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d100700 | To use or not to use. Facial Action Coding System is a way for computers to read facial expressions of students. Some students may think that it would be awful for this because they may not want them to know how they are feeling, but others may think its great. In some classroom computers you could put these Facial Action Coding Systems and it could potnetialy help students but changing up a lesson if it is confusng or irritateing you. Others though may think that the system would be of no help and think that students may still struggle.
Therefor if the system was added to computers it could help students learn better by changing lessons if it is confusing. The computer could regonize if you are having a hard time and then the computer could change the lesson up by making it easier to understnad. Also the computer could regonize if you are bored or not and if it sinced boredom it could change the lesson by making it more exciting to learn. The computers with Facial Action Coding Systems may be of use to students and teachers because it may help teacher to know what they need to help students with, but also it could help the studetns by making the lessons they do easier and funner to learn and understand. Last the Facial Action Coding System may be useful in all classroom settings because it could be of some use to help students get better grades overall.
In addition to that it could help students that struggle to stay focused with certain things. It could help the students by making lessons that are more eye fetching making them try and stay focused. Also the computer could change the lesson by giving them something interesting to learn about instead of just giving them a lesson that may be causing them to not stay focused. Although the FACS may not always be able to please everyone it can try to do its best at providing the best lessons to each indiviual student.
The FACS may be able to provide the best type of lesson to the student that is sitting at the computer. The FACS may be the thing that could change everything. It could help students understand and pass lessons that they may have been previosuly struggleing with. It could give students the second chance they need bacause maybe they have to repeat something because they didn't pass, but if the FACS change the lesson t obe modified to there personal lesson that it could change the way they learn by helping them pass. All together th FACS would be a good choice to put into computers that are in a classroom.
FACS would be amazing for studetns that struggle with a lot of different things. They could work at their own pace so that they could understand better and so that maybe the FACS could change the lesson to make it understandable and easy to learn. It could help students pass there lessons and exams by helping them learn the material better. Also FACS could be the deciding factor between wether you pass or not because you could just not understand the material and fail or with FACS you could get lessons changed that you don't understand and pass. In conclusion FACS would be great to put into computers that are in a classroom setting. | 5 |
d1057e0 | The state senetor should keep the electoral college because of the voting previlages. voting is held every tuesday of November. The elector college consist of 538 electors. A majority of 270 elector vots is required to elect from the president. Your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressianl delegaton oe for each member in the house of Respresentives plus two for your Senators. The electoral Collge pricees consiste of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.
Futhermore, most states have a winner take it all system that awards all electort to the wiining the election. your states certification ascertainment also delclares the winning presidincial in your states adn shows which electors will respensint your state at the metting of the election in december.
To wrap everything up, the single best arguement agains tht eelectoral college is what we might call a disaster factor. The american people should conside themselves lucky that the 200 fiasco was the biggest election cris in the sententuries . Back in 1960, segregations in the Lousiana Legistature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors.
Finally, its offical the elecoral college is unfair outdated adnd irrtional the agurements are against judgement. they need to keep electorial college. There are five ereaosn for retainign the electoral college desoite the lack of democratic pedigree, certanty of outcome, everyones presindent ], swing states, big states, avoid run off elections. | 1 |
d106dee | It said the cowboys played baseball,volleyball,table tennis tornaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games that help pass time so i think he was like showing people and telling people about its so fun and it was like about world war 2 and like that and told him it would be awesome and fun and all like that and he was telling a hole bunch of people to join and that it would be really fun and it was gponna be about the old days and like thatand we will be doing some cool stuff about it and fun building things and like that and that your going to learn some interesting stuff and maybe you have not learned about it yet but you will learn and get more better at it so just in case you took a test you would probably know alot more and get the test done easy and probvably get an a plus on it then if you keep going to it you will get probably get really smart that you could probably on get in the hardest class in school you would feel so smart but it would probably be a lot harder in the class that why you keep going to it so you can keep learning then you would be ready for the last that is hard and you would pass it so you would be ready for next year. | 1 |
d107e54 | The electoral college is a part of the constitution, it's has been used to decide who will be our president froever as long as the constitution has been on paper. Why get rid of it? Is it because we live in a world where everything is new and improved? Or because it geneuinly does'nt work? Electoral colleges are widely regaurded as an anachronism, and non-democratic method of selecting a president. So why do we need to cange the way we do things.
What if something tlike the disaster factor happened again and someone voted for someone that wasnt in their party. Or if an election came to a tie what would happen then the election would be thrown to the house of representitives, where the state delegations vote on the president, because each state casts only one vote ,the single representitive from wyoming, represents 500,000 voters. but the electoral college avoide run-off elections meaning no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. Another good thing about electoral college- | 1 |
d10e15c | How would you feel knowing that everytime you went to class to simply get your education that you were being monitered and scanned to see how you were feeling that day? Would you feel like your privacy was invaded? Would you feel judged? I know I personally would feel threatened and exposed. I beleive that the
Facial Action Coding System, a computer program that can identify human emotions, would have no value in a classrom because, it has no practical use in a learning enviorment such as a classroom, it would be an invasion of students privacy, and while it may not be of use in a calssroom, it could be put to use in other fields of work.
I think that this emotion identifing technology would have no practical use in a learning classroom enviorment becasuse teachers have to ensure the material is digested by students no matter what emotinal state they are in. While recogonizing a students emotions could expalin why they may be uninterested in the material it does not change the fact that they still must learn it if they want to further their own education. Therfore, I beleive that this technology would be of no use to both the student and the teacher.
I also beleive that this technology would have no practical use or value in a classroom due to its nature, its a blatant invasion of privacy. Its unfair to the student to be subjected to this indentification of emotion everyday. Some students may feel like their privacy is being invaded just so a teacher could know how they were feeling at that exact moment. Furthermore, students may not want their emotional state to be regonized due to personal reasons such as not wanting others to know they are feeling sad or depressed becasue they don't want others to know becsause they would attempt to reach out and that alone could result in unwanted conflict. This leads me to beleive that this technology holds no value in a classroom.
Finally, I beleive that while this technology may have no practical use or value in a calssroom, it could be put to great use in other fields of work and other aspects of life. For example, in the article researchers use this technology to decipher the emotions of the famous Mona Lisa. This helps them get an understamding of how much the artist knew about facial muscles and expressions, which is useful in learning about how artist learned thier techniques in the past. This technology would be amazing in the enteratinment industry. Futhermore, it could be used for more acurate CGI, which would be useful for movies, tv shows, and video games. Next, I beleive that this technology would be useful for scientific studies. It could help reseraches understand how emotions work and formulate which could help people who have issues with muscles in their face, technology could be developed that could help them express themselves better. Anothe reason why I believe this technology could be put to more practical use in a diffrerent enviorment then a classrom is the applications and uses it could have in solving crimes. Police could use this tech to help decpiher how a criminal is feeling which could bring more evidence to a case.
While this amazing technolgy has many applications outside the classroom, I believe that it has no practical use inside a classroom becaue it has no effect on learning the subject matter in a more efficent manner, and it be an invasion of privacy to the students and possibly the teachers as well. We area already studied and invaded enough by higher ups and people beyond and in the goverment, do we really need our students emotions in a classroom to be put under a microscope as well? | 5 |
d116833 | In 1976 a mars global surveyor image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001. Twenty five years ago a "human face" was photographed on Mars. NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft was trying to photograph possible landing area for the Viking 1 spacecraft's siter, Viking 2. When they were capturing photos they came across a face. Now you're saying that it was created by aliens.
If it was formed by aliens, Where did the aliens go? Where did they come from? How do you know for sure that aliens exist there has been no sightings of "Aliens". Nothing can live on Mars. If so why are they not still there.
It was a Martian mesa, common enough around Cyndonia, it only had ONE unusual shadow. No more than one unusual form. We had researchers, we also had all the right rescources to figure it was only a Martian mesa. Where is your evidence that it was aliens.
It was just a landform that was formed on Mars. They only sent it out to attract attention to NASA. When it did it got way to out of control. The article also said that "the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds". If a high tech camera can't see through clouds then how could "Aliens" see through it.
The landform was equivalent of a butte or mesa, those are landforms common around the American West. If it wan't a common landform then maybe I would believe you.
It was not "aliens" sorry to dissapoint you. If you could please have more research next time, that would be great. Evidence is apart of what we do here at NASA. | 3 |
d119e87 | Cars are an easier form of transportation and can benefit anyone that knows how to drive. The use of cars in the United States is bigger than the use of cars in any other country. On the other side of the world mostly in Europe and also South America they are trying to get rid of cars because of many different reasons. Cars can be beneficial but they can also harm us. Everybody thinks that cars can be helpful if an emergency happens and yes that is right but the pollution of cars can also harm nature and mess with the air we breathe and it can lead to everyone dying slowly.
Take Germany for example. In the German Suburbs they are going completely car-less in a city called Vauben. Here, if you want to have a car, you need to either buy a space in a large garage for $40,000, along with a home or you can just move out. They are trying to make the streets better by improving them and all cars do is harm everything. In this city, 70 percent of families don't own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move here. All you hear in this city are bikes and people talking which drowns out the car noises in the far cities. Now lets take a plane to Paris and see what goes on there. In Paris, France there has been a ban in driving cars and whoever disobeyed this law was going to be fined 22 euros. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to this fine. All of this happened because of the smog coming from Beijing, China. The warm days and cold night caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions and diesel fuel was blamed. Paris normally has lots of smog, but this time they decided to get rid of the cars which make the smog worse. Public transportation was free of cahrge because of how many people had to leave their cars. Since the smog cleared up after a couple days, they unbanned some of the cars.
Bogota, Colombia has a car-free day every year. This has been going on for 3 years now due to the fact that cas are polluting too much air. The only thing people could use were bikes, buses and taxis. The goal for them is to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation. The violators were fined $25. The rain wouldn't stop and that was an excellent way to take away stress and lower air pollution. This year, two other Colombian cities joined the event. This also promotes broad and smooth sidewalks for people to walk on. In the United States, just a little above Colombia, President Obama says that we might go car free too since people are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. In New York the bike-sharing program reflect there new priorities. People now a days would rather take a public transportation than buy a car, they don't even bother to get a drivers license anymore. Most people now actually like to walk and get some good exercise or just take a bicycle wherever they go. The number of car use by young people went down 23 percent between 2001 and 2009 which shows that young adults would prefer to walk or ride a bicycle wherever they go.
Overall, cars are being used everyday less and less and all this is mostly because of pollution. Not using a car can benefit us in many ways also. Walking is a good source of exercise for anyone and after a while you can even find yourself to be a little more fit than you used to. Riding a bicycle is also good for your health because it is another way of exercise and promotes a healthier body. The use of public transportation is only helpful if you go somewhere far that you can't exactly walk to or ride a bicycle to. The less gas-powered vehicles we uses, the less pollution we have and the healthier the air will be for us. Imagine living in a pollution-free place where the air is cleaner than ever, wouldn't that make you feel better? It can also stop many diseases from runnig through the air because of the dirty oxygen that we breathe. | 3 |
d11c131 | The adantages of limiting your car useage is sgood becauce it brings down pollution in the air. As a result 70 pecent of Vauban's familes do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. "when i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter,a median trainer and a mother of two. 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United Staes. Beijing,China, which is known as one of the most polluted cites in the world. Millions of Colmbians hicked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerfilydevoid of traffic jams. People particapated in the event when it was raining. Two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event. "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in the Bogta in the mid-1900s. Its has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus, the city's mayor. We should try to decrease pollution by riding bike, skating, walikng more then using our cars to get us somewhere. Accoridnig to the article '' All of our development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change'', said David Goldberg, am offical of Transportation for America, a fast growing coalition of hunders of grouos in the United States ... who are prmoting new communities that are less dependent on cars. Goldberg added " how much you drive is as important as wether you have a hybird. | 2 |
d11cfd4 | I believe that driverless cars are the way of the futrure and we need development them for our community and making everyday lives a lot easier.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it states many helpful ways that these cars can make driving a lot better safer and easier to use. Ways like having a human in control at all times and making sure they remain alert and focused; not to mention the advanced technology put into these cars, and time an effort they made to make these cars easy and safe to use as possible.
Driving cars are great, but I would be scared to drive a car I had no control of. What if the steering wheel shortened out and I had no control over the wheel? Thats not the case gladly! These Self driving cars are all not self driving. The cars all have been built for you to have full control over these cars brakes, steering wheel, and acceleration, so you have control whenever you need it.as stated in the article here, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skill..." this makes me a lot more at ease to know that ill be safe at all times and in control which make me more for the development for these cars.
I think the developing these cars will be such a great thing for this community. Parents could send kids to school in driverless cars when the technology is there as stated in the article "Long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take us wherever we disire, but Sebastian Thrun, Founder of Goodle Car project, believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up..." Think about how much time they will save without having to take their kids to school. Things like that are why we need to develop these driverless cars.
The endless possiblities that we could accomplish with these driverless cars. Think about how you could get in a car and go where you want to go with easy and no effort at all. How safe you would be knowing you have full control if you need it . Thats why we need to develope these cars not stopping their creation, they would be such a great advancement in every day lives. | 4 |
d11f475 | Imagine living on another planet. Just picture it...It would be amazing. The question is, what planet is there to live on. Scientist are looking into this, and they found through some research that we may just be able to live on Venus. It would just have to take some testing.
In the article "The the Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author was saying a lot on how we should study Venus despite the dangers it present. He said " The value of returning to Venus seems indusputable but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?" This quote shows that the author is didicated and willing to take the dangers because you never know what positive information can come out of doing this. The author supports his idea pretty well because he shows a lot of evidence on how we could explore it first and what could happen. He researched a lot on this subject and clearly knows what he is talking about. The author also provides infromation about how Venus used to have a lot of earth-like features. He says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." This quote is telling us that the author spent time on researching his facts which proves how well the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
In conclusion the author shows a lot of information which proves that he knows this topic well. He provides us with information on how Venus has earth-like features, the dangers that Venus presents us, how we can avoid them, and the beneifts of exploring Venus. | 3 |
d1254f4 | I disagree with having Driverless Cars . It's absolutely dangerous , and in the passahe it says it'll change the world , yes it will because it's going to cause the percentage of death to really rise up . It's a horrible idea . So many accidents would be done in just one day , then were going to be scared when we drive with our kids and family .
All for looking for a tecnological way to drive . Also , it's not even really Driverless Cars because you still have to be alert to take over when there are accidents , or taffic and that's basically the worst part . Whith so much traffic we have so far , that would not be good . Imagine yourself on the phone or looking back , or just not paying full atention and then you have to drive . That will totally mess you up in your concentration . Having a driverless car will be so stressfull , I would not even buy it .It would cause so many eccidents . I agree with this traffic law , the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times . In most states it's illegal even to test computer driven cars , I hope it's illegal here in Indiana , too
Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver ? If they still need a driver to pay attention , that means there not good to trust . As it says in paragraph 7 , the necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the drivier's attention whenever a problem occurs. What about if you don't look on time ? You never know when something is going to happen , imagine just a computer sensor ?
Dr.Werner Huber a BMW project manager driver said "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way" . You can't play around with cars . It could explode or malfunction no matter how much technology it has in it . The computer system isn't a human , it will not be any better than one . If you're comfortable driving your car , why will you buy a driverless car that you'll still have to drive and not be totally safe in it ?
It's horrible how someone just for being lazy or to look better than someone would get something like this that will just out her or his life in danger . Technology has been very advanced , true , but it would be good to use it as something to help us not to take us to the death . Something that will help us get through life , or important ocasions , not a car that someone can easily drive . There's so many accidents now a dance and humans are the ones driving , imagine just computer sensors that can easily not work when you least expect it . | 3 |
d125d72 | In the Article "The Challenge of Eploring Venus," the authors suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. To begin with the main idea of this article is to explain to us even though the study that are being done about Venus are dangerous that doesnt mean is isn't going to be worth it at the end. The authors start by giving us the smiliarity both Earth and Venus have such as desntiny and even size.
The information that was given was, expaining what has been done and what Venus has instore for us humans. For Example the article states that "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth," the author goes on and says "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains and craters." this meaning even though it's another plant we are still about to get good reasource that can help us.
Futhermore, knowing that they cannot take samples of rock,gas or anything else from a distance they are still seeking to understnad Venus and to able to get a closer look to be able to get knowledgement from Venus although this may seen dangerous the article states that NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. "For example, some simplified eletronices made of silicon carbide have been testes in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this meaning that their is progress being made in NASA.
Finally, the author suggests that " the studying venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the danger it present " not only did the author explain his reasoning by stating fact, but at the end of the article he states that, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." this meaning that it may be dangerous but it is something that is going to lead us to intmidating endeavors. | 3 |
d129f6b | Sure, driverless cars sound interesting, but are they worth the risk? With the recent dovelopment of driverless cars, the technology for them is only advancing. It might be fun, it might be cool, but is it's not safe. Not only would driverless cars be dangerous themselves, but theres also other issues, such as; economy dropping, the inability to drive those cars specifically, and several legal issues to think about. The future is now, where cars are assential to everyday life, for some, cars are their life.
Many people make their living off selling cars, advertising cars, building cars, designing cars, and even workers for car companies like Subaru, Toyota, Ford, Chevy, and more. On the radio, drivers hear tons of car sales and ads. If all the companies, all the advertisements, all the sales, all the new disigns, and every last car builder were to have to cope with driverless cars, many citizens would be out of a job. The job market for cars would collapse and so would the economy leaving thousands unemployed. Also, gas and oil would no longer have anywhere near as much value as it does now. Without oil and gas prices, even more poeple would be without jobs. Not to mention taxes would be brought up on everything else to try and keep the economy stable, but in reality, the rise in taxes would make everyone but the government looking for loose change. Especially people who have more importants things to pay for, like children and disability.
The inability to operate the cars would be even more an issue for people wiht disabilities. Blind and deaf people can now at least get cars that can be modified to adjust to their ability, but as these driveless cars are just being made, it would take them even longer to modify them for the disabled to use. Even without a disability, the cars would be like taxis, so what about people with social anxiety? The driveless taxi causes them to leave their home and fetch one for themselves. Social anxiety is an illness and affects most people one way or another. Social anxiety can prevent someone from doing the simplest of things. Things that even a mere child could do. That's another problem with the cars, what if children run away in them? They have the ability to, but at this point, there's no law against it.
Along with the dovelopment of new cars, there would be NEED to be new laws to go with them. If people think it's okay to drink and drive now, there will be even more of an issue if that person's not the one driving. If they're drunk, they could even fall asleep amd end up all the way across the country because they never told the car when to stop driving. Even when the operator of the car isn't drunk that could happen. Since there's no laws against it, they could just fall asleep while driving and cause accidents. If they think its okey to sleep, they will cirtainly think that texting, getting on social media, and watching videos is okay. They'll stop paying attention to the road, and could get seriously hurt. Getting hurt won't be the only bad thing to happen.
Economy build up, people out of jobs, kids taking cars, disability mobility, legal documents, could all be avioded if the risk wasnt taken to make these driveless cars. They might be ffacinating and new now, but will it be worth it when the economy falls apart, when you lose your child, or get badly injured? Keep driverless cars off the road and keep moving forward in a REAL car to stay safe. | 4 |
d1354e5 | The Electoral College has been here for many years. Over the past years many people think it is unfair to the voters. There are many conflicts that have risen about it. Without a doubt , the Electoral College is unfair and irrational to voters because they voters are basically voting for no reason. The president they want to vote for doesnt count and instead the votes of the Electoral College do , the electors shouldnt be the only people to vote just because they are qualified doesnt mean only their opinion and choice should be heard. Also , a direct election would be much better and everyones votes count and its equal.
To begin with , when the first Electoral College was made no one really argued about it. But over the many years conflicts have come. People have realized that was is being done istn fair or right. '' At the most basic level , the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Because the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ''swing'' state''.( source 2, p. 13). Everyone has the right to vote but if their votes dont count whats the point?. People should have the right to voice their own opinion and be part of the voting. The electors that are chosen have only a little amount of opinions. If the voters would be included there would be a variety of choices of who should win. Every american should be comfortable and certain about who they voted for and if the Electoral College votes contradicts that there can be problems.
Furthermore , In a direct election everyone is treated equally. Unlike , the voting we have now , ''If you lived in Texas , for instance , and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry , you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry''. (source 2, p. 10). Voters cant always control whom their electors vote for but voters sometimes can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Why have so much going on when you can peacefully just count the votes of the voters and electors together?. Yes , they may be the electors and might have more knowledge of whats going on but they are just people too and everyone is created equally so definitely their votes shouldnt be the only ones actually counted.
Moreover , Bigger states may have a bigger effect on the votes because of their large amount of people voting. By , not making their vote count some people can feel that their voices are not being heard which can lead to in some cases riots and rebellions etc. Voting happens for a reason if gives the world a chance to pick whom they want to see lead them and who they feel like is the right person but in the end if there votes cant count and actually go to the electors limits their power and freedom to speak. '' Voters in presidential elections ae people who want to express a political prefeence rather than people ho think that a single vote may decide an election''.(source 3 , p.23). The Electoral College may have worked in the past but now its not working as well.
To conclude , The Electoral College process should be stopped for numerous number of reasons. It limits peoples opinions and people are voting for no reason if they cant pick who they want. Whoever is running for president and everyone who votes for one person shouldnt just be heard from a certai group of people. Everyones opinion should matter. | 4 |
d136a52 | The Vaule or No Vaule in the Facial Coding System
What is the point in the facial coding system? If you think about it what can it be used for in our daily lives. Or what affect does it have towards us if we use it today. The facial action coding system is a new software thats developed to improve accuaracy in perceiving the emotons of others. Although, it seems that it might have a value, but in reality it does not because three reaosn on why it's not vauleable is because money is being wasted towards an invention that will not be used, if they are trying to hide their emotions what is the point in making it if they do not want to show them for a reson so they should not be forced to use it, and how can you porve it is accurate how would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel.
First reason on why its not vauleable is because money is going to be wasted toward something that will not be used in future. Instead of using money on things like this sytem and adding more unuseful things on this world.
Maybe we should invest on a invetion that would be an affect in our lives and would benifit us in a postive way. Yeah it may be cool to mess around with a system like this for fun but using the money wisely is better on using it on soemthing that is not uselful. For an example making or putting in moremoeny to help get more supplies to discover more ways in finding a cure for cancer.
A second reason on why its not vauleable is because if someone is trying to hide their emotions its for a reason. Why should soemone be forced to use this sytem when they do not want to express how they feel. Most of the time poeple do not show on how they feel towards things that they do not show no face expessions. But on the other hand if you are in a good mood I would understand on why you would want to try it. But if you are in a situation that is putting you down but not wantng to express it. Then why make it harder on them and make them feel even worse because their emotions are being out there and seen by others when that is what they do not want.
A the third reason on why its not vauleable is because how can you prove it is accurate. How would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel. Yeah it may take the 44 major muscles in your face and recognize an expression. But is it really accurate? There really is not a percentage of feelings you can have. It is just how you feel. A machine should not be telling you that you feel 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 pecent fearful, and 2 percent angry. You should just be able to determine yourself and express or know how you feel cause they are your own emotions. You do not need the facial coding system to tell you.
What is the point in the facial coding system? The system does not have an affect on us that would be valueable. Although, it seems that it might have a value, but in reality it does not because three reaosn on why it's not vauleable is because money is being wasted towards an invention that will not be used, if they are trying to hide their emotions what is the point in making it if they do not want to show them for a reson so they should not be forced to use it, and how can you porve it is accurate how would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel. In all conclusion the Facial Coding System is not valueable in any way or has a reason of matter to it. | 4 |
d137d89 | Some people believe that the figure on mars is an alien face. Others believe it is just a huge rock formation which resembles a human head. The eyes, nose, and mouth are formed from shadows which resemble this illusion.
I believe that this so called "alien monument" is just a landform created by debris and rocks. The eyes, mouth, and nose are shadows of the rocks. It's completely obvious. Sure there might be other living organisms out in the universe and different species but there is also severe sand storms on mars. Which can throw rocks, make formations on the ground, and bury certain things. These reasons support my claim. The storms would throw random rocks into random places creating what at first may look like a face but once you get closer you see that it is, in fact, rocks. When rocks are placed together for a long period of time, especially in mars, they start binding together.
I see no other explanation of how this figure was created and I am very confident in my claim. | 2 |
d138a75 | In 1976, NASA found something pretty odd on Mars. What you may ask? They call it the Face on Mars. NASA has took new high-resolution images to study. People believe it was created by aliens, other people believe it's just a natural landform. On May 24, 2001 NASA noticed something strange. So they snapped some photos and they spotted a shadow likeness of a human face. But that is just shadows. Scientists soon figured out it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia. Maybe it is just an illusion. But the Face on Mars has become a pop icon, featured in movies and books. This is likely to just be a conspriracy theory. NASA noticed that there was no ancient civilization on Mars at any time in the past. Only few scientists believed it was an alien artifact.
On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the firdt time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture ten times sharper than the original ones. Anxious web surfers waited until the image appeared on the JPL wesite...sadly for them, it was a natural landform. No one was satisfied. Skeptics say that the alien marking were " hidden by haze." All these facts did'nt stop mission controllers. The mission controllers got prepared to look again. They state that they don't pass the Face often.
There is alot more ways to prove that the Face is just a landform, and not something created by aliens. NASA has done tons of research to prove it is a natural landform. NASA took years to find out what it was. It might be shaped as a face, but it was'nt created by aliens. Would'nt you think that if aliens were on Mars they would've created more things? They searched and searched but there was'nt anything odd about
Mars. So why would you be worried about a landform? So if you plan on thinking the Face on Mars was created by aliens, just ask yourself " How?" We all have illusions that our mind trick us about, maybe this is yours. | 2 |
d13ae8e | Recently, a new technology, the Facial Action Coding System, has allowed for the identification of human emotions by computers. This technology sparks the interest of many, myself included; however, I do not believe that there is any use for it in the classroom. The technology in the classroom is not valuable because it will cost money, humans can read facial expressions and body language well on their own, and also it may be a learning curve compared to traditional learning.
The new technology will undoubtedly cost some money, whether it be the cost for research or the cost of purchasing the software itself. Software licenses can be costly for some schools, and it may be out of their budget. With education heading towards a more digital path rather than a paper and pencil path, schools will be spending more money on computers and digital devices. I see the software as something that will only be used a nominal amount, and overall will be a waste of school funds.
When your friend looks like they are having a bad day, you can typically be able to read their facial expressions and body language. This is something that computers will not be able to do as well as a friend or family member. Sure, a computer can read your emotions based on the position of muscles, but a friend can better tell when your mood is off. In the text, the author states, "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." The author also states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Generally, a teacher can tell when their students are not understanding their lesson or are bored by reading their body language. They may have a hand on their head with their eyes barely open to show that they are tired of listening to the lesson, or they may have their eyes squinted if they are confused. In paragraph 6 author states, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that too." This nonverbal communication can be easily interpreted by the teacher, and is not needed to be done by a computer.
Lastly, the technology may be a learning curve to both students and teachers. The author 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, A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This technology could be inaccurate and ineffective to students who think to change their facial expressions. They could exploit the software to manipulate the questions in their favor. I believe that the traditional way of teaching is more effective, and if the student does not understand the question, they can ask for help right away or arrange for help at a later time.
Overall, I do not believe that the Facial Action Coding System would be usefull in the classroom setting. It may be innovative and new, but it does not have a place in education. The technology will be costly, it is pointless because humans can already red emotions, and also it would provide a bit of a learning curve for students and teachers. | 5 |
d144944 | I agreed that using technology to read students emmotional expression of students in classroom because the computer could see if the student is about to sleep or if the students mad sad or dont care the computer also could wake the students up by adding a lilttle fun on the assiment they doing because no one like boring work maybe that would change students emotion and make them care more and to be more intrested of what they doing . In the article it states "A classroom computer could recoginize when a student is becoming confused or bored " Also in the acticle it states" then it could modify the leson ,like an effective human instructor "
these quote mean that computers are able to see humans emotions and make them feel better in sime kind of way for me they saying a computer is like a friend to humans and they could help u . | 2 |
d150ef9 | The story "The Challenge of exploring venus is that they are one of the evening starts and maybe the brightest star you can see in the night sky. The author might like studying the venus star but it can be dangerous because you are lookigng very closey to see how bright they are and it could hurt there eyes.
In the text is said tha Humans hae sent numerous spacecraft to venus to see it but you cant land actually on venus or yiu will die because it is not safe to land on because if you leand on venus for more then a couple of area you could survie or not surie it either one these days. A thick atmosphere has almost 97% carbon dioxide which is good and bad at the same time.
The story The challenge of the venus talk about how
bright the star is in the night sky and also how you can leand on venus is actually survie for a couple of hours on the moon. Venus can rotate aroound three moons Earth orbit and Mars. they have also sent numerous amout of spacecraft to venus and see how long they have lasted. even tho venus has almost 100% carbon dioxide it could still be alittle nerve wracking because you dont know whay is going to happen to you boyd after you leave venus to get back on earth whoch earth is more safrer the venus beause Veuns is right next to mars . | 1 |
d1525ce | Would you want driverless cars? I think driverless cars are better than human driven cars. Let's be honest how cool would it be to just relax and not have to operate your own car. They're probably much safer too.
In the article Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes that these cars would
use half of the fuel the taxis use in this time period. He also states that they would be more flexible than a bus. In 2009 Google had cars that drove independently under specific conditions. The cars that were developed drove half a million miles and more without any accidents.
I think these driverless cars woud be used more efficiently. With these cars we can help prevent a majority of accidents especially the ones that lead to death. Kids in today's society like to text and drink while they're driving and in result to that people get hurt. I think with these cars texting and driving won't be an issue anymore.
The Toyota Prius has sensors, a video camera near the rearview window, four automotive radar sensors, GPS reciever, and inertial motion sensor. Everything that's on that car is to help create safer and more efficient ways to drive. The passage says that the combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. I recently saw this commercial on television where they were test driving a car but there wasn't an actual person driving it, and the car wouldn't turn on the radio or start up until all passengers seatbelts were on to ensure their safety.
Just imagine leaving a long day of work and you can barely keep your eyes open enough to drive, well you have self driven cars that does all the driving for you and now you can rest those beautiful eyes and reach your destination fully rested. With the invention of driverless cars you can text all you want without worrying about the possibility of an accident occuring. From my perspective I honestly believe we should invest in the making of driveless cars. Don't forget they're much better for the enviornment considering we only use half of the fuel we normally would use manually driving our cars and they're safer. | 3 |
d1568dc | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the author writes about a mesa on the surface of the planet Mars. This particular mesa recieved a lot of attention because the shadows resmbled a human face. Many conspiracy theorist believe this means there is alien life on Mars, but they are incorrect. The "Face" on Mars in simply an ordinary mesa.
The original picture of the "Face" was captured in 1976. Since that time ouR camera have improved, allowing us to see images more clearly. The original image was blurry and indistinct, leading may people to believe that the mesa was evidence of alien life on Mars. Again when the second picture was taken in 1998 camera were improving, but not as efficient as the camera used to take the final picture. Also in 1998 the picture was taken on a cloudy day, obscuring the mesa behind clouds. The 2001 picture clearly shows an ordianry Martian mesa, not a "Face".
"As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks you could see what they were!"(Garvin, Mars global surveyor). If there was any sign of alien life, activity, or even past activity NASA would be able to see it in the 2001 picture of the "Face". However the picture clearly shows an empty mesa. This
Martian mesa can even be compared to an ordianry Earth mesa!
This mesa attracted a lot of attention from the media because of the way the shadows fell across the mesa, creating a face-like illusion. NASA captioned the original photo "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The authors wanted to engage the public and they definetly did! While many people believed the shadows created the image of a face, NASA clearly stated in the original caption of the 1976 photograph that it was simply an illusion caused by the shadows.
The "Face" is not really a face at all. It is a huge rock formation/mesa, similar to many other mesas on Mars. The only thing that made this particular mesa any different from every other mesa on the surface of Mars was the coincedincial way the shadows fell across it. Many people thought this "Face" was evidence of life on the surface of Mars, but the are wrong. This is because the picture would show signs of life or activity, but there were none. So, in conclusion the "Face" is not and never was an ancient alien monument. | 4 |
d15a4ad | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", uses many scientific facts, data, and explanations to support their idea of exploring Venus. In the passage, many examples are given of why scientists would want to explore the possibilities of the contents of Venus despite all the dangers. The text gives some support like declaring it the most Earth-like planet, the possibility of supporting life forms, and multiple explorations to Venus that have been successful.
Venus' relation to Earth is significant because it is the closest example of another planet like Earth. The author claims that Venus is even called Earth's twin and that not only is it like Earth in its density and size, but also in the distance between the two planets. Even though the planet is very similar to Earth there are challenges to get accurate data on the planet because of the many spacecrafts that were unable to withstand the harshness of the planet. As technology advanced, the author claims that more and more missions to Venus occured, and even around the time of World War II there was a spacecraft that survived in Venus conditions for about three weeks. Venus' conditions are very harmful to the life on Earth but there may have been a possibility that life could sustain on the planet. The author describes Venus as a planet mostly covered in large oceans that could have suppported life growing there. All of these examples that the author has given supports his idea of the need to explore Venus tremedously and gives very convincing evidence and data that supports his idea.
Although Venus is a very harsh planet and there may not be any possibility of life, it would still be worth it to explore this planet and how it works. The author explains in detail what Venus is like and supports his ideas with scientific facts and data. There is a possibility that life could sustain on Venus but that is unknown unless the option is explored. | 3 |
d15c0e4 | I think there shouldn't be driveless cars because what if they have a malfunction in the system and it becomes out of control and someone gets hurt. We can't trust eletric items or things we can't control to have control of our lives. That just isn't safe.
People can't trust cars to drive themselves because the car itself can't handle some human sitituations like pulling in and out the driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. The cars are going to be to expensive anyways because not everyone on Earth is making enough money to buy one of these cars.
The cars might be able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but they all rely on the driver to navigate through work zones and around accidents. Traffic laws are still written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times letting us know that driverless cars aren't "driverless" at all. What if it rained hard outside and the streets were flooded and roads were blocked, is the driverless car going to try to go through it anyway?
Why want a driverless car that still needs a driver,and if it is driverless its not like you can go send it to go pick up someone. It might be fun or cool to have a driverless car, but its not safe. What if the technology fails and someone is injured, its not the driver's fault, its the manufacturer's fault for creating the "driverless car" in the first place. We are doing just fine driving the cars ourselves. At least then we will know what and who to trust. | 2 |
d15e743 | Do you ever feel happy, sad or angry, or sometimes you don't even know what you are feeling? well now you can there is a new software, the Facial Action Coding System can tell you what you are feeling even when you dont know what you are feeling.
Fisrt it starts off when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. Eckman has classified six basic emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness; yes it is like the that one movie we've all seen Joy. Even the smallest smile you give can indecate how you are feeling. For example when you smile people think are happy; when you fake smile people stillthink you are happy even though you might either be happy, sad, or mad. Or some people don't even have a smile and people think that they are mad even though they could be happy, some people just don't like showing it.
There are many reason why people may not like showing how they really feel, some people don't like showing it because they may think they look weak. It is fine showing your emotions. Maybe they can let people know how they are feeling and it will get a lot better to let everything out, some kids don't like telling their parents how they feel, so maybe they can talk to a teacher who they actually trust. Some kids think no one understand them that is why some kids end up killing themselves.
These are reason why technology should be used to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. | 2 |
d1609f6 | Dear State Senator,
I believe that the electoral college works and that its a problem solver. Since our electoral college was established by our founding fathers, according to the article,
"what is the electoral college?
" Since the electoral college consists of 538 possible Electoral votes, i believe that the majority being at 270 electoral votes is more than enough to being able to decide our United States President. The best the thing about to the electoral votes is that it has a certanty of an outcome, according to the article, "
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our method of choosing the President
" by: Richard A. Posner, which also states that another thing thats good about the electoral college is that it avoids having run-off elections. As said in this aricle this means that it "avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast." There are so many things that electoral college does right and thats why i beleve it should stay.
On the other hand, there are also things that the electoral college does wrong. For example, us voters don't vote for the president but for the slate of electors who later vote for the president, accordingto the article "
The indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defences of the system are wrong.
" Another thing that is wrong with electoral college is that its a disaster just waiting to happen. Its a disaster just waiting to happen because in the year 2000, it was most likely the biggest election crisis in a century, as stated in the aritcle "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defences of the system are wrong." The last and final reason why electoral college isn't the beat thing for choosing the president of the United States is because the electoral college is unfair to voters. For example, the winner-take-all system, senators only focus on what they care about and not whtas important.
In conclusion senator, i still belive that the elcetoral college should stay becuase it was worked all the way up to now so why will it all of a suddent stop?
From,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
d164714 | There has been talk about the planet Mars having aliens on their planet. Also, that the aliens are making faces on the planet which we call Mars. The scientist have took many pictures of the faces on the planet and nobody has found anything about aliens being on the mars. Everytime we take
picture of the faces the camera that we use is better and better for us to see if there is anything on the planet Mars.
The faces on mars are normal landform.The reason why I say that the faces are just normal landforms and not from aliens are because when the picture was unvieled for all to see.The caption said ''huge rock fromation....which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose, and mouth.'' The planet which is made from rocks forms into shapes, people, or things that could look like an alien was their.
On April
5, 1998 Michael Malin and his Mars orbiter camera team snapped a picture better than the last photos taken. Once the picture was out up people had saw that it was only a natural landform and that there was not one sign of a alien that would be on the planet mars. Malin's team tried again and he had captured a maximum resolution and this time he couold make things bigger and get a closer look at faces. What the picture had showed was a Martian equilvalent of a butte or mesa and still did not find any signs of aliens. | 3 |
d16503d | Venus or better known as the "Evening Star" is a fascinating planet. Venus is the closest planet to Earth. Even though no human has had the chance to step foot or experience life on Venus, the evidence gathered from spacecraft it much like our Earth we live on today. Despite the dangers Venus brings, the study of this planet is much more interesting,
As following, like previously stated, Venus is Earth's "twin brother". As evidence in paragraph two it states, "Often referred to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too". Research proves that Venus maybe used to be just like the way Earth is today. For example in paragraph four the author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Venus is the second planet away from our sun so life on Venus will be much more diffucult than life on Earth.
Although these planets have much in common, they also have differences and reasons why life can't be lived on Venus. The reasons behind that , like stated in the third paragraph, "A thick atmosphere of almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus". That means we are left with three percent of oxygen that will not be able to substain a human's life. In addition, the pressure that the planet Venus hold is not substainable for humans. In pragraph three it states, "(...) the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metal." This research itself explains that living on Venus is much more diffucult than living on Earth.
Even though Venus is the second plant away from the sun the temparatures are excrustriating. Research proves, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit (...)". On Earth temparatures will rise no more than 120 degrees, but an average of 800 degrees Fahrenheit will cook humans like hotdogs on a grill. Besides the heat and Venus atmospheric pressure the weather Venus experiences is devastating. In paragraph three it states, "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes probes seeking to land on its surface". No matter the research or things that NASA try to do to make Venus a liveable plantet, economically it's not possible unless you have a death wish.
Finally, in my opinion I agree with the author that the study of Venus is worth it because from this article I was informed on a lot of interesting facts about Venus. Although no human life can be conducted onto Venus the research done on this planet is worth the time, effort, and dedication. Hopefully in the future we can expand our knowlegde and research on Venus. | 4 |
d168476 | My fellow citizens, there are many reasons why we all should depend less on our cars as a way to travel or to get to one place to anouther. One of the many reasons is that there are some neighborhoods that are doing it so that their families can not drive a car and if they do they have to pay money, and there are already many places that are doing car free days or somethimg like that.
According to Elisabeth Rosenthal there is a city in germany named VAUNBAN were they can not use cars and if they do use cars then they would have to park it in a place that is very far away and they would have to pay a total of $40,000 to buy that parking space this is better because there are many ways that polution can polute the earth and we do not want that to happen.
Also there are many places that are doing car free days in which the citizens must not use there cars and ride the busses to work so that there izs less polution. this is good because there will be a major decrease in polution which is good for the earth and also good for the soul.
In conclusion i think that there should be less places for cars to drive and polute the world and mother earth and you should to. | 3 |
d169ba3 | Driverless cars would'nt be substaintial to todays society. There's people that drive that are irresponsable with cars that needs a driver, So what would happen if there are driverless car? Besides whats the point of a driverless car if you still need a driver to navigate through situations? Then you have the drunk drivers who may think that it's okay to drive home drunk since they techniacally wont be the ones driving. Overall driverles cars would just be unsafe
People today are already irresponsible with driving, especially teens. There are the car races or teens that thinks its okay to just drive at any mile they want, run stop lights and etc. People may thionk that since driverless cars are computer based there would be less accidents or people who just have road rage, but technology isnt always reliable. there can be malfucntions. What if a driver is in the middle of traffic and the car is having technical difficultkies so the car just spins out of cointrol and cant be handled.
Thats also affecting the drivers around them.
If the car still needs a driver then it should'nt be called a driverless car. What if someone elderly accidentyly falls asleep in a driverless car and theres an accident ahead and they dont realize they have to control tghe car to pass by it safely. theres so many malfunctions and things thast can go wrong with driverless cars that it just would nt be safe. There are people who have low attention spans. so driver cant realize that there maybean ambulance or a car accident or anything that they would ha ve to grab a hold of the wheel and get passed it safely.
People that drive home drunk. So drunk drivers may think it still would be safe to drive home drunk, but oit can still cause accidents because you still need a driver. It shouldnt be okay for drunk drivers to drive in a car in and circumstance, its just still too unsafe in conclusin, driverless cars wouldn't be safe for society. it can cause many malfunions. there can be many more accidents and drunk driving cabnescolate and cause things just to be unsafe. | 3 |
d16b46c | It was actually quite simple to see that it was not created by aliens. If you look at the pictures, it acts as if it was like any other landform on earth. As humans, our mind is very good at creating a false idea because we want it to be it is that way. However, it is clearly shown that the faces were not created by aliens.
In the pictures shown in the article, the face changes as any fossil or landmark would on Earth. The jump from 1976 to 2001 is a big chance of what it would look like if it were on Earth. As said in the article, the JPL web site says it was a natural landform, not an alien monument. The only reason that the rumors of alien monuments still exsisted is because there were people who were still not satisfied.
Another reason that the alien monument rumors were false is because even with a cloudless day in Cydonia, it still appeared as a natural landform. Granted, the rumors of clouds blocking the actual image of the face was a logical argument. However, they even took pictures on a cloudless day, and it still appeard as a natural landform.
The theory that this was an alien civilization is totally inacurate. The pictures clearly show the actions of the face. Just because our imagination can create false ideas of life on another plannet, the evidence shows that acts and looks as a natural landform. | 3 |
d1718e6 | In the year 2018 technology is advancing as well as schools all around the world. Most kids roll their eyes or yawn or even have a bored/tired look on their face when they're in a classroom that hey dont enjoy. With new technology called FACS(Facial Action Coding System), it will be able to detect when kids are feeling this way.
The computer makes a 3-D model face of a human and have all 44 major musles that operates like human musles, then it scans the face of a real human which will then identify what the person is feeling right now such as happy, sad, tired, scared and many more. Using this type of technology will be very helpful in classrooms because when a student is feeling bored or tired then the computer will be able to detect that the the teacher will be able to make the topic more interesting for the students. Most teachers have about 28 students per class for seven periods everyday which can be very stressful, so it can be very challenging for them to recognize when students are dealing with a certain type of emotion but with the FACS it can recognize that and the teacher will be able to help the student or students.
In conclusion, FACS is an amazing creation that will be able to help students and teachers. Kids learn the most when they're happy and when the subject they're learning is fun and very interesting and when they're in a good environment. With FACS, it not only detects a humans emotion but it will be able to communicate with a teacher to notify them when a kid is not doing well. | 2 |
d1792d3 | Luke Bomberger had no idea his life would change so soon after his high school graduation. Until his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say know. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
Then the UNRRA hired ''Seagoing Cowboys''to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke then says''besides helping people,I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.
Later on it opened up the world to him ."I'm grateful for the opportunity,"he says."It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."And that awareness stayed with him,leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many yaers.
Luke has a lot of experiences and know how places in China and Europe but Luke's favorite of all was seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special and if you were to join you might see those places to and probobly make and meet new and old friends. | 2 |
d17b0a8 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursiut despite the dangers it presents.In chapter four the author claims this statement by saying in the text; "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth." He added,"Today,Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."The author says this without fear and despite the non-surviving atmosphere in Venus.He is saying there is still a chance to get this done.In the text it says that Scientists have been trying to study Venus and it has all come down to frequent failure. This text is basically saying that Venus may be the next Earth but they need to experiment on the fossils and earth soil to know that for sure. The author claims this by saying there are so many unique features to this place, why don't we go check it out and make this accomplished.
In chapter seven,the author says,"NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus."They have come up with other protocols for space launch to this planet. They are trying every possible way to get to this planet to experiment and study the land and see if there might be a possible way humans can even land on the planet. This claims the effort of human beings trying to conquer and fullfill
this dream of going to this planet to study, and to make final thoughts about their conduct of carrying out this research and experiment. Stll looking to see if there is a possibility on living there or at least knowing how they can survive an hour on this planet to experiment.The main causes and reaons are maybe if anything were to happen to Earth we have a second option, and that can be Venus. If humans can live on it maybe cars and trucks can operate there as well.
This article convinces man to explore and expand their ability to find out new things and find possible ways to accomplish something. Something as big and great as this going to Venus to make a full conclusion or experiment to if they can have humans living or going there . Like the author says in chapter eight "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 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 innvoation." The author claims this saying we should not let the dangers of anything limit our human ability. This article is about not limiting what you can't see , go for it and find out.What we can't see does not mean it can stop us. | 4 |
d17dfc0 | NASA has always knowen it was a simple rock from the beggining. Listen im tired of hear all of this nonsense,and I am not the only one. All of the world allredy knows that it was a huge rock formation with human charatictics with shadows giving it eyes,an nose, and a mouth. It was just tooken at the right place at the right time. It was just another conspiracy theory waiting to erupt.
The only reason that NASA hasnt told the truth is because do now how much fame they are getting off of this right know. They knew it was a rock from the beggining. So even on April 5,1998 when they got caught red handed from a picture they took ten times sharper then the viking they kept the story going. They even went as far as saying that the aliens had errased it. LIke how far will they go with this thing. All of this because of a huge rock and a mistaken picture. So when people still wanted more and NASA did to they tried again hoping for a mirical. They still wanted more out of this rock. The only reason NASA didnt shut this down was because they need the fame and money. This picture ended up becoming a pop icon. It starred in a holloywood film,appeared in magizines,radio talk, and shows. Whey would they think of shuting it down. So they led people into thinking that this was some alien race marking. So when things were dying down they hoped for another miricle and sent anothe spaceship up into spacejust to show people it was just a rock again.
So out of this rock they ended up getting a couple years of fame and a very large fan base. To this day Nasa keeps the roomer going around. I think this picture was just and accident that turned into a trophie for NASA.They made sure to make the most of it but knew they couldnt hold it for long. They knew it was a perfect story to spark a conversation between thousands of people so theybrought it out just to do that. NASA used it for they're copminy but at the end it was just a rock,just like they found it. | 2 |
d17e84c | Computers detecting how the user is feeling. Although a computer could track by using your browser history that is sort of invading your privacy. But by simply just seeing how you react to what exactly is on your screen is a much easier alternative. This program could positivly affect the veryday compuiter life in many aspects. School, work , and home could be much simplier for everyone.
I find this to solve so many inconviences for computer users. There has been many of times where an ad has popped up that I've declined because I'm not interested well the author states "If you smile when an Web add appears on your screen, a simular ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be diffrent." Also in a classroom the article says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." That way the necessary changes can be made to the program. That could possibly improve grades, and students will to work in the classroom.
Out of all the evidence given in the article i do trust this will be a good thing. Some may think of this to be invading ones privacy or may not be accurate. But it is not , the computer is just simply seeing how you react to things only on the computer. With the accuracy the computer go by what face you make, it tracks every single muscle you use. What I'm saying is even the slightest smirk it will know how you feel about what is on your screen. I think this is a great way for computer producers to try to understand exactly what the user prefers. I also really do think this could especially improve school life everywhere. | 3 |
d17e95c | the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author suggestion means that its way interesting to study instead of worring about he dangers it could cause. In paragraph 3 it says that the venus are far mor extreme than anything humans encounter on earth such as environment would crush even a submerine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. And he talks about how interesting the venus is. It says venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closer to our sun. In paragraph 4 the author says that why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface. In this paragraph he tells us about how dangerouse venus is to our planet. it says various forms of life on earth. Today venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. Now the NASA are sending humans to study venus. But in paragraph 5 it says NASAs possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. But however NASA decided to work on other approaches to studying venus. There example is to simplify electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions(paragraph 7). And honesty my oppinion i think that it seems dangerouse and interesting at the same time but still risky to study abour or examine | 2 |
d18a202 | Cars were ment to be many things, comfortable, muscle, work, luxury, cheap, and fun for a lot of people. The new cars that they are making should only have safety features that are computer, not the whole car. If a whole car was a computer, what would you do, sit there and eat? you wouldnt be paying attention, you'd be all relaxed, and probably sleeping if you were tired. There are many things that i can say are bad for being in a car that is a computer with a frame, an engine, exhaust manifold, and many more parts. That is why i disagree/ dislike the fact to have a computer drive you.
The facts are that there are people building cars that are partially computer driven. For the car that could be bad or good, but if it faults you wont be able to know until it acctually faults while driving which is a huge safety hazard. The car is made for teens, and grown-ups to have fun and comfort or one of them.
The reasons I dislike/ disagree with the self drving is that everybody would become lazy/ on unintellegent about cars. So on my behalf the cars shouldnt be self driven and should have people at the wheels. If the safety features are computer, and not faulty then keep them because it's better to be safe then sorry on the road with idiot drivers, drunks, first time drivers, and semi drivers. | 2 |
d18a663 | When Luke first started the program he thought it was a opportunity of a lifetime. He knew it would be a good thing for a small-town boy like him. He wanted to be able to help out others and that program was an awesome way to do so.
He got to spend time with animals, got to play games occasionally, got to be helpful, got to see amazing sights, and got to see his friends. The program was an awesome way to do a lot of things. One example is how Luke got to tour an excavated castle in Crete. He also got to see Europe and China. That is unbelievable opportunity for a boy like him. Luke got to have fun by playing baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be an awesome adventure. A quote straight from Luke was,"I'm grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." Another quote from Luke was,"The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special." That proves that even if you had to work you were still having the best time ever. The job as a Seagoing Cowboy is more than just hard work, and being miserable. You actually get to enjoy your time.
If you want to have a great job I'm sure all the Seagoing Cowboys will agree that you should be one of them. Yes, you do have to work hard, but that isn't a reason you shouldn't join. How many other jobs do you get to see amazing sights, or play volleyball and other games. As a Seagoing Cowboy you even get to help people out with their country and their needs. This is why I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy, and I'm sure Luke agrees ,too. | 4 |
d1914a2 | Dear Senator of Florida,
I think changing the election by popular vote for the President of the United States would be a better and and more fair way of voting. The Electoral College may work and all but even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong.
"Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the President, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the President." Voting gives people rights and freedom that not everybody has. If a voter wanted to vote for a President their vote should go towards the President, not the electors of the state, in all fairness. According to Plumer many people agree with the idea of changing the voting system by stating, "...over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." In Plumer's article he says, 'The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse." By putting this statement in his article he is trying to say that the system we have now could all go up in flames if the right thing happened to get rid of the Electoral College, so Americans should watch out. The Electoral College is unfair due to the winner-take-all system. In this system candidates for the presidency don't go to smaller states because they know they won't win with those states. They stick to the big states with more electoral votes or with the "swing" states. That's what I call selfish.
I understand that "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee..[however,] it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." If the next President were to win the electoral vote but not the popular vote that is like saying that only the Electoral College voted and not the real voters, the people.
All in all "It's official: The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational." I would greatly appreciate if you read this over and thought about the topic I have addressed to you. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
(a concerned citizen) | 4 |
d192fed | According to the passage the use of using cras less it a much saver and healthier to the air this essay is to imfomr felloe citizens about the advantages og limiting car usage. As it is stated in the passage Residents of the upscale communtiy in german hav e given up their cars "Street parking ,drive ways and home garages are geneally forbiddean in the experimental new district". Car ownership is allowed but there are only two places that you can park ,large garages at the end of the development(2) ,car owners buy the space for $40000 alone with a home(2). Becaus of this 70 percent of the families dont own cars while 57 percent do own cars (3)."When i had a car i was always tense ,i am much happier this way " said heidrun walter . Completed in 2006 is an example of a growing trend in Europe also the United states and elsewhere to separate suburban life from auto life use , as a componet of a movement called "smart planning (4) ". Passengers cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in europe ,up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states . Past few decades efforts have been made to make cities denser and better for walking ,planners are nikw taking this concept to the suburs ,home to 5500 residents within a rectangular square mile .In this new appocah stores will be placed in a walk way on the main streest rather then in malls alone some distant high ways .
"ALL of our developement since world war 2 have been centered on the car ,and that will have to change " (7) said david goldberg .
Paris enforced a partical ban unpon driving to clear the glabal city ,almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction fine .Because of that congestion was down 60 percent in the captail of france ,the smog rivaled beijing ,china which is known as one of the most polluted citesbin the world. Diseal fuel was blamed ,diseal makes up 67 percent of vehicles in france while 53.3 percent are diseal engines in the western europe. The smog was cleared enough on monday for french party to recined the ban for odd numbers plates on tuesday. In colombia a program was set ,leaving the streets of the capital city devoid of traffic jams ". Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution " , day without cars is an improvenment campagin that begun in the mid 1990's .Parks ,sports centers bloomed throughout the city ,uneven pitted sidewalks hace been replaced and so on .Recent studies suggest that americans are buyiinh fewer cars etc ..which left reserches poundering 'Has americs passed peak driving"? But americans love affair with its vehicles seemse to be cooling adjusted for population growth number of miles driven peaked in 2005 than droopend after that .Many meaures the decrease in driving preced the downturn which is persisitinbg now that recover is under way .
if this pattern persists it will be benefical impliactiins for carbon emissions and environment. With all these changes people who stopped car commutin as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit | 2 |
d198ebf | Twenty five years ago a face was discovered on mars. NASA said that it was a rock that resembles a face. The rock had the look of eyes, nose, and a head. This is something that NASA and us scientist have never seen before. NASA hasn't figured out if it really is a face or just a rock. The face theory's do not make any scince.
The face has become an icon as it has made apperences in movies, books, and magazines. Many scientist have thought that the cause of the face was because of aliens. Then NASA wanted to figure out what it was so they sent a Orbiter Camera. They found out that there was no alien resemblence at all. The face was very hard to find. As it states in the article "The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was wunter in April '98 a cloudy time of year" (page 8, Unmasking the Face on Mars).
"It's not easy to target Cydonia, says Garvin. "In fact it's hard work" (page 9, Garvin). The face was hard to detect and took a lot of work to figure out what it really is. Scientist are still doing research on the face shaped rock. They are even sending space crafts with camera's to take pictures of the face. So far, they are not having any luck on getting a picture that isn't blurry. The face has become one of the most interesting and confusing things in science and still hasn't been solved today. | 1 |
d1990dd | I will be writting about " The Challenges of Exploration Venus". I will write about how to auther suggests that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I will also evaluate how well the auther supports his ideas. I will evaluate in a 1-10 scale. 1 being bad and 10 being the perfect.
His first idea was the name of the planet. He says that Venus is sometimes called " Evening Star". He supports his idea saying " it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky". He also said " this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet". I would evaluate this reason a solid 6 because he gave the little history behind the nickname but I feel like this reason was not the best.
His second idea is distance and looks. In the passege he said "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionaly the closest in distance to Earth too". I would evaluate this reason a 4 because he did not give us enouph facts.
His third reason is spacecrafts and humans not landing in Venus. He supports this reason on saying " each previous mission was unmanned, because no spacecrafts survived more than a few hours". He also says that reason why no spaceships have touched down on Venus in decades is because "Venus averages 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmoshperic pressure is 90 times greater than on earth". I would evaluate this reason a solid 8 because he gave us a reason and gave us stronge facts about the reason.
In conclusion I would say that the main of idea of the article was good. I would evaluate this idea or article a 9 out of 10 because I enjoyed reading the article. I feel like the auther had good reasons and supported them with facts and not opinons. | 3 |
d19c417 | I would argue in favor of keeping the electoral college because its bests to vot eby what the people want in able to keep a good country. I also think that if people werent allowed to vote how would the main leaders know whats the right and what is the wrong.
To start off , due to the passage ''Electoral college'' is a process in which the founding fathers established in the constitution as a compromise election of the president by congress and qualified citizens! NOT the leaders! If your want to run for president your main goal is to get people to follow you with impression and facts.
Each presidential election occurs every four years. Candidates enter in election competing against each other,'' the people'' watch if the candidate will be worth a president. Candidates will be eliminated one after another till there is only one winner.
Without the electoral college how would the people know if the president is trustworthy to the country, mainly people just want someone who is willing to make the right changes. Like i said the leader's main goal is to get people to agree and make them think that you are worth for the job. No one will appreciate someone making the laws without people agreeing the people would be furious and the word freedom wouldnt exsist anymore in the country. Freedom is all about peoples rights! Electoral college is a main process that is need to be able to make freedom for the citizens. | 2 |
d19dd84 | Venus is a crazy amazing planet! Striving to study Venus is a great pursuit. NASA has worked on equipment and electronics made with silicon, and have been tested to make sure it is safe. This Technology that NASA is working on will help the idea of studying Venus. Although this may seem risky, There's more projects that NASA has made in the past that could also help the study of Venus. The author supports this idea by explaining all the benefits and some positive, possible outcomes that venus may have for us. Human curiosity could lead us to many equal endeavors.
There is so much to be explored in Venus. In order to get there and discover new things NASA's equipent was tested in an enviornment similar to the one in Venus so that way it is safe. All of the equipment lasted three weeks in those conditions. Despite of the the little time NASA has to find new things on the planet, they would still have to go through difficult enviornments to get to there. For example, the temperature will be hot, around 170 degrees fahrenheit. It's a risky condition but survivable for humans.
Overall, studying venus can be a hard challenge. As time goes NASA will continue to build better electronics to help study the planet. In the future this technology will help the challenging task of studying Venus. The author beleives that it's worth achieving this task. | 2 |
d19e4cc | In the article called "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is about making humans express emotions by using a computer. Many scientists are finding out why it is possible to show emotions by using technology. First of all, Leonardo da Vinci created Mona Lisa during the Renissance. What something people don't know is the painting of the woman actually shows different emotions by moving parts of her face. For many decades, people from all over the world are attracted and have experienced the same thing. Years later, a group of scientists named Dr. Huang and Professor Nicu Sebe started to calculate human facial movements by computer. They wanted to show how people feel back in the past decades. In addition, what people call the artwork Mona Lisa "the only moving picture ever existed." No matter where you are, no matter where you stand, Mona Lisa can still stare at you. No one knows what make the human parts move. In conclusion, I think that the movement of human parts on Mona Lisa is the greatest achievement to have for Leonardo da Vinci because it would be remembered by millions of people around the world. | 1 |
d1a6973 | I think that this technology would be valuable. The Facial Action Coding System was created by Dr. Paul Eckman. It is a computer software that can detect 6 simply emotions depending on your facial expression. The software uses video imagery and then weighs different units to identify emotions. I believe it is something that would be valuable.
I believe it would be valuable because according to Dr. Huang, depending on how a student is feeling during a lesson, the software could modify the lesson almost like an actual teacher. Most humans tend to not stay engaged in something if they aren't having fun. The software would be able to make the lesson more engaging and would want students to learn more.
The Facial Action Coding system is a tool can also detect painting emotions as well. But mainly could help communicate to a teacher when students aren't engaged. I think that it would be a very valuable tool if used correctly. | 2 |
d1b5929 | True Automobiles
I can imagine a future where no one buys cars. Many manufacturers are already working towards this pursuit. They are developing vehicles that operate with very little human input. Various sensors are used to assist the cars in reaching their destinations. These vehicles can operate as public transportation and allow for very efficient travel. I believe autonomous cars will become a thing of the future because they will make driving safer and less tedious.
Safety is a huge concern in almost all aspects of life. With driverless cars, accidents will become a thing of the past. Since 2009, cars developed by Google have been able to drive more than half a million miles without a single crash. They only require human input during traffic issues, which will become nonexistent. If all cars were driverless, none of them would crash or cause otherwise perilous situations requiring human input. There will no longer be any injuries caused by automobiles in the future.
The current state of driving is very wasteful. Both the earth's resources and the driver's time are needlessly wasted. Sergey Brin has predicted driverless cars will use half the fuel of today's cars. This will have a huge impact on saving the environment by causing less pollution and removing the need to create as many dangerous oil rigs. The passage states that heads-up displays are a possibility in the future. These allow the person who would have been driving to do something productive. Instead of a long commute spent staring aimlessly at the road, a worker could finish a decent portion of his or her daily work in the time spent travelling to the workplace. Autonomous cars open up a huge new world of efficiency for everyone.
Critics of the concept believe computer-ran vehicles can reach nowhere near the skill or safety of human-ran vehicles. This is simply just not the case. Autonomous cars have been proven to get in very few accidents. They are equipped with sensors all over, giving them vision far beyond human eyesight. If all cars became autonomous, they would be able to communicate with one another on the road, removing dangers due to lack of communication we currently see in human drivers.
Driverless cars are a huge and vital step towards safety and efficiency. They benefit all aspects of human life, not just the road. Being able to reach destinations sooner allows for more productivity and easier human contact. For these reason, I believe autonomous vehicles will definitely become widespread in the future. With how far companies such as Google have made it in the race to build driverless cars, it would be insane to try to imagine a future without them. | 5 |
d1bb139 | Driverless cars would be a helpful tool in the future. They could help us get things done while heading somewhere far away. It could get rid of driver errors. Drunk driving could even by stop by this new product. This is why the driverless car should be allowd.
First off the time you use to drive all the way down to Florida is about 12-18 hours. Lets say someone is going there for their job that 12-18 hours could be used for all sorts of things like making up for you job while your away or just finshing a project you did for this meet. It would be a great way to use your time instead of having to drive. This could be an amazing break through for somepeople who have to travel many times for their job.
Secondly, if we have only driverless cars all driving they would know how to react to each other. This inturn would get rid of driver error such as drivers getting angry at each other. Another example would be cars speeding past each other, which cause recks. Driverless cars could bring down the death toll from car crashs every year by getting rid of driver error.
Finally, a big problem today is drunk driving. If we had driverless cars the drunk drivers would never have to touch the wheel making the roads safer. The car its self could never get drug or slow down its reaction speed making it safer than with someone above .08. This could also bring down the death toll, for drunk driving crashs every year.
These are all reasons i believe that we could be better of with driverless cars. It may cost more and their might be problems at first but in the long run it could save many of lives. Many states do not trust it, but i believe after they make they cars smarter they will see that they can driver better than any human ever could. Saving lives for many people which if worth it. | 3 |
d1c17f7 | In this passage you have heard about the Seagoing Cowboys and what they are and what they do. If you had to choose what would you choose do you think that is was right for Luke to convince others to participate in th Seagoing Cowboys program.
First, for some people some might think that Luke can convince other to join and I am on their side because if he is't able to convince people that how was he able to convince his friend to go with him. He could have just gone by himself and been selfish but he didn't want to be alone and wanted to be nice to his friend and asked him to come because he new that would have beeen the right thing to do. Luke was just trying be kind and nice "He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." Luke and his friend Don new that after all that time they didn't have to work two part jobs.
On the other hand, some might think that he shouldn't have to convince others to do that if he has to convince them than they really don't want to go. To some it might not have been a lifetime dream for some people or it might not have been a once in a lifetime opportunity. People are different and some are selfish so some might have thought that he really wasn't serious. So for some people they don't think that she should convince peopele to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.
To wrap this all up, what I think Luke's point of view on convincing others to participate in thye Seagoing
Cowboys program that he should convince other so go and help because it is the right thing to do. Some think that he shouldn't convince people to go. But at the end of the day everybody is different and everybody think differently so what every you think it is up to you., | 3 |
d1c1ac0 | Driverless cars are a good idea. Driverless cars are going to change the world. These cars would be so much safier.
The cars would use half fuel of todays taxis. Gasses from cars are hurting the planet. So theses cars would cut down on fossil fuel use it would be helping our planet in the long run. These self driving cars would also be more flexibil then a bus. People wouldnt have to wait around for the bus.
So far car companies have been making driverless cars since 2009. There hasnt been any problems with the cars. The cars work so well that googles driverless car has driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Some of the cars arent fully driverless but people belevie that is a good thing. People should always be aware of the surroundings in a car.
More and More car companies are trying to make these cars. So the companies know that these cars are going to be a big thing in our world in the future. The car companies wouldnt be wasting there money on these cars if they knew they werent gonna work. The cars run
on sensors. These sensors respond fater than a human can. The sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on a individual wheel and also reduce the power from the engine. The sensors just keep getting better and better making it more safier.
If these cars are safier than regular cars then I dont know why you should be againt them. These cars would help our planet with all the fuels we would reduce by using these car. These cars would reduce driving accidents. If we reduce car accidents we would be saving peoples lives. These cars are a great idea. | 3 |
d1cc50d | I, Rickey think that driveless cars are a little to much for the present now. I feel like they are trying to raise to car accidents in a year up more. Also, people are going to have to learn a whole new car. The BMW car should have found a way to let the car drive by itself at all times, doing anything before they came out to the world about the car. People are going to waste their money and time on this car when you still have to drive this car. Also, if you get sleepy and you can't go to sleep because you have to stay alert at all times.
"Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themelves. All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."
There might be some downs to this driveless cars idea, but their are ups to it to.
If the driver is driving by itself it might want to take break for an hour or two. All it has to do is put it in driveless mode and sit back and relax. Some people get tired especially when your job has you driving all the time. So they might just want to read a book or something instead of spending your money and staying at an hotel for the night driveless mode can help you go.
"This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs. GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under consideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.
Car company's should take into consideration and ask random people what they think they should do. As people give them ideas they should brainstorm and put them together. One of my ideas is to try to get driveless mode on semi trucks since they are the most driving on the job. Since they drive the most, they should be the first one to be thought about on the rode. But, at the end of the day any type of moving vehicle, I feel like the world isn't ready for driveless cars. Even if their is more ups than downs. | 3 |
d1cd1ee | The Author support his Idea of Exploring Venus the author has many valid points that could be highly usable. I believe that the author uses The idea of Scientist disscussing further vists to Venus, NASA compelling idea of sending humans to Venus, and NASA's other approaches to studying Venus.
The Idea of Scientist disscussing further visits to Venus supports the author's reasoning because Most Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it is the most earth like planet. Many Years ago Venus was guessed to of had been covered in many oceans and various supported forms of like, just like what earth has. Venus still has features that are the same as Earth. The Planet has a rocky surface with valleys and mountains, This makes us think that Venus was once a planet just like Earth.
NASA's compelling ideas about sending Humans into space to study venus are intreging and make it possible for people to be able to touch the surface. NASA's Solution to the Hostile Conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientist to stand out. NASA's ideas of making blimp like vehicles that hover 30 or more miles over the surface bring up the idea of being able to be closer to the surface and would be safe and away from the unplessently warm ground. Sitting at 30 miles above the surface would allow people to still live at 170 degrees fahrenheit but at the pressure level of being in the sea.
NASA's Research for working on many other aproaches to studying Venus Up close have been to make Electronics made with silicon carbide and lasted three weeks under the conditions of Venus Simulated. Another project that NASA is looking back on is the old technology of mechanical computers. The Thought of one of these mechanical computers existing in 1940 was impossible but these were not really computers but just like a lever system.
I believe that The Author supported his ideas with NASA's Many Various approaches to studying Venus, Sending Humans to study Venus Physically, and Scientist's Facination of Venus Because How many years ago it was just like Earth. I think that all of these are used to convey the authors idea and support how his idea works. The Heat that is emmited from Venus's surface is inhabitable and impossible to live in but yet people still are trying to find their way around this formidable opponet on their way of the Exploration of Venus. | 3 |
d1ce732 | Unreal Theories & Magazine Believings
I believe the face on mars is a natural landform. I believe this because, in a few paragraphs, they say that it can't be possible and that they took a picture and that wasn't the case. My three examples from the text are in paragraph 11, paragraph 7, and paragraph 9. The face on mars is a landform, and i could prove it to you.
In paragraph 11 it shows that this so called "face" is actually not a real face. It says in paragraph 11, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see wat they were". I think that this "fact" is actually kind of unreal. For example, if you take a picture of the sun, and you make the picture 3 times bigger than that size, you wont see how the real sun looks because the picture doesnt have all the good pixels you need to get a perfect picture. Its almost to never when someone has a perfect picture and you can see every detail of the picture.
In paragraph 7 it states "Thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared in a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all". Thats one of the best examples i have so far because, if they went up to mars to check out if this face was real or fake and it ended up to be fake, AND they have proof, of course its not going to be real. some people still believe that the face is still real as it says in paragraph 8. Some people were so anxious to have the answer, that they started to have theories about the planet. as it says in paragraph 8,"The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze". If anyone has heard me, i have said SKEPTICS. They said that for a reason to let people know that answers is better than a hypoothesis.
My last example is from paragraph 9. In paragraph 9, it says that " Mars Global Surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km-wide strips. "We just don't pass over the Face very often," he noted".
They dont pass over the face very often because if you think about it, they just look straight down and scan the planet. The planet doesn't swirl on different sides. it stays in something that is called orbit. Orbit is something used for the plant to go in circles. it doesn't go everywhere like a regular sphere on earth, it has to stay in one place.
I believe that the Face isnt a real face, but actually a landform. I have chosen Those few examples to change your mind about how you feel about the Face, when, in all reality, its a landform. I believe I can change your mind about the feeling of knowing that this Face is a natural landform, most likely made by a meteor hitting the planet. | 3 |
d1cf792 | This technology should not be used in a classroom environment. This way of telling emotions is just telling your facial expressions but not judging your emotions on the inside.
The pronblem is that technology can't tell all emotions. sometimes people look mad or sad but are really happy, if the computer is just looking the expression on your face then its really not doing anything. "Empathy (feeling someone else's emtional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expression"(Ph9), when the author states this it shows that not all of our humanliy facial expressions give off our emotions. They have only tried this on a still frame pricture.
Emotions are not just expressions on a face but its also a feeling inside so if the computer can actually feel the way someone is feeling then this sort of technology could work. "of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait..."(Ph5), we have these troubles because we are notfeeling what they are feeling.
In all this would not be a good idea because the results would not be accurate. Emotions are like feelings and can't 100% told by a computer. The pricing on this all of this must be tremendous and if school do want this technology they would have to consider that aspect of the deal. | 3 |
d1d32ad | NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circiling Mars and snapping photos of possible laninding sites. It spotted what looked like a shadowy likeness of a human face. There are many conspiracy theorists that think this is proof of life on Mars. I disagree. The article states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." The face like shadows that were captured on Mars can be compared to landforms on Earth. I think that what is thought to be a face, is just a hill-type mass with shadows that look like a face at certian angles. The article also says, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeares on JLP web site, revealing . . . a nautural landform. There was no alien monument after all." So what this means is that the landform has nothing to with life on Mars, just the planet itself. When NASA released the picture, they captioned it, "huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." I personally think that what they had captioned the photo is all you need to know about what it is, a huge rock foundation. If what NASA captured was an actual aliens face, they claim they would release that information because it would do so much good for them. With scientists who studied the pictures, the declaired it was only a landmass. So without the evidence of other life on Mars, that's all anyone can call it for now. | 3 |
d1d95ea | The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the author wants to study and know everything about venus. Like how Venus is Earths twin they have the same density and size and occasionally the closet in distance too but the arouth is willing to take risks knowing that a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus and on the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahreheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater then what they experience on earth them conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter. Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet its beyond high pressure an heat NASA worked on other approaches to study venus they simplified electronics made of silicon carbide it lasted 3 weeks in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus which are erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes. But the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becaues human curiosty will likely lead us to many equally intimidating endeavors. | 2 |
d1e43ab | Are driverless cars a good idea? Driverless cars are a terrible idea because of how dangerous they will be. It is like a robot, anything could happen to the car at any time and then you are stuck, unsure of what to do. This could cause lots of accidents, just knowing that a human will not be operationg the car. In case of an accident, whom is to be blamed, the machine or the "operator". These cars should not only be illegalized in the United States, but they should be illegalized everywhere.
Just to say, perhaps something goes wrong with your machine, breaks go out, steering control column gets thrown off, or a control sensor is broke while driving. How will the car know to pull off the road or even know where "off the road" is? The cars will not know, what to do they are desgned to just drive and the manufaturers are not thinking about, what if something goes wrong with these cars? They are just in it for the money, they are trying to beat all of the other companies. As the passage states, "When these vehicles break down , no one will be there to repair them!" These cars are pretty much just for big money skams, they will come out and be big for a while, then later on everyone will find out they are horible.
What happens when these sorts of cars are in an accident, who will be to blame? There will be accidents with these cars, but when they are in accidents, who will be to blame the car or the operator? No one knwos how this would really play out in court because stuff could break on the car and the car just lost control. If this would be the case you couldn't blame the operator, but you also could not blame a car in court. This would mean that the operator may have injuries, but the biggest thing is that he may not have a car anymore either. Such as the author states, "How will anyone be put to blame in case of accidents or break downs, but most importantly, if the car is at fault how would the other operator get his or her car fixed?" This is the biggest thing of all, is who is to blame in these cases?
Sure these cars will be pretty nice and all, but is a driverless car worth the risk of hurting either you or your family? No it is not, that's why these cars should not be legal in the U.S. or anywhere else. As the author states, "This matter should not only be talked amongst the United States, but also everywhere else in the world to." The author is very right about this because these cars are very dangerous and should not be aloud to be driven.
In conclusion, these driverless cars should not be legal anywhere in the world. They are dangerous and not safe for anyone. A lot could go wrong with these vehicles and could possibly injure someone. Can things not just be kept simple ,and have people quit being lazy and drive thereselves everywhere rather than having a robot do it. Incidents may happens with humans to, but there is nothing but problems to come out of driverless cars! | 4 |
d1e5244 | The Electoral College has been used for years. I agree that we must keep it this way. Yes, It is possible that the outcome of the popular vote that the people have chosen is not in agreement but it has been the best way of selecting a President. It is highly unlikely that when the people vote for certain selection of the candidates group of electors will change their mind. It has happened before but It's rare. I suggest that the electoral college stay, and not change the election because It has not only been used for years, but also some of the citizens may make a mistake in who they vote for, and atleast with the Electoral College we can make sure we have the right President.
Each Candidate has their own electors and it take 270 of electoral votes to choose a President and since they are from the same group, they wouldn't choose someone else. It has happened in 2000, as it says in the excerpt. This system has been used for years, why change it now. The Electoral Collge has worked this way for years, the founding fathers came up with it as a good process. It is completely fair to all. The people get to select their candidate and the electors know what their responsibilities are. The citizens aren't completely able to control the electors ideas but they might have a bit more knowledge on the subject.
'Some citizens may get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate' excerpt from passge. This refers to the fact that we may have chaos if we let the people decide directly who is our President. We need an insider to review our peoples choices and make sure that it is the correct one, and what better way than to have the Electoral College do it. It depends on the state and the candiddate's political party, In which you chose. The People will get what they asked for, their has been times In which it that is not always the case, but the electors usually make the decision the people has asked for.
As said in the passage "In defense of the Electoral Collage", Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee, and the trust is rarely betrayed, This system is the best one yet. Our people are well informed but not always, If we take out the Electoral college, we are leaving our country in their hands and people make mistakes sometimes, with the electoral college we have various people making the right decision.
It's like when an author writes a book, they don't get it published right away, they have people to make sure their spelling is correct and they make many other different corrections. It's the same with the Electoral college and the way the president is selected. As my state senator, I suggest we keep this system. | 4 |
d1ea482 | Many people have come to believe that there is a ''face'' on Mars.
In May 2001, a spacecraft from NASA spotted something on Mars that they thought looked like a face, but it really isn't. I agree it does look relatively like a face, but I am here to tell you the truth about what that face really is.
What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. Jim Garvin said "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." If you don't know what that is, its a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars.
On April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Clydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.(which were not very clear) Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for NASA to share the picture. As they posted the picture online, it revealed that it was clearly not a face created by aliens, it was just a landform that looked like a face.
But after NASA showed the whole world that there was no face on Mars, not everyone was satisfied. They even said that the face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude. And that it was winter in April '98- a cloudy time of year on Mars. They also said that since it was such a cloudy time on Mars that the camera made a mistake because it had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Some skeptics even said that perhaps alien markings were hidden by the cloudy haze.
I can assure you that those rumors may seem logical, but they are not real at all.
Our cameras did not make any mistakes and Mars "face" is just a landform. If you ever hear from anyone that Mars has a face you can tell them that it isn't real and that there are no such thing as aliens on mars nor will there ever be. | 3 |
d1ec52e | There are alot of
new innovations being made. One of which is driveless cars. That may sound weird, but some car companies such as BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Nissan plan to all have cars that are able to drive themselves in a couple of years. How would you like it if your car took over, but alerted you when needed? Crazy right. This might sound cool, but there are also downfalls and regulations to inventing these "driveless cars."
Even though some driveless cars come with antilock brakes and driver assistance, these cars can still have a mind of their own. Some car companies take it to the extreme and spend billions and trillions of dollars to make sure the car is safe and secure, but accidents still may happen. So would it be the driver's fault or the maufacturer's fault? That question is yet to be answered because the car was controlling itself, but also the driver might or might not have been alert and caused the accident to happen. Most people would blame the car simply because it was supposed to be driving itself. There's no surprise that with these type of high-tech cars, accidents may happen because anything could go wrong. It's more important for the driver to be very alert bacause it's just a car, it doesn't have a brain and is not built to do what a human can.
Another problem would be the sensors. Yes, sensors could be very helpful in any technological situation. There are also downfalls for this too. What if it has a glitch and makes the car turn or stop in a sudden? The driver would lose control of the car because it is doing what it wants. So the most that driver could do is pull the emergency brake in hopes that the car will stop. It might and it might not. Not saying this is a usual everyday situation, but it could happen anytime without expectancy. Alot of problems come with things that are built with many things and high-tech products, anything is bound to happen.
There are alot of questions that are un-answered about these cars. The most the companies can do is test a couple tie for glitches and setbacks. Accidents due to the car can result in a untasteful lawsuit to the company. | 4 |
d1f55bc | In the story Luke's friend played a big role in him becoming a seagoing cowboy, because he invitied him to go to Europe with him. If his friend didn't invite him Luke would not be know. Thats the reason his friend played a big role
On luke's adventurs he travled to alot of places that were left in ruins from World War II.he wold bring cattle from farms hence the name seagoing cowboys. He went to New Orleans,Greece,Europe,China,Venice,and Italy and helped them recover from the war.
When him and the crew would have to go somewhere to pass the time they would play baseball,volleyball,ping pong,fencing,boxing,reading,and whittling. On luke's second trip he was a night watchman, he would check on the animals every hour. On one rainy night after he made his hourly report to the captian he was going down a ladder and sliped then fell on his back causing him not able to work for a couple of days because he craked his ribs. | 1 |
d1fd261 | Saving money is one result of limiting car usage, another result is that limiting your car usage can relieve some of your stress. There are many places that do it today, like Germany, Paris, and Bogota.
In the first souce "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", it talks about how you aren't tensed up all the time anymore, one person even said "When I had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way". what he means by "this way" is that he is much happier that he doesn't have to worry about a car anymore. In source two, "Paris bans driving due to smog", it shows that many people are getting fined because they have an even numbered liscenes plate, the same applies to the odd numbered liscenes plates the following day. This can cause stress if you do not listen to the instruction because you woud get a fine of 22-euro, or $31. If you listen to the law, you can also save money.
In conclusion, limiting car usage can relieve stress and save you money because you won't have to worry about other people crashing into you, and because you won't always have to buy gas for your vehicle. | 2 |
d204dcb | The article is write about the exploring of the Venus. Venus, here is a nick name call "Evening Star", it is the brightest point of light when you see on the surface. In the solar sysyem, Venus is the second planet from the sun, and it is the cosest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and lot of thing too, its referred like "twin" as Earth.
In space terms, there is no singal spaceship has touched down Venus in more than three decades, because of the each previous misson was unmanned and since no spacecraft survived the landing for a few time. there is one reason is because of the Venus atmosphere is thick and it almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, so that would be a challenging to the human.
Also, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in solar system with out Sun. Either the Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking on Venus surface. Solar power not would be plentiful. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.
The challenge of meet to Venus has value, because of the human curiosity will likely lead human into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be danger and doubts. | 2 |
d20bd7a | The point of these sources are to tell you to stop pollution and stop driving cars so much. Us as humans drive around town or wherever so much to the point where there is so much gas in the air to kill someone. In the first source it says, " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Some people don't have enough to afford a car or even pay the monthly payments on them a couple months after they purchase one. There is a small amount of people who would not like to own cars only because they didn't have the money for one or just didn't want to deal with the hassal of payments each month.
In source two it says, "On Monday motorists with even-numbered liscense plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)." It's kinda sad when you have to tell people to stay home and not drive their cars. Maybe some people need to leave their house a certain day and that isn't the day that they need to go somewhere, it's so stupid to fine someone if they need to go somewhere. The world/ it's people shouldn't have to be controled by the government or whatever to be told when they can leave their house in a car, it's so stupid.
I understand that they want to find a way to stop having so much smog in the area. But I mean, what's the point? You can't catch everyone that is out on a certain day that isn't in the right vehicle or has the right numbers on their lisence plate. I think it's so ridicoulus that people should even have to assign days when people can leave or when they can't leave. | 2 |
d20dfa2 | I am going to tell you why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. There are a lot of reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you like helping people the Seagoing Cowboys program because what they would do is that during World War II they would give some counties that were in World War II food, supplies, animals, and more.
If you want to know the name of the group it is UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabiltation Administration).I know it is long and hard to remeber but if you join for your freetime you can traval to cool places around the world. The best part is that 44 nations will join.
Another reason why you should join the Seragoing Cowboys program if you like animals you should go becase the UNRRA will be sending animals over seas on a boat to counties that are over seas. Second is you want to make freinds when you there cause there are going to have a lot of people that you can make freinds with.
there are a lot of reason but those are all i can think of hopefully you join. So those are some of the reasons that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
d20e3ae | Although it may seem that there is a "face" on Mars, there isn't. There have been conspiracy theories that the "face" on Mars is part of the remains of an alien, but that is not true. There are many good reasons to why the object that looks like a face isn't a face.
After studying the "face" on Mars, we have many theories to what it may actually be. Chief scientist of the NASA Mars Exploration Program Jim Gervin thinks that the "face" is actually a butte. A butte is a naturally made landform usually found around the American West. Like in the Snake River Plain of Idaho there is a butte called Middle Butte. It very well looks like what we see on Mars called the "face". There are many other theories of what the for may be.
I know that many people have been saying that the rock formation on Mars is a face, but it isn't. There are no real reasons to how that formation could be an alien's head. In 1976 the "alien head" does look a lot like one, but if you look at the 2001 picture it looks nothing like one. That gives away that the "face" was just complete luck for it to look like that. In magazines they have been saying that the "face" was real, but can you always trust magazines. Magazines will lie sometimes so that they get a story that people will want to read. You can't really determine that the "face" is actually a face.
In conclusion, the "face" is not a face. Although it may have seemed like a face to a lot of people, it wasn't. Later on this will be a time to laugh at because some people actually thought that the rock formation was a face. | 3 |
d211ba8 | Does the Facial Acton Coding really identify humans emotions? The Facial Action Coding really helps identify human emotions. Since some people can't identify or know if your happy,sad,angry,surprise,shock,disgust, and scared they won't be able to know your emotions.
Let me tell you how it works, the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. All and every 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. The movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit." The Facial Action Coding will really help you identify your own emotions, family, and friends. But some people will start thinking about the Facial Action Coding will malfunction on them and they won't be able to identify their emotions.
The Facial Acion Coding identify emotions from paintings and on human. The software can even identify mixed emotions as in da Vinci's masterpiece. Each expression is compared against a neutral face. We humans perfrom this same impressive " calculation" everyday. "Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to covey specific emotions."
The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intened to bring a big smile to your face, while it shows how much this computer can do.
For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar add might follow. Dr. Huang predict that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Another prediction that Dr. Huang did was that "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Every human or most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. | 1 |
d214529 | I think that having communityes without cars is great for the inviroment and if people want to do that then good for them. but i dont think i could survive with out a car and i dont think many people could just to get to work it may take and 1 hour- 30 minutes to get there. but if there was a community where no one had a car and everyone rode there bike ir walked. Then there would be no reason to have a car because then all your job oppertunitys would be close by and you would not need to drive to get there. So i really dont see my self ever being able to go and doing somethuing like not using a car.
but if thats what people want to do then thats good for them. i want people as a whole to be happy. i think that we can make our own decisions in our life and you know what people should not be judging someone else for there life decisions. its your life live it how you want i really makes me mad when people start getting mad at someone for something they have done because if it has already beeen done they cant go back and change it. it is already done and thats not cool. i think that a community with no cars would be good but not for me and i think there will be a good ammount of people would not give up a car just so they could go run and bike places? | 1 |
d2196a3 | I am against the development of driverless cars because they are dependent on others, they could endanger others, and because they are still a project.
Google is planning to create driverless cars to form a new transportation system, but it doesn't seem like it could ever happen. In paragraph 2 it states that, "Google cars aren't driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." This statement shows that these so called driverless cars aren't really driveless yet. Drivers shouldn't have to be alert if the car is suppose to control itself and not be dependent on the driver.
Another issue is that these cars could lead to the endangerment of others. Which is why I agree with the traffic laws that focus on keeping others safe. Traffic laws say that only a car that has a human driver is safe to drive, but manufacturers think that more states will follow when the car is safe. Even if they do many of the traffic laws will to be changed and new ones will come which seems like a hassle if these cars aren't even permitted to be on the roads yet. If the cars malfunction or fail on the road they could become harmful and dangerous. Especially if someone is injured in the process, there would fault against either the car or the driver. It would most likely be the cars fault if the driver was told it was driverless. More than one of these incidents could occur and people and properties could be harmed. Why go through all of that trouble to create something that could have many problems?
Lastly, this driverless car is still non-existent. It is still only a project. All of these manufacturers are still planning and studying what could work to get the car to be driverless, but they are already stating that the car will work, and it will be a new form of transportation, but how would they know if they still don't know how make it driverless. At least with human drivers they are aware at all times on the road no matter what incident comes up on the road. With machines they aren't completely trustworthy to be driving on the road with others, and anything could happen to them. Even though accidents do happen with human drivers at least they know never to make the mistake again, but a machine will continue to do what it was programmed to do and will not change. | 3 |
d21cf9b | What if a computer could read your emotion?
In the University of Illinois, and the Univrsiy of Amsterdam Dr. huang and his colleague are experts at developing better way for humans and computuers to cummunicate.
This technology would alos benfite us in classrooms.
Making computers smarter and faster is more usefull.
The new technology would get more students involved with class and work aswell.
This technology would help students interact with clss work, and or school projects.
The way it would make students interact more is, when they are using a computer or a type of technology.
The device would read ther eemotion, if they get bored it would change into somthing fun and that wikll get them back on task.
A quote to support my claim is " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, liken an effective human instructor".
The quote expains that the computer can read the emotion of a student if hes getting bored or confused, the computer can read it and change it to somthing else.
This technology could also help play video games or video surgery.
Another way this type of technology would be helpful, it could get people to do there task faster.
If we could get technology at the same rate of what us humans are capable of, life would much easier. A quote to support my second main topic " In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation"
every day.
For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face".
This quote explains of how us as humans can recongize what feeling, in our face expression looks like.
Another reason why this technology would help us is it would be able to make a 3-D model of past pictures to find out what there emtions were at the moment.
A quote to support my third and final claim " She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent digusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. No, that's not your science teacher, grading your lastest lab assignment.
It's the subject of leonrdio da Vinci's Renaissance painrio=ng, Mona Lisa".
This quote explains on how a 100+ year old portat can be simpled down and 3-D printed to show what the emtions of the Mona Lisa's were when the picture eas drew.
The overall look of this essay is that whether to use this technology or not.
This technology is very usefel and perfect for school.
This technology is good for doctors or sicentist to figure out other stuff.
This type of technology can go back into time and figure out what the emtions were, of whoever was in th picture.
The type of technology is usefull and smart. | 3 |
d21fbb8 | Do you know why the earth has air pollution ? they are many reason from cars. Limiting car usage could have many advances because it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety. Sit back and relax while I explain.
To begin one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution.
First reason that limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution is that because in the passage it says that "after days of near-record pollution,Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." what that quote was basically saying was that the air pollution in paris was so terrible that they had to ban driving in order for the air to get stabilized. Next limiting car usage can slow down car pollution because it will keep major fuel companies from burning coal into the air. Lastly limiting car usage can slow down air pollution by using bikes,walking,taking the bus,riding skate boards,taking the subway,and ect.
Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is it saves money.
the first reason limiting car usage saves money is because in one of the passages it says that "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. violaters are to face $25 fines". and I dont think any one want to be a part of that. Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it saves money because when a person has a car they spend lots on money to put gas in their car every week and every year gas prices are rising. finally one of the advantages on limiting car usage is it saves money is because people that drive have to be aware of tickets that are very expensive also mantanace for your car like tires, lights,oil and ect if you limit your car usages over time you will see yourself spending less.
Finally one advantage on limiting car usage is safety. The first reason lmiting car usage can raise safety is because in the passage it says "pedestian,bicycle,private cars,commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time,conserve resouses,lower emissions and improve safety". The next reason limiting car usage can bring safety is by stoping traffic jams and droping the percentage of the amount of people dying fron car accidents. The final reason limiting car usage can bring safety keeping motorcyclists,bikers,and pedestrians from getting hit by cars also keeping drunk drivers of the streets.
To sum up they are many advantages of limiting car usage ,my reasons are it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety I told you my reasons now tell me yours. | 4 |
d226a86 | The "Facial Action Conding System" would be a good technique for teachers to see if the students were paying attention during class, and if they were not how could they help him improve. Using this system would be beneficial for all in the class room because they will be aware of it and if something bad happens they can see the video tape.
The system of recognizion is based to describe your emotions on certain things like as, if someone is not feeling well or if they need help with their work. We as humans, have a different variety of emotions that we can easily detect just by looking at their face. Most people will have the same face reaction all day meaning, if someone has a angry face and someone ask him if everything is ok, his respond is yes, is that his emotions and feelings do not interacts with his face reaction. In the Mona Lisa smile you can see like a pervert smile but at the same time, an inoccent. Determining different emotions associated with the facial muslces can truly help teachers to ditermine basic and normal emotions but also to see mixed emotions. As the Author says, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal.", this means that not everyone will demonstraste how they feel in the inside, which not all students will have the same reaction during school and classes.
In conclusion, the facial action of recognition is some how bad, because students can act different if they know that there is a digital system recording them all the time, and can be good for them to pay more attention in class. | 2 |
d227acb | Have you ever wondered what someone else was feeling on the inside? With the introduction of the Facial Action Coding System; this allows you to do just that by having it interpate someone's facial expressions, and then having it respond back with a variety of emotions from that specific person. The Facial Action Coding System should be enabled across the United States since the mechanism allows you to figure out what someone is feeling at a given time and since it allows an instructor to make alternative lessons if their students are proven bored from FACS.
Firstly, the FACS does not allows students to hide themselves and pretend to be someone they are not. The FACS will pick up emotions that a student is feeling and teachers, parents, and or consoulers will be able to get the help that that particular student aqquires. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politicain or celebrity isn't being truthful." This same concept can work with students too. If a student is giving off a false emotion than that student really feels; the FACS can determine the actual emotion the student is feeling. If teachers and parents realize the actual feelings and emotions someone feels, he or she will be able to provide more comfort in the act of helping towards that individual.
Secondly, the Facial Action Coding System can change the way lessons are tought to make them more encaging and exciting for students. If the FACS picks up that students are bored out of their minds; instructors will be able to change the lesson for future students so that they are paying attention and actual learning from the lesson. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." and "then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This example from the text illustrates that the FACS will have have a trememdous effect on students' learning capabilities in a good way because with the FACS; instructors can modify their lessons so that students can obtain information better and learn more from their class. If the students are learning more from classes with the effect of FACS; this world will have a brighter future because the students now across American are the world's future, and with brighter students comes a brighter future.
In conclusion, FACS should be incooperated in all classrooms nation wide because how many times are a kid did you tell you parents at the dinner table that you did not learn anything at school? With the FACS that topic at dinner can be changed because the FACS can modify lessons if the students are bored or confused so that students develop more information in a days work at school. The able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is also valuble because if a student is struggling with mental problems, rather than being bored or confused, the FACS can detect what he or she is feeling and that particular student can get the help he or she needs to succeed in life. As one can see, the FACS would be an incredible improvement in all classrooms across American and over seas because with the effects of the FACS students will be able to learn and take away more from a lesson than before. | 5 |
d22a390 | Many people believe in the Electoral college, but I think it's time for a change. The electoral college isn't completely fair to the people. It isn't fair because the elected person that will vote for you could always change the vote so he may vote for whom they like. Instead of electing somone to vote for you and your state, you should be able to vote individually.
The popular vote is more fair than the Electoral vote because each person's vote will go toward the canidate of their choice knowing that their vote will count as much as everyone elses. This will most likely result in more people voting and a smaller chance of a tie. Just because someone is representing their voters, doesn't mean that everyone will be happy with the electoral voter's decision. People who are for the Electoral college claim that it invariably produces a clear winner. This is partially true but is not completely true. It might produce a clear winner, but it is not a fair vote. If America is about rights, fairness, and freedom then why do we let other people vote for us?
The electoral overthrows the popular vote, so why should we let 500 people decide who beomes President for millions of people? We shouldn't. The Electoral college is out of date and if anything it needs to be updated so it is more just and fair for everyone. Even in source three it clearly states that the people do not vote for the President- the electors do. So when you vote, you're not even voting for a President. You're voting for an elector. Those for the Electoral college also say that the turst between an elector and state is rarely broken, but why take a chance on someone betraying you when you can just vote for yourself? | 3 |
d22af96 | The author explains fairly well the reasons why we should visit Venus, knowing how inhospitable it is. The author uses scientific studies and machinery to support how studies on the planet can be done. I too believe that it is possible to study Venus despite the harsh conditions.
On reason why we should study Venus is to learn more about its past. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" explains that Venus has terrain that resembles ours. The author says, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mointains, and craters." The author also explains that Venus most likely had large oceans that covered most of the planet and could support wild life. Although now, the author describes Venus with, "...the hottest sruface temperature of any planet in our solar system..." and "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediment like erupting valcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes..." Another reason why we should visit Venus is because of its proximity to Earth. Because Venus is close, we are able to send more probes and exploration ships. All we need to do is to figure out how to collect data from Venus. One solution that NASA has is to have scientists float thirty miles above the planets surface. At this height, the temperature will be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and radiation wouldn't be higher than that on Earth. Another pro about hovering above the planet would be that he pressure would be abut the same as that of Earth's sea level. From that hieght we would have to send probes that could withstand the atmosphere on Venus. One way to do taht is to send electronics tat are made of silicon carbide. Electronics made with this have been tested, and it was found that they could last abouth three weeks on Venus. Another way to collect data is to use mechanical computers instead of electronic computers. These computers do math with gears and levers and would be able to last longer. All of this evidence supports that it is possible to study Venus.
Throughout the article, both the author and I believe it is worth it to study Venus. The author has compelling arguments on why it is possible, such as hovering over venus, using silicon carbide electronics, and using mechancal computers. The evidence used in the article is sound and plausible to occur. | 3 |
d2373ef | In A COWBOY WHO RODE THE WAVE there was a boy named Luke, he was invited to go to a ones in a lifetime opportunity .He was invited by his friend Don Reist to go on the trip. they were going to go on a cattle boat ,and help the mules,horses,and young cow. On the trip they would cross the big seas.
In the story it says they where called to go to New Orleans on august 1945 and arrived on august,14 right before the war ended. When they got thier seaman papers they were sent to go on the SS Charles W.Woosterand. They headed to greece with a load of 335 horses and enough food to keep the horses alive. Ones luke was discharged from the trips he already made 9 journeys threw the sea. In the story it says that luke was the most segoing cowboy.
On his many trips he also saw many places like Europe,China,but luke thought the most speacial one was when he saw the Acropolis in Greece. The whole story was about the adventure of a lifetime that he got to go on. How would you fell if you went on a phenomina journey like luke did? | 1 |
d23aa23 | The use of the technology called the "Facial Action Coding System" is valuable in the classroom. It can make the teaching less stressful and more fun. The teacher can know exactly how the student is feeling and how they can change the lesson up.
With the new technology that Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman are developing, you can tell how your friend in schools are feeling. In the article, they said, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." The technology can give you way more details that just saying "mad", "happy", or "sad".
Another reason why the technology will be good in school is because the students can also tell how the teacher is feeling towards them or the lesson. The student will be able to tell if the teacher is bored or having fun, when they're not showing it. For example, "Most human communication is nonverbal, inlcuding emotional communication." Sometimes the teacher doesn't verbally say how thye are feeling.
If the new technology does big in school, they might just sell them in the stores for families at home. Families need to always know how each other is feeling. As the kids get older their emotions change and sometimes get better or worse. The author said, "your frontails pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyeborws when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." Kids at home do that all the time to show how they are feeling.
I think that the use of the "Facial Action Coding System" is a excellent technology to use in the school. The technology will help the school a whole lot better then it is now. Nobody will have to struggle to figure out exactly what somebody is feeling. | 3 |
d23d911 | The conspiracy about there being life on the moon in this article is not correct. For someone to claim there is life anywhere but the planet Earth needs to provide evidence. Providing evidence is not just having a theory with people backing you up. Evidence is providing proof, proof is pictures lab tests and finding all possiblities that that is the only thing it could be. The article however cannot provide proof or hardly any evidence there are living things on Mars.
The article does provide a picture, but the picture is nothing but a mear misunderstanding. The picture provided is what is called a lava dome, simply shapes creating the form of a face. People like to take little things and make them into something just because they can. Many people are making a large amount of money off of this discovery and that's what people are after now, people care about money and publisity. This scientific breakthrough is nothing but a scam really.
People want to believe what they hear and so most of the time they will. Things can be photoshopped now a days with all the new technology so I suppose you can never know for sure. New discoveries are scary and scientists will keep on discovering the world and even whats outside of our world but there's no gaurentee this is a real ailen artifact. Things form together and make random shapes, this shape on Mars just so happened to be a face, big deal that doesn't mean anything. The image might also be slightly blurred, purhaps taken at an angle at which forms it into a face. Angle is everuthing, angle can make something look like it actually isn't, it plays tricks on your mind and your eyes.
Maybe this is a mark left by an ailen and if so scientists are ready to let out all the truth because the public isnt ready for something new, something unheard of. The only thing the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or a mesa, landforms common around the american west, does this mean aliens are also on our planet? I think not. There is no life on Mars proven what so ever and all that this picture is is a misshaped landform misrepresented. The picture provided is nothing more then a shape that people are claiming is an alien artifact but in the end there still isn't enough evidence to support that claim. | 3 |
d24acda | Limiting car usage is not an everyday thing everybody sees, basically almost everybody in the world owns and drive a car ,or any type of a motorized vehicle. There is no need to freak out of limiting the usage of cars other countries do it and its working quite well for the people of Vauban, Germany, In Vauban vehicles, street parking, and home garages are forbidden on the district, car ownership is allowed though but there are only allowed to park at the large garages at the edge of development where the car owner buys a space for $40,00. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to mover there, most people of the community are more happier and less tensed since moving to Vauban. In the romantic city of Paris, France air has become filled with smog so the city of Paris bans driving if there was any violaters they'll be fined for 22 euros, but it had a good outcome; congestion ,or car traffic, was down by 60% in the capital of France and the city's smog has been cleared enough that the French party rescind the ban. In Bogota,Columbia there is the annual car-free day that basically bans the usage of car in the streets of Bogota, the goal is the same as Paris: reduce smog. Many other cities of columbia participates in the car-free day and it's a great success for seeing the people of Columbia making a revolutionary change. In the good ol'USA Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fwer licenses as each year goes by, which is leaving researchers a question: is America passing it's peak driving? Rates of car ownership is starting to come down if the pattern keeps going it'll have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, which its a sudden incipient shist in American behavior. Limiting car usage aint that bad its a good opportunity to take away stress from driving and lowering air pollution. Who knows, probably next week there might be a car-free, or car-ban day and hopefully people will see the much appreciated benefits from it. | 3 |
d24c185 | Driverless cars to me, could be a good thing. It may have some flaws, but overall I think its better than it is bad. Some peole would like to have driverless cars simply because they might be lazy and other may not like the car because people can think it's too dangerous to be out in traffic. For me, if you're a experienced driver, I believe that the driverless car would not be a problem. So for the other drivers that are not so good, it could be a bad thing.
In the text, it talks about how the driverless car are not completely driverless. It says, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." So like I said before, If you're a experienced driver this will be no problem. This car could come in handy if you are on a road where nobody is a round and the car could just drive its self.
In conclusion, I believe that a driverless car would be a good thing for most people. For the most part, it has a good background. There is not anything too bad said about the driverless car. So if you are a experience and lazy, I would advise you to go out and buy yourself a driverless car. | 2 |
d24c645 | This passage is about a germany mom from the suburban pioneers where the commuting executives have gone before they given up their cars street parking , driveways also home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts for freiburg near the french and swiss borders vaubans streets are completely car free the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown freiburg runs the few streets on one edge of the community ownership is allowed there are only two places to a larger park with alot of money you can buy a space with 40,000, with a home on the side. Vauban completed in 2006 is an example of a growing trend in rurope the united states and elsewhere to separte suburban life from auto use as a compnent of a movement called planning smart all of our development since world war ii has been centered on the car and that will have to change the guy david said of the transportation for america a fast growing coalition of hundreds of groups coaliton of hundreds of groups in the united states who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars thye said about the hybrid and things like that. In the united states the environmental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities and legislators are starting to act if cautiously many experts public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six year federal transportation bill to be approved this year mr goldberg said previous bills 80 percent of appropriations have 20 percetnt to other transport. Diesel fuel was blamed since france has tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline make up to 67 percent of vehicles in france compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western furope according to reuters | 1 |
d24d888 | Venus, sometimes is called "Evening Star", most people say that Venus is like a 2nd Earth. It was able to support life forms, like animals. Plus it's the closest in distance. People wasn't able to go on Venus because it's so dangerous. Some people haven't tried going there for three decades. But NASA,has a particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.
NASA's way is to allow people to float above the fray of Venus to avoid the conditions said planet, like our jet airplanes. Plus at thirty-plus miles above the surface. temperatures would still be toasty around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.
NASA is working on a way to approaches of studying Venus.
So, in conclusion, Venus can be explored if your above the fray of it. So NASA is gonna keep making sure that people can explore Venus without having to deal with it's Not so easy conditions. | 1 |
d24f674 | Dear, state senator
The Electoral Collage was established by the very people who rote the Declaration Of Independince, some of our gratest invintors, and presidents the founding fathers. The Elcectoral Collage consits of 538 electors and only about 270 electoral votes are required to elect a president. I am in favor of keeping the Elcetoral Collage because the population is biased,and the population isnt always as smart as the people of the Electoral Collage and might not look at their criteria and stats and what quality's they have that make them a good presedent.
The Elcectoral Collage is made up of 538 elecrtorsthat are suposed to be non biased unlike the public who are very biased in ways that come down to voting for a president because of his skin color. If all of our presedints were voted in because of the race or religion we would wouldknow longer have a country, we would live in segrigation and poverty and would hve 99 cent stores.
Making a desion is some times very easie and some times very hard and most dissions are thought hard. While making a dessision on who to vote for afuture predident should take time but thats not always what happens. The public might not always take their time and look ovwr the facts and statistics on the future president and if we dint have the electoral collage we would have terrible presidents most of the time.
Inconclusion the Elcetoral collage is verry important, and we need it because the public isnt always wright even they think they are and it could have possibly saved our countries if the non elected runners for presedint would have bean president and it it possibly could have enden sufering and bad thing in out county but the Electoral Collage isnt always a good thing but its deeply needed | 2 |
d254bc7 | The use of Facial Action Coding System provides insight to the many complex emotions we use every day, and it also has many hidden uses. The Facial Action Coding System would be very important to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom for two main reasons, detecting our true emotions and modifying what information we will see.
The first reason that shows how FACS will be valuable in classrooms is that this new technology can detect our true emotions while we may be unable to. Paragraph five shows how real people can probably tell how others are feeling by only seeing the look on their faces, while we would have trouble actually describing why we came to that conclusion. While in paragraph three it is shown that FACS uses the work of psychologists that classifies the association of emotions and their distinct movements of facial muscles. This is important because the raw ability of FACS compared to normal students and teachers is far greater because it uses information that they most likely don't have access to.
The final reason FACS will be important in classrooms is that it will be able to adjust the information we recieve according to our current emotion. Paragraph six provides a situation where a computer will know when you are happy or sad and uses that information to decide what the next ad will be. Another situation is provided where a classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored, and then modify the lesson accordingly.
FACS does still have to prove itself; just the use of it in a classroom may offend people. Some people may be bothered with having some computer program analyze their face and categorize their childrens' emotions, as of today some people don't really like to be put into categories. However, when they see the positives of its use in classrooms and that there is no malicious intent, they will soon begin to appreciate it.
In short, FACS has many different uses that can cater to both students and teachers, as it can adjust to our specific needs at that moment.
The integration of FACS into classrooms will be extremely valuable as it will bring more flexibility and bring insight into all classrooms around the world. | 4 |
d258cb9 | Mona Lisa has always been a very important 'lady' since we were in elementry, but who thought of her bringing an idea to mind when it comes to science? She is a piece of art, so why does this old painting become art? Well if we talk about the mastermind or understand what he is saying, then that may anwser some questions. It can also make us reconsider the technology that we have today.
According to a computer program mona Losa is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." In other words the Mona Lisa's intention was actually supposed to make you happy, but why does this make him want to start the program? Well he noticed the way that the computer was detecting her emotions and to began to wonder about science in computers.
The author learing about him then began to think of how it could be changed and what it could do. the author though
Maybe if you smile it could show the happy adds. If you were sad however, there could be diffrent adds as well. After thinking this over and over the author began to think of other things like how video games expressions could be more alive.
Then came the idea of how this could happen and what could be changed. The author mentions that it can't be easy for a PC to just go and reconize it off the bat, but if it were to be programed with basic steps then it might work. The author believes that this can make our everyday lives better, but how so? Knowing all of the stuff we went through, we still wonder how so. So then what better way to give an final example; "A classroom computer could reconize when a student ios becoming confused or bored," Said the master mind of this idea.
In conclusion it is better to have a computer to help us create a emtion reading enviorment. It can help us in many ways and make the world more happy. This way would be so much better to show the way a mind works and help mpre scientist undrstand the brain. This can even lead to more dsicoveries that us human haven't reached yet and maybe make us a smarter country in return. | 3 |
d25b773 | "Imagination" quoted by SpongeBob, is something that everyone have or have done in their life. When you imagine something that you want to do, you search for answer to how or how to figure it out. But when something is not search or have been searching. It gets your curiosity flowing and it makes you research and plan to discover that imagination. Even if its impossible the feeling of figuring the imagination out by yourself could make you feel amazed. Well for this author, this person is just figuring some of the impossible. Even if its impossible this person will gained insight on the planet itself, but also the the human curiosity that will lead us into something different than ever before.
The studying of a Earth-like-twin is something you will never witness since every single planet is different with the density and size. With that discovery people have found, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceasn and could have supported various forms of life.."(paragraph 4). But even a long time ago there are still some features that are those of Earth. It said, "The plaet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes features like valleys, mountains, and craters."(paragraph 4). The fact that Venus have features like Earth does, it fascinate people over the discovery that Venus is Earth's twin but it also has its downfall.
Its the danger that makes the imagination thrive. Because the danger can also make people feel curious how to escape the danger or how to stop it. For Venus its the atmosphere and the surface. The atosphere, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid." (paragraph 3). But thats not the only danger the danger is how you are land. "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure if 90 times great than what we experience on our own planet" (paragraph 3). The curiosity of a planet of the same size and density can make the atmospheric pressure 90 times greater makes people imagine. So even though the people know the danger is worst than Earth it does not mean people can imagine.
The insight gained from exploring other planet can make people discover something out of this world. Even though the danger makes the imagination impossible but it makes you think of things that can help. A solution to the imagination that is so called "impossible". So even if people say its impossible you just got to imagine the impossible. | 4 |
d25d977 | People say this giant face like montain is from nature, some say its an arifact from an ancient civilization on mars . What do i think? I think it's just mother nature at her best. I will explain to you why i believe so.
As shown in paragraphs 2 and 3, Martian mesa's are very common around the area of the "face". And that its not really a face but really its sort of like an illusion ,because of the shadowing at the eyes, nose, and mouth. sure there are huge posiblities that this face can be an artifact ,but we have no proof.
In 1998 when scientist sent a probe back to mars, they had no evidence of
"The Face" being an ancient artifact. But, through out the whole passage they never gave us any factual detail of this face on mars suface is an actual artifact or not ,so until scientist actually give us proof on anything, the world may never know until that day. | 2 |
d2622d1 | In 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus," is a great informative story that tells the readers about Venus and its presents. According to the story, Venus has so much in common like our plant Earth. Not only is Earth dangerous but also is Venus. In the author's story it has details about Venus of it's surface, temperature, and how it is the most relatable planet to Earth. Venus is also like our twin planet for it's density and size. How it relates is so many information that people that travel to Venus have to be very careful at what there going for. At most times Venus is a great planet at its presents but also dangerous too.
The almost negative outcomes of Venus is not only the planet it self but how it is inside being in the planet too. The atmosphere of Venus is 97% carbon dioxide which could be challenging for the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric. It's temperature is the hottest surface of any planet in our solor system. It is every dangerous to even land in Venus surface. People who go to space travel to Venus have to spectate high in the sky to see Venus for it's dangeruos surface. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The air presure in Venus would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Not easy condition to be there, but survivable for humans.
The most positive outcome of Venus is many small and big deatils about the planet it self. Venus, sometimes called "Evening Start," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. It is easy to spot in the sky, even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus is most like Earth too. Venus is not only our neighboor but inside the planet is covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Venus has a surface of rocky sediments and includes familiar feature such as valleys, mountians, and craters. It is also the nearest option for a planetary visit.
Venus is the most relatable planet like Earth. Because of it's planet being so close to Earth and people going physically to space travel to Venus, we have got great information from them. What sucks it that researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Plus adding that Venus surface is the hottest surface in the universe, who would dare to even go down the surface and risk their life's when it is dangerous. Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk of our planet sakes. Human are curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. It is a great challenge for us humans to get a great look at 100% in Venus with out thinking it is a dangerous challenge and a big risk taker. These are reasons with Venus is the most relatable planet like Earth.
Not even our great technology can stand in Venus without having a curoption. Modern day computers are enormously powerful, flexible and quick but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physcial conditions. Researchers have found out that mechanical computers are useful by using gear and lever and how shoking these devices make calculation. and do not require technology at all. All these reasons are why the author tell us of how great and dangerous Venus can be, either for a visit or a great risk to investigate. | 4 |
d268560 | Venus is not only one of the brightest points of light in the night sky but is also one of the most dangerious planets in our solar system. It is the second planet from our sun, it's sometimes referred to as Earths twin. We have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus but not a single one has lasted more then a few hours in its atmostphere. This is why no spacecraft has touched down for three decades on its surface, because of a thick atmostphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide covers all of Venus.
Venus average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater then what we experince on our own planet. Astronmers are still fascinated by Venus even though it's dangers because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. Atronmers think that it was covered with oceans, valleys, moutains, and craters, so it easily could have had forms of life on Venus. NASA has a idea of sending humans to Venus, what they would do is having a blimp like vehicle hovering over 30 miles over Venus landscapes to collect information.
Venus is a dangerious plant but it could also a planet that has a lot of potenial of old life forms. But nobody knows for sure how Venus was its still a question to us, until we can see for ourselfs. 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. | 2 |
d26fc28 | Driverless cars used to seem like an impossible idea, but now these dreams are bcoming a reality. Driverless cars are an innovative technology and should be developed because of how helpful they are.
In the article, it says that driverless cars are forseen to "use half the fuel of today's taxis." In a world where everyone is clamoring to find alternative fuel sources, driverless cars would help tremendously. Cutting back on using up nonrenewable resources would be both cost effective and environmentally friendly. Even though it may cost more money to develop these new cars, using less fuel is one easy way to make up for that cost.
Using autonomous cars takes out the factor of human error in driving. With driverless cars, there would be no such thing as drunk driving or texting and driving. You would not hear about devastating accidents because someone was distracted while driving.
While completely driverless cars are a close possibility, there will be large debate over their development and, fortunately, there is time for that. However, driverless cars are beneficial to the environment, cost effective, and even safer with the right technology and therefore should be both developed and used. | 3 |
d272aa9 | I think that this is pretty cool to be able to read for face experssions. Like you can tell if someones happy or mad by a computer just reading your face. It can tell because how your cheek bone and moves one way and they can tell your emotions. Its crazy too how fare we came to be able to have a computer be able to tell if your mad or sad or any emoetions you have. So I think its a good idea to have to something that able to do something like this.
I think this is a cool thing that your able to do like how they knew Mona Lisas emetions. How she was "83 percent happy, 9 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". There will still be people like how they are in paragraph 2. "How can a computer recognize the subtle facial movement we humans use to express how we feel?". I think alot of people will like it because its something so cool and new and everyone would want to go try it out and go buy one to do it. "The faical exoressions for each emotion are universal.
Its something thats really cool alot of people and little kids would like it. Everyone would want to try and see what their emotions say. So if they did come out with something like this alot of them would sell quick and i know they wont be cheap. We have came so fare from having to wait 5 minutes to take a picture to now being able to tell a persons emotions by a computer just reading there face. | 2 |
d286ab2 | As a citizen of the United States, I have the right to have my poinion on the Electoral College, and my opinion is that we should not have an Electoral College because of many reasons. The reasons include the following; if American citizens vote for a slate of electors that then vote for the president, we technically aren't even voting ourselves. Also, the electors that we vote for to elect our persident don't always have to vote for the persident we want, but it could also be in a case as if who they wanted to vote for. Lastly, the population of states affects the amount of votes casted off into the possible president's election.
In the Electoral College process, we, the U.S. citizens, vote for a group of electors who then vote for the President of the United States. According to
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the Best-Laid Defenses of the System are Wrong ,
the qoute:
"Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president (Paragraph 10)." Based on what the information that the paragraph is giving us, the citizens of the U.S. technically are not even having a say in who the president is, America uses the qoute "It's a free country", but really, you're not even letting the people have a say in who the next president is. . .
Based on what I stated in the second paragraph, whoever we vote to be our electors of the voting for the U.S. president, don't always have to vote for who the citizens want as president, but what they, the members of the congress want. "Who are the electors? They can be anyanyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential canidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. (Paragraph 10)." It doesn't matter who is votting, what does matter is that they all have diffwereet oppinions on who would do better if president. These electors chosen to vote are basically allowed to vote on whoever they agree is right, your vote is invalid to their poinion, it' who they want. And is that fair? No.
Another reason I do not think the electoral college is right is because the population of states affects the amount of votes casted off into the possible president's election. For example, according to paragraph 12 of
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the Best-Laid Defenses of the System are Wrong , it says "Because each state casts only one vote, the single represenative from Whyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as 55 represenatives from California, who represent 35 million voters." What this is trying to say, is that it doesn't even matter about how many voters there are, but about how man represenatives there are. This leads me back to my point of where we really have no say in who is president or not.
In the electoral college, In the Electoral College process, we, the U.S. citizens, vote for a group of electors who then vote for the President of the United States, but that doesn't always mean we get what we want when it comes to voting. Many reasons are listed about why the electoral college is not a helpful or meaningful process. | 4 |
d28faa7 | Many believe that the "Face" on Mars was actually created by aliens.
This landform gives off the illusion that it is a face.
To clear all confusion, the Face on Mars wasn't created by aliens.
As the cameras traveled around Mars what appeared to be a head from end to end stretching two miles was actually a Martian mesa.
Martian mesa's are common around Cydonia therefore NASA made the assumption that it was.
This Martian mesa was a bit different than the others.
This one had unusual shadows that gave off the look to be an Egyptian Pharaoh but was still considered a mesa.
Secondly, this landform was common around the American West.
This butte or "mesa" was just more oddly shaped than the others. This landform was created by a lava dome which caused it to look like a face somehow.
Garvin refrenced the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain in Idaho which is another idea that it was just a landform.
On the contrary, this could be an alien made figure. The landform gave off an illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth.
The passage also stated the landform stretched two miles from end to end which made the "head".
If the structure was bona fide that means it was well-rounded and nicely structured which means it took time to come together then it was done by what we call a second life.
NASA would rather hide that being afraid of conspiracy theorists.
To conclude, the "Face" on Mars isn't an actual face.
This structure is just a landform proven by NASA with statistical facts and photographs. | 3 |
d292135 | Dear, Florida State Senator
The United States has been a country of freedom since July 4, 1776. Its been a country of laws and being equal since the start.
Presidents are elected every four years. They are elected by the people of the United States. People who elect electors, who some go to the House of Representatives. The United States also consist in states. States that lead to division. That division can be use against or with the people of the US. What many people are fighting about is the system that we get to elect our future Presidents. W hen in reality, half of the people on that side of the agruement have no clue what they are even talking about. In the state of Florida, are many people from all over the nation. People that should be educated on the way this wonderful country is taken care of. The United States should be in favor of keeping the Electoral College because it is accurate, competive and reasonable.
The Electoral College is accurate by many different ways. An example is, when states vote on who the Untied States next president might be it always shows a percentage. The canditates in congress can see what they didn't really work their issues in. Which can give them an idea on what they need to improve on with that state if they make it to be a president. The Electoral College is accurate also by how simple it is. Simple as in that it is either a yes or a no if they make it to the next round. Having that simple yes or no can time and money.
A competive trait that the Electoral College has is another main reason why the US should keep it. The Untied States is made on states and having individuality. If the United States didn't have that there wouldn't be no Bill of Rights to beging with. Different people in Electoral College as electors are always good to have. They are good to have because they see a different perspective of what needs improvement in the United States. If the President has that trait of being a different person in the government and improves the United States, there wouldn't many main issues with the Unites States.
Being reasonable in the United States is very important. Especailly when it comes to the elections. The Electoral College looks at what peron can qualify to vote. A citizen of the United States is the only person who is allowed to vote. Terrible tings can happen if that wasn't the case. For example, almost a whole country comes over to the United States, and they get to vote without citizenship. They vote someone who is also not a naturalized citizen of the United States and take over this country. That is a worse case scenario of what could happen.
The Electoral College is a way or system that the United Sates has always followed when electing a president. The United States should be in favor of keeping the Electoral College. They should keep it because it is accurate, competive, and reasonable. | 3 |
d298559 | The author supports the claim very well. The author says many ways how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. For example, paragraph 5 states "NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. imagine a blimp-like veichle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet planes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a veichle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."
It also states in paragraph 5, "But the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
It finally states in paragraph 8, "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." | 2 |
d29cf7f | Imagine being able to know a person exact emotions even if they are trying to hide them. A sotfware made by Thomas Huang can do just that! With just a simple look at your face it can detact all 44 major muscles. the sotfware is called Facial Action Coding System or FACS for short. Now if we could bring this in to the class rooms it could chang the way we learn.
To explain in depth if we where to have this system in a class rooms it would help students learn. "If you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." this would help in class because if a student gets confused or bored the system would be able to pick that up and change the lesson to make it more enterating or easier to understand. witch would make this system so effective with everday learning. This syatem could also be helpful for teachers to be able to tell if a student is not felling well or needs some time to him/her self. The best part about the system is that it is all nonverbal, so there are no words needed for the shy people that struggle when asking for help or feel ebrassed to. when all said and done there are many wasys this system can be effective to all kinds of people in school.
Emotion make up a big part on how our day will go and what we will do throught that day. there is a unique system that can read emotion and that can work arounrd that. To illustrate my point emotions is what makes up who we are and shape us as a whole wouldn't you wanna know how you acutal feel and all your peers? | 3 |
d29de25 | People have been driving for many years. Cars today have evolved dramastically since the first car came out. Since we have new technology, it means that we have more non-fuel efficient cars. We need to think of a way to cut out all the negative things that cars give us. Paris, for example is banning cars that have an even numbered license plate on Monday. Bogota, Columbia is also banning cars and telling people to find an alternative transportation. Lastly Vauban, Germany is demanding to be "car-free".
Paris has had days of near-record pollution, so they had to think of a plan to reduce the pollution in the air. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave thier cars at home of pay a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the crime.
In Bogota, Columbia millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during the car-free day. This day has been going on for 3 years. People faced $25 fine if they violated this event. Citizens were saying that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower the air pollution". Parks and Sports Centers have been built, old un-even sidewalks have been smoothed out and rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.
In Vauban, Germany residents of this upscale community are giving up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experiment of being car-free. Car ownership is allowed but there are only 2 places to park; large garages at the edge of the development, where a car owner buys a space for 40,000, along with a home. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to move here.
Even though many people still own cars, they still give off bad things for our enviroment. Many cars produce a gas that is bad for the air. Many countries have banned cars on certain days to cut down on air pollution. Paris makes you pay a fine if you are caught driving a car on a certain day. Bogota, Columbia has a specific day that cars are banned and you have to find a different way of transportation. Lastly, Vauban, Germany is demanding to be car-free and have certain ways to have cars but pay for them. If we can keep making acceptions of taking different ways of transportation then maybe we can cut down on air pollution for good. | 2 |
d29e7b4 | Driverless cars are they really a good idea or just an accident waiting to happen? Some people may believe in the driverless car, but others like me see the true danger it brings to the table. These people who are so ready for the future to be here have forgot to look at the possiblities that come along with it. The idea of such a car is not a bad idea it just needs to be more thought out and processed.
There are many reasons i believe we should wait to produce such a car, but one of the most concerning is legal reasons. The text states a question that needs to be answered before an accident happens. The question I am refuring to is, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer?" This question alone will cause so many problems if it is not solved before the release of the car.
Another concer I have for the car is its safety features. An example of one of my concerns is weather or not the car will be able to tell when school hours are active or when work zones are near by. The text states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This example makes one flaw with the designe of the car, and thats the fact that what if the car doesn't get the update that the danger zone is near and never alerts the driver. Many computers day by day fail to work properly, so who is to say that our self diving cars will not fail as well to do their jobs.
If our cars dive and control themselves what will keep the man behind the wheel alert or even awake. This could cause health risks to anyone who happens to be driving near a unmaned car. I agree with the states that do not allow the testing of the cars in their respected areas. While states such as California, Nevada, and Florida all allow the cars to be tested. These states are putting their people at risk just so they can find all the flaws of the car. Most people will agree when I say that is it really worth the risk of a human life just for a car that can drive itself but not really control itself.
All of these risks that I have listed are all for what reward. A car that can drive itself does not have the human capablitiy to keep is passengers safe. All of what I have said is to prevent the lose of a life or even just a law suit. I feel that all my concers raise some major red flags that should be covered before the risk of a life or someone's property. | 4 |
d2a3539 | Do you agree with car-less cities i mean cities with no car? I would because global warming will kill our mother earth . How would u feel being hot during the day and cold at night. "Paris basically has more smog than other European capitals . They try to blame everything on diesel . France has a tax policy that favors diesel . Diesels make up 67 % of france.
In Bogot, columbia - theres a program that sets to spread to there spred to other countries, millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating," said bogota mayor antanas mockus.
" It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air polution" ." These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders" . President Obama has ambitious goals to curb the united states' greenhouse gas emissions, un vieled last week , will get a fortuitious assist.
The united states, with its broad expanses and suburban ideal, had long been one of the worlds prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of model T ; the home of detroit; the place where wilson pickett immortilized "Mustang Sallyc" . "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per house hold and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn,"
"Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long term cultural shift, " Pedestrian , bicycle , private cars , commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time , conserve recources , lower emissions . Some countries are only 53.3 % average of diesel engines in the rest of western europe .
Now you know why driving is so dangerous to our earth . So you need to think carefully about driving or wanting a car take the subway or somthing . Do not just destroy our home take care of it . Im not a tree hugger but just take care of mother earth . | 2 |
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