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bf2ebc7 | Leonardo De Vincis famous painting is the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is known all over the world today. There has been many of debates about weather she is smiling or if she has any eyebrows. It took Leo to paint the hands 4 years alone.
Today Thomas Huang has now made an invention. Huang has came up with a technology called Facial Action Coding System which is where computers can caculate up the real emotions of a student or person. Studies show that this technology system can read all your emotions you're feeling. It can tell if you're sad,happy,angry and lots more of emotions. Huang states in the text that they tell your emotions by the muscles on your face.
Huang also goes on saying that he can pin point out emotins on kids in school. In my defence I dont this this would work accuratley. Not only do i think it would work. Many of teacher would not want to get out that device in the middle of class just to see your kids emotions. Many of kids fake smile or act like they are happy when really they are not. Studies show that they are identified by the muscles but you could easlily get told to smile which changed your muscles which changed the game.
Many of student come to school depressed or upset. Many of teacher do not know if they are really happy or not. This technology I feel would not be valuable because maybe the student do not want people to know there emotions. Emotions should be kept private and with this technology it would be open to everyone in a classroom.
Overall I feel like this would not benifit anything. I also feel like this would not be valuable to students in classrooms. Therefore This technology may help on paints. One example is the Mona Lisa but not on humans because this could lead to not there real emotions. | 3 |
bf2f973 | Imagine, if you will, that you are driving to work one day. And while you are driving to work, you notice another car on the road coming towards you. What makes this car noticable is that the driver isn't steering the car. You become nervous, thinking that the person is going to cause an accident because they aren't driving their car. The car then saftely passes by you and is following the road as if the person was driving it. You have just seen a driverless car. As technology progresses, we begin to see more and more of these driverless cars. As of currently, however, these cars are not completely driverless, and still require some amount of human direction. It is projected that by 2020, we will have completely driverless cars. This is a good thing, seeing as driverless cars bring many more benefits than a human-manned automobile; driverless cars can lower the amount of gas that is consumed by the world, they are more accurate than a car with a driver, and they are overall safer than a human-headed car.
Firstly, using driverless cars as a public-transportation system would lower the total gas consumption of the world, which is a good thing because it will bring down the amount of pollution in our atmosphere. Driverless cars use half the fuel of today's taxis, and have far more flexible hours than a public bus does. Driverless cars would also be safer to use than a bus, because you will have virtually no chance of being attacked by a stranger.
Secondly, driverless cars provide more accuracy and efficency than a car with a driver. Google's driverless cars have driven more than half a million miles and haven't crashed, and is with human direction. Without human direction, there would be virtually no chance of an accident. Driverless cars use sensors, GPS techonolgy, cameras, and radars to function. The most important sensor in these cars is a spinning sensor on the roof called LIDAR. LIDAR uses laser beams to create a 3-D model of the car and it's surroundings. The combination of these is how the driverless car mimics human driving skills. The car will pay attention to its surroundings better than humans will because that is its only task.
Thirdly, driverless cars are all around safer than cars with drivers. Driverless cars have been around for seven years and there hasn't been an accident involving one. Can we say the same about humans? The answer is no, we can't. A driverless car's only task is to focus on the road and its surroundings. A driverless car cannot become distracted because it is not programmed to do so. A human will become distracted; it's how we are wired. Humans do not always pay attention to their surrounds while driving; they will be thinking of something that happen during the day or something similar to that. A driverless car cannot become intoxicated either, and would be safer for someone who is intoxicated or under the influence to get home. You can also install fail-safe safety feautures into a driverless car that will get the car out of a dangerous situation. You can install fail-safe features that will dectect an accident miles before it happens and avoid that accident. Humans are not equipped with these features.
Some will say that driverless cars will not be usefull because if there is an accident, there is no way to tell who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer. This is not true however, as if an accident is simply investigated then it can become clear who is at fault. If the driver does something like become intoxicated and wrecks their car, it is their fault. If many cars are in accidents because of the same technological failure, then it is the manufacturer's fault. If one car unfortunately glitches and crashes, then it is that singular car's fault. Blaming the manufacturer for a situation like that would be like blaming a driver when they are in an accident because the weather suddenly became horrid.
In conclusion, driverless cars are the way of the future. They are more enviornmentally friendly than their driver counterparts. They are more efficient and acurate. They are even more safer than cars with a driver. Driverless cars are here to stay. | 5 |
bf30bb3 | State senator,
Unfortunately we may not always please everyones needs because that is impossible, but it is a smart decision to maintain the U.S. president election style. Electoral College is not as time consuming as a popular vote, most of the time the outcome of the electoral vote is certain.
Keeping the Electoral College in order to elect our president every 4 years is certainly the best idea. You see an electoral vote is technically a voice for the people of the state depending on the population of the state. Many states are large in size meaning that opinions, beliefs, and needs are not all the same. That's where the Electoral College comes in, they voice the votes. Majority rules most of the time, now it may not be what some people want but if it is what most want then I believe its fair.
Only the 2000 election was disputed over. Al Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet Bush was elected to presidency because of the Electoral College. Even though this election was disputed it has only been one out of 50 elections. If our presidents were picked directly by the people (popular vote) there would be a dispute because of needs and what the people want. Not only that but peoples favoritism would show. Even though the Electoral College vote depends upon many peoples vote towards one president it is smarter.
Last but not least elections as it is already are time consuming, can you imagine if instead of looking at those "4" electoral votes we had to look at each persons vote per state. Instead of knowing within a year or a couple months we'd know by the time the presidents term is up. Americans don't have the patience to wait all that time, "Time equals money." Electoral votes are much quicker and the certainty of the outcome of what you as a civilian want living in a certain state is very likely.
Therefore Electoral College should be kept instead of Popular vote, because it is time consuming, it is good for big states, and it is less likely of a dispute. Even though this method is not liked by all it is the smartest and most efficient. | 3 |
bf348d8 | On May 24, 2001, Mars was the topic of conversation with those at NASA and other space stations who were included on the Viking 1 and Viking 2 space mission. On that day, the Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars. On the other hand, its sister ship, Viking 2, spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. According to Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the face on Mars resembles Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. But one argument leaves many citizens guessing: Is the face on Mars a true natural landform?
Most at the NASA space station argue that the face is in fact a true natural landform. The face would be considered a natural landform because there isn't actual proof that aliens had created the landform. This statement meaning that there isn't, for example, video footage proof of the landform being created by aliens, which could have been something that could prove that the face is either natural or unnatural. Another reason why this face could be a natural landform is that no one has actually lived on Mars, so no one could stand up and say whether or not it's natural. For the face to be natural, Mars itself would've had to go through natural causes such as erosion or a quake for the face to be created.
On the other hand, it's easy to see why people would think that the face was created by aliens. In the history of the world, many peculiar events have happened where nobody knew how they happened. For example, all over the Earth, there have been cases of weird patterns appearing in corn fields and mazes. People would say that the patterns were created by aliens, so many just say that weird occurences are due to weird, foreign beings: Aliens. Furthermore, another reason why people would think that the face was created by aliens that ties into the other side of the argument is that since no human being has lived on Mars, there is no factual evidence that states that the face was created by natural causes or by aliens; but since aliens live on Mars and other planets in space, people are forced to make the conclusion that aliens made them.
In conclusion, some people don't even have an opinion and they just believe the scientific evidence over the belief that aliens had created them. People might believe this evidence because some people, in fact, don't even believe in aliens at all. But the face could very well be a natural landform due to natural causes such as erosion of the planet or quakes in Mars that formed the face. Or if there are aliens on Mars, the face-according to some people- could've also been created by aliens that lived on Mars. But according to the scientists and chiefs at NASA, the Mars Exploration Program, and other space stations involved in the Viking 1 and Viking 2 space mission, the face on Mars was only created by natural occurrences and they try to get people to believe it by plastering it all over Hollywood movies, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines. | 3 |
bf360e6 | Dear State Senator
I know you have been thinking about if we should still use "Electoral collage" or changing to election by "popular vote for the president of the United States." I am here to inform you that i believe that keeping the Electoral College may still help us. By having Electoral College you can swing states and biggers states.
To begin with, keeping the electoral college may be a good idea. When having you could swing states. In the passage "In Defense Of The Electoral College:Five Reasons To Keep Our Despised Method Of Choosing The President" the passage states that "The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates"(paragraph 20) The qoute is explaining that by having candidates from toss up states, the voters would help the elections. The voters would actually be interested in the electon and pay attention to what is happening. Having voters from toss up states may help decide the election.
Second, Keeping Electoal College may benefit us in many ways. If we keep Electoral College than we would bring in bigger states. In the passage its states that " The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution." (paragraph 21) The quote is explaing that when there is a bigger state involved then the larger states would get the most attention from any presidential candidates. Being a larger states give people more of a advantage. An example they gave in the paragraph 21 (5. big states) it explains that "the popular vote was very close in florida(in 2012); nevertheless obama, who won that vote,got 29 electoral votes." the example was explaining that since florida was bigger we got more votes so that lead to Obama winning.
In conclusion,thats why i believe we should keep Electoral College. Electoral Collage would swing states, and involve big states. | 3 |
bf39c86 | Driverless cars are the future of the world. The plan is to have cars that drive themselves by 2020, but do we want this? No, let me give you my opinion on why not.
I dont think driverless cars should be manufactured and produced and put on the streets. First off I don't like the idea of a vehicle that drives itself on its own, "selfaware technology" makes me uncomfortable. Second, It's a very lazy thing to create seeing America the way it is now, Our health definetly won't get any better and it says that they aren't completly automated yet and can still be driven by humans around construction sites and other hazardous material in the road. There is also the question of what the driver would be doing behind the wheel of the car while the car is driving. Watching the road? What if someone were to fall asleep while the car was driving itself?
In conclusion would making these types of cars really be worth it? and if so how would they be able to work around all of the errors of a human operator? How would they pay for all of it with us being as far in debt as we are? The questions remain. | 2 |
bf4401f | In the article,"A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves."which was where you would go on aboard a ship and took/watched farm animals that had to be cared for and carried across the ocean. Reasons you should join Seagoing Cowboys is You can go see many different sites, you will also be helping someone or a family, and you can also meet new people.
One reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is, you can see many different sites. You can see many places you have never been before, maybe some of the rarest places on Earth, depending on where you are. In paragraph 5 it states "I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canel on my way to China." Showing you can see many different sites. While being aboard a ship, seeing something unforgettable is one of the best things you can possibly even image to see.
Another reason to be a Seagoing Cowboy is, you can be saving a person's life. You being a Seagoing Cowboy can help a family in need of milk from a cow, or a goat for cheese. You taking care of those animals can be a last hope for a family's breakfast/Lunch/Dinner. You could also be possibly be saving other animals, not just the animals you are saving, but animals at a family's house. They might have a dog that hunts, and you could be saving the dog for the family as well. So you can join and save a life, putting yours before theirs.
A last reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is that you can meet new people. In paragraph 8 it says that the after returns on trips the cowboys would stay and play games like Baseball, Volleyball, boxing. All with those games you can meet new people. You can find someone like you because trust me, you will find someone like you. You can find a bestfriend and do what you like doing with a best friend.
You should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you can see many sites to see, you can save a life/family, and you can meet someone new. So be a Seagoing Cowboy today. | 3 |
bf5428a | There are many advantages of limiting your car usage and it too can help the Earth. Limiting car usage can be very helpful towards your health and your environment around you. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Robert duffer and Andrew selsky has all written down thier opnions down suggesting for more people to use bikes, buses or even walking to help people use less cars.
Why, would anyone walk but have easier transport by driving a car? because by walking you being saving money and lowering down pollution that is in the air. In
In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars written by Elisabeth Rosenthal; she is explaining how in Vauban,Germany is a "car-free" city and if you own a car owership you would have to pay a lot of money just for a space in your home for you car. Elisabeth has eclaimed that " Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home". This quote is showing how by owning your own car can cause too much money in a place that doen'st allow cars but when they do allow cars, you have to pay double of the price of a normal car. There is also something else that is interesing that Elisabeth has also stated: "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car- intensive areas in the United States". This quote is showing us that cars waste too much gas and it goes up into our greenhouse and it is destroying our planet. If the percent number keeps going up, our earth can be harmful.
Also, by not using your car, it can lower down rush-hours and traffice. As stated in this quote by Andrew Selsky written in
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota: "
Rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffice; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up". That is very good for the people because they would getting plenty of exerices while walking and they would not have to deal with beeping cars behind them or being stuck in the same place for couples of hours. If more people people come into walking or riding bikes to their homes,schools,or jobs; the bike places would get a lot of money for their bikes and that is good because the car dealership places would get less money and would close down. This quote from
The end of car culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal reflects how the bike shops would get new priorities: "New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation". This is showing how paying for a bike would benefit you and the planet by not buying a car that is polluting the air.
Finally, Paris has been noticing smog going everywhere in france and needs to do something about it so they enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the air. As stated in this quote by Robert Duffer who has written
Paris bans driving due to smog,
"Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has . . . [a] tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline". This quote is explaining how using up too much gasoline can lead to serious problems like having heavy smog everywhere in the country. That only does France have heavy smog but Paris does have the most smog, other European countries as well as stated in this quote: "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic metere compared with 144 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found"(Duffer). Having so much smog that you aren't able to see toward can be very dangrous.
In concluson, Being able to save your money, and help out the Earth can always be a good thing. Polluting the air can lead to many problems in the future and that could damage many lives and places. Always know how to respect your planet by always using less gas or no gas at all. Biking and walking can lead to a better future and it would turn out better than using a car. | 4 |
bf55e77 | Are the development of cars advancing? Yes. Is it in a good or a bad way? Who knows? I am against the advanced cars. Technology is getting better and better as the years go on but there will always be minor problems and if not solved may lead to some major problems. As a society in a whole we already have a lot of problems to deal with. Adding on some more will not benefit us in any way, shape, or form.
The first reason why I am against it is because of the safety issues. They are not one hundred percent life proof nor is any car in America. Regular car accidents happen everyday some leading to death or serious long time injuries. Do we want to up the numbers on those? No, of course not nobody does. So why make "smarter" cars if they can't save us from dying? Where's the help in that? There is none.
Another reason I am against the development is because of issues it may bring. Driverless cars are useless. Every kid grows up wants to get their permit, some take the drivers ed classes, some don't, many kids are just studying on their own, then after that you take the test right? The permit test and if you pass that your just one step away from the DRIVERS test. The one you have to pass to get your license. The test that tells yourself wether you can drive safe enough and be on the road with other people driving also. These tests are to help and teach people how to drive. So if the cars are driving us, what are we learning? Nothing. Where's the help in that? Once again, there is none.
My last reason I am against this subject is the trust we put into the development. Automakers are so sure that the cars will be working, no problems by 2020. But how do the drivers know that? How will the drivers know what their doing if they don't even know how the car was built? Or if the car just has a malfunction and something goes terribly wrong and puts other drivers in danger. Drivers need to know what their dealing with before the try to deal with it. Thats like walking blind. You have know idea what your doing. Drivers cannot just trust that these cars are built and working perfectly. One problem can lead to another and another one and another one and so on. Where's the help in that? I repeat, there is none.
In conclusion, drivers are not seeing the full picture. Their just happy they no longer have to steer the wheel any longer. It needs to be understood that the advancements or developments are never one hundred percent pure. It sounds like a good thing but this is just another way to get people to stop doing things, stop thinking for themselves, letting someone or even something take control even if it deals with handling their own life. Last but not least, wheres the help in that? For the last time, there is none. | 4 |
bf5aec4 | The time of the founding fathers is long gone. Times have changed which means we have to change our way of thinking. Our way of voting. The Electoral Colege needs to be replaced by popular vote elections because the Electoral College discourages people from voting for their prefered president, influences future presidents to ignore some states, and does not clearly reflect the views of the American people.
Initially, by keeping the Electoral College individuals are less incentivised to vote if they know there is little chance it will do anything. "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election" (Source 3, 23). However, by implimenting popular vote, many more people will want to vote knowing that even if their side does not get the majority vote in the state, it still counts for something. Also, from that same source it says "The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College methos is not democratic in a modern sense." (Source 2, 15). So one would have to ask if the source is even reliable if it contradicts itself. In addition, even if they usually vote "candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states." (Scource 2, 13). This shows that states with more electoral votes will have more power over the people. Clearly, the Electoral College is a problem and popular vote is a much better way to vote.
Furthermore, because some states old more power than others wen it comes to elections, presidents often ignore the "smaller" states looking only for votes. For example, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." (Source 2, 13). Candidates are not interested in the states, in the people, who do not give them enough votes. This is why the Electoral needs to be abolished and replaced with popular vote elections.
Moreover, just because a president wins the campaign, does not mean that the candidate won the people's votes, it only means that he won the Electoral College's votes. For example, in the 2000 election and the 1888 election, one party won even though majority of the votes went to the other. In the 2000 election, even though Gore had more popular votes than Bush, he still lost because he had fewer electoral votes. This shows that there is something broken in the system. Something that can't be changed and needs to be replaced. As you can see, popular votes are the way to go in such an important election like the presidential one with so much on the line.
In conclusion, the Electoral Colege needs to be replaced by popular vote elections because the Electoral College discourages people from voting for their prefered president, influences future presidents to ignore some states, and does not clearly reflect the views of the American people. The Electoral College might have been good in the past however, now it just complicated the process and is unfair. | 5 |
bf5caa3 | Fellow citizens need to be informed that the advantages of limiting car use could help promote better living and hope?fully a longer life span of this planet. All Americans do is drive everywhere,they never think about how driving effects the air and the temperature of this planet. Maybe we can be like Africa and have nothing at all. Or just maybe appreciate that we actually have something. Why would we ever get rid of cars? I do not know,but i do know that getting rid of cars is really stupid. Well as i was asked im now going to explain to you how getting rid of cars is "good".
One reason why getting rid of cars could be good is that you wont have to really worry about the greenhouse gases that are emmited by the exhaust pipes. Your air will be as clean as a whistle. The only thing bad about that is that those gases actually keep some places warm,but to other people it justs "melts the ice caps.".
Another reason why getting rid of cars is good is that there will be less traffic and fewer accidents. So you'll get to work a little bit later than usual but you'll get there safe. You wont have to worry about about spending thousands of dollars every time you need a new ride,just a couple of hundreds. People rarely get their licences anyways so it doesnt really matter.
As you can see,getting rid of cars would be very beneficial to our society. Our air will be cleaner,streets will be safer and best of all,we'll have more money to spend. | 2 |
bf680d2 | Have you ever thought about owning a vehicle that drives itself? Well, if you answered yes, this new invention would be great for you. This new invention is driverless cars.
As we all know many wrecks happen every single day. With driverless cars being out there I think the number of wrecks that happen would increase. Think about it. If one little thing on that car malfunctioned, you could get seriously hurt. Even though this might sound like a good idea, I think it's very dangerous. Who would want to own a driverless car that still needs a driver anyway? If the driver still needs to be alert of what's going on, I think driverless cars still need a lot of work to be done on them.
A solution to driverless cars is to make sure that the car can do everything on it's own and not need a humans help. If you're going to make a car that can drive itself, you better make sure it doesn't need our help. There's no point in making driverless cars if we still have to do part of the work. | 2 |
bf6f0e4 | venus is the closetst planet to the earth in terms of density and size and occasionally.i think that studying in venus is a worthy pursuit despte the danger because venus is the second planet in our solar systerm that is mean that the sun is really cose to that planet is is really haot in this planet ."each previous mission was unmanned ,and for good reason ,sin no spacecraft survivedthe landing for more than a few hours.in the article"a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanckets venus."
the national aeronautics and space administration has on particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.NASSApossible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such
as valleys,mountains and craters.
The author supports the idea that studying venu is a worthy pursuits despite the
danger it because on the planet surface temparature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what
we esperience on our own planet."studying in venus is
worthy pursuit despite the danger ike the say in the article that imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roilling venusian landscape for an exemple some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venu surface."
More importantly resaech cannot take samples of rock ,gas or anything else from a distance .many reaseach are working on innovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value ,not only because of insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
However peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmospher rendering standard forms and photography and videography ineffective . | 2 |
bf718b2 | I am for the development of these cars. The development of these cars would save our ecosystem drastically. It would be a great way to travel or get transportations. There would also be a decrease in crashes and mistakes drivers make in their daily lifes.
The devolopment of these cars would be great for the future. It would decrease air pollution and use half the gas we already use tody. This invention would save our enviroment. Crashes and traffic law violations would also decrease. The driverless car would have sensors that build a 3-D model of its surroundings to be aware if there is an oncoming vehicle. It would also know the road system and will follow the traffic laws that are inplaces. Its also a great way to travel, traffic will go much quicker because of the decrease in crashes and other mistakes.
To conclude, this is great invention to continue to develop. The benefits of faster transportation, less chrashes and trafic violations, and its eco friendly. These reasons giive me good belief this is a great advancement of technology for the better. | 2 |
bf7245a | Hey im Luke im sure you read about me or atleast know a little about me. Im not here to say thank you but im really thankful though. Im here to say you should join the Seagoing Program. When i was seventeen and i joined the program. I did it for my country but then i found out that i can get pleasure from it too you get to take care of animals but if you are like me and used to taking care of animals you wont care about that.
You should join the Seagoing Coboys program because you can see amazing things if you read the biography then you know that in paragraph 5 I saw an exavated castle in Crete on my way to China. You dont just sit there taking care of horses and other farm animals you also get to play games. I do other things too if you read paragraph 8 of the biography about me then you know that us cowboys found time to have fun on board. W e played baseball and volleyball games in empty holds. Sometimes we even played table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling and other games too.
Im not saying thats its all fun and games because its not. One time I even broke my ribs while on the boat as you can see in paragraph 7. Boats will tip over,sink or they might even rock. That still doesnt stop you from atleast trying to make a difference. You can still make a difference for people.
In conclusion being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than adventure it also opened up the world for me. You can also help other countries out that are doing worst than you or that are not doing good at all. As you can see in paragraph 9 that I am grateful for my opportunity to be a Seagoing Cowboy. By becoming a Seagoing Cowboy it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs and because of that awareness my family hosted a number of international students and echange visitors for many years as you can see in paragraph 9 of my biography. Im saying all of this because i want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program not only to have fun and go on adventures but to change peoples lives in other countries and to open up a new world for yourself. | 3 |
bf738fe | The use of Facial Action Coding Systems could be very useful. There are several reasons for this. First of all there are several industries ot can be used in. Secondly it could help students get a better education. The last reason is that it could make advertisements more relevant. However there are also drawbacks to using a computer software to read people's emotions.
Several industries would benefit from this software. As the article mentions artists are required to be able to recognize the facial expressions of the people they are painting or drawing. These expressions are critical to conveying the correct emotions, so clearly the art industry could benefit from the use of Facial Action Coding Systems. Another way industy that this software could be used in is politics. The article talks about how the software can recognize the difference between a fake smile and a real smile. This could be useful when analyzing political figures as well as celebrities. A possible downside to this is cost effectiveness. The question of is the cost really worth it whenever there are already people in the world that can do the same thing.
Another useful aspect of the Facial Action Coding System is it's use in schools. In the article Dr. Huang, the co-developer of the system, says that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, likean effective human instructor." This could be the most useful aspect of the software, because not everyone learns in the same way. If your computer could recognize when you were getting bored or confused and then fix the problem it would make learning much easier for a lot of people. It would also allow students to move at their own pace as not everyone works at the same speed. A downside to this software is the loss of jobs for teachers as well as the reliance on technology.
The last aspect is that it could make advertisements more relevant. The article states that if you smile when an internet ad appears on your screen, another similar as might follow. However if you frown, the next ad will be different. This is useful both for the consumer and the company. We all know that when an annoying ad pops up it usually gets ignored especially if we've already seen that ad one hundred times. But what if the ad was for something you actually liked then you might go buy it. The only negative about this is that the software won't recognize if you're smiling about the video you just watched or the ad that pops up.
In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System could possibly be very useful in the future. There are many industries where it could be used, schools could use it to make education more beneficial and it could make advertisements more relevant. However there are also a few issues which should be adressed before it could be used in mainstream businesses and schools. | 5 |
bf76087 | Driverless cars seems like a great idea doesnt it? But think about it, people in the future are not really going to know how to drive a car. Cutting the past out isnt going to help in the furure.
First of all, Getting a driverless car you still have to drive. No one wants to drive a driverless car, and thats where a lot of crashes are goin to start. A lot of people are not going to be paying attention. Especially on the highway because the car can steer, accelerste, and brake themselves but cannot drive themselve through road work. Thats where the accdient is going to happen at, if the driver is not paying attention.
Additionally, most states have made it illegal to test computer driven cars. They say the law will be tooken down once the cars are approved. But what if in some states they dont take the law down, if the driver has to go through that state to get to another, there's going to be a problem. The driver then has to drive. But the driver doesnt really know how to and they only know parts of driving because the car did the rest of that.
Also, a driverless car is a very nice kind of car. they steer it self, accelerate , and brake themselve. It can function its speed up to 25 mph. Has a special touch sensor to make sure the driver has control of the wheel. Plus has an alert system to when there is a problem ahead the car can't keep control anymore.
In conclusion, cutting the past out isnt going to help the future. People in the future are not really going to know to drive. Contact Tesla and Google confounder Sergey Brin to tell them if this writing sounds . | 3 |
bf84e83 | The writing The Challenge of Exploring Venus and how the author is explaining and supporting his idea. In the first paraghph the author is telling us how venus is called the Evening star and that venus is acually a a planet in are soler system. its the second plant from the sun. The author is telling us good facts about venus. its really hard for scientist to explore venus because no one can survive to go over there. venus is a dangeras place to send a human because they could come back eith alot of things and they dont have anything living in venus.the Astronomers are trying to get to venus because they say that it may once have been the most Earth like planet in oir soler system, venus has some simoler things to earth. its ahrd for them to do reaserch to because they cant reaserch on rocks, gas, or anything else from a distence. they are working on bettering there machines so they could get bette reaserch and that would work and last long. NASA is trying really hard to try yo get to venus and see what they have and how much reaserch they could get because they want to see if people could acually live there. I think the author helps suppot his staytment and he has really good facts thathelp the reader understand his point in they story and he has scientest and NASA in them. they will try there best to try to put something living in venus. and they will try hard to fix there meshions to have better reaserch. | 2 |
bf85b45 | The use of technology to read students' expresions is good. It could help students focus in school, and help teachers help student with subjects they don't understand.
When students are aware they're not paying attention in a subject they try to pay more attention or at least make it seem like they are. The text states "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion,moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them." This shows that even pretending to focus just by showing it in your face might also help you focu on what going on.
Teachers can aslo benefit from this technology a well. when they teach a class they can look over the students emotions and see what the teachers can do different to make the students understand or pay attention. The text states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," This shows that the computer can show information about a students emotion which would help the teachers create better lesson plans.
Some may argue saying this would be an invasion of a students privacy and that it would be unfair to the student. It would better to make each student sign a contract that would want to have their emotions monitored and have those who wouldn't want to could just not sign the contract.
In conclusion the use of technology to read student's expressions would be valuable because it could help students pay attention, and help teachers help the students. | 3 |
bf89237 | Why might spending time on a ship of animals be fun? Well there are many benifits of doing this act. At the same time there might be some small downsides to going on this trip. Like if you get sick easy you might not go on this trip. Before you decide let me tell you the highs and the lows of this.
Lets just get the not so good facts out of the way. If you are allergic to animals with fur or just animals in general this is not the job for you. Because you are going to be on the ocean, if you sea sick easy. Do not do this job. These are the down sides of this job, but the ratio of good to bad there will most likely be way more positives then negitives.
These are the terrific things about going on this trip. Well first of all you get to meet new people. Also you can get to know animals and lear ablout animals, too. So this will help you if you plan to work with animals when you grow up. You get to travel to new and incredible places that you haven't been to before. If that does not grab your attention then I still have more to tell you how amazing this would be! "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy." Stated Luke. Luke had fun you would, too. If you think you had fun working with the animals on the boat, just think about what incredible things you do when you unload all the animals. Well I will tell you what they do. The cowboys play baseball, and volleyball, boxing, fencing, and so many other games when there are no animals on the ship. This is also a good time to get to know people.
So do you think that you are going to join now? All the games and fun you have. All the people you meet. It's amazing what you can fing on a trip like this. Isn't it? I think it's facinating what you will learn, see, do, and discover. I will leave the chose up to you now. | 3 |
bf903ae | In the history of US transportation, cars have always the most prodcued due to its poularity to the public.
With the production of driverless cars beginning in the near future, sometime after there will be another Industrial Revolution; which means that the creativity of technology will begin to flow and change the very nature of our economy. i believe driverless cars would be positive towards the US because there would be less accidents, there would less reckless drivers, and there would also be less deaths towards younger drivers.
First off, with driverless cars there would be less accidents. In the US, majority of accidents are caused by human error such as: eating while driving, dropping your cell phone, or even children that are causing a distraction toward the driver. if the car was able to pilot itself, the driver would no longer need to switch between driving and handling their childparents would be able to eat, sleep andtake care of their child all within the luxury of a driverless car.
Secondly, their would many reckless drivers. As i said many of accients caused in today's world are by human error, but there have also been very close calls because of reckless driving. There are such people that run the red lights, that run the stop sign, or even fall asleep as they are driving. With the driverless car, all of these scenerios can be avoided. the poeple running red lighs and stop signs will have no choice but to stop and the people that fall asleep can just sit back and relax as the car does all of the work.
Lastly, there would many less fatalities from these driveerless cars. In this country, people are gaining the ability to drive at the age of sixteen years of age.. This age group, also known as teenagers, are the leading fatality rate when it comes to driving. It is said that the leading cause of death for teens is now driving while drugs is second to it. If teens were able to get ahold of the driverless car they would be able to preserve their lives with the safety and reliablity of the driverless car.
In conclusion, the driverless car would do wonders for this country by providing these poeple witht eh safety and reliability to make from point A to point B in safe and enjoyable mannor. | 4 |
bf90e0a | Have you ever wanted to do something but you couldn't decide if you should do it or not ? Well I havent , but someone named Luke has ! He can't decide if he should go to this ship and go to China with his friend.I think he should go . Keep reading to find out find out some reasons why he should go to the trip with his friend.
First off,let's start out with good reasons Luke should go on the trip with his friend.Luke can find out things he did't know exested or just plain explore .He can also take a break from his family and his job and relax.
Although,there are some bad reasons why he shouldn't go onto the trip.The ship can crash.They can run out of food.They might aslo get stranded on an island.
Finally,here's a little of what I think he should do and why he should do it.I think Luke should go on the trip with his friend, because he can explore.He can also get smarter by larning about the enviorment and what is around you.
In conclution,there are many reasons why he should go and some reasons why he shouldn't but with the,good reasons,bad reason,and some of what I think I should do and why this all shows why Luke should go on the trip. | 2 |
bf92249 | Some people think that the Face on Mars was created by aliens but that's not the case. After some research, here are the reasons why it's just another natural landform and not an alien artifact.
First, scientists figured it to be just another Martian mesa which was common enough around the Cydonia. There have been plenty before and this is just another one of them and the fact that it looks like an Egyptian Pharaoh is just a coinsidence.
Second, on April 5,1998, when Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took some pictures that were ten times sharper than the first, it showed the face was nothing but a natural landform. There wasn't an alien artifact after all.
Nevertheless, on April 8,2001, Mars Global Surveyor took a second picture using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. No matter how or when or where the picture was taken, it showed the face to be a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. They are landforms common around the American West.
Overall, the Face on Mars is just another landform but we can't really blame people for thinking what they did because alien myths have been around for years and years.But the fact that Garvin said," It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho", not only shows but explains that there are many natural landforms on earth and so why can't there be any on another planet, especially Mars because that's a planet that has almost everything that humans need to survive and prosper. | 3 |
bf9407b | "The Face of Mars" true or not? "The Face of Mars" is no face at all. Even though with the low resoution, it looks like an Egyptian pharaoh, it just rocks and lava. There are so many reason why its not. Just read on and you will find out why I think this way.
"The Face of Mars", all it is is a martian mesa. these are very common around cydonia. All that this one had was a weird shadowing effect. Our eyes can change to what we know son that is make sense, that why everyone saw a face we also put what we know to something we have no clue on if it help explain it.
The face is just a normal landform. This "Face of Mars" is just like landforms on earth. Some may just look like common things we see everyday. you can't just assume that since it look like someone made that it couldn't be is an natural made landform.
The picture of "The Face of Mars" everyone says looks like a face is such a low resoution it's only 43 meters per pixel. The more resent picture is 1.56 meters per pixel. With the 1.56 meters per pixel you can see more of what's on the surface compared to the 43 meters per pixel.
From the low resoultion to it just a normal landform. From the fact that it looks like other landforms when in a better picture to there's not enough information for it being a alien made object. Theres so many reasons why this not anything more. | 3 |
bf967d9 | I believe that we should not get rid of the Electoral College because it is a process thart some people like to take! This college had a lot of electors, 538, and to elect the president you have to have 270, and theres is more than enough electorals so why get rid of it? Each candidate running for president in your state has there on group of electors. I do not think that the Electoral College is doing anything harmful or bad so I think that there is no reason to get rid of it! As many of you guys know many people vote, over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. They all say that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Now I think we should also get rid of the electoral college because they backed there answer up and i could not.
There are 5 reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president and now I am going to tell you what they are:
1.)
Certainty of Outcome 2.)
Everyones President 3.)
Swing States 4.)
Big States 5.)
Avoid Run-Off Elections | 1 |
bf9e85d | The mask found on Mars is just a natural landform. One reason is because there is no life on Mars so it is phisically impossibe for it to be created by aliens. This information is found in paragraph 7.
The mask is a natural landform, however many other people beleived it was an alien because they also beleived that some of the markings were in haze, as it states in paragraph 8. The Mars Global Surveyor took a second look it says in paragraph 10. They captured a picture that was in a high pixel quality and they found it to be the best picture taken of the mask.
Many people beleive that the mask is made by aliens on Mars. They beleive this because it looks like the face of a alien or even maybe a human being as it states in paragraph 8. Many people don't beleive it being possible for the mask to be a natural formation. There is lots of debate over this but science has proved that these people are wrong because it is a natural artifact.
In conclussion, many people think that the artifact is made by alien, however science has proved that this is a natural artifact. With that said, scientists were able to capture amazing high quality pictures of the mask. | 3 |
bfa8186 | What's the first thing you think about when you see a car? How much gas mileage its has? What year is it? How fast can it go? Well, have you ever thought about how much polution it puts into our air that we breathe? Or the car bill you have to pay every month? I'm going to assume you don't. There are ways we can change this problem and im going to prove how!
To begin this argument im going to point out that over 77% of American people are in debt in their car bill, ALONE. That's over 3/4 of our population in the U.S. You cannot tell me people are not stressed from this over whelming statement! "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.", said by a former car owner Heidrun Walter. She now rides bicycles with her two children and now a car bill is one less thing she has to worry about in her hectic life.
Another advantage of limiting car usage would be do reduce smog polution. Now this is not only a problem in America, it's all over the world. Paris is particularly bad in this division. Paris typically has more smog that other European capitals. It got so horrible they has to enforce a "driving ban" to ensure all the air was clear in the global city. It even rivaled Beijing, China which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. After about five days the congestion on the streets plumitted down to 60%.
Having said that, not only is car usage bad for our earth, we could benifit our health from it! In Bogota, Columbia they set up a program named "Car free day." Millions of their citiznes hiked, climbed, skated or took bus transportation to work. This day left the streets empty with no traffic, and the people that did drive had a $25 fine. Rain or shine nothing could stop these people from participating in this event. The city benifited from this so much that parks and sport centers have boomed from high demand because people want to have a healthier lifestyle in general. One day they hope every city has something simlilar to this day so that our owlrd will be heathier and even happier!
Therefor it is clearly obvious of the advantages we would have if we limited on car usage. People would be alot healthier not only from the excersise, but the air would be alot more cleaner to breathe in. Also it would be safer and cut down tremendously on deaths. We might just be over the peak of driving. | 4 |
bfaad32 | In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile,by Nick D'Alto, talks about the software,the Facial Action Coding System that can read emotional expressions. I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom of student is valuable because it's helpful and convinate.
The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it can help teachers and students. For example in paragraph six it states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could notify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This can give advantages to teachers and students because student might be afraid to ask what the lesson was about and not ask when the software can also help.
The software is also coninvate because it can also be used to see how a someone's day is. For example in paragraph five it states "For instance, you can probabaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face", yes you can tell how that person is feeling by the look of thier face but they might be hiding their feelings. This is where now the software takes in place and is able to tell how the person is actually feeling and the software can notify a teacher and theteacher could actually talk to that person that has things going on and help them out.
The softaware can do so many things that a actually human being wouldn't actually detect, it can help students and teacher at the same time and it would make a drastic change, not just for education but, also society. | 3 |
bfac718 | Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a once in a lifetime thing. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys also has a lot of benefits to. You can sight see, the crew is nice, you get to travel, and if you are of age the Seagoing Cowboys will replace having to get drafted into the army.
You also get free time. Free time consists of games such as table-tennis tornements, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and board games. Some of the jobs you can have are watch men and you can feed the cattle and other animals.
You can also do it more than once . Another benefit of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you get to travel to different states and country's such as China, Greece, ect.
There are other wonderful things you could do and can do for yourself and for other people. like help Greece clean up the Debris from World War Two .
So why don't you join the Seagoing Cowboys and help other people in need. | 2 |
bfaf295 | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tries to explain the several complications of sending a mission to Venus. They provide tons of factual evidence about the geography and climate of Venus. They give many good points, but ultimately fail at their task to convince readers that Venus exploration is worth it. Along with a failed point, this author tends to go off on side-tangents that have minimal importance to the story.
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article about the positives and negatives of trying to land a spacecraft on Venus. He has a decent build-up into his first point while giving more and more small facts about our second planet. Venus is likely the most similar planet to Earth, with its rocky surface, hills, and mountains, but it has much more limiting factors to deter us from traveling there. It has terrible weather in comparison to Earth, with acidic carbon dioxide filling 97% of the atmosphere and with heats of 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The authors gives plenty of information about this planet, most of it relevant to the topic at hand, and therefore succeeds in teaching you about Venus.
Even after succeeding in information given, the author fails to promote the idea that travel to Venus is worth all the cons. They write about NASA wanting to know as much as possible about one of our closest neighbors, but don't give enough reasons as to why it's worth it. With acidic atmospheres ripping through machinery, technologies don't stand a chance on the Venusian surface. With the science that we have, the most we can hope for is a jet-like expirience, flying several miles above surface so that the pressure doesn't crush us instantly. Venus is additionally prone to constant volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms deadly enough to take out machinery. Given all this information, it seems like the author is trying to deter us from missions to Venus instead of promoting it, as they planned.
The final point to take into consideration when reading this article is the authors' side-tangents. Multiple times, the author delves into a side-topic as opposed to continuing on with the topic of Venus exploration. They start off the article with two sentences that have no relation to the story, yet confuse readers. The sentences are about Venus' nickname, the "Evening Star", and how even though it is a planet, it is still called this. This is completely irrelevant to exploration, as everyone knows it is a planet, and the "Evening Star" name is never mentioned again. Later on in the passage, the author rambles on about World War II-age computers and how they functioned properly even before the digital age. Once more, this is slightly irrelevant and does not contribute to the story at all except to add another paragraph instead of focusing on the specifics of how NASA is using them to help with Venus.
Overall, this article about Venus is less than "stellar". The author attempts to prove why Venus missions are a neccesity, but doesn't quite get their point across. They provide great knowledge and information, despite being off-topic occasionally. This article is full of great facts, but the delivery is off and could have potentially been a better read if the author was on the other side of the argument, which has more proof to back it up. All in all, the author does not support their idea the best. | 6 |
bfb039b | The Challenge of Exploring Venus article gives multiple reasons for why we should continue i n our research on Venus. Although it could be dangerous the author believes "we should not be limited by dangers and doubts". The author supports his claim with evidence and facts.
He starts out in the second paragraph by talking about why we should visit Venus, and his evidence for why we should is that Venus is the closest in size to earth and is often closes in distance to earth. He uses this evidence to show that we are very similar planets in size. The author also goes on to talk about how the features on the crust are very similar. His evidence for this statement is that both crusts have mountains, valleys, and craters.
Although the trip to Venus can be dangerous, the author belives we should continue our journey because " we should not be limited by dangers or doubts". When the author makes a statement he is very good about backing it up with data. He uses real facts in almost every one of his statements. | 2 |
bfb16db | "Hurry up Don!", yelled Luke . Don came out to the deck . "We're almost at the station.", said Don . "Then I guess we have to to hurry up if we want poeple to join the Seagoing Cowboys program." said Luke excited. When the ship finally arrived Luke and Don went out to get a quick snack, and while at it convincing other people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
As soon as luke and Don found a place to get a quick snack both had a bit of an issue. Both Luke and Don we're on the other side of the room becasue of all the poeple in there. "It's full in here. A million poeple must be in here!" ,yelled Luke . Don heard luke's joke but thought that it wasn't very funny. Don yelled "We should start convining poeple to join the Seagoing Cowboys program." Luke Shouted "Yes I think we should. "
Both Luke and Don had not been quite lucky .Only three poeple wanted to join . " We should try another time. " ,said Luke . The men that wanted to join , signed up and got the job. " We're going to reach land in a couple of days.", said Luke "Well for now we work hard on our jobs right now." , said Don . The crew had a meeting that the Seagoing Cowboys we're running low on men. All have either died or had retried.
When Luke arrived at the Station, Luke couldn't wait any longer for Don so Luke left him behind . Luke was determined to get more men on the crew. Luke went to lots and different places. Today Luke felt luckier now that he was carring a rabbit's foot for luck with him. I must get lots of poeple on the Seagoing Cowboys program. At the end of the Day,Don was desperteand worried for Luke if he was or wasn't going to make it on time. The boat was leaving Luke shouted that he found lots of poeple that wanted to join .
From that day and on the crew was careful and cautious. And had dozens more poeple wanted to join because war was happing again.
To be Continuted | 1 |
bfb3334 | This special artifact that was found on Mars might have been created by aliens, or a Martian mesa. On May 24, 2001 NASA's Viking 1 was circling around mars. Something different happened that made TV, magazines, even Hollywood. Viking 1 captured a picture of a FACE on mars. At the time no one knew what made this but NASA did have plenty enough of ideas to figure it out sooner or later.
An argument would be is are aliens actually real or are they a mythical creature that people say is real. The man NASA is talking to would have to find out himself and so would NASA. NASA has plenty enough cameras in space to know if there are actually aliens up in space. This could have been created by a Martian mesa. The face might of had many weird, or unusual shadows.
The only problem would be is there aliens in different Galaxies, or on different planets like the ones in our Galaxy the Milkyway. The Aliens could have flew over and made a face on Mars, or carved it themselves. The problem with the Martian mesa is the shadow could have been created by the camer or ship that was flying around the planet Mars.
The was to prove them wrong though is, we have been studying and flying cameras out into space for awhile and have been searching for aliens the whole time. NASA's cameras are still in space and they are still searching. The Shadow was to large to be created by the ship or camera that was flying around mars. The shadow could have been around Cyndonia which is common. | 2 |
bfb525f | I Believe That the popular vote for the president of the united states is the best way to go by for voting. I read from the Story that The Electoral College system votes for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee,and the trust is rarely betrayed. Being that the electoral college group has the most The most best-laid defense it can also be wrong.
I Honestly think that you should conisder changing it to popular vote,i would consider what i read from the passage,That this year voter can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could agian lose the presidency. what i am trying to proove is that popular vote is the best choice for the presdiednt's votes.
Most worrying in the prospect pf a tie im the elcetoral vote,due to the election would be thrown to the house representives,where state delegations vote on the president. As also read in the story given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress,The house election can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. popular vote dosent has as much as problems or shall i say minor set backs as Electtoral College has. | 2 |
bfb7d17 | Do you ever wonder how amazing it is to study another planet. Do think of all the risks it takes? Well the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by having a thick Atmosphere, shipping orbiting, and testing electronics made of silicon.
The first reason why it is challenging is that a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide runs through Venus. In the passenge it states," on the planet's suface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. "This piece is important because it gives you an example of how the temperature is really high. Plus, the perfect temperature for a human is 98.
The second reason why it is competitive is that venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on the ground conditions. In the article it says," more importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance." this explains how they can't be able to experiment things without there tools. This is challenging for them because they won't be able to do much. An example is that they won't be able to photograph and videograph ineffectively.
The third reason why they it is difficult is that some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in venus's suface. In the text it states, "modern computers are enormously powerful, flexable, and quick but tend to be more delicated when it comes to extreme physical conditions." This shows how technology from now can't be used in venus. In order for them to use technology is that they have to use those old computers from back in the 1940's.
In conclusion, This is how the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by having a thick atmosphere, shipping orbiting, and testing electronics made of silicon. Being able to explore other planets are challenging. would you risk yourself just to go to explore another planet? | 4 |
bfbf91c | Emotions are the most hardest things to understand from yourself or from others, usually people can identify them if they now the situation that has, had or is about to happen. But there are some emotions or facial expressions that people just don`t know or understand what it`s supose to be or mean. This can be said for any thing. This can be said for about anything, but what would happen if someone had a machine that can tell you, mathematically and calculate what emotions you are felling or have felt if it is a photo.
To explain the machine , it is a computer the constructs a 3-D computer model of a face. It reconizes all 44 major muscles in a face of a model and must move like human muscles. It roconizes the action unit of a more muscles in a face. the machine was created by DR. Paul who created the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) and Dr. Huang. It basically tracks and understands differnt empotions by tracking and understanding facial expressions, since people le understand how a person feels based on physical expressions of the face. The computer is then able to under stand a persons emotion.
This level of technology is advense, but what would happen if this kind of computer was mobile and was used in a school, by teachers to know what emotions a student was feeling, to and they used as if it were a lie detector. Well there are pros for the teachers, like if a student was lieing to them about an assignment or a use it to understand what happened in their class by simply scanning the students and use the information they have to esstimate an answer. It would be convenient for the teacher or even a priciple to figure out what the student is feeling. Usually a teacher would ask the student about what happened to the student. They would use the computer if they don`t care and only want the truth from the student as a positive answer they would understand. They computer would most likely idintify someone who is lying and get punishment. It could also help a teacher understand if the student is under stress and would be able to do something before the student does something that would their greatest mistake they could end up taking. Other reasons is being able to find out why a student is queit and not talking to everyone that are his or her friends. They would even be able to find out secrets that a student is keeping from them, if it`s good or bad the teacher would simply be able to figure out what it is.
With every pro there is a con that exist, for one how would the computer be able to be mobile, the computer that can calulate emotions would be huge and bulky to carry aroung. Plus there arew few apps that can tell emotions ,even if they have a few mistakes. Besides that it would be consider an invasion of privacy, since most people would want to keep something a secret, like love. It would even something that students would try to get away from it either try to keep it a truth and really saying that you did an assignment or risk it all and get caught.
From all this information having aving a computer that teel emotions would have it`s ups and down,some being able to find some who has lied and catch them and even helping someone who have problems with themselves or at home. The con is that people would try to avoid it, or if they had to understand something they could just ask the student and have a conversation with them about whats wrong ang why. Having an emotion computer have some percs, but would be use on rare occasions. | 3 |
bfc4eda | If you like to take trips around the world, then read on to see if this trip is the right one for you. You will be on a boat for about a week to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Then a month to get to China on a boat. It's a very fun experience to just go on. Not because it's a fun trip to go on, but because it's an opportunity of a life time. You can do more that just walk around and enjoy the cenery. You can help the nation by geting food for everybody that is in need of food. By helping out animals that are either hurt, harmed, or been abused in any way, shape, or foarm. World War 2 just got over, so they really need your help.
Many countries were left in the ruins. So go out there and help the nation. It's a great experience for you even if you don't like to travle. Remember, always try to go out of your comfort zone and try new things. | 2 |
bfc8dbd | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because as the space program learns more from past experiences, more research can go towards the future and the study of Venus and possibly other planets in our solar system. The human population craves more knowlege. Studying Venus will further our knowlege and help with future development. We learn more by taking risks.
The author supports this idea by giving facts on how studying this planet could be beneficial to us. In the text it states "Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Since Venus was most like Earth we could learn how time changed Venus from possibly being covered in oceans and could have supported life to extreme conditions far from anything humans have encountered. Also in the text it states "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Because the planets in our solar system are very far from Earth it can take a long time for spacecrafts to land and come back if needed to, but since Venus is sometimes ou nearest option for a visit why not give it a chance.
Venus is worthy of time and pursuit no matter what danger looms ahead. When we put in the effort to do something we can do anything, already Nasa is developing plans to study Venus further and inventining new inventions to make this happen. | 3 |
bfc96fc | Not alot of people think that the face on Mars is real because we all know that there cant be life without light, food and oxygen but some people would argue that. Some sceintist would say that the face on mars surface would be proven that there is life on mars, but my opinion is that there is plenty of evdince that says that there cant be any life on any other planets because the space doesnt have an evnviorment like earth does. Why would there be a big face that looks like a rock with shadows of the surface of mars an people say there is life there. I say there wouldnt be life there because there would be no living anything on the planet just like every other planet. If there was living stuff on one planet wouldnt you think that there would be other proven facts that there is life on other planets? Which there isnt. Just like peoples imagination when we see stuff that we dont really see, like when sometimes you are looking at a cloud an you see a object because you think it might look like a animal or a living thing in the cloud but you arent really seeing the thing its just your imigination. I think thats the same thing that happened with the mars face because the poeple who too the pictures had a great imagintion, an it might of only been the obove view that made it look like a face because somtime when we look at something a different way or up close then it looks way different then it dos from the top view. I believ that it was just the peoples imigenation an the way the poeple looked at it from the view they were looking at it. The people who think its a real life thing on the surface of mars are the people who havent really checked into there cant be any living thing without other living resources | 3 |
bfd1123 | I think in the years to come that maybe, just maybe something like this could work, but it wont be anytime soon. First off this will obviously be overwehlmingly expensive and will be very time cosumming. Right now people should not be thinking about these expensive plans because roadways today are still atleast somewhat reliable. considering this will require many years of work, and ruin the routes for people making it unconvenient for some that have daily routines to get around to sum up their day.
The biggest problem that I see is money and how much something like this could very well cripple our economy, obviously the other problems are serious like getting the amount of people necessary to do something this bold. Dont get me wrong it can solve the shortage of jobs and could get people off the streets and give chances to those less fortunate and could also pay extremely well. At the same time aswell, what happens to the workers after they are done with the roads. They could possibly end up without more jobs after the fact and the prices in the economy in my mind will have shot up.
I also think its a bad idea because of where the money might be coming from. My biggest opinion is that it will possibly be coming out of the tax payers and this will bring a domino effect of poverty because the jobs people work for might not be able to keep up with the amount of money coming out of their employees checks. This could for sure bring a huge downfall in America's economy.
Time in my opinion will also not be on anybody side because it would be reguired for all streets, backroads, interstate highways, and country roads internationally to be remanufactured. Maybe even surrounding countries like Canada and Mexico might have to adapt to the big change in roads. This would also trickle down all the way into south america and maybe be impossible for some places to obtain the funds or resources to make these things happen.
These reasons in my opinion are very clear and understanable to most because of the situations countries go through on a daily baises. Money, time, materials, and man power are required for this huge plan and I dont think it will be provided anytime soon. This is something that really seems impossible, but nobody will never know exactly what the future holds for our roadways. | 3 |
bfd1981 | Shift Gears
Imagine how horrible driving would be if there were no more cars that you drive yourself. There would be more accidents and tragedies all over. People might get lazy and fall asleep at the wheel. The licence bureau might go bancrupt because there is no need for driver's licences. It will be a real horror if this were to happen.
In the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming" the author tells us that " safety is best achieved with alert drivers." I can totally agree with that. It also tells you that in some states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars. That is because they don't want to have any traffic deaths due to driveless cars. Most of the traffic laws are made to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. If there is no one alert while driving how are we going to acomplish that? And even the very few states that do allow driverless cars have limited use for semi-autonomous vehicles.
I don't know about you but if I'm not driving I will most likeley fall asleep. There are vibrators in the seats of driveless cars to let you know when the car requires a human driver, but what if the driver is a deep sleeper and the vibrations dosen't wake him or her up. Because to some people the sounds of being in a moving vehicle can lull them to sleep, and being asleep while driving is to dangerous to risk. Also I don't think technology is ready for a driverless car if it can't navigate itself through road construction like it states more than once in the article.
There will be less people going to get licences if there are driverless cars. Which can take down the amount of money that goes to the licence bureaus, which can eventually cause the bureau going bancrupt. If the licence bureau goes bancrupt then that takes money away from the economy which can put the country in serious debt. If all of this happens then we as a country might plumit into another depression. And you as well as I know that America does not need to go through another depression.
Now imagine that. More and more car accidents. killing off people due to a un-alert driver in a driverless car. People being seriously injured racking up on hospital bills, throwing their families into debt up to their ears. America going broke due to insufficent funds from the licence bureaus. Sending the country into a depression that can last for up to decades. All of that could happen if there are more driverless cars than regularcars that require an alert driver all around the world. Im sure you and I don't want to see that happen. That is why I believe that driverless carsshould be outlawed. | 4 |
bfd4a19 | Driverless Cars
For this day, and age technogoly is a big part of our generation. Everyday a genious comes up with an idea that'll forever change the way we do things. Driveless cars are coming in the near future and, it doesn't sound very safe. Will individuals really put there trust in a car? Make sure you ask yourself this question many times and go with your response. How dangerous could this whole Driverless cars thing be?
Throughout this whole article I find many things on the dangerous side of Driveless cars. Are you seriously willing to put your trust into a car that operates from a computer system? For example the article says the driver will still have to be caution at all times such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. Accidents happen around us all the time but, most of all in cars itself. Your giving a computer controll of your life, and safe being putting your life in jeoporady. Your constantly asking yourself what if this happens and so on.
What if I fall asleep at the wheel can I
trust the driverless car with my safety? What if I'm looking at my phone non stop can I trust the driverless car to guide me in the right direction?
If you find yourself asking these questions over, and over do you really find it safe? Ask others around your community how they feel about the driverless cars,and state your opinions as well.
Give yourself the best information you possibly can on the Driverless cars idea.
In reality use your knowledge on what you know about cars now. We individuals can't control a car now so how can a computer system do so? Accidents waiting to happen while driving now are dangerous, really think about it if we get
Driverless cars. Accidents may increase gradually around the world, and even more deaths due to car crashes the risk of these type of things are dramtically high. My life in jeoparody already is scary enough let alone thinking about. Another individual not worrying about there safety is even more scary.
Driverless cars are extremely dangerous and not safe. They can lead to many more accidents around the world, fatal injuries, even death. I risk myself driving let alone another human being not caring for theres. Depending on some computer system to take care of them sounds insane. Are companies truly worried about your safety, or whether you'll buy their new Driverless car? Can your life become threatened or, taken away from a operating computer system you trusted.No Driverless cars will cause more and more accidents throughout the world. | 3 |
bfdc096 | In the story making mona lisa smile the author talked about some very intersting new technolgy for computers. the new technolgy can tell if someone is happy or sad. the new technolgy would be very valuable for school class rooms in this day and age. there are alout of ways that the new technolgy could help both studnts and teachers. the main things that are inportant are in paragrapgh six and also paragraph nine.
The resone paragraph six is very helpful it talkes about how the new computer technolgy can tell if a student is becoming confused or bored or also if the student needs help. the way it can help students is by making the lession less or also giving more exampls to help the students understand. also as a student this would help alout since some students are kinda shy when it comes to school.
there are not alout of students that like to ask for help. the resone some students dont like to ask for help is becuse they may not know what or how to ask the qustion or if they need help. this is where the new technolygy can come into play. this can get the student help or also make the lesson shorter.
The resone paragraph nine is so important is that is talkes about the diffrent emotion adds can make us as humans fill. it also talks about the difrrent adss that can be shown.
lets say if it sees that your sad it will show you a funny add to make you happy.
that is one resone that it can tell if your happy or sad. this would also make alout of people have a good day if they didnt have the best day to start out with. that is how the new technolgy can help and also make people have a better day.
This new technolgy should be on all school computers. the resone why it should be on all school computers is that this could make the students in the schools better at learning and also happy. that is why this is a possitive and also very helpful system to have on computers.
this would help the shy satudents that dont like to show emotions or also that dont like to ask qustions.
so lets put this new computer technolgy to work and lets put it on every school computer. | 3 |
bfdc429 | In recent years, many places all around the world have taken the intiative to lower the use of motor-vehicles, specifically cars, with the intent of decreasing the amount of greenhouse gas being emitted into the air. There are various actions being taken in this attempt, with some neighborhoods going as far as eliminating the use of their cars completely. No matter what actions are being taken, the real goal is to improve the planet and the quality of the air that we are breathing.
As mentioned before, one of the main goals of limiting car use is to improve our air by decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases being put into it. If you are driving your car to and from work every single day, and you live in a city where your house/apartment is about 10 minutes away, don't you think you could ride your bike every now and then? Even if you don't have a bike, you could try taking the bus, or maybe even a taxi. By riding your bike, you are eliminating the chance of putting out any greenhouse gases, and by taking the bus, you are reducing the amount of gas being put out.
Aside from improving the environment by limiting car use, you can also improve yourself. Instead of driving your car everyday, you can ride your bike to where you need to go (as previously suggested), and in turn get a small workout. Riding your bike works your muscles, especially your leg muscles, gets your blood pumping, and even reduces stress. If you start riding your bike, you could improve your health and just feel better overall. You can also avoid sitting in a stuffy car and breathe in some fresh air.
In the end, limiting car use seems to have more pros than cons, so it's easy to see why so many places/people have jumped on board with the idea. Even if cars weren't harsh on the environment, they're still bulky and expensive, being more of a hassle than anything else. Why wouldn't you want to limit their use? | 3 |
bfdd088 | Dear Senator,
I firmly believe that we should keep the Electoral College. Many people say that it is "outdated, irrational, and unfair" but that is an opion. Their are meany rational reasons about why the Electoral College is benificaial rather then destructive. Out of these many reasons i am able to narrow it down to 2 reasons about why the Electoral College should be kept. These reasons are Everyones President, and Swing States.
In Richard A. Posners' aritcle about keeping the Electoral College he talks about the President that is elected being everyones this President. "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-reginal appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." This is not also a great example but it is a great counterclaim to Bradford Plumers article. In PLumers article he states that, "candiadtes dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the the tight races in the "swing" states. The Electoral College assures that the President isnt just wanted in one area that is wanted all around the country. Electoral Colleges assure that the President is wanted in many differt parts of the United States.
"The electoral college invariably produces a clear winner," says Posner in his article. A way of producing a clear winner is by having swing states. Some people argue about the Electoral College turning off potential voters, (Democrats in Texas) but this may actually determine the election. If those other party people dont vote who knows mabey if they had voted their party might have been luckly. Statistics prove that when certaint parties win contriversial states thats because some people from 1 party didnt vote. No voting especailly in swing states can make your party, or your wanted candiadate loose the election. Every year some of the swing states change so everyone should vote especially those in the swing states to insure your party or your candidate win.
The Electoral College is something that this country needs for our benifit. It helps us Americas get a President that will benifit us all not just those in certaint areas. Although some peopel dont think that the Electoral College is helping there are twice as many people who believe that just a popularity vote is a bad idea. Having swing states, and having a way that finds "everyones" president are just few of the many exaples about why we need the Electoral College.
Thanks,
Jasper | 4 |
bfeadac | The author suggets that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is the second planet closest to our sun in our solar system. Venus also neighbors with Earth and Mercury. Sometimes we're closer to Mars or other times we are to Venus.
Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. that could mean Venus could be our nearest option to go, other than Mars. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.
In conclusion, It's a good idea to study Venus because some day, you never know what happens to our planet and might to go to another planet to survive and form a life there. I would rather choose to go Venus because of all life forms it had long ago and maybe humans could still survive in that planet. | 2 |
bfec395 | Driverless cars could be a nice use for transportation but personally I would not purchase a driverless car. There are many reason why I would not purchase a driverless car. For me driving is fun and is time consuming. In my opionon the driverless idea had to be made from a lazy person. In all actuallity, even though the car might drive itself , you will still have to be alert and watch the road for your own safety. Drivers have this thing called a blindspot and to think the car is going to be its own driver has to mean its going to have a blindspot also. You the driver might see things the car might not. Also when driving you dont just drive for yourself...you drive for the person in fornt , back and side of you.
For example, say your in the driverless car and your on the highway. A young reckless driver comes along doing 95 mph and your doing 75mph. The highway is busy and you doze off beacuse the car drives itself and your thinking your going to be alright. So this driver comes along and decides to cut lanes even though its not enough space. Its a car right behind you and in frotn of you but in the next lane. The young driver cuts lanes and you driverless car first response could be to brake. Once your car brakes the other car that is directly behind did not see the young driver and is not being cautious so once the driverless car brakes they were not alert enough to brake immediatly and slams into the back of your driverless car. Now this whole time your almost sleep so your no where near alert and now your in an accident because you put your safety in the hands of a driverless car. With this same scenario the driverless car could avoid the accident. Say the driver in the driverless car is alert and watching the road even though the car drives itself. The driver sees the young driver doing 95 mph and sees he wants to get in the same lane as the driverless car but there is not enough space to switch lanes so the driver takes over and starts to drive the car manually. The first thing to come to the driverless car drivers mind is to gently brake to let the other cars know to slow down. That way the accident is avoided but all drivers are not the same so the driverless car idea is still not good to me.
Cars were made to have a driver. The idea of a driverless car is obserde to me. Like in the passage it asks who would be responsible for the driving laws being broken. That could cause alot of confusion and kaos. So the driverless car thing should have just been left alone. | 4 |
bfeda64 | Dear state senator,
I am writing to you to argue in favor of changing the Electoral vote to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. There are numerous claims regarding this issue, supporting both sides. In an extremely convincing essay by Bradford Plumer,
Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , this very concerning issue is brought forth. The beginning of the passage starts with giving basic facts about the literal construction of the process. Then, this essay goes on to explain why they believe that this very process is not the best method to select the president of the United States. Supporting the opposite side of this argument,
Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President , by Richard A. Posner. Just as it is said, he simply states and explains five major reasons why he and many other believe that this method should remain being used. Although I strongly believe that the Electoral College should be discontinued, I do resspect the other side's opinions and mean no disrepect.
To begin this argument, the Electoral College is a process established by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution. It compromises the election of the President by a vote in Congress ang election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Ther are 538 electors in the Electoral College, and only a majority of 270 votes are needed to win the election. Every candidate that is running for the President has there own group of electors, which are chosen by that candidate's political party.
There are many reasons that lead me to believe that the Electoral College should be abolished as soon as possible. This method even lost the presidency vote according to a Gallup poll in 2000. The main reason many others and I are against this method is this; citizen voters vote not for the actual president of the United States, but for a slate of electors, which actual do the real voting and electing of the president. Also, there are numerous different groups that even pick the electors in the first place. Overall, there are plenty of other reasons that this method is unjust and unreasonable, but it simply could not all fit in one letter. I do hope that you take this concern very seriously and do your best to make the change you desire.
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
bff0f17 | I am against the development of these cars in the article, ¨Driverless Cars Are Comming¨, because they could be dangerous. I say this because the driver has to stay alert and ready to take over the vehicle if a situation pops up. Yes, there are postive aspects to this article such as: the driver would not have to drive unless needed, it could drive the driver if they are tired (but they must stay awake), the car steers, accelerates, and brakes itself, and it displays heads-up warnings like the vibration of the seat when it is going to hit something. But hose positive things could turn ito disasters quickly. In these disasters i am about to explain the driver coould be hurt, killed, or have a lot of dept due to car dammage.
One of the many disasters that came to mind when i read this article were, the driver getting hurt or critically injured, have lots of dept due to car dammage, or even death. I say this because it is true; these things could happen. One of the examples i thought of is the situation a am about to explain. So here is the situation: The driver got tried, so they set the car to auto drive. The car taakes over and the driver is still awake. Doesn´t sound like a bad situation so far does it? The driver´s eyes start to droop, the driver tries hard not to fall asleep but fatigue wins the fight. The car does not relize this yet and it keeps driving. Then the car senses two crashes have occured just down their road. The car vibrates the seat but the driver is out light a light bulb. The car then goes for the next displaication of giving the driver a heads-up by turning the flashing lights on the windshield. Nothing. The driver is still fast asleep. The car tries all the displays to try to get the driver awake and alert again but to great avail, the driver does not wake up. The car cannot brake yet because it is not near the accidents yet; so it keeps driving.
The car then senses the accidents and breaks; but the car starts to spin out of control of black ice. It had been snowing for weeks there and it had rained the night before and it all froze. The car goes spinning out of control towards the river near the accidents. Then the worst thing happened. The car and the driver went diving into the ice cold river. The driver finally wakes up only to scream with terror right before they hit the water. The driver? head hit the stearing wheel with such an impact that it nocked them out cold. The car sunk deeper and deeper till it hit the river´s bottom. People are above them watching in terror with horrified expressions upon their faces. Some are calling for help, but the help that was there for the people in those accidents had already left. The others are just frozen with terror, unable to move.
The car begins to fill with water slowly, the water is trinkling into the car in every crack it can find. The driver still knocked out does not expect this to be thier last day to be alive, to see thier family and friends, or take a breath of air; but it is. The windows begin to crack from the pressure of the water. Up above them on the road help finally arrives, but it is only the fire rescue and the police. They do not have the right tools to go into frigid water and smash the window open or get the door to open, unbuckle the driver and break to the top of the river´s frigid waters.
The people then see small bubbles, then they become bigger and more faster to break the surface of the water. The car´s windows broke inward and the driver is dead within minutes. later the right toos were brought to the place of the new accident and they bring the car up with the dead driver inside. The driver was a huspand that had just came home from the military and was going to visit his wife and kids as a surprize. Now the family gets to see thier huspand and dad; but he is laying on a table. His skin ice cold to the touch. He is bloated some from the water, he is bruised, bones are broken, and he is dead.
I do not think that anyone who read a story like that in a newspaper or in a book would want a driverless car to be made. Anyone that has a heart would see the dangers in a driverless car coming into this world. This is why i am against the article, ¨Driverless Cars Are Coming¨. | 2 |
bff17b5 | we shouldnt be able to use this technology on the every day human.
due to the passage to the left we can calculate peoples emotions.
da vinci used this algrithm when he was painting mona lisa.
due to dr huang it is all about the muscle expressions. we can normally tell when our friend is stressed out or upset. but we shouldnt use this because it is invasion of privacy. if someone wants someone to know how they feel then they will tell somebody to tell emotion you have to know how the muscles move it is calle the zygomatic major(muscles that begin at cheek bone. it should not be used in the classroom because again it is bacicly invasion of privacy and should not be used if something is wrong with a student then someone should let a counceler know and let them talk to the student not use technology. | 1 |
bff3d0f | I am in favor of changing the process in which America votes for its president;currently the when you cast your vote you are acctually voting for your candidate's electors whos votes do not become valid until [they] the electors are voted for by the [you] the people. A few problems with this process is expressed in an artical titled "
The Indefensible Electoral Colledge"
. With useing this process citizens sometimes do not have control over who their electors vote for, also voters may get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.
I can understand why other people may think my claim is wrong, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and should also be entitled to their own vote aswell which is why instead of voteing for someone who will vote for our president [
we
] the people should directly vote for our candidates. In the same article"
The Indfensible Electoral Colledge"
It states "Back in 1960, segergationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replaceing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy". They did this as an attemp to take the popular vote from kennedy. This just shows how much freedom the electors have with your vote. | 2 |
bff9681 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The text states many facts and statistics; therefore, the author supports this idea well, for he/she describes why astronomers are amazed by Venus, what NASA is planning on approaching the planet, and explaining the type of challenge it is to explore this dangerous "Evening Star." Reading the passage, the author is convincing about the subject that he/she has chosen.
The planet, Venus, is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, as the author suggests. Supporting this idea, the author shows many examples, facts, and ideas why he/she thinks Venus is a worthy planet to keep studying, for the text states, "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." The writer describes that important studies come out of exploring Venus's reputation, even though it is the hottest planet in our solar system. The author supports the claim that Venus has many thrilling factors in Paragraph 3. Paragraph 3, Line 6 states, "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like eruping volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to porbes seeking to land on its surface." The author demonstrates his knowledge telling the readers that Venus cause many disasterous events that happen all around the world.
As the author claims that Venus is worth studying for, Paragraphs 4 through 7 shows evidence about scientists still studying Venus as of today and why geologists and atronomers are so fascinated with the blazing planet. In Paragraph 4, Line 2 states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Scientists state that even today, Venus has features that look like mountains, as read in the passage. Testing his knowledge in the prompt, the author demonstrates that NASA wants to make visiting Venus possible. Throughout Paragraphs 5 through 7, it states what NASA's (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) plan is to successfully observing Venus from a up-close point of view. In Paragraph 5, Line 2 and 3 state, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." As being stated as a "possible solution," the author shows NASA's solution is not an effecient plan, for Paragraph 6, Lines 1 through 4 state, "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges." In the authors statement, NASA need samples of rocks, gas, and other types of samples to have a full discovery of Venus. Because of the obstacle in NASA's way, they decide to make other approaches to studying Venus, for they understand that meeting to Venus' standards will take years. Lastly, as the author's final example on why Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents is in Paragraph 8, which states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Or travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." The narrator claims that exploring all of our options that have dangers should not limit us as human beings to give up and quit. He/she states that we should move along all of the doubts and dangers and increase our imagination on all levels.
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. As the author states many facts on why scientists should continue their research on Venus, he/she supports their claim well. The passage describes why astronomers study Venus as well as what NASA is planning to do to approach the Evening Star. The writer believes that although Venus has many dangers to humans, we should take the challenge exploring Venus offers to us and go beyond our limits to achieve the goal that geologists, astronomers, and scientists want to acquire. | 5 |
bff982d | A 17 year-old that just got out of high school graduation. Name Luke Bomberger has got a change to help people in need for food,shelter,and other things that people need after the World War ll.
This Aventure started by his friend Don Reist who told him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Then Luke said YES,"why would I miss this opportunity of a lifetime.
Now he his join together with his friend Don to the UNRRA,and sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboys. Now he and his friend are the Seagoing Cowboys. Now his job is to take care of the horses,young cows, and mues that were shipped overseas.
Another thing that Seagoing Cowboys do is to go to other places that were destory over the World War ll. Like China,Europe the Acropolis in Greece,Italy,a city with streets of water,and also an excavated castle in Crete. You can see all them thing. I know because Luke saw them places. When your on a very long trip you can always play baseball,volleyball games,Table-tennis touraments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and other awesome stuff,but baseball,andvolleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed.
See how much AMAZING thing that you can do. Don't just live a boring life. Go out and do something with your life, be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
bffde1f | I think it would be helpful for students in the text it says that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomeing confused or bored, ''Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. I know how that feels when you get that way when you are on a lossen and you dont understand a lesson. but some people might not like that because they might be contused or bored but they might like to have a chaleng and if they chang the lesson to make it esery they might get frostrated at the program.
you have to think about the other sied of this argumint some you might be mad a some one else or be upset about some thing else and the computor might think you are upset with the lesson a chang it and everyone shows there emotions deffrint so how would the conpter know how you show yours , and it does say in the text that is still working on the moldel of the face. it says that all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. And that might take awiel.
I would love for this to work someday i think it would help me alot because i hate useing computers i like haveing a techer tech me and if i could have a computer that asked like a humen and knew when i was confused with a lossen and help me with it or even chang it to a lees cofusing losson that would be grusgt so i hope this works one day. | 2 |
bffe0e1 | Dear, state senator
I am writing this letter to argue the favor of keeping the Electoral College during president elections. There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College. All are practial reasons , not liberal or conservative reasons.
Certainty of outcome
Everyone's President
Swing states
Big states
Avoid Run-Off Elections
Certainty of outcome
A problem over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible. Once before it happened in 2000 , but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The winning candidate's share of the Electoral college comes from his popular vote. 2012 election for example Obama & Romney , Obama recieved 61.7 percent of electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of popular votes. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes.
Everyone's President
Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. A president from the south ,has no incentive to campaign in those states, he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win in . This is a unfair result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to ba a successful president. Residents of the other regions are likely to feel as their votes do not count,that the new president has no regard for their interest.
Swing States
Winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates. Voters in toss up states are most likely to pay close attention to the campaign ,and to really listen to the competing candidates . They are known to be the most thoughtful voters. They have recieved the most information and attention from from the candidates.
Big States
The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose. A large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does
Avoid Run Off Elections
The Electoral College avoids the problems of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. A run off election is when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast. The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.
Voters in presidential elections are people who wants to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.
There's also some cons of the Electoral College. In the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case , the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives , where state delegations vote on the president. The electoral college is unfair to voters. Becasue the winner take all system in ecah state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning , they focus on "swing" states. Votes vote not only for the president ,but for a state of electors , who in turn elect the president.
There's a lot of pro's and con's to this arguement,but I believe you should keep the Electoral College . | 3 |
bfff3fe | The Face is not made by aliens. On the other hand it is a natural landform.
There's research made to prove this. I think the Face is a natural landform.
"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butted or mesa- landforms common around the American West" is a claim made by Garvin who believes its just a natural landform." New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry form NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa," explains that technology has proven it is actually a natural landform by the improvement of technology. Evidence made by Malin's team "captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution," supports the idea that technology has improved throughout the years.
Research had been made to prove that the Face is just a natural landform. "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh," is evidence that the Face made on Mars wasn't made by aliens.
The Face on Mars is a natural landform. Research had been made and had been proven. Aliens didn't possibly create this landform on Mars. The Face is officially confirmed by research from NASA that it is a natural landform. | 2 |
bfff92e | In the article talk about Driver cars, and can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars? Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation like cars form a public-transport taxi system. He believes such car would change the world. In 2009 has specific conditions. There cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. I think so than use cars in the actually is very important, can you move in other places or country with a car, but has a probability of to have an accident in the way.
In paragraph 3 talk over General Motors created a concept car thah could run on a special test track. Is created in 1950 with an electrical cable and Engineers at Berkeley. During the years Google's modified Toyata and uses position-estimating sensors, a video camera, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver and many things more. In paragraph 5 talk about sensors are nothing new, In the 1980s, automarkers used speed sensors for crearion brakes. In alll information than have the cars during 10 years the sensors are advanced, and have power individual engine.
Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google car project, believes that the technology before 2000 and cost two hundred million dollars. He buys at Radio Shack. In the paragraph 7 talk abuot than in 2013, the BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistan." In this year the changes are many like the Google announced new laws or like driver, The physical aspects of automation are really a challenge for Dr Werner Huber of the BMW project manager. Automarkers are continuing their work and has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan they have a project in 2020 in to have new shapes in the cars, or to give functions for the community during the years, because is very importan to know over many things in the actually and have a good grow in the destination every day with people than make a good job in the community. | 1 |
c002295 | The author claims that no matter the dangers that venus should still be explored. i agree becuse it is a neighoring planet as well as earths twin and could have been inhabitable a very llong time ago meaning lifeforms could have been living their or still live on venus.
venus is high radiated and very hot their atmospheric pressure is high. The thought of any person wanting to go their is dispicable because of such harsh conditions. But the author does think that venus should be explored dispite the conditions . doing so will take alot of tech we dont have yet but mechanical mechines can be used be cause they are not electrical like computers or smartphones. NASA feels that the best way to explore venus is to hover over it but in order to actually explore said planet you must get close and collect samples thhis will provide evidence for what was missed in the earlier times we tried to explore venus. Along with it being our neighboring planet is has alot of similarities such as size and shape. But also differences such as the planet being almost 800 degrees fahrenheit. The presure could be so strong it can crush submarines that are able to go to the deepest parts of the ocean could be liquefyed. venus a very intresting planet to explore so maybe one day we will be able to visit tis place and search for samples and look for unkown elements.
It is sutable to assume that NASA will still try to explore venus. And figure if their is a way to explore it and venture to et samples and find eelements and reduce the dangers in venus. | 2 |
c0058ca | Dear Senator...
The electoral college has recently been a very controversial topic in the world of politics. Many believe that it's a significant system, that's why the Founding Fathers created it, while others argue that it doesn't necessarily work as well. The Electoral College is a process in which there is an agreement between the president's election by a vote in Congress and the president's election by a popular vote made by the citizens. There should be a change in the system into changing election by a popular vote since the Electoral College is not only an outdated system, but it gives the citizens no control over who Congress will be picking.
To start off, the process of the Electoral College should be changed since it's an outdated system. As stated in "In Defense of the Electoral College" it says "The Electoral College is widely regarded as anachroism, a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner." Even the article that seems to be favoring the electoral college introduced it as so. It can be seen that it is a process that has been around since America itself, but America has constantly been changing and innovating and it needs a more flexible system to cast the votes. In "What is the Electoral College"? it states that "THE FOUNDING FATHERS ESTABLISHED IT IN THE CONSTITUTION AS QA COMPROMISE" HENCE THIS IS STATING THAT THE SYSTEM WAS CREATED A LONG TIME AGO AND IT NEEDS SOME CHANGES.
TO CONTINUE, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED SINCE IT DOESN'T GIVE THE CITIZENS ALOT OF CONTROL AS TO WHO THE CONGRESS WILL BE PICKING. IN "THE INDEFENSIBLE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, IT SAYS THAT 'THE SINGLE BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS WHAT WE MIGHT CALL THE DISASTER FACTOR." WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT THE VOTERS HAVE NO CONTROL WHOM THE ELECTORS VOTE FOR. AS WELL, IN THE SAME ARTICLE, IT STATES THAT "AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS UNFAIR TO VOTERS. BECAUSE OF THE WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM IN EACH STATE, CANDIDATES DON'T SPEND TIME IN STATES THEY KNOW THEY HAVE NO CHNACE OF WINNING.'' WHAT ALL THIS SAYS IS THAT, THE VOTERS HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS PICKING, AND IT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO ANOTHER SYSTEM.
TO CONCLUDE, THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED TO A NEW SYSETM WHICH IS FAIR AND MORE TRUSTFUL TO THE VOTERS. NOT ONLY IS THE SYSTEM OUTDADE, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THE VOTERS ALOT OF CONTROL. A NEW SYSTEM SHOULD BE INTRODUCED. ALTHOUGH MANY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE CHANGED, ALSO SOME BELIEVE IT SHOULD STAY HOW IT IS. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED, SO THIS WAY, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE VOICE, NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT. | 4 |
c00fcbf | In many places all across the world, the amount of car usage is decreasing more and more as the years pass by. In places such as Vauban, Germany; Paris, France; and Bogota, Colombia; there are times when you are fined if you operate a vehicle. Why would a city ban one of the most useful personal transportations invented? These cities all had goals for transportation to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and to promote public transportation. All of these goals, by which were accomplished when the use of motor vehicles were limited.
According to source 1 'In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars', the residents of Vauban, Germany disagree with the usage of cars. The entire suburb is designed to be "car-free", besides the main thoroughfare. Understand that car ownership is allowed, but there is an exteremely scarce amount of parking spots, and that the price of a garage, that is located at the edge of this suburb, costs $40,000 when you buy your home. As a result of this, 70% of residents do not own cars, and 57% of residents sold their car to live in Vauban. The goal was to start a movement called 'smart planning', which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes.
According to source 2 'Paris bans driving due to smog', the city of Paris, France enforced a partial ban to clear the air of the global city. Almost 4,000 drivers were given a 22-euro fine, which is equivalent to $31, because they were driving their cars. Diesel fuel was at fault for the excessive amount of smog in the city. Diesels make up 67% of the vehicles in France. The goal was to decrease the amount of smog throughout the city.
According to source 3 'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota', the residents of Bogota, Colombia are familiar with a 3 year running 'Day without Cars'. There is a large turnout where one day out of the year the use of motor vehicles is banned, which would face violators with a $25 fine. The goal of this city was to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation.
In conclusion, the result in limiting the usage of cars would be very effective and beneficial. The residents, as a whole, would save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and promote public transportaion. | 3 |
c01e3c0 | Why should people join the Seagoing Cowboys? Well here are six reasons why you should join the SGCB. 1 reason is that you could have a great experance getting to see parts of the world that you haven't seen becasue if you get to other parts of the world you could make paper on the subject for a school project or just tell people about it. Another reason is that you could get your friends on it to so you wint have to go alone and know no one there. A 3rd reason is that you can help people that need it because what if you had something terrible happen to you wouldn't people halp you how much they can. A 4th reason is that you get to be on a boat with animals that would be fun for people that like animals. The 5th reason is that you can have fun with all the other things that you can find to do make it fun in your own way. A 6th reason is that you get a work experance that probly no other kid or adult would that is good because if you wanted a job in the millitary then you could say that "I help in a world wide bad happening and I was a Seagoing Cowboy and I have been to different parts of the world so I know my way around places."that is why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
c027ba2 | Do you think a world with driverless cars would be safe? Well, if you ask me, my answer is no. Let's look at my reasoning as to why.
In the article we read, the author says that some car manufacturers are "bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays". I, for one, don't think "heads up displays" are a great idea. I mean, we may as well put mini televisions in the steering wheels while we're at it! In addition, GM's new vibrating seem less than lovely. Do you want your designated driver's seat massaging them to sleep? I most certainly do not. It just does not seem safe! Are we gonna start showering with the help of robots? I think taking away the privilege of driving is not good. It makes it seem like such a chore. What will teenagers look forward to? Where is the responsibility? Imagine how you felt when you finally turned and sixteen and got to get your hands on a wheel. It must be a feeling like no other! While it is a cool thought, we must really think these thing through, people! Think of the people who have jobs in public transportation. What will they do to support their families when they lose their job to a robot? Driverless can potentially ruin the lives of many.
All in all, I think the negatives outweigh the positives in this situation. Say NO to driverless cars! In a world where everything operates itself, it's nice to have a little responsibility. | 3 |
c02aca0 | In the story "The Challenge of Exploring Venus". The Uthor talks about the dangers in Venus and why it is not a safe place to land on. He also states the benefits of traveling to Venus, and why going to Venus is a risk worth taking
The Author states that Venus was once like planet earth, That it held Oceans, Mountains, and Craters. According to The Challenge of Exploing Venus, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."(The Challenge of Exploring Venus 4). In other words Venus held some sort of life at some bpoint it also had water which could help us if one day our Earth comes to and end. Furthermore, The Author also mentions that Venus is the nearest planet in case of an emergency. According to The Challenge of Exploring Venus, "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"(The Challenge of Exloring Venus 4). Finally the Author mentions out technology and how Scientists have made new simplified electronics made of Silicon carbide that have lasted up to 3 weeks in Venus's conditions. According to The Challenge of Exploring Venus, "some simplified technology made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This means that we eventually would be able to visit Venus's surface without dying within a few hours, which woud help us learn way more about teh planet.
To conclude, traveling to venus is dangerous but with the amount of information we know and the amount of technology we have we will be able to surface Venus once and for all. Venus holds a lot of things that will benefit our lives. | 3 |
c0311d6 | Using cars can be a damage to our enviroment. It could cause smog and that can damage our lungs. According to the article "Paris bans driving due to smog", it says that "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." What Paris is doing is correct they want to get rid of the smog and the only way to do it is to get rid of the cars. Paris has more smog then other European capitals. Somes other type of trasportation a person can take instead of cars are hiking,skating, take a bus and also walking.
In the article "In German Surburb,Life Goes On Without Cars" Heidrun Walter states "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Having a car is always stressful you always have to think if your car needs gas or your always stuck in traffic. Without a car we don't have to worry about things like that. Not having a car is always helpful for people's body, they go out more for walks and that helps them be more active. in the article "The End of Car Culture" they are asking them self "Has America passed peak driving?". In these year there are not some many cars in the streets as there used to be. People perfer to take a bus or ride there bikes to work.
Using a car can also be a benift. How can people get to places that are far away, not by walking or not taking the bus. What happens if the theb route your taking dosen't go where you need to be. The perfect solution is getting a car. You can car-pool your friends. However the gas price keeps going up. All the money you spend on your car bill. Use it for taking you family to eat or the one year family trip. In the article"" a mother says that her 19 and 21 year old are not interested in getting there driver license "They are interested but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public trasportation or car-pool with friends." I would perfer to take the bus or walk somewhere then to go on car. In the bus you can meet new people and make a friendship. And walking is a good form of exercise.
In Conclusion limiting car usage is good, there would be less smog and it can be a health environment for the oldest and youngest persons living in this planet. Limiting car usage you can also take it as a form of exercise, walking, taking your bike to work or school. And also,why waste all your money on your car bill?.SAVE UP!!.Lets limited our car usage. | 4 |
c032847 | I think the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuble because in paragraph 6 it talks about if you smile when a Web ad appears on the screen, a similar ad might follow . But if you frown the next ad will be differnt. The story talks about how your face expressions can say what emotion your feeling. For example if you raise your lips at the corners of your mouth , then squint your eyes slightly to produce wrinkling at the corners of your eyes , holding that raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, toward your eyes , it gives the looks that your happy because it all depends in your musccular actions . The computer can also tell when your faking a smile and when its real . Also in paragragh 8 its says that to an expert, faces dont lie, because the muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smile is not true. I think the technology to read minds is valuable because they tested it and they aprove that it is true that your face expresions show your emotions. | 2 |
c038b3a | There are many fellow citizens in the world that have been using cars are having car accidents and many more terribles things that have happen during inside of a car or outside of a car. According to the passage, Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters. Is better to take a walk, ride a bike, and make the streets a better place. Especially, that up to 50 percent in the United States, there are car-intensive areas. Car- free day, was a big hit in Bogota, and should make it in the United States one day to leave the streets without traffic jams.
First, fellow citizens should stop the car usage, to make the streets a better place, walk, ride a bike, or do something that would make the streets much safer. The cars usage, many people have died for these terrible accidents. Limiting car usage, is a great idea, because it supports the streets to not become very dangerous. There are many accidents that have caused of a hit-and-run. So is very important that at least the car usage should stop the humanity.
Next, Limiting car usage, is a great idea, because, according to the passage, up to 50 percent in the United States, there are car-intensive areas. Car-intensive areas, such as the traffic jam. Traffic jam, can be very dangerous at some point, and it keeps people very tired and fustrated. According to the article, In Bogota, Colombia, there's a program set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to keep the area as a car-free day, leaving the streets devoiding of traffic jams. So try to ride a bike, walk, skate, or do something, that can be a car-free day, a much safer environment.
Then, Limiting car usage, is a great idea, also, because without cars, and only buses and taxis, a which the main goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, Violators have faced $25 of fines, according to the article, also. Its a really good opportunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution from cars, especially the stress from traffic jams. As what i was saying in the beggining, that many people prefer to use bike, walk, or skate to keep themselves a much safer habit. If your driving, always put on the seatbelt to prevent from car accidents. Limiting car usage is a great way to prevent from all the car accidents out there in the world.
Last, Limiting car usage is a great way to the environment, makes the countries a better place. Having a car-free day, especially, is a much safer way to its environment. Ride a bike, walk, skate, or take a bus, if necessary, to prevent from all the car accidents out there in the world, it takes away the stress and decrease its air pollution from having a car-free day, and to promote from alternative transportation and reducing smog. Limiting car usage, is great way to our planet, but there is times that we need it for transporting to a place we want to go. Also, using a bike, walking, or skating is a great tool and excercise to our legs to keep our body maintained and healthy. | 4 |
c039048 | The aritical talks about a new technolgy that shows signs of emotions just by reading the face. So far it tells us what the musles in the mouth are that cause us to make these certain gestures with our face. This is very intrestings tells us how sometimes say when somone tells a lie. They will make a certain facial expressin such ass raising there eyes macking a weird light smile or smurk. These signs of facial reaction or movement of the face will be able to tell if somone is lieing or telling the truth.
The author gives us examplse of how to tell these claims. He gives us the distinked signs to look for to back the argument. Such as he tells us the facial expresions are very universal. Meanig that not just one person can have that facial expresion in the world. Also tells us how the new technolgy tracks the facil movements in somones face when they are showing emotions or trying to find them.
So this artical is mainly about a new technolgy using sciance to tell somones emotions by there facil expresion. The new tech tracks the movemnt in somones face. say if they talk an are telling a lie itll track your expresion an movment to determain if you are telling the trooth. But this goes off of other peoples stuff to becuase these facial expresions are universal meaning not just one person in the world has just this facial expression when they lie are being asked a qeustion or just talking. So the new tech tracks the movment of your face gestures and bases off of othere poeple who told the truth an who lied meaning they based the new facial expresions off a lairs an people who told the truth facial expresions an based em off of witch ever side your expressions leaned towards. | 1 |
c03a24b | Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus will gain insight on the planet itself. That our curiosity will likely lead us into our travels beyond our fears. We should not be limited by doubts, but to strive. We should meet the very edges of imagination, and concur our fears.
The author included lots of information of the planet Venus, and also some fun facts in which I also included in my passage. Venus is referred to as the Earth's twin. Venus is closest to Earth in density, the size, and sometimes in distance. In spance terms human have sent lots of spacecrafts to land on the cloud draped world. No spacecraft has survived the landing for more then a few hours on Venus. This is why a single space ship hasn't been on Venus in more than three decades.
With such a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets around Venus. The author has been stating lots of backgound information about Venus which helps on knowing when we need to have to be able to stand the conditions. Venus is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times what we experience on our planet each day. Also Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our very soloar system, even if Mercury is closer to the sun. Venus is the most earth like planet in our solar system.
Venus still has some features that are close to the same on Earth. The planet has a hard rocky surface that includes valleys, mountains, and craters. The author is talking about new ways to apportch the planet without having to land on it because of its toasty temperatures. There still isn't a way to get samples of its land, but with all the information they have gathered where they can have our machines last long enough that they can stand the harsh climates of Venus. However, all they need right now is to get up close. The author doesn't think because there's a obstical in the way of a new discovery you shouldn't give up. To learn to adapt with the information you have will help down to road t your success. | 3 |
c03c5de | In recent years, the fascination of driverless cars has boomed. Movies and television have depicted a world in which driverless cars are the future. This imagination is now becoming a reality. Recently companies, such as Google, have been making driverless cars. While having a driverless car would be something extraordinary, these cars should not be produced and sold on the market to the consumer. A driverless car could be even more reckless than an irresponsible human driver.
Driverless cars should not be produced because of the saftey hazard they can possibly create. All of the cars deemed "driverless" that have been produced are, in reality, not actually driversless. While these cars do have different features that allow them to drive, a driver must still be present. Also, these driverless cars are not fully equipped with the skills necessary to navigate on a road. The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" says, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." In a driverless car, the passanger must still remain alert and ready to take control if issues were to arise. Cars such as these could possibly malfunction even more than a regular one. A car in which a human is not in control posses threats such as the car not judging the distance between itself and others cars correctly and crashing, or the car continuingly accelerating due to a glitch in the system freezing the ability to break. On top of the safety hazards these cars make, new traffic laws for these cars would have to be made because it is illegal in most states to even test computer operated cars. The cars would have to be proven reliable and safe.
In conclusion these driverless cars should not be made. They should not be produced due to the many hazards that can happen. Besides, who would buy a driverless car just to end up having to drive it anyway in the end? Getting a driverless car would just be a waste of money. A car that has safety features that assist and enhance a driver would be a good idea. But as for a car that totally drives itself, it's safe to say that they wont be on the market anytime soon. | 4 |
c03d757 | NASA should explore Venus even thought there are going to be many danger on the trip because it will help them figure out if Venus was just like Earth long ago, and it would be a shorter time to travel then the other planets. They call Venus "Earth's 'twin' " because there are so many things on Venus that are just like to Earth which make you want to figure out if humans use to be able to live on it a long time ago.
Venus is just like Earth in many ways and the only way to find out if it use to have water, and supported various forms of life is to travel to Venus. "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most-Earth-like planets in out solar system." They have made the hypothesis that Venus could've been just like Earth because they still have some of the features that we have on Earth today. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Since our twin is our neighbor planet the comparison between the time frame of Mars and Venus. Venus would have the shorter time since it is closer which means that we could do something and figure it out faster than we did when we went to Mars. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Even if we could travel to Venus there are always risks to going on many excursions like this.
Yes there are many risks to going to Venus and here is why we shouldn't "A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus... On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric presuure is 90 times greater." These could be very bad for humans because humans can not survive under that temperature nor could they survive under that pressure so some people could call it a suicide mission. Another example is " ... Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our Solar system." This makes it even harder for humans because they will have to make a suit that can survive those temperatures and protect the human inside the suit while they are on the surface of Venus. Another is example is "... Beyond high pressire and heat, Venusian gelogy and weather present addiotional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning storms strikes probes seeking to land on its surface." Any of that natural disasters could destroy the space craft and kill the human inside or just make it even harder to survive.
Yes there are many reasons of why we shoudn't take this trip to Venus, but there are ways that scientists have figured out to avoid and make the trip safer. For example " NASA'a possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." Which means that you would be able to avoid all the natural distasters and avoid the dangerous ground conditions. It also says "At a thrity-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of the sea level on Earth." Now that they have figured out that they can do this it would make it safer for the Astronaut and overall safer in the aircraft because they can figure out ways for the aircraft to be safer.
NASA should explore Venus even thought there are many dangers to the trip because it will help them figure out if Venus was just like Earth long ago, and it would be a shorter time to travel then the other planets. Now that you have read my essay you have seen the good things and the bad things about going to Venus. There are many reasons why we shouldn't go, but there are many ways that the scientists have thought about to overcome the harsh conditions on Venus. Venus may be dangerous, but being the first country to go to Venus and to feel the excitement about getting to our goal would make you feel even greater. | 4 |
c04225a | Dear Senator of Florida,
I believe that we should keep the Electoral college for our compromise between the election of the president. I argue this because with the Electoral College we get to vote for who we believe is gonna help us out during thier years as President not the choice of the president who we might not believe or trust in anymore to vote for us or the other side. So I argue to keep the Electoral College to select our presidemt for the U.S.
The Ellectoral College lets us People who are able to vote vote for who we want. In "Does the Electoral College Work" Source 1: What is The Ellectoral College? written by the office of the federal register states that"by a popular vote of qualified citizens". This displays that we the peoplewho are suppose to be here in The U.S qualified and a citizen are allowed to vote four our people because those are our rights. So Mr. Senator please keep the ellectoral College by helping to keep it for the people of the U.S just like me.
If we are voting for president the majority of thr votes goes to the president who earn it which says that these people of the U.S need the president they voted for which is the president who won. In "source 3: In defense of the electoral college:five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" it shows in2. Everyones President that" The ellectoral college requirs a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal". So it not possible for a president to cheat its what the people choose for them to help them so the president they choose does what the people wanted or needed. Si I argue for you to do mea fovor and vote for the ellectoral College to stay as is.
In "source 2: The indefensible Electoral College: why even the best laid defenses of the sysem are wrong" they tell us wee voting for someone we dont want. But that is why you learn about your electors and who they want so you choose the one whon is going for you which is your president. Its as easy as doing a little research to find out who your really electing for as president of the U.S.
I believe that Us americans should keep the Electoral College so we can keep our rights as our nation for the people. That is what we fought for for our freedeom and our rights. So I argue Mr. Senator to favor in keeping the Electoral Collegeso we can get our electedpresidents for majority of people in the U.S. SO lets stay away from the presidents choice because that is not our rights we are the people for the people to vote for who we want as qualified citizens. | 3 |
c044d1a | Driverless cars have been in the news all the time in the past few years. Many advancements have been made in order to make this new technology possible. The continued development of driverless cars will benefit in the world today. Car companies need to keep making progress in driverless cars because it wil eventually lead to a safer way of transportation for all people.
Many people die each year in car crashes. Most of these are due to distracted drivers doing things like texting and driving. Driverless cars would greatly reduce the number of these accidents. The article gave details talking about how driverless cars could be activated to take over driving when the driver needs to do something like send a text message. A driverless car is just another high-tech safety feature a newer car could offer just like air bags. Nearly all car buyers are influenced by how safe their car is and how expensive it is. The price on a car with this technology is unknown right now but it may drive many buyers away with a high pricetag. For many people though, safety is a bigger concern over price. People would rather be safer driving around even if it did cost a little more. They would be attracted to a driverless car which could assist them when they needed on the roads. Safety is a major concern in cars and new driverless cars could help improve road safety greatly.
As well as safety concers, the roads need to improve also to further the driverless car experience. There is a large amount of progress that is still to come in order for these cars to be safe. As the article refered to, the roads need to be smarter as well. This was the first way that there were strides made toward driverless cars. According to the article, these pratice tracks with smart roads sending signals to each car worked perfectly. The only problem with this idea was the amount of money needed to fund this project. Companies are already spending large sums of money to make cars with newer better technology. Why not focus some of that money on making these smart roads which would help the driverless cars run. Obviously it is not reasonable to install this technology on all roads, but if it is on highways, busy roads, and throughout cities it would make a difference. This would help prevent drivers from having to take control of their cars due to the car avoiding tough situations altogether. Overall, smarter roads would help these cars and make them better for the people around them.
Lastly, people are always wanting the newest and best technology advances pout there. Each year millions of people swarm to get a new version of the iPhone. These driverless cars would be the iPhone of car industry. Cars have not changed much in the past one hundred years. People put in air bags, seat belts, or navigation systems but nothing major. A driverless car would be something major that no one has ever seen before. Boat loads of people would want to be the first to own this new technology and not have to even drive their own car. Many would see the appel in being a passanger in your own car. These newer driverless cars would be loved by many buyers and sell like hot cakes which is why they need to be manufactured.
In conclusion, driverless cars are becoming a reality that will be loved by many. It is more of a safety feature for many drivers which will help to reduce the amount of accidents. With newer technology being created and used, the cars and roads will both need to be improved before these cars can work well out in the everyday world. Millions of people around the world will flock to car dealerships to buy this new technology though. Driverless cars will change the car industry for the better. This is the future of transportation | 5 |
c04c9a4 | Would you wanttolive in a world where driving is now done by computers? I mean, wouldn't that just be sweet? Well, I'm going to let you on a little secret that I call the "Three Part Series". This world would be dangerous, promote laziness, and would be quite expensive.
Firstly, this invention would be dangerous. Not only would these computers have to be programmed to completely analyze and control the road, but new laws will have to be published for these driverless cars. In paragraph 9, it says "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover the liability in the case of an accident." which over all make you stop and think. If this tecnology fails or makes a mistake, who is at fault, you the driver or the manufacturer? Will driving tests still be required in case of an emergency or will everyone lack the knowledge of driving? It's so dangerous that California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia has started to limit the use ofsemi-autonomous cars.
Secondly, this invention will not only promote laziness but bring about other inventions that will promote computer controlled programs. These cars will provide a better respose and control than a human, like it says in paragraph 5, so will this push us to be less aware of the roads and dangers of accidents? You might say "what's so bad about that?", well not only are you losing your everyday self-awareness but you're allowing yourself to become lazy. No longer will your attention be on the road but instead focused on the lastest updated picture of Justin Bieber, while you drink a sweet tea from the dollar menu. Sooner or later you'll be the girl/boy everyone has seen give their clothes to a robot to wash them or your kitchen to a robot who cooks for you.
Lastly, not only will you be lazy, but, you'll be broke too. In 2000, "Radar" or these driverless cars we're estimated to cost 200 million dollars. I don't know about you, but I know there's no way I'll be spending 200 million on driverless car when that's all I'm estimated to make for a LIFETIME. With the price of this car, I can imagine how much money these companies will be needing just to manufacturer one set each of these cars. So, just take a minute and think how money these companies are going to blow that can be used towards something else, like charity,at-risk neighborhoods, homeless shelters or even just rehab centers. So, ultimately you'll be spending more on this car then you'll make in a lifetime or even spend in a lifetime.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I still agree and stand by my "Three Part Series" or TPS for short. As you can see, not only will this car be inefficient but it will be expensive, dangerous, and will promote laziness. So the next time you might think this will be a great idea, remember the engraved "Three Part Series". | 4 |
c04f524 | Dear senator in the sources "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defences of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer and also "In Defense of the Electoral College: five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by Richard A. Posner, the authors of the article discuss the pros and cons to having an electoral college. The citizens of the United States would be more pleased if the electoral college stayed as opposed to it being ebolished.
To begin, having a electoral college will be better for the nation and people.
for example, the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing a president" the article states "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is very possible- it happened in 2000- but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." this claim provides a true statement on reasons why we should keep the electoral college. This statement means that disputes are less likely with their method and their is a certainty of an outcome.
Although keeping the electoral college is a valid idea, there are some problems associated with keeping the electoral college as well. Of course, there are difficulties with in the curcumstsance where we keep the Electoral Collage opposed to disspose of it. the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, Plumer made several claims opposing of the electoralcollege, such claims include "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters" and opinons like "Its official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irration". While Plumer did put his point across as to how the system is unfair we must take into consideration how it is more reasonable and appropriate, in "in defense of the electoral college: five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" the article states that "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal" which is fair and less stressful.
in summary, the best option would to keep the way things are rather than changing things up and and creating a more stressful, unorganized system. Although Plumer made accurate claims as to some of the faults in the system, there was far more proof in keeping the electoral college and keeping things the same. | 3 |
c0524f6 | What do you think about Venus? Is it safe to explore Venus? Or is it not safe to? In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author's idea is that "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." How good is he at explaining it? In his article, the author doesn't do well in supporting his idea.
To start, the author mostly provides evidence for the counter agrument. The author states, "it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."
He also states, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." The entire third paragraph also talks about the disadvantages of pursuiting Venus. In that paragrph he states, "These conditions are far more extreme than aything humans encounter on Earth." This shows that the author doesn't support his idea well because his evidence supports the counter argument.
The author's claim is that it is worthy pursuiting Venus, but they can't take further samples because of the risks. The author states, "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." NASA had an idea for sending humans to study Venus, on a blimp-like vehicle. But the conditions aren't easy. According to the article, "temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit."
This proves that the author's claim wasn't supported well because the information provides the disadvantages of studying Venus.
To conclude, the author doesn't support his idea well. He doesn't provide the right information to support his idea. Most of his information goes for the idea that it is impossilbe to study mars. | 4 |
c05b975 | If someone invited you to become a Seagoing Cowboy would you go or not? I know for a fact that I would take the invitation and go. I mean there are pros to this. There also cons.
There are so many opportunities to go explore the world. These are one of them. You would get to visit China, Europe, Greece, and many other places too. This is a chance for you to communicate with the rest of the world that you haven't seen or probably heard of yet.
Now to the cons, this is also the end of this because I know you WILL go. The one and only con there is that I know of is that you would miss your friends and family. I mean, to you there are probably other cons. To me, I only have one con. So, would you take the invitation to become a Seagoing Cowboy? | 2 |
c060418 | Now you may have heard of something on Mars that looked like a huge rock formation. You may have thought it was created by aliens, but here at NASA I am here to tell you that it's just a mesa.
Well in 1976 we discovered something on Mars that looked like a face! At first we thought it was something like what you think now, we thought it was aliens. The excitement was short lived for us because we ended up saying that "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa" so that made it disappointing for us. You may say that the landform is created by aliens and we're just hiding it from you, but you're sorely mistaken because this discovery would help NASA as a whole if we did reveal it. That's just one of many reasons that we aren't lying about it being a landform.
Another reason that we are completely sure it's a landform is because we can't spot any sign of life on the face. As we 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 or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" So even if you thought we were lying saying "Oh this image is a lie they have secret ones that actually show that there's life on Mars in their building," you would have no clue that there's no reason for us to hide life being on Mars. We wouldn't have anything bad happen to us because we discovered life on Mars we would get rewarded for discovering life on Mars so why would we hide it?
And the last reason is that we have factual evidence and credibility to back up that there's no life on Mars. Like we said during this speech we said that "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform." Later on we did it again in the speech "Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001- a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view," Said Garving. "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." Now you may say that we never did that, but we have photographic evidence of that clear photo that lets you see everything on the face. So we have the evidence we need to prove that this photo is real.
All together we have the proof that this special land formation on Mars that may look like aliens have built it, but it's just a simple mesa here on Earth something so common. | 4 |
c065798 | Beep Beep! I've been waiting here for hours! Is what most people are saying nowadays. So many people rely on vehicles for transportation. This means that we can get places faster sure. But that also means there is alot of disadvantges to this as well. I'm going to talk about the advantages of limiting car usage. A few points i want to talk about are the reasons why it's better to limit car usage. Why it's better for us to not have cars if we have a job near by. The gas will keep getting higher and higher.
The first thing i'm going to talk about is the advantages of limiting you're car use. Every one knows that we rely on our vehicles to get us from place to place. In big cities there are alot of people so that means there is more traffic which backs everything up for hours at a time. This is called a smog. If we all would take a day off from our cars once a week it would make a big difference. It would also help out on the pollution as well.
Another thing i would like to talk about is that we should think about getting rid of our cars if we live in a community. If everything you need is within walking distance why would you need one? People in Germany are doing that today and are doing very well. One person said "When i had a car i was always tense, I'm much happier now." The United States are thinking about doing that and they are calling it "smart planning".
The next thing i would like to talk about is the gas will keep getting higher and higher and the air will keep getting more polluted. "Americans are buying fewer cars , driving less, and getting fewer licenses." So we are making the first step torwards that. A recent study shows that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford, chairman of the Ford Motor Company said he wants to create cities in which " pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time , conserve resources , lower emissions and improve safety". So we are working torwards this but i am sure it will take some time. I know some people will not want to give up there vehicles but the government can just fine them if they drive their cars on days that are prohibited.
So all in all i think we should go through with limiting the usage of vehicles. If we can't do anything at least make more vehicles that are eco friendly to the invironment. I think we should limit car use. Get rid of most of our cars if we live in a community. And that the gas will keep risisng higher and higher do to how many of us need it. | 3 |
c0679f5 | Venus simple to see from a distants but very hard to see up close. Astronomers are very facinated by this planet. Before venus had an average temperature over 800 degrees fahrenhit and an atmostphereic pressure that is 90 times greater than ours is here on earth. Astronomers think it was alot like earth with big oceans and they think it could have supported forms of life like we have here. NASA is working on other approaches to study venus. "Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been testeed in a chamber simulationg the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for 3 weeks in these conditions"(venus 7). This is a challenge that Scientist and astronomers should definetly look into. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"(venus 8). | 1 |
c06faec | In my personal oppinion I think it's best to keep the Electoral College. Don't get me wrong I think people should have a say in it too, but in all seriousness we the people we really can't make good decisions. For instance what they say may blind us from the hard on facts and we'll make a horrible decision just because they can manipulate us with words. The Electoral College can pick the person that is perfect for the job but we can't.
"A candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." (Richard A. Posner) It states there that if the person is popular in some sates and everybody likes him, that doesn't mean he would be fit to be president. The Electoral College doesn't pick them because of what they say and if they persuide you to like them, they look at the facts and see if that person is fit to be the president. Maybe it's best if they were to decide on the president but I'm also saying that we should have some say in it.
We're the ones living here we all have a right too. It doesn't matter if we make poor decisions we're only human that's what we do, that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a say in it. "The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational." (Bradford Plumer) Sure the Electoral College doesn't normally decide on what we have to say but they should take it in consideration.
I think that we should keep the Electoral College and let the proffessionals do what they do best. As the people living with what the president has to say I still think it's highly important that we have some say on who the president is. Will we make the right decisions? probably not but we're only human can you blame us? No I didn't think so. | 2 |
c0734ca | I think this facial action codig system would be really helpfull to people who work on computers or students. comptuer work is boring and lame so i would want it to send me somethjing that makes me laugh or smile.
I think the facial acting coding system will be a good idea on life on this plane. t it could help out our students like it said in paragraph 6 it said the computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then the computer could modify the lesson like an effective human instuctor. or when you get on anybody it could see your emotion and give you something that woukld help with it. it could make video games better and in paragraph 6 it says that
"most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication so computers need to understand that to".
Then again some people would think that its weird to have a computer watching your face 24/7. ,aybe it could turn into a robot and take over the world. we would never know but if they did come out with the facial action coding system it would be kinda cool to have videos and stuff to cheer you up if your sad if your in a good mood could send you something to make you laugh. Even if your just doing homework and it could tell that your upset or confused or just bugged out by the problem it could help you without even asking fo9r help it would help you out right away i think thats coool cause alot of kids need help on stuff like that and for teachers they cant help alot of students with work. So before the teacher even gets to them the computer could be helping them alreadfy its like a teaher thats already there and lord knows every student wants that extra help to pass. | 3 |
c078616 | The author suggest that studying wenus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents he thinks human curiosity will began.the text states"striving to meet the challenger presented by venus has value,not only because of the insight to bo gained on the planet itself,but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into equally intimidating endeavors".the author thinks getting a closer look at venus is a way to look at venus value . the text states"Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edge of imagination and innovation".this shows how the author suggests that studyng venus is a good idea depite it's risks and dangers it has.
In the Challenge of Exploring Venus the author states a lot of good reasons they should study Venus and study the value of Venus despite it's dangers.
the authr states"NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus".the author belives that although it may be danerous it also maybe worth the danger. the text states "Solar power would be plentiful,and radiation would not exceed Earth levels".the authors says these might not be easy conditions but they are survivable for humans. this shows why the author suggest studying Venus.
The author belives that if the research get a better and up close look at Venus they can study it better.the passage states"More importantly ,researchers cannot take sample sof rock,gas,or anything else,from a distance".research most get a closer look to study Venus fully and in the way they need and wnat to.the text states"Therefore,scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to undestand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk".this show that the author and researchers are willing to take risk to get up close and study Venus.
Researchers belive that if they are up close and personal it would be better and give them more evidence for Venus. the text states"if our sister planet is so inhospitable,why are scientists evendiscussing further visits to it's surface".the author says from the earth u can see a nice sight but you can't see much from a distance.the passage states"The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable,but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive".this shows how there can be obstacles and risk but researchers and scienctists are willing to take and bypass them anyway.
The text states"a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus".there are alot of risks with Returnint to Venus and getting rocks and samples off of venus.the text states"Often referred to as Earth twin,Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size,and occasionally the closet in distance too".the author will find anyway to over look and find new and safer ways to go up close and personal to Venus.this shows how the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents to humans. | 3 |
c07be21 | The Facial action coding system is a good idea to used in estudents beacuse almost the 50% of the students are shy an they dont want to ask when they are confused and bored so if teachers know how they feel they can help them. A classroom computer could reconigze when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts."then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor ." the same technology can make computers-combined faces more expressive- for video games or videos surgery. Many people are going to like this becuase that can help techers, students, and all people that cna get it. Did you know that exist a new sofwart making by Dr. Paul Eckman called " The Facial Aciton Coding" that indentify the humans emotion that it can used in all people bout we can used in students to show how they are feeling. The process begin when the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major mucles in the model must move like humans muscles. movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit". Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions that are happiness, surprise, anger, disguits, fear and sadness -and then associated each whit characteristic movements os the facial muscles. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, Dr. Huang thought individuals often show varying degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly), The software can even identify mixed emotions, each expression is compared against a natural face showing no emotions. the monal lisa demostration is really intendet to bring a smile to your face. Imagine making a computer that know when you are sad or happy it can be good for people. In conclusion this idea is really amazing besause it helps people and almost all the people are confused beacuse they dont know how they feel about something, this computer with the sofware it can be good for school because al students got confiused in something bout someones are shy an they dont want to ask to the teachers to make the aclaration about the thing that they are confiused and it can be better for teachers making more things intesting. | 2 |
c07bfe6 | The author supports his idea to further study Venus very well and I will show you how. The author supports his idea by giving different things NASA and other countries have down to explore the planet, but he also helps introduce the reader to the planet in the first paragraph.
The author starts by giving different facts about the planet including the following "Venus sometimes called the Evening Star, is one of the brightest points in the sky, making it simple for even an amatuer stargazer to spot." this is from the first paraghraph and even though it may not seem like he supported his idea he introduced the planet to the reader, which in turn helps the reader to understand the planet a bit more. He also explains how human beings have been fascinated by it with the following from paragraph 2 "Earth,Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner_in space terms_humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." also there is this from paragraph 4 "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus becuase it may have well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solor system". this is proving that for decades humans have been fascinated by this gas cloud-draped planet. He also explains that NASA is trying to figure out ways to get to the surface safely in paragraphs 5&7 with the following "NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been teseted in achamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this is really some compelling information. This information really helps set the tone that we just might be able to study Venus's choatic surface.
I think that the author really supports his idea with all of the infromation provided even though this mission might seem impossible people like this author s trying to keep the hope alive. The author explains how NASA is trying so many different technologies to try and send them to the surface, also while trying to figure out if scientist could try and hover over the planet while studying the planet from the outside. There you have it so many ways this author supports his idea that there is still hope for studying Venus. | 4 |
c07ddfb | The use of the technolpgy to read the emotions of students in the classroom can be very useful. The use of this technology can help improve and better the lessons that the teachers give. Also this could help the teachers detect and solve emotinal problems that the students may have.
Students tend to get bored and distracted while the teacher gives a lesson, this leads to the students not retaining the information that they are learning. The use of this emotion reconization technology could help ditect the boredom to where the teacher would be able to change up the lesson to further ingage the students. If the students are more ingaged in the lesson they are more likely to retain the information and score higher on their test.
High school is a rough time for students unfortunatly. During this time of their life they are going though a lot of changes and have a lot of emotions. Sometimes these emotions cause them to make some unhealthy life dissisions which could lead them down the wrong path. If teachers where able to reconize these emotions they could talk to these students because it isn´t always easy to reach out for help. This could help the students talk about what is bothering them and work though it.
This technology does have it´s cons. Reading the emotions of the students could be seen as a breach of their privicy. Not all students want everyone to know how they feel and would like to keep it to themselves. This could be solved by making the students sign a waver stating that they are okay with having their emotions read.
The use of emotion reading technology could be a gigantic plus in the school system. This technology could help solve many problems before they occur. This could also inprove test scores and the overall well being of our students. After all we only want whats best for them right? | 4 |
c07e6a7 | Dear Senator PROPER_NAME,
The purpose of this letter is to fight for the cause of removing the Electoral College and voting simply by popular vote. With eveidence from "What is the Electoral College?'' by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, and "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President," by Richard A. Ponser, I will eleborate on this subject. Now, since I am only fourteen, I do not claim to have all knowledge and be an expert on this method of voting, but it is not the way to choose our country's leader.
The Electoral College is a compromise between who the people of America chose and who Congress has chosen. This is an incorrect method of selecting the President. The Constitution states that we the people have the choice to select our government; not Congress. Yes, the Constitution's founding fathers also established the Electoral College, but it is a thing of the past. As Richard A. Ponser writes, an "anchorism" (In Defense of the Electoral College, par. 1), if you will. Moreover, the Electoral College does not belong in this day and age; it is something that is out-dated and in need of replacement.
The Electoral College also does not allow citizens to exersize their right to vote for their President, since Congress also has their say in the matter. The voting process was created for the citizens; not the people who are in the government. In fact, Bradford Plumer states that "over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." (The Indefensible Electoral College, par. 1) This process of voting for President is undesired and despised my many people, by over half of the voters in America. The Office of the Federal Register writes that the Electoral College is "a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by popular vote of qualified citizens." Why does Congress have any sort of influence or say in this matter? The people choose their government; not the governemt itself!
Alright, the Electoral College is something that should not be used, by I can see the point of its purpose. The popular vote of the citizens can be infulenced by others, or advertisements and propoganda from political parties. Some voters are biased and overlook the negative things of the candidates because they do not wish to believe that this person does not support or believe everything they do. The Electoral College helps to balance that out. "No region... has enough electoral votes to elect a president." (In Defense of the Electoral College, par. 5) Richard A. Ponser asserts this in his article, as well as the fact that no region or place has any reason to go about "increasing his plurality" (par. 5) to make sure that a candidate will win. The Electoral College prevents this, resulting in a compromise between the popular vote of the citizens and Congress.
To come to a conclusion, I have stated that the Electoral College is not a method that should be used to choose the President of the United States. It is out-dated and does not allow citizens to choose the leader of their country. However, is balances out the popular vote and the Congress's vote.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
c09062e | Why you should go to programs
I think people should participate in Luk's progam because in the text it says, "Luke also found time to have fun and the fun they had was baseball and volleyball". Luke has a lot of things to do because it says, He was working two part jobs in a grocery store and a bank his friend Don Reist invited him to go ona Europe on a cattle boat. So you can tell they go on alot of adventures all the time because in the text it says, "It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United States annd a month to get to China". Luke and Don are always prepared to go to places because it says, "Katie's farm a boy came to Luke to prepare him for the for hrd work not the dangers at sea and his job was to watch the animals every hour". Luke got to see new things because in the text it says, "It opened the world to him i'm grateful for the opportunity he says, It made me more aware of people of other countries".
Luke had to watch alot of animals because in the text it says, "UNRRA hired seagoing cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas". The captain he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside Luke's heart bursted like 300mph. As he vrrrrooommmeeeddd a opening on the side of the ship a long strip of metal stopped his slide from falling into a dark Atlantic. On his ship they have so much fun activities I know this because in the text it says, "That they have table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing reading and whittling". Luke said that the day in pacific war ended they got there seaman's paper's and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster headed for greece.
And this is why I think you should go to the program I hope you like it
THE END | 2 |
c090ee2 | I think the state senator should change the electoral college to vote for the president of the united states. I think it would be a lot easier to do and make sure a president would be elected. They also wouldnt have to worry about it being a tie. And if it was a tie then they would be able to decide who the winner would be. Also the people will be able to vote for the president of the united states and won't have to worry about the electors voting for someone else that they didn't vote for. They also don't have to pay attention if the president were picked by a popular vote. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. The electoral college method of selecting a president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. The residents of the other reigons are likely to feel disenfranchised to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president. The most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election. This would a lot easier than the electoral college and would let people actually vote for the next presiddent of the united states of america. | 2 |
c092a11 | The President should be chosen by popular vote. By letting the people choose who sould be their President they are able to get what they want, not what Congress thinks they want.
The Electoral College system is old news and now that we are in 2015 there are all sorts of new things going on. The Electoral College system is just too much and seems like a hassle that can be made easier by having qualified citizens vote for their President.
Under The Electoral College system voters are voting for electors who choose the President for them. I feel that the people should be able to put in their votes and the man (or woman) who has the majority of the votes should be the President. I am aware that choosing the President is a big deal but by doing this, things are much easier and more efficent.
What I am trying to say is that the Electoral College system is way too flawed and complicated to be good for us. I feel as though the Electoral College system is unfair, and irrational. Electors have been known to refuse to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever. Richard Nixon validated only his oppenent's electors as well. People can take this system to advantage easily and obuse it to get what they want.
By choosing the President through popular vote it is very difficult to mess up the amount of votes for one person. You can keep supervision on the voting stands and make sure nobody puts in more than one vote for one person and also monitor the people who sort the votes. People are very selfish and only think of themselves and thats why you shouldn't have other people go and vote for the party's canidate. The Electoral College system was made when thinking out of the box wasn't a good thing. The Electoral College system is unfair for voters and outdated. | 3 |
c097714 | Having a computer that can tell the emotions of an individual in the classroom would be a very valuable asset. The computer would be able to read the expressions on a students face, which ends up helping the entire class. It would help teachers know what they need to change or modify for the over all success and understanding of their students. It also allows for the teacher to know if his(her) students are understanding the work given to them. This also allows for the teachers to understand more of how the students feel throughout the lessons given.
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the developers of this facial recognition tell how the computer is able to recognize the expressions of the individual sat in front of it. When the student becomes disinterested, bored, or confused the computer is able to modify the lesson like a true human instructor would. This engages the students and also helps relieve the stress of confusion. Having these computers creates a better and more engaged classroom. The teachers benefit as well, being able to use the information given from these computers to assess their teaching and then edit or tweak the lessons to better fit the learning styles of his(her) class.
These computers will be able to change the environment of a class and the people inhabiting the class. Once a classroom that was boring and tense can change to a brighter and well-rounded classroom, due to the facial recognition. The lessons will become easier and many students that were once struggling could end up growing and learning more than they ever imagined they would. The students become more involved in the lessons and excitement for what is taught is most likely to occur. The teachers would also be relieved from some stress because they wouldnt have to worry about whether or not their students are engaged and understanding what is given to them. Giving computers that can recognize the emotions of the students and peers around it, would be extremely beneficial to the classroom. | 4 |
c09b401 | A driverless car is a have to have item! Think about all the benefits the car could offer. Imagine not having to constantly steer the wheel to a destenation 3,000 miles away! Consider the saftey and cost that the car offers too.
Cars arent cheap, not even in todays world. Especially a car that monuvers its self throughout the streets! Ask yourself if the price is worth the actual car. A car that has all these extra accessories clearly needs more checkups to see if the car is running in the best shape it can. Companies such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, the google car, are all very pricey. These cars are often used by people in the upper class percentile. A car introduced by one of these companies are more than likely going to be at a high price!
Creating a car with cameras, sensors, etc all these extra objects will have an imapct on the company because they have to pay the workers there too whom will now have to be trained how to apply these extra wires, objects, etc. Price is something you should take into consideration.
Companies have to be aware of the problems the car may face. What if a part gets damaged or stops working for any reason! Will it be the companies fault or the person? The saftey of this car has to be garanteed to make sure the person is well satisfied! The cameras might be a consideration to this car because if there is ever an accidant , the camera will always be aware of whats happening to see what failed or if the person was not paying attention. That way the company wont have to deal with people trying to sue or any laws. I feel like as if saftey is everything because you are putting your trust in the manufactures! What if something goes wrong and its not the persons fault? This may all have a very big impact on all of us. Especially new drivers who are young.
Imagine the awesome benefits! Long road trips with the people you love! If all goes right the car can break for you and or warn you, etc. Driverless cars could be a dream come true to people who simple do not have time to be on the rode or for medical reasons they can rush themselves to the hospital! A lot of great things coming in the near future.
In conclusion, you should always be aware of whats around you and whats happening! Especially about topic like this. You might find yourself in a car like this one day or someone you may know. Saftey and price should be taken into consideration and think about all the benefits that contribute to the car! | 4 |
c09b50a | I think that having technology that can read emotions in a class room would be a good idea because it can show where kids tend to feel self consious about certian taskes they are asked to do. Some kids may feel excited to get up in front of their class to do a speech or presentation, while others may feel the need to hide. This can also help with social behaviors by showing how kids react when palying a competive game or trying to get along with others they may not know well.
For kids who tend to be more quite in school communicating can be on the difficult side. By putting these technologies in PC's or other computers, teachers can help those students work on their skills based on where they tend to react. The author takls about how most human interaxtion is non-verbal. Their claim is "Most human communication is non-verbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that to." Dr. Huang wnats to explain that maybe if the game can tell that the child paly is feeling frustated that the game system can help them through until they feel more confident. This kind of technology can indicate whether a person is actually happy or just faking it. The author writes, "They even indicate the differnece between a genuine smaile and a forced one." The computers can even go imdepth enough to prove that its faked based on the way that the muscles are reacting. As claimed by the author, "In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheeck bones) lift the corners of your mouth." These emotion readers can indicate where and when a childs emotion can change.
In conclusion, emotion readers can help teachers tell when kids feel differently about something even if they show a different expression. Although people may think they are being watched, adding these feature in school PC's would be a good idea. These features will help get a better understanding of what really puts pressure on students at any age and grade level. This will also help studies to see if somethings that are done in school are too much fo one to handle based on their age and emotions. | 3 |
c09c0d0 | I truly believe that as a human race, we need fully driverless cars. I feel like we need these cars for many reasons. All the time on the news you hear about someone who was innocent get hit by a drunk driver, or someone who was texting and driving. Face it, we are all humans, and no matter what the law says we will still get an urge to talk/text and drive, or drive under the influence of alchol or another type of drug.But with self driving cars we can still do these things, exect we will have the car to drive and keep us safe. I believe with all self driving cars there will be very few accidents per year.
One of the problems is even though we need to change to fully self driving cars in the future, it will be very expensive for all of the car companies to fund this project. Also, not every human makes a good earning to afford these cars, which will be very expensive. Then if the customers dont buy the cars, it could potentionally put these major corporations out of buisiness. To also put something else in perspective, lets think about repairs. Lets say your car won't start, will you take it to a shop? Or will you have to manually find the
problem. One good question is will these cars need to be electric for all of the functions to fully work? Or will we able to stick to gas?
I personally believe, these corporations should either find a way to inexpensively produce and sell these cars, or
stick to the cars we have now. Because not everybody can dump there old car and go out and buy a new one. Also, lets say we all have to go to self driving cars. Right now there are billions of cars on this planet. We would produce so much pollution to recycle those cars, plus we would have to dump all of the non-recycleable parts. If we do happen to go to all self driving cars, it would be incredibley expensive, but it would also create lots of jobs. But these jobs would all depend on how the car was built, and what would be needed in order to keep the car fully safe and functional. | 3 |
c09d765 | Dear state senator,
Many people do not think that the Electoral College is not fair, or exact. In fact, people wanted to boycott it in 2000. I suggest that we change it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. It is fair to the candidates and to the people of our country, and we should be able to choose our president, not the electors. Also, if we keep the Electoral College, voting will be unfair and it only makes people want to stop voting. I will explain to you the details of these reasons why we should change it in the rest of my letter.
To begin with, we should change to popular voting because it is fair to everyone. The people want a fair election. Presidents can be chosen wisely by the people, and candidates will be chosen fairly. People want a safe election, so that they can feel safe and protected with the president that we all chose together. It is only unfair to not let us have the advantage of expressing our own opinions. That is a reason why we should change the Electoral College to election by popular voting for the president .
The second reason why we should change to popular voting is because we, as in the people of the United States, should have the advantage of voting for our own president, not the electors. The people know what they want and need to vote for the candidate based on their own opinions. Electors have different opinions, which is not fair at all since we are not really voting. They are only changing our votes and not agreeing with the votes of the people. That is the second reason why the government should change the Electoral College to election by popular voting for the president.
A disadvantage of keeping the Electoral College is that it is unfair and it makes less people want to vote for a president. In 2012, only half of the whole United States voted for a president. They did not think voting was really necessary anymore, since we are not really voting. It also makes the people feel worthless since their votes do not really count anymore. We basically do not have a say in our own country, and that is not fair to us or the government. That is why keeping the Electoral College is a bad idea, and we should change it.
This is why you should reconsider changing to popular vote, for the good of our country. It is honestly a much better process for our country , the citizens, and especially for the candidates that want to make a great difference in the place we live in. Popular voting is fair to candidates and people, we should choose our president, not electors, and the Electoral College is unfair and makes less people want to vote. Thank you for reading and listening to my letter. Have a great day. | 4 |
c09f013 | Is it really worth it? Studying venus is indeed worth pursuit and indeed despiting the dangers. Venus has pros and cons to this topic of question. I can see why people think that we shouldnt waste our time on veus. I can also see why people may say that venus has potential and is worth studying. Although venus is worth studying in my opinion.
Venus is considered one of the planets. Venus is called the "Evening Star" . Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Other often reffer to Venus as the "Earths twin". mainly because they share some common things. Astronomers are very interested in Venus. NASA is takeing venus into another level, experimenting and haveing faith that Venus can actually be the next great big thing, maybe such as another Earth. They are already said it will be full of solar power. It can maybe even let humans be up there with survival. I can see why the would want to continue to discover Venus as it seems it has alot of pros. venus's pros outwiegh the cons.
Venus is the secound closest to the sun meaning it is very hot. In the passage it says "In our solar system, Venus is the secound planet fom our sun". Astronomers have done missions of spacecrafts sent by humans to venus, which none have lasted no more than a few hours or landed on venus. No spacecraft sent up there has ever made it to Venus. This reason explains why humans have not yet tried to go up there or discover it is very challenging. The passage says "....humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched won on Venus in more than three decades".
Clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid is in venus, we could die. In the passage its says "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in venus's atmosphere". There more than 800 degrees
and 90 times greater pressure in Venus we can again die. In the passage it says "On the planets surface, tempetures average over 800 degrees ferenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expierence on our own planet".
Venus is the closest planet to Earth refferring to density and size, which would be fantastic if they wanted Venus to become another earth. In the pasage it says "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too". Venus was once before covered in oceans just like Earth is. The passage says "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth today. Venus also has features sucha as valleys, mountaims, craters, and rock sedement once again just like Earth. THe passage says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters".There is 97% of carbon dioxide in Venus more than enough to live off of . In the passage it says "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus".These are all examples on why Venus is worth discovering and tooken furthermore serious, despiting the bad. If NASA continues to discover they might find a slotion or actually have a chance.
Therefore with given evidence Venus has alot of potential and is worth of discovery. Venus must be given a chance to prove to people that it is more than just another planet. It is given life features. | 4 |
c0a1802 | Venus, sometimes called the "evening star"is one of the bightest points of light in the night sky.
But, the nickname is misleading because Venus is actually a planet.
Venus is a challenge place to examine closely.
Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus could potential have life forms, can be the nearest option for a planetary visit, and people can gain others things from it not only information.
Venus could be the nearest option for a planetary visit if something happened to Earth.
The article "The challenge of Exploring Venus" it states,"recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long frames of space travel"(4).
This shows that if reseachers find a way to visit Venus without trouble, it can change the world.
This ties in with the thesis by doing this could be dangers,but it can open the world by new ways.
Also this shows that if something could have happened to Earth, people could go to Venus.
People can gain other things from going to Venus not only information.
The article states, "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself"(8).
This shows that we could gain other things not only just the planet itself.
This also shows that the dangers of getting this information is going to be hard, but in the long run it will be worth it.
Venus could have life forms and feature if we don't go and discover it.
The article "The challenge of Exploring Venus" states, "could have supported various forms of life"(4).
This shows that Venus could have support life if we explore it and find out.
This ties in with the thesis by even if the dangers are big it will be worth it if Venus could support life. This also shows that if Venus has life forms we could potential could make it in the long run.
Venus could have potential of having life forms, can be a closest option for a planetary visit, people can gain information these all are a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Venus is a challenging path but it shows promising stuff.
If the risk factors are great, we will find a way to get there. | 2 |
c0aa325 | Scientists go to great lengths to try to learn more about the world around us. Whether it be through rockets that go into outer space or simple lab experiments; they are willing to spend a large amount of money to achieve their scientific goals. The author also believes that scientists should invest in the advancement of scientific knowledge. The author of the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" believes that Venus should be pursued, despite its many dangers. The author supports this idea through the use technology, the planet's future desires, and Earth and Venus' similiartiy to support his idea well.
The author supports his claim through the use of explaining how Venus is somewhat similar to Earth. He says, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." He says this so that humans will become curious about these features and will want to learn more about Venus. He continues by writing, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." The author uses this quote to make people more curious about what had happened to all the life on Venus. This can make more people want to study and learn about Venus. Then, the author compares Venus and Earth today by saying, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." He is explaining what is currently there and is trying to increase people's interest with Venus. Thus, the author uses Venus' similarity to Earth to make people wonder what had happened to make it how it is today to convince others and to support his idea that Venus is worth pursuing.
In addition to that, the author also uses the advancement of technology to suppot the idea. He writes, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." Through this, he is saying that if we were to persure Venus, we may also make an advance in technology and develop new things, such as this blimp like structure. He also mentions that, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." This means that some of the solar power may be harnessed from the atmosphere of Venus and be used for other uses, such as powering some technology. He also says, "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." Therefore, if humans discover and invent machines that can last long enough know, we would have this technology for further use and can continue to advance in the future. Which, this helps justify his desire for the continuing study of Venus.
The author also uses Earth's future desires and wants to try to support this idea. He tries to make us imagine how Venus could be useful to us in the future of space travel, due to its proximity to Earth. He writes, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." He believes that Venus can be and should be used in long term space travel, therefore we must continue to try to study it. The author also believes that the world should continue to persue Venus because of human's and their want for more knowledge. The author writes, "Striving to meet the challenge present by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." He uses to fact that humans will, eventually, come to another problem that they can not solve. He believes that they should not just stop trying, but that humans must adapt and try to advance technology get past these endeavors. This is exemplified when he says, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Therefore, the author uses humans' desires to continue to gain knowledge and future to explain why the planet should continue its investment in Venus.
In conclusion, the author supports his idea that Venus is worthy of pursuit despite its dangers is supported by a myriad of reasons and has a good amount of supporting evidence. His support is effective due to him explaining the benefits of our continuation of making technological advances, the fact that we may encounter future problems done the road, and the scientific reasons to study Venus. Therefore, the support he uses is good and makes a good argument about why the planet should continue to persue Venus. | 5 |
c0ac244 | "Driverless Cars Are Coming" when you hear this title most people would be either 1.) excited or 2.) questioning this. As I read the passage I noticed how the article put both pros and cons too this in my opinion I think this development towards these cars is awful. The reason why I say this is because I think all drivers should take responsibility and drive how they're doing right now so many things can go wrong with having a car who only alerts you when you either pull in and out of a driveway. Or when there is complicated issues ahead , for example in order to have these types of cars around.
You would have too be really exact on the senors that are being installed into every single car that is shipped out , if something goes wrong while doing this process and someone ends up purchasing the car. It can cause them their life or someone else's if they end up losing complete control and creating a bigger situation. So many companies have tried getting these types of cars created but something always either goes wrong somewhere or it's just too expensive to install.
It also speaks about how the sensors make sure the driver is keeping a hold of the wheel , but what if the driver is under the influence and cannot take over when a emergency occurs ? Will the car not go anywhere or will it continue to drive. I don't think the states of California, Nevada,Florida,and the District of Columbia should allow limited use of semi-autonomous cars. They're still unsafe have not correctly gotten everything they need in them if they were to distribute its still considered dangerous. I'm not for the idea but if the manufactures are considering this I think this is going to have to be thought about a lot and take time considering a 6 year project at least. But this is why I believe that making "Driverless Cars" is not such a good idea. | 3 |
c0ada9f | Technology is constantly changing our world. There has been incredible things made. Driverless cars would be another big change that would greatly impact our lives. It could either positively or negatively change society. The passage talks about the pros and cons of driverless cars. But there are not many negative things about these cars. I believe that driverless cars would be a good thing for our society.
In the passage it says that driverless cars have not had any accidents or crashes while testing them for over half a million miles. This shows that these cars are safe and there are still being more improvements made to make the cars even more safe. It also talks about how these cars would save money which is a good thing for everyone because we could use the money for other important things. Personally, I am running late often which is not a very good thing but these cars could help anyone who is in a rush and needs more time to finish something because they would not be the ones driving. You would just need to be prepared to take control of the car at any time in case the car needs human skills to accomplish something. The cars can break, steer, and accelerate by themselves but they still need help from a human driver when it requires human skills. Which means you still have to be paying attention to the road which is really one of the only bad things about this car.
These cars are safe, save money, and help you finish things that needs to be done by giving you time in the car to do it. The cars would truly benefit you. Many companies have already started making them so why would we stop them. It is also not like someone is going to be in a driverless car tomorrow, it still needs time but when the time comes I think it will be great. | 3 |
c0b222f | The technology called the Facial Action Coding System is valuable, because it could be a way of ineracting with the students a difffrent way, be a new subject in school to study in and make a career out of, and it coule be a learning tool for students.
This technology could be valuable in the class room by teachers interacting with students in a diffrent way then they usually do. Teachers could change thing up instead of doing the same things all time. As the author states in Paragraph 7, ''Raise your lips at the corner of you mouth, then squint you eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling at the corner of your eyes. Does your expression suggest an emotion, can your partner recognize which one.'' This peice of information suggests the interaction with people in the classroom along with your own emotios while being at school learning.
Furthermore, this technology could be a new study in school or possibly something to be able to mager in in college and make it a career. As the author begings to explain, '' The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while also showing you how much the computer can actually do. Imagine a computer that knows when your happy or sad.'' This quote from the passage shows what this technology can already do but also intends a possible future advancment, which is when a career, studies, and students come into play.
Finally, this technology could be valuable in the classroom by the students learning more about it or using it as a learning tool. In paragraph 5 the author states that, ''We humans perform this impressive calculation everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how a frind is feeling simply by the look on her face, but of course most of us would have trouble describing each facial trait that conveys happy,worried etc. This quote from the passage shows the possible fact of students using this technology as a learning tool for a class like physic while studding how the brain works with emotions.
In conclusion i belive that this Facial Action Coding System could be valuable in the classroom. It could be used as an interactive tool for students in the classroom so they teacher can change things up, it could become a career in the future or be improved, andd it could be a learning technique for students. | 4 |
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