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c90aba8 | In todays society new inventions are constantly being produced. For example, driverless cars, a new model of car that no longer requires as much hands on driving. Some may agree that what the world needs are driverless cars, but in my opinion driverless cars aren't the safest technology to rely on for our transportation. Driverless cars can either benefit or negatively impact our world today.
To begin, I worry that people will not take safety as serious as they currently do. If we have a car that drives itself, people may get too comfortable with not having to be alert on the roads. Studies have shown that driverless cars still need human assistance when, "naviagting through work zones and around accidents" (paragraph 7, line 7). If a driver is too busy on their phone because the car is doing all the driving, then they may miss what's ahead of them which can put them at risk of causing a wreck. In these situations legal standards may become a problem. If the car wrecks, "who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" (paragraph 9, line 12).
Drivers may become less aware of the fact that technology sometimes fails and you will always need to stay alert.
Furthermore, how smart will these cars really be. For example, how will they know when the speed limit changes? If the speed limit is 40 and suddenly you are in a school-zone then it changes to 25, there is no way the car is able to read the street signs. The passage states that, "they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves" (paragraph 7, line 5), informing me that the cars are smart enough but only in certain situations. This could cause major problems with traffic cops and wheather they should give you the speeding ticket or the car. Looking back on the legal issues, "who is at fault", (paragraph 9, line 12).
In conclusion, there is always room for improvement when it comes to driverless cars. New technology still needs to be produced in order to get these cars working right. We need to keep in mind if these cars are safe enough to rely on. New technology isn't always the best option, driverless cars may impact our lives in ways we never thought they would. | 4 |
c90ba1a | Although exploring Venus would be dificult, it would add enormous amounts of knowledge about the possibility of other life forms. However, none of the spacecrafts that have arrived at Venus had a long life span. In order to send humans to Venus, NASA needs to find out how to get through Venus's hefty atmosphere. The author presumes that if NASA can get people to Venus though, the rock and air samples would conclude if our alien counterparts had once thrived there.
Despite Venus's toxic atmosphere and unhabitable heat that is currently present, the author stated that, years ago, Venus was likely to be covered in large oceans that could have supported many different life forms. Astronomers see that Venus is very equatible to Earth. With its rocky surface, valleys, mountains, and craters. The idea of Venus being so alike has brought greater attention to the thought of sending humans to the planet. Nasa had planned to hover over the thick atmosphere of Venus, but the results of that would be imennsely limited because they would never break the atmosphere.
Overall, Nasa has found that Venus will be stupendously hard to study, but worth it to start thinking of the possiblities. With the intense heat and pressure in mind they have not yet found a way to land humans, or even small spacecrafts, on the planet. But human curiosity will lead us into many intimidating endeavors. | 3 |
c912b38 | Technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. Technology to read emotional expressions of students is not valuable because the software is not compatible with all generations of computers. It would cost a lot of money to upgrade all computers for schools around the world. Technology to read expressions is also not valuable because in the passage it explains how the technology can find ones hidden emotion. That is invading privacy because they are hiding their emotions for a reason and maybe they don't want to be bothered and a teacher may try to talk to them about it.
Knowing ones hidden emotional can be invading privacy but it also has benefits. The benefits could be for identifying ones anger that has the mentality to inflict harm to someone or something. It could also alert the teacher because there could be a disturbance. He or she could pull the student aside incase they cannot handle their emotions or have a panic attack. The software could also prevent fights and agruments because the teacher would see the students emotions and help. But that still does not stop the fact at the end of the day that is an invasion to privacy because sometimes emotions are suppose to be kept on the inside. Last but not least the pricing becasue in the article it does not give price but the software might cost and it would still cost money to upgrade school computer to get the software.
Although the technology has benefits it should still not be used. Even though it has value it is stll not worth it price wise and the invasion of ones privacy. At the end of the day every school does not have money. It could also be a safety problem becuse student will feel like they're being spyed on. Not just by the teacher but the government becuse the government is attached through many softwares. | 3 |
c9147bd | I think we should ge rid of it because if people vote for a preident and then they dont get what they want there gonna get mad and revolt aginsit the government. and heres why i think we shoul get rid of the electoral collage.
In the electoral government voters dont vote for the president but for state of electors and i thinks thats wrong and then they turn and elect the president. It is called a disaster factor in 2000 there was al gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60%of the voters would prefer a direct election. They dont want the one we now have. If you vote for a president youd vote for a slate of democratic electors pledged to the president you want to vote for. The elcotors can be anyone not holding public office. And it depends on the state you live in on who is a elector sometimes people get confused and vote for the wrong cantidate.
The electoral collage is not a democratic methode of selecting on who WE WANT AS PRESIDENT and we dont get a say on we dicide on who we think is best sutible for running the united states. and we have to get other peple diciding on who runs the country and manyu people think we should keep the electoral collage hers why i think we shouldent. Its not fair for small states becuse they have less of a voice then big states and the dont get much of a say in we they want as a president. Ther are some good reasons on why we should keep it but its what the people want.
Some good reasons on why to keep it is becuse it can avoid run off election the electoral collage requirws candidate to have trans regional appeal. A dispute over the popular vote compared to only 51.3 precentas steated in source 3 number 2. The electoral collage is overall unfair to voters becuse of the winner takes all system in each state candidates dont spend there time on states they cant win. so they go stright for the swing states and that not sair to the smaller states. And thats why smaller states feel left out cuse all the candidates want to go to the big states and try to win them over insted of allthe smaller states.
Over all the electoral college is unfair outdated and irrational and that why i think we should get rid of the electoral college its not fair to any voter that wants to vote and think taht there vote isent gonna matter so they dont vote. This is why i think we should get rid of the electoral college and why is is unjust and its not what we want. | 3 |
c91aaf0 | 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus. the planets surface tempatures average over 800 degrees in farenheit.
venus has the hottest surface tempature of any other planet that is in the solar system. venus has a suraface rocky and sediment and includes familular features just like earth such as things like valleys mountains and also craters. i think they are gonna try to find a way to study it more and alot closer without dying. many researchers been working on innovations that would allow machines to last long to contribute
to the knowlage of venus so they can find out more about the planet in a safer way. i think that they will meet the challenge faster if they use the machine instead of sending people up there because itbwould last longer and give them alot more time. the reasearchers cant take samples like rock or gas or anything from a distance. they would need to go up but in a more safer way. they could make the challenge if they keep trying and are careful. from far above the planet it can only provide limited insight on ground conditions alot of forms of light cant penetrate the dense atmosphere. they mustuve already tried to do that.they will probably start using devices or machines for the rest of the studdying of venus beacause in this passage they were talking alot about devices and what they could be used for and how putting a machine up on the plannet would last longer so they can get more knowlege. i think that they will most likley meet their goal. even though there may be some dangerous and doubts and less expectations. venus is closest to the sun. venus is reffered to as the earths twin. i think sciencetists want to keep finding out stuff about this planet beacause they think its somewhat like the earth. they said they belive it has some of the same features such ass rocks mountains and valleys. | 2 |
c91d08f | The Challegene of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" is a planet similar to ours. It is the closest on similiarities to Earth and scientificis plan to explore it. However, it could be a bad idea because it has a lot of pollution, high temperatures and weather problems.
One reason of why exploring venus is a bad idea is the pollution. The text says "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus". It means that there is a great pollution that humans are not able to stand. If people tries to go to Venus they could probably die.
Another reason is that venus has higher temperatures and weather problems. The article says " temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater." It means that the temperatures are stronger than what we can stand. Humans are not used to it so it would be difficult and risky.
One more reason is the weather issues. The article says "Additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqueakes, and frequent lightning strikes to proves seeking to land on its surface". The weather is a great issue since they could destroy everything. It will be so hard to explore, not even machins would be able to stand a strong weather.
In conclusion, exploring Venus would be a bad idea since it is risky for humans. If you still think that scientifics should explore Venus, you can look for more information on internet. | 4 |
c9299e8 | In 1976, the spacecraft Viking 1 took a photo of a certain area on Mars. When NASA saw the photo, they saw what looked like a face. However, many years later, the Face turned out to be a natural formation, like a mesa is on Earth. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said that it reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This proves that the Face is not an alien artifact. Also, NASA has found no other evidence of alien life on Mars, so the chances that the Face is made by aliens go down even more. Some people still believe that this Face has something do to with aliens. Conspiracy theorists say that NASA is hiding evidence from us, and that they don't want us to know about aliens on Mars. This theory is also disproved. Jim Garvin said that it's hard work to get photographs of the area, so why would NASA work so hard to get pictures of the Face if they wanted to hide it? Furthermore, NASA would love to find an ancient alien civilization, and would probably share it if they did find something. Finally, there is one more piece of evidence that the Face wasn't made by aliens. There are many landforms on Earth that resemble a face. I would give an example but I cant do any research because this is a test. The reasons above prove that the landform on Mars known as the Face, is NOT made by aliens. | 3 |
c92bec1 | State Senator,
I strongly believe in canceling the Electoral College. Not only does this process make us believe we are voting for the president when in reality we are just sending our votes to a bunch of electors, but it also isn't entirely trust worthy. Sometimes a voter can get confused about the elector and vote for the wrong candidate. If there happens to be a tie in the votes, the election is moved to the House of Representatives. The tie could mean that the House's selection wouldn't meet the standards to make the people happy. The Electoral College system is really unfair to it's voters. This system called the winner take all system makes candidates move away from states they have no chance of winning.
The Electoral College is not fair to it's voters, out of date, and irrational. Peoples arguments about it are mostly just assertions without reality on their side. I mean, why have we not changed this system yet? The votes get sent to electors, not the president. We've been using this system for a long time, it's not accurate, trust worthy, or modern. America is all about change. How are we going to change if we hold on to the same voting system? We don't.
In Hawaii 1960, two slates of electors were sent to congress. Richard Nixon luckily validated the opposing sides electors. If this happens again it can end badly. In the same year, segregationists almost succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with brand new ones that were against John F. Kennedy. With this, a popular vote towards Kennedy would never have gotten to him. Also, faithless electors usually refuse to vote for their candidate and vote for whoever.
If possible, get rid of this system. History has proven that The Electoral College has to many flaws. It needs to be taken care of.
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c92dce5 | This passage is about the pesidants, congress and other people and groups in the U.S government. It also tells us how Presidents are picked and when it is electing time. So in this essay I'm going to tell you what all happens in the court system such as how presidents get choosen, thus the time that presidents are choosen. Also i will be tellingwhat else there is in the government
In the united States we have a president and how president is in charge of the country and what happens. He or she is in charge of what happens in other countries that can deal or harm us. So far in history we have had 44 presidents. Some presidents have done a lot more for this country then others have. Presidents are choosen every four years by voting. The people that live in the country vote out of dozens of peopel who nomenate themself as president. Then they narrow down to 2 people and they count the votes frrom there and that is how the presidents get choosen
There are other people in the government other then the president. There are poilical parties. Also canadates. they both have differnent jobs in the court system. They arent as high up in the court system as then president is but thery help the president in what they do. | 1 |
c92e704 | The automobile was made a long time ago to help us move around faster and more efficient,however,have we really thought about the benefits that could come from limiting the usuage of cars such as:Saving money in gas and insurance,Less car crash related injuries and even because its better for the enviroment.
With limiting the usuage of cars comes many pro's such as saving money. On average,an American spends about thirty-five to fourty dollars on gas per fill-up and one hundred to two hundred dollars a month on insurance a month depending on age,experience,accidents,etc. By limiting your car usage comletely or even just a little just imagine the extra money you'll have aying around for the nessecities and maybe even a ittle you-time. Say you buy a bike and the only time you use your car is to drive to work and anywhere out-of-state,that means that you'll be able to go a week with roughly two gallons of gas. That puts you at about thirty-eight hundred dollars a year where if you were purchasing four or five gallons a week you'd be spending approximately eleven thousand dollars a year. Thats no chump change. You're insurance would gradually decrease due to safe driving and age so along with gas being cheaper,so would the insurance.
Florida is a state well-known for car crashes due to weather conditions like rain and fog and you can't do anything to change that other than take a different,much safer mode of transportaion such as a bus. Nowadays bus and semi-truck drivers are more experienced and cautius then they used to for one reason,CYB(Cover your Butt).You see major bus and semi-truck companies now that due to the size of their vehicles,if there's ever crash involving one of their autmobiles then they're likely to get blamed cause of the size of the vehicles and so it would make since for them to send their drivers to extensive training and make sure that their trucks are in good hands,which is exactly what they do. Studies show that you're chances of being in a wreck in a bus are one of every one hundred rides while being in a car driven by yourself puts you at a whopping one of ten ridesyur chances of safety are greatly increased.
The United States of America has no shortage of pollution and that's not helped by the fact that we have one of the largest populations of personal automobiles inhabiting this country. There are many other kinds of pollution that occurrs in the land of the free but most of it like factory smoke,large ship(boat)smoke and even resturant made smoke can not really be stopped or diminished by you or me but one form of pollution we can prevent is automobile smoke. In the US up to fifty percent of greenhouse gas is from cars(certain areas).If you stop using you car and ride a bike even thugh it won't seem like muchyou'd be suprised at the difference. Say a sall cmmunity around yur neighborhood gives up their cars that could account for half a percent of greenhouse gas which is more than it seems. Just ask yourself if you want your friends and family growing up in a dying,polluted world.
In conclusion,I'm not discrediting the huge help cars can be in our daily lives I'm just saying if we continue along this car-orientated path,pollution may be what ends our daily lives. | 4 |
c930fa2 | Well for one if we limit car usage, gas wouldn't pollute the air as much and make Earth a much better planet. I think it would be much better to limit the use of cars because then there wont be as much deaths due to accidents and serious car wrecks. Not as much drunk drivers just a bunch of drunk walkers. I feel that if everyone either walked or biked everywhere, the community would be a much better place as a whole. You would be able to meet new people everyday.
You would never have to worry about car insurance anymore because you wouldn't have a car! No more money for damages or issues with the car. The community would just be a lot more peaceful if cars weren't involved with our days society. Just like when Heidrun Walter stated when they had a car they were always tense. Now that they don't they are much happier! The Environmental Protection Agency is already promoting car reduced communities, which I think is a good idea!
I think we should also have a day like Bogota had when they go a day without cars for their improvement campaign. They have constructed 118 miles of bicycle paths. This would also improve traffic if we cut down on cars in the United States. New restaurants and shopping districts could be made from the outcome! As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak in 2005 and is now equal to where the country was in January 1995! A study last year found that young drivers decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009! Im all for cutting down on car usage in the United States! I think it would be an awesome opportunity to be apart of. | 3 |
c933387 | after reading making mona lisa i came to the conclution that i agree with the new technology. this technology can be used for many things,in the story it says "to an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smileing" politician or celebrity isnt being truthful." this shows that faces can show if someone is lieing or fakeing a smile. if we had technology like that
to show if someone really isnt happy or if there fakeing that would be good to know.
the technology can read many emotions just by your smile. the author said"Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, suprize, anger, disgust,fear, and sadness." this shows that the technology can read many types of emotions. the computer can reall all of your basic emotions includinding suprise.
this computer uses your face muscles to read your emotions. " then associated each with characteristic movements of the face muscles." it uses its prior intelligence of the face muscles to read your emotions. for example it says "your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when your suprised."
so when the computer sees you do that it reads it as suprised.
i agree with this technology because we have many uses for this all around the world. | 2 |
c93560a | Everyone nowadays is so used to driving a car here and there even if it would just be five minutes on foot, but what if you started limiting your car usuage? Making your feet be your gas instead of a pump when the distance is close enough, and even biking occasionally. Limiting car usuage may sound like a bad thing, but it has many advangtages such as reducing pollutin, increasing saftety for human beings, and even opeing options for alternative transportion.
Cars release a great amount of polluants into the air increasing smog in some areas worse than others, like in Paris, China, and other places. Providing or opening your mind to other ways to get from one destination to the next, would reduce the smog thats in the air. This simple action as close to 70% of the population pitching in can result in a healthier environment, and some people may agree with Heidurn Walter. She says "When I had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way." Not only that, people who do not agree or get rid of their transportion vechicles will be fined. For example, in Germany you have to pay $40,000 if you want to get a car owner space and this does not include the money you have to spend on your house. Than, in Paris 4,000 drivers were fined $31 dollars after not leaving their cars home after a public annocement was made to do so. This shows that opening this can increase health, or make an environment cleanier. Plus, you actually inforcing something that is good for the environment will get people to participate, such as a fine.
Hearing engines roar and cars zoom pace is a sound all too familar with citizens who walk or ride constantly. It can be quite on the thrilling side crossing the streets or even walking down a busy rode when you know being hit is a possibly. Limiting car usage can decrease the risks or heavy weighted vechicles hitting biking, or walking citizens that dont have a chance against the weight. This increases saftety, bumping into another human or being nugded by a bike wont affect your body as much as a 500 pound or even heavier car crashing into a 100 pound person. Like, Carlos Arturo said "It's a good opportuinity to take away stress..." meaning the stess that comes with a car. The money for gas and the risk or hitting someone or being hit is taken away when on foot or on bike. This shows limting car usage isnt only increasing the safety or people walking or biking, it also takes away stess factors like money, fixing a car if it needs repair, and other factors.
Finally, having alternate forms of transportion can open your eyes to a whole need world. Instead of constanly beiong locked in your 4 door honda prison or your house you're outside seeing new people and increasing social interaction. Not only this, but you're getting excerise and maintaining your health or builing it. Which is another reason to limit the amount we use our cars. This shows that doing so can not only increase saftery, and money, but health and social oppurtunitys.
In conclusion, limiting car usage has many advangtages even if you dont realize it and our soiciety could benefit a lot from it. Like, when it comes to the safety of the next generation, the present, or the previous. Than, it can even take away stress that come with a vechicle and even increase health and social gathering. | 4 |
c93db0d | Driverless Cars: Where are They?
Driverless cars, a dream many people have had ever since they heard of the idea. A world where you don't have pay as much attention to the road as you usually have to while driving a normal car, is such an absolutely fantastic idea and one I can't belive that nobody has invented before. Now I'm well aware that there are many skeptics out there that do not support the idea that driverless cars would be a good thing, but I feel that having modes of transportation where you don't have to constantly be alert of your surroundings and have a miniscule posibility of causing acidents is the perfect mode of transportation.
The first reason I suppot the development of driverless cars is the decreased likelyhood of accidents. Hundreds of people die every year due to car accidents and rekless driving. If those numbers can drop at a substancial rate with driverless cars, then thats a beautiful thing. Lives can be saved and a lot of people would be saved a lot of heartache.
Being able to focus on other things while being in the driver's seat of a car would be a great thing for many busy people on the move. Dealing with work while on the move would be a great thing for many people who have to take phone calls from clients while in the car. Being able to use a phone and not have to worry about getting in an accident would be the most wonderful feature any car could ever have.
Doing things in the car would be great, but I'm so glad that people would still have some control in their vehicles. The safety features presented in the artice state that if there is road work going on in the surrounding area the car would alert the driver, and the driver can take immediate control of the vehicle at any time. This safety feature is ingenious as it makes the driver aware of any road blocks or hazzards that may present themselves on the road at any given time.
Driverless cars are a creation that has taken way to long to make. I'm really wondering if they had just been lazy and just now started to to work an them. Cars that are completely safe and self aware of it's surroundings will be amazing. The pros of driverless cars far outway those of the cons, whatever those are. | 4 |
c93e9c5 | They really should ban cars in big cities. The only thing they shouldn't ban is, buses and taxies .
This willstop alot of air pollution and stress. (
Carlos Arturo Plaza)
Well lets get it started. The car usage should be limited only in big cities. The reason I said this because, most Vaubans streets are "car-free". Big cities limited there cars to be on the streets. There really no places to park unless you pay for a spaces with you house in that's 40,000 dollars itself or you have to go to a huge gargage. Most vaubans familys do not own cars. They sold there cars to move there. The way you have to get around is by foot or bicycles. Well I think that cars should be limited in big cities. I said this because less money coming out your pocket in less wrecks happing if you ban cars from the street.
Something else I said why cars should be limited from the streets is because, there are stree and air pollution. They way this is happing is by gas leaks, oil , and more. The reason I said this is because, banning cras from the streets will have less stress and air pollution. The way this is happing because gas leaks , oil, and others. All the leaks, bad drivers are getting into people head. If you know it or not less car usage will clear up everything. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. This means that the population wasnt bad and the stress and air pollution was not high.
The more car usage on the streets will have you stress out and the air pollution will be bad. If all this was taken away you reallywouldn't have to worry about anything unless there cars on the streets. | 2 |
c94198e | People all over the world have long lived for the day that technology could read your mind. Maybe you wanted to know how your spouse felt about your gift or what your co-workers reallly thought about the home made pizza your brought in. Now that this technology is availible, there are just some things you shouldnt have to use it on. The classroom being one of them, here is why.
The main job for teacher is to teach the students something new, something that they can use later in life. Teachers are also supposed to be able to know when the content they are teaching is helping the students. This technology is going to do nothing but distract or make it harder for the students to learn. This next quote talks about having computers that can tell the emotion of the student. " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"(Huang) Computers are already a big distraction to the students in the world, but now we're talking about putting a software in the computer that watches the students everymove and facial expression. This just seems like another distraction for a child lose focus with.
Another reason these softwares don't need to be on these computer is because it is an invasion of the students privacy. Children don't want even more eyes on them because then its going to make them nervous and feel like they can't get anything done because there is someone behind the screen seeing if they mess up or do good. "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements" (D'Alto) Tracking a students work good will help to see if they are improving or not, but tracking there face just doesnt seem ethical.
A computer that recongizes your face just doesn't seem needed for the classroom. We have teachers that can tell whether the lesson is helping the student or whether it's not helping them learn. Teachers all around the world don't need a software that can see how the student is feeling about there class work. We shouldn't have to replace our teachers eyes with a computer software that can tell if the students are having a hard time or not. | 4 |
c9459a1 | The reason why I certainly beleive that this is a natural landform is because what it acually is reveiled to be is common on that planet. It is usuall to see stuff like that on that planet. That one just had shadows to make it look like a face.
"the face" just looks different from the other martian mesa's. Some can argue an say it could be lots of other things such as sign of life on mars or being made by aliens. But im sure that the scientist opinions are more likly to be true then some reporters opinion. The martian mesa explanation is way more reasonable then it was made by aliens. There are many things to back up that it is just a natural landform. What does anyone have to back up that aliens made it. Nothing supports that.
One thing that supporrts it being a natural landform is that in 1998 MGS flew over cydonia for the first time. The MOC team snapped a picture that was way more clear an easy to see then the ones the vikings took. It reveiled that it was not an alien monumeant it was just a natural landform. | 2 |
c949ffe | In my opinion, you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. As a Seagoing Cowboy, you get to explore many new places such as the Atlanic Ocean, new places in the United Stated, and China. To cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United States, it only takes around two weeks, and about a month to get to China.
Caring for animals always kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship we were traveling on, and all of the stalls had to be cleaned. Helping out on my aunts farm helped prepare me for hard work, but not for all of the dangers of the sea. Takes my word for it, being a Seagoing Cowboy, was one of the best expiriences of my life, and I know you would enjoy doing it too. | 2 |
c94b689 | Would you trust technology to keep you safe? If yes, would you put your family including yourself in a car being driven by technology? Many scientists and engineers are working vigoursly to bring this driverless car dream to reality, which could mean that those very same imaginary cars that drive themselves in the disney movie "Cars" could be on the streets pretty soon. Although, I do enjoy new technology "driverless cars " is a technology in which I don't want to see developed or used. These cars cause more harm than good and so far have not been perfected at all as there is not one, not one fully driverless car, meaning that all of the driverless cars need a human to assist it. Many of these new cars are not ready and really wont be much of an assistance when ready, as they have quite a few more problems with them.
For example, the closest fully driverless car is a Telsa that willl be released sometime in 2016 that can drive by itself 90 percent of the time. Also these cars are not neccessarily the safest either as multiple states have made laws banning the use of these type of cars. The states have stated that they are not completely safe drivers( the autopilet driver) and that it is just not safe to allow cars to drive themselves. Another big controversy that these cars have started the debate on whether the human driver or manufacturer should be faulted with an accident. These are just some of the reasons people should stick to driving themselves around.
So, now do you trust technology to keep you safe? How do you feel about a car driving you around? Well, driverless cars still have quite a bit of kinks to fix in their whole operation before they set out on the road. However, driving on your own and making sure you and family gets home safely wouldn't be such a bad idea to me either. Eventhough these new cars can vastly propel the world futher into future, they are not quite ready to hit the highway. | 3 |
c94c5d6 | Driverless cars in the future would be a sight to see.
Driverless cars let you go to the places you need to go without having to pay attention and letting the car do all the work.
These high-tech cars would offer a more effecient way of transportation.
They would provide a more flexible way of transportation than a bus would.
Using taxis as a way of trasnportation uses a lot of fuel compared to a driverless car that uses half the amount of fuel that a taxi does. These driverless cars could fundamentally change the future of transportation.
On the other hand, these cars cause some issues.
Considering how high-tech these cars would be, the prices would be very high therefore not selling as well as a normal car or taking the bus or taxi as transportation.
Building the roads for these cars would be extremely expensive to build because of the materials that are used to build them. Some examples of what are used to build these roads are sensors, wires, GPS receiver, and motion sensors.
Plus, due to the lack of a driver's attention, the car could get into traffic jams and then cause wreckless driving.
These futureistic cars would be both uselfull and damaging to the human race.
Driverless cars are an experience everyone is waiting for. | 3 |
c954cd3 | Dear Senator of Florida,
What's recently been rated the most despised way of voting? Electoral college. It's outdated,unfair,and irrational. If the people are really voting why is it up to eletoral college to decide. I think giving the people the power to vote is a great idea,but popular vote should really be the decider of who gets to be the president Popular vote can be changed though,we could make it a safer and more truthful way of voting. We can live in space for months,discover all sorts of life forms, and so much more. Yet we keep advancing,it's about time for some change in voting. I think electoral college should be aboished.
There's so many ways we could make popular vote work. Basically the citizens don't really vote,it's all up to senate. It's everyone else's opinion not really socitey's. Which i think is very unfair. Popular vote can be a good thing. It can be made safer. We can use technology,a camera in the voting booths to monitor cheating, and the upcoming electors have to be watched to make sure there is no cheating or voting fraud. Even though there shouldn't be voting fraud,we can prevent it. I'd like to say the people of the nation should be able to vote for their own president,not someone else who is probably paid off by the electors. Cheating will go down if popular vote is used instead of electoral college,the elector can't pay everyone in the U.S off. We need some type of change.
Electoral college has been around since our founding fathers,it's even in the 23rd amendment. It's like a tradition but some thimes you find better traditions. I'm not saying you have to change everything about elections, i'm just saying you could use some little tweaks. Electoral college is a process, along with everything else in life. Most U.S citizenz don't even vote, they think their opinion doesn't matter. I think the U.S government should embody the U.S and their citizens, not just senate or electoral college. Electoral college had a good run now it's time to change. We need to take action. If our vote is overruled by senate why vote? Electoral vote is anachronism. It's the 21rst millenium let's make it the best yet. | 3 |
c963397 | I don't think the "Unmasking Face on Mars" is true or really believable. Okay so maybe in 1976 you could sorta see a face but as the years go on, the face fades away, so how would there still be life on mars or anything on mars for that matter. For one why would you believe everything you saw on a movie, tv show, or in a magazine. People right fake stuff all the time to get more views or ratings. People crave things that aren't true.
Nobody that is human has ever lived on mars or even walked on it.
There is not any scientific proof that anything is out in outer space. If people want to believe that there is life on mars, then I guess they are just going to go into outerspace themselves and take pictures of whats really going on up there so the whole world knows. There has not been one person who has visited all the planets, so no one can really give "facts" or imformation about space. There is still a lot to discover and a lot more to find out. For all we know aliens could be real or unicorns.
I think the ocean and outerspace have a lot in common because, they are like worlds of unknown living things. Hopefully one day someone will be able to explore all of outerspace and give us the real imformation and prove who is right and who is wrong. Just before you start giving out imformation to people make sure you know for a fact it's true. Also we all need to do a little research about everything. We barely know our left hand. So as I end this I would like to conclude that no one in the world really has the truth on whats really out there, we don't really know if there is life on mars or if it's just a bunch of crap people feed us to take our money. | 2 |
c966d0a | " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article about Venus. The article gives us infromation about venus and the conditions of it as well.
It also includes infromation from NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administartion).
Even though after reading the passage, Venus sounds like a huge death trap, the author still suggetsts that Venus is a planet worth investing in and gathering informationon. However, the author doesn't include enough deatil about why Venus should be explored and researched. In this essay, I will use evidence and or informtion to suggest that the author does a poor job with naming reasons why Venus should be looked at.
To begin, the author states that Venus would be a challenge to study. " While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." This statement suggests that Venus could result in seroius injuries if one was to make its way over to the planet. Also stated in the article, "no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours," meaning that death would occur more often than not at all. Also, the environment of Venus indicates that there would be trouble if someone actually managed to survived the landing.
Erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes as well as a temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit provides us with enough information that humans wouldn't be able to stand the extreme conditions.
In conclusion the author did a poor job. The author did a poor job with explaining how worthy the pursuit of Venus would be to explore. The author offers more reason as to why Venus should be left untouched. Venus is really challenging planet to explore. The conditions are far too extreme for any human. And the percentage on losing your life is high. Think about it, is Venus really worth it? | 3 |
c9670b6 | Twenty five years ago there was something that had appeared on a Red Planet called Cydonia. An enormous head about two miles from end to end. As the pictures show people think it looks like a face.
Scientists believe that it was just another Martian mesa, these are very common on the planet. But, there was unusual shadows that made it appear to look like an Egyptian Paraoh.
Some people think that the face evidence of life on Mars. Few scientists believe that the face was an alien artifact. The Mars Global Surveyor flew over the planet for the first time, the camera was better than before and had more clearer images of the face. Revealing a natural landform, there was no alien monument after all. Skeptics said that alien marking were hidden by a haze. This landform was most definetly not an alien monument, even though it looks like one. They compare the "face" on the planet to a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. the Middle Butte is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated Mesa about the same height as the "face" on mars. | 2 |
c96c6d7 | A Electoral College is a meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president. "The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a vote in Congress and the elction of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." We should keep the Electoral College because of the certainty of outcome, that everyones president and the swing states. These are some reasons on to keep our despised method of the choosing the president.
We should keep the Electoral College because of the certainty of outcome. The certainty of outcome is a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College. According to the passage " the reason is that the winning candidates share of the Electoral College invaiably exceeds his share of the popluar vote." For examples, President Obama recieved about 62% of the electoral vote when Romney had about 52% popular votes casted to him. Even a tie is possible because theres a total of 538 number of votes and its an even number.
Secondly,everyone is president. None if the regions has enough votes to elect a president so no favorite has power to campaign heavily. So if the favorite was Romney he will not gain any vote by by increasing his plurality in states that he knows that he will win. According to source three."the residents of the other regions 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."(Line 19) This means that the people who vote will think that its a waste of their time since their vote will not count. They will be ignored knowing that their vote will have no interest and that the president wont really be thier president.
Thirdly, we should keep it because of the swing states. The swing states is a winner-take-all method. Voters will pay more attention to the campaign because they know that they will decide on the election. They will be known as the thoughful voters because they will have recieved the most information and attention and should be the ones th decide the election. The other people wont know alot abnout the candiadates and will just pick their favorite.
Some people might argue about the disator factor. Its where there is a tie between the states. They might say what will happen then? However, thats why there is representatives. They break the tie on who to become president.
In conclusion,we should keep the Electoral college because of the certainty of outcome, everyones president and by the swing states. | 4 |
c96e9d6 | The use of technology is becoming majorly innovative as we go on the 21st century. In this article we learn about aa new "Tool" about face recongition acoording to the new software developed by Thomas Huang a professor at the unniversity of illinois. In the reeading this software claims to be a new sort of "Da vinci code " for face recongition. What this new technology does is it recongizes your emotions just by looking into your face, The tool would be able to tell how happy ,sad ,mad etc. you are. They do this by catching the movements of our face muscles to know what is going on in our emotions. Prof. Huang believes that this might be the next huge thing and can help us in our daily lives such as for example-video surgery, video games, classroom computer. The use of this technology for me for students in a classroom me being on in partciular i believe is not the most needed tool or necessary if we're being honest here. In the article it begins to state that we may use this in a classroom. I state that if a child in the classroom has a confusion or question they would ask for themselves that they are having trouble. I think that the facial recongition might be a little to personal for the students for example, They might be having a troubling day and they might get called out for being out of zone just because the facial emotons he portrays. I believe that this computer device software doesnt really have a life changing meaning to it. This might help some people if they want to know how someone feels, We are humans though will a computer really tell someone how were truly feelings inside . I think our eyes are as real or as close as it gets. What do you get having a whole software just to tell you or let you know what you already can see. Technology like this can be cool but if we really want to change the world we need to take charge and make better innovative ideas. What ever happened to verbal communication for others, This will take apart just another piece of communication we have eft towards each other by the way this 21st century is being held, All im saying is that is this tool truly necessary? With that having in mind i can get it predicting how someone can use this for other pruposes as such for video games or computer softwares so they can have a much surreal facial development for them. If we want this all over the US then it will not only be expensive but a waste of time. In the article it was stated that " Most human communication is non verbal, including emotional communication ,so computers need to understand that too" we get that we are getting used to so much advancements for us because the use of technology but seriously where does this get us ? us as humnas have such more deeper emotions than "sad" "mad" thats just surface hitting from what we actually feel and seem to show throughout our faces and body language. This is going to take away from what we can communiate with someone and try to make them feel better ,humans arent computers so we also need to understand that and stop trying to incooperate every single litle thing of technology i our lives when we dont need it despertly. In Conclusion i feel like this article from the perspective of prof.Huang can make me realize how maybe this can help game software development for a more real life like experience, But it doesnt take away how i feel that there is no such than better than our human instict when it comes to these things and we need to have more communications skills if this even becomes an ' Issue" rather than ruining it and making this computer read how we "feel". Computer technologies are not humans they might help us in other things,but it should never replace our instincts. | 4 |
c9729fa | I am against this topic. I am against this topic, because I think it will distract the students. I say this, because they will be trying to change their emotiones to get diffrent things. I think it violates their privacy and other things. Now days it tis not hard to hack into a computor and take pictures of the person on the other side.
This FACS thing will probaly encourage the person to hack into a computor and change the pop ups or the emotions based of the other persons emotions. It could lead to people making the computor say special things to make a person happy about themselves, but it could lead to them talking the other person to meet them outside school. What is your thoughts?
I am strongly against this topic, because if I was a parent I would not want my kid using this product. I say this, because there are a lot of creepy, crazy, and a stalker. It could be used to lead the child to do a surtain thing. The pop ups chould lead the child to see or do bad things. The pop up could be changed by a hacker if they want. They could tell them to do drugs or drink under age. This is all bad for a kid. I would never want my kid to do any of that if I was a parent. I would never want my kid if they were old enough to drive and get drawn into drinking by a pop up ad and then kill someone, because they where drinking and driving.
Another reason I am against this is for the teachers side of things. Say you where a teacher and had FACS on the computor and all your students where changing their emotions to get diffrent pop ups. There your students are destracted and are not listening to your lecture or lesson for the day. Then you have to stop class and get onto the students. Then you may have a kid tell his mom or dad you yelled and told the class to stop goofing around. With their emotions. Then they call the school and you then have to go to a meeting about what happened. Then you will have to try not to get into trouble by the state or you head leader. This could cause a lot of disruptions in the class and they will not get the education that they are there for. I am not saying that there is not already a lot of destractions alreadyby phones, talking, and chromebooks. It is not going to be as bad as emotion based pop ups.
For the muscle and painting part of the passage. I think it had no relavents to the main idea of emotion based pop ups. Back then when the Mona Lisa was painted they didn't have computors or advanced technology. It could of been stated a little bit diffrent. Like" Mona Lisa never rarly smiled, but now as technology advanced and we now know that muscles change our facial emotions."
It then could help the scientific side of the FACS. Like now we know that your muscles help you change facial emotions. This then could help us then have more emotion based pop ups. This may sound like I am for they FACS, but I not for it. It is a vilation of privacy. What if the kid is having very bad thought like death or harm. Which is a very bad thing in teens today. This could lead to those bad pop ups again.
All in all I thing this FACS should be outlawed in the U.S. and other countrys. I thing it could be used in a bad way. If I was a parent I would never ever let my kid use this FACS. I thing it coul sway my kids thinging and ideas. Also it would affect why they are at school. I sent them to school for an education, so they can get a could job. If I was a parent I would never want to see my kid on the crime life.
What are your thoughts? I am a strong against this topic. | 4 |
c9759b7 | The idea of a driverless car is a bad idea. A driverless car could not be able to make the same decisions as a human being can. If there was pothole you would like to miss, your car will hit it. If you were behind the wheel your car would probably miss it. What if something goes wrong in the wiring and the car swirves off the road for no reason while you might be asleep. It could put you in a position to where it could be not only you but also a passenger that maybe in your car at the time, in harms way.
The passage says, "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." Why go through the trouble to make new laws, when right now driving now is fun and something to do. A driverless car can not make the same decisions you make on a daily basis. A car will not know when to get gas or where to get gas. maybe some people might think of using the self-controlled car at night when you are so tired that you can't drive anymore because that is dangerous. If it comes to that point to where you would rather take your chances with the driverless car that is up to you.
Who would be at fault if there happened to be a wreck? What if both of the drivers were using the driverless car and it wasnt anybody behind the wheels fault. Would it be the drivers or the manufacturers fault? There could be so many things wrong with the driverless car. There could be wrecks, wiring issues, finding gas, and making human like decisions. A car made of metal can not make the same decisions as a human would and puts people behind the wheel of the driverless car in danger. | 3 |
c975bdf | Should we wait for the future, or try to advance to it now? I for one believe we should take a leap in advancement, by allowing production of driverless cars. In the past these have all been unreachable feats, but as of now we have the technology needed to create them.
Driverless cars are not any more dangerous than regular cars, because they will never fall asleep while driving, or be intoxicated, and they most certainly won't text and drive. These are some of the leading causes of death while driving. Wouldn't it be great to be able to just relax in a car instead of having all the stress of focusing, and dealing with other drivers?? What is the extent of driverless cars? Would we one day be able to sleep for work while our car picks up our friends and famly for us? As stated in the passage Sergey Brin envisions a future where self driven cars work like a taxi. We may not be to that stage yet but as of this year (2016) Tesla is releasing a car that can drive on its own 90% of the time! This may all sound far fetched to the older generation, who doesn't trust or rely on technology as much as we do, but is technology really bad thing? I see technology as progress and if these cars become a regular on the road then we will be progressing towards a better future.
Are there down sides to this? Many people say yes, and there may be in the beginning, but after these cars are all tested and widely released i do not think you will have to worry about as many malfunctions. People are worried about what if it malfunctions and i wreck? Well ask yourself this how many times have you been in a wreck in your life, and it was because you are with a bad driver? You would no longer have to worry about that because these cars won't drive wrecklessly. If you are still worried about them malfunctioning then you are thinking short-term, because there will come a time when we have perfected these cars and they rarely malfunction, my guess is probably less than half as much as humans wreck. As hard as im trying i don't believe there will be any more faults with these on the road with them than without them.
These are just a few of many reasons as to why i believe we should have these cars. I hope you can see the need for them as much as i do, if not now in the near future. We better start making some new insurance plans, because the future is on it's way! | 4 |
c97615c | I persanuly love to be a Seagoing cowboy becuase I get to go sightseeing. One time I was so lucky to go on a gondola ride in venice,Italy, a city with streets of water. It was a opportunity of a life time my frend helped me so much with this two. I use to have 2 part time jobs and with don I could have just one job and best part I love it.
I hope that you join becuase it woud be wonderfull to have you. You would be helping horses,young cows, and mules get to go sightseeing when you are done and explore. and thar is a way to pass time, especially on your way home. you can tabel tennis fencing boxing reading games. Its all rilly fun plus it helps time pass no matter what thar will all was be something going on.
But seagoing cowboys was much more then a adventure. it opened me up to the world to me im gratefull for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. My first mision was to go to greece and i had 335 horses plus. I all so be for ariving i ternd 18 when i got thar the pacific war.
In conclusion i hope you join and have a good day. Also this is not a joke you need to be focest and willingly help the team if thay need help. If you need help ask if you dont you might endup fired. And be carfull THAR IS WATER you may slip and fall. but i hope you join and help the couse. | 3 |
c976cb4 | The Mona Lisa is one of the greatest pieces of artwork Da Vinci has ever created. It shows great craftmanship and 83% happiness within her smile, according to a new face recognition software created Professor Huang from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science, and Professor Sebe from the University of Amsterdam. It creates and analyzes a 3-D face to assume what the person is feeling. This could also help students in other ways, by scanning their faces and trying to help them if a problem seems confusing or difficult, but this would give them less privacy and less security. This new system may not even be accurate, in which if they analzyes and assumed wrong for the painting, then the students' expression would also be wrong, making this system completely false and unusable in any way.
First off, a painting is different than a person. You can't accurately assume what the expression is if a person painted it. The facial structure would be slighly different from the actual person, because there is no way to completely recreate a face, especially back when it was painted. It may be very similiar to the person, but it is not the same person, meaning that the software has incorrectly given this person inaccurate or false emotion in which they previously did not have.
If this software doesn't give the correct answers to a painting, then we can assume it wouldn't work a human. Humans can show more visual expression than the software can detect. There is no setting for nervousness or joy. If someone was crying tears of joy, the computer would see this differently, and say this person would be very sad instead of being joyful. Humans can also fake expressions. If someone was sad, but had a smile the entire day, the computer might sense some sadness, but not nearly enough to show they are truly sad and that the student shows more happiness than sadness as the time of scanning them.
Lastly, even if this went into effect, this is giving students almost no privacy or security when using a computer. Sure its helpful for learning in some ways, but they have to give the software new emotions like confusion. Even if the expression showing confusion is implemented, this doesn't mean its safe. From paragraph 6, it states: "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different". Why does this matter? This just gives more excuses on how student's privacy is being exploited. It's also quite useless. You could be thinking of something else besides the ad, but the computer would see that your expression is happy, so you would get a similar ad, which you may not enjoy at all. It just doesn't make any sense to put it in a computer.
This new software is a great concept and could used in many different ways that would be very helpful, but it doesn't seem advanced enough to be put inside lots of computers yet. It's also quite dangerous, since the computer is looking at everything you are doing, inside and now outside the computer even more closely.
Bringing this kind of technology into your lives could seriously damage your reputation, social life, or anything of the like if your computer got hacked. If the software is inaccurate, then when you want to use this feature on a computer, it would be wrong, making this a faulty piece of software, unable to accurately give the emotion you were hoping to give. This could lead to many problems in the future if this face recogniztion software is used in the future. It's just not good enough to be used in the real world yet. Maybe after some time, but as it is not, it's not ready. | 5 |
c97daf5 | December 18, 2014
Dear State Senator,
Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States is more beneficial to the people than an Electoral College. The Electoral College is such a hassle and a process. It's outdated. And it's even irrational. It's not precise to what the people want. The popular vote directly represents who the people want. "-over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." (Source 2).
The Electoral College is outdated. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution. Back then that was relevant because there weren't as many people in the United States as there are now, which means there are more voters today. In Source 3 it says that the Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism. It's not even a democratic method in modern sense...
The people trust the elector's to vote for their nominee. And that trust can even be broken, so they're not 100% reliable. "-state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilties are...." (Source 1). There's a chance that your vote might not even count. The Electoral College method may turn off voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. So even if that candidate got a lot of votes in one state the Electoral College can still eliminate that candidate regardless of the people's votes. "Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." (Source 1). The winner-take-all system is unfair because candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, so they focus only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Which makes smaller states feel so irrelevant. They know their vote will have no effect because they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign.
Plus the Electoral College is such an inconventient thing. It is a process that consists of the selection of electors, the meeting of electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. And a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Why do that when people can just have an overall majority vote on the President? Voters can even expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidency. Voters don't even vote for the president, their votes are for the slate of electors, who then elect the president. There could even be confusion that the voters vote for the wrong candidate because they are confused about the electors.
Some people may not like the popular vote for the election of the president because they're afraid of a tie. But in the Electoral College if there was a tie it would lead into a whole new process with the House of Representatives. Most worry about a tie in the electoral votes. The House of Representatives hardly refelects the will of the people.
By changing to the election of popular vote for the president it is way more beneficial to the people because it is a direct way of them having a say in the election. They choose. They don't have to worry about a trust being broken. It's straight forward to the point. The Electoral College is unfair, not 100% trustworthy, and outdated. Take time to think about converting to the popular vote election.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 5 |
c97e5b2 | The face on mars is a natural landfrom im my opinion. This is because They stated that the shadows were what was causing it to resemble a human face. It many have some featrues that are similar to a human but they are not identcial. Meaning if a living species such as a alien did create this it would be more semetrical. Many diffrent things could have causes the rock to form a human like resmeblence,such as a peice of debri hitting the surface of the rock causing indentations. As you can see in the first picture of the face from 1976 there are small feature that resmble eyes and
a nose. As the years progress the pictures look less and less like a human. In the picture from 2001 you can barley tell what the rock is. The scientist even stated the camera has such high quality that you could see a air plane on the gorund, so if they were any signs of a aliens making this we would have been able to see them. In the pictue it acually shows that the face is the same as a Butte or Mesa which are landform commonly found around the American West. Its even stated that the rock on mars is smillar to the butte found on Snake River of Idaho. The lava dome (Butte) is even the same height of the face on mars. There fore coming to the conclusion that the same natural occurence that formed on the Snake River in Idaho aslo fromed on mars causing what looked to be a human face. | 3 |
c97eb09 | Would you like to be a cowboy like Luke, the cowboy who rode the waves over the Atlantic. Luke has fun on almost every trip. Luke plays games on the ships during the trip with the other cowboys. Luke and his friends can play too. Luke and the cowboys played things games like baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing,reading, and more. Luke just doesnt get to have fun, but he does get to explore things during his trips like getting the chance to visist oher countries. Lukes job is pretty fun although it can be very dangerous. Luke has to stay up through the night sometimes no matter what the weather is and watch and take care of all of the animals on board. That part doesnt seem so dangerous does it? The dangerous part is being careful of where you go and where you step. One night luke was on the ship taking care of the animals and accidentaly slipped and almsot slid off the ship and fell in to the dark, deep Atlantic ocean. He was very happy to still be alive, but he still broke his ribs and couldnt work for a while. So over all Luke has a great job as working as a cowboy, you will get some of the only one chance in a life times adventures and decisions even though his job is still pretty dangerous. So would you like to be a cowboy like Luke? I surely would. | 3 |
c983e08 | Fellow citizens of mine I have life changing news for you. The advantages of limiting car usage. What can possibly be good about that you ask? By limiting your car usage you will be saving the Earths atmosphere. Cars today emit alot of Carbonmonoxide into the air causing smog in some extreme ways. Paris, France is a great example of how bad cars can be when it comes to harming the atmosphere. The smog in Paris was so bad that the had to ban peple with even number licence plates that day, then odd the next day. The smog that was created by cars in Paris was rivialing Chinas capital city Beijing, also know as the worlds most poluted place. The weather made the smog worse in France but was eventualy lifted after a wile. After that the ban on the Cars was lifted.
This however could of been avoided if they limited the use on cars in their country. So knowing this, will you limit yourself? | 2 |
c98a9ba | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is suggesting that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, and I think that she does a very good job backing herself up. In this article she gives the things that are wrong with going to Venus but she also gives the things that are good and reasons why you should make a trip to Venus. The author of the story stays with the way she feels throughout the whole article making a strong and valid point. With the author not just telling you all the good things about going up to Venus is making her statement even more valuable. Becuase she is telling you upfront that their are some altercations and disadvantages of going but their are many ways that you can compromize and make it more safe for you to travel and be by Venus.
In the article the author states "Astonomers are fascinated by Venus becuase it may well have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." "...Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." "...Venus has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." "...mincludes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." These four quotes from the story are evidence that the auother put saying that Venus has features that are like Earth. Some other quotes from the story that are crutial in helping the auother prove that Venus is a good planet to explore despite the dangers is "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 roiling Venusian landscape." These two quotes are telling us that if you were to go to Venus you wouldnt have to step foot on the panet you could stay in a vehicle and take pictures. And the radiation, higher altitude, and air pressure would be no different than in a plane above a storm because in the article it states "Just as our jet airplanes travel higher altitude to fly over storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions..." and the author also states in the article "...air pressure would be close to that of sea level." "...radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
All these quotes show that there has been varios of ways to make it safe for humans to travel to Venus. And in the text it says "...some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions" this quotes is saying that not only do you not have to get out of the vehicle that goes up to Venus to see it and take pictures, that you can have an object that can pick things up so you can take it back down to Earth to examine it. The author 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." This is saying that humans want to explore Venus, and that getting to go up there is going to answer many of the questions that they might have and it also answers all the curiosity that they have about the planet. The author has a very valid point at the end that makes you think it says "... not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." She is saying that you should be scared and worried about all the things that could go wrong but think about the things that you will see and be able to encounter while on your trip to Venus. And the dangers of the trip are always a think you need to work out but through out the article they give ways you can fix them and make it safe for you to travel all the way up to Venus. | 4 |
c98ba96 | Technoogly should not be a thing that reads students emotional expressions. Only the students know how they feel inside. A machine or whatever would be used shouldn't have a say of how you feel or of your expessions.
In paragraph 2 it asks the question "Can we calculate emotion?" And of course they can but sometimes the calculation could not be right all the time. Following up in paragrph 3 it breaks it down how they find the calculations of emotions but then again the computer could tell a different emotin from the one that the person is actually feeling.
In paragraph 5 it has a valid point that even humans do calculations on other people feelings. When we are used to seeing those person expresions we began to know what it looks llike from them everytime they feel that way. With a computer it would be their first time seeing that person expression on their face.
In conclusion a computer should not determine the mood a student is in. Only you know how you feel inside others might think they know but only you know how you feel when you feel that emotion | 2 |
c98f82e | Have you ever wondered how the kids feel in class but they dont ever participate and/or express themselfs. Well this article about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is a great way to figure out some ways that some kids feel based on what they are learning. It is smart, unique, and valuable. These are the reason why the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea.
The Facial Action Coding System is smart because it allows you to see if the students are bored, interested, or just out of it during the lesson you teach. And you could also figure out different type of ways to manke a lesson or activity better that excites the children you are teaching to. In the article it states " Most humans communication is nonverbal,including emotional communcation." So this is basically saying that if we are not communicated with our mouths then what better way then communicating with facial expressions. This is why the Facial Coding System is smart.
It's is unquie because no-one has ever thought of this until now so the fact that teachers action care about how there students feel should touch some people. its also unique because it can tell the way your face is moving and the way your muscles move. In the articke it states that
"the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face: all 44 major muscles in the model must move like the human muscles."This just pushed to shove that if a computer can track all of your muscles in your face that that's pretty unique and different. And on top of that, they would pay that much money to make sure the kids have a good education is cool.
Lastly its valuable because if it's bettering the kids education and making a difference in their community, thats good. In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" its says "feeling someone else's emotional state may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expression. Whoever tought thta making faces could reveal so much about science of emotions." This is why its valuable because it can tell us things that we might not know but the computer knows.
This is why the Making Mona Lisa Smile and the Facial Action Coding System is smart, unique, and valuable in so many ways. If you dont think that you should get the Facial Action Cosing System you might want to think twice if you really love your students. | 3 |
c99384d | If I was a scientist at NASA, and I was discussing the Face with someone whos belifs were that the face was created by an anilen, I would tell them it was created by a landform because, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, the MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos, and it was just a natural landform, A person part of the MOC said that when he saw the Face, it reminded him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and, when scientists first saw the Face, they figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia.
First, when the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, they snapped a picture that was ten times sharper then the orginail photos from the Viking, and it turned out just to be a natural landform. But people were not satisfied, they were saying that the camera on board had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face, maybe the alien markings were hidden by haze. So they looked again, Its not easy to target Cydonia, says Garvin. In fact, its hard work.'' said Gavin, but on a cloudless day, they looked again and found nothing but the landform again.
Second, When Gavin travled out to Mars he said that the landform reminded him of a natural landform in the American West. In the article, Gavin said It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Gavin looked at the face many times, even during the cloudly days and the cloudless days and he sees the Face as a landform, and there are pictures from a advanced camera to prove it.
Lastly, when the scientists at NASA first saw the Face they figured it was just another Martian mesa, which are common around the Cydonia area. Once the scientists released the photo of the Face to the world for all to see, thats when the problems started coming in. People and a few scientists were starting to believe it was actually a alien face, but most since the Martian mesa are really common around that area then why are people worrying? Its just a landform, not only did the Viking air shuttle take the pictures but also an advanced camera did.
I feel that the Face is just a landform, because scintists are proving that it is a landform with the advanced cameras that they are using, Scientists that are going out into Mars to look at the Face are saying that it reminded them of a landform that is known in America, and when the photo was first found by the Viking air shuttle the scientists first reaction to the picture that it was a landform, not an alien face. | 4 |
c99572e | Reducing car usuage coul greatly benefit us all. it would decrease death rates, pollution, and money costs.
As towns such as Vauban and Paris participate in car free days, they greatly reduce the amount of pollution that would have become that day. their hard work and enthusiasm even encouraged other cities and parts of the country to join. our pollution rate is much to high for the only planet and space we can live on. increasing it daily will only hurt us and be fatal in the long run.
Death rates caused by cars is another reason to have a few days off from them. Fatalaties caused in accidents, hit and runs, and wrecks happen multiple times daily. a few days or even just one of no/reduced car usage could save the lives of many.
money costs are a large complaint in our society today, especially money involving cars. from the cost of the car itself to the dollars to per gallon used every week, nobody likes to spend that much money on their vehicle. well we wouldnt have to as often if we did have dayswhere cars were fined if used.
citizens should reduce the use of cars to help with financial issues, death rates, and pollution. | 2 |
c998974 | The author tellus about the two planet that are right ext to each other. The author tells us how there one in specfic that a lot like earth. He tells us that for decades we have been wanting to find out more about Venus but its just complicated the temperature and eveyrhting about it. he thinks that it is important to learn more about the planet so that later in life we could send people and build things there for example the hovering vechiles he talked about.
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it present because out of all the other planet in the solar sydtem Venus is the that is more like earth. It talks about how dangerous it is how the machines that they send to Venus dont last long because of things are in Venus. Obvisouly he or she thinks that its worth it because the author tells us how "researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." He says that "our travels on earth and beyond shouldnt be limited by dangers and doubts but should expand to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
The author had said that most likely probably at one point Venus was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various of life, just like Earth. I mean in my opinion that would be smart to learn more about the planet because we never know the world might come to its end and we need to be prepared to move in somewhere new. It has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as velleys, mountains and craters that furthermore Venus might be our nearest option for planetary visits.
The autor want or tells us that NASA has one particulary idea for sending humans to study venus. Nasa's possible solution to hostlie conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float abovethe fray. Like a blimp lke vechile hovering 30 or miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. it tells us that " solar power would be plentiful, and radiations would not exceed Earth levels , not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. If at one point there was living life in Venus i feel like that would be important what if there s living life there but we just havent found it there might others things in venus that could help earth in some type of way. | 4 |
c9a5c3c | Who wouldn't like to be a Seagoing Cowboy? You get to see other country's you've never seen before! You also get to take care of animals but at the same time you can see the huge ocean. Also people from the war binifit from it too. So why wouldn't you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy?
If you become a Seagoing cowboy you would see other countrys that you've never seen before. In these countrys there would be beautyful temples and citys with no streats but water ways to get around. There would also be delishous gormay foods. Beautyful pantings from thousands of years ago.
You could then take care of animals and also get to see the vast ocean's at the same time. Then you could feel like a real cowboy. But when your done taking care of the animals you can sit down and look at the astonishing night sky and the huge blue ocean. Playing with The animals would be so fun. There would be tasty cows beautyful horses, and stubern mules.
Also when your a Seagoing Cowboy other people would be binifit too! The common towns people, and the solders from the war. You would bring them cows for food, horses to ride, and mules to pull carts of goods. That would prevent people from starving. It would also help move reckage from the war.
So far you've seen how amazing it would be to be a Seagoing Cowboy. You could get to see country's from thousands of miles away. You could get to take care of animals but still get to relax.
Also you could help people from the war and solders. So why wouldn't you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy? | 3 |
c9b1df1 | My position on driveless cars is that I think it is a great thing for the future, but is it safe to be in.
As I was reading this article, all I was thinking was is it safe.
Some states won't even allow to test computer-driven cars.
If the car crashed, whose fault would it be.
I do think it is a great and fun technology to have in the future.
The pros of a driveless cars is that it is a great technology for people to drive safer on the road.
It may cause less accidents in the near future.
It would be less distraction for the people in the car.
More car manufacturers are building driveless cars which is great for their business.
Driveless cars would be great for television shows and movies.
The cons of driveless cars is you still have to drive the car if there is roadwork, an accident, complicated traffic issues, and even backing out of a driveway.
They are not safe, you still need to keep your eyes out on the road and manufacturers are still testing out the cars to make them safer to be in.
They should be making smarter roads instead of smarter cars.
They need to put on sensors on the cars to make them safer.
Car manufacturers need to add a lot more things to their cars to make them safer to be in.
I think it is a good time now in 2016 to have driveless cars.
There are a lot more technology that they didn't have in the future.
They didn't have radars, computers, and they didn't even have mapping.
Driveless cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibilty than a bus.
Driveless cars are a wonderful thing for 2016 and for the future generations. | 2 |
c9b67ff | Imagine a student is doing a digital activity in class on a computer and she is bored out of her mind. Her head starts to nod forward and it becomes harder for her to keep her eyes open. Suddenly the screen changes all on it's own and gives her a different, more interactive problem to tackle. Feeling intrigued and more awake, she starts to work again. This method of engaging students could be made possible with the use of the Facial Action Coding System.
It's a technology that detects human emotions by reading them using all 44 of the major muscles in the face. It then calculates the emotion by associating the movement of the muscle with a specific emotion. This could be useful in classrooms because of it's ability to read student's facial expressions and then calculate their emotions.
Although you'd be able to read the faces of students who are excited or engaged, this technology would be more useful on the other end of the spectrum. FACS (Facial Action Coding System) could be used to help point out which students are bored, tired, or struggling. Adjustments could be made to learning plans and lessons in order to more effectively engage students of all ages and types, and help them learn better.
In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, one of the main developers of this technology, Dr. Huang, further explains how this could be useful in classroms, as well as other aspects of life. He states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 1). This could greatly increase a student's ability to learn.
While it might seem that this technology wouldn't make a great impact on education systems, it could significantly improve the learning environment in a classroom. The technology can effectively engage all students in a new and advanced manner, using something everyone has - facial muscles. | 4 |
c9ba6e8 | Being a Seagoing Cowboy is good in may ways. It is an opportunity of a lifetime. I was able to exprince new things, play games, and help out families.
I was able to exprince things that I could never see. When we were on our way to China, they stopped to let us excavated caslte in Crete. Also, on our way they let us stop to ride in a Venice in Italy. I could have never image that. The people on the ship did something very special for us. They let me see Acropolis in Greece. Not only did I see new things, I got to go to Italy, Greece, Crete, and Chine. Four countries in two weeks.
When we made it to China we were able to relax. I was able to play Volleybal, fencing, baseball, and boxing. Before we left we had a Table Tennis tournament. When I was done play, I sat down and had a silent moment of reading. This things help the time pass bye.
Through all of this I was able to help out familes. I help out the familes by taking care of the animals. So that they don't have to worry about it. It makes me feel good that I am helpping people out.
In conclusion, I would no trade this job for nothing. Even though I broke one of my ribs. It is all worth it in the long run. I have made new friends. It is an opportunity that I wouldn't take for grandted. | 3 |
c9c5c3b | Dear Senator Adams,
Voting for a president is not what it seems to be. The electoral college makes the people's votes so that the electors are actually voted. These electors vote for the president in favor of their party which is not always trustworthy or reliable. The popularity winner can also lose, due to lack in electoral votes. Many voters are still confused or don't know how the system works. In reality, electoral system is outdated and should be tweaked of how it would work today.
To begin with, Electors that are voted for by the people are not always trustworthy. They're hand picked by their politcal party but sometimes,"-state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsiblilties are..."(Does The Electoral). Voters can't control who their electors vote for president. The electoral college should be changed to popularity votes because, "-(the) electors could always defy the will of people"(The Indefensible Electoral). This is unreliable and the way of voting by the people can be easily swayed by the electors.
Additionally, the popularity winner can lose by having less electoral votes. Voters can be discouraged to elect their president when really the electors do the job. This situation has happened when,"-Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes-"(In Defense Of). Any election, voters can expect another close election in which the popular winner could again lose the presidency. The electoral college is unstable and this major downside is a factor.
More over, many voters are still confused or don't know how the system works. In this article it states that, "-voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate"(The Indefensible Electoral). The electoral college does not clarify to voters on what the people are actually voting for. In another article it explains that people actually voted for a slate of electors. This would mean that the author had to reassure the right understanding. Readers of that article who've voted are now in disbelief or shocked.
In conclusion, the electoral college should be addressed to a win by popularity. The electors in favor of their political party are not always trustworthy. The popularity winner can lose due to lack in electoral votes. Also, many voters are confused or don't know how the electoral college works in presidential elections. These facts add on to more cons than pros of the idea of electoral college. | 4 |
c9d4074 | Driverless cars are quickly becoming a reality and causing a great amount of conterversy in the process.
They have many pros and cons, but mostly cons.
These cars really have nothing to offer the human race becides many crashes, injuries, and sometimes even death.
Normal cars have gotten a bad reputation, but it's not because the cars are bad; it's the people who drive them.
The problem with cars today is not the cars, it is the people.
The focus should be on teaching people to drive better and more safely, not letting a computer hurl people at seventy miles and hour down a highway.
The first problem with driverless cars is that they are unreliable.
Computers today are simply not equiped to handle the excessive amount of information needed to drive these cars.
Human intellegence and reactions are needed to handle the stress of driving.
In the article, it states that the driver needs to be ready to take over in the case of a sticky situation.
This goes to show that driverless cars cannot be trusted to always make the right decision.
It also means that the cars are not technically "driverless."
This means that the car is substancally more expensive, yet cannot do the one task that the extra money is being spent on.
That doesn't even make sense.
The article also mentioned having driverless taxis, which would mean millions of taxi drivers without jobs.
New York City is a central hub for taxi activity, meaning that a lot of people need those jobs.
These driverless taxis would mean millions of people left without jobs, thus driving unemployment and homeless rates through the roof.
Is driving really such a problem that leaving millions of people without a job is better?
However, many of the technologies being developed are very helpful and can make everyone safer.
Cars that break automatically can prevent wreaks, espically if the driver becomes distracted or is impaired.
Sensors such as antilock brakes are greatly benificent.
However, car companies are taking these too far when they make cars that can drive themselves.
They have too many problems and the technology is not advanced enough yet to be a viable and safe option.
If half the money being spent on this technology is spent on teaching people to drive safer, then there would be no need for this technology.
The problem with road saftey today is not the cars, it's the fact that people driving them are uneducated and uncurtious to others on the road.
The cars aren't the problem; it''s the people.
These driverless cars are not the answer to car's problems.
They are unreliable, expensive, and would leave many people without a job.
The focus should be not on the cars themselves, but the people driving them. | 4 |
c9d93a1 | Based on the passage, I can infer that the author studied a lot about Venus. He states that Venus is close to earth but close to the sun also. Which creates the problem that no human being can land on Venus because of its heat and density. Also in the passage, the author states how it's been three decades and we still, despite the technology we have, can't land on Venus. Not even the machine they sent out could survive. Problems like that make NASA more curious, which makes it more worthy of a pursuit.
The author stated that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. Venus has a roughly 97 percent thick carbon dioxide atmosphere according to the author. Astronomers believe that Venus may have been a Earth-like planet long ago. The author says that Venus still has features that are similar to Earth features. Nasa has been working on a way to get humans to venus while making sure they survive and make it back. According to the author in paragraph 5, Nasa is trying to make a hovering vehicle for the humans to float in. It will have the capability to float 30 miles in the air. The only problem is that the astronaut wouldn't be able to get an in depth look at all the features because of the height.
The author states that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. That can lead to a breakthrough idea to get a human to Venus. No ideas have worked yet but they're constantly working and testing out new ideas. The author talks about how human curiosity will lead to lots of intimidating endeavors and also lots of dangers. That alone proves how well the author supported the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
c9da758 | I think that they should change to the elecetion by popular vote for the president of the united states. Then that would let people choose who wins. They have been using electoral college for a while but i think popular vote would be better.
"Its official: the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Electoral college voting is bad because it cant let the people choose who they want for president. "Its hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abloish the electoral college!". "This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders. What gives?". By Bradford plumer fam .
"Under the 23rd amendment of the consitution, the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college" - the office of federal register. Those electors shouldn't be able to choose who runs for president. It should be the peoples choice. Congress should not be allowed to choose who runs for presidents. | 2 |
c9de718 | Ah, the great smell of pollution hitting your face as you walk out the door; the way the polluted air puts a haze over your eyes. There is nothing better than that when you begin to start your day every morning. Most people do not seem to enjoy the slap in your face you get when you just cannot seem to get enough air into your lungs. The use of cars has be steadily decreasing over the years, and public transportations are beginning to be used more, and more. Along with this, cities are even beginning to ban the usage of cars. This has become an idea that has spread globally and everyone is beginning to take an interest to have the pollution level lowered, and to make the air much cleaner.
It is time to inform you, that places around the world big, and small are beginning to ban the usage of cars. Cities as big as Paris, France have banned car usage to bring down the pollution levels found in their great cities. Vauban, Germany, a suburban community, has completely given up their cars, in which car owners must purchase a spot for their car in a garage that can cost up to forty-thousand dollars. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal in,
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , seventy percent of Vauban's families do not even own cars, and fifty-seven percent of the people living there chose to sold their cars before they moved there. Vauban's ideas has been spread throughout the world and now other suburbs are beginning to want to make places denser and make everything a walking distance away. Cities as great as Paris, France enforced a partial ban on driving cars to clear the air of the city, which was said by Robert Duffer in,
Paris bans driving due to smog.
Paris had made it easier to get public transportation while the ban was being enforced by making public transportation free of charge Friday to Monday. With pollution levels higher than ever with the amount of factories and cars, in congested cities it is a good idea for car usuage to go down to allow the air to clear from pollution. Limiting the amount of car usuage will clear the air we breathe, and allow us to inhale deeper breaths.
In addition, there are many different forms of transportation that can be used instead of just the average car, you may use bikes, roller-skates, skateboards (longboards, and penny boards), or even just a simple walk to get to places. Attempting to minimize the usuage of everyone using a single car to get to a place a carpool, taxi, bus, train, or subway can be another means of transportation that may be used. This will limit the amount of traffic on the streets, and minimize the amount of pollution that is going into the air. Some will say that not driving to your destination yourself will take more time whether it be because you have to wait for your specific train to arrive, or waiting for the taxi to show up to your doorstep, you have to wait a few extra minutes to leave for your destination. In reality, that few extra minutes you have waiting for the taxi can be stopped you can do this by, calling the taxi a few minutes before you want to leave so that it will arrive precisely when you want it too. With the use of bikes, walking, or skating everywhere you go, you will also begin to get into better shape, as you are moving towards your destination. The usage of cars for only trips that will take hours will also help to save you money on gas, and your car millage.
Furthermore, by beginning to add neat sidewalks, parks, and everything in a walking distance people will be encouraged to walk more and will not have reason not to use their car. Elisabeth Rosenthal states in,
The End of Car Culture , that even in America the usage of car is beginning to dtop down steadily. The amount of young people getting their driver's license is starting to decrease and has gone down twenty-three percent between 2001 and 2009. She also state at the Mobile World Congress the proposed the idea that they should partner with the telecommunications industry 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 emission and improve safety." With people beginning to take interest in other means of transportation cities, and towns alike will begin to make things a walking distance to meet the obscure demand from the people.
In conclusion, people around the world are beginning to take interest in lessening the usage of cars in their cities, and towns. Cars have began going down in sales and less people are buying them. Other means of transportation have come up that will begin to benefit us health wise. Making us healthier by excercising and clearing our air of toxins found in pollution. If cities around the world begin to decrease the amount of car usuage our air will become much clearier and satisfying to live in. It will make getting to destinations much safer with the less chance of accidents and injuries from motor vechicles. Reducing car usage will begin to change the world by making it a much cleaner, healthier place to live. | 5 |
c9dfa00 | Mysterious Face on Mars
In argumentive situation everyone has there own opinions. But with somethings it makes no sense what they're trying to prove. if i was in an argument with someone who thought there was life on the planet Mars i would try to prove how. In space its hard to say theres life in space because scientist have no proof ,no data, or evidence there could be. For there to be a face on mars is hard to believe and for an alien to make it no evidence adds up.
No one really had an exact reaction to the face because all they were assuming there is life on mars. The public started saying theres aliens up there. But the size of the head was two miles and contiued to stare back at everyone. But some people were realistic saying that their was another Martian mesa they were common around cydonia but this image made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. So none of the scientist put alot of thought into it but its the people who escalted the theory and image.
The people who thought there was life the rock formation of how it looked gave an illusion of a head, nose, eyes,and a mouth. The public was so dedicated to proving there was and they could prove it. But some other people and scientist were explaining that there is no life. The more people started talking and hearing about it became a bit more fake and hard to believe. This theory of the face started becoming in Hollywood flms, books, magazines and just made up stories.
Nasa begun to get frusterated and there budget started decreasing. Nasa actually wished it was acient civilizationon mars instead. Scientist started blieving that the face was alien artifact. So they started photographing Cydonia as i priority. When they started photographing more and more they were sorta getting somewhere. But they finally sent out Mars Global Surveyors and flew obver to Cydonia and they took a picture. The picture was ten times better and sharper than the original photos they had with the viking.
Nasa tried to get alot more photos and were gettiing no where becuase of the main reason the weather. But on April 8, 2001 it was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia go a perfect view of the face. Soon Nasa made a conclusion the picture actually looked like the Martian Equivalent. A butte or messa they were landforms common around the American West. Scientist they can finally put an end to the rumor saying theres life over there. Now everyone can know the actual truth with with this whole conspericy.
Getting to an argument with someone about is ther life on mars. Or is there really a face on mars. But i think the argument is clear who would be right. There's just to much evidence proving theres no and what they saw is an illusion of a face. Sometimes you just need proof to an easy fact of what is hard to figure out. | 3 |
c9e31fe | Technology to read students emotions in classrooms are not valuable to me. I think using money on things like this is stupid. There are plenty of other things this money could be used on other than knowing students emotions. Maybe Thomas Huang can Find a way to help teachers teach without boring their students.
When looking at paragraph 7 it is telling us how to simply do this at school while looking in the mirror. People might try using your home PC but you computer cannot handle complex algorithms. You might want to grab a partner to do this with. The passage says,"In fact, these are the instructions for a face that looks happy." If the teacher used the Facial Action Coding System they would have to stop in the middle of class to have the computers on. Also read all the emotion just for them to know that they may or may not be entertaining their classes enough or that a student may be confused, thats why students need to raise their hand more. I really dont think its necessary that they have this in a classroom. This would be great to try if the teacher doesn't have anything plannned for the day. In paragraph 9 it says doing this experiment can make you feel slightly happy. Text says," Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." In chapter 6 it says that it can make computer-animated faces more expressive for things like video games or video surgery. Its a good thing because most human communication is nonverbal, incuding emotional communication.
As I said earlier, I do not think this software is valuable in classrooms to read the emotional expressions of students. It may be good in other industries but not this one. I really think that this would be a good use for video surgery or games. I would be looking towards that. | 2 |
c9eaef7 | Overly usage of cars not only has drastically harmed the environment but humans as well. This is why many countries have now leaned towards limiting the usage of cars. It might seem absurd especially if you heavily depend on your car to get to places, but the truth is cars harm. They're killing our world and therefore they're killing us.
Cars release carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. If humans or any other living beings are heavily exposed to such gas they will die. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse emission in Europe...50% in the U.S"(source1,p.5). Everytime we turn on our car engines we are harming ourselves. For small countries with little abundance of cars this might not be alarming at all. For huge economic countries such as the United States and France, car abundance is a serious deal. "Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France"(source2,p.14). The more abundant cars are the faster we are deteriorating ourselves. Cars cause broken acidents, broken highways, and heavy traffic, which leads to...acidents. Either way cars cause death so we might as well not have them at all. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Getting on a car is dangerous from whichever way you look at it. There's either angry drivers, drunk drivers, crazy drivers, and you're emitting monoxide gas. A world without cars is like our own little "world peace".
No cars would mean more space, simple as that. "Parks and sports centers would bloom"(source3,p.28). People would have more places to visit and spend time with family and friends. "Restaurants and shopping districts have cropped"(source3, p. 28). We woulld have safer and prettier landscapes. A healthy yet fun world."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"(source4, p.43). Many cars lead to heavy traffic which causes people to freak out and speed. No cars would mean that people would begin finding local jobs. Jobs that they could go by walking, riding a bike, etc. We would be healthier because at the same time we are exercising, and keeping our air clean. Having less cars is better for us in any way you look at it.
Limiting car usage means we would have a safer environment to live in. There would be more space for fun recreational areas. And our lives would be less at stake. Our bodies would be healthier as well as the world that we live in. Limiting cars sets better steps for the next generations to come. | 3 |
c9ef046 | Should we have electoral collage or not? We should have electoral collage because, it is easier to elect a president then having to go through a process of sending in votes by hand. It is better to send votes by computer because all you have to do is click a button and the the vote is sent to the elector.
Under the 23rd admendment of the constitution 3 elctors were allocated in the district of columbia. The electors are to be treated like a state for a purpose. As stated in (what is the electoral collage)'' the word state also refers to the district of columbia. Therefore the electoral collage selectes each candidate runnig for president. Also each state has its own personal group of electors. The political party is candidates who chose the electors.
The electoral collage starts every for years to selecte a new president. Every first tuesday in november people help choose state electors when voting for the new president. People sometimes dont get that you are not actually voting for the president you are voting for the candidates electors.
Once the president is elected the govenor prepares a ''certificate of ascertainment. Once that happens the listing of all the candidates who ran for president in a state and their names respective electors. | 1 |
c9f30e7 | Driverless cars are coming. They might be reality in a few years maybe a few months. That is a scary thing to think about. Yes the cars provide help to drives, but they also have a few problems that take over the positive qualities.
The cars can be good. For example, in paragraph two, Goolges cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. That is amazing. A car can driven that long by driving itself. Another good thing is in paragraph one, how the cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. if the cars use half the fuel of today's taxis, then their is more money to pave new roads, make better buildings, or develop a plan that helps every one in need.
This idea of driverless cars has been around for a while. Google only made that idea a reality just a few years ago. There has been inventions that made the driverless cars closer to a reality. "In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheel in the creation of antilock brack," (paragraph 5). Ten years later, those sensors had develop into a more advanced, which aloud it to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. If those sensors are in the driverless car that google made, then they might save some lives.
Even though, the driverless cars have good qualities, it haves some okay ones. For example, in paragraph seven, how it takls about the special touch sensors make suyre the drive keeps hold of the wheel. What if the drive is asleep becuase they passout or just tired and their hands fall out the wheel, how will the sensors work then? What if the car is approaching a work zone or it is around any accident and the drive is passed out, will the car brake itself or will is just keep driving. lets save the car brakes itself to fast and the driver bangs his or her head against the wheel, the drive could get a concussion, or even worst, die. If the car keeps driving, it could drive to fast and rare-end that car infront of it or hint one of the workers. Then who would take the blame the drive who passed out or the driverless car. The driver did not know he or she was going to pass out.
Driverless cars are coming. Yes, the cars have good qualities that mkae then safe. for example, the seats vibrate when the car is in danger of backing into an object (paragraph seven). Although, like everything else in this world, it has a few mistakes and question that have been answered yet. I am not for driverless cars becasue of the question that still have no answers. I am the type of person who thinks of the "what ifs", mostly the bad what ifs instead of the good. So, I can make up questions that have not been thought of nor answered. Driverless car are coming. We already have the technology for them, someone, like Google, just has to put the technology and the idea together to make the product. | 4 |
c9f4cf0 | I think we should change the elction to popular vote. we should get what the people want not what the government or the system want. under the electoral college system, voters vote not for president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. a dispute over the outcome of an elecoral college vote is possible, it happend in 200 but, its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal.
No region has electoral cotes to elect president. So a solid regional favorite, such as romney was in the south has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful presidat. the residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfrabchished that the new president will have no regard for their intrests, that he really isn't their president.
The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates as we saw in 2012's election. voters in toss-up states are most likely to pay close attention to the campaign. they are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, average and the most thoughtful voters hsould be the ones to dcide the election. | 2 |
c9f673e | After reading "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I began to think it was a good idea to have driverless cars. After going back and re-reading the article i dont think that so much anymore. Let me start by saying that this seems like a not too bad idea, but i have things to support that its a bad idea as well. Cars thst can drive by themselves cool ! Here's what i thought didnt make sense, Its a car that drives by its self but you have to be in there also watching the road. I thought that was a waste of an invention. A driverless car shouldn't have to be watched after by a human. The name says it all DRIVERLESS CAR. If really a "driverless car" than why also watch the road ?
Here are some details from the story supporting why i feel this way. In paragraph 7 the author talks about the car " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills" clearly we see here that these cars require human skills or techniques. Not a so "Driverless" car after all, in my opinion. If we continue reading it also says " The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires". In my opinion if you have to watch the road no matter what, than you should just drive the car yourself insted. This car requires us to still not be destracted watch and the road i would get bored of waiting and would just want to drive the car my self, wouldn't you ?
Finally i want to conclude by saying I would not buy a car like this. I would not buy a car like this beacuse there would be no point of being inside a car that you would have to watch after but not do anything. Driverless cars would be cool, if in fact they would be driver less. Overall this idea is not bad just not ready enough to come true. I am against this idead beacuse of this. | 3 |
c9f83ef | We need to stop having electoral colleges its unfair and really out of date most poeple dont even see a campaighn with electoral votes. If we were to change to popular voting then we could have everyone involved in the voting and it would be fair voting and desisions for everyone who is involved. When your in a electoral vote you are not voting for a president but for a slate of electors.
It is not fair for state legislatures to pick our electors thats why we had the big fiasco back in 2000. The government basically has full control over the who really gets the win of the vote if we stay in the elactoral vote system they have free reighn on what electors to send to congress on whom ever they agree with. In a electoral vote bigger states gets the most attention from presedental campaighns and a smaller state wouldnt get any attention at all to the campaighn In electoral votes they have toss up states which are states that will pay the campaighn very close attention which basically means they choose who wins because their known as thoughtful voters.
The reason we should do away with the electoral system and out in the popular system is because it is alot more easy to get involved with and you have control over whose president and the elevtors not the government. We have the right to pick our presedints and congress so we should do it right and in a fair way. | 2 |
c9fd0a5 | Can computers read our emotions? Ths simple answer is yes they can a new technology has been invented that lets computers read our human emotions. I for one think that this new technology is very valuable to us and can be used in many diffrent ways
I belive in the classroom will be the most effective. Students who are my age or even younger are good at two things being bored, and hiding how we really feel. Thats why I belive this would be perfect to be used in the classroom because in the text it says that the facial expression software will be able to read if the student is bored or confused with the lesson, which would help that student get the help they need to pass the course cause the teacher would know how that student feels towards the subject. Now others may disagree with me and state that its useless to read expressions via computer but I belive that there totaly wrong because so many people hide their emotions towars things and people they dont like, and if you ask me nobody likes school unless you like learning or a nerd but the point is that everyone hides there emotions in the classroom and in everyday life and its a big part that seperates us from eachother and the things we want to pursue. The expression teller I belive will break down thoes barriers that weve set up hiding are emotions and possibly even open oppurtnities to subjects in math, reading,and science that we just might like and not even have known it because were to busy hiding our emotins towards how we feel about school that we dont like anything that does with school.
All in all I feel that these facial expression readers can go a long way in the classroom and even in everyday life making the world a more brighter place to live. Also in helping kids who are tired of the boring lectures and confusing lessons with the stressful homework. | 3 |
c9feb22 | From reading "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it explains the doubts and curiosity that scientist have on discovering if Venus is similar to Earth and what can we discover about that fascinating planet. Even though scientist have had their fails they are still managing on finding a way to get a reason to find it safe for the first human to step on Venus. The author is claiming that Venus is worthed the attempt to study because it may be more similar to earth than we think and to help us get rid of this doubt we have if Venus can be a hospitilized place.
The author talks about the attempts that have failed from the fact that the spacecrafts have been destroyed once getting close to Venus. Even though they have a ship orbiting from a safe distance it is not enough to get the information they need since the temperature is too dense to get closer. So scientist have been looking for different sources that were used in th 1800s or 1900s that may gain them more excess to Venus but encountering the dramatic temperature can be complicating. Using our own resources like solar panels wouldnt work either since it is to an extreme distance apart. Although the temperature has been a major probelm since Venus is the hottest planet scientist are willing to take the challenge to get passed it.
The author states that scientist are amused by the idea that Venus may of had nature and life long ago, like we have today. It states that Venus has a rocky sediment surface that seem familiar to mountains, valleys, and craters. And even though Venus is closer to Earth and if a tragedy were to happen Venus would be "just around the corner" to start a new life. The exploration in Venus would help scientist grow their imagination and look for improvements for Venus and a new custome of life. Their thought comes that in any challenge you can find a benifit to all the hard work given.
The author thoughts in exploring Venus is for having more confidence in finding another fascinating place to explore in person one day and encounter new incredible expierences. And maybe one day finding a new stable living place like earth that can be improved. The curiosity given to find more of Venus has driven them to feel more motivated to explore and find new ways to get passed the difficutlies faced. | 3 |
ca061e6 | I know for sure that in my opioion I know that the face on mars was not made by aliens in doing so. The text explain so artifical evidence that the face on mars was surely to be believe to be created by aliens.In the text it states that the face on mars was possibly made by the land formation that they had on mars. In the text it states that it is the Martian equivalence of a butte or even a messa that are landforms common around the west. In the text it also states that there are lots of different things in earth that have no explantaion on what has to be done like differen things in the earth that may seem weird to us humans. If the text were to explain the theme with aliens then I would be on track with you
however you are. Many people believe many different things wheather its a religion or etc but this article doesn't have enough proof that its a
alien artifact. It would be best if they could explain why the couldn't dig it out and examine and compare the artifacts and see if they have anything in comon.
I am with the author that it is more likely to be a landform error than for it to be n alien artifact. These are some examples on how I know that this thing on the moon is not a alien artifact but a landfrom error. I strongly suggest that you don't believe that it is a alien artifact because it does not prove enough evidence in the text. | 2 |
ca093d9 | I argue in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. The electon could have a bias opinion and go against what the people want. "It's offical: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Also, in 1976 if a mere 5,559 voter in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii would have voted differently it would have been a tie. That would have been a catastrophe.
In 960 segregationist almost succeded in replacing the democratic electors with electors who would haved picked John F. Kennedy's opponent. Also, during the 1960's in Hawaii Vice President Richard Nixon had been presiding over the senate, validating only his opponent's electors. Although, he had done so without creating a precedent.
The Electoral College is a non-democratic method of selecting a President. The five reasons we have retained the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree. All are practical reasons not conservative and non-liberal reasons. With other things being equal other things are not. Also, larger states will get more political attention from presidental candidates in a campaign verse a smaller state. | 2 |
ca094a9 | I belive that diverless cars should be develped, because it could reduce the chance accidents and is a safer envoirment for living creatures. The diverless cars are smart in many ways that normal cars aren't.
They are not completely driverless but the are very close. The diverless cars are a wise choice for the future.
The Diverless cars have many cool gadget that makes the car safer. The car comes with a Spinning sensor on the roof which is laser beams constantly updating 3D model of the car surroundings. The diverless car also has a video camera on the rear view mirror that is always watching the diver, to insure that they are always paying attention. The car also has 4 atomotive sensors, and a GPS recevier. As you can see all of these things make the car safe and easy.
These cars are not completley driverless, they do need human skills in some senarios, such as when the car approches a car accedent it would need the driver to drive through it. If this were to happen then the car would vibrte the drivers seat to warn them that there is a dangerous situation and they need to intervine. Other than that the car can do many things it can steeer its self, accelerate, and brake with no human help required.
The diverless cars are not legal everywhere yet. Due to the cars not being
completely developed yet, auto makers are still solving problems with the car. The automakers belive that the car will be on autopilot 90% of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and nissan predict that the cars will drive themselces by 2020. | 3 |
ca0c6aa | Throughout time, humans have sent numerous missions for astronauts or spacecraft to go into space and gather information on either the moon or our neighboring planets. Unfortunately, spacecraft has been destroyed within hours when landing on one of Earths neighboring planets, Venus. Venus is a desired place for us to be able to land on in the future or get really close to to study. Even though Venus pursuits some dangers, it is a worthy pursuit in the future because of its Earth-like structure, how close it is to earth, and the capability we have of getting up close and studying Venus.
As the author said, Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin. That is because Venus is closer than all the other planets to Earth in density and size and is sometimes the closest to Earth when the rotations of the planets meet up next to each other. A long time ago Venus was pretty much another planet Earth because it most likely had oceans and could support life forms and it had some of the same features that earth has like mountains, valleys, and craters. Scientists would love to be able to study the atmosphere of Venus and would want to know what happened to the oceans. They would also want to know the similarities and differences it has to the features of Earth.
Another reason the author says that we should pursuit studying Venus is how much closer it is to Earth than other planets besides Mars. We are so close sometimes that we have been able to send spacecraft over to the planet so we can investigate and see if we can find anything interesting about it. Also Venus can sometimes be the nearest option for a planetary visit which is strongly considered since the longevity of space travel.
The final reason we should look into pursuiting Venus is because of the tools, plans, and ideas we have to be able to get up close to Venus without becoming in danger. NASA has an idea where we can send humans to study Venus. The idea is we would have a blimp-like vehicle hovering above Venus from a very fat distance where everyone will be safe. The only setback of this idea is their is only limited sight through Venuses foggy, dense atmosphere so scientists might not be able to get clear pictures. Also their is no way of getting down close to the actual surface so no rock samples or gas samples can be taken. NASA is doing tests using silicon carbide and putting it through the same situation it would be in if it where on the surface of Venus. Another test is using mechanical computers which are used by levers and gears and are resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.
Even though a trip to Venus sounds impossible, NASA and other departments are figuring out how to get through some of the dangers it presents to us. If we are able to discover and study Venus, it will lead to further studies about maybe different planets and we'll be able to study it's structure and we will make new discoveries. | 4 |
ca0ed2e | "The Challenging of Exploring Venus", many scientists are wanting to exlpore Venus atmosphere. But it comes with risk and danger, possibly NASA scientists can break through that though, Venus is 'Earth's twin", yet is a challenging planet for humans to study. Why? The thick atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus, with a tempature over 800 degrees Farenheit and an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than what we could or would ever expirence here on Earth. Not to mention the erupting volcanoes, powerful earhtquakes, frequent lightning, with the hottest tempature of any other planet; traveling would be indisputable. Venus at one point was "Eath like", the planet still has familiar features such as rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters.
Someway scientist have thought of some way to possibly research the mysterious planet, NASA has created a so called 'blimp' that would allow the scientists to be able to hover over Venus landscape 30 miles up. At 30 miles up, Venus would be at a 170 degrees Farenheit and pressure would be what it seems like at sea level on Earth. It is not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. Although, most forms of light can't penetrate the dense atmosphere, concerning standard forms of photography and videography ineffective or not clear. There would not be any samples of rock, gas, or anything else that would be of use. To have a thorough mission and search, you would have to get up close and personal, despite the risks, and danger. Creating a more resistant of objects that could sustain the pressure, heat and other forces. Venus is a difficult and dangerous planet to research, but perhaps one day scientists will be able to create the most effective way possible. "Imagination and Innovation, not Danger and Doubts" | 2 |
ca12d21 | In Nick D'Alto's writing of "Making Mona Lisa Smile" he talks about a computer software, developed by Thomas Huang, that can detect spacific muscle movements in order to identify diffrent emotions. Nick argues that this technology will be revolutionary to many aspects of life, such as education, film and video tech careers, and maybe even politics. I believe that this advancement should not be implamented into a school enviorment for three key reasons, it is an invasion of privacy, it doesn't provide any academic assistance, andI don't respect the idea of robbing next generations the right to interact with an actual human teacher at such a young age. For these three reasons I plan to despute why I disagree with Nick D'Alto about implameting this kind of software into education.
First, I disagree with Nicks idea because its an invation of privacy. Imagen that you were in elementary school again and this tech was installed. You would go through the day with this unconfortable sensation that you are constantly being watched but whats even worse is that your thaughts are also being monetered. imagen your children in this situation. This would then lead on to teaching them that they shoulden't produce thaughts or emotions on there own even if they were negative thaughts.
Second, I disagree because there is no academic assistance that this technolagy would assists students there for it is not nessasary. This tech dosen't provides instructions or academic reasoning it just reads emotions.
Third, I don't agree with D'Alto's claim because I don't respect the idea of robbing next generations the right to interact with an actual human teachers. If we allowed this tech we would deprive human contact from kids at such a young age. Because kids brains are like sponges at such a young age we shove so much information at such a young age that if we take human conntact away they would become socialy deprived of that connection to humans so thats why I believe we should not implament this tech into education. | 3 |
ca164e9 | I understand you think that the Face on mars was created by aliens or some other trype of unknown creature, but today im going to be proving to you that your theories and or accusations are all false. Here are some things to help you see the light of the situation.
First and foremost, NASA wouldn't just release the image of the Face on Mars to the whole world if we weren't sure their was some investigating to do regarding how the landform actually was formed. Not only that but if we weren't 100% sure if the landform was safe towards the lives of our fellow people then we would try to figure out whats going on until we actually tell the public what were really facing up against here, and that's even if we need to release the issue to the world it might be a very minor problem that can be fixed and or destroyed with our amazing team.
Secondly, with the technology we have today our team would've definitely knew something was up the first time we saw it. Honestly, these theories and assumptions that aliens or how other unknown creatures made that face, shows that we are not all on the same page. In certain ways it even shows offense toward NASA by questioning our research.
Finally, if this Face was created by another type of life that we may not know about then we most likely would've known about it by now. Quite frankly I think it's best if we don't ever come face-to-face with those different types of unknown life considering they may be way more advanced than our civilization with more advanced technology and many other things that mankind isn't ready for yet. They may end up being the enemy instead of the friend and that could very much jepordize mankind.
Furthermore, I could go on and on about how this is just another rock on an ever bigger rock, but you will still have your opinions and I will still have my research. I just hope that I have given you a better thought of what this whole fiasco people have caused really is instead of giving them false information. Thank you for reading. | 3 |
ca18c09 | Many students get confused and bored during class. It may be the lesson, but it could also be the teacher and how the teacher is explaining the lesson. With Facial Action Coding System, computers will be able to detect when a student is slowly becoming confused or bored. The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinoise, working in collaboratio with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. There are a million reasons to use the Facial Action Coding system and class is one of them.
In class, there are many different types of students. Some students might understand a lesson very easily and quickly. Although, there are plenty other types of students. One type of student that there is is the student that might have trouble comprehending a lesson. There are also students that have trouble paying attention to the teacher or lesson. Another type of student is the one that gets bored easily. When a student is bored, it may be hard for he or she to completely comprehend the lesson that is being taught at the moment.
The program "Facial Action Coding System", enables the computers to identify human emotions. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. This software then allows the teachers to know when the student does not understand, or what part of the lesson is the student confused on. This program can help by letting the teacher know when the student is struggling to understand what is being taught so then the teacher can make a few adjustments to the lesson.
In school, there are students that can get bored easily. The program, "Facial Action Coding System", can also detect when a student is getting bored. Students who are bored may have a more difficult time listening or understanding the lesson. If there is a part in the lesson where the student is beginning to feel bored the computer will be able to tell. Now that the teacher knows that the student (or students) are bored, he or she can be able to go back to the lesson and try to make it more enjoyable.
Even with all these benefits, there are also some flaws to the idea of having this program on the computers. Having Facial Action Coding System can be expensive to have. There are a lot of computers in a few schools. Having many computers can lead to having to spend a lot of money in order to have this program in the computer. Some schools will not be able to afford the Facial Action Coding System.
Another flaw to this idea is how students act. Some students will be able to take this program seriously, other students may be childish about it. The students that are childish about it can end up making fake facial reactions. The students will make bored or confused facial expressions to give the teacher a hard time with the lesson. There are also the students that are always bored. No matter what the teacher does to improve the lesson, the student will always be bored. Although, that is not always the case with students. Another problem that students may come across is the teacher. The teacher may not want to change or improve the lesson for the students because he or she believes it should stay like that.
Through all those negatives, there are still positives to this program. The Facial Action Coding System program can help out students that are struggling. Not every student is the same, and not every student may need the same help other students do. Facial Action Coding System can be very help if people use it correctly. | 5 |
ca20238 | In the story " The challenge of exploring venus"
the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit. venus its proved to be the most challenging place to examine. In paragrah 1 they said that "venus is the second planet from the sun", which makes it harder to see up close .venus is one of the plants that that havent been search yet sp that whats make venus one of the plants that need to be search and worthy to do so. In my opinion i think they should study venus more because its a lot of thiings they can discover and they can know more about the planet. Venus in my words is a more secretive plant because no one has ever successfully sent a spacecraft up to venus and it came back. In paragraph 2 it said that "venus has a reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study", which means that venus is still left unknown and has no research on venus. Another fact about venus is that it is the mist earth like planet in our solar system. In conclusion, i think that venus is so special because we dont really know too much about venus as we do to the other plants that's why it makes venus so important and worthy to figure out because we dont have too much proven facts about it. | 2 |
ca2218d | Venus is the twin of earth in earths terms of denzity and size plus its the closest to earth. although earth ,venus and mars all circle faster than he other planets mars being closest gos faster. we at some times are closer to mars and sometimes were closer to venus. humans have sent drone after drone to venus witch is draped in clouds.each drone is unmanned because each time one lands it dosent last but for a couple of hours. the atmosphere that blankets venus is almost 97% carbon dioxide. with is a very poisonis gas to humans. the pressure on the suface is 90 times that of earth and the tempetures can reatch 800 degrees fareheit nothing humans could survive. venus has the hottest surface tempeture of any planet even though
mercury is closer to the sun. freaquently beyond the heat there are erupting volcanoes, very powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes. its all around a dangous place to be. although venus has shown sighns of a atmosphere like earths long ago. Our sister planet could be a possible escape to venus if we can no longer rely on earth to suport us. scientists think that building a structure that hovers 30 miles plus above the surface would work although it is still 170 degrees 30 miles above. Striving to meet a challenge scientists stillneed time to take sample and get more resurch done but think about the future generations and what they myght find that could help humans reach out to other planets. | 2 |
ca26a6a | Using technology to read someones emotions is not valuable. Computers dont understand people like people understand people. Having technology in the classroom wouldn't teach anyone anything about how to read emotions. The technology can't read peoples emotions like we can. We know the emotions better than the technology people want to use.
If the technology can use math as a way to read emotions than we could do it too. People dont want to use math to read emotions, they want to use their instinct. Humans know human emotions better than anything else. If someone is around that technology who is sad and wants to hide that saddness, then the tech will read that and will tell everyone.
I strongly disagree with technology being made to read emotions. I also strongly disagree with putting that tech in schools where people dont want others to know they are sad. In conclusion we should not create the technology to read a humans emotions. | 2 |
ca298de | I am writing about weather the technology use of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable or not, In the article I have read talks about the system in the computers they have,I thought how they used this device is pretty impressive like how they have done with the Mona Lisa portrait to identify how she really feels in the paiting.
The use of the Facial Action Coding System i dont't really think it's valuable in the classroom because i dont't thnk students want people to know if they are feeling any kind of depression,I mean the machine is amazing and all but i don't think students would want to hear about how they feel when they know because it'll just make them even more upset to hear it. The system could be useful anywhere else but in a classroom i don't think it should be used there unless there were students that weren't feeling any depression or anger maybe they would just want to try it out just for the fun of it.
But the technlogy is amazing,the article talks about how it can identify the facial muscles in the human face and the facial descriptions. Students may find this device to be quite interesting but it maybe some students that don't want to try this technology in their clasroom.
but in a more public place it would be more enjoyable to other people but in a school full of students i don't think it should be there. This scientific device should be somewehere else in public or if students wanted to try this device out if possible it could be on a feild trip perhaps. This is my essay on weather the Facial Action Coding System should be in a classroom. | 3 |
ca2c547 | Looking for a job cowboys. seagoing cowboys get to go around the world to feed other countries who got reduced to ruins. It might help your farms. you could make money for your family and buy more horses, mules, and donkeys. also you get a ton of free time when you're a seagoing cowboy. It took two weeks to cross the atlantic ocean and a month to get to china. if you've been working this will be a piece of cake. the animals will have to get food like hales of bay and bags of oats also those will have to be hauled from the lower decks of the ship to be eaten by the animals. also you will be able to see tons of beautiful cities and castles.
The other great thing is if you turn 18 before something you won't be drafted you can just keep doing that for your service it will count as the service you provide for your country. there were three hundred thirty-five horses on board as well as free food on the boat if the animal dies. it will be the absolute best trip of your life so if you join the UNRRA you will help all the countries of the world with everything food water. the best people are the people who help so join the UNRRA
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Most things cowboys do on the ship is Baseball Volleyball tabletennis fencing boxing reading and games so join the UNRRA TODAY. | 2 |
ca2c8f2 | dear state senator,
As you know America is very different from other countries. We are known as the land of the free, but then why cant we the people choose our president? The electoral college takes that right away from us. Americans have the right to vote so why would we be ignored and have our vote discarded. Many people dont agree with the electoral college system becase it strips people of their say and opinion in politics theres also the possibility of what people call a diastor factor. Despite it not being the best way to choose a president there are some pros to using the electoral college system, for instance run-off elections, where the amount of popular votes are too close or when "no candidate recieves a majority of votes cast" sited from source 3 but then again thats very rare.
The electoral college has someone voting in our places. A state representative cant say yes to all the canidates so why are they choosing for us we know who we want in office we as americans have a voice and a say in who is our leader. The amount of votes depends on how many people live in each state but "because each state casts only one vote,the single representative from wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, woud have as much say as the 55 representatives from california who represent 35 million voters" as sited from source 2 with all representives choosing the same canidate how can you expect them to reflect the will of the people?
Disastor factors are the best argument againt the electoral college "back in 1960 segragationists in the louisiana legislator nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose john f kennedy (so that a popular vote for kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy )" thers also the fact that "in the same vein and faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for whomever they please"as both sited from source 2 these disastor factors just prove how the electoral college can fail to choose a candidate fairly.
To summerize i would like to restate that the electoral college takes away americans freedom of choice,it also does not allow people to choose who they think would help benefit our country,and the chance of disastor factors it could brings into play. | 4 |
ca310ad | The challenge of exploring venus is talk about the world how the sun is the venus. In the text it say that the venus is the second planet from our sun. The venus is the twim with the earth. This is a challenging planet that human need to study about. When they know that the earth have to something around it.
When you study you have to know what going on with the world so you can be ready for thing. They know the earth will turn around and around and ut do not stop. The sun is the venus.
The challenge can make thing happen thay people do not like and that will hurt people in life. When they see that it a eathquake they will do everything they can to make sure they are safe. If you know the eath power will make the world go around fast as it can so the wind can pick up". In the text it say on the planet surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit." The venus hae to be with the earth so we can have a sun. | 1 |
ca340eb | Even though there are many perks attributed to them, driverless cars will more than likely cause many more problems than they will solve. They are incapable of responding to accidents that happen to other vehicles, let alone reacting to an accident or a possible accident to themselves. They can have navigation errors or may react to what could be seen as an oncoming car, but it might just be some animal or a harmless object. Even in movies, the driverless cars end up having problems or malfunctioning quite a bit. And even with all the technology put into them, the cars still are not actually driverless.
Driverless cars cannot react to an accident like a human could, even thoug "safety is a big concern," (Driverless Cars Are Coming). A human would swerve out of the way, speed up, or slow down. When something happens, the driverless cars "alert the driver," (Driverless Cars Are Coming) so that he or she may take control. In the short amount of time that it would take for the vehicle to alert the driver and for the driver to take control, disaster could be avoided, but due to this lack of reaction time, accidents could be unavoidable. Drivers must be alerted to any accidents that don't even include the car, forcing the driver to take control and navigate his or her self.
Driverless cars still require the driver to do a lot of the work. Drivers must take control of their vehicles when "pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents," (Driveless Cars Are Coming). Some driverless cars are not even able to drive themselves unless under very specific conditions, such as specially made roads that are designed specifically so that the car may navigate itself. Although the driverless cars are supposed to "mimic the skill of a human at the wheel," (Driverless Cars Are Coming), there are many situations, some already listed, that they are unable to do what humans do.
Even if driverless cars are mass-produced, they will still have to move alongside many people with normal cars. This could cause a variety of problems and setbacks, as human drivers may not provide the regular pattern that the driverless cars and the roads create. Human spontaneousness may interfere with the driverless cars and their sensors designed to alert the occupant of danger. This may cause a driverless car to swerve or react to some small movement of a car driven by a human, while if a human were driving, they would not have reacted, seeing as well as doing this regularly, they understand that there is no risk or danger to them.
Driverless cars will be of little entertainment interest to people. Drivers would "get bored waiting for their turn to drive," (Driverless Cars Are Coming). If the occupant of the car got bored, he or she might doze off or get distracted. With this distraction, they will take longer to react to the need to take control of the car, if they react at all. Drivers will get bored of driverless cars, quickly reverting back to regular cars, thus causing many companies to lose money due to how much they invested in all the technology required to create the driverless cars. Some people would even buy the vehicles in the first place due to lack of interest.
Due to all the money put into the driverless cars, they are going to be very expensive and out of the ordinary worker's price range. With all the technology put into the discovery and creation of driverless cars, there is a going to be an extremely high cost. Sometimes the technologies required to make these vehicles are "simply too expensive to be practical," (Driverless Cars Are Coming). Very few people would be able to afford these cars, so there would be little buyers for the companies. They are using devices that at one point in time "cost two hundred million dollars," (Driverless Cars Are Coming). Companies would end up losing more money than they would gain if they invested in driverless cars.
Although many arguments cannot be proven until they are out and on the road in regularity, driverless cars should not be created for normal use. They can cause many problems on the road. They are unsafe and unentertaining to the occupants. They may have navigation issues when faced with and accident or a work zone or some form of traffic diversion. If driverless cars are produced, they may not stay popular for any long period of time. | 5 |
ca341c5 | Is using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom the right thing to do? What does this type of technology help other students on? Can it help people comunicate with others in the world? Is forcing a fake smile a good thing or bad.
First, using the "Facial Action Coding System" to read students emotions during class is good because it can let the teacher know how they feel. For an example, if a student was taking a test or a quiz online and was slacking off or getting tired, the computer would switch the questions up until they find the right questions to ask when the student face expression chamges. While doing that, it helps them stay on track and not get bored that easily. The system recognize emotion by the every muscles on your face. This new envention even figured out how Mona Liza was feeling by just technology.
Next, can it help comunicate better in the real life world? By using this new Facial Action Coding System, Students can now study what kind of emotions are shown when talking to other people. What I trying to say is that, they can find out when they are fake smiling,laughing, or even interested in the conversation. One example on fake smiling is that is you can see the bottom and upper teeth at the same time, they are really not smiling but just smiling to not make anything wierd. If someone that you are taking with is not interested on the topic guys are talking about, you can notice by simpily looking into their eyes and if they are just looking anywhere besides making eye contact, they are not even paying attention to you.
Finally, making a fake smile, is that a good thing? According to the Facial Feedback, moving your face muscles to smiling not only expresses emotions, but they also helps your facial muscles produce them. By even smiling actually makes you happy. To me, being happy is the best, why not to other people. A drama coach by the name of Constantin Stanislavsky, made mostly all his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning to create their emotions on stage. Feeling someone else's emotion stage may happen because we are not used to seeing that.
By using technology to see how stuents are, is that the good thing to do or bad? Does this type of technology help students. Can the Facial Action Coding System help people comunicate with others in the world? Can fake smiling help people around the world? | 3 |
ca42365 | I am against the driverless cars because it would take alot of money to make these cars and they could also be dangerous and cause crashes. If the car needs you to take over and the person isnt paying attencion then it could cause an accident. Another way it could be dangerous is if the car wasnt made right and the technology fails. And maybe people would save money on gas but they would lose alot of money making them because of all the things the car needs like sensors. And if the car did fail whos fault would it be the driver or the manufacturers. So I think making these cars would be complicated because if they were made they would have to make new laws to cover the liability in the case of an accident. So I think it would be better if people just kept driving than to have driverless cars. | 1 |
ca44137 | Would you ever consider exploring Venus? In my opionion I would explore Venus because it would be a great experience and also it would be a challenge to do something that outrageous. Venus is a worthy pursuit because you can discover so much and the story states that the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craterse. In the story "The Challenge of Exploring Venus it talks about what the planet Venus and it gives information about Venus,and also if the author would explore it. In the story Venus is the second planet from the sun while Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth,it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Earth,Venus,and Mars,our other planetary neighbor,orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in spped mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Becasue Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent mumerous spacecraft to lan d on this cloud-draped world.
The story also gives a lot of information about Venus and how challenging exploring Venus really is. Such as,A thick atmosphere of alomost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric pressure in 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet.
However,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. Our travel on Earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
In conclusion discovering Venus and it being outrageous the planet is dangerous but like the story says "Earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should expanded to meet the very edges of imagination,Despite of this planet being dagerous exploring a planet is also a one in a life time thing and doing something like this is advangerous and it something you can remember for ever. | 3 |
ca49967 | There is many times when a student sits at a computer doing an assignment that is not the most exciting, but they can not do anything about it. The latest innovation from Professor Thomas Huang, called Facial Action Coding System can read the emotions of a human and can possibly change the way classes are run. This innovation can help some educational problems. The software Facial Action Coding System would be valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom.
There is certain schools who have days where all their work is online for students and they do not have an actual instructor. With the new software when a student shows a face of confusion, the computer can bring up different ways for the student to be able to understand the work that they are completing. Also, a student might seem bored and is falling asleep, with this software the lesson can be modified as Dr. Huang states in paragraph 6. The modification would help keep the student out of trouble and awake in class. When doing this the student has a better chance of finishing his/her assignment while still being capable of understanding what they are doing.
Often times, teachers will make students do online assignments so they have time to do other things. Depending on the class, there is often times when students have different ways of learning and are at different levels of understanding. The new software can benefit both the teacher and the student by changing up the assignment based on the level a student is at. The emotions that some students show when they do not understand what they are reading is confusion, anger, frustration, or sometimes sadness. When the new software detects those emotions it can change the lesson until the students emotion are calmed. This can all be done without being a disturbance to the teacher.
The software can benefit many parts of the educational system with the students. It can help students better understand activities online to helping students stay awake during class. The Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable to students in classrooms. | 4 |
ca49bac | In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars when it spotted what appeared to be a likeness of a human face in a region called Cydonia. Over the years there has been speculation that this "face" was created by aliens. But over the years new equiptment has revealed the "face" for what it is: a mesa.
There are three key points of evidence that disprove the alien theory: the equiptment first used to photograph the Face on Mars is rudimentary compared to the equiptment used for the 2001 image, the sky was clear on Mars when the 2001 image was taken, and Earth has similar landforms on its surface. For example, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spams 1.56 meters, compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." Technology has advanced much from since 1976 and 2001 image is a clear example. The 2001 image also has another detail that can't be left out: it was taken on a cloudless Martian day. A last piece of evidence sure to disprove the alien theory is the fact that Earth has similar landforms on its surface. The Face on Mars, "...is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."
To conclude, the Face on Mars was not created by aliens. The image from 1976 was photographed with equiptment that is rudimentary compared to the equiptment used for the 2001 image, the Martian sky was cloudless when the 2001 image was taken, and the 2001 image proved that the Face on Mars is the Martian equivalent of a mesa, something commonly found on Earth. | 3 |
ca4bd9f | Driverless cars are the future. I feel that they are some of the coolest inventions since the invention of the smartphone. Just think about it, hopping into the car, telling it where to go, and not having to do anything along the way. To me, that sounds like the ultimate luxury. Lots of people feel this way, and this passage shows how driverless cars are amazing, such as increasing flexibility of the average person's day, and the ability to be entertained while being in the driver's seat of the car. I simply cannot wait until these machines become mainstream, and I will become one of the first to purchase one.
Driverless cars would increase the flexibility of the average person's day. If it was as simple as typing in where you want to go, I'm sure children would be able to operate the cars, also. This would allow the kids to get to their after-school activities easier and to school easier, too. This would widen opportunities for parents to be able to do more things everyday.
If driverless cars became truly driverless, imagine the multi-tasking opportunities that would be available in the car. Heck, I could work on homework in the driver's seat, and my dad could make business calls and paperwork while "driving." Parents could interact with their kids, and anyone and everyone could get more work done. They could also be entertained while in the car, and who doesn't like entertainment?
And last but not least, driverless cars are super cool, I mean, come on, they're DRIVERLESS cars! The concept is out of this world. I think it's totally amazing what technology can do these days, and I look forward to more inventions along the lines of these. These inventions make life easier, more fun, and a whole lot more productive, and to the best of my knowledge, these are all good things.
So, in conclusion, driverless cars are the bomb. They can make life easier, more fun, productive, and entertaining. The whole concept is spectacular, something right out of a sc-fi novel or TV show. I look forward for their breach into mainstream, where I will be waiting, waiting to purchase a driverless car. | 3 |
ca4ee70 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College has a negative impact on this country because it has ufair voting that can cause massive problems to the government. Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. People should have the right to vote on which president they think is fit to run this country. People are hardly know which elector they are voting on.
We shouldn't vote for electors that we don't know. Elections should be held by popular vote because Elector Colleges have a unfair advantage since there vote counts not ours. According to the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradfor Plumer states, "Faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." The fact that the Congress has unfaithul electors that are supposed to be supporting whomever candidate they choose is a massive unfair problem. Popular votes and Electors votes are the complete opposite. For instance, accroding to the article "In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner states, "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral voters, but that was the first time since 1888."This is unfair and confusing because the electors shouldn't be deciding on what candidate should win. The peoples vote should conclude which candidate is going to win.
Since the first Electoral college was created it has been the same eversince. It is majorly outdated and has to be solved now. According to the article :What is the Electoral College?" by the office of the Federal Register it states, "The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens."There is suppose to be vote from the congress and a vote from the population. I think that the congress should be part of the voting that all the qualified citizens are in. There shouldn't be two different parts of voting because it will confuse who is the winner.
The government should have a voting system that is both equally fair and decisive because right now everything is mixed up and it will bring great problems to the campains. More and more people will want to stop voting because they do not trust the electors on there decisions. This will cause a great decrease on voters which will impact the populations vote on which President is the winner. According to the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradfor Plumer states, "the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Those electors could always defy the will of the people." A solution must be done to prevent any more disasters that can be on there way.
In conclusion, Electoral colleges have a unfair system that could cause negative problems to voting and to the elections. The elections will be confusin and unproffesional. But the government and the people of America can help by changing this and will approve a fair decisive system were all citizens get to choose which president shall win not the type of electors.
Sincerley, Student. | 4 |
ca545e0 | The author who is talking all about the planet Venus in this story, is explaining its history and some interesting facts also. Venus is usually called the "Evening Star" in paragraph one.
Venus is often reffered to as Earth's "twin" on paragraph two. It is also the closest planet to the Earth where 7.6 billion people are today. Each planet orbits the sun in different speeds and when the Earth fully orbits the sun, it is a brand new year! Every time NASA tries to explore Venus with a space prob or something familiar, it would never end up touching the ground of the planet due to a mailfunction with the gravity most of the time.
The author explains that Venus is a popular plant and should be mostly known for being so close to the Earth. Even though NASA has accomplished moon landings, might mean we could accomplish landings on Venus or another planet. | 1 |
ca552f6 | Dear Florida State Senator,
I think we should change the voting method we have now to popular vote because everyone would have a say in getting the right person to become our most important man. Many people would be very happy to vote who they want then hoping other people vote the same person as they do to get a electoral vote.
Many people in political carrers question why not many people vote in the United States Of America. Maybe some people dont vote because of this topic maybe they hate they way the votes get counted and i agree people shouldnt have to count on other people to there vote to the president they want. I think its a great idea for states having everyone vote and the marjority goes to that president.
An electoral college is consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The electoral college requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president.
Presidents count on mostly big states to vote for them. People in the big states like califorina should be able to choose based on marjority of the votes.
Elections are held on Tuesday after the first Monday of November. The way voting is held is when you vote your acutally "help" chose your states electors other then choosing then person that you want. Also voting for canidates electors to choose them.
The electoral college is unfair very outdated and irrational. Many people today preferr that the congress changes they way voting is held other then hoping people vote for the same people you want to be president (Quote) Abloish the electoral college! ~ Bob Dole. | 2 |
ca561e4 | Reasons Why We Shouldn't Use This Technology!
The idea in which we can read human emotions is not an easy thing to do. The amount of time, technology, and effort is extraordinary. The fact that we achevied this goal in technology is outstanding! However to most this feat as great as it is could seem actually pointless with only some good things about it. I personally believe that its not something society really needs at this time.
Sure this technology advancement can be used in some situations. In fact one of the biggest things this could be used for is to basiclly replace the polygraph system. The Polygraph test could be obsolete compared to this technology.+ This technology breakthrough can be used by law enforcement to determine whether or not someone is telling the truth. This could make procicutions faster and even hopefully more efficent.
Humans instinctivly hide away from their emotions. They divert them by thinking of other things. But for one to hide their expression is not that simple however. To some this tecchnology could possibly come off as a breach of privicy. No matter how great this opurtunity could be.
The flaws that thing thing could have are quite emense if you think about it. To have something be able to read you like a book almost just by a facial expression must be difficult. The algorithms are extremely complex as stated in paragraph 7. One simple misread of this algorithim could sevearly change the outcome.
This technology could truly be revolutionary for man kind. However this may only truly have one use. And that is to replace the Polygraph Test. Otherwise there may truly be no use for it besides for curiosity. That is why I stand against this technology. That as well as it could possibly be a breach of privicy. This technology could invade simeones personal life. That is truly the main reason I disagree with this. | 3 |
ca5625f | Over the years technology has developed in both helpful, and unhelpful ways. The use of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), could have a massive, but positive, impact on the way students learn. The use of this technology could be extremely valuable.
The author, Nick D' Alto, expresses how people use different facial muscles to show different emotions. The software of this program can depict weither or not a smile is genuine. The different muscles used to produce a real smile, are different than when a person puts on a fake smile (paragraph 7 and 8).
A teacher can spend a whole class period trying to decide if his/ her students, actually understand. Everyone uses the same muscles for a confused expression, it just depends on how the expression is worn. If the FACS were to be installed onto their learning devices, it could depict a confused student faster and alert the teacher. It gets students the help they need, more efficiently.
In paragraph four, D' Alto tells how Dr. Huang observed, "facial expressions are universal." As mentioned before, everyone may look similar when feeling a certain way. It just depends on how much they show the emotion. Yes, your friend could look upset, or behave a certain way, and you'd know instantly. What if it was a stranger? Could you decode how they feel, as easily as for your friend?
Although it can be argued, that it's easy to point out an unhappy person, it actually isn't. That person can wear any expression they want, no matter how fake it is. Use of facial detecting software could help better point out those people. Using this technology in classrooms could be extremely effective, and valuable. It could improve the way students learn, as well as improve grades. The Facial Action Coding System is the technology students, and people in general, could benefit from in their everyday lives. | 3 |
ca58ee7 | 9When looking at the world from a birds eye view, it is possible to see the beauty in the world; Even so, in certain developed and developing areas, the people are choking. The choking is not just supported by the violated environment, but along with that, society is an advocate for the pain of the people. An intrugal part of the current society is the usage of cars. With the progressing world also comes regress, and according to an article wrriten by the New york times in 2013, it was stated that in countries such as the United states of America, "Americans are buying less and getting fewer licenses as each yeat goes by." This eventually has lead to a limiting in car usage in the U.S.A. Although the car industry may suffer from this, it is essential to note that, the limiting in car usage does not really have a negative impact on the public. In fact, in the long run, the limiting of car usage will be beneficial to society as a whole. This can be seen in three major ways, with first, public benefits , second, cheaper and time-saving methods , and finally the unmatched environmental benefits .
As people continue to choke from the pain, it becomes important to identify the remedy to the problem, and limiting car usage is the definately one of the best ways to reduce the harms. The public benefits can be broken down into reduced stress , more space , and increased saftey . Starting off with stress, Heidrun Walter, a mother of two children stated that she was "always tense" when she had a car. she now lives in the German city of Vauban. Here most people have given up on cars, including Mrs. Walter. As a mother of two she ultimately is a strong advocate of car usage limitation. With Mrs. Walter, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza stated that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress". These people have already felt their stress decrease with the limitation of car usage and this is a major benefit. Moving toward space, an article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal in 2009, states in this new approach, we will have make it so there is less space for parking. With less space for cars, there is more space for people. Not only that but with the increased limit, there is a decrease in traffic. Traffic can be extremely long, and in this case it will help to increase public space. Although traffic does not pose threats to the people safety, in the long term car accidents do pose a major threat. Therefore, with their limit, there can be an increase in safety for the people. Moving back to Mrs. Walter, she as a mother of two did want the best for her children, and above all comes their saftey. Meaning that her choice can also reflect the safety that this limitation produces.
Although people do want to benefit as individuals, it really comes down to the cost at the end point. But limiting car usage is actually not that expensive to the average person. In fact, by limiting cars, alternate transportation is promoted. Countries such as Colombia, have move on to bicycles. The major of Bogota(a city in colombia) said that due to the limitation of cars for a day "It has seen the constuction of 118 miles of bicycle paths". This is cheaper because the prices og bicycles are pale in comparison to cars. This means that transport would be so much more affordable. Now with the increase in bicycle travel, there would hardly be any large amounts of traffic. And although cars are much faster than bicycles, the fact that traffic will be a major factor in travel, bicycle travel will be more efficient. This ultimately means that by limiting car usage, transportation will be cheaper, and it will be just as efficient, if not more. It can be said that it would be difficult to manage bicycle travel, but David Goldberg, an offical of transportation for America said that in countries such as the U.S.A. 80% of appropriations have gone to highways. This ultimately sets the stone for the construstion of these lanes. By limiting car usage, these appropriations can be set aside for other means of transportation. Indeed in the end Vauban is correct in calling this "smart planning".
Now comes out the benefits everyone knows about: the environmental benefits. Smog has been one of the largest problems that is choking the people around the world. In countries such as China, it is elementary that those people as facing large amounts of smog, daily. But what may not be as common to people is that a country such as France has also started to see a similiar problem. Pollution in France is actually rivaled by Beijing(one of the most polluted countries in the world) as reported by the Chicago tribune on 2014. Cars have been the major cause of this, considering the fact that a large amount of carbon emission were sent out by cars. In fact an article named "The end of car culture" states that cars are one of the highest sources for carbon emissions. By limiting car usage, cities such as Bogota and Paris, faced amazing results. Overall by limiting car usage the environment benefits exponentially.
In the end the solution to the people choking in the world, is simple: limiting car usage. The advantages of this limitation can be seen with benefits to socitey. This can be seen with public benefits, cheaper and time saving methods and of course the environmental benefits. | 6 |
ca5a507 | Human emotions allows us to see and know a lot about one person. By looking at someones facial expression it is usually easy to tell whether they are happy, sad, or angry. Everyday we will make a facial expression, even when we don't know we really are. The Facial Action Coding System can allow us to keep students in classrooms entertained while learning a lesson just by seeing there facial expressions. This is a great idea and can truly work, it will keep students focused and allow them to pay more attention in a class room setting. This can help a lot because students will be more entertained and will pay attention in class.
Millions of students go to school every single day dreading what they will learn next. Half of the time when you're in class you will look over and see one person sleeping. However, if the Facial Action Coding System is put in classrooms this could give students a chance to be more alive during a lesson. Since it is able to read our facial expressions, it can see when students are becoming bored or irritated of the lesson and switch it up a little bit. In fact, it could possibly make learning fun again. Students will no longer dread going to class all the time, and it can finally be something to look forward too.
By installing the Facial Action Coding System into classrooms, teachers would be able to understand their students emotions more, and know what to do if people are becoming distracted. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Teahcers would be able to know if they need to switch up the lesson and make it more entertaining. This could cause less problems in students failing in school, and really change everything. In fact, if more teachers make classroom learning fun, more students will be less likely to fail.
Now, students do pay attention in classrooms, but having this new system could benefit the teachers and the students. Students could finally see the fun in learning and teachers would know that students are bored. The Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and could help out a lot in classrooms. Learning can finally be fun again. | 3 |
ca5a97d | Driverless cars are becoming a big thing in the world today. They can help with traffic problems. They can also help with people who are not qualified enough to be on the road. I am against it because it could still have accidents and they could be just as worse as normal ones today are since before you come up on an accident the passenger in the car has to take over and that could be catastrophic.
Having cars that are driverless is a bad idea since it could end with fatalities still. If a car crashes right in front of a person then it could switch off of auto onto man and then what if the person is not ready and they collide and have another crash. The text states that "If traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" A lot of companies will get sued for if there driverless cars mess up and cause a fatality.
Another reason as to why this is a bad idea is that what happens when a senser quits working and misreads and collides. The sensers could be a bad idea since nothing lasts forever. What about if the GPS read something wrong and hit something. The technology is the thing that is worse about the driverless cars. What does a person do if something like this were to happen.
Lastly, if we do have this technology it will probably get rid of a bunch of jobs and cost people way more money. If it is this smart then a consumer would have to pay a fortune to get it fixed at a dealer more than likely. The older shops that we have now will go out of business and then there will be a lot of jobless people that had their main skill as being a mechanic. Where will they find work? The more we advance this technology the world is growing and there will be no jobs available someday.
Overall, these cars will cause a lot of harm throughout our country. On the other hand they will be able to help people that don't know how to drive very well or physically challenged people to be able to get out and do things on their own. | 3 |
ca5cb31 | I belive what Luke is doing is grate to be helping people form all these diffrant places.
Luke became a seagoing cowboy because of the once in a lifetime opertunity and it helps somany people.
Luke and all these other people are giveing so much like food, animals, and goods like spices and seasons.
Seagoing cowboys Have to be on a boate for weeks ans sometimes months to ge to these places.
All the people who do these thins are some good good people.
When Luke turned eighteen he was drafted into the millatary.
Luke was doing these trips full time now.
Helping people whos citys were left in ruins.
When luke dose these things I bet it makes hime feel good knowing you're helping others around you.
Luke got deported after nine trips.
He sailed the Atlantic sixteen times and the Pacific twice to help people affected by World War 2. | 2 |
ca5deab | The process of the electing the Presidenet is a topic commonly debated upon. This topic must be carefully examined because the President of the United States plays a major role in leading our country and must be chosen with care. The two ways of electing our president is by the Electoral College which dates back to the founding fathers, or by the popular vote which is a more modern process. The question is, should the electoral college remain the current voting process or should we change to electing the president of the United States through popular votes? Whether you are in favor of the Electoral College or against it there are consequences to both sides. Presidential election through popular votes may have disadvantages, yet the Electoral College must be changed becuase voters are not in complete control and reduce the probability of an elecotral tie.
To begin, according to Richard A. Posner the Electoral College is a fair accurate way to elect the president. The Electoral College requires the canidates to have a multi-regional appeal and allows the most thoughtful voters to decide the election unlike the popular vote. Richard A. Posner notes in his article that the Electoral College avoids a canidate that is a regional favorite to gain votes and win. The Electoral College requires the canidates to have a "trans-regional appeal" (Posner). If we used a process that allowed a canidate with only regional appeal to be elected as President this would increase the chances of electing an ineffective, successful president. Additionally, the Electoral College allows only the most thoughtful voters to decide who becomes President (Posner). Canidates will be chosen more carefully and thoughtfully. These voters will have gained the most accurate information and apply this to thier choice. Thus, the Electoral College has some beneficial outcomes, but the popular vote is a better choice for our system of choosing the President.
First of all, changing to electing through popular votes could fix the problem of voters not having a big say in who become the President. In Bradford Plumer's article he includes that voters can't always "control whom their electors vote for". All of the residents of the United States who choose to participate in the presidential election should be able to have their voice heard individually. Voters should not have to rely on their state electors to choose the right president. Additionally, voters not being able to have thier voice hears affects which canidate becomes elected. Sometimes the electors can go against the opinion of the people (Plumer). Electors should not be the only ones that are allowed to have responsibilty in picking the President of the United States. Electors could totally "defy the will of the people" and it is unfair that they are responsible for the whole process of choosing the President of the United States. Thus, the popular vote is a better choice because the people of the United States should have a bigger say in thier President.
Secondly, changing the electoral college to popular vote could not only help voters have their voice heard but, it could also reduce the probability of a tie in the electoral vote. | 4 |
ca698d0 | In our world today many people use motor vehicles to get to their destionation. We dont walk anymore we just get in our cars and go. What most people dont see is how it can cause damage to the people and the environment. Cars can be used for good and bad situations in our economy. Their are many advantages and disadvanteges to limiting vehicle usage.
Limiting car usage could benefit people in many ways. The Vauban suburban community lives without therir cars and only use them when nessesary or if they have the permit to use them. A mother, Heidrun Walter says, "When i had a car i was allways tense. I'm muchhappier this way." she was happy with the way her life was going without a vehicle it wasnt as stressful to her. In "German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", it says "Having less vehicles made the suburbs more accessible to public transportation" this makes everything they build walking distance and everything is closer together, they dont have to use major highways so they can get to a store. It also says, "many suburbs are starting to resemble Vauban, closer together and have less car owners in the developing world" this kind of example is leading the world to use less vehicles which would mean less pollutions. Another advantage of limiting car usage would be more people are getiing together and having more social ineractions. In the exerpt from "Paris bans driving due to smog" it says, "The congestion was down 60 percent in the capitol of France." this means the roads weren't as backed up and busy. Their is beginning to be a change in the world as less people use their automotives. When Bogota, Columbia did the Day Without Cars the people would walk where they need to get or rode their bicycle. Carlos Arturo Plaza rode his bicycle and said "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." people like being able to help their economy. In "The End of Car Culture" it says, "it will have beneficial implications for carbon emmisions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions" which means the economy will be in a better place.
Their is also disadvatages of why limiting car usage could be bad for the world. If they're not able to use their car to get to their job or get grocerys how can people be okay? They are getting fined to do what is need for them to survive. "Delivery companies complained of lost revenue" it says in "Paris bans driving in the smog". Delivery trucks cant do their job if they know they will be fined for being out on the roads without it being their designated day. "American's are buying less cars and young adults arent getting their liscense as quick" says, "the End of Car Culture". Which means more vehicle industrys are getting less buyers and are having to come up with a "broader product".
Clearly the world is better off with limited car uasge. It's better for the economy, better for the people, and the environment. They're are more resources for agood reason to cut down on our worlds car usage but their is also the few disadvantages as to why it could be bad. | 4 |
ca6be42 | In my opinion, no the use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Do I believe computers are smart? Sure. But computers arent as smart as humans. Computers do what us humnas tell them to do. I don't believe they can be so advanced as to be asble to read our emotions.
Humans can't always identify another humans emotions, so how can a computer? There's people out in the world whos regular face looks like they're sad, mad, angry, happy, etc. The computers going to pick up that they're always the same emotion, no mater what the situation. Not only that, but there are tons more emotions then the classified six basic ones. Dr. Paul Eckman's FACS picks us just 6 emotions? If thats the case, the computers missing at least hundred other emtions. What about the other emotions? If someone is concerned, unpleased, or please is the computer going to be able to pick that up?
In the reading it says that Dr. Huang states that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." How? Like i said before, computers do what we want them too. So how can they read our face expressions? Point blank, they can't. If the world agrees on using this technology for students in the classroom, its a bad idea.
To start with, is a invasion of privacy. If students dont want the teachers know if they're sad or in fear of something, then the teachers dont need to know. Nor do the other students or memebers of the school. If the teachers want to know if the students are bored, or uninterested the teacher should be able to ask the class 'Are you interested in this topic?" "Is this topic boring you." Not being able to look at a screen and count how many are interested and how many are not
Second off Teachers are here to teach us, not be our parents and have pep talks with us. Is school about socializing and meeting people? Yes, to some extent it is. But school is for learning and preparing us for life out of school. Many schools talk about "Oh, the consulers are here for you if you need to talk." "We want you to come and talk to us if something is wrong." Seriously? That's all wrong. Am I the only kid that had to fill out a "slip" and waited until the consuler got with me? Uh, isnt it suppose to be the other way around? Being able to have a technology that can read the students expressions or emotions isnt right, it's honestly kind of dumb. The computer can pick up the six basic emotions right? So what happens if a students wants to get out of class? Does he or she put on a sad face and when the teacher notices sends them to the office? Kids arent dumb these days. We know how to work around the technology and beat the system.
In my opinion technology is getting out of hand. How long ago was that painting painted? A hundred years ago? I don't know. But how can we be so sure that back then people knew what emotions were? Was Mona Lisa really disgusted? If so, about what? Or was she really fearful? What was she so fearful about? What about being angry? Why was she angry? Why was she 4 emotions all at once? I dont know about you, but i've never had more then 2 emotions i felt at one time.
After reading this article and seeing my opinion it should be clear that i say no to having this in the classroom. I believe that thistechnology about reading emotions, shouldnt have even been invented. | 5 |
ca6daed | The Electoral College should get changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United State. Because the voter's vote are not for the presidents, instead they are actually for the slate electors. Which then go and vote for the president. Which isnt fair becuase for all we know, the state legislatures choose the electors that could go againts the will of people. Also because of the "winner take all system in each state."
First of all the voter's votes aren't voting ofr the president, they are technally voteing for the slate electors. For example, you think you voted for the president. when actually you hav voted for 34 electors pledged to that president. You won't know who those electors are, and sometimes "the voters get confused about the electors and accidently vote for the wrong candidate".
Another thing that could happen is that the state legislatures can choose electors that can go againts with what the people choose. Like for example, "Back in 1960, segregationists in Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy". Also they can completely refuse to vote for their party's candidate and go and vote for who ever they want. Which wouldn't be fair to the people who thought they voted for the candidate. But in reality they voted for a party of electors that can go againts the party's candidate and vote for whomever they please.
The "winner take all system" is aslo unfair. because some candidates go to certain states where they know they have a chance of winning. But completely ignore other states that they know they won't have a chance in winning. Like for example, " During the 2000 campaign, atleast 17 states didnt get to see the candidates at all. Also 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad".
So in conclusion, The Electoral College shoud get changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Because The voters vote aren't really voteing for the candidate. They are actually voteing for the party of electors for the candidate. But those electors can refuse to vote for the candidate and vote for anybody else. (Which woudn't be fair to the voter). And finally becuase the "winner takes all system isnt' fair". | 4 |
ca72f67 | Isn't there a law about texting while driving because there is not enough alertness and awareness? Driverless cars are cars that are able to drive without a human being in full control of the car. I disagree with the idea of driverless cars. With driverless cars, safety would be at risk, there would be more distractions, and it could possibvle take away jobs and close down businesses.
There are a numerous amout of risks involved with using driverless cars.
Using driverless cars could increase the chance of risking your safety. there is always the question, "what if something goes wrong?" In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it says "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"(9) If something went wrong, unless there is a disclaimer saying that it is not the manufacturer's fault if any thing goes wrong, then it would be the manufacturer's fault. That is another reason why we do not need driverless cars, becasue of distractions. Humans alrady have a tendency to text or talk on the phone while driving, which is why there is a law against it. So, to make a car where we would not have to control the whole time would just give us more reason and chance to do other things instead of paying attention to the road. The article says "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone."(8) If the car noticed that you are trying to text while driving, and it just switches back to manual driving, what if the the driver is not ready to take over and it causes an accident? That is the risk of safety, vs having full control of the car the whole time. Lastly, having driverless cars could end jobs and close down certain businesses. The Article says "He envisions a future with a public transportations system where
fleets of driverless cars form a public-tansport taxi system. The cars he foresees qould use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."(1) It says it would use less fuel than a taxi and be more flexible than a bus, which are both manuel driven transportation systems. The people that drive taxis and busses would lose there jobs because there would be no use for them anymore. That would mean that those public transportation companies would stop makin money and eventually shut down, which is even more jobs that would be lost. Also, that would affect car manufacturers that decide not to move on to driverless cars because no one would have to buy cars that require full control.
In conclusion, I disagree wit having driverless cars becausew they are a safety hazard, can cause more distractions, which could risk the safety of others, and take away jobs and shut companies down. There are a few pros to having a driverless cars, like the luxury of not having to drive the whole time if traveling somewhere far, or if your tired from a long day and want to rest on the way hom. But, the cons over power the pros because the pros are just luxuries, vs the cons which are necessities that are needed to be worried about. | 4 |
ca7b3c6 | Dont you get tired of driving sometimes, Get sleepy or just dont feel like driving. well theres a solution for that in the future.''Driverless cars are coming''.Driverless cars are great for many reasons like proventing cars accidents, GPS's so you dont get lost, and letting you relax on the road.
Driverless cars provent accidents because the cars have sensors thats will stop the car before it even comes close to hitting something.The artical states that ''In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers.'' This allows drivers to drive more safely on the road.
Driverless cars are great with GPS because you can get were you need to gothe quickest way possiable.GPS is a navigation system that directs you in the direction you need to go to get where you wanna get.Driving with out a GPS can get you lost if you dont know your direction.Thats way you need a GPS.
And last driverless cars can allow you to relax.You dont have to keep your eyes on the road.You wont tire your self out. And you wont have any worrys.This is way you should get a driverless car. | 2 |
ca7fb0e | You can tell that the author has a sweet spot for our neighboring planet, Venus. He starts off the paper by stating some facts about Venus and how it's super close to us at times and that Venus and Earth share some traits such as their size and rocky surface. He then goes on and states that we have done our fair share of exploring in Venus, but that it just wasn't good enough because the robots don't last very long in Venus due to its hard conditions such as their acid rain, extremely warm temperature and their atmospheric pressure. After all this though NASA still wants and is finding a way to get back over at Venus and the author does a very good job at describing their plans.
NASA is thinkning about creating a robot that could take on the pressure and last a good 3 weeks but the catch is that it will have to be over the skies of Venus, just like how jet pilets go above storms to get to places. This is a good idea to an extend though. If we really wanna see what Venus truely has to offer we need to explore it at its roots, descibes the author, and I can't help but agree with him. Sure we can learn from robots but it's better to get a hand on view of things, but with Venus conditions it seems like sending humans over might not be such a good idea. The author knows this too but he doesn't seem to quit because in pragraph 8 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."
Just from hearing that makes me agree with him and a good example I thought of is like riding a bike. It's scary the first time you ride one and you are 99% granted that you are going to fall down but does that stop you from riding it? Of course it doesn't, you get back on until it gets to the point where you don't have to think about doing it, you just do it. Yes I understand that it's more complex then that but I agree with the author by us not beling limit because of fear and danger, we could and will find a way to explore not just Venus but also the other planets in our solar system and possibly, even farther. | 3 |
ca830b6 | This might be the hundreth letter opened about this electoral college topic, but this is a very important subject that needs to be run by all of our citizens. Honestly the electoral college is very important because of the fact that after elections after everyone has voted they are the ones that are the electors for the President and the Vice President. Its not like it was made for no reason it was made to make the elections fair, it's not like it's the first time people have wanted to get abolish the Electoral College even many people have wanted to remove this like for example Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and more but this dosnt mean that it is the right choice. Yes it is agreed that there are some downs to have the Electoral College, plus even the person that the Electoral College votes fo that might not be the person most of the nation choose. Like now in the 2012 elections Obama had more Electoral votes than Romney"Because almost all states award the electorsl votes on a winner-takes all basis." So yes that is why the electoral college shouldn't be removed.
But the Electoral College also have rules in this article by Richard Posner "The Electoral College reguires a presidential candidate to have no tran-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect President." Like think about it if one of the big states for example lets say Texas wants to vote for canidate but two smaller states want to vote for another canidate but they don't have enough votes to compete with that one big state then the bigger states would always wn the elections and that dosnt make the elections fair like thet should be and that just makes it worse that "it is" now beacuse with the electoral college it makes the voting fair because they can see the what all the states want and they can choose who is right for the poisition. People might have other opinions and that is completley fine but at the end of the day a disision has to made and it would be best if it was the best desision for the people being made.
Now back to what the downsides are of the electral college "The single best argument against the electoral college what we might call the dissaster factor." a part of Bradford Plumer's article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defenses of the system are wrong." Even just in the name of that article explains everything that event he "best" type of system can be a dissaster, and the entire article cannot be quoted but hopefully with that one quote the point will get across to the people. Everyone should read some sourses before making an disision like this. Not just the people voting so that even the people not voting will fully understand why one disision is being made and whyone isnt being made. This one thing can affect the way electing president will be from now on to the future, unless they deside they want to change it again.
All in all one letter will not change everyone's opinion but it seems like the people who want to remove the electoral college are anachronism instead of the electoral college themselfs it seems like they want to remove them so that the winner take all system will be better on there half so that the running canidate can appeal to the bigger states and win most of their votes."Voters in presidential elections are people who want to expresss a political preferance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election." There is nother more that can be said but the reason why this letter was written in the first place, to keep the electoral college. | 3 |
ca8d53f | There are many advantages to limting car usuage. Many places such as Vauban,Germany, Italy and Bogota,Colombia have done things to reduce the usuage of vehicles to better things out such as air pollution. So I'll tell you about the advantages of not using a car and how these places in the world are handiling a problem such as is.
To begin with, in place like Vauben, Germany where the streets are completly "car-free" generally don't allow street parking, driveways, and home garages. 70% of the Vauben people do not own car. People who live here tend to be generally happy without having to ride a car everyday and constantly needing one where ever they go. There has been attempts in the past two decades to make cities dencer and better for walking and whatnot. A place like Vauben may have been like the most "advanced" eperiment in the usuage of cars in life.
In addition to Vauben being a "car-free" place. Paris a completly different place where there's a lot of car usuage from what I know. After a near record breaking record. Paris had created a small driving ban. So they can clear the air and freshing it. Motorists with even numbered licence plates were made to leave their vehicles at home and if not they would suffer a 22 euro fine. I'd imagine that there would be a lot of people fined that day and there was... Almost 4,000 dummys were fined. Thankfully at the end, the smog had cleared enough on Monday. Even in United States they are trying to make "car reduced" communities. Which is a very good idea to me.
Lastley, there is many of these places that are doing these bans and making care free places but we don't have to do that, we can always limit ourselves on were | 3 |
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