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b1bd537 | I support driverless cars. Driverless cars could make this world a safer place. Driverless cars drive for you if you want it to. If theres a construction area, traffic hold up, or its icey out you can take control of the car. If you ever feel unsafe in the car when you aren't driving you can take control. Its not like these cars are always driving for you. These cars are very impressive.
These cars would start out very expensive because they are so high tech. It would be hard for some people to afford them. If older people buy these cars it would be better for them. It could drive for them at night if they can't see as well. Or younger people that maybe aren't the best at driving. If your parents don't trust you with your liscense these cars would help. It would make your mom worry a lot less. These cars provide safe driving.
Driverless cars steer for you, the seat vibrates when you might be going into a hazardess area where you need to take control, and it has a GPS reciever. If you have an emergency and need to text someone this car provides safety. It will drive for you when you are texting. Hopefully people won't use this car the wrong way and text all the time because you still need to be aware of what's going on around you.
You don't need to worry about wrecking your car if this car is driving for you. If you are driving there is still a chance you could wreck it. Driverless cars have motion sensors and other things that make it safe in that range.
So all in all these cars provide safety. They have so many qualities that make them usable and great cars. This could be one of the best inventions in this world. It could create less crashes, less drunk driving accidents, less texting and driving accidents,and on and on. I hope they make this car to create a better world. It would help people in so many ways. Movies fanticize about driverless cars so why not actually have and use them. Driverless cars are coming no matter what people have to say about them. If you don't agree with them don't buy one, its simple. They say we will have these cars by 2020. Its coming so quick. The destination is almost here. | 3 |
b1be3e3 | Driverless cars are not neccisarly and reasonable because they are very dangerous. Driverless cars is something that is only going to be used because they want to make more money and have it to keep updated with the new generation and how we work. Many would and dont support this because mainly they see it as more issues coming and something that's going to cause a problem later on. Although, the car is going to have some postive things like notifying the driver when they are about to hit something or even like how ahead of the road it may be construction going on so they have to turn around it's not enough good reasons to fully persuade others why we should allow this. How would we feel if everytime we got into our car it toke the most control and had charge of everything?.
Eventhough, a lot of people may support this and think "yes we should do it!" is because they are looking at it or have been pursuaded that its going to fix all problems. The new
law
that was made was
no talking and driving
on the phone or texting and driving so people made a car where you could have a speaker phone when someone call you so it would be easier. The more problems that is known is more ideas
people have so they create a new car or a new material. People may look at it like simplier ways for them driving but not too many look into it and notice that it doesn't always help the problem because most of the time it just created more issues that we have to solve and get rid of
.
The good
things about " Driverless Cars"
is it's something new and better. We
are looking at it as a second hand to help out and tell me when something is wrong. They are percieving it as a car that is looking out and knows best because it's looking out at all angles and directions. The good things about it is yes, we are not able to see everything around us or even hear everything so if a car tells us something we do not know or didn't realize then great ! it helps. The car will have a GPS which is a bonus because not everyone knows their directions to all places if we get lost then what not too many people we know that would help us or even know the place we are trying to go.
The Main reason why "Driverless Cars" should not be approved and used is because it's not 100% trustworthy. They may see it as and percieve it as something better and helpful but they are wrong. If, they already got states where they made it illegal to even test computer- driven cars then thats a reason right there. Therefore, if "Driverless Cars" is something thats so good and help people they should have everyone on their side about it. It's too much going on that they have placed in the car having all that could make more damage.It will distract the driver by everything they are trying to do on top of worrying about what the car have to say about their
surroundings, directions, and more.
It's more painful and dangerous having many things going on in the car then just having a regular car. Some people may even see this as as the driver being lazy because if they are being told then that means they will be less alert and less focus on what's happening because they will say well i have my car that's going to tell me everything i need to know. Some will get too comfortable with this and when they don't have it anymore they will be lost. Mainly, because there is always new drivers they don't need new technology to tell them everything because they need to learn by themselves. | 4 |
b1c3c6d | Driverless cars could be a great accomplishment. If driverless cars are made, they would improve safety on the roads
Driverless cars can improve safety on the roads. Paragraph 5 says that In the 1980's speed sensors were put on the wheels for antilock brakes, which became more advanced within ten years and made
to detect and respond when there is out of control skids or rollovers. The sensors can apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power to the engine, which cuases the car to have more control over the situation than any human driver could handle alone. BMW has made a car with touch sensors in the steering wheel making sure the driver is alert and keeps their hands on the wheel. GM has made seats that vibrate when the car is in danger of backing in to an object. Some manufacturers are planning on using cameras in the vehicle to watch the driver to make sure they are paying attention to the road.
All these reasons ensure that the driverless car will be safe and and that people will benifit from the driverless car. | 2 |
b1c7a02 | When you are looking up at the stars and planets at night, do you ever wander what is going on up there. Well what if I said that there was a chance to go visit the planet Venus. Yes, there is many dangers on Venus, but there is so much to explore too; like how Venus is the most like Earth when it comes to shape and size, the gases and temperture, and the curious of how Venus looks like now.
When you think of Venus, what do you think of? Do you think of the heat or the size? Well, when scienetist think of Venus they "[often] referred to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the cloese planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too". So, becasue of how close it looks in shape and size, you have to have though in your mind of, what else does it have in common.
When you think of dangerous gases and temperture, what this the things that you think of? Do you think of hot summer day or the gases in the air? Well, on Venus "[a] thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuris acid in Venus's atmoshpere. In the planet's surface, tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheris pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our own planet". Eventhough, it could be life theathing, there are scientist that want to do test and collect gases and ect to do studies. They want to do studies because they want to learn some much more about Venus.
When you think of how Venus looks like, do you think of craters and the sign of no life? Well, you be somewhat correct because it has a rocky surface, and it looks like valleys, mountain and craters. Although "[long] ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". Since, there was a possible that there was life forms and etc, scientist want to see if there was some kind of life living up there, but then got exstinted or somethings else happened to them.
So, to rap this all up, scientist know the danger of explore Venus, but sometime you have to do thing that are danger to learn new things. People alway talk about wanting to explore different planets, but they never do it. Yes, there are going to be opsolcules in the way, and there are going to be dangerous things we have do to go there, but it will be worth it in end. Nevertheless, there was forms of life on Venus in the past, why not have life on Venus again. | 4 |
b1cdbe9 | The technology to read students faces tp see how they fell is not useful at all. One reason why it isn't useful is that the look on people's faces don't always tell you how they feel. Another reason why this is not useful is that poeple can use this as a distraction in school. The last reason why this is not useful is that it could be incorrect with the way that a person feels. All three of the reasons why are that
the look on people's faces don't always tell you how they feel, poeple can use this as a distraction in school, it could be incorrect with the way that a person feels.
Firstly the technology could not be useful is that people's faces don't always tell you how they feel. A person with a smile on their face could easily deceive this machince. A person who is good at hiding how they feel could trick this machine. A person could be the happiest person in the world but the picture they took could not prove that fact. A coumputer could not detect hwo a person feels just by looking at a picture.
Secondly this could be used as an distraction in the classroom. Kids could use this to also hurt others by using pictures of when they where having a bad time then making fun of them. teachers could constantly use this to annoy their students. Kids or teachers could also just constantly take pictures of a person to annoy them. If this technology was in a classroom it would be more of an annoyance than a help.
Thirdly the program could end up being wrong about how they feel. A person just has to make a specific face and the computer would just guess how they are feeling. The program can't tell you how that person feels on the inside so there is no point in using it. If you just move your face one diffrent way it could completley change what it says about how you feel.
In conclusion this technology would be invauluable to the classroom and anywhere else. It is a complete waste of time of it doesn't know how the person feels on the insde. | 4 |
b1d2f95 | In the article that we read it told you about cars being able to drive themselves, that alone tells you how much technology is changing around us everyday. It's scary to think that not that long ago we didn't have cars at all. Even when they were finally invented they are nothing compared to the outstanding machines we have today. But as time goes on there eventually needs to be a point that we say no to some advances such as this one. The idea of cars driving themselves is unique but I personally don't think they should be used in our day to day lives. I also feel as if the public wouldnt feel to safe on the roads knowing that some people aren't even putting a single eye on the road but rather on there Iphone.
To continue on my last point many people would probably find it very worry some that the person is off in there own little world since the car would be doing all the work. Yes in the article it said that the human driving could take control at anytime, and that the driver must pay attention to the road for things the computer cant pick up yet. In reality most people arent going to be looking at the road if they dont have to since something else is doing it for them.
Safetly to yourself and everyone around you while on the road is key, thats why we take permit tests and drivers license tests. They take these test to prepare themselves and other young people on how to drive well and safely, this gets way more complicated when you start adding things. With new cars that can drive themselves, that would mean that the governement would have to start creating more laws to protect everyone on the road. It would also mean that not all teens would learn affectivly learn how to drive if they keep turning that fucntion on in there car.
At the end of the day though no matter how many laws you put up there are always gonna be people that break them. There's a high chance that the amount of accidents will increase with more and more teens thinking that they are invicible using the car and that the car will do everything. But in reality when they need to manually drive the car themselves it will be to late and there will have been an accident. Yes there would be smart individuals that would always pay attention and follow the laws but a few rotten apple are going to ruin everything for everyone else.
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" was an intresting read and I enjoed it, if you couldn't have already guess but I am against the idea of such things. I like the idea of something like that finally coming out of the books you read as a kid becoming a reality and I know some people will buy it. I had my personal choice and I clearly stated the bad part but that doesnt mean there aren't any good ones. I believe that everything must be used in moderation but this one there is no easy middle really, you either have it or you don't. If this is eventually added into what we deal with in our daily lives then i hope people use it responisbly. | 4 |
b1d4951 | The Face on Mars isn't created by aliens, it's just a landform made. There is evidence to prove that the Face on Mars isn't created by the aliens. The face on Mars isn't a creation made by the aliens. It isn't because why would the aliens want to create such a thing like that? On paragraph 8 in the passage it states "The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter '98- a cloudy time of the Red Planet" is what it says. If that was true, that it was a cloudy winter climate then the aliens wouldn't have enough time to be doing a creation like the face. The aliens would have no clue on how to do a face on Mars. The Face on Mars is just a natrual landform, nothing else. The aliens didn't do a face on Mars. To prove that, evidence from the passage says "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natrual landform." the web even says that it's just a landform. When the web surfers wanted information about it the web just said that it's a natrual landform. The whole Face on Mars is a landform that scientist found on Mars. The Face on Mars from 1976 till 2001 changed a lot. In 1976 they didn't have much technology to see the face clearly, so they thought it was a face of an alien because the picture was blurry and it looked from a blur that it was an aliens face. Until now in 2001 technology made it clear to see that it's just a landform that is cracked and looks from far away like a face of an alien. Evidence from the passage states that "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resoluion." the team took a photo with an amazing camera to make it clear that it wasn't a face. It made it clear to see that it was just a landform. As you can see that the Face is just a landform and not a face of an alien. NASA wants to make you think it was a face of an alien but it really isn't. The researchers found evidence of the Face on Mars that it's just a landform. Don't make pictures fool you, because sometimes they aren't as clear as you think. | 3 |
b1d5362 | The face that loos like an alien could be a alien. We don't know as a team because nobody had not unburried it yet. They discover these faces on a red planet that is know as "Mars". There could be more aliens on that planet but we don't know. Its not a landform. A landform is a man made. A face is not naturally made into a plant nor ground. We as a team don't know what it is. Others say its land form, and others say it looks like an alien's face. Either one is wrong nor right. If I were to see it myself then I would say it looks like an alien's face. If there was some type of other evdience then thats when we know what it is. One clue isnt gonna help as much, unless we were to have more edvidence/ clues. I support my answer and said what I thought was a right/ good enough answer for all the team and people to understand. | 1 |
b1d8c2e | While there are many speculations between whether the use of "Driverless Cars" is a good idea or not, I believe that it is a good idea to have them.
The use of the driverless car can be very helpful as long as there are guidelines that go along with the use of the car.
Guidelines such as how there must be a licensed driver in the car and at the wheel at all times.
The reason that a rule like that should be put into place is because if the car is having a mechanical issue and stops working it could put the owner of the vehichle and others outside of the car at risk of injury or death.
Another useful way that is a possitive for the car is that if you are injured from the waste down and can no longer use your legs or feet you would still be able to drive.
The person with the issue would have to go to the BMV to get special approval of getting your license so in case of an emergency you would be able to control the wheel of the car to direct it towards safety.
If you were unable to use your legs you would be able to drive the car with the steering wheel as long as the rest of the car, as in the brakes and accelerator, would still be monitored and controlled by the car itself.
In paragraph two it states that google has had a car that can drive itself but it is not truly driverless, it alerts the driver to pull out of the driveway or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents.
I believe that a car like that should be the vision for all car manufacturers because it also states in paragraph two that google cars have driven over half a million miles and not a single crash has occured.
If all manufacturers had this vision it would be a good starting point that could later on help pursue the vision of making a car fully autonomous.
In essence the world needs to set goals to help get them to the vision that they truly want to reach, which is a fully autonomous car so that anyone blind, paralyzed, or just not licensed can be at the wheel of the vehicle.
If the car were to be made Sergey Brin will fulfill his idea of having a fleet of public transportation that can take people from place to place.
He forsees that it could make split the price of fuel in half since his design for the car only uses half the fuel a normal public taxi would need.
That is why i believe autonomous cars are the future. | 3 |
b1dea4b | Me being a young teenager and only being in highschool, I feel as if we should keep the Electoral College. Reasons being, if we change too the election by popular vote, citizens are going too choose the president they like, the president that they think will change things, and the president that they think looks best. So of course the citizens are going too choose that particular president just so that president can get the most votes and become president.
Changing too the most popular vote will not be the best idea because, citizens are going too choose the president that they like regardless if the president is good or not so good. If us citizens that are voting like the president, then chances are, we're going too vote for him or her. Not only are we going too vote for him or her, were also going to tell our friends too vote for them also so the president can get the most likes and get elected. With the Electoral College, the votes have to go through a process and then the election goes from there.
Chances being with the most popular election is, we're going too get a not soo good president elected as our president. Most people think that if they choose the "right" president, then things are going too change when thats not true. People think that once a new president gets elected that, things around the world are going too change. Yet, when things dont change, they all say "well, I only her/him for them because he/she looked as if he/she could change things." Just because he/she LOOKS like they could change something, doesn't mean its going too happen. That's where the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" comes in.
I've heard many people say "I voted for such and such as president because he/she looks best." In an election for president, looks do not matter what so ever. The president could be handsome or gorgeous and be the worst president in the United States and/or the president could be ugly and be the best president. In a president election, no one is going too care about the looks of the president. We're going too care about the person being voted for president, outlook on things as being the president. A lot comes with being a president and the looks surely aren't one of the things. In my personal opinion, if you're voting for the looks, then maybe you shouldnt be voting at all.
There's many reasons on why we shouldnt change too the most popular vote election and why we should just stay with the Electoral College. The most popular vote election would not be the smartest idea of voting for president and honestly, in my opinion, I feel as if the Electoral College is best. Who would want a president being president because they got the most votes for being liked, voted because their the right president, or voted because they look the best? Truth be told, that's probably the worst thing too change too. With that being said, lets stick too the Electoral College. | 2 |
b1df371 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author introduces an informative article about driverless cars. The good aspects of driverless cars and the bad aspects. I would say that I am for the use of driverless cars. Although driverless cars may cause accidents, handicapped people can finally get around without depending on other people.
When people first arrive to a new place, they don't know their place around and may often get lost. This is much less likely to happen if google is driving for them. And handicapped people, for example i have a big cousin who has crerbal palsy, so he cannot drive. Therefore he catches the bus and walks alone. Well with the google self driving car, he can just tell google where he wants to go and he's in a good position to make it there. Much safer and faster than walking or catching the bus.
While self driving cars have been known to need help in hazard areas or accident areas, they are great for teenagers trying to learn the road. A question i have is if there is an accident caused by the self driving car is it the "passenger" or the manufacturer. I say the manufacturer because before the car is released it should be perfected not to have accidents but driving in driverless cars would decrease accidents among drunk drivers and texters, so i am and forever will be for driverless cars. | 2 |
b1ea813 | This technology is very valuable to the class room. This program can change the way teachers aproch teaching. This program can help teachers to determain if a student is ready to move on to a higher level of learning. The FACS enables us to open a window into a new classroom.
This computer has the capability to read a persons emotions in real time. So in the middle of class most of the students get bord. This program can notify the teacher so he or she can change up the lesson plan for the next day. The program can also read confusion. One of the biggest worries of the teacher is that the student is just not getting it. The program can show that this spacific student is not getting the asignment or the task. Then the teacher can sit down with that student and celarify there confution.
The FACS can identify the diffrence between a genuine smile and a forced smile. Say a teacher is reavaluating there leson plan and wants to know what the students are acutally finding interesting or liking. This program can read the indavidule mucles in the face. The teacher can see if a student is lieing or not by using the program. Useing the program to tell if a student is lieing or not can not only save the child from harming him self but also keep him from harming others.
FACS can read six basic emotions. The ability to read these emotions are endless. This program reads the muslces of the face to find the emotion that is being protraed by the student. The code rcognises the facial muscles movements and asigns emotions to those jesturs. Knowing that the program can detect the smallest expretions can help a teacher identify wheather or not a student is ready to move on to the next level of learning or are they not ready for the next level. Being able to tell if a student is ready can alow the teacher to help them on the next step of the journy.
The FACS program has opened a window to the posobilities of a whole new way of learning. Its ability to read confusion and bordum can help better understand what the student is thinking. The ability to determin the difrence of a genuine and fake smile can keeo kids away from bad behavior. This program can not only change the schools but make them benifical to everyone. | 4 |
b1ee739 | The author gives us a lot of reasons that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The first good reason he gaves us is Venus have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. He also explain us why, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Eart . He is saying "just like Earth", this is very importat sice knowing Venus has some caracteristics in commun with our planet it makes us easier to think and prove this planet could be a possibily fos us in the future.
The author keeps supporting his idea of studying Venus with some more examples that both of them have like valleys, mountains and craters, and this is a good reason because since the more things in commun they have the more probablities there are for us with Venus. He also recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, which means we really need to study this planet if we
want to get this goal.
In conclussion the author supports the idea with many good reasons, and all of them are very important for us because this planet could mabybe be a possibility for us in the future or at least gives us some clues sice it has a lot of things in commun with the Earth. | 3 |
b1eeba2 | The "Face" that was found on Mars is not an aliens. The "Face" is simply just a huge rock formation which resembles a human head. If it was an alien the head would have anteanas on it and the head would be shaped differently than it is. Even though it was eighteen long years after the Viking Mission ended that we took a photo of the head doesn't mean that is is and alien.
On April 5,1998, when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flew over Cydionia for the first time,Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera(MOC) team took a picture. This picture was ten time sharper than the original Viking photos. When the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landforn and not and alien.
Well not everyone was happy about it not being an alien. It's not easy to find the Cydonia. We just don't pass over the "Face" very often. But on April 8,2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia MGS went for another look. This time we rolled the space craft 25 degrees to center the face in the field. Malin's team captured an extradinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.
In conclusion, what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. The picture was never an alien head. | 2 |
b1f3891 | Limiting car usages will cause a drop in the amount of pollution there is. In source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, on mondays, motorist with an even numbered license plate will have to leave their car home or have a 22 euro fine. The odd numbered plates would be the next day and so on. Using this way of driving, it reduced the number of congestion in the capital city of France by 60 percent.
Some places in Germany are catching on and making a comunity free of cars. Residents of VAUBAN, Germany like the way this community is set up. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter. All they hear is the swish of bicycles and the talk of children drowns out the occasioal distant motor. Many places around this world is adopting this act.
In BOGOTA, Colombia a program started for a car-free-day. Only buses and taxis are allowed to be driven. "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. People who didn't participate suffered a 25 dollar fine. Bogota made 118 miles of bike paths since the car-free-day.
By driving cars everywhere we are polluting mother earth. We all need to get together and stop driving so much and this will help protect our Earth. | 2 |
b1f6d1f | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable, you sometimes don't wanna know if a student dose'nt like the lesson or not and a student can be offended too. Sometimes a student is not just in a good mood and they dont want the computer knowing that. So, this is why classrooms shouldnt have this technology in their classroom,
Some students dont want their face to be seen on the computer or anything like that. This article clearly shows that it can make anyone look happy or sad and what if a student want ths. "The same technology can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery" This means that this computer can make anyone look like therye happy or sad. The school might lose some kids just because they dont want their face seen on the computer.
So, their are some good and bad for this technology. Most of them are
bad because what if a criminal uses it and not for the right cause. So school shouldnt have this technology. | 2 |
b1fc8c9 | Venus is a planet in our solar system, which is sometimes visible in the Earth's night sky. Scientists are considering ways to get humans to Venus, and in order to accomplish this goal, continue to study it. The author of this essay is heavily in favor of continuing research into Venus, regardless of Venus' incredibly harsh conditions. That this is the main motivation for the writing of this essay is kept very clear throughout the text. To this end, the author makes his text well argued by providing varied and factual support in favor of studying Venus, such as Venus' similarities to Earth, its proximity, and one way scientists are considering surviving on Venus once they get there.
The author provides copious reasoning on why Venus is a planet well worth studying, but his primary argument is that Venus may have been the planet most similar to Earth at one point. This is a valuable point in the author's argument because it explains the similarities between Venus and the Earth, regardless that these similarities may be firmly in the past. For example, Venus may have supported life just as Earth does. Venus also has some features similar to those on Earth, such as mountains, craters, and valleys. These are important points, because the more similar a planet is to Earth, the easier it will be to survive there. This argument's aim is to show the reader that exploring Venus is a goal that could be beneficial to humanity in the future.
The other main point that the author provides is that Venus is, at times, the planet closest to Earth. The author goes so far as to say the planet "is right around the corner" in terms of space. Since space travel already has an impossibly long time frame, this is a crucial piece of information. Humans will not stop exploring outside the Earth, and that journey is sure to be difficult no matter what, but going to Venus might make the trip at least a little bit shorter, and therefore simpler. The reason for this particuar argument is that it makes the reader feel that going to Venus is much more reasonable than anywhere else.
The third reason the author's idea is well supported is that he gives a possible method for humans to survive on Venus. This reasoning is both specific and factual, describing a blimp like vehicle that would be located in the survivable part of Venus' atmosphere. However, the author also specifies that a hovering ship is not nearly enough to truly study a planet, and that NASA is already trying to find a method that would be superior. Both of these details give the reader the impression that Venus is truly an attainable goal. Futhermore, the reader is led into believing that if humanity is going to go to Venus, it needs to understand what it is going to.
In short, the author of this text wrote a well structured, well supported essay that pertained to why humans should explore Venus. There is next to no information that does not pertain to the chosen topic, which is a mark of a solid essay, but more importantly, he supports his ideas. The author describes the reasoning behind exploring Venus, rather than another planet. Furthermore, he specifies how such an act would be done. Together, these traits of the essay combine to make it very convincing and persuades the reader that exploring Venus would, in fact, be a worthy goal for humanity. | 5 |
b209a7f | It is 2018, everything is changing from our clothes, media, social norms, etc. Scientists are moving closer to become independent of labor and moving more towards technology. First it was the car, then phones, now facial action coding system. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" written by Nick D'Alto, the idea of having technology to do decode what emotion you are feeling is central to popular belief. The idea that a camera with a few buttons would be able to tell how you are feeling is absolutely impeccable. The everyday use of technology should not become normal. This society needs to know that soon enough everything will be controlled by technology.
The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" has many ideas that I do not agree with. Starting with the fact that putting a facial action coding system in a classroom will be the same as if an effective teacher were to be there. The demonstration of this system itself seems very interesting, but only in the right place and the right time. In paragraph six Doctor Huang explains "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" this mean that the computer will be there physically but will rarely give any verbal or emotional communication. Putting this in a classroom full of students and having it code their emotions is not only a crime to teachers everywhere but also to the students. Not only do the students need someone physically to be there, they also need someone to model for them. All students have different ways of learning. If the students who learn by the teacher modeling, they won't be doing very good with the computer.
Not only do the students need a teacher there as a figure to respect and trust, but they also need their own privacy. Doctor Huang states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" this is not necessarily a good thing. If the computer is watching their every move and facial or emitonal expression they would feel like they are constantly being watched. This is a feeling the children should not be exposed to at an age where you are just being a kid. If the students are being watched, they are then mainly apart of a science experiment that they did not agree to and that is not right.
The final reason why this computer would not be effective with the kids is that there is a liability factor when it comes to putting one of these in your classroom. You have to think about what the parents' will have to say. Doctor Huang also includes "If you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." this means that the computer is watching every single move you do while you are searching the web. The camera is turned on and who knows if a person might be watching you through the other end. Many parents or even potential buyers may not want this from new technology.
In conclusion, technology will be apart of our everyday lives whether we like it or not. The different types of technology that we use is what we can control. The Facial Action Coding System is the type of technology that students and teachers should steer clear of. Technology may be able to do cool things, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come at a price. | 5 |
b20a242 | Hello,my name is Luke Bomberger and i'm going to talk about the Seagoing Cowboys program. First i'm going to say how fantastic it is being a Seagoing Cowboy. Even though you go on a ship that takes one month to two months it worth the wait getting to the designated area. You can think how many people or animals lives your saving by just becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. Imagine going places you never imagined going, like Greece, China. You can also go see places like a excaved castle in Crete even the Panam Canel
Even if the animals have to be fed and watered two to three times a day it's still worth it. You will be tired from pulling bales of hay and bags of oats even stalls had to be clean. There is good things about being a Seagoing Cowboy like when your on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. We had tabel tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
I hoped you liked what i said about being a Seagoing Cowboy because i loved being at one. I hope you sign up and become one to, thank you. | 3 |
b20bfad | The whole idea of driverless cars is stupid in my opinion. Drivers of todays age sometimes are more interested in looking at there phone while driving instead of doing the actual driving itself. Which cause accidents and sometimes even death but people still do it which is really stupid on there part. The fact that to some people think that checking to see what somone texted them is more important than keeping their eyes on the road is just down right stupid. They should actually be paying attention to the road so that they dont hurt themselves or someone else in an accident. I
When people are driving the whole point of driving is to look at the road and be careful when driving so that you get to where you're trying to go safley. But inorder to do that you need to pay attention to the road,now if the car drives itself and the only time the car would need a human to help out would be in an accident or during severe road conditions. Then the driver wouldnt have to pay attetion, which is not the case, rather the car only would need the assistance of a human evry now and then. Even though consdiering that even though the car doesnt need you inorder to drive most of the time it will still require your assistance ocassionaly. If we developed driverless cars I fear that people will be more prone to get into more accidents then they would driving the car normally. These cars still would need a human present to be able to function but if the human in the car was required to take over the wheel and they werent paying attention to the road the they would crash. Now granted this idea would be cool to have and it would be more fuel efficent and in the long run it would help out the environment. But I just dont think its a good idea right now. mostly do to the fact that most of the accidents now are because of drivers not paying attention to the road while they're driving. The whole driverless car thing is only going to increase that lack of attention that drivers are paying to the road. All because the drivers will feel that they arent needed to do anything while theyre driving.
In conclusion I feel that driverless cars would be a terrible idea and instead of decreasing car related accidents and deaths it would increase them significantly unless drivers pay more attention while they are driving. | 4 |
b218810 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" The author suggests that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents. Firstly, The author supports the idea of why we sould go to Venus and explore venus and as stated in the article "Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of denisty and size". On paragraph 5 the author sayed that, "not easy conditions, but survivable for humans" He said this because on paragraph 5 he explained the conidtions of Venus and came to
conclusion of saying we can survive with rough conditions he said "thirty plus miles above the surface, tempatures would
still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level of earth" we can survive Venus but we will have to be in very rough living conditions this is why it is worth to pursuit Venus ever with these rough conditions. Firstly, NASA for example on paragraph 7, "Nasa has been working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplfied electronics made out of silicon carbide have been tested inside a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface". If we can perfect the atomosphere of Venus and perfect the technolgy to explore Venus we can send drones and people to see how Venus truly is on the surface. Secondly, If we can be able to use Solar power on Venus 30 miles above the ground we will be able to survive with those rough conditions. Lastly,
stated on paragraph 6, "Many other researchers are working on inovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to or knowledge of Venus". I believe that we are capable to go to Venus and be able to survive the weather and storms that can be caused if we where in Venus if we can just get our technolgy advanced enough we will be able to just move to Venus and live there it will be hard gettig to Venus i know we will be able to acomplish this in the near future and finally be able to colonize outside of earth. This is why I agree with the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" | 3 |
b218e90 | The Electoral College is a process made by the founding fathers for the election of presidents by the Congress's vote. The Electoral College is a process, but it is an unfair process. Americans are supposed to vote for who they desire to be president, not a group of electors in Congress. There is no possible way for Americans to choose their president if at the end of it all, a group of electors make the final choice. According to the Office of the Federal Register, Americans choose the state electors when voting for President because when voting for president, Americans are actually voting for the candidate's electors. It makes no sense then to vote for a president, let's just make it to where we vote for electors because we obviously aren't voting for who we want as president.
The main purpose of voting is to help the candidate American voters want as president to win the election. If popular vote was the way to determine who would be elected as President, everybody would be happy. There are times in an election when everybody is sure that the candidate they voted for is going to win. Americans watch as they see the votes go up by popular vote, but then later, the candidate they thought would win has lost because of the Electoral College. If popular vote was the way Presidents were elected, everything would be made easier without controversy. However, since the Electoral College does play a big role in the election of presidents, popular vote is never going to be a working system. Americans just need to figure out that their vote is never going to really count, but the Electoral College's vote surely will.
In an article by Bradford Plumer, the fact that over sixty percent of voters would prefer a direct election than how we vote now is stated. The Electoral College System is based on Americans voting for the electors that are the candidate's party. When Americans go to vote, they vote for electors who support the President and then the electors choose the president. When Americans go to vote, the banners should just say Vote For Electors. When Americans vote, it is made to seem as they are voting directly for the President they want to be elected. Instead, Americans are actually voting for electors. Multiple times you'll hear the saying, "Every vote counts." but really, every vote does not count. No matter how many times Americans vote for their President, the Electoral College has the final say no matter what American's votes are.
The major problem that worries many, is the problem of a tie in the electoral vote. During an election when a tie occurs, the state delegations vote for who will be president. According to the article The Indefensible Electoral College by Bradford Plumer, each state is able to cast one vote and the one single state representative makes the decision for the state. If the point of an election is for the people to vote and choose, there shouldn't even be a option for the one representative to choose. All the votes that were just cast by Americans all go down the drain now. In the case of a tie, all the power and weight goes to the one state representative to choose who becomes the president. The represtative does not care about what the people want, that representative will choose what they want to do with this election. According to Bradford Plummer, during the 2000 campaign, Rhode Island, South Carolina and fifteen other states did not even get to view media markets or campaigns and did not even get to see the candidates. Those states howeve still voted, not knowing anything about these candidates because overall the Electoral College makes the last call.
The Electoral College is an unfair process that also plays a big role in elections. No matter how Americans vote, the Electoral College is going to be the people who elect the president. Americans vote for who they want as their president but the Electoral College simply makes that decision for you. Americans shouldn't even vote, the Electoral College can make that decision. Many people in America simply want the popular vote than to have the process of Electoral College in place. We should all take a vote to abolish the Electoral College. But wait, the Electoral College might say no since they always make the overall decision. | 5 |
b21b1dc | eletoral college can be a very good thing cause it can mean also picking other electors. this can help us and our state alot. But it would depend on witch state we are located in.
Electoral Collge gives a chances for people in the Republican or Demicrat party to also vote. You would have to let your state elctors also have the chance to let them pick a canidate chance on who they would want as president. According to the
Office of the federal register they qoute "The Electoral Collge consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to electoral votes is required to elect the president" (source 1). Each canidates electors are chosen threw witch partys they are in and are also chosen to give a chance to vote. I do think we should keep the Electoral college because it gives a chance for even electors to vote.
when we vote we are also voteing for electors to work with the presidents and help him make desions. Accoriding to bradford plumer he qoutes that " The single best argument against the electoral colloge is what we might call the disatser factor" (source 2). Even though electors votes it can lead to more of an unoraginized distaster. it can mainly lead to a lot of confusion and miss counts. a lot of people do not like the fact of electors being one just like the presidnet of untied states. what a lot of people dont know when they vote they are also voteing for other electors.
A lot of americans do not trust the Electoral College because they feel its not right to also be chooseing electors at the same time. they feel it is unfair and not nesscary. They should have sepreate elections for electors.
Richard A. posner qoutes that "When you vote for a presidential canidate you're actaully voting for a slate of electors" (source 3). Alot of people do not like the sound of that because they think its kinda like a secret. | 2 |
b2317e0 | My personal opinion on driverless cars is that they should not be the new transporation in the world. As they had said in the passage, there are many good things and many bad things about driverless cars. Yes, they may not cost as much on gas but they still need a human's attention. For the most part, they are automatic but they cannot assure you a human's safety one-hundred percent. I understand that there are many things in the world that seem like the safest place to be, but nothing and no one can assure your safety one-hundred percent.
Personally my thought is that people are starting to become lazy with all of the new technology that has been invented. What the world has right now is more than what a human really needs. Yes, we can get to destinations faster and more efficientally but why can we not focus on people in other parts of the world that really need help. We could start to focus on ways to get cleaner water to people in Africa or preserve animals habitats so there isn't any more endangered species.
The human race has become very selfish in the past twenty years or so. We seem to only care about improving things for ourselves. Driverless cars are not the future, saving the planet and the people around us is. Driverless cars may fundamentally change the world but think about it in the next one-hundred years.
Until we find a way to completely assure someone's safety, driverless cars should not make any appearance in any type of media. | 2 |
b235e94 | In this article "Unmasking the Face on Mars." it is about a rock formation from the Red Planet that many people belive was created by aliens but it was not created by aliens. Three reasons are first NASA has little eveidence that it was not created by aliens, second this shadowed human face is just a rock formation, and third the pictures taken revealed it wasnt from aliens.
First, Nasa has little eveidence that it was not created by aliens In the article NASA says "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West." NASA does have much more evidence too that they wont reveal. In paragraph five it talked about how NASA was hiding there evidence. Also few scientist from NASA believed the Face was an alien artifact for a while too, until they did more investigation and found it wasnt.
Second, this shadowed human face is just a rock formation. In the article it says "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. At first scientist figured it was another Martian mesa, but then they found out it wasn't which I'm sure they're glad it was something else because Martian mesa are something common. In paragraph twelve they give descriptions and compare the rock formation to earth like things. One thing it said was "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.
Third, the pictures taken revealed it wasnt from aliens. A quote from the article is "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The pictures they had taken were high enough quality to prove it was just that rock formation. A quote from the article to support this is "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." They had a camera that was ten times sharper than the Viking photos that were taken and could see through the clouds and the camera could spot almost anything like weird unusual shapes, markings, and skeptics. In the article it said 'The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze.
This article is about a rock formation from the Red Planet that many people belive was created by aliens but it was not created by aliens. There were three reasons to support my answer they were first NASA has little eveidence that it was not created by aliens, second this shadowed human face is just a rock formation, and third the pictures taken revealed it wasnt from aliens. After you read this essay you should be convinced it was just a rock formation because there is so much eveidence from NASA proving it is. | 4 |
b23c02c | The Face on Mars is not made by aliens. There is no proof whatsoever of any signs of life on Mars, which means no aliens. The face on Mars is just a natural landform that coincidently looks like a human face. Given the shadows and shape, the Face very much looks like it has a human nose mouth, and eyes. Although up close, there is no resemblence of a human face. Therefore, do not let this anyone fool you.
Pictures have been taken by NASA of the Face to prove it is just a natural landform. Pictures taken from 1976 appear blurry, and not clear, so it is easy to believe that aliens created the Face. Although, in 1998, the pictures taken aren't as blurry, and you can see the structure of the landfrom clearly. Lastly, the picture taken in 2001 is clear and visible. You can perfectly see that close up, the Face is just another natural landform on Mars. From far away, it looks like a human face because of the shadows, but up close, it is nothing more than a simple landform.
Furthermore, on 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor went back to looks for the Face again. When they snapped a photo of it, it was indeed "ten times sharper than the photo taken in 1976." This revealed that it was just a natural landform when the photo appeared online. "There was no alien monument after all."
Some people who still believe that the Face was created by aliens say that "alien markings were hidden by haze", but the Face was only hidden because it was winter when the photo was taken. Since it was winter in April 1998, it was also the "cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." Therefore, the camera used had to "peer through wispy clouds to see the Face." This proves that aliens markings are not hidden by haze; it's the time of year where it is cloudy on Mars, making it harder to see the Face.
Plus, when NASA took another picture in 2001, it was taken using the "camera's absolute maximum solution." Based on what I read, "each pixel in the image spans 1.56 meters, compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." There simply can't be anything you can miss using the camera's absolute maximum solution. Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, even said, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground of Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could what they where!"
Finally, NASA's explanation about the Face on Mars is based on credible information and research. People who believe aliens created the Face often get the information inside their head, making up crazy theories that aren't actually true. Furthermore, NASA went on missions to prove that the Face isn't made by aliens. They took high-quality photos that show that it is just a natural landscape. Besides making things up on their own, skeptics probably take information from the internet on websites that other skeptics have made about aliens creating the Face. You can never trust the internet, and the skeptics who made these websites probably put down their own made up facts and theories to get people to join their side.
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is not created by aliens. It is just extraordinarily shaped to look like a human head, with shadows to create the illusion that it has eyes, a nose, and a mouth from far away. Up close, there is not resemblence of a human face at all. Pictures, missions, and years of research have proved it. Plus, there were no signs of aliens, or any life on Mars when they conducted this research. The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. | 6 |
b240bfc | Cars arent bad....or are they? In the 1950's the U.S went though a time where Cars were everything. Our culture was about the new 1955 mustang or Camero, The new 1958 Mustang mach 1. The whole idea of cars and americans are one of the easly seen together thing like peanut butter and jelly. The thing is though cars lead to the second amount of pollutant in america right behind powerplants. This is bad for both the safety and enviroment of people, because gas emmissions lead to smog. Smog is a deadly mixture of carbon and fog, it is created when fog is settling in a city or area and then with carbon that is being released by cars they mix causing a deadly black toxic fog that can serously hurt peoples lungs when they breathe it in.
By limiting car usage, like for example the city of Vauban, Germany where city are prety much "car-free", you can still buy a car and have it but its pointless to do so because everything is by your house and if you need to pick up grocery or such its down the road. This makes people more happy as one women stated "when i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way". This lifestyle of a "car-free" Suburban life can reduce smog from happening in your area. Paris, France the city of love. it can also now be called the city of smog, it rivalled Beijing,China in the amount of smog in the air. Yes this was due to wethear and the combination of Diesel fuel. people of Paris found out first hand how bad smog can be for five days! It would be just a lot easier of having limiting car usage the advantages are ridoclaus, people are more happy, you dont have to worry about smog and in some countries you dont have to pay a tax or a fine of some sort. The advantages are great for many reasons they can help you out in your pocket and also with your health. Now who doesnt want to live like that?
I mean im sure there is more reasions on why limiting car usages is good for example less cars lead to car accidents, your insurance would be lower because of price and demand, better air quality, better health quality both pyshically and mentally from all the exrcising you have to do. i mean i understand the question when it said "must be based on ideas and informantion given" but these can also be reasons on why car free sub urban cities are good. Think about it you have a city with no pollutant and or cars are banned. There are cities like this all ready for example there is a town in Maine where the people banned all cars! People are on bikes just getting there stuff, and if you do happen go into this town with a car you are fined $320. Also when the car first came out did you know that it was a "green solution" to horses because horses pooped every where so it was considered more green to buy a car then a horse.
I'm just saying you should be able to bring out side information to this and i understand that you might be going this guy got a zero or what ever but lets be honest you probally didnt know that information. This information would helped give my fellow citizen a good reason why that limiting car usage is a good thing. who wants to be outside breathing in smog? When i can be riding my bike and not have to worry about A. Car insurance, B. Car accidents and C. getting into shape. | 3 |
b246ab3 | The usage of Facial Action Coding Systems will change the way learning has been viewed traditionally. Students will no longer be bored or destracted from learning. The requirements are simple, having a face and 44 major facial muscles. simple right? Anyone is able to benefit from FACS.
This software works based on its ability to detect human emotions by detecting an "action unit," which is trigered by the movement of a sertan muscle. Even you do similar things to this software, for example; you might be able to guess the emotion of someon based on their face expresion, right? This software works the same way but in a more accurate level.
This technology would benefit classrooms the most, for example; if the software detects a sad emotion ond the user when learning the software could make the lessong more intersting and making the student stay on track with others.
FACS could also alert teachers of students that could be having problems outside of school based on their emotions. This software can detect "diferent types of emotions" like happines, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadnes as Dr. Eckman stated.
In conclusion this software would precent many benefits for schools and users. this would also make better and more interestign ways of learning for students. | 3 |
b247721 | You know people should really particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys program and here are three resons why. Even though I haven't been there just hear me out.
First of all adventer. I know people have to have adventer in their life.Big adventer or small adventer doesn't matter. But the Seagoing Cowboys program will defintly provide you tons of adventer, you go to different contries meet different people from all over the world.
Second of all you make new friends. If it's on the ship or in different contries friendship is one of the most important things in the world and you will defently will find it in Seagoing Cowboys program.
Last reson is fun. The Seagoing Cowboys program will definlty provide that, you get to traval around the world meet new people and hang out with animals, who would want to miss out on all of that.
Now for concluson I think nobody would be able to put down a offer like this don't you think I wouldn't this would be a trip I be begging to go on those are all the reasons you should go on Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
b24cf8e | people should not waste there oney on something like that because by would peole need to know the emotions of students students are either happy neutral or sad at least thtats my opinion but really something like that just seems like a huge waste of money we dont come to school to talk about our emotionsn we come to school because we need to learn and make new friendsand thats why i think a device that can read emotions is a huge wasste of money. plus it sounds pretty worthless if you ask me if you wanna know if someone is sad or not just ask us and we should answer its that simple theres no need to build something that complicated when you can just ask them youself theres really no need for something thats that complicated also what about mona lesa smileing thay said they needed that to discover if were smiling good to i think we can tell if someone is smiling and if someones isnt so yeah | 1 |
b254e4e | A vehicle without a driver has always been a thing seen in fiction movies or movies set in the far future. Not having to drive your car may seem like a luxery for some, but for others it isn't a good idea. Driverless cars can have many more problems than regular cars. They have a higher chance of malfuntioning, causing the drivers to be reckless and rely on the car to drive for them, and it can put everyone in a dangerous position.
Any electronic device could malfuntion at any moment due to a number of problems. This would be very dangerous for the driver and even cost the owner of the vehicle a large sum of money to properly fix the problem. A malfunction of the car's computer system that allows it drive on its own could result in the car not being able to slow down, the car to be stuck in acceleration, the car stoping completely, or the car not being able to alert the driver when their assistance is needed.
Humans have a tendancy to be reckless when behind the wheel. They drive over the speed limit, ignore warning signs, and show off in the presence of their peers. If the driver becomes solely reliant on the car to drive, they may not pay attention when the car needs the person's assistance. The driver may become distracted by other things and in the mind set of the car being able to drive on its own, miss the warning sign given by the car that they have to take over driving. This would result in the driver crashing or possibly hitting a pedestrian.
Driverless cars could prove to be more trouble than they are worth by putting the driver, passengers, and pedestrians in a dangerous situation. While a person is driving, the car may malfuntion as mentioned earlier and could cause an injury to both the drivers and nearby pedestrians. The car, especially in its early stages, is most likely going to have many malfuntions, miscalculations, and glitches that could put anyone in harm's way. Another way the car could prove to be dangerous iss by the recklessness and laziness of the driver. Drivers would become reliant on the car to drive itself in various places and terrain, expecting it be able to maintain the appropriate speed while manovering through the obstacles of triffic, construction, and detours.
In conclusion, the driverless car is not a good idea. It can be very dangerous at times and not worth the money that would be put into making it. The car would malfuntion, mostly in its early stages, and put everyone in danger. The car would also cause the driver to become lazy and not pay attention while the car is driving. The driver would become distracted and not pay attention when the car warns that it will need the driver's assistance to manover the obstacles in front of it. The car is generally dangerous, both with malfuntions and reckless driving, and should not be allowed for purchase by the general public for their safety and the safety of those around them. | 4 |
b256b1b | Driverless Approved
I beleive that driverless cars are the future and that it will be safer than today. I think that soon no matter what technology will advance and long with it driverless cars. I have multiple reasons why driverless cars will be good.
I beleive that the driverless cars will also be safer than cars today. There wont be the need for human error. One example is a student driver not knowing when to go.
I beleive that driverless cars will be a faster way to travel. Today people slow down or are nervous at the wheel. They dont know what the car in front will do so they slow down. The driverless cars will know what is coming before any human could know.
I believe that driverless cars will be more affordable. all drtiverless cars should be somewhat the same. There shoulnd't be a need for a fancier car since there wouldnt be a point for it to go fast.
To conclude id klike to say that i approve driverless cars coming in the near future. They will be safer, quicker, and more affortable. Nothing can beat that. | 2 |
b25a820 | Use of the Facial Action Coding Sysytem can be very valuable for computer learning in the class room. This system can detect emotional expressions of the user which would then cause change in the computer teaching. A child could get bored or distracted easily, but if that can be detected ahead of time, the process would be shifted to hold the focus of the student. What if the student does not understand what is being taught to them throught the computer teaching? Well, the computer can read their expression and accomodate to the needs of the learner. Likewise, the student could be ahead of what is being taught, academically, which could be read by the facial decoder and adjusted in their lessons. Teachers could then track that data to further helps their students. Being able to automatically adjust to the needs of their user in a classroom would benefit the students and teachers of a school.
First of all, computers with this facial coding would be able to help the student using it by detecting any readings of boredom. If a student becomes bored or distracted while using computer programs, it can turn the student off from the lesson. This technology "can make computer-animated faces more expressive" in any interactive activities the student might encounter to hold its attention (D'Alto). Also, layouts, fonts, prints, etc. could be altered to make the lesson more interesting to the user, therefore catching the student's attention with something it deems fun.
While some children become uninterested or lack focus, some students just do not have the correct cirriculum for their academic needs. By using facial coding, the computer could adjust the lesson like a human tutor would. for those students struggling to understand the certain area, the computer would "modify the lesson like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto).
Likewise, some students are above the level they are given, academically, and need more of a challenge. Through reading their emotions, the computer could arrange harder concepts for the student.
In addition, teachers would also benefit from the use of facial coding. It is hard for teachers to truly know how a student is fairing in all areas of school. So, by tracking their students' data, the teacher can make additional adjustments to either get the student help, or create a better challenge that will grow their education. In using facial coding programs to calculate how their students are doing, the teacher can appeal to whatever needs their students may have, and even find out if a student is having an "off day".
Based on the evidence given in the article, the use of Facial Action Coding Stystems in the classroom would be wildly valuable. The computer can detect many levels of emotion to accomodate their program to the students' needs. If a particular lesson bores a student or that student has lack of focus, the computer can adjust and change many aspects of thier layout to catch the student's attention. Also, students can receive the correct level of work- whether that be too easy or too hard. And not only can students benefit, but teachers, as well. They can track student progress to further accomodate their needs. While technology can be used for many unethical things, the Facial Action Coding System would be extremely effective in a school setting. | 5 |
b26c443 | I know and believe the
"face on Mars"
is just a natrual landform. I don't find it possible that this landform could be evidence for any life on Mars. Even if it was why would there be a head without a body to be found? Also, why would NASA hide something like this, this would be considered a good discovery? All these things are reasons why I believe that ''face on mars'' is a natrual landform.
"Face on Mars could'nt of possibly been evidence of life on mars because, why would there be a face but no body to go along with it. Also, If NASA had dicovered something as amazing as life on Mars they would be happy to let the world know. The only reason to believe there is life on Mars is the natraul landform other than that there is no reason to believe. In conclusion, I do not believe that the ''face on Mars'' is proof of life. I also feel that the natrual landform is the only reason people believe that it is. | 2 |
b278351 | State senator,
I hear there is a process called the Electoral college where election of the president is counted by vote in congress. I understand the process that people vote for the electors and not the president straight off. Once you have vote for which electors you want, the electors will vote for the president and vice president, known as the electoral votes by congress. Realizing from whats happened in the past i see that most people dont like this process. Analyzing the process once more after knowing people dont favor this process, their reasons are reasonable.
I have come to conclusion that i favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. keeping the Electoral College process will give difficulties to people around the states. There has been some mistakes before, voters have gotten confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Why not just have it simple? People have refused to vote for their party's candidate and vote for whomever they please.
Changing to election by popular vote wont be a problem, the electoral collage is already unfair to voters. Candidates dont spend time on states they think or know they have no chance in winning because of the Winner-take-all system. Its already been official so why not change it? A fair amount of people already know the Electoral collge is unfair and irrational. Isn't is easier already to just vote for the president itself and pick by popularity. The voting is for the president anyway then why put in a whole lot of nonsense and bring in state electors.
Over all, i just feel like voting by popularity will be much easier and pleasing to people. Yes ive had the thought that it might take a bit longer because obviously you're going to need to count all the votings of millions to billions of people, but its less complicated. The electoral process have had bad experiences so why not try something new and yet a better way of voting? It wont hurt right. The pros and cons do come in the way of both, there are cons in the popularity process but knowing that people dont like the electoral and most already vote for who they please theres only one thing to do. Change to election by popular vote for the presidnat of the United states and make is official. | 3 |
b27ae7c | Driverless cars have the potential to be somthing great. These cars could make the road a safer place and save you money. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author makes points both for and againts driverless cars. Personally, I am for driverless cars.
Driverless cars could greatly reduce the amount of money spent on cars. Much like the cofounder of Google, Sergey Brin, I like the idea of being able to call for a driverless car. Sergey Brin foresees that these cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis. Households could save the money they saved from not buying a car to go on a much needed family vacation.
Driverless cars could be much safer than a car driven by a human. These cars would have many sensors. Google's modified Toyota Prius has a rotating sensor on the roof. While the human brain is amazing, it cannot process what is happening at all angles around the car. A hightened awareness of the car's surroundings could result in less wrecks. However, a human driver would still have to be in the front seat in case of an emergency.
Driverless cars could be intrumental in both long road trips and nights out. It can be very hard to stay awake when driving after a long day of work. The driverless car could drive while you doze off and has the ability to alert you when human supervision is needed. The same goes for long road trips. It is illegal and incredibly dangerous to drink and drive. With the driverless car, drinking and driving wrecks could be a thing of the past. After a night out you could crawl into your driverless car and be safe while it drives you home, given there is not a need for a human during the drive.
All in all, driverless cars could improve many aspects of life. The cars could save you money and allow you to rest after a long day. While there are still some risks associated with the driverless car, I believe the pros outweigh the cons. | 4 |
b27d6f9 | I think the use of this technology is very valuable because I think it's really cool how advanced technology can detect human emotions. This kind of technology can be very resourceful later on. And I think that in this generation, a machine that can tell if you're happy, sad,angry, or surprised will be fun for students to experiment with.
Using technology to read one's emotions, in my opinion, is actually really cool. I never thought there was gonna be some kind of advanced technology that could read soneone's emotions. Professor Thomas Huang, and Professor Nicu Sebe have worked on the lastest innovation to percieve emotions. They are also developing new ways for humans and computers to communicate. At the bottom of paragraph 1 it says " The software is the lastets innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amersterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at devoloping better ways for humans and computers to communicate."
I think this kind of technology will be very resourceful in the scienece industry. It could help scientists focus more on the characteristics of human emotions. I believe it could also help them to reciprocate with the FACS ( Fcaial Action Coding System).
Having this kind of technology in the classroom will be very beneficial for students, and also fun at the same time. Students can learn and observe the behavior of their classmates as they try to detect any emotions. At first they might be able to read each other's emotions on the first try, but with the FACS, I'm pretty sure that it can detect any hidden emoton or if the students do not show any emotions at all. In the midle of paragraph 6 it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a students is confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructr."
In conclusion, i believe that the FACS is very valuable. It will not only be benefical to students, but to scientists too. I believe that they could be very useful in the near future. And that this is a great source of advanced technology. | 3 |
b27e01b | In the mid 70s, NASA discovered a massive face on the planet Mars, they photographed it. It resembled eyes,a nose and a mouth. NASA leaked the photo, then people, including scientist and astronomers,started to wonder if it were created by aliens!
I disagree,I do not think the face was created by aliens, and there are various reasaons. I do not think the face was created by aliens and I am going to explain why,a face can`t be created by aliens unless it were remains,scientist would have already discovered aliens before the face if it were to be created by aliens, and NASA revealed the face as 2 miles long,it couldn`t be created by aliens.
The face on Mars couldn`t have been created by aliens,how can a face be created by aliens, unless it were alien remains? If it were alien remains,that means aliens would have to exist. Scientist have not found aliens or alien remains to this day. A sharper picture of the face proved it wasn`t created by aliens, mentioned in paragraph 7. Besides, aliens can`t create a face.
If it were to be created by aliens we would have discovered aliens before we found this huge face. Space rovers have been searching the planet mars before the face was found. The face is two miles long according to paragraph one,it would take some time to build it. We would have found aliens building it before we found the face itself. Thus, the face is a natural landform.
The face is two miles long, if it were aliens existing, they would not be able to build something like this. An alien wouldn`t create a two mile landform if it exsited. It would not be a reason to, there would be no benificiary reason for an alien to build a face. It was also discovered as a natural landform. It couldn`t possibly be created by aliens.
In conclusion, I do not think the two mile landform was created by aliens. The only way it would be alien related is if it were alien remains. If it were created by aliens, we would have discovered them already. Since the landform is two miles long,it would take some time if it were to be build. Besides,it`s two miles long, there is no benificiary reason for an alien to spend this much time on a landform, it couldn`t possibly be created by aliens. This is why I dont believe that the face on Mars, was created by aliens. | 3 |
b27eb8e | This would seem like a good idea having known when a student is struggling or confused and then being able to change the lesson to a more understanding lesson. I don't like the idea of this because I don't think that this would give students their privacy. It freaks me out if I think that someone is watching me through the camera of my smartphone or my laptop. If I knew someone was using my camera on my smartphone to watch me I wouldn't use my smartphone as much just because I wouldn't feel safe. Facial reconition is very interesting and facinating, but it is just not normal and it's scary. This technology is being used in new smartphones where the phone can use facial reconition to unlock your phone and yes, it's cool but it is also a little odd and it's never been done before. This technology could be good for goverment help too, but I don't think this software should be put in student laptops just for if the student gets confused or lost and it can switch the lesson.
The administrators could like this idea but if the student is stuggling with something then they could ask their teacher, if they aren't near their teacher than most teachers would reply to email and help a student through email. Me personally as a student I don't like the idea of this software being put in student laptops. I think the idea of the software being put into smartphones is a bad idea, juust because of people privacy and identity being secure. If someone got a hold of this software and they used it for bad reasons such as identity theft that is a reason I don't like the idea of this software being put into smartphones and laptops. I do however like the idea of this software being able to read emotion especially non human emotion, I think it's very facinating that this software could tell the emotion of the world famous Mona Lisa. Being able to replicate human muscles and and facial structures in a computer to be able and get this kind of technology is absolutely amazing. Emotion is sometimes very complicated to understand when you see someone's facial expression. There are nearly eight billion people on earth and being able to use technology to figure out someone emotional state is nearly ground breaking. This break in technology is outstandind and extremely impresive because there aren't many people who could make a piece of sowtware that can do something like this. I doubt that when Da Vinci painted this world renoun panting that in the future someone would be looking for what emotion Da Vinci put in the Mona Lisa. This painting has had very many conspiracies done about it but I dont think anyone in the world who has seen it has ever went "I wonder what emotion she is feeling right now"?
In the end I like this software being used to find emotion in humans and paiinting but I don't like the idea of it being used for phones or laptops. | 3 |
b28b002 | People have studied the many planets in our solar system and are fastinated by them. People have also studied the solar system to help explore and give information about the planets around us. One planet that scientists have studied for a good amount of time is Venus since it shows that at one time, the planet might have inhabited living organisms. However, Venus is a very dangerous planet since many attempts of landing spacecraft has failed on Venus and the clouds of the planet are made of sulfuric acid. Venus is not worth the pursuit of knowledge since the planet has a very dangerous enviorment for humans and that not a single spacecraft has landed safely on the planet and returned. The cost and risk of exploring Venus is not worth the infromation we would achieve.
Venus has a enviorment of very dangerous elements that can harm many living organisms and even nonliving objects. According to the article, 97 percent of the atmosphere of Venus is carbon dioxide, which is unable to be breathed by humans. Another detail the article states is that on the surface of the planet, the average temperatures is over eight hundred degrees. The climate and enviorment of Venus is too dangerous for exploration. The planet does not hold nowhere near a safe enviorment for people or even machine.
Another detail about Venus is that no spacecfaft has made a journey back from the planet. The article says, ¨... humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world,¨ and then says ¨... since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.¨ If a spacecraft made by people can not survive the landing on Venus numerous times, how can we even come close to surviving the trip? Venus is too dangerous to explore and it is a waste to even send a spacecraft. The spacecrafts cost a good amount of money to make and for them to be wasted on a inhospitable planet is not worth the information we would achieve.
NASA has came up with a ¨solution¨ of the problemof gaining knowledge of Venus which is for a vehicle to hover over Venus and scientists would safely observe the planet that way. However, the article says that this can only give us a limited amount of information on Venus since the planet has a very dense atmosphere. The effort of creating a vehicle to hover the planet only to gain bits of knowledge is redundant and is not going the benefit anyone´s cause.
Venus is not worth the time, effort and resources to explore. The planet proves to be too dangerous for mankind and even for machines. Curiosity is not sufficiant enough of a reason to explore and learn about a inhospitable planet unless it is going to benefit mankind more than what it costed to gain that information. The resources that are going to Venus should be redirected to another cause that will benefit society and life as we know it. | 4 |
b28b2d9 | Growing up, watching shows that had futurisic characteristics, i have always dreamed of having a car that could drive its self. A car that would go the speedyou would tell it to go and let you sit back relax and let you enjoy yourself. Although i have always wanted one in the future,I realize that they are very dangerous and require a lot of cooperation at some times
The driverless cars could make a great impact on society if people started to obtain them. They use much less gas and not give off as much pollution. For example, the first paragraph states "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." But although i see the many pros that come with the driverless cars, i aslo see the cons. Paragrap seven states "This means the juman driver must remain alert and be ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs. The quote shows that although the cars are technically driverless, if they get in a complicated situation that they can not handle themselves, then the driver must be able to quickly react to change the situation. This would lead to lots of dangerous accidents. For example if the driver falls asleep and the car needs the humans help, the human may not be able to wake up in time befor the problem occurs. Also im guessing that the car would not have much time to alert the driver before a problem or accident occurs. One last thing that is bad about these cars are that if they get into an accident then the driver is fully responsible for them. Why should the non driver be blamed for the vars theat are suppose to be "driverless."
Driverless cars can bring many new things to us such as lower gas milage and less polution but overall, the driverless cars are not needed and can cause many problems. The car can get into accidents that humans are not responsible for and require a lot of human assistance which really would make the car "driverless."So if the problems could be fixed with the current condition of driverless cars then i would be happy to see them on the road, but until then I think it is much better to use the same cars that we have been using for years. | 3 |
b28e45b | It is hard to imagine being a scientist at NASA, But if i was a scientist at NASA discussing the face with someone who thought it was an alien structure, I would use three pieces of evidence to support the claim that its just a natural land form. The first piese of evidence would be Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos. The secouned piece of evidence i would use would be Malin's team captured a photo using the camera's maximum resolution. The third piece of evidence i would use would be the picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa.
The first piece of evidence, On April 5, 1998, The MArs Surveyor flew over the cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos. What the photo revealed was a natural land formation not an alien monument.
The secouned piece of evidence, Malins team captured a photo using the cameras maximum resolution. In the Viking photo the pixels were only 43 meters, But every pixel was 1.56 meters in the 2001 photo. That means in a image three times larger than the pixel size you would see objects such as airplans, pyramids or small shacks in the photo.
Finally the third piece of evidence, The picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which is a common land formation around the American West.
Thouses are the three pieces of evidence i would use to support my claim and convince someone that the face is just a landformation.
Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture ten times sharper then the original photos revealing a natural land formation. Malin's team captured a photo using the camera's maximum resolution that would have shown any ariplans or pyamids. Finnaly is is equivalent to landformations on earth. | 3 |
b299795 | Many people dream of buying a new car by the time the reach the age of sixteen once they finally obtain their liscense. However, in recent years, a large population of people have stopped feeling the need for private transportation and have sold their cars and trucks or moved to areas where things such as public transportation, biking, and walking are cheaper and more efficient alternaives. Choosing not to own a passenger car can lead to less emissions, save space, and improve the quality of life for citizens in a city.
Transportation is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases, behind only power generation. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." (Source 1) Limiting the use of private transportation will bring about cleaner skies, greatly reduce the amount and effects of acid rain, and impede upon the progression of the destruction of our ozone layer in the atmosphere that helps to protect us from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. If more and more people in not only developed but also developing countries choose to become car- and truck-free, "where emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities," (Source 1) our Earth will become a much cleaner and healthier place for young and old alike.
There have been many previous efforts to make cities denser and more walking- and biking-friendly, but most of these advances have been limited by or even been put to a stop because of the need for an excessive amount of large roads and space for parking for the huge amount of private passenger cars found in cities and suburbs today. Reducing the amount of cars on the road can free up space for more important things such as housing, shops, financial districts, and even parks or other recreational areas that can be more inviting to citizens rather than the loud hustle and bustle of high-density roadways. "'All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,' said David Goldberg, and official of Transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States . . . who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars." (Source 1) Removing the problem of private transportation from city planning and development can greatly increase the quality and efficiency of our city's layouts.
Many people consider New York City to be the "city that never sleeps," because of the loud and constant noise of outside motors revving and angry drivers honking their car horns. New York City, along with many other large cities, face this problem which has been growing since the late 1940's. With the rise of reduced dependency on private means of transportation, places such as the more populated areas of New York may finally be able to take a nap. "BOGOTA, Colombia- . . . 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." (Source 3) Noise isn't the only quality of life improvement that citizens of large cities can experience with a drop of the amount of cars on streets and boulevards. Levels of smog, a mixture of smoke a fog caused by excessive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the air, would also start to fall down to a point where they would barely be noticable. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city . . . Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog . . . The fog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." (Source 2)
Limiting car use can be extremely beneficial if executed correctly. These benefits include a cleaner city, more efficient uses of space, and an increase in the desirability of larger cities and towns. Overall, a reduction to the amount of private vehicles on the road would be a great improvement for a multitude or reasons. | 5 |
b29999d | Have you ever wondered what your emotions were like in an old picture.
This article states that the monalisa was tested to see how happy, disgusted, fearful, and angry.
This new technology could be useful but not all that tactical.
This new technology is mostly likely not very expensive but it is not very useful if it can only be used as an emotion finder.
I believe that this technology for the emotion dectected is basically useless and a waste of money.
This technology to detect emotion is quite weird to spend money on what humans can find out.
If you look at a picture then you should be able to see what emotions they are feeling.
The information that humans could gather would not be as precise as the computers but maybe it would be more accurate.
There are a couple good reasons why you should have this new technology.
this because because of how it decifered the emotions of the monalisa very accuratly.
Such as the 83% happy,9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry.
This information could not be desifered by a human eye.
In conclusion, I believe that this technology is a waste of money and the idea of it should be thrown away.
This is because while someone was wasting their time on a emotion detecter they could have been spending that time on something like better computers or faster computers.
They could have done something better than waste their time and resources on something that humans can do for this technology. | 2 |
b29a26e | I think that driveless cars would be alot more convenint if you dont feel like driving or if you just want to be lazy, but way to much stress. what if your an elder and you have no clue how to work the car. I feel the more we keep upgrading to electronics the easier it is for something to go wrong. You never truely know when or if your vehicle could malfunction. What if your on the auto ban and your going 120mph and your vehivle just stops? if you are going about 120mph then other people are going 120mph if not more. you could get rear ended and going as fast as 120mph that would defintely kill you.
Everyone only thinks of the idea of having a driveless car like "oh my that has to be so cool and awedome i wont even have to do anything". wrong you still have to pay attention and be there for when roads are getting worked on so you can navigate your way through it. the even tell us in the passage "they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out if driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating theough roadwork or accidents" there not all as great as what people make them out to be.
If we stick to the basic do it your self then we know we can control it beacause we would feel comfortable and we would know the basics. Maybe im wrong maybe it would work and be more simple for people, But think about would you ever truely trust a car that can drive it's self? | 3 |
b29e15a | Limiting car usage can be a major impact on our everyday life. Just think about what would happen if people stopped using their cars and started walking or riding bikes for transportation. If we did that it would reduce greenhouse gas in Europe, it would also limit the amount of money spent on fuel used by the everyday economy, further more it would lower air polution.
First off, b limiting the epidemic of car usage it would reduce greenhouse gas in Europe .
Now in Europe 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions is made up of passenger cars. And 5o percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Just by taking a bus or riding a bike for transportation you could help limit this cause. Its been plenty efforts in the past but now its starting to take affect exspecially in the suburbs.
Further more, we could be reducing the amount of fuel we need all over the world just by limiting the amount of time you use your car. We spend more money on fuel than we do anything else. Why, well because eveything needs fuel now a days. Diesels makes up 67 percent of vechicles in France,compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters. We could really be putting our money towards other thing such as parks and rebuilding our communities. A study last year showed that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..
Also, one of our major problems is air polution. We have a very high concentration of it. Well because majority of the people drivr their cars and cars take up fuel then that fuel is released through the motor and it gets into the air. Now just by limiting your car usage you good take aways stress and lower the amount of air polution said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza. He and his wife made a difference just by riding a two-seat bicycle. As a result of the recession many may find less reason to resume the habit.
In conclusion, you can make a difference just by doing one little thing. Just sit back and think about what huge of an impact it will be if you lower your car usage. You can be that helping hand that reduces greenhouse gas not jujst for you but for evryone around you. Help limit the amount of money spent on fuel, we could be using that money for something usefull. Last but not least help lower the air polution it would really make a difference. Help make that change! | 3 |
b2a522e | Education is continuously changing, as all educators and students know. Though schools think they have done everything they can to make the school experience more beneficial to everyone; such as having ipads so students no longer have to be burdened with excessive books, or putting more electives out that students actually enjoy. Education is in a very revolutionary era right now, but everyone is thinking, what else could they really do? That is when facial expression technology comes into play.
Facial expression recognition technology is still a fairly new idea, so it may be a long time before we see it in any classrooms yet, with that being said, it is a revolutionary idea that helps computers recognize how a human is feeling. Dr. Huang is the creator of this technology along side Prof. Nicu Sebe of the university of Ansterdam. This technology was made so that computers and humans could have better communication, in paragraph 6, the reader is presented with the idea that if you saw a web ad that you disliked your computer could recognize that by the frown on your face and not show something similar to that, and vice versa.
So what could this technology do for schools? Students would be able to express they needed help without even raising a finger. The author displays in paragraph six that they too have thought about the idea that this could really change schools, for example, if a student is watching a video online for help and isn't understanding still, the computer could recognize the students unhappiness and switch the learning style of the video until the student is satisfied. With that in mind, teachers would also no longer have to worry about embarassing a student by asking if they need extra help, or worrying that a student is too scared to ask for help in fear of its peers, that will be eliminated with this technology by recognizing the smallest sign of discomfort. Technology is the future, and with this invention it shows that the education system will not fail and only get better as time goes on, not only in America, but universally.
"The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" Dr. Huang explains in paragraph four, proving that this would be able to be used everywhere. The entire world could use this technology without needing to wait for their countries version to come out because there would be no language barrier,it is working off of nonverbal cues that are universally known and never-changing. technology like this would spread like a wildfire
and schools all over the world would find use for this, if not in the everyday classroom, then the advanced and special needs classrooms. Though it is crazy to think, one day teachers may no longer be needed because of technology like this, making the learning experience more personal and less guarded at all times, which every student wants.
Technology is the future, it will always be there and will constantly keep evolving. With new inventions such as the facial expression recognizer it shows that technology will continue to make life easier and learning better. In years to come it is hoped that we will have these revolutionary machines in every school universally, anything to make learning better for the students. | 5 |
b2afd7e | Cars are beginig to come to be a big issue. They are causing so many disadvantages to overpopulated and average populated areas of the world. If the amounts of cars being driven/owned reduces we will come to plenty of advantages in manys ways. Human Health, abilities, and living spaces will all benefit from being car free !
Less cars makes the area less compacted which allows more space for side walks and walk ways to be built into the small town that have a high population. Places such as VAUBAN Germany and French and Swiss borders and many other places will have noo street parking, driveways and home garages. Without all of the car infested thing such as spoken there will be appropiate space and routes for public transportation and makes things and place s more accessible. Instaed of having a mall along side a distant highway it can have walk ways and more space for shopping centers and people to come not having to worry about having to find a space to park or any other conflict we all would run into reguarding personally owned vehicles. Not mentioning many more abilities that will come to hand when we become car free. Becomming car free environments is a very important task also for health reasons of everyone. Riding bikes, hiking, and walking will all come a part of everyones daily activity if not while being publically transported.. Smog is also a big issue hear, agreed? For example, in Paris, there smog percentage went down 60% because they are going through the process of limiting ownership of cars.
It is guarenteed that we will benefit from being car free. Less hassal, large decrease in accidents of vehicles and in health of all around. it is a big change but but an even larger advantage. | 3 |
b2b1d1b | I argue in favor of keeping the electoral college because of the fact that if the popular vote and the vote in congress were to fail, there would be a backup way of casting, counting and recording votes by a qualified group of citizens, as stated in the first paragraph of the prompt. I believe the Electoral College should not be abolished also, for the reason that each candidate for president has an amount of electors chosen, varying on the state laws in effect in the given state he or she is being elected from. Also, an advantage of the Electoral College is also that the winning presidential candidate is awarded all of the electors in most states, except Maine and Nebraska, stated in the seventh paragraph.
The College also identifies which electors will represent your state at the meeting of electors, as well as the presidential candidate. Just like almost anything, the Electoral College has flaws, such as electors can be any person not holding public office, and, dependng on the state, whoever selects electors may vary. Plus, not everyone can control who their electors vote for, but the Electoral College has been in effect for over 200 years, established by the founding fathers themselves in the Constitution, so why not trust that they knew what they were doing? Besides, when each party selects a slate of electors, they put their trust, which, might I add, is rarely betrayed. But there is the problem that not all winners of electoral votes will not win the national vote; such an instance happened in 2000, when Al Gore had more popular votes than George Bush, yet fewer electoral votes. Even so, that was the first time since 1888, as said in paragraph 16.
There are a few practical reasons the Electoral College, even though it lacks a democratic pedigree, should be retained. Reason one is a certainty of outcome. An example is in the 2012 election, when Obama recieved 61.7 percent of electoral votes, while Romney recieved 51.3 percent of popular votes. A tie, is also possible, seeing as the total number of votes, (538,) is even. Another example is how the electoral college restores some of the weight in political balance, in which large states, population-wise, lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. The subject of the Electoral Coolege's method of selecting a president is controversial in the sense that it may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state, such as Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California,when they know their vote will have no effect, their incentive is much less than if it were picked by popular vote. | 4 |
b2bef39 | I feel like i would have to go against driveless car. Because i feel like there is way to much danger within them. Not just for the driver but everyones else in and around the car.
Im against the driveless car for multiple reason. First off what if the designer or constructor of the car over look something in the making of the car and the drivers seem to lose control and the car start crashing everything around it ? That could put a lot of lives at risk over one mistake. they just think that a car can adapt to roads so easily by having radar and signals but it not enough, i feel like it should have like a voice to read back what up ahead the road and around our surrouding keeping us up to date with every movement.
But then again i kinda agree because our technology are getting more advance every hour of the day in the world. they have alot of good uses like when your in a traffic jam the car can handle driving up to 25 mph. Plus they can detect stuff around them with their radar and cameras. but i don't think it just quite right yet.
that is why i disagree with the driveless car. We might have the technology for it and stuff, but i fee like there much more to get done with it. so with that i disagree once again. | 2 |
b2c261c | Some resones to join the program are that you can help people after they have had a hard time. The situation from the text is after World War ll there was alot of destruction in Europe. So Luke went over to Europe to help people get thier lives back. Being a Seagoing Cowboy wasn't all just work you also got to travle the world and see cool places. He said that he and other people on the boat had fun on the way back.
He said that he saw some cool places, and did cool thing, like seeing the Panama Canal or go on a gandola ride in Veince, Italy. Whe the stalls were emty ,he said, that alot of guys on the ship would play games to make the time pass. Some of the games that he had mentoined were baseball, volleyball, table tennis, and many others. They helped pass the time by playing games, is what he said.
I think that he made it sound very appealing to be a Seagoing Cowboy it definetily had it's up's an down's. Like cleaning the stals would be a down, and a up would be playing games. Also being able to go see and do things in other parts of the world. | 2 |
b2c274d | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable,because oin a classroom their is no reason to use this in a class.The only thing that it could be used for would be to learn about what it does and how it works.Knowing the emotions of a students by there facial features wouldn't really benefit the teacher if the teaching.
In the article in says," Exkman has classified six basic emotions happiness,suprise,anger,digust,fear.and sadness." This breaks the counter arguement that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"".Neither of these emotions are one of the six calculated by the Facial Action Coding System.
People may say if the Facial Action Systen would've been more advance it could be used in a classroom. A more advance FAC system ,"could
modify the lesson , like an effectie human instructor."The FAC system could be used in other work places where it could be in a bigger,better use then a school such as hospitals for video surgery.It could also help people communicate better in the school."Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication".But this could possibly bother someone who is emotional sad and maybe doesn't want to speak about it,possibly a classroom.
Facial Action Coding System,a use of technology to read the emotional expressions, is not valuable to students in a classroom.This is,because it would not help the teacher know if the students are confused or bored if it isn't one of the six emotion the FAC system uses.Also until it is more advance their is no real reason to put it into classroom if none of the six emotion are helping the class. | 3 |
b2c2b7a | Have you ever been in school and not understood, didn't want to do it, or just was bored with your school work. I think mostly everyone in the world has gone throw that and that can affect you in the future, also on and what you have learned in school. I think this new computer sytem can help and change that. One it helps the teacher find better way to teach there students. Two it helps the children learn better. Finally it can be that start of new inventins to help the children work and learn better in school.
The fist reason why i think this computer system would help in schools is becuse it can help the techer find better way to teach there students. Teacher can get reports on what students emotions are during a lesson to see if there needs to be a change. This can also help let teachers know mostly which students need more help that others. Also with students who are just bored with the lesson and it makes them not want to work. This can be supported by paragraph six"A classrom computer could reconize when a student is confused r bored" Dr. Huang predicts"Then it could modify the lesson, ike an effectiv human instructor."
The second reason why i think this system would be valuable in school is because it helps the kids learn better. One it can chnge the lesson when it sees a child is behind to help them catch up, confused to help them understand better, or bored to make the lesson more enterting to help hem focuse. This idea chan chage so many students lives for the better. This is why i think it would help students learn better.
Finally I think it can help start new ideas to help better school. If this compuer system works it can inventors start to think of new ideas to make school an easier place to learn. This can help people make inventins for even more things like what kinds of foods students should eat to find when a student has something that been bring harm t other students . This is only a few of the many reasons why this cud help start the ideas for new inventions on how to make school better.
In conclusion i think this computer system i valuable and can make school a etter place. One because it an help teacher. Two it helps children lern better. Lastly it can lead to new ideas to make school better. How do you feel about this new computer system do you thin its valuabel. | 4 |
b2c3f69 | I think the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom isn't valuable. I say it isn't valuable because like it says in paragraph 5 that the computer tells what kind of mood you're in. That's kind of weird dont you think? I dont know maybe its just me. I just believe that people should get the chose to tell you how they feel on their own IF they would like you to know how they feel. Paragraph 6 it states that the computer can recognize If a student is becoming confused or bored with the activity that he or she is doing, I think that's popping someones bubble honestly. The FACS can be cool at certain part in life, but only If the person that you are using it on would like you to know their mood. In paragraph 3 it says that the Facial Action Coding System has six basic emotions. Those emotions are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. If I found out that the computer was reading what my emotions were I'd be a little feared, suprised, and the emotion that they dont have... weird. I'd be weirded out a little when they told me that a computer would be telling me how I feel. I dont know about you guys but I personally like to keep to myself. I dont like to be the center of attention or wanting anyone thinking that I need attention. This is why I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is NOT a good idea to have to express how children in a classroom feels. | 3 |
b2c4a9a | Student Emotion Reading Argument
Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, and Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam study better ways to find out human emotions faster. These two Professeor's have created a computer that makes a 3D model of your face and it calculates your emotion by the way your facial muscles are being used. Many people are asking "could this kind of technology be valuable in schools for students".
The use of this technology should not be allowed in schools class rooms. Thats not the teachers buisness wheather an student is feel happy, surprised, fearful, angry, or sad. If the student wants someone to know how they are feeling they can go to the teacher and tell them. They could even go to the gidance counselor, or the priciple. Basically I am saying that i student show be able to expresss their feelings if they want to without everyone knowing.
Then this kinda has an up side to if this kind aof technology was in schools. Teachers could help student more if they are angry, or sad. Therefor I kinda see why the question is "should this kind of technology be in classrooms?".
In conclusion i feel that this kind of technology should not be in classrooms. If it is in classrooms for the school to use it on a child they should have parent parmission. Also notify the parent that they are gonna use it before doing so. | 2 |
b2c56c9 | The technology and cars has made the developers to invest on cars. The cars have all change time by having something in common . The cars that have been used for this technology is made by google. Google its a company that has internet wireless and its a huge company that only makes technology better. The car that has been desing has many manifactures going on . When they build a the workers they all have their positions and if i would be able to work in this car my position would be the antolock brakes. The antilock brakes prevents the driver to fall out of there is an actsident. Also in the article says that having unshape cars its bad or even if there is something weird of something new they think is bad. My conclusion is that if you think that havind an unshaped car is bad or even if it looks weird dont think that its a bad car because technology its changing our daily lifes and how we see the un expected about it. | 1 |
b2c6f69 | Did the author give alot of details in the story to support his idea. I would say yes he did he have really good details to the story.
Venes is the three plant close to the sun,
also know as the "Evening Star"
and all so know has Earths twin plant. At Venes the plant can get really hot there it
can get over 800 deg, and Venes has some features that are close to Earth's surface such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The plant up in outerspace the plants go at its own speed, some go fast some go slow. But with Venes being the three plant from sun and we can be close or far away from the plant on the orbit.
The bad things about Venes is that there is a 97% of carbon dioxide blankets it. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then out Earths. No Spaceship has touched the plant, cause of the matter. Only a spaceship has landed on the plant for three decades.
The author in the story tells us alot about the plant Venes the air, the plant mase and so on. It gives us alot of facts that make it all sound so true. To me I thing the author did a great job on supporting his idea cause of all the facts he but in it. | 2 |
b2c9e39 | I feel like that the use of the emotional expressions of students in a class room is not good. First of all it is not 100% offical.. Second of all it could fill you computer with viruses. last one is that it could be a lot of money to get in and most likly to fix it. It is a lot of work getting one of those and the thing is why buy it or even consider it, if it is not offical.
The facial action coding system is not totaly offical. In the story it says that it uses you face to tell what going on or something. They say that they can tell if it is a real smile or a fake one by your muscules. The muscles called orbicularis make croe's feet around your eyes, but then a fake smile, the mouth is streched sidesways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle called the risorius. Then is said that if an ad pops up and you are happy then the facial action coding system is going to think you like it then more and more are going to be poping up. Sense it said that it can tell eveything just by four face. The rusults won't be right. For people that wear makeup the facial action coding system is not going to get the right results. You might have a facial problem or something wrong with you muscles. That you wouldn'd be able to simle perfectly. Then it will give you wrong results
The fact that facial action coding system is basiclly thinking and telling you how to feel it doesn't really know what you really feel. I feel like sense the camera is always going to just be watching you to see what you are feeling that is creepy. Like it said it if thinks your happy when an ad pops up it's going to pull up more and more ads and you might even get a virus. It is going to end up making some damages to your computer. Most likely people are not going to feel safe. What if someone gets to hack you computer. They are going to be watching you all day, everyday.
Sense it said that it will cost a lot of money to get it. I won't be fair if some schools have it and if some don't. The facial action coding system will be hard to get. Some school can just get enough for the basic's. If they can't even get enought to get one what if is stops working or something goes wrong. The people are going to have to find more moeny just ot fix it. Most likely, they are going to have to stop doing some clubs or some after school activities thing like that. Just to try to afford the moeny to fix the program. | 3 |
b2cd6f4 | I don't think that studying Venus i a worthy pursuit because in the article it states that "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world,since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"meanong no space craft has survied for more than a couple of hours. The article also states that "numerous factors contribute to venu's reutation as a challenging planet for humans to study"meaning its already a hard planet to study. The plant is also almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus. Venus is also a very hot place,in the article it states that "temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and a atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". The article also says that "these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth" meaning that the tempertures are way too extreme for us humans. Humans arnt even going to live there so what is the point of pursuing studying venus. i don't think that it is a good idea to study venus because there is far to dangers. | 2 |
b2ce49b | My fellow citizens, some advantages of limiting car usage is that its better for the earth and reduces the greenhouse effect.
Also there wont be as much smog and there will be a lot less pollution in the air. Limiting the usage of cars can be a better for you. not using a car can really benifit us.
People use cars everyday for everyday things. If people cut down on the usage of cars and took the bus or even rode a bike to work it really could help the earth. Less cars means less of the greenhouse effect. Less of the greenhouse effect means a better world.
Billions of people driving cars can really pollute the earth. Paris had to ban driving because the smog was to great and needed to be cleared from the sky. The smog was so serious that if you didnt leave your car at home you would get a fine. almost 4,000 people were fined. Beijing, China is one of the most polluted city in the world becouse of smog.
If you dont take a car you could walk, bike, or skate witch could be fun. If not then you could always take the bus and still help of the earth. If you didnt take a car to work then it could reduce traffic. Some people enjoy riding a bike instead of a car because it reduces stress and also reduces pollution to the earth.
Limiting car use is not only good for you but also good for the earth its self. there could be less greenhouse effect and smog. Lets all help and limit the usage of cars. | 3 |
b2d9c8e | The technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable because there it can show when someone is getting bored in a class. There are plenty of reasons for why to use this technology. One reason could be that it will detect when a student is bored or is becoming confused. Another reason that it should be used is that it would help inprove the lesson or what is being taught. Also most human communication is non verbal, so then the computers need to understand that.
One example on why the technology should used is how it will be able to detect when someone feels a certain way in a class or a lesson. The text states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"(D'Alto). This would help students and teachers because from the students prespective the teacher would know how he/she felt. A way that this would help teachers would be that it would give the teachers some feedback so that maybe if their student is bored to make their lesson a little energetic. Then the students and the teachers may have more understanding of eachother.
Another reason that would make this technology valuable would be that it would help improve a lesson for the students when needed. The text states, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"(D'Alto). This is refering to the last point. So if a student is bored, the computer would recognize the problem and change the lesson for the student so they could be more enthusiastic about the lesson. For example if a student is borred about learning about geography, and the student is bored then the computer could change up their lesson by watching a movie that follows what the person is learning about.
Also another reason for using the technology in a classroom about how a lot of human communication is not even talking to someone it is more body language than anything. The text says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"(D'Alto). This means that not everything is about just talking to someone but there is also a lot that goes on with their body, facial expressios, the list goes on. For example a person can a have a converstion with someone and not even mean what they are saying, and the computers would be able to tell using their facial expressions and body language.
Whether a person think that this new technology is completely useless or not, this could help for students to learn more, and have interest in learning. This could help students by actually learning and doing better in school, because they would be able to fully understand each concept. For example if a student is confused with something and the teacher doesn't notice it the computer will, and it will change the lesson so that the student can get a grasp of the subject. maybe this new technology shouldn't be introduced into a classroom, but it would be of much help. | 4 |
b2dbe18 | The author explains in the article "The Challenges of Exploring" Venus that studying Venus is a wrothy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. "Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." (Paragraph 6 lines 6-8) This supports that idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because in the quote it's basically saying that they're thinking about having a mission but they understand the dangers in Venus.
The author has a lot of ideas that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. A lot of his ideas about Venus is that it's the closet planet that is like Earth but there are a lot of problems with Venus. Two dangerous things about Venus is "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." (Paragraph 3 lines 3-6) This means that the surface is way hotter than ours so that would be a major problem and also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than ours which is another major problem. If we lived on a surface that was over 800 degrees than how would we even survive?
Also, "Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good readon, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." (Paragraph 2 lines 7-11) This also supports the claim that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because this tells the reader why a spaceship hasn't touched Venus. The Good things are that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." (Paragraph 2 lines 1-3) This would mean that we wouldn't have to worry about going to a planet that is way smaller in density and in size than Earth. Also it would mean that whoever would go to Venus wouldn't have to go a long way because Venus is the closest planet to Earth distance wise.
The author did an amazing job supporting the ideas about why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because he gave examples of why Venus could be considered a good or bad planet. The author did this by supporting his claims which is very good. So the author did very well on supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despiting the dangers. | 4 |
b2def99 | The Face on Mars
The Face on Mars is a natural landform.
The formation is just another Martian mesa. Many conspiracy theorists get too overwhelmed when they see this face, because they are so eager for scientsists to find life on another planet. Although it looks as if something made the Face, it was made naturally.
First, the Martian mesa is very common around the area of Cydonia. It was not a big surprise to some scientists to find that it was formed naturally. NASA revealed the image captioning, "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The unusual shadows made the landform seem to be a human face.
Next, the Mars Orbiter Camera team captured a photo that was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. This made the picture even more accurate. When the picture was first unveiled on a JPL web site, people found that the Face was a naturally landform. It was not caused by aliens or other life forms.
Then, Malin's team took a clearer photo than the 1976 Vikining picture. Malin's team's captured a picture on April 8, 2001, in which each pixel spaned 1.56 meters compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the Viking photograph. According to the article, you can distinctly view objects three times bigger in a digital image than the pixel size. In paragraph 11, the author says "So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" The 2001 picture shows that the Martian is equivalent to landforms that are common near the American West.
Ultimately, the research and pictures were clear, the landform was not made by any life forms. The Face was formed naturally. The Martian mesa is very common in the area of Cydonia, where it was found by. Scientists and their teams captured photos that showed that this was landform was caused naturally. With the technology the scientists like Malin used, it is easy to tell that there was no aliens that affected the mesa. | 3 |
b2e0ad5 | Plan My claim would have to be that computers who identify human emotions would be a valubale thinkg because many students come to class felling down or sad sometimes and instead of them keeping i to them selves.
Somebody would hopefully be kind enough and ask if there doing okay or if they need somebody to talk to instead of just having to go thruogh it them selves, just like a child going thru depresion at the end of the day you want to look for those children and help them. But another think would be why would we need this in class instead of using money for this technology they should fix the schools and bring more learning experiences around the country instead of wasting money to see how somebody is feeling youll make somebody happy by just saying have a wonderful day today like the person grading this test i hope you have a wonderful day and i hope at the end of the day i pass this because its a big part of high school and im clearly not the smartest student but at the end of the day i get what i have to do done and dont complain but this invension would be a good project to go around at the airport or banks just to see peoples reaction when they walk in and as there going out to see the diffrence of there face reactions. the mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile while it shows how much this computer can do,imagine a computer that knows when youre happy or sad, thatll be really creapy once it knows how you're feeling.
LIke example "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen a similar ad might follow. but if you frown the next ad will be different." this sounds good so when you want certain kind of apps to pop up but once the system knows how youre feeling is another thing instead of seeing how im feeling they should help out people in need who need the help to help them keep there emotions better, Also crazy how theis technology would make it easy for a computer to recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored. My claim would have to be that I would wan this in my class or around my school beacuse i personaly feel like many students will come into school with a diffrent mood if they knew there expresions or feelings are all being detected, instead of them coming sad theyll probabaly chear up a bit since they maybe dont want anybody to know how there feeling and itll try to hid it and change there mood from what it was at first. This process all beigins with a computer that constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model unit must move like a human muscles. Some coding system facial expressions that its going to be able to read is six basic emotions like happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear ,and sadness, many people are not gonna like the idea of this beause people don want to let everbody know what they are feeling or what there thinking of. | 2 |
b2e51f4 | the author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becaues studying venus might help us advance our tecnology by helping us research more the planet and knowing the enviorment and the weather that venus have. By knowing that we can seccesfully land our spacecraft and our rovers and we can reasearch more the plant and in the furture we might be able to know everthing about the planet and be prepared for one day maybe move to venus when something happenes to earth or maybe to have a other planet to go to incase theres a emergency in the earth that might need us to evaquate earth. That might mean that we might need to build more spacecraft to hold many people to take them to venus at fast as we can and soo to do that we need to study venus and know the planet soo we would be ready for one day that anything that happens we will have everthing all ready to move or jus tto stay temporarly in venus soo that any dangerouse thing that venus might have we can impore on earth and abancwe our equipment and have stuff already bulit for that day to come when we want to set foot on venus. | 2 |
b2e60f1 | This technology is a good idea to all students in a classroom who is feeling different emotions. The technology is helpful because it can indicate on when a student is feeling, for example sad and if the teacher see it they talk to the student and know why is the student feeling happy or sad, angry. The Facial Action can also be helpful with computers if they know how if we are stuck on something in class like a lesson or or assignment its like what Dr. Huang says or his prediction ''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.'' ''Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'' This means even on the computer can calculate his or her face them changing their motion or expression. Also, computers can calculate how you change your muscles to indicate which emotion your feeling at that moment like in the article it talks about how your muscles movements move, ''For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when your're surprised; your obricularis oris (around your mouth) tightens up your lips to show anger.'' This shows that with these movements of characters it can show what kind of emotion a student is feeling in a classroom.
Also, this technology isn't what probably students want in a classroom because some students probably dont want their faces to be be modify or sometimes some students dont have no emotions like in the article it says ''The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,'' observes Dr. Huang, ''even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression'' this means that the someone probably have little emotions or expression in their face. In classrooms students who are bored show it mostly with body language which makes the face change expressions if the lesson is boring. | 3 |
b2f1196 | Seagoing Cowboy
Have you ever thought about being a Seagoing Cowboy. If you haven't maybe you should. As a Seagoing Cowboy you can help people, animals, and more. Seagoing Cowboys you travel a lot. you travel to places like China, Greece, Europe, and even Venice,Italy. You also take care of animals while shipping. You can feed them and bathe them. There is also lots of sight seeing you get to tour places like excavated castles the Panama canal and more.
In paragraph six Luke had to travel across the Atlantic Ocean for two weeks. He fed and watered the animals two or three times a day. He also had to clean the stalls. He was kept busy on that ship. He was used to being worked all of the tim on his aunt Katie's farm.
In conclusion I think that being a Seagoing Cowboy is sometimes dangerous, but fun most of the time. The Seagoing Cowboy program is fun you should try it. | 2 |
b2f2659 | Dear Mr or Mrs senator I think we should keep our method of choosing our state president. it more easier then any other method. Also it less time consuming.
College voting method is the most easiest method to use. All we have to do is vote and who ever gets the most votes win. I think its just a fair method to use. I feel like the other method is just to complex so we should stick to the college voting method. almost half of the time to president we choose is the right president for the US.
Another reason we should keep the college method is because it wouldnt take that long. All we really just have to do is vote and in no time our president will be in office.
in conclusion I think we should keep the college method because its less time consuming and its an easier process. | 1 |
b2f6346 | I think that we should change it to populure vote, as in like who ever gets the most votes, but on a national scale, not on a state scale. why? well I realy would have to agree that an even number could cause a tie. Even if the tie was settled by the congress and senate there could be major problems. like for example lets just say that the last election was a tie, the out come of the tie would be Romney as president ( whitch would be good) and Joe Biden as vice president ( realy bad). and the reason this could be very bad, because of the fact that the two of them have very diferent opinions the two of them would probably be so busy arguing that they wouldn't get anything done, plus Joe would constantly be trying to get Romney impeached.
My second reason is becuse yes one of the guys who puts in our votes could put it in incorectly because of the fact that somone could simply bribe him or her to do so. The scary thought is that if one person does it and gets away with it then every one with lots of money will try, just like someone could try and bribe me to tell them what this test is on ( i wouldn't say unless it was well over $200 but no one I know has that much they would want to spend on a test so nobody has tried to bribe me).
So now my third reason is it would be prety cool to know that the next president could be decided by a single vote but that is even more unlikely than a tie with our current system. But it would be more likely that it could come down to a more probable minimum of around a milion.
Now that I have covered my three reasons I hope you have gained a more valuable view of our presidential election system and that will consider more carefully on what you will choose. | 3 |
b2fa3a3 | My opinion on these new smart cars is that I feel the just shouldn't even create them. They could cause accidents, it could be pedestrians in the street, traffic lights messes up alot, and IT COULD JUST BE DANGEROUS period.
What if someone was traveling down the road in one of these new smart cars and they got so used to the smart driving and stirring itself and the driver falls asleep or something. Example, my dad for instents, he travels ALOT and he gets so tired of being the only one driving for hours and hours by himself, so he would feel like this is the perfect car for him, but me knowing him, he would just lean his seat back put his shades on and let the car do all the work, and ends up falling asleep or something, or get on his phone and misses his turn. Also the cars could most likely cause accidents because there is always alot of people on the road driving really SLOW in front of you and, and the smart car could be set to go an certain speed and hits the back of the car in front of you. Pedestrians can be in the street at the wrong time and the smart car is just still going and hits the pedestrian. Traffic lights stop working or acts funny also and out of no where you might think you have the right a way to go and the light could just red.
Point blank period there could be to many dangerous thigns that can happen with these cars, seriously. Would it be the driver in the smart car fault? No, because there not the ones driving, it would be GOOGLE'S fault. | 3 |
b2fea62 | The author support this idea is by the challenge of exploring venus and it's very interest to the author. It's stated in paragraph its says " Venus sometimes called the " Evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky.
The making it simple of even a amateur stargazer to spot".
The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers is that venus has value, not only because of th insight to be gained on the planet itself.
Also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors which states in paragraph 8.
Another fact of how well the author supports the idea is that he studied like somethings about venus and to take risks in your life sometimes.
According to paragraph 6 it's states that "More important. reseachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance.
Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a throught mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.
Or maybe we should think of them as challenges.
The challenge of exploring venus must was interested to the author cause after me reading the article it was really rick taking.
Him or her must like studying about venus or like to really explore venus. | 2 |
b300e9b | I like the idea of this technology of how it can tell what peoples emotions are like. I belive it can help people who are wanting to in the feild of human emotions, because it can help them spot how a patient is feeling.
But this technology can also do harm to some people with depression because if or when they try the online face reader it is going to show that they are sad, mad, or angry and that might make them feel those emotions even more.
and here is my list of why I love and hate technology.
Modern technology has gotten to a point where if computers came alive the human race would be killed off in a couple of days.
Computers can now detect how we are feeling.
We have been able to make robots and who is to say that someone made falty wireing or made a falty chip.
There goes a robot on its way to making the world its own.
Technology is getting better every day with new computers and new updates to keep them safer to the user so they can worry less about their information getting out to the public.
That is Apples clam to fame that their phones and computers can not be hacked.
There are special employee's in Apple that try to hack their own system to make sure that their system is bulletproof.
This is why they were able to make this clam.
When new updates, phones, and computers come out there is a select few that try to find the weakest part of the system and tair it down.
Just to prove that no computer is better than them and their hacking system.
In fact now hacking systems are so good now that almost any computer can get hacked for the other side of the world.
Like the saying goes you are only as strong as your weakest link.
These are all reasons they computers are good and bad for people they can save use by keeping our information safe but they could also be hacked by some smart guy who has way to much time on his hands and then finally the world could be taken over by robots.
These are all reasons why I love and hate technology. | 1 |
b303cb0 | In the Westminister system, the head of state and or government is elected by the majority of both houses of their respective national legislature. In the popular vote system, the head of state and or government is elected by the majority of the nation. Unlike the Westminister system, the popular vote system has a vast array of ways to carryout the elections. Tyrants sway the people and if the people are sovreign we can't let them hold all the power when they can easily be misguided. For the safety of freedom against tyranny and for the safety of the people's sovreignty; the United States must ensure the continuity of the Electoral College.
The united states of america is the oldest surviving republic in modern day times. This is because our founding fathers were some of the greatest thinkers in american history. the idea of the electoral college was heavily influenced by the English system of government and also the Iriqouis Confederacy though it is usually unrecognized due to the fact that many americans, at the time, thought Native Americans were savages. One of the principles of English government the founding fathers used was the idea of electing heads of the nation. in the United Kingdom the Prime Minister, i. e. the head of government, was elected by the majority of the house of commons and then approval by some higher authority to ensure the vote was valid and legitimate. Our founding fathers were afraid of a popularly elected dictator who would bring down the principles of republicanism and democratic institutions. So the Founding Fathers decided to create a system where the head of state and his office where responsible and questionable to the Federal legislature; the United States Congress. He could be impeached by congress if he had committed crimes and removed from office if he was unfit to carry out the duties he was entrusted with. The electoral college was made to ensure that despotism never happens in the United States. Adolf Hitler was never elected to any office, he was appointed to the chancellorship of Germany by President Hindenburg because Hitler held the people's trust and approval. Benito Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy by the King because he had the people on his side. This cannot happen in the United States because we have the Electoral College. the electors of the President are ordinary people that no one really knows whom they are. the electoral college is not democratic and it was not supposed to be. This is representative democracy or republicanism. According to Richard A. Posner,"...the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people."
Governments are flawed and some are so corrupt and abusive that their extremitites cannot be mentioned. The United States government and congress have always had the interests of the people in their mind. However, there is a rising faction of people of the united states that want to remove the electoral college, one of whom was Richard Milhouse Nixon who was the 37th president of the united states and was the only person to resign the office due to unconstitutional scandals. this growing faction states that because the Electoral College is not democratic enough that it should be done away with. According to Bradford Plumer,"The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational." What many forget to realize is that the Electoral College is a Presidium for the elections, it presides over and gives the real vote in the elections because it comprises of random people representing both the states and the states' populations. This is representation in the election process.
The Electoral College is the people's representation. It was made by the Founding Fathers of the united States for a purpose. though many not approve of the Electoral College, many of our nation's greatest presidents were elected by it like John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. To ensure the safety of freedom against tyranny and for the safety of the people's sovreignty; the United States must ensure the continuity of the Electoral College. | 5 |
b305cf7 | I know that the face is nothing but a natural land form. I know because the picture was taken in poor quality, we now have a higher quality picture proving it is nothing but a natural landform, and if it was created by aliens, we we wouldn't keep it a secret. Thats how i can prove to you that the face was not created by aliens.
The original picture- the one looking like a face- was taken on a poor quility camera. It was taken on the viking 1, according to the article, in 1976. The camera equipment was out of date, making that picture irrelivent. Also, one pixel on the camera spanned 43 meters, according to the reading. Thats one reason that the picture looked like a face.
Another way we are sure that is wasnt alien-made, is ouur newer photo-evidence. As stated in the previous paragraph, the one pixel on the viking 1 spanned 43 meters. Our newest photo was shot with a camera having pixels spanning 1.56 metes. That's a big difference! Our new camera is up to date, and proves that it is nothing but a natural land form. Lastly, according to the reading, we captured a picture of the face at the maximum quality. This proves to show that the old picture was just an illusion, because of the low quality.
The last reason that we can be sure that th face was nothing but a landformation, is the fact that if it was made by aliens- we wouldnt be keeping it a secret. If anything, it would be benificial towards NASA if we found aliens. It would gives us a beter reputation and more money to fund our projects. If there WAS an alien civilization on mars, we would share it with the public, not hide it. That how we know that it was nothing but a landform.
These are all reasons that we can use to prove to you that the face was nothing more than a natural landform. The original photo was taken in 1976, with an outdated camera. We took a new picture of higher quility, of the same spot, and there was not face. Even there were aliens, it would be benificial toward NASA to share it with the public. Thats how we can prove the picture just happened to be a coincidence. | 4 |
b308cb8 | By the year 2020, I am sure we will have multiple car dealers with driverless cars. Many people think that the self driving car is dangerous, and is putting the driver and everyone else at risk. In some cases those people are right, but when you level out the pros and cons, the pros overrule.
I am for self driving cars because when on the road, so many distractions can accur inside one's car. Maybe the driver is putting on makeup, eating, or even on the phone. These actions occur everyday whether one is in a self driving car or not. Having a self driving car will eliminate the accidents caused by putting on makeup, eating, or talking on the phone. However, if at any point the car can not control the road conditions, the driver must be ready to take over. It may come as a surprise to the drivers when they are in the middle of putting on makeup and suddenly they have to steer through road construction. It can get exhausting when one is sitting behind the wheel waiting for their turn to drive, but the driver must always be alert. The driver should do whatever they can to stay focused and not get too distracted so that when the time comes they are ready to drive.
Legally many teenagers get their license at age sixteen. Some of those teenagers are not comfortable or are not confident in driving in the open road just yet. With the self driving car, one can gain back that confidence and let the car take them wherever they want. Now other drivers do not have to worry about young drivers getting in accidents because the self driving car will prevent the child from danger. However when the time comes to drive itself, the young driver must be able to take control and not get scared. Many accidetns today happen because people are not paying attention or they get nervous and do not know how to act on the situation. Teenagers especially, with little experience, have no clue what to do when faced with an obstacle. They panic and do not stay calm and handle the situation.
Those who have injuries are restricted to their driving. It depends on how severe the injury is, but the driver will be notified if driving is safe for them. With the self driving car, the driver can sit back and relax knowing that the car will do everything for them. When one is injured it is hard to stay at home and not get things done. With the self driving car, the driver can still get around town and get things done without the injury being a conflict.
Yes the self driving car is fantastic and benefits many, but it does not mean that the driver should slack off and not pay attention. The driver is still at risk for any accident that may occur while on the road. No excuses will be tolerated because the driver knows that if at any time they should take over. The driver's focus should always stay on the raod and be alert to anything that may harm or become an obstacle of the car. I look forward to 2020 when the self driving car is made known. I hope that the rate of accidents goes down with the assistance of driverless cars. As technology grows everyday, I look forward to when life is made simpler. | 4 |
b3093d6 | Seagoing cowboy might seem pretty boring in all but it's not. You can have a lot of fun on these trips around the world and experience amazing things you have probably never experienced or thought you would experience with your friends and probably your family. On these kinds of trips you will make many memories that you will never want to forget.
On Seagoing events you can do many things that you would want to do or experience that can be very fun. On these kind of trips you have a lot of freetime, in your freetime you can do a variety of things such as table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and many more things that might interest you. On these trips you get to feed animals and maybe sometimes even train them or play games with these animals. You get the experience to explore many rivers and even oceans that might excite you and even get to see some parts of land. You can help a lot of people out on these trips by caring for them by bringing food supplies, animals and many more things that can be helpful to the people and even the enviremont. You also get to experience going on many ships that come in many different sizes.
As you can see there are many good reasons to join the Sea Cowboys and why they are a good program that can help many people and probably even yourself. I hope some day you become a Seagoing Cowboy just like I did and help many people get through hard times that they might be experiencing in their lifetime. I promise you it will be a opportunity of a lifetime that you will never forget or want to forget. | 3 |
b30add3 | I think it would be fun joining the Seagoing cowboys. We would have to work hard macking sure the animals where cared for rightly. Also it takes a long time to cross the Oceon. Lastly we do have a little time to have fun onbored maybe.
We would have to work hard macking sure the animals where cared for
correctly. They had 335
horses plus enough oats and hay to feesd them. That is a whole lot of horses to take care of see I told you we would have to work very hard. It will aslo keep you busy, infact we barley get to sleep.
Also it takes a long time to cross the Oceon. It takes about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Oceon from the eastern coast to the United states and a month to get to China. Try doing that without getting sleep. It is hard to do all this work.
We do have a little time to have fun onbored. Especially on return trips when the animals have already been unloded. We would play baseball and volleyball games in empty holds where animaks had been housed. Table-tennis tournements, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
That is why I think it would be fun joining the seagoing cowboys. WIth all the hard work having to care for the animals. It takes a long time to get there and back so it is lick a very ling vacation. We have time to have fun when the animals have been unloaded. | 2 |
b31ef08 | the author want to show you all the data he picked up good and bad. Howabout the fact that venus is one of the most challenging planets but on the pther hand venus has struck the curasidity of many people.
venus is looked at and called the "evening star" for being very bright but it can also be refered to the "twin" for having simaller charchaterists like in terms of density and size. on the other hand venus goes a very differnet speed then the other planets. leaving the abillity to go venture very dangerous. venus can have an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide which can be very harmful to humans along with the fact that it is 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
all in all its hard but worth it to find out what we can on venus. and be aus eof this NASA hasnt given up yet trying to figure out ways to safely travel there and back. | 2 |
b330def | Many people believe that the 'Face on Mars' was formed by aliens. What do you think? If you were told that the face on Mars was created by aliens, what would you do? What would you say? I know what I would do. I would call them crazy and explain to them that aliens do not exsist and that it was a fact of science.
The 'Face on Mars' is a natural landform. The light from the sun is shone across the landform to make it look like it has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth like a human person, but, if you were to create an exact copy of Mars, put on a different scale, hold it still, and shine light at the exact angle of the sun, you would see that the sun is what really causes the 'Face on Mars' to appear to look the way it does.
Aliens, if they exsisted, could not have created something so magnificent and perfect that at that angle it would look like a face. Scientists have studied the geography of Mars for years and have had nothing to say about aliens. They have prooven their facts and have given us reason to believe that this was simply the way Mars was stuctured and that the rays of the Sun are the cause of it looking like a face.
If aliens did create the 'Face on Mars', why would our scientist have not discovered them? Why havent we ever then seen one before? For those that believe that it was aliens that sculpted Mars, I am sorry, but you are wrong. Mars was naturally formed and can never and will never be changed by aliens because aliens simply do not exsist.
So, for all of those out there in our lovely world that think that aliens do infact exsist and that they somehow, over millions of years created a 'Face on Mars', I would like to say one last thing on my behalf, aliens do not exsist and could not have created something so mindblowing. | 3 |
b333fa7 | Driverless Cars seem to be something that is popular for the near future. In my point of view, the Driverless Car is an invention that could possibly be dangerous for the saftey of us citizens. Why would we possibly need a car to drive itself? The passage states that the car will still need the attention of the driver, so basically it seems pointless. The manufacturers say that there is a lot to work on, that just makes me think it is really not a good idea if saftey is a main concern.
The Driverless Car is not going to completely be "driverless"! They are planning to have some sort of entertainment in the vehicle for the driver, wouldn't that be dangerous? The driver will be distracted and will not be paying attention to the road, what if the displays don't turn off and the car is headed into trouble? The driver has to be alert, and I believe that it takes away from the whole point of the driverless creation. The passage even mentions that the safest way to drive is to be completely engaged on the road with both hands on the steering wheel. There are so many things that can go wrong, I predict that the manufacturers will never be completely positive that the car is 100% safe.
Manufacturers are still figuring out how to make the car better, that signifies that there are multiple things that could go very wrong. They need ways to get the distracted driver's attention so they can take over, they need emergency systems, and many more years of working on this project. The creators don't want the drivers to be bored so they are building distracting entertainment inside the vehicle, but they are also concerned with the saftey and attention of the driver. All of these things put together add up to make it seem dangerous.
I agree that driverless cars are possibly our future, they do sound interersting. They catch the attention of many people, it's the type of things we see in the movies and it would change our everyday lives. We have to pay good attention on our saftey more than our pleasure. Many states are against computer driven cars, it is for the saftey of the people. It would be so simple for one small error to go in the wrong direction.
In conclusion, there are many opinions and ways to view the future of our vehicles. My view is that the Driverless Car is something we could live without, it is another dangerous invention that can easily cause negative accidents. The intention of the manufactures is to make our future dream like and fun, but the cons of this invention are not good. | 3 |
b3340d9 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author talks and describes to us this new technology that can detect how you feel and can tell you about your emotions just by looking at your facial traits. It identifies six basic emotions-hapiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. This kind of a technology has many good and positive effects attached to it.
This technology allows us to know how a person is feeling or allows us to know how a person was feeling when a picture was taken. For example,"She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent happy." This evaluation of emotion is from the painting of Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. Even though it was just a picture or a painting, this technology identified all sorts of emotion. There could be several other instances when this new emotion-recognition sofware could come in handy. For instance, we could tell if our friend is happy or sad, if they are lying or not, if they are disgusted or not. This could either strenghten our friendship or maybe break our friendship and so with this, we can detect/identify a lot of things.
This can be very useful for the media to detect when someone is lying. This new invention tells us that faces never lie. For example,"these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being thruthful." This can help the media or the news channel's to give the most accurate information and all the bias can stop. This on the other hand has many other benefits to it.
This new technology can solve a lot of historic and present questions. It just uses your facial traits to recognize your emotions. This in turn leads to the finding of answers to several other questions that have not been answered or have unsure answers to them. | 2 |
b337d19 | Dear Florida senator, we should keep the Electoral College. The Electoral College has been around for decades, produced by the founding fathers, it was made as a compromise between the two different ways the president should be elected. One way being by a slate of senators, and another by simply popular vote. It was made so that citizens could still have their vote, but more politically advanced senators could make a decision. The Electoral College is not only more efficiant but it lets the citizens keep their votes as well. I favor the Electoral College instead of popular vote because it helps avoid run-off elections, it uses the winner-takes-all method, and gives equal oppourtunity to smaller states.
Run-off elections, as known as, the gigantic issue with a popular vote election system. In 1968, Nixon, and in 1992, Clinton, both only had about 43 percent of the popular votes which was not enough. This is a problem because it complicates the presidential electon process. This is where the Electoral College comes in hand; the outcome of the votes becomes very clear this way. Instead of dealing with tricky numbers and percentages, the electoral college uses the "winner-takes-all" method. The winner-takes-all method is as literal as it sounds; the winner takes all. For example if someone was running for president and they got 301 votes and 370 electoral college votes, they would win (you only need a majority of 270 votes to be elected.
Lastly, using the Electoral College benefits smaller states. Think of this, you live in Maine, or Hawaii, or somewhere with a smaller population than Florida or California- your state would not have really that much of a impact on who wins the electon. Although, you cannot choose who your state senators in the end vote for, there's a greater chance of your state having a bigger impact. It naturally balences out some of the more heavier politically impacting states. Even though things are equal, in the long run larger states (population wise) will get more attention than states with a smaller population.
There are upsides and downsides to the Electoral College, but from a political perspective it is crystal clear that it is a better choice. Citizens for popular vote do believe it is unfair to the voters having a board of senators making the big vote/impact on the president, but those senators are highly trusted people who know what they're doing. I favor the Electoral College over popular vote because it helps avoid run-off elections, it uses the winner-takes-all method, and gives equal oppourtunity to smaller states. | 4 |
b33822c | The Seagoing Cowboys program was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. In the Seagoing Cowboys program, we sail to Europe (and many other countries) and see magnificant sights on the way. The Seagoing Cowboys in a huge opportunity that you should take!
The concept of the Seagoing Cowboys it to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. If you join the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehibilitation Administration) Seagoing Cowboys you will not regret it. You will be having a great time, while helping other people and making new friends on the boat. While I was on my cattle-rides I have visited many places like Venice, Italy, Europe, China, and many other fasinating landscapes. Being on the Seagoing Cowboys also taught me that work can be fun! During free time, you could enjoy a wide variety of activities including table tennis, boxing, fencing, whittling, and many other games.
The years that I participated in the Seagoing Cowboys program were some of the best years of my life. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that no one should pass up on! | 2 |
b33c427 | I agree with the author when he suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.
Although I agree even more when he says that is presents danger.
There are pros and cons on working with Venus. I agree with him because if him and his scientest discover things dealing with the phisical in venus or just plane facts it could do well for them.
Yet, the cons are extreme. In paragraph 2 it states " No space craft survived the landing after a few hours." The space men are going to have to learn new techniques in order to discover and survive. Another detail to go along with that cause is in paragraph 3 where it states " The conditions are far more extreme then anything humans encounter on earth." Theres gonna be a lot of tracks the men are going to face and have to learn to adapt.
In paragraph 4, it says that " atronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like thing plamet in our solar system." Maybe this is why the author suggest to look into it becuase it was once like us. Maybe he wants to know how it change so much.
Maybe in the near future we can be able to discover why those things happendand why. | 3 |
b3491a6 | I dont hinkmthat a classroom computer can tell that a student is mad, angry , fustrated etc . But stated in the apragraph the author said he belivees it do . And i say it doesnt becuase in the paragrph they staed that this computer was in labs also says that there working on it so it coudnt be in a classroom.
Also, They didnt have all the moods stated in the first pargraph they it cant see fustration but it did say anger. And not every computer is up to date with the one that shows this kind of things . Im postive there is not one in the school labs that i attend . Last but no least , they sated in the paragraph that even if u try to make a fake smile they will no by the muscle in your face i say you will need more than i school computer to do so.
In conclusion, technogly to do these things are not in schools more like labs or muesums or somwhere special for a
device like this and i will love to use it one day. | 1 |
b34c604 | I think that the idea of driverless cars is terrible. I don't understand the point of it and why it's needed. Why would people need those cars if honesly the easiest and safest way is to just drive your own self? Technology is actually dangerous now and these days. I am against driverless cars being made for our future.
First off technology is extermely dangerous. Their are very many things being made right now that are exploding and seriously injuring people. Imagine what a driverless driver is capable of; such as recking, exploding, and or even just breaking down in the middle of whatever is going on. Who will be blamed if any of those happened? As it states in paragraph 9 "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?". Either way something wrong goes on and it's all because of the "driverless car".
Then the driving your own self is easiest way because you don't have to deal with all the malfunctions or any problems the driverless car has. Don't risk your safety for that driverless car, all it'll do is just cause problems for the people. It's a lot easier driving your own then having to turn off all the heads-up displays and then taking over to drive on your own. It exclaims that in paragraph 8 "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over...". That is too much work when all you can do is just drive on your own not using any of that new technology. All that is just pure laziness.
The last reason on why the driverless cars shouldn't be made is because of your own safety. Your putting yourself at risk because you never know what can happen to the driverless car. As it states in paragraph 9 "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." It clearly states that human drivers should be in control at all times because it's the safest way and you aren't risking your life and safety for the car.
To conclude my arguement all i really have to say is don't risk your safety for this technology car that can't be trusted. I am against driverless cars being made for our future. | 4 |
b355884 | The way the Author was telling us throughout the story was fasanating and he let you know everything the hwole way. he studied about the pmanet Venus to let us all know about it and understand it better so we arent as worried to think aliens are on that planet but if they knew that no life forms live on that planet and people get a relief. They steady study about the the way Venus is what if thier is a living form okn the planet but just is hiding like no one would ever know but they are still trying to find things out and thier are things we do know about but are going to find out alot more about. They are trying to improve thier computers the way they do thinhgs just to get to where they need to be to be able to research what they want to research but we just have to eaiot and see wjat other things we have to go through and face with the earth we have right now is getting worse and worse people try and justify others when in order to judge someone you have to of went what they have went through and its hard but we try and move as a team to get to where we should be going. The better we get technology wise the farther we can look and just do things it would be amazing and just progress and everybodyu would be good. | 1 |
b35f2a2 | Driverless cars are defintiely something that not only will make lives much easier, but will also make traveling in a car much safer. The introduction of them is revolutionary, and soon, lawmakers will not have a case to ban them from being used. With these cars, human civilization will be changed forever, for the better. Driverless cars are the future of luxury and safety in automobiles.
First of all, the cars could make lives exponentially easier and more luxurious. With the task of having to drive themselves, people could take driving as a time to relax and think. As stated in the article, there could also be entertainment systems in the cars themselves such as televisions, gaming consoles, and computers. So long as the devices are ot operable anytime the car requires human input, there would be no safety issue involved, and may even serve as a safety feature, alerting drivers of possible imminent danger.
Next, safety in driving would be increased to a near accident-free point. With every car making safe, legal turns, following the government mandated speed limit, and using a GPS to ensure following a safe path, how could any accidents even occur? The only cause of an accident would be a malfunction in the vehicle, which is very rare in even today's cars. Human error would be almost completely eliminated, making today's cars seem like deathtraps compared to driverless ones.
In conclusion, these cars would bring a new level of safety and entertainment to people's lives, maing the highways cleaner and the driver's seat more enjoyable. With driverless cars just ahead in the future, human civilization will be drastically in day-to-day life for the better. | 4 |
b362cc5 | Alien Life! A very controversial topic, some might say, especially at this point in time.
Some people believe that the face that has been photographed on Mars is evidence of alien life; however, it is just a landform because if NASA wanted to hide the existence of aliens they wouldn't have released this image in the first place, there were no other "alien artifacts" near the face in any of the images, and if the face was in fact an alien artifact, NASA would use this to its advantage because they would receive more funding to find alien life since there would be proof that alien life actually exists. Obviously, the face on Mars is not an alien artifact but only a natural landform made on the surface of the Red Planet.
One of the most blatantly obvious reasons why this face could not be made by aliens is because NASA does not believe that it is. Now, every one is entitled to their own opinions, but because NASA is saying that this face is not an alien artifact you should think that same thing. There would be no reason for NASA to want to release an image that possibly supports that there could be alien life on Mars and then just say that it provides no evidence for life on Mars, if NASA actually believed there really was life on the Red Planet. Either, NASA would have not released the image at all in an effort to prevent people from thinking that aliens could be living on Mars, or they would release their image and say the truth. In this case NASA released the image and then said that it does not support alien life on Mars, so it is very clear that the landform is just a landform and not an alien artifact.
Also, there were no other "alien artifacts" near the face. If this really was an alien artifact, there would be evidence left behind of the people that built this face, but there was not. And, the more recent pictures of the face were very high resolution, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters." That may seem like a very large area for one pixel, but unless these aliens that live on Mars all live in one home that is less than twenty-five square meters, there is no one near this face that could've built it. Clearly, this landform could not have been made by anyone living on Mars because there simply is no one that is living close enough to this face to build it.
And last but not least, if this face on Mars was indeed an alien artifact, NASA would use this scenario to its advantage by blowing up the media with news of alien life in an attempt to gain more funding for the space program. There is absolutely no reason for NASA to try to keep the discovery of alien life a secret because, if anything, NASA would gain substantially from a discovery on that scale, so if the scientists at NASA think that this face is just a landform made on the surface of Mars, there is very little reason for someone to doubt them on this.
Now, some people may say, "But wait! That face is clear evidence of alien life, and there is no way that a face like that could have naturally formed on Mars!" If anyone is thinking that same thing, I can see why you may think that, but there is simply no scientific evidence to support your opinion. Yes, it is unlikely for a rock to form in the exact way to make it look like a human, but no, it is not impossible. Additionally, if that face was in fact a natural formation then there is no more evidence for it to support alien life than any other rock on Mars. Obviously, this landform was not made by aliens.
As anyone can see, the face on Mars is just a natural landform because NASA wouldn't release images propagating alien life if they didn't want to say that alien life has been discovered, there is no other evidence supporting aliens on Mars other than the face, and there would be no reason for NASA to try to cover this up because NASA would end up gaining in a situation where alien life was discovered.
Obviously this face is not an alien artifact; however, I believe that alien life does, in fact, exist, and that we may find it in the very near future, so look forward to what may come next. | 6 |
b36d202 | Most of us are pretty curtain that we will still be driving cars regularly untill our granchildren have grandchildren. In reality most car manufactures are planning to change that by as early as 2020! They have been working very hard and constantly to bring us the products that they have now but that brings up questions .Are they safe to drive us on the road or if they are energy effeciant and cheaper than a regular car?
Believe it or not, Most car manufacturers have been working on self driving cars or "smarter cars" as said by General Motors since the late 1950s and programing and computing have came a long way since. The first idea was to make the cars run on Special tracks that had embedded electrical cables that sent radio signals to the cars receiver on the front of the end of the car.
now it is all programing as google has stated that They have driven driverless cars for more tham half a million miles without a crash.
Firstly most people are worried about how the car will react in different situations or how well the cars senses are. Google is using postioin estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, A video camera mounted near the rearview mirrow, Four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an internal motion sensor. These same cars have driven half a million miles without a crash so sensors are not a concern. The most important sensor of the car is the spinning sensor on the roof it has. It makes a constantly updating 3-D Model of the cars surroundings making the cars reactions to things it may not nessecarly be infront of importnat and key.
The cars are also much more energy effeciant than today's people driven cars, cutting fuel consumation in half, but self driving cars are not completly self driven. They will alert the person or let the person take the wheel if there is a road block or a potention hazard ahead.
They still need help from the human as computer judgement will never be as sharp as human judgement or decision, but for the most part the car can do most of the things a car needs to do on its own, tesla has a plan to release a car that is capable of more than 90% auto pilot mode on it.
So in conclusion the self driving car will come wether we like it or not but it will be a very good thing for the world. Little accidents have been caused by them and they are much more fuel efficent than regualr cars. They also have an alarm system to keep the driver alert at all times just incase he needs to take over the wheel, so need to worry about somthing going wrong as you have the choice to drive the car at any given time. | 4 |
b36ff44 | Reading faces is something very weird that we have discoverd over time and has changed a lot on how you could approach someone or even look at paintings different now. We can also take this very far with all this new technology that we have and the Facial Action Coding Sytstem or (FACS) we will be able to read paintings and facial expressions so much better.
Professor Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdamn with Dr. Huang and his colleague are high experts for computers and trying to find a better way to communicate through facial expressions. This will be very valuable to people in the future such as people that are deaf or have a little bit of not being able to hear.
Reading expressions is how a lot of people tell if somone is angry sad or happy. Reading expressions can help us in a lot of situatiuons and if we can take it to new levels such as looking at paintings or pictures in museums we will be able to go even further after the date that we will collect. Yes reading expressions is valuable to us and this because the more data we have the more farther we can go.
The best way that we have started this is by just everyday facial expressions. The reason people use that and why it is valuable is because the more people use facial expressios more data we will gather to make more epxressions.
So through all of this facial expressions on how far we have come or just using it in everyday life it can either make your first impression or it could help you in a sticky situation. With all the data we have collected and how much we keep collecting from Dr.Huang and his calluege we will take this to bigger heights and be able to read peoples expressions so much more and that's why this is valuable to us a person but as a society. | 2 |
b3734f1 | Driverless cars. Should they be a thing, or shouldn't they be a thing?
They are capable of many things and they're not even fully made yet. They could be capable of sensing other cars or danger. For example, Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, there's a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, and many more things. I think these cars should be a thing in our society because they could benefit us in a lot of ways.
Yes, these cars aren't 100% advanced right now, but, so aren't electric cars, or cars that run on gas. Cars are cars, they will always get better through out the years. No car is a right car. Smart cars seem like a good idea to me. They are basically... smart. Just like our cellphones they can play music, tell you where you are if you're lost, you can even call people from them. Also, fuel wouldn't be such a big problem. We would use less gas, less gas means less money the U.S. would borrow from other countires. They could help our new generation in many ways.
I agree with the development of the cars because they seem much more safer. Like I mentioned, their sensors are well advanced. They could sense danger. When you're not paying 100% of your attention to the road, your car would let you know whats going wrong. That right there tells me that smart cars could reduce deaths by a lot. Most deaths in the U.S. are caused by driving, if your car lets you know that something is wrong, it basically just saved your life.
Lastly, smart cars could be useful for us in this new generation. People like to text, but thats a horrible idea when you're driving. If you text while you're driving you're basically risking your life. Smart cars could read your texts when you're driving. Also, people don't like being late to work, school etc. Most of the reasons why people are late is because of bad road conditions or traffic. Yes smart cars can't drive around these conditions but Google cars alert the driver to take over the wheel when things like this happens. Also they have a gps on them, since they're made through google they could have google maps in the system & that could tell you the fastes route to your desired destination.
I totally agree with the development of these cars. These cars could benefit us in many ways and are well advanced for our generation so far. They can help you find the fastest route to your destination, they would reduce the use of gas by a lot. Also, they can sense danger & warn you. That seems like a huge positive safety feature. Lastly, they can drive independently under specific conditions. If conditions are bad, they alert you to take over the wheel. So yes, I totally agree with the development of these cars. | 4 |
b37d189 | Being able to prove someones true emotion through a science method is a bright idea. Therefore, after reading about the Facial Action Coding System it is very benefical in many ways. In paragraph one the experts states that "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Meaning this data isn't just something from a lab science teacher this is acurrate data from a new coming modern software. Having a computer connect with humans on a different level than just historical information can only help the society. Experts are only trying to better the way the human brian and body functions. In the text it states that Dr. Huang and Dr. Nicu are coming together to increase better communication between computers and humans. "are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate". These two master minds are making sure readers know every step by step it takes to create this software without doing any harm. For example "computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the faces; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Meaning the software must reflect off a human like body or it wouldn't function correctly. "Movement of one or more muscles is called an action unit". After the doctors finds out what it takes for the software to be a sucess they then go deeper into networking with a psychologist. Reaching out to the creater of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) Dr. Paul Eckman. Knowing that this software isn't basic Eckman simply starts out with the software using only the six basic emotions, which are happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness. In the text it states that these facial expressions are world wide "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal", Experts say that the FACS can identify true emotions through a real face or painted one "the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real or painted face". In paragraph 5 it states that experts studied closely to make sure a painted face could be useful with the software "studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions". This new software can help students function in the classroom when they are confused or bored they can easily get help rather than being ignored "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" says Dr. Huang. Using this software can let others know when someone is genuine happy or if they are just putting on a show. "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one". experts say in a real smile the corners of your mouth is lifted rather in a forced on your mouth is being stretched. The Facial Action Coding System isn't only helping society grow it's helping science better as well "making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions". | 3 |
b37e80d | Venus sounds like a really cool planet from all of the things I've read from this passage. The author has done really well in supporting this claim because he/she explained where Venus is, said why venus could be very challening to explore, and what NASA can try to do to complete the challenging exploration of venus.
My first reason of my the author has done on this claim is that he/she explained where Venus is located in space. according to the passage Venus is the second planet from the sun. Also it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and the closest in distance. It is said that both Venus and Mars are Earth's planetary neighbors. Earth, Venus, and Mars all orbit the sun in different speeds.
My second reason is why Venus could be very challenging to explore. It might not be a good idea for humans to got to Venus because it could be really hostile for people. NASA might have a possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. In other words its not proven to be safe around Venus yet but through time NASA will firgure out a way for sure if Venus is safe for us nor not.
My last reason is what NASA can try to do to complete the challenging exploration of Venus. It is said as of now that scientists are seeking a way to get close and personal to Venus despite the risks. They are trying to find a way to make our vehicles to last longer to get more information on Venus. They are also working on other approches to studying Venus. NASA has old computers called mechanical computers. Mechanical computers were created in the 1800's and played a big role in World War 2.
In conclusion, the author has done a fantastic job on getting information on whats going on with NASA and Venus. Venus isn't confirmed on being a planet that we can live on but NASA is doint their best to see that they can do in order to see if we can. | 3 |
b3857bb | Driverless cars present both many positive and negative things about them. I believe that driverless cars have more negative aspects than positive and should not be used in our roads. They show saftey hazards, liability problems, and many other things should keep them off of our roadways.
In the article it provides many examples on how driverless cars are a problem. For example, in paragraph 9 it helpss explain on how these cars become a problem if someone were to crash on of these cars. The problem would be, who would be finacialy and by law liable for the accident? The driver or the technology and manufacturer. Problems like these will create many conflicts and situations that will cause unrest which is not need. Another idea expressed in the article that shows driverless care not safe is in paragraph 9. In paragraph 9 it talks about also how technology does not always work and can not be trusted to be reliable. This help shows driverless cars are not safe because it shows how the technology that runs these cars are not always reliable and can fail causing accidents and causing problems. Other states also banned the expirementing of this technology due to the fact that the technology can not always be reliable.
In conclusion the idea of driverless cars controlled by technolgy should not be allowed to be driven on our roads. It should also even allowed to be expiremented with due to many flwas it represents in safter and the law. | 3 |
b386564 | Chossing your president is something very important and we need a way , a method to help us pick the right one. The Electoral College is the best way of picking the right president and doing it right. If you pick your president by a popular vote it would only lead to a disaster. In our world we need a method like this one that will guide us to make the right desion and something as imporatant as our President, well we can just pick out of anything we have to do it wise and neat so the right choice is picked. It is clear that we need to bring the Electoral College back.
The Electoral College is more like a process that is put in place to pick our President. It consist of the selection of the electors and then the electors vote for the President and Vice President. On source number one " What is the Electoral College" it states that " The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electorral vote is required to elect President". This process is very well put together and simple. You vote for the electors that then later on will be chossing your president."The President election is held every four on a tuesday after the first monday in November ". And yes i know what some people might say that the want to choose who their President is but to be honets isn't better to have people like our electors to pick for us some one who really know about politics and about all of it. We all would be in better hands.
Many people would say that it is as if they don't have right that it's unfair that someone is picking their future but its not true!!!.The people choose the electors you vote for which ever one you think will represent you best, you would vote for them. The second source that I used in researching this topic is called " In the defense of the electoral college." This article they give you five reasons to keep our method of choosing the president. That one that was best for me was that " Everyones's president" just beacuse at the end of the day what's important is choosing the right president for the job that the reason this method was created. I read the part where it say even if we do let the people vote , some people will end up feeling like their votes don't count simply cause they live in a small town with a very low population. Exsactly how it says in the article "...a large state gets more attencion from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does."
To conclude the Electoral College method is the best way to make sure all the people are getting the president the diserve. As i said in the bigging is a good neat process that is well put together and that will help mamy people out. Voting by population vote is not safe and it's not for sure , you may think that if you vote for a president that he will win but your wrong there is a better change of him winning if the electors vote for him then you. I hope that when you are done reading this you will understand why the Electoral College should come back and it should stay. | 3 |
b387c56 | Having driveless cars could be a bad thing for people. They can ruslut in some bad issuses. They're not as good as regular cars because they're not as safe, if you get in a reck the company might blame you for the accident and not the car, and finally the car would take the joy out of driving for people who love to drive.
The driveless car isnt as safe as a regular car. The driveless car runs on "sensors". As the text says, "Without the option of smarter roads, maunfactures turned to smarter cars- but how much smarter did the cars need to be? For starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors." This is showing that the cars would need a lot more sensors which isn't safe at all. The sensors could malfunction and then when people go to drive, they put their lives in hands of these cars. They even say the car would have people take over sometimes, "This means the hunan driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." People might start thinking they could do other things now that they wouldn't have to drive. They might read, text, watch videos, or maybe even just sleep. When the car needs the human to take over, the human might be distracted, and then they crash. The car wouldn't be safe. Not one bit
The companies value their proccess of their driveless cars and will pin the blame of the failure on someone else. If you got into a reck and the car was destroyed, who do you think they're going to blame? "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" They will, of course, blame the car for sure but most of the blame would pinned on the driver for not being "too alerate" or "not focused enough". People shouln't have to worry about that kind of law suit on their hands, but most likely they will.
Finallly, some people have a passion for cars, they love building them, driving them and, just everything about them. If people start selling drivless cars, instead of the normal cars, they wouldn't be doing what they love anymore. Their passion would be gone. "The imformation from these sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on indivdual wheels and produce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." This is showing that the driver wouldn't have to do anything besides sit there and watch, how boring does that sound? People love to drive and for most cars is their passion, driveless cars would just take that right away.
In conculsion, making a driveless car would just be a bad idea because it wouldn't be as safe, if they reck, it'll be pinned on you, and it would be taking the fun out of driving away. | 4 |
b388756 | The Face on Mars is just another landform that was formed naturally. Many landforms that occur on planets are formed naturally. The first pictures that were taken of the natural landform were very blurry due to the bad quality of the cameras 30 years ago. But in 2001, the quality of the land form was better and it wasn't a face at all, but rather a natural landform.
First, the "Face on Mars" was not created by aliens. The landform is 2 miles in length. To build something as massive as that and it be made from the same material of the planet itself is absurd. It wouldv'e taken a long time and the face would really look like a face. With the highest quality photo that was taken in 2001, it is clearly seen that there is no face and it is just another natural land form with bumps on it.
Second, the "Face" is just another naturally forming landform. It is a landform that is called a mesa because it is really steep. There are many mesas on Earth and are naturally forming. Because of their massive size, they can't be formed any other way. There are also many strange formations on Earth but they couldn't have been created by aliens either because natural landforms are, for the most part, massive and can't be changed.
Third, movies, books, magazines, and newspapers that claim that the "Face" was created by aliens are either fictional or don't have any proof. Movies that are made about this landform and how it was made by aliens is fake becuase there is no scientific proof that it was made by aliens. The movies are usually fiction and are trying to make money off of a hot topic that most of the audience is interested in. Books, magazines, and newspapers try to make the impossible sound real without any proof of there actually being aliens. Making the possible sound real is just another marketing strategy for companies to sell their products to people that believe in whatever they are told.
In conclusion, aliens did not make the mesa on Mars. Aliens are just used as an excuse for publishers and directors to get money off of people that believe in aliens. Mesas are huge landmarks that are formed naturally, which is just what the supposed "Face" is. If there were aliens that really wanted to create a face, they would created the face in musch more detail than just bumps along a mesa. Also, an aliens face would be very unlikely to look just like a human face. In the end, people that say that the mesa is actually a face have no scientific and factual proof to back it up. | 4 |
b38b576 | In this article,"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author gives various reason on why scientists are so excited to explore and learn more about Venus despite its many dangers. Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star," because it is one of the brightest points of light in the sky at night. Although it is called this, the name may be misleading, it is actually a planet. Venus is referred to Earth's "twin," because it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of Density and Size.
The most intresting part is that Venus was once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. This idea got scientists wondering if there could be forms of life on another planet. So, scientists in past years have sent multiple spacecrafts to land on venus unmanned due to the fact that no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours.
Although Venus have similar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains and craters, the planet's surface temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the surface is so hot this stops scientists from being able to get samples of rock and gas, they can only watch from a distance at this point.
NASA is determined to find out more about Venus so they are working on different approaches to study it more in depth. So far they have made some simplified electronics made from silicon carbide and it have been tested in a chamber with the same temperture of Venus's surface and it has lasted for three weeks in such conditions.
In conclusion, scientists want to learn more about Venus because they once thought there could be forms of life on this planet. They are also testing themselves to see if they can get a spacecraft to land on Venus and with-hold the extreme temperatures of the surface, so they can get samples. I think Venus is worthy to pursuit despite the many dangers because it would be intresting to compare Venus to Earth in terms on if life could ever live there and just see how similar the two planets are despite Venus having extreme hot surface temperature. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edged of imagination and innovation. | 3 |
b38eebb | Have you ever wondered how you would get through the day without a car to drive you to school, afterschool clubs, soccer practice and home at the end of the day? In several places around the world citizens are cutting down, or off,with their car usage and starting to transport themselves by bycicle or walking. Vauban, Paris and Bogota residents have described this new way of living as stress-reducing and has also been a domino effect for places around the world!
The first point, described by previous car owners in Vauban, Germany is the lack of stress in their life after the conversion to a no-car lifestyle. "When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Citizen Heidrun Walter described the change as positive even while juggling her full-time jobs of being a media trainer and mom. The loss of time spent in traffic has produced a more relaxed lifestyle in Bogota, Colombia as well. Carlos Arturo Plaza, citizen, explains that the switch as "A good opportunity to take away stress." As a whole, nobody likes to sit in traffic and walking or riding a bicycle to work makes one less thing you have to worry about.
Having citizens convert into not using automobiles full time also produces the domino effect. For example, because of Bogota using this lifestyle the Colobian cities of Cali and Valledupar have followed in their lead. As well as the obvious that this change brings, is also is shedding off on other places that want to improve their surroundings. With other cities, countys or even countries joining in, we can slowly make the world a healthier place.
In conclusion, limiting car usage has brought positive effects on the cities of Vauban, Paris and Bogota. These places have shown signs of lower stress and an easier way of life. Many other places have been adding on to the trend and can make the world a much less polluted and better place to be. | 3 |
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