth is changing with fewer people buying cars and governments supporting the use of more eco-friendly methods of transportation. Two advantages of this change that I would like to point out is first the improvement in health, and second the fact green house gasses have gone down. These may seem like great ideas, but you may be asking yourself are such advantages possible?
Begining with the lack of pollution, cars can produce Carbon dioxide which causes problems in the atmosphere. The gas traps sunlight creating greenhouse gasses which is responsible for global warming. This would cause problems for future generations with an increase in flooding and other factors that can destroy areas of living, not to mention the fact breathing in the fumes is bad for health. The scary part about the relationship between green house gasses and cars is that twelve percent of green house gasses caused by cars are in Europe. This may no frighten you, but when you take into account fifty percent of green house gasses lie in the U.S., you realize how seroius and frightenning the situation really is.
Another benefit of the lack of car usage is the improvement of public health. It's known by many scientist and psycohlogist that an increase in stress is bad for health and can lower a person's life expentancy. In Vaubun Germany a mother's words about their Vaubun progam was "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," meanwhile in Bogota, Columbia a bussiness man said "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," during Bogota's car-free day program. Aside from the stress, people are getting far more fit as they walk or take a bike to their destionations, even in large cities like New York where you'll see people joining bike programs. Bicycle lanes are increasing greatley and in Bogota, 118 miles have already been built.
In conclusion, I would like to point out that out our world is improving. The awareness of government and the people has lead into the creation of bicycle lanes, a lowering in the stress level of the people, and a decrease in green house gasses. This will in turn provide a better future for countless generations of people throughout the entire planet. It's as Bill Ford, executive of the Ford Motor company stated "pedestria, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." | 4 |
9bef913 | Driverless cars should not be developed. The cars still need the help of people to perform some activities. The cars also will have millions of sensors that at any one point if one goes bad the whole car would not be able to function properly. Driving also requires the driver to be alert at all times. Driverless cars are going to have ways to entertain the driver instead of keeping the driver focused on the task at hand. With all of these potential problems driverless cars should not be developed.
The cars can brake and go on their own to help the person driving. They also vibrate when you are about to back into something or are drifting into another lane, but they can not correct these things. Some cars can drive themselves but can not function properly when coming to a roadwork area or an accident scene. If a car is incapable of dealing with these contingencies we should not develop them.
Cars that can drive themselves need millions of censors just to stay on the road let alone the lane. In paragraph 4 the prompt talks about the cars using LIDAR which is a device that projects a laser and spins on top of the car. Every rotation showing the computer the cars surroundings. While on the road however the LIDAR could spin around and before it get around again an object could have found its way to being in the path of the car giving the car, depending on its speed, hardly any or no time to react. Other sensors could go bad or just the slightest miscalculation or glitch in anything could spell disaster for the car and its passenger(s). These cars should not be developed given today's unreliable technology.
In paragraph 8 the questions, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?" and, "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?", were asked. In the same paragraph the author answers the question by saying, "We have to interpret the driving fun in new way." Manufacturers hope to fix that problem by introducing "in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays."(Paragraph 8) These same ideas contradict the claim in paragraph 9 that says, "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best acieved with alert drivers." How can drivers be alert if they are busy "having fun" before the car decides to hand over the controls to the driver. Driverless cars are just going to cause more accidents due to the lack of attention the drivers are giving the road.
Driverless cars should not be developed because they still require human assistance, there are too many things that can go wrong with the technology required, and that driving takes alert drivers, the same drivers that are going to be "entertained" while they wait for their turn to drive. | 5 |
9bf815a | In the article, the author does present a lot of postitives and negative aspects of driverless cars. In my opinion, i am for the development of these cars. technology keeps growing and spreading wider each day. In the article it says how these cars are already on the way of being developed, Goolgle has had cars that could drive indepedently, but only under certain conditions. Googles cars have driven more then half a million miles without a crash, so you know that the "Driverless Cars" will be safe.
I personally think that these cars would benifit people and the world in many ways. Gooogle cofounder Sergey Brin says that the cars he foresees would use half of the fuel of todays taxis and that it could offer way more flexibility then a bus, these cars would fundamentally change the world. Plus driving would be at at a way lower risk of car accidents, because it is a smart computer telling the car what to do. The "driverless cars" have already made alot of progress and alt of diffrent companies are trying to make these, as safe and as fast as possible.
The company BMW announced the develpoment of the "Traffic Jam Assistant" in 2013. The car can Brake, steer, and accelerate all by themselves. The person in the car has to have his or her hands on the wheel at all times because they are not made completly driverless yet, but they are getting more advanced every year, and i believe that someday driverless things will be a thing, and i hope it is. More lives will be safe. Less gas will be used so its better for our enviroment. If people are angry or have had to much to drink they can get home safley and with out an accident. | 3 |
9c048c8 | These are the resons why you should join the program and be a
Seagoing cowboy. You get to see a lot of new things you never seen before!
You should join the program, because you get to discover lots of
new places. For example, I seen Europe and I seen China. I know this because in the story it states," I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."
Next,You should
join this program, because you get to see new things. For instance i could of seen The Acropolis in Greece. Also, I toured an excavated casle in Crete at the Panama Canal. I know this because in the story it says," But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." Luke also toured a excavated casle in Crete and marvelled at the Panama Canal on his way to china."
You also should join this program, because you have lots of fun. For example you can play games on the ship. I know this because in the text it states," Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played basevball and vollyball games in the emty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time."
Finally, you should join this program, because it opens up the world to you
and it makes you wanna help each other. I know this because in the text it says," But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adveture 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 thier needs." And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years."
Thats why you should join this program, you get to discover new places and new things. You get to have fun and play games. Also, it opens the world to you. | 4 |
9c06337 | Cars are part of our daily routines, they have been around for so long that we can't even remember when they first showed up, but did you know that people are starting to use other means for transportation?. Studies have shown that the number of miles driven in the united states has dropped steadily ever sice 2005, and as of april 2013, the number of miles driven per person was 9 percent below the the peak.
Part of the reason lies in the recession, americans with a low income can't afford to buy new cars; not mentioning the unemployed, and now that recovery is under way, the next few years will be telling if the decrease will stop, or continue. But looking at the bright side, if the pattern persists (and many believe it will) it will be beneficial towards carbon emissions and the enviroment, without considering the fact that car transportstion is one of the largest source of america's emitions.
America isn't the only country that has seen a major decrease in car transportation, other places have taken steps to decrease the use of cars. For example, in VAUBAN, Germany, the residents of this community have given up their cars, thats right!, Vauban's are completely "car-free". Owning a cars is allowed, but they vanly be parked in two places, garages that can be purchased for $40,000, and of course, a home. As a result, seventy percent of the popullation does not own a car.
But why are they doing this?. Well, automobiles are used widely all around the globe, and that id a huge impediment to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Cars are responsable for 12 percent of green house emissions in Europe... and up 50 percent in some car-intesive area in the United States, that's why some places are triying to stop using vehicles, the advantage of not using cars relies on the fact that cars are dangerous to our planet, and we have to take care of our planet.
Finally(and most importantly)France and Colombia are taking major steps to fight the over-use of cars. Sice Paris has more smog than any other European capital, motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine. The same would apply to odd-numberd plates the following day, as a result congestion was down 60 percent in Paris after 5 days. And in Bogota, Colombia, there has been a "car-free day" for over three years now in an attempt to promote alternative transportation, peole who refuse not use their cars are fined with a $25 dollar fine, because of this, the turnout has been large. And it has led to the construction oh 118 miles of bicycle paths.
So.... do you still want to use car?... or a bicycle?. | 3 |
9c08744 | Having a car can be very stressful and cost a lot of money. Not only does having a car hurt our earth but it hurts your wallet or you can hurt other people. Also you can get so much more exericse from just walking to where you need to go than taking your car. It seems diffuculty to live without your car but they show that some people can do it , so can you.
You just moved into your new home in Vauban , Germany. You have to pay money just to park your car. In the article "In german suburb, life goes on without cars." According to Elisabeth Rosenthal , it states in paragraph 2 that "Car ownership is allowed , but there ar only two places to park - large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." So if you want to park your car , you have to pay just to keep it there and always pay for your house.
Think of all the people that have cars , take buses , basically anything with an engnie is polluting our earth. In the atricle "Paris bans driving due to smog" Accoding the writer , Robert Duffer it states in paragraph 10 that "After days of near-record pollution , Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." They almost broke a record of so much pollution and the main reason of that is because of cars. So if you have less people driving them , the less pollutied our world with be.
Instead of driving just everwhere , you can get exricse and move your body to the place you need to go. Not only is it healthy for your body and life , its healthy for our world. In the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota." The author Andrew Selsky stated in paragraph 20 that "In a program thats set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." They got where the needed to go , without their car. So just on that one day , they helped out our world and themselves.
In conclusion , having no car is just better for everyone. You get to save so much money on gas or not having to pay for a parking spot. Our world is not as pollutied with all thr smoke and gas that cars cause. You get to get exericse for the day and feel better. If you can go a day with no car , you can live your life with no car. So help save the world and your wallet by not using a car. | 4 |
9c0fcae | Waking up early on a Monday morning is already horrible, but the traffic is worse. Imagine a car that could drive for you, while you can relax. Sounds great, only your self driving car doesn't drive through traffic, roadwork, or accidents. Throughout the last decade many car companies have developed prototypes of "driverless" cars, though none are really driverless, in some states they are illegal to drive, and have many safety concerns, developing this car would make humans lazier than we already are. This "driverless" car would cause more harm than good, by creating this car we are inabling humans.
These cars are still developing, to respond to the varying safety regulations that need to be made for this model. Foremost they want to adress the saftety aspects of when the car needs the human to take over. Although this car is said "driverless" in certain situations such as, when pulling in or out of driveways, responding to traffic issues, driving through roadwork, and accidents. This feature of the car puts many people off. When they hear a driverless car they expet a car where their presence is not needed to steer through traffic. Though the car has many sensors to navigate through traffic, it is still necessary for the human to drive through obsticals. The sensors being used are suppose to mimic a human's driving skills, then why can it not navigate through traffic, without the use of a human?
To many these cars may still seem as a good investment, but what about the government? Driving laws are written for the mindset of a human. "As a result, in most states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars." (Driverless Cars Are Coming) States such as, California and Flordia have allowed limited use of 'semi-autonomus' cars. Once the safety of the cars is superb it is expected that more states will follow their lead. Also, the question of, whose fault is it for an accident? For cars that include the help of a human to navigate through some situations, it could be blamed on the human. Yet, for cars that are the sole drivers, and do not require a humans assistance, accidents could be blamed on the manufacturer. This could create many law suits and conflicts between automobile companies that produce these cars and the owners.
Waking up to drive in traffic may be annoying, but it is safer than trusting a "driverless" car. With the safety problems yet to be fixed, laws prohibiting the usage, and the need for humans to still pay attention, it makes for the driverless car to be undesirable to most. These cars may improve in the future but, I am still against their production. | 4 |
9c11243 | Cars are useful machines that get you around. But what you may not realize is the many problems that they may cause. The emissions from car tailpipes can cause environment issues and pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Some advantages from limiting car use include environmental improvements and recreational and personal advancement. Reducing car usage would be a benefit to most cities.
The atmosphere has been at an all time high in pollution, smog and green house gases are effecting cities. In Paris, France near-record pollution has been occuring and Paris decided to enforce a partial driving ban to help clear the air of the city. According to the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog. Coldnights and warm days caused the warm layer of air to trap the car emissions into the atmosphere. In Bogota, Colombia there is a declared day without cars in the capital city of 7 million people. According to the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, the turnout was large and even the rain wouldn't stop them from participating. Carlos Plaza which was interviewed for the article stated "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. Using less cars will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants according to Elisabeth Rosenthal author of "The End of Car Culture". Overall limiting car use will be a big factor in conserving resources and lowering emissions.
This limitation of cars would be beneficial to personal and recreational purposes also and not just the environment. In the town Vauban, Germany 70 percent of families do not own cars. According to the article "Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, citizens claim to be happy this way. "When I had a car I was always tense. "I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter. In this new approach of limited car use, stores are placed just a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. This provides an easier way to get what you need in a fast and convenient manner. In Bogota, Colombia, parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city and sidewalks are being replaced, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. A network of public transportation could be created to save time and improve safety. Reducing car use creates an opportunity for more recreational buildings and stores to be created near your community for your benefit.
Reducing car use would be a huge environmental benefit, helping lower the amount of smog and carbon emissions. This would also create the opportunity for recreational and business improvements, which would help create new shopping districts and recreational buildings closer to your community. In general limiting car use would create a cleaner and safer environment but would still be able to provide you with new entertainment and a stronger local community. | 5 |
9c138a6 | In the passage "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the Face was not created by aliens, it is just a natural landform. For one, the Face resembles land forms on Earth. Two, NASA is a professional agency, why would they not tell the truth. Three, the images themself prove that the Face is just a natural landform.
The Face resembles landforms on Earth. In the passage it says "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, says Garvin. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.' Some critics may argue that the landform is not like the others; however, it is similar to the land forms on Earth. Plus, there are tons of land forms on Mars, so why would this one be any different.
NASA is a professional agency, why would they lie. In the passage it says "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Marsevidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." Therefore, why would NASA keep that information from the people when it would actually benefit them. If NASA says that the Face is just a land form and only looks like a face because of the shadows, then it obviously is.
Besides, the images are proof that it is nothing more than a natural landform. After all, seeing is believing. The images progressively get better and better. Some people may argue that the when they took the picture in "April 98a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." But that cant be true since NASA eventually went out and took an even better picture in 2001, proving that the Face is nothing more than a natural landform.
In conclusion, in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the Face was just a natural landform, it was not created by aliens. The Face resembled land forms on Earth. NASA is a government agency and would not lie about it, since it would overall benefit them. Last but not least, the images are enough proof that it is nothing more than a land form. The images progressively get better, which in return, proves that the Face is nothing more than a land form that is common on Mars. | 5 |
9c14496 | After reading the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming.", I strongly found myself against the idea of cars becoming driverless. There is a various amount of issues that could arise from this irrational idea. I believe that if driverless cars were to exist as a regular item in our society many problems would occur.
Driverless Cars would cause an endless amount of dangers, failure within companies and manufacturers, as well as the amount of money that would be lost. Electronics that we use today fail all the time, and cause money loss and stress. I believe these cars would have to go through so many failures before actually being safe and useful. Our economy cannot afford to throw millions of dollars away building cars that will be used for hundreds of trial tests, and then thrown away. The failure percentage will be so high for these cars, and will cause so many problems for the manufacturers, people, and the economy alone. Another reason these cars would be a disaster is the danger it will create. In the article it talks about how people would get bored if they were doing none of the driving, which would cause them to fall asleep or to find a distraction like games, or phones. It also says that in tight spaces or traffic the car would need the human to takeover the driving. Concluding these two facts from the article, drivers will get distracted and when needed by the car to takeover they won't be capable of doing so. This is just one reason I found that these cars will put people in dangerous situations. Cars are to dangerous of an electronic to be putting people in, and testing the unknown. My last reason supporting the irrational idea of driverless cars, is the money that would be lost. Currently the united states is in debt by trillions of dollars, and even the idea of this adds onto the amount of money were are behind on. It would cost millions of dollars to build them, replace them, find the required research, and and endless amount of other things. Also, since they are going to be electronically driven, whos fault will it really be if they were to stop functioning? This question will arise in many court cases when manufactures get sued, and will again cost a fortune. This idea will take money out of everyones pockets, and the currently unstable economy does not need that. There are many other reasons to be argued why these cars would be a horrible idea.
In conclusion to my reasons, this is why I believe if driverless cars were to exist as a regular in our society many problems would occur. The endless amount of money, dangers, and failure accurately describe what this idea would do to our nation. Driverless cars will fail our economy. | 3 |
9c16b65 | Luke wanted to convince others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
He wanted to make others aware of people of other countries needs, and helping opening up the world to them.
In the passage he stats that him being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up the world to him by giving him the benifit of visiting Europe and China.
According to the passage it also stats that his job made him more aware of people of countries and their needs.
In the text is stats that Luke also had time to have fun on board.
He played baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, and boxing in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
This evidence from Luke's point of veiw proves that Luke is persuading the reader to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program to help others while opening up the world to them.
In conclusion Luke wants to others to join the Seagoing Cowboys program to help others while having fun, and exploring the world. | 2 |
9c1a3b2 | I have ever wanted a care where you could just sit back and not even drive ? Do you think it would be fun , dangerous ? I think it would be unecessary and uncalled for , very dangerous .
In my opinion about driveless cars , I do not agree that they should even be used or made . We are just doing fine with the cars In our generation now , I highly suggest if we all keep jobs , and make enough money to pay for gas , fuel and other needed things for our car we would be just fine .
Some reasons why I disagree with driveless cars , is because why have one , if most of the time your worrying when theres going to be accidents or road work , this encourages you to get in an accident more easliy .It also makes human beings more lazy as it is , this is going to get out of hand when they try to start making everthing do stuff by itself , so they wont have to work or do anyrhing to get it to work.
As it is explaining in paragraph 7 , how dangerous a driveless car can be , and all the things that could go wrong , having one of them. In this story its explaing the fun parts and then the bad parts, but I honestyly can say , we dont need them I think we are doing fine with the regualr cars we have right now.
Whats the point have having a driveless car without the driver , whats the driver supposed to do when the car gets out of control and starts acting out , he or she will not know what to do next .
As I was saying which one would you pick ? What you put driveless cars on your dangerous category ? Think real hard about this , Would you let your teenager have this , for fun or just to impress . | 3 |
9c1a9ab | I think that yes if there was driverless cars that not just a couple people should have them everyone should. If there was someone that did not have one of these cars they would be at a higher risk of someone wrecking. The laws on speed limits would definetly change. There would be a bunch more laws besides thatone that would change as well. People would act different one the road knowing who is responsible.
I mean if your driving one of these smart cars and someone else dosn't have one and they wrecked into you it would not be good. There would be a big debate about this and who would be to blam. The companies would have too much money so you could not sue them. Your attention would imidietly turn on the driver of the other car the company would have your back then. Those people should not have to deal with it if that is the case the company should.
It would be nice for everyone to have one of these because drunk driving issues would go down. wrecks would be less common if the mechanics work on the cars they provide. Companies think to much of money so that would be the only problem. I mean sure they wold not make as much money as they would like to but people would be a lot more safe then they are. The money they make should go to the coverage of peoples cars.
Another problem I would have with this is would you be able to get to your job on time? If you have a certain speed limit and or if yor car stops working what are y going to do. I think that if you get this car everything should have to be covered by the compaies you buy it from. Some states are already trying to ok all of this through way higher powers than they should. They should have a system on the car that explains why your late.
One of my last concerns is if the future generations would still know how to drive. I mean if they don't know how the car works than what is the point of it. I think that anyone who gets one of these cars should have to take driving courses one a year for a week. They can take them any day they choose as long as it adds up to a week out of the year. The car is not the only problem think about the roads next. | 2 |
9c1ed5d | The author idea is is it worthy to be studying Venus without putting people in danger.
I tink its worthy because if Earth can't be a place where humans can live they have to another planet where people can lve at.
Venus is called the twin of Earth because its close to Earth in terms and density. Many spacecrafts was sent to Venus but none of the spacecraft have survived more than a few hours. More than three decades no spaceship have touched Venus again . Venus is one of the plaents that is hard to study because of its tempurtures and reputation. Venus atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide. The clouds in Venus are more challenging because the have highly corrosive sulfuric acid.
Also the temperatures average are over 800 degrees Fahrenhiet and the atmospheric perssure is 90 times greater than Earth. The conditions of Venus are more extreme than Earth. For example the environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Venus has the hotter temperatures in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to our sun. even though high pressures and heat the weather present addtional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most like Earth planet in our solar system.
Thats all what i got right now i wish i get a lot of points becuase of this. | 1 |
9c24e42 | The idea of an entire area having no car owners sounds a little strange to someone living in a big city. Especially a suburnban area with no cars, but in places like Vauban, Bogata and even Paris have revolutionized the idea of transportation.
Vauban, Germany- is a suburban area where 70 percent of the families that live there do not own a car, and 57 percent sold a car to move there. Car ownership is allowed but there are only a couple places to park such as large parking garages at the edge of the developement where you can buy a parking space for 40,000, and with the purchace of a home. Residents of Vauban such as Heidrun Walter, mother of two children says when she owned a car she was was always tense and that she is much happier without a car. Vauban is home to 5,500 residents and may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life.
Paris, France nearly hit the record for highest polluted city in the world, until they banned the citizens from driving to clear the air of the global city. People who had an even-numbered license plate were ordered to leave their cars at home or pay a 22-euro fine, which is 31$ in America, the same applied to the odd-numbered plates the following day. Approximetly 4,000 drivers were fined. Congestion was down 60 percent in Paris. After 5 days of intensifying smog rivaled Beijing, China, known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blammed for the mass pollution, Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France. The smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescind the ban or odd-numbered plates.
In Bogota, Colombia there is a program that is set to spread to other countries, where millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work for a car-free day, leaving the large capital city devoid of traffic jams. The goal of this car-free day is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, the turnout was successful. Citizens of Bogota like Carlos Arturo Plaza says it's a good opprotunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. For the first time two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event. Higher authorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event. "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders" said Enrique Riera, the mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay. Car-free day started in the mid-1990's and as created the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city.
Getting out of your car and taking a walk for a couple miles is something you should consider doing everyday. Walking has a insane amount of advantages, it can even save your life. The amount of pollution in the world is doing nothing but rising and the best way to avoid it getting any worse is reducing the amount of driving we do everyday. | 2 |
9c28fb0 | What is, UNRRA? Why should I join it? I can answer that question! With so much destruction happening out there how are we going to keep this world stable?
There is just not enough people out there that are joining this organization and we need all the people that we can get. All of us people put together into a group that cared and did everything for everyone that they could would turn us all into heros.
UNRRA, stands for the, ( United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), UNRRA hires people called, "Seagoing Cowboys". Seagoing cowboys are people who go on cattle-boat trips to usually far away places. These cattle-boats carry things such as, cows, horses, and other farm animals. Sometimes these boats also carry medical stuff so that the people that go to the other side have stuff that they can help to cure the wounded with. For example during the, Pacific war, seagoing cowboy's were sent over seas to go and be carers for the men and women in which were wounded in battle.
Imagine all the people that are out there fighting for your country while you enjoy the peace in your nice quiet humble home while the people that are out there get to sleep on the ground if they even get to sleep. What if the people that are fighting for you run out of food what if they run out of horses to carry them across the battlefields so if in a case where they almost die they might very well be able to get away with quick speed. Without these items delivered where would we be right now would there be any peace still on earth would we lose the race and get our lives taken from us people that we don't even know?
The courage that these people have the people that fight the fight and the people that help the people that fight the fight fight the fight. You could help with that and it would just be in one easy step and you have to take that step with your help and your time did you know that you could save somebodys life or if anything you could save one hundred peoples lives or maybe even more. To many people you would be a hero. To some you would be a savior.
You I bet would want to be that person it is fun caring kind and heroetic and you might even get extra time. There is some hard work that gets put into it as well but still think of all the lives that you would save all the people that would love you forever. All the things that you could do for your country and it would all be done in just one easy step into the doors of, UNRRA! You can do it you have it in you. | 4 |
9c2e29d | Venus and mars are the closest planet to the Earth, and Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus's is a challenging planet for humans to study. Venus is
challenging planet because the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, and is challenging because the plane surface has temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheith.
Venus is a dangers planet because the coditions are extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, what make Venus more dangers is because Venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in our solar system. If people wants to they would not live a lot of time.
''Astronomers are fascinated by Venus.'' Because Venus is like a sister of Earth because has a ''surface of rocky'' like Earth and has too valleys, mountains, and crater like Earth. ''Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
NASA is studying Venus for simplified electronics, and they are making electronics of silicon carbide and tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface. They are making project looking back to an old technology like mechanical like computers and other techology, like important role in the 1940s during World War ll.
NASA said the phones or table to acid or heat caple of melting are extreme delicate when cames to physical conditiones. ''By comparison, Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistan topressure, heat, and other forces.'' | 3 |
9c2e50e | Cars can be a good thing or a bad thing. They're good in the way that they help you get from point A to point B quicker then you normally would, but overall they're bad for the enviroment. This is why limiting car usage can have many advantages to it. Not only will it help reduce pollution, but it can also help you get closer to people in the community and even the world and overall it makes the world a better safer place.
Limiting car usage helps to reduce pollution in the world. An example of this is Paris banning driving do to smog, yet getting rid of the ban cause eventually the smog cleared up (Source 2). This provides proof that by limiting car usage we can reduce and prevent some pollution. Additionally by limiting we'll be making the world a lot less polluted especially if people were to follow Paris's example and put a temporary ban on cars to reduce pollution. And considering just Paris having and it helping them reduce pollution, it'd be safe to say having a temporary ban on all cars around would have a huge impact on the world and the pollution.
Something else that would be an advantage of limiting car usage is getting closer to people around the world. The reason being the is fact you and other people would be more obligated to use walking or bikes as a means of transportation. And by doing that you'd be seeing other people more often in turn allowing for more chances to talk to and get to know others. An example to help support this is that (source 3) they say how in Bogota, Columbia they had a car-free day and even though it raining it didn't stop people from participating. They also mention how a guy named Carlos Arturo said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
Also in limiting car usage it'd make the world a better,safer and more manageable place. To begin with there wouldn't be as much car accidents or danger of being hit by a car. Additonally it would probably make people feel more relaxed and happy. An example to back this up would be when Heidrun Walter said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,...".
In conclusion limiting car usage has many advantages to it. From reducing pollution, to getting closer to people around the world, to making the world a safer,better, and more manageable place. | 3 |
9c306ee | Everyone should have an opinion on what they think is right. Congress should change the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States. The Electoral College contains of the selection of the electors and there is a meeting of electors to vote for President and Vice President. The popular vote shows what citizens want, lets people have the freedom to choose who they want to be president, and have a better result.
First of all, the popular vote shows what citizens want. It tells the government what they are doing right or wrong. For example, if people say they want a democracy, that tells them that they want the right to speak for themselves. They want the freedom of speech that they deserve.
Furthermore, the opportunity to let people make a decision of who should be president for their country. For example, when people were voting for Obama or Romney, Obama had the most popular votes. That shows that the citizens trusted Obama in representing our country. They liked what his plans were going to be and trying to help us with our problems.
Lastly, it provides an accurate result of who should be president. It gives the percentage of how many people actually voted for the person that is going to be elected for president. For example, Obama had 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and 51.3 percent of popular vote. The votes show that people wanted Obama to be president instead of Romney because people like Obama's future plans.
In summation, instead of having an Electoral College, it should an election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Popular votes helps the government understand their citizens better. It lets them know what people want from the government, allows them to have the freedom to make a choice of the president, and gives the government a picture of how many people liked a candidate's plan for them. All in all, popular votes would make elections for the president a lot better to understand. | 3 |
9c338c4 | WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?
DOES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK?
''THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS A PROCESS NOT A PLACE THE FOUNDING FATHERS ESTABLISHED IT IN THE CONSTITUTION AS A COMPRIMISE BETWEEN ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT BY VOTE IN CONGRESS AND ELECTIION OF THE PRESIDENT BY A POPULAR VOTE OF QUALIFIED CITIZENS''.THIS PROCESS CONSISTS OF 538 ELECTORS. ALSO EACH CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN YOUR STATEHAS HIS OR HER OWN GROUP OF ELECTORS.
"WHAT HAVE RICHARD NIXON, JIMMY CARTER, BOB DOLE, AND THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THEIR AFL-CIO ALL, IN THEIR TIME, AGREE ON"? THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. PEOPLE AY THEIR ARE THINGS WRONG WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. THAT IS TRUE. ONE OF THE TINGS THAT IS WRONG WITH IT IS "UNDER THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM , VOTERS VOT NOT FOR PRESIDENT, BUT FOR A SLATE OF ELECTOERS, WHO IT Turn elect the president.
these Are what the electoral colleges is and the goods and bads. | 1 |
9c3982e | Thre has been no spacecraft to ever land there more than a couple hours. That means it would be immpossible for any human or any living thing to even enter its thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. This explains why the author is explaining why the pursuit is dangerous, A long time ago the autor stes that Venus probaly had a ocean like earth and many other forms of life as well, and Just because it can be really dangerous to try to even visit Venus that does not mean we will not try.
The author suggests that studdying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite dangers it presents and it could be immpossible. The author states that "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" (para.3). This explains the accertion because it would kill us as soon as we enterted in the atmosphere. So that would mean that it would be very dangerous to pursuit Venus.
A long time ago Venus was just like Earth. The autor states that "Long ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" (Para 4). This explains that Earth wasjust like Earth a long time ago because it was covered largely with oceans. Another reason it was just like Earth was it could have supported many other forms of life as well.
Just because it's really dangerous to pursuit Venus that doesn't mean we are going to stop trying to send people to Venus. The National Aeroand Space Administration (NASA) has stated that NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape" (para 5). NASA explained that it would be really dangerous to pursuit Venusbut they have ways around it. They said they would go 30 miles above the surface so they would not harm the people.
The author states that it would be dangerous or impossible. But that does not mean we won't have some brave people that are willing to try. NASA is working on a plan that could make this pursuit possible. | 3 |
9c3ac23 | If I was debating this topic, I would use facts to back my answer up. I believe that you should put facts before belief in this scenario, because you can't wish things into existance. I would use many facts from the text. I don't believe that it could have been made by aliens if the same type of thing exists in Western America. It would be impossible to prove me wrong, because the only things that I'd say are facts.
I have all the evidence that I need in this text. In paragraph 12 it says "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." Even NASA said that it wasn't an alien made monument, NASA also said that it would be great for them if they were able to find solid evidence that aliens were real. Meaning that, if this was made by aliens they wouldn't keep it from the public.
I don't think that NASA would keep it a secret if they found proof of aliens. They would tell the public so that they could get the attention and funding from the public so that they could do more research. I believe that the abscence of evidence is not the evidence of abscence, but I also believe that if they had evidence they wouldn't keep it hidden, so I'm not saying that they won't find evidence, I'm just saying that if they did have evidence they wouldn't keep it a secret. That's why I have to disagree for now, and I won't agree until I have a solid reason to. | 3 |
9c3f6e4 | Limiting car usages is becoming more popular everyday. Different places in the world are starting new days and such to limit the use of automobiles. Things such as just a day of limiting people from using their car is making a difference in the world. Limiting car usage can be an advantage becuase it is helping create new enviroments and is also changing old enviroments for the better.
The communities are being designed to help people live a different and new way. The only forms of transportation are walking and biking places. These towns however have everything built to fit this life style. In a german suburb the residents are required to not have a car in order to live in that community. If they must have a car, there is only two places to park it, a large garage at the edge of this development. In these garages a car-owner would buy a space for $40,000 along with a home. With this as a factor, 70 percent of families in this Vauban communties do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move to this new, happier suburb. In source 1, It is said that the plans of making cities better for walking is finally happening.
In source 3 a businessman said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". The use of cars stresses people out for various reasons. A day without cars is spreading, for example in colombia for the first time two other cities beside bogata joined in on the day where civilians would be fined for using a car. Smog is a big factor now-a-days aswell. Cutting back on car usage is helping many cities with smog and reducing it. In paris they restricted certian cars from driving on the road on certian days and this actaully helped the enviroment a lot aswell as helping traffic.
While cars are a big help in today's world they are not absolutley nessecary. Cars can help you be transported from one place to another but they also hurt the enviroment in various ways. Limiting car usuage is an adavantage to the world becuase not only does it help create new healthier enviroments it also is fixing the old ones and making them better for the future. | 3 |
9c4197f | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus is closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. This planet has many dangers that humans are harm from. Scientists are discusing further visits to its surface because they are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
NASA has one compelling idea for sending humans to study humans. The possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface would allow scientists to float above the fray. This means flying across the planet with a bimb-like vehicle.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. 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 three weeks in such conditions.
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because we can have life in a different planet other than just Earth. Studying Venus will help us examine the thier circumstances and find a way to live in a different planet. This is why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. | 2 |
9c43336 | This new technology could be very helpful for teachers in the classroom.It can help so many people in so many different ways. In the classroom outside the classroomand just in life imprarticular.Nowadays its hard to get honest responses from people because they just dont trust others.But with this device i believe tht since the person already knows or has a clue of how this person is feeling they'll share more about what is going on.
If you use this device in the classroom it will help teachers see where their students are happy and not so happy. Teachers can learn more skills from this cause most the time if the student is happy with the subject they will understand it an be able to get one step closer to perfecting it. Instead of teaching it and no one understanding how to do it.Kids dont speak up sometimes because they dont wanna be made fun of or critisized for not knowing how to do something.So they often just give up and fail. But with this you can pull that student to the side and let them know that you understand and your their to help them if they need it.
Another way this can come in handy is it can save a persons life. You never know what people are going through in their life their mind could be anywhere. To the point that they wanna take their own life or even worse someone elses. With this if u scan someones face sometime and it comes out as zero percent happy,sixty percent hatred,twenty percent mad , and twenty percent sad. Something could be going on in this persons life that a counselor could talk to them or even get them some kind of help before they do something that they will regret for the rest of their life.This device can be very valuable and believe this should be used in other places. for greater success,protection of others , and a better life . | 3 |
9c46b2d | The driverless cars aren't so driverless. The driverless car is suppose to allow you to not have to worry about driving but you must stay alert. Youre not just going to want to just sit there akwardly and do nothing while your car does all the work. Many people are going to think that this is a great idea till they start to understand the actually danger it puts you in. Driveless cars need to be put to a stop before many people become injured.
This is a horrible idea. Why would someone start to put many lives in danger? All they are doing is basically saying you just have to sit there and let the car do the work. What happens to the people if they accidently fall asleep because they're not doing anything? They're going to die or get seriously hurt. Then the company is the people who are going to end up in a bunch of trouble because they are leading people to these when they're just hurting them. The driveless cars aren't so driveless. You have to be alert at all times because the car cant make it through a traffic jam or any other roadblocks.
in conclusion, the driveless care wouldnt be a smart idea. It could end badly for both the person who buys it and the company who sold it. The driveless car seems to have more harm than good when you could easily just drive the car yourself. Driving the car yourself would lead to making this easiser onyourself. You dont have to worry about falling asleep by just sitting there. Driveless cars aren't so driveless! | 2 |
9c4d83e | Can't Hide your Emotions Now
A new software that is capable of perceiving your emotions? Yes, it is a new software that can tell what your emotions are by your face experision. The new Facial Action Coding System should be invented. People can figure out what actally that person is feeling. Better ways for humans and computers to commnicate. The system can classifiy six basic emotions happiness, anger, surprise, disgust ,fear, and saddness. Also, it can help people that has disablities that can't speak their emotions.
Who ever thought that by a new software we could even figure out emotions behind images. The software is the lastest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute. Facial Action Coding System enabled on Mona lisa painting of Leonardo da Vinci's. They have discoverd witht the system that she is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. At least that what accorded to some new computer fotware that can recongnize emotions.
Facial Action Coding System process began when the computer constucted a 3-D computer model of the face.44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles."action unit" is movement of one or more muscles. This software can get a great impact. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal oberbes Dr,Huang,'even though indiciduals often show yaring degrees of expression. By weighting the different units,the software can idetify mixed emotions. Experts can use that to show and help themselves state how others feel.
On the other hand, we can already tell how a person or friend is feeling. Most of us would have trouble actually looking or describing each faical trait that conveys happy,worried,etc. Sometimes we can tell if our friends are scared or sad just by the way they express themselves. Maybe Facial Action Coding System is a waste of money and time to make it. We can already state how others feel by their eye or mouth expression.
Better ways for people and computers to communicate. The system classifiys six basic emotions happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,dear and sadness. The new software could helps experts find out how people that can't speak to know their emotions. This is why I am for it to able the Facial Action Coding System. | 3 |
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