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74f8a54 | Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? I cannot see this happening. I cannot see this happening because of three reasons: technology sometimes fail, machines are built to help humans, and technology is unreliable. I believe that driverless cars should not be invented.
First, I will be explaining my first reason on why I say that driverless cars should not be invented. In the great tragedy of the Challenger, the technology of that space shuttle failed and it was not an driverless machine. Also, the driverless cars have not been proven to be able to handle certain situations while driving which can cause another tragedy.
Next, I am going to explain my second reason on my thesis. Machines are bulit to help humans, for example without the invention of the assembly line would have made the possiblity of modern day cars to be impossible. Also, the invention of automobiles and airplanes were invented to get from one place to another in a quicker fashion than walking or biking.
Finally, I am going to explain to you my final reason. Technolgy is unreliable, computers freeze and shut down on their own all the time. There are various examples of technolgy being unreliable. These cars could shut off in the middle of the highway which could causes many deaths or injuries, or even go off the road and crash causing personal injuries.
In conclusion, I believe that driverless cars should not be invented. I say this because of the three reasons i provided you with. I believe that it would be an safety hazard, and it will cause conflict between the cars manufacturer and the cars owner. | 3 |
7502800 | The Author suggest that studying venus is a worthy pursuit dispite its dangers in this article. In paragraph 3 it states, "On the planet surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." These coditions seem to make the task of traveling to venus sound difficult almost impossible but the author talks about another way we can observe venus man probed.
"NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." The scientist at NASA want to fly above these clouds that venus has like the planes here on earth today when there is a storm. This blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape.
"NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. For example, some simplified electronic made of silicon carbide have been tested in chambers simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." One other way nasa is looking for a way to look at venus is using silicon carbide which were tested in chambers in NASA with a simulating like condition of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks.
The author of this article supports the idea, the challenge of exploring Venus very well with many supports from the text. The author talk about the conditions on Venus are nothing compared to earth and the importance of getting to venus. In paragraph 4 the article states, "Long ago, Venus was probably coverws largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth." The article explains that Venus long ago may have been sum what like earth with oceans and various life forms, but we will not know for sure if we never get to Venus and last there for only a few hours. The article is well explained and has more than enough details to support his claim. | 3 |
7503043 | In the past years companys have been working for and settings goals that would allow us to have driverless cars. Cars that drive themselves, seems like a dream. But haveing driverless cars wouldnt be all good. They are dangerous, the allow for people to become less alert while driving, and lets be real computer tech does fail. And what about accidents? Who is to balme for those. Driverless cars may seem like a dream but in reality they will just end up becomeing a nigthtmare.
A main problem with driverless cars is the failer with computer tech. Say there is a network crash, what will happen there. Thousands or Millions of cars will fail and how many people will die because of that. And like the artical said dirvers wil still have to be alert when driving because they arent complety driver free, the driver must be ready to take over at any point so truly there is no point. Companies should be working to make cars safer and install warning systems that will allow the driver to see things coming. And another problem, the cars would be run by computers and computers are hackable. Anyone who wanted to hurt a large amout of people would have yet another way to do it. Hack the system and kill with even more ease.
Like the essay said "who would be at fault?" Who can we hold reponsible for a computers mistake? As a human race we need justice, it is how we are programmed to work. So who will we make take reposiblilty, is it the owner of the driverless car or the company? What if a person who dosent have a driverless car hits someone with one? How will a driverless car predict that? A human driver dosent communicte through a computer, the computer will have no way of knowing. Seems like an easy solution though, just have everyone get a driverless car, But how much will that cost? What about families that can barly afford their used 1998 model, let alone a driverless car.
In the end driverless cars are going to be more trouble then they are worth. How can we even think about spendign so mucg money on something that is going to hurt us rather then help us. Humans are capable of driving themselves so why do we need to find yet another way of "taking the easy way out". Cars are computers and computers do fail, we dont have a good way of setting up faults and over all it is just not realistic. | 3 |
750b478 | A reason to join the sea going program is boecose it took two weeks to cross the
Atlantic ocean from the estern coats of the united states and a month to het to china. caring for animals during the crossing kept luke busy. they had to be fed and waterd two or three times a day. bales of hay and bags of oats had to br pulled up from the lower hold of the ship. stalls had to be canceld. luke also found time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. the cow boys played base ball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. table-tennis tornaments,fencing boxing,reading whittling,and games also helped pass the time. but beaing a seagoing cowboy was mutch more then an adventure for luke bombber. it opend up the worldto him. im greatfull for the opportunity he sais . it made me more aware of peaple of other coutries and there needs. and thet aware ness stayed with him leading his famlly to host a number of internashional students and exchange visitors for many years. it whas1945,world war 11 was over in eroup, and meny countrys were left in ruins. to help these countries recover there food supplies, animals and more,44 nashions joind toghether to form UNRRA(the united nasions relef and rehabilitashions administrashions). UNRRA hired sea going cow boys to take care of the horses, young cows and mule that were shiped overseas. luke and don sighned up. | 1 |
750d989 | Venus
The author who wrote "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests despite the danger of studying Venus it is worth it. Venus have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. He stated that "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth". Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains, and craters. Futhermore, Venus can somtimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit."
Nasa has been trying to send people to Venus to study Venus. Nasa is trying to create some kind of vehicle that would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, the temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, 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 human." Also "many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have been lasted for three weeks in such conditions".
The adavantage of studying Venus. Not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itselfs, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." And also if anything happen to Earth, Venus could be a place for us to stay. The author support his idea by writing down that people have been already trying to study Venus, and talk about the advantage of Venus and writing down about how Venus is similar to Earth. | 3 |
750f236 | Everyday we go to school and after a while it can get boring. This new technology could help make students less bored while learning. For that reason, I think that a Facial Action Coding System in the classroom might improve the overal mood. With the FAC System in place, not only the computer would know to switch up the lesson but the teacher would also know how students are reacting to their teaching or new material. This system could help teachers adapt the material or their teaching style better to the needs of their students. This would help to encourage a positive learning environment and improve the overall classroom mood. Dr. Huang noted that most human communication is nonverbal so this would be an effective tool in the classroom because not all kids would speak how they are feeling. With more technology coming into the classroom every day, more learning is taking place online and FACS technology could make online learning more fun and enjoyable for the students. According the the Facial Feedback Theroy of Emotion, moving your facial muscles may even help produce emotions so someone saying "put a smile on your face" may actually make you happier. This could be possible in the classroom if FACS technology was implemented. In conclusion, I think that adding FACS technology to the classroom would be a positive action. It could help students learn better by altering the program or giving the teachers feedback of how the students are reacting to their teaching. The FACS is probably along way off from being put in the classroom but I'm sure it will become an invaluable tool for education in the future. | 3 |
751c429 | Millions of people use cars in their everyday lives whether its driving to work, school or even the supermarket. With the amount of people on the streets on a daily basis, its not suprising that there is a major traffic issue in Miami. Most people dont realise how big of an issue this truly is because in reality they just need to get to and from work. I'm here to inform you about the beneficial alternatives to driving everywhere you go.
Whether going to work or driving your kids to soccer practice, a way of transportation is a must. Most people choose the "easy" way out and just hop in their brand new luxury cars. But what if I told you there is an easier way, a more efficient way? All around Miami, there are metro rail stations. These stations are clean, safe, and not to mention useful. There are busses, trolly's, and even metro movers that can take you all around the city. the trains, busses, trolly's and metro movers all run on a schedule. An easy way to limit your gas bill, pollusion and time wasted in traffic is to simply set up a route to where you need to go and catch the appropriate mose of transportation.
Time is always on peoples mind, whether you have enough time to go shopping for a new dress or maybe stop by grandmas house. all things require time. Everyday millions of Americans spend hours stuck in traffic due to rush-hour. This means less time spent with family andmore tijme bonding with the annoying car horns constantly beeping. If you could switch to another mode of transportation you could cut time commuting in half. The Metro rail avoides all traffic regardless and if more people start thinking like this then the bus might soon be avoidingall traffic too. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two says "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Everyday she walks verdant streets listening to the delightful sound of people chatting and children playing, something she was unable to appretiate with her windows rolled up as she drove around town.
So many fuel consuming vehicles on the street on a daily basis can't be too great for our enviroment, don't you think? It isnt, all this pollution is causing a nasty smog all over the world, some places more than others. Paris tends to have more smog than Europe but not too long ago, Paris had 147 micrograms or particulate matter per cubic meter compared to 114 in Brussels. This smog makes it difficult for dilivery companies to complete their jobs. This smog isnt good for us either just think about what you are breathing. | 4 |
75221d7 | Some children nowadays don't like to confront people with their prblems or they are too scared to ask for help. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions os tudents in a classroom is valuable. Its is valuable because it can detect problems in students before it's too late.
It's impotant to know what students are feeling to make sure they are comfortable, genuinely happy and interested. Since this technology can calculate the emotions from the way muscles contract on your face, it'll be easy to detect a problem without asking them when they can easily lie. You need to keep the students interested because if they are not interested in what you are teaching then they will not pay attention and won't get anything from the lesson at all. With this technology, they can have a better chance of getting better grades or have a better prespective on the subject.
There are many risks from not knowing exactly what the student is feeling. They could be feeling anxious, depressed or even scared. Anxiety and depression are two major and risky mental health problems. People who have it may not want to talk about it or even share that they have it. With thus facial recognition, they will be detected as sad or scared and you can be able to get them the help they deserve and need. We have many muscles in our face and all of them can identify in the categories of sad or scared. As the author includes in the passage, in papragraph 3, "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit.""
This technology can really help a student's life in the long run. You will not regret getting this technology that will get a better understanding of children then we ever will. | 4 |
7524971 | Venus, otherwise known as the "Evening Star," is one of the more challenging planets to examine closely in our solar system. While this plant is often called Earth's twin, it is vastly different in terms of environment and hospitability. Despite being the closest planet to Earth at times, no spaceship has touched down on Venus in over thirty years. The dangers presented by Venus are many, but the author greatly supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite these dangers. The author supports this claim by stating that the insight to be gained is significant and by offering methods for obtaining these insights despite the danger that is readily appearant.
Venus is one of the most challenging planets to examine due to its very extreme environment. Paragraph 3 of the article is all about the extreme environment that Venus presents. Venus has temperatures over 800 degress Fahrenheit, an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than that on Earth, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and other obstacles that prove challenging for scientists to overcome. Additionally, Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere which prove to be challenging to scientists. These dangers may seem impossible to overcome, but scientists have been developing new methods to further their knowledge of Venus.
NASA is one organization that has been developing particularly interesting ideas about how to further study Venus. They are considering a blimp-like vehicle that would float above the suface of Venus to meet the challenges presented. This blimp would avoid the poor conditions of the Venusian landscape by floating some thirty miles above the surface. Conditions around the blimp would still be slightly hot, but the pressure and toxicity would be similar to that on Earth. These conditions are not ideal, but they would be sufficient enough to study Venus further. Another one of NASA's ideas is to use mechanical computers to study Venus. These mechanical computers do not require electronics, and they would be more resistant to the poor conditions of the surface. These new innovations in the study of Venus is what makes the dangers tolerable and the study worthy.
According to the article, astronomers are interested in Venus because it was likely the most Earth-like planet in the solar system at one point. Venus used to be covered in oceans and supported life. Additionally, Venus still has features that are similar to Earth's such as a rocky sediment with valleys, mountains, and craters. Insight into the Venusian landscape would further allow astronomers to determine how closely related Earth and Venus were. The author also states that humans should not be limited by their fear to go out and explore. In the final paragraph of the article, the author describes how human curiosity will lead humans into many intimidating expidentures. However, the author believes that travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited simply due to danger, and humans should travel as far as their innovation will take them.
The author of this article supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by stating the insight to be gained from further exploring Venus and by presenting new methods that are making new insights possible. The danger of Venus is extensive due to the high temperatures, extreme atmospheric pressure, and wild weather patterns. These obstacles are being dealt with though by new ideas from scientists at NASA. One big idea from NASA is the idea to use a blimp to observe Venus from above the surface. Another idea of theirs is to use materials that would be able to withstand the extreme conditions of the Venusian environment. All this is in the hopes that futher insight will be made on the planet that once was the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. | 5 |
752878d | I am against the development of driverless cars. Although they may be more fuel efficient than cars we use now, there are many factors that take a negative impact against their development. The driverless cars cannot do evrything on they're own and who will get held responsible for crashes and injuries that happen will using the cars?
The cars cannot do everything on they're own so they arent actually driverless. "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." So the driverless cars can only do a limited number of things and then they have to rely on human capability so they arent really "driverless". they have vibrating seats to alert the driver when they need to take control but, what if the driver falls asleep since there isnt anything to focus on or they are too tired? They might not wake up which could end in a crash which could inflict injuries on the driver or others in the environment.
They would have to create new laws and decide on who will be held accountable for crashes and injuries. " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?" So how can they hold a driver at fault if the car is "driverless" it would be the manufacturers fault for not developing the car correctly. then the driver would be able to sue because of being sold a defective car. This would cause the manufacturers to lose money and other drivers would not want to buy the cars because they would be afraid of being injured or worse. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." So how are these manufacturers going to promise safety and deal with problems that occur?
There are many negative factors that play a part in the development of driverless cars , even though they are more fuel efficient. The driverless cars cannot do everything on they're own and who gets held responsible when someone is injured by the use of these cars? These are two of the factors that contribute to why i am against driverless cras. | 4 |
75296c2 | In my opinion I think that this "Face on Mars" is a landform. For one, we have never seen an alien or have any trace of aliens. I think that we think it has something to do with aliens because it is in a face shape like us. But honestly, huge rocks or huge meterorites could have caused it to look like that. Also there hasn't been any sight of life on Mars because of the conditions. If humans couldn't live on Mars, then how could aliens?
Huge rocks and huge meters crash into the planets and moon all the time. I honestly think that it is the rocks or something in space that caused this. I don't think that there is any sight or any posssible way that there could be life or aliens on this planet.
When they went to go see again and go check out the "Face on Mars" they didn't see anything, there was no alien monument. They also talk about how it is very hard to be able to see the "Face on Mars" I think that if there was a possiblity that it could be a bout aliens and this "Face on Mars" appeared because of aliens then there wouldn't onlly be one face. I think that if there were tons of face looking landforms then maybe there could've been life on mars for aliens. Since there were no other faces that could've been another alien, I don't think that there is a way that this has anything to do with aliens.
It also states in the passge that you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. He states that if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids that you would be able to see them.
If you could make things larger and see farther into the picture than I think there would've been more to find. There wasn't any other sign of aliens found in the picture. I think aliens for sure having nothing to do with this, but at the same time they could have.
I think if scientists really were able to go and see this i think they should study the face more often to see if there is any evidence of any other alien or any other landform that has to do with them. My personal opinion is that it has nothing to do with aliens. | 3 |
752b719 | I have read a article called "A Cowboy Who Rode The Waves " it is about a boy named Luke became a Seagoing Cowboy.
Luke was a town boy and some one convinced him to join. Now it is your turn to become a seagoing cowboy/ girl . They travel far away, there are big cattle ships.
They have to help people who need it, they can be called heros but in a different term. When they travel it take them a long time to get to there.
Luke said hisself "I'm grateful for the opporunity" . It helps him aware of the people in the other countries and their needs.
Second, you can also lead your family to host a number of insternational students and exchanhe vititors for many years. Luke never stayed borad there was always something to do from Table-tennis tournaments, fencing,boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. The cowboys also played baseball, volleyball games in the emepy holds where the animals had been housed. They became UNRRA when they were hiring Luke and Don sighed up now they are seagoing cowboys and they are hepling people who need it. | 2 |
7532cb7 | Actress and singer Audrey Hepburn once remarked, "Nothing is impossible. The word itself say I'm possible!" The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," agrees. They claim that although venturing to a planet that is seeminly un-explorable is dangerous, it is also a worthwhile and necessary mission. By justifying why it is crucial to continue our efforts to explore Venus, and additionally through their explanation as to how this can safely be accomplished, the author of this article strongly supports their idea that studying Venus is a noble pursuit despite the many obstacles that it creates.
One way that the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports their claim is by explaining the sheer value and benefit of going to Venus. While it is true that several conditions on Venus' surface are inhospitable and unable to support or sustain human life, the author claims that "astronomers are fascniated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system," (para 4). This might lead to discoveries that could help us understand or predict Earth's future evolution patterns. Besides this, Venus is at times the closest planet to Earth as "Earth, Venus and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus," (2). This could be extremely beneficial to both the inhabitants of earth and for future space travel because Venus will sometimes be our "nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel," (4). All of these statements and claims that the author make support his/her claim that the exploration of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it entails as they are quite literally explaining to their readers why exploration is as important as it is. This tactic has the ability to make audiences aware of the importance of such a mission, and hopefully persuade them to agree.
Additionally, the author supports his/her claim by revealing how a mission to Venus can be carried out in a safe, mannerly way. This, in turn, aids in convincing readers that might have originally disgareed with the author due to the fact that Venus' "conditions are fare more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine assustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals," (3). The author, after making this counterclaim, refutes it by talking of some solutions to this ever-looming issue: "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape," (5). The author talks of how the air pressure, temperature and radiation would all be survivable for humans. Some, such as the air pressure 30 miles above Venus, would be almost identical to Earth at sea level. The author also disscusses other potential solutions, such as possibly using silicon carbide, a material that has "been tested in a chmaber simulating the chaos of Venus' surface and [has] lasted for three weeks in such conditions," (7). These all are possible ways to make a trip to Venus much safer and, more importantly, they all help support the author's claim.
Overall, the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" makes a claim that although Venus has some exceptionally dangerous conditions, it is a planet worth exploring. They support this claim very well by explaining the importance of going to Venus, and providing a few solutions that might reduce the risk factor of this type of mission. All in all, this author, much like Audrey Hepburn, proves through this article that they feel that nothing is truly impossible, not even a trip to Venus. After all, like Hepburn says, the word does state "I'm possible!" | 5 |
7534bbd | Using technoloy to find out about people emotions can help parents, social, workers, and teachers. On the other hand it can make kids feel uncomforable. most kids don't like to talk about their problems. However kids need to let people help them anyway they can.
Using something good to help children with their problems is a big need in this Country. The computer has an facial action coding symstems to see the six emotions that humans have. One of them attracts all the facial expressions you do throughout the day. Each exprssion is always being compared to a normal face. Also the computer can tell when you're in a bad mood a or in a happy mood. Therefore many people in the world can help each other be happy. Parents take their children to Doctors or therapists so they can get all the help they need. Many kids suffer from school because they are moody, or they are depressed from something. | 2 |
75353f0 | Although many see driverless cars as an alternative to cars with drivers. I do not see this as an alternative for the future. The driverless cars are not making split second decisions that a car with a drive can. "Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pullin in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." This is a small set back, and also another reason why I do not believe in driverless cars.
Changing roads completely would be very expensive. How long exactly would changing the road systems actually take? "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." Using newer technology on cars such as the Prius. Technology has been proven to fail, so at some point this technology is bound to fail.
Cars are big computers. All the new technology being put into cars, yet this is making cars a lot like computers more than motor vehicles. Again as well all this technology is very costly. Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack. So just how driverless will the cars be in the future." All the technology in cars, yet humans are still needed, making calculated decisions instead of the car. "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." Texting and driving is a big problem facing many drivers today. Driverless cars have a hard time navigating through accidents. If a driver is texting and doesn't notice an accident what happens then. The car can notify the driver, but the driver may still be on their phone. Driverless cars are not making split second decisions that a driver can.
"Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved." Problems for future driverless cars. "Tesla has proojected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." These cars are supposed to be driverless. Why should the car have autopilot 90 percent of the time instead of 100 percent? There are still problems facing driverless cars even in development today. | 3 |
75398bc | I do not believe that using the Facial Action Coding System to read students' emotional expressions would be beneficial to classrooms, because if students are confused they can simply ask their teachers questions, and when students are bored, the computer can not simply make them entertained.
Most teachers have expirience dealing with students who do not immediately understand or comprehend their lessons, and when students ask questions, their teachers can answer them, and attempt to better their students' understanding. Quoted in the text, Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto para. 6). This quote shows an idea of how the computer reading human emotions could potentially modify lesson plans based on student confusion or boredem. I don't agree with this statement because, while the computer would be able to read human emotions and track confusion, it still wouldn't be able to track what particular topics each student is confused about, and I believe the most efficient way of finding that out is for teachers to ask students questions, or for students to ask teachers questions.
Although this computer could potentially read facal expresions and features, it could not simply come up with solutions to students' bordem or tiredness. Often times teachers have students sit down and take notes, and although many students do not particularly enjoy taking notes, it is a manditory part of many classes, and teachers being able to know that their students are bored will not have an affect on most of their lessons. The text states, "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" (D'Alto para. 6). Not only do I believe that this would be an invasion of privacy when computers are able to track people's specific moods and advertise to them based on their moods, but especialy so if this was implimented in a classroom for a teacher to be able to track specific students' moods and emotions every day.
Facial Action Coding System would not be beneficial to a classroom because both bordem and confusion can simply be expressed to a teacher, and although the computer could identify human emotions, it has no real way of solving problems that arise with students' emotions or moods. | 4 |
753c3cd | Humans are complex creatures that are very emotional. Many of us can sympathize or empathize with the feelings of others. Some other humans and technology can't really tell how you feel. With the advances in the Facial Action Coding System, we will be able to create a more empathetic society and a more comprehensive species.
For example, every human has experienced at least one among these many emotions at least once in their life. Those emotions being: happy, surprised, angry, disgusted, afraid, and sad. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with the characteristic movements of the facial muscles." (Paragraph 3) If other humans and technology are able to identify these feelings with more simplicity than now, that can lead us into a more interactive society. Some may also not really show emotion much. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal..., even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." (Paragraph 4) This can apply to our more outcast and introverted people who don't neccessarily like showing emotion, so being able to tell how they're feeling will be a large step to a more outgoing personality to those who feel they can't.
Additionally, this technology enhancement can help us to have a more tolerable environment for children and rebellion who don't like going to school or attending certain events. "It's all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." (Paragraph 7) If a computer can differentiate smiles and their context behind it, we can create a more empathetic world. This technology can also spot liars amongst us, especially larger figures in society. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" (Paragraph 8) If we can indentify liars and people who are no good with facial cues, we can have a more equal basis amongst ourselves and rid of people who lie and decieve us for fame or attention.
Hence, with the sheer amount of possibilities that lie ahead for us, FACS may be the one thing that can bring us all together. With a world in unison, we can finally have peace. We can also have sympathy and empathy for those close and acquainted with us. This will be a very large step for mankind if we can help advance FACS research. | 4 |
75403ca | Driverless cars used to be just a dream. Now that we have the technology to make "driverless cars" there seem to be more and more of a concern as to how these cars could be completely driverless. I am against driverless cars because the cars aren't completely driverless, there will have to be new laws made for these vehicles, and there would be confusion for who to blame.
In the article, the author gave examples as to how the cars were given features that'd make them seem driverless. There were, of course, radar features and motion sensors, but at the end of the day the author of the artilce said, "..None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless." Now of course they can still do the things needed to drive i. e. steer, speed up, and break, but there are still special sensors made to make sure that the driver still has their hands on the wheel. The author of the article then says, "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." Meaning that the driver must be focused at all times.
Other than the fact that the cars aren't completely driverless, there would have to be new laws added for this new technology. In the ninth paragraph the author says, "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe...traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." This means that the laws now do not include anything regarding driverless cars, basically making them illegal to put on the road. Now they will have to go through a long process of making laws for these new types of cars.
Not only is there a problem with the cars not being completely driverless and that there would have to be new laws made for them, but who would be to blame if there is an accident? In the ninth paragraph of the article, it says, "...even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" There would be too much confusion for the lawmakers and everyone else if there was an accident because although the manufacturers made the car, there was still a driver in the driver's seat, so who is to blame? This would cause a lot of conflict in court cases if there were accidents and someone was to be sued.
To conclude this essay, I am against driverless cars because the cars aren't completely driverless, there will have to be new laws made for these vehicles, and there would be confusion for who to blame. The idea of driverless cars is a great idea, indeed, but there would be just too much confusion and conflict regarding these. | 4 |
754265b | In the story The Challenge Of Exploring Venus the authour talks about starts and where they all come from and how the earths twin is closets in the planetray neighbor he also talks about the solar system and ow its the secong planet from the sun and earths twin is the closet planted to the earth distance also he talks alot about hoe thivk the earth is and how everything is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets.. the sister of the planet is so inhospitable that the scientits started discussing more visits to the surfacde and astronomers where also fascinated by venus because it may well once have een the most earth like planet in our system in paragraph 5 the authour talks about how the air pressure in the sea level and he talk mainy about how the earths survivable for us humans also he includes things about nasa and how everthing is working for the study of venus such as electronics which is made from silicon carbide which has been tested in paragraph 8 hes talking about the striving challenge presented by venus and how it have value but notg only bbecause of human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally in conclusion this story was about diffrent plantes and how eveything is set up also hoe everything be taveling in the earths eveviorments a ns solar systems. | 1 |
7542726 | The boy who ride wave paragraph is mostly about a boy named luke Bomber.
when he got his graduation depolma and he had two part time jobs in a grocery and a bank. His friend Don reis asked him if he wanted go to with him on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't pass it up it was a lifetime opportunity. In world war two was over 44 nations came together and made the UNRRA and they started hiring seagoing cowboys.
They sailed on a ship for two weeks to ship to bring animals Luke was mostly busy by feeding animals but when he didn't have anything to do he boxed,Table tennis,read books and whittled. Luke was 18 when he got to Greece and he got draft. Then they told him to keep doing what he is doing for his service and he was climbing a ladder and feel off and broke his ribs. He didn't have to go to work for a few days he also visited China,Europe,Venice,Italy and he tour a castle in Crete. Also he toured The Panama Canal.
Luke also cross the Atlantic ocean sixteen times and he crossed the pacific twice! When luke was young he would help out on his aunt Katie's farm to prepare him for hard work. Seagoing cow boys were more then a adventure for Luke he said himself."It made me aware of people of other countries and there needs. It opened up the world to him. | 1 |
754690b | A wide range of people make conspiracy theories based off of tv and maagazines. Most of their theories are false due to lack of research. A lot of people make conspiracy theories, and a lot of people come to believe they are true and they start making false accusations against the government not revealing discoveries to the public.
A global surveyor orbiting Mars captured an image of a face like figure on the surface of mars, NASA thought it was a mesa. It turned out to be a rock that had formed on the surface of mars.
NASA revealed the image to the public, The image caused an outbreak of conspiracy theories. There were a lot of debates on whether NASA was hiding something from the public or if they were being truthful. The majority of the public thought that NASA was hiding the truth, and they thought that the face was the result of foreign life forms.
Mars surface can form rocks and a vast majority of things that can be spotted on Earth. The rock formed | 1 |
7546cf9 | If i was to wrok for NASA and one of my co workers argued that the face on mars was created by alieans, i would argue that it is just a landform. The reason i say its just a landform is because we dont have any proof that aliens made it.It only looks like a face sometimes because in the article it says "formed by a shadow givivng the illusion of eyes". If Aliens made it why wouldn't they just give it eyes in the fist place instead of using shadows.
People made up that aliens created the human face landform.If NASA didn't say anything the public would't people wouldn`t even know about it. They told the oublis about it so they can draw attention towrds the Mars. In paragraph 3 it says "the authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage te publis and attract to attention.'' And why would aliens make a human face without completing it them using shadows as eyes, but what if there were no shadows when viking one came a round it would look like a normal hill.
My final thoughts about sombody arguing with me that aliens made a face i would tell them its just hill. The only reason i wouldn`t agree with them is because they dont have any information to support it. But if they had enough claims to support what he said i cab see where he is coming from. Do you think aliens made the face on Mars? | 2 |
7549990 | I believe that driverless cars would be benefitial. 90% of the time you don't have to drive. There is an in-car entertainment system so that you can relax and watch movies or whatever you want to do while the car is driving you to your destination.
But when the sensors in the car know you're in the driver seat, the entertainment will shut down so that you can focus on your driving. No other cars are like this one; sure there are the cars that can steer themselves or brake themselves, but they still need you to drive the car. The driverless car won't need you to drive it because it can drive itself. It's really an awesome car.
There are still certain states that have laws that state that the car would only be safe IF there is a human driver in control of the wheel. But, with the more advanced technology, they can show the states that the driverless car is perfectly safe. They would also help with decreasing the amount of accidents the United States has dramatically.
In conclusion, I believe driverless cars are very safe, very reliable, and very cool. | 2 |
75506d5 | Driving a car is one of the hardest thing to do for the reason that you need to learn how to drive, you need to know what are the rules in driving and what are the traffic regulations in order to prevent conflicts such as accident. With all these problems Google had come with an idea on creating a driverless cars which could drive independently. Google's idea might be the smartest decision that they've had but the question is, are driverless cars helpful or harmful?
When we look back on the past there were companies that made a smart-road systems like the General Motors and surprisingly it worked well, but the problem is, it required massive upgrade to existing roads which is an expensive thing to do. With the result of smart-road system which didn't really succeed, manufacturers think of a greater idea--to create driverless cars which could really help a lot of people especially those who doesn't want driving. One of Google's modified Toyota Prius uses a lot of sensors like position-estimating sensors, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver and an inertial motion sensor. All of those material are used to make sure that driverless cars are safe to use, can detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers, and can handle itself and do its task properly. Those are just the helps that driverless cars can do. When we look on the other side, driverless cars are not comepletely driverless, which means the drivers need to remain alert and focused all the time.
And so the main problem is-- if the driver is not focused when the car gives alert then the passenger's safety will be at risk. Also, when an accident happen with the use of driverless car, will the driver be at fault or the manufacturer?
In conclusion, driverless cars have both positive and negative side. The decision of a person if he will use this car is on his own responsibility. When someone wants to use driverless cars he should be a responsible driver because scenarios such as accidents can still happen even you're using a driverless car. | 3 |
75550fd | There are many things that the world can benefit from by having driverless and smart cars. Deaths caused by car accidents, reckless, and drunk drivers would not be as high as they are now if we had driverless and smart cars. The amount of gas usage would not be as high as it is, becuase most people would not even need it. People would not have the stress of worrying about crashing into others cars or things. A car being a smart car, knowing when things are getting dangerous, and knowing not to crash into things would be also very beneficial for beginners and drivers who are paranoid about driving. Driverless and smart cars could really change the way the world works when it comes to cars.
I think driverless cars would be safer for the world. When people die by car it is usually because of the reckless and drunk drivers behind the wheel. Now sometimes you can not control the way a person drives and also acccidents happen. With smart and driverless cars you have less things to worry about when it comes to things like accidents. I feel as if driverless cars would really help contribute to the stopping of all the unnecessary deaths cause by reckless and drunk drivers.
In 2013 BMW developed a car that was called a
" Traffic Jam Assistant ". That car could handle functions at speeds up to 25 mph. It could accelerate, steer, and brake for itself. Even though the car did all of those things, it still notified the person behing the wheel when they needed to pay attention to the road ahead. I feel as if a car that is able to do that is wonderful and very beneficial to drivers and pedestrians. Being that people have already started developing these types of cars, I think that they should go on with making them better and safer for the world to have.
Driverless and smart cars are things that just shows how well we have advanced with technology. Driverless and smart cars should continue to be developed and made even better in differnt ways. Why not take advantage of new techonology, and use it in a good way. Driverless and smart cars are bound to be great in years to come. | 2 |
7557f5c | A reason people should join the program is help countries recover supply of food, animals, and more. The text states," It was 1945, World War ll was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins." The text also states," To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)."
They should join together for the program to also help with families that have had relatives die in World War ll. The text states," Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocena 16 times and the Pacfic Ocean twice to help people affected by World War ll." The text also states," Helping out aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared Luke for hard work, but not for the dangers at sea. On his second, Luke served as a night watchman. His job was to check on all the animals every hour."
Luke started helping them because he wanted to help people after World War ll. The text states," Lurk Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his highschool graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." The text also states," UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and muled that were shipped overseas. Luke and Don signed up."
Luke helped shop 335 horses with hay and oats to Greece. The text states," In August 1945, they recieved their ordes to report to New Orleans. 'We arrived August 14,' Luke says, 'the day the Pacific war ended." The text also states," They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece--with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them."
Another reason to help is because sometimes, you can see places you've never experienced before. The text states," The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy,' he says. 'Besides helping people, i had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,' he says." The text also states," ' So was taking gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.' Luke also toured an exavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panamam Canal on his way to China."
After that, he unloaded the animals and then had a little fun. The text states," Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time." The text also states," But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more that an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. 'I'm grateful for the opportunity,' he says. 'It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs,' And that awareness stayed with him, leadin his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years." | 3 |
755b8ce | All this talk about the new 2015 Ford trucks and how great their mileage is fine, we built cars, truck, and vans, and now we want to make the better for the enviormet. But a town in Germany named Vauban has given up their cars. Vauban's streets are "car-free" - except the main thorughfare, where the tram to downtown Freibug runs, and a few streets on the edge of the community. America has been making some changes to the modern day car suck as hybrid and energy efficent. "All of the development since WWII has been centered on the car, and that will havet o change" said David Goldberg. Mr. Goldberg also added " How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid.
Paris has had some pollution problems, because of this tey enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. People that owned cars would be on a rotation. Even number license plates would drive on day and not the next, same when for the odd number plates. It took almost 5 days to life the smog. A good reason why are not so good to the envoirment no matter how we change them. Did you know Beijing, China is one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Heres a great story writen by Andrew Selsky. Bogota, Columbia- In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hikes, biked, skates, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. That was the third striaght year that Columbia had a car-free day. So many citys are starting to have a car-free day just to cut back on pollution, i think that is amazing, i wonder of we can get Florida to do somwthing like this one day.
The End of Car Culture. Studies have shown that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses each year. Transportation is the second largest source of American's emissions, just behind the power plant. New York has a new bike sharing program that has skyrocketed in the last few months.
There are just little things we can do to helo the enviorment, like not driving a car for a day or buy a new hybrid to cut down pollution, Or maybe you have an idea small things can change our world for the better. We can start small then work from there, it doesnt have to be big to affect out planet. | 2 |
7561d85 | I think it would be a good idea if they come out with cars that can drive by its self. It could help people while they are busy or something like that.
If they come out with cars that can drive by there selfs that would help a lot of people out. If some on it busy and all they would have to do is get the car to do or go what ever they wanted to go. Another thing is that if the car gets into a accident and there would be no one in the car so it would be safer.
Smater cars would have sensors on they that could tell the car to stop right away. The car would be smarter than the human brain. So there for the car would be more safer that someone driving it. Sensors have been out for a long time since the 1980s so the sensors work really good. Sensors makes the brake stop fater that what a human could. The sensors become more advanced
as the years go by.
Comeputers would run the cars and computers are really smart. The cars can be turned of instantly. The car would have safety featurs installed in it. The lwa thins that it is saver to have these cars. They test these cars out alot to find places that need hlep on.
I think it is a good idea of making cars that can drive by there selfs. It is safer than a person driving the car. Because the car is a computer and the compurter is smater. The law thins that it is a good idea so it could be more safer. So that is why i think it is a good idea. Less people would get hurt. | 3 |
756b2c2 | Human learning and comprehension goes far beyond a textbook, so why do we still value and use old methods of teaching when there's technology being made to help with that?
Professors and researchers at Beckman institute and the University of Amsterdam have teamed up to create a computer that runs a series of complex algorithims to determine the emotion on a persons face using an emotionless model as a comparison. If this was used in a learning environment such as a classroom, it can greatly improve understanding and learning of where lessons confuse kids and how a teacher, if not the computer, can help a child with a certain learning curb. This technology could offer or provide alternative learning methods or change up the lesson a bit to fit a certain childs needs. Many teachers are busy helping other kids or grading schoolwork that a lot oftentimes feel left out and do not succeed with a lack of understanding.
This tech sure shows promising results, but it may not be flawlless. One algorithim or facial reading might be wrong since it only reads whats on the outside and not whats is actually inside the mind of a person let alone a child. There's also no substitute for an actual teachers learning and teaching when it comes to a confused child that is open about where the confusion arose in the first place.
The FACS, or Facial Action Coding System, can step in where other primative human minds fail. The system stores known facial expressions and emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise. Since this system is programed to recognize facial expressions and emotions, its easier for it to figure out what someone is feeling faster rather than a teacher or some persons guesswork. It can provide fast and easy solutions to a child's problem in his or her study. This can be integrated into almost every classroom and reach every kid in that class individually without a waste of teaching time or probability.
This seems great for anyone who has money, because with this reasearch and development, it doesnt seem free. Thats one issue with this technology, it is not widespread and it might hinder any success or slim chances of actuallly making it into a class room. Most schools nowadays just got new prometheian boards that one can only assume is old technology. This technology would most likely take years to reach a classroom if not for commercial use. Many school districts and cities do not have a big enough budget to spend on such tech since any other old style teaching and underpaid teachers are cost effective.
All in all, I think this technology would actually really help a wide range of children and teachers in classrooms after a few years of development and reasearch to greatly expand the learning horizon and bring down costs. | 4 |
7570efd | Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? A face shape was found on Mars and many are calling it an alien marking. It is proven that it is not from aliens through research and pictures, however people still continue to protest. Our scientists at NASA have already studied the mark as soon as it was spotted. Also, if the so called "face marking" was from aliens, NASA would be all over it.
First of all, the scientists at NASA have already studied and observed the marking as soon as we were notified and pictures were sent to us. Later, finding out that it turned out to be nothing more than a natural made landform. The quote, "scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia" (2) shows how we found out really what it was. The quote, "a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see" (3) shows how NASA was sharing with the people the truth behind what the marking was. We wished we could have been able to do more research on aliens, but that was only capable if the life on Mars were real.
Lastly, if there were real aliens, we would be open about it and do research immediately. The quote, "defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (5) shows how we wish that the aliens did exist so we could learn more about life on Mars. The quote "but the sensation was short lived" (2) shows how we were sad that the landmark wasn't alien made. We would have liked it if we would have been able to research the landmark about aliens but unfortunatly it wasn't caused by aliens. If the marking was real, we have been proud to announce that and would have not keepen it a secret.
Others might argue that our team at NASA are lying to the public but that is not true. They say that we are hiding the information from the public. The quote, "some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars" (5) shows how other people have different thoughts on what we found. Another quote, "NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists" (5) shows how people begin to believe and think that we're lying to them about our discovey. However, Our scientists would be thrilled if it really was aliens, starting ancient civilization on Mars.
Some believe that the marking on Mars was an alien marking. We, scientists, have proof that it was not. We have done plenty of research as proof to our conclusion. If the mark was real, NASA would have already discovered all sorts of information on life on Mars. I and the other scientists at NASA believe one day we will discover alien life form but May 24, 2001 just wasn't that day. | 5 |
757343d | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
Striving to meet the challanges of Venus has valve , 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 intimadating endeavours. Venus is a good place for exploration because, it has some features that are analogous to those on Earth and, it allows Scientists to float above the fray and also NASA is looking back at an old technology called Mechanical Computers .
Venus is a good place for exploration because it has some features that are analogous to those earth. In the article, it states ,"Venus was probably covered largely with Oceans and could have supported various forms of life , just like Earth .Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth" . Also, the article states, " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar featires such as Valley ,Mountains and Craters . Venus has features of the Earth surface such as oceans and valleys , it is an interesting place where peolpe would like to go and have fun .
Venus has become an exicting place for people toexplore because National astronautics And Space has made it easy for Scientists to float above the fray . In the article, it states ," The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particular compelling idea for sending human to study venus . Also , the article states, "NASA's posssible solution........Venus would allow Scientists to float above the fray".
NASA is sending Scientists to make it easy for vehicles over Venus to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions .They want Temperature to be toasty , air pressure should be close to the sea level on Earth and radiation would not exceed Earh levels but make it survivable for Humans.
NASA has found another old technology called Mechanical Computers instead of using mobile phones that can cause explosion . This has made it easier for the exploration of Venus . In the article ,it states, "Another project is looking back to an old technology called Mechanical Computers".
Also , the article states , Modern computers are enorously poewerful , flexible, and quick" .
In conclusion ,Venus should be an exciting place to study because it has some features that are analogous to those on Earth ,allows Scientists to float above the fray and NASA is looking back at an old tecnology called Mechanical Computer . | 3 |
7573c96 | The face on Mars is just a natural landform. Their's really no existense of aliens, because theres no proof of them. The face is just a landform that was created with Mars. On Earth we have landforms that look like faces and other things that were created with Earth. There's also no proof that there's life on Mars, becuase there really isn't life on Mars.
The existence of aliens is false, humans and animals are the only life forms out there pretty much. If there were proof of aliens then why arn't they on Earth then? Aliens never made that on Mars, that face was created when Mars was. NASA just used the face to get money, because this face was starred in a Hollywood film, it appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store check out lines for 25 years. Then after that they really didn't care for the face anymore. Everyone was not really satisfied with the face on Mars.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-- landforms common around the American West. Garvin a scientist even says that it reminds him of the most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He also says "That's a lova dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
As you can see the face was never created or made by aliens. The face was created with mars. In the story, it even says that the landform was basically created with Mars. So in fact there is no existence of aliens and there is no life on Mars.
In the ending of the story, it basically says the face is just a landform, it tells the height and everything about it. They even say that they don't pass over the face that much anymore. So it's just a true fact that the face a landform, they even said it was just a natural land form. | 3 |
75798aa | There are times where you feel like giving up and it seems easier to do so, but if you keep trying your best, you'll make it. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is suggesting that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They are finding/testing new/old technology to get to Venus, using what they know about Venus, and Venus is the closes planet to being Earth-like.
To be able to land and survive on Venus, we'll need to find and test new or old technology. In paragraph 7, it says, "some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." This shows that they are already testing new methods that could possibly survive on Venus. In paragraph 7, it says, "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers...system that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This proves that they are using all resources that even date back to the 1800s.
To be able to land on Venus, we'll need to use what we already know about Venus. In paragraph 3, it says, "such environment would crush even a submarine...and would liquefy many metals." This shows that they know that what type of metals they need to use.
Venus is the closes planet to being Earth-like. In paragrapgh 5, it says, " | 2 |
757a6c3 | Hi my name is Luke Bomberger, I am a Seagoing Cowboy. We need new recruits. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a onece in a life time chance that most people never get. You're not one of those people. I am here giving you a chance to become one of us. I know you're probably thinking to yourself ,"why should I do that?" or "what is a seagoing cowboy?" Well before I was here, I was working two part time jobs when a good friend of mine invitted me to come onto a cattle boat with him so I did.You'll be amazed at what we can do and what this job can teach you!
A Seagoing Cowboy is when peopel get on boats or ships with animals such as, horses,sheep e.c.t. We take the animals and the food to the destination and drop them off. Now it may sound "lame" or "boring" but it actually is fun and interesting. You play some games with your shipmates,when we go to a destination for example, Greece you could go sight seeing or just walk around but we do not have to get on the ship directly after work is done! We get to have loads of fun. Which is why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy!!
When or if you decide to join me and my friends you should know what exaclty you're getting into. So we'll start with where we go. We go all around the world for a matter of fact, we've been to Greece, China, New Orleans, Venice,Europe, and we saw the Panama Canal.Some advantages of being one is that , one of course you get to travel to so many places and see and experiance so many new things.You meet awesome people who will become life long friends.Not only that but the pays not bad either.
In all you get to have me as a caption which is an automatic plus, you get good money, you are helping others and you get to travel for free with amazing people who can teach you incredable things about life.
If you still haven't signed up i think you're crazy. This is your lastchance for the best adventure of your life with memories that will never leave you.I am glad that i was able to recruit si many young people who want to help out in the world.Thank you so much and remember all of the good things that will come when you sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 3 |
757bc75 | We need to keep the Electoral College , it has been used by the founding fathers back then and still should be used to this day. The Electoral college is a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. It also helps by the process of selection of the electors , were the vote for president and vice president. The Electoral College can keep five hundred and thirty eight electors with two hundred and seventy electoral votes to require the president. For each state has his or her own group of electors chosen by the candidate's political party.
The presidential election is held every four years on a tuesday after the first monday in november. What most states do is have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. Then win the election is over the governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment"with every candidate who ran for president names on it. That means who ever won it represents your state for when you try running for president. The certificate is sent to the congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election.
For some reason a lot of presidents wanted to get rid of the electoral college such as Richard Nixon , Jimmy Carter ,and Bob Dole. Apparently people would rather have wanted a direct election to the kind we have now. When you use the Electoral College your not just voting for a president your voting for a slate also. Which could also lead to the disaster factor , when everyone has an arguement against the electoral college. Usually the only problem would have to be a tie in the electoral vote , in case the election would be thrown to the House of representatives were they vote on the president.
The Electoral College is unfair to voters because of the winner-takes-all system in each state. Candidates don't spend enough time in states they know they probably don't have a chance at winning so they focus only on the tight race in the "swing" states. Even though it is unfair it is widely regarded it just tells whoever person got more votes. Did you know when you vote for a president you are actually voting for a slate for electors. So you dont have to always blame the Electoral College its you who is putting the vote into it.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is a process not a place that takes in the number of votes for a presidential election. Our founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president. Ever state has thier own Electoral College , and it tells which candidate has won so they can represent are state in the presidential election. It also helps process by keeping votes in for our vice president and our president of the United States. That is why we have the Electoral College , now tell me do you think we should always use the Electoral college. | 3 |
7582764 | In this story I will be telling you about how the supposed face made by aliens are actually just made by a natual landform that looked like a face.
This is how we know that it was not made by aliens if it was made by a alien then how is it decaying would they of came back to fix it. To have it stay forever or do they just not care about it anymore.
Also wouldn't it of kept it's shape for more than 25 years or do you think that is just a sequence that happens to things over time. You never know if they are more advanced then us and can keep all of their stuff in ship shape and if it was a alien it would of stay and not changed.
"Matian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." "Formed by shadows giving illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." | 2 |
758520e | Should there be driverless cars in the future? Driverless cars are good to use if you are disabled, or getting ready for a meeting and had no time at home. On the other hand, driverless cars should not be on the roads because they are dangerous in so many ways. They can't see things when backing up. Nor can they stop immediately if a car drives by quickly when backng up.
Driverless cars should not be on the roads due to dangers of people and other drivers on the road. Maybe someone might want to drive to the store but turn early to go somewhere else. The car may or may not turn for the person inside of the car if they tell the car to turn sooner. When a driverless car is backing out of a driveway, they might keep going even if there is a car coming and about to hit the driverless car. Some cars don't see others when backing out of a driveway and they can't automatically stop if there is one close and about to hit you. When backing out of a parking space, driveway, or anything else, the driver should take control to back out and then let the car go back to being driverless. It is for the safety of other cars and the safety of people.
Driverless cars can be great for people going to meetings and they didn't have time to put makeup on, then that person can get ready in the car as the car takes them to their destination. Lets say that a person is going to the bar, and they take a taxi there and back. The driverless car would be in great use for that person when they leave the bar. If a person is intoxicated they should not be driving at all. So, the driverless car can take control and take that intoxicated person home without getting pulled over or getting in an accident. Another good reason driverless cars can be great is for gas and speed limits. There are speed limits for a reason and if driverless cars were in control then there would be no more speeding on roads. There would be no more tickets handed out for speeding. With driverless cars there would be less gas used.
My opinion is that there should not be driverless cars in this world. There is too many dangerous things that can happen like not stopping immediately, just backing out and not caring who is coming, and too many accidents waiting to happen. Some people are right, there can be driverless cars for people who cannot drive if they are injured, intoxicated, or cannot see, but not the whole world should have driverless cars. Also, yes, these cars are good for speed limits and gas usage, but the government would be spending way too much money on these cars. Most of the money that we have would go towards building these. Not everyone would have one of these cars.
There are many reasons to have and not to have these driverless cars. Some people think that they should in case of an injured person who needs to get to places and if someone is intoxicated with alcohol they should have one ready to pick them up instead of having that intoxicated person have a chance of getting into a crash. Some people think that they should not have these cars due to dangers of people in other cars. There are certain places to have these cars and not to have these cars, and some of the places that should would be downtown in larger cities. Places not to have them are in neighborhoods near kids and in the country. I think that these could work just not everywhere in this world. | 4 |
7586619 | What do i think about driverless cars? I think they should put a stop to this whole new idea. Its a waste of time and not only a waste of time but i think that theres nothing wrong with the vehicles we have now and making them more advanced doesnt make them a good or better car and Some people think this idea is a good one i disagree and this is why.
Why would you want some man made thing "helping" you or driving your car for you? some people buy cars just so they can be able to drive thereselfs places if not they would take a bus , buses have other people drive other people places. plus, this new idea is a very bad one.. it sounds to me like a death trap like how could you have a mechine drive it self. it doesnt have eyes that can see whats going on in the road? i do not believe in a couputer to aporate my car for me. how would you feel safe if your not the one in control the whole time. i wouldnt want to ride or drive in a car that im not the one in control its different want its an actual person verse a computer.
What if you get into an accident with another car who's fault is it? yours or the cars or the computer aporating the car and if it hits another vehicle that is driving itself whos fault is it? it could be many different situations. another reason why i do not agree with this "driverless cars" is that they are paying money for this driver less cars when it still needs a driver but only sometimes.. you have to wait til its your turn or something? Dr. Werner Huber says "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." the way cars are made now are fine, why would people want to change it up? Making cars more advanced might seem like a good idea but its not. they said " something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone" or even when people want to talk on the phone we already have a safe way of doing it. some cars already have where you can contected your phone to your car with bluetooth. That way people can talk and drive while still staying safe and looking at the road the whole time.
lastley i want to talk about is after they make this driverless vehicles are they going to do away with other vehicles? how many people are going to actual want a computer driving there car for them. I think people are wasting there time and money on something that seems to be just a danger to any and all people and not even just people everything around. paragraph 10 states " automakers are continuing their work on the assumtion that the problems ahead will be solved." i hope all this time and money they are spending is worth it all. they are going to be not only be getting money from people who do decide to actually invest in this idea but they are just going to lose buisness.
in concludtion, what do you think about driverless vehicles? should they keep going on with this amazing idea they think they might have or should they just stop what they are doing and quit wasting time on this when they can be making something else more useful. I think they should stop now because its just going to led to more problems and more injured people. | 4 |
7587078 | A google cofounder, Sergey Brin, has invisioned a new public safety transportation system. His ide is driverless cars, the cars are expected to have many safety features, use less fuel, and expand carrying capacity. But are they really as safe as they are made out to be? How can this new idea affect manufacturers, drivers, owners, and insurance companies? Will this new technology solve any problems that drivers currently face, or could this vehicle create more?
Technology often does not work as it is supposed to and this causes frustration. In this case, if the technology does not work as it should it could be at fault for human injure or even death. If the vehicle is on autopilot and isn't familiar with its location it is possible that the vehicle could go off course or glitch. In certain situations, the vehicle may not do what we think that it will do. It will need our assistance, but if we are not notified then a driver may not know and it cold cause an accident. This brings up the question asked in the pasage, would this be seen as the drivers fault or the manufacturers?
Manufacturers and drivers may end up getting into many disputes over the technology within the vehicle. The problem is that the driver could ie and say that the vehicle never notified him/her even if they were actually controlling the vehicle. Insurance companies, manufacturers, and owners of these cars could be put into situations that they never woud have been put into if it weren't for the technology. Technology is a privledge, and it does not workm all of the time. Manufacturers will make thousands of hese vehicles, who's to say that you will be the one to be in the next newspaper add because your car didn't quite work as it was meant to?
There is always a risk with everything that we do. Driving a car has a risk, you could be struck by a drunk driver or end up in a ditch. Things do happen, but these self driving cars can not fix all of these problems. There will still be other drivers who refuse to use the driverless cars and they could cause accidents. If a drunk driver is about to hit a driverless car, what makes you think that your safety is guaranteed? There is always a risk, question is whether or not the risk triumps the expected safety of the vehicles.
Is it possible that the owners of these vehicles will be notified to take the wheel but instead they are asleep or not paying attention? Drivers could abuse the safety features of these vehicles and make it look as if it was the manufacturers faut rather than their own. The car watching the driver feature could help in this case but not in all cases.
These cars can still be dangerous as far as safety goes. That does not make it a bad idea though. Problems could lead to solutions and solutions may lead to the success of the vehicles. Also, the idea of using less fuel and having a wider space capacity than most other vehicles is also a very good feature to the vehicles. But can the manufacturers pull it off? It is likely, but will it ever actually happen? These vehicles may appear sooner than we think, we'll just have to see if they become a success or just another idea that didn't meet its expectations. Only time will tell. | 4 |
758b89c | I believe that the use of this technology would be valuable, as long as students sign off or allow their emotions to be detected by this software. It could be valuable to find learning plans and lessons for all students, so their learning is more interactive for them and more interesting. It could also help detect things such as depression and try report that to a parent or counselor to try and improve their situation. Eventually the software could become so advanced that it could detect suicidal thoughts, in which case, could save lives. But alas, students would have to be okay with this technology being used on them, otherwise it's an invasion of privacy.
A professor by the name of Dr. Huang at Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois is working in collaboration with Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang taught a computer what facial muscles equal what emotion. If this software was implemented into school computers, I wouldn't see a problem with that. By implementing this software students could have a more interactive learning environment or a more interesting learning experience overall. But there are still flaws in this software, a student would be able to manipulate the software into only teaching them about a certain subject that they partcularly like. So the software needs more advanced fake emotion detection, and needs to teach things that "seem" boring because its still vital information humans need to live. If someone were to dislike math, but really like science and they were never taught math at all, the person would be unable to succeed in life due to this software failing.
If this software is implemented, it should not be used often. Although it can help the learning environment it can also hurt it. While I support the software being used in a learning environment, I do not condone this being put onto personal computers for financial gain or marketing purposes. | 3 |
758f833 | One of the planets in the solar system, Venus is one of most brightest points of light in the night sky. Sometimes it can be called the "Evening Star". Venus can be simple to see from the distant, but it can be challenging to examine more closely. The author who wrote this article about "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. There are reasons that Venus can be worthy but dangerous at the same time.
The planet Venus can be dangerous because, it can cause natural disasters in our environment. In paragraph 3, it states that "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Another reason why Venus can be dangerous because, it has alot of heat. In the text it says, " Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system".
Not only is our planet Venus can be dangerous, it can be very worthy too. In paragraph 5, it states that "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus".
In the text it states that, " peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditons because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography inneffective". So that his how the author supports his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers. | 3 |
758fd71 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" we can get an understanding of how we have a new technology at our fingertips. This article provides basic information on not only how this technology works but, also how we can apply it to our daily lives. This technolgy can be made into many applications as we can use it in school or at home or even at your job. Using the new Facial Action Coding System in our lives can benefit us in many ways. These benefits include making more realistic animated faces for artwork or even movies, the system can also be applyed toward school and in affecting the lesson to keep the learning process more affective and exilerating.
The Facial Action Coding System can affectivly be used in the enviroment of learning. "' A classroom computor could recogonize when a student is becoming confused of bored,'
Dr. Huang predicts. " Then it could modifly the lesson, like an effective human instructor." (Paragragh six) This can be a huge benefit to students around the world. Many times can students get bored of the lesson and also get confused. With this technology we can all get the benefit of getting the lesson changed if needed to best fit our way of learning and to give us a better atmosphere to learn. This can be applyied to virually everyone that wants it and could benefit everyones program greatly.
Another application of this technology is for it to be used in a job application of creating better faces for animation in many situations. "This same technology can make computor-animated faces more expressive-- for video games or video surgery." (Paragraph six). This can be another Pro for anyone in animation towards video games or a surgeon trying to teach others what is going to happen in the surgy. All these things can be a huge benefit to thses fields of jobs. The application of this technology can not only benefit us but improve our lives as this system can open up new job and make more real live situations better for the user.
The benefits of making more realistic animated faces for artwork or even movies and, the system can also be applyed toward school and in affecting the lesson to keep the learning process more affective and exilerating. Using the new Facial Action Coding System in our lives can benefit us in many ways. The new system can be applyied in countless other things in this world to create many other better to the user. The system can chnage us and form us into a better world with these applications. | 4 |
7596c98 | We have two neighbor planets Venus and Mars. But Venus is the closest to Earth in density, size and sometimes the closest in distance. Also Venus is called Earth's twin even though they are a lot differant.
But some people think that if we can get past all the bad weather sometime in the fucher we can go on it. We have sent space crafts their but none of them have lasted longer than a couple hours. The planet is very hard to study but, scientist think long ago that Venus was like Earth with large bodys of water and could suport life.
The plants weather is horrifiyng constant lightning, earthquakes, and even volcanos erupting. But their is silicon carbide that has been tested and represents Venus like chaos so scientist can study a little bit of how maybe Venus weather is and how it works. The atmosphear is 97% and with the clouds with high corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphear. With all of these varibles it would be rally hard to study. In the artical and like I said earlier long ago scientist think that Venus was alot like Earth and it might be possible to live on.
In the futer scientist beleive that we can study Venus better and understand how it works right now it is know as the hardest planet to study because of the condishions. And the planet has a rocky suface with valleys and, mountains, and craters.
The authors artical is good on how we should care about going and exploring Venus. And learning what happens and why and maybe even sometime in the futer living on Venus will happen, because it is so similar to Earth. | 3 |
7597add | Students will be able to learn better if they had a more effective teacher. Using the Facial Action Coding System could help students and teachers to learn, and teach.
Facial Action Coding System is a great way to get teachers to be more effective, and know what to do when teaching students. An example could be said through the article, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr.Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." (Alto Para. 6). Like said in the article if the system can pick up the students feelings such as, happy, mad, confused, and/or bored. The system can change the way it is teaching the student.
Another way the system can help is, it can tell the emotion of the student. The system can see if the student is really feeling it that day. If the student is ready for the class, the system can give the student a rigorus lesson, but if the student is not really feeling it that day, the system can give the student a more relaxed, easy leasson. This will help the student greatly. This could give the student a way to learn, but not to the point were the student is not learning anything.
The Facial Action Coding System could be a great way for students and teachers to learn, and teach. Using this system can help the students greatly. The students can get a personalized way to learn at their own pace, and own method. Teachers get a better understanding on how to teach students. It is all based on telling emotions. The Facial Action Coding System has great value for use in schools. | 3 |
759d361 | Almost everywhere where there is a human population, there is a major usage of cars. Cars and other vechiles are used one a day to day basis and are one of the reason most people have jobs. But what if cars could get better, cheaper, and usable for all including the disabled. This is the the future of cars; the driverless car.
In the modern world, people that are poor tend to stuggle to get a job. One of the reason this happens is because they don't have a way of getting to work on time. Sure buses and subways are the best public way of travel but they tend to take a while to arrive at your stop. not to mention the crowd of the people who also need to be on the transport. Whith driverless cars, there is a way people with small income can go to places with wait and owning a car. Google cofounder Sergey brin says that a public-transport taxi system could become reality and would use half the amount of fuel today's taxis use. Meaning the price for fair would also decrease and be easier for the wallet.
Driverless taxis will not only help the poor but also the disabled too. People who are bind or have other handicaps that would stop them from getting from place to place alone could now be able to move around freely in the driverless taxis. The cars could also have a customer service opition so if anyone needs help, they can have a person help them.
Since the cars would have a 3-D modle the surroundings, by using LIDAR, the passenger wouldn't have to worry about driving or being in danger. This would also improve the life of the police and other rescue agencies that need to speed through traffic by stopping all cars in the area or slowing them down. The whole city would be safer since most people would be using the driverless cars instead of regular ones.
In the future, the people will be safer, spend less money, and live better if driverless become reality. So far though, all attemps are not successful since a driver is still needed to do things the car can't, like navigating through work sites or accidents. But with given time and research, the idea of the driverless car will become a great improvement to the lives of many people. | 4 |
75a30b4 | When reading this article I couldn't help but to start thinking about the topic that was brought fourth. I mean when you really think about it driverless cars aren't anything special. My position on all of this is that these driverless cars should not be developed at all. It's just not a very smart move.
Driverless cars should not be manufactured. I think that it would cause to much accidents to occur. And then whose fault would that be, the driver or the makers. As stated in paragraph 9, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer?" If people can't help getting in car accidents by being reckless and crazy whill they are driving the car- who says it will be any better with these "driverless cars." Even if these cars were some would still need a driver to help navigate them at some point. In paragraph 7 it says that the BMW developed a car that could,and I quote, " handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." It even sates that, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless.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." Meaning a person would still have to be in the car and help drive, but this also means that the person would have to stay in touch with their surroundings to make such they are on call when something does occur and the car needs their help. as stated in paragraph 7, "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."
See the thing is that we humans have always pushed to create the future before it is time for it to come. We see movies and t.v shows with cars that drive on autopilot, and this is something we want, but shouldn't have. With this whole driverless cars this, it just doesn't make sense because there would still need to be a human behinde the wheele at all times. With cars that are like this, when the car is driving it's self do you really think the person behinde the wheele will really be paying attention to the road still. The answer is no, they will be texting, talking on the phone, playing or laughing with friends that are in the car with them and or eating. This is why we have laws against these kinds of things, as stated in paragraph 7, " Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars," and it should stay this way.
So in conclusion I do not believe we should have driverless cars at all. They do not seem safe or smart. A car is meant to be driven by man not a machine, and it should most certainly stay this way. | 4 |
75a3e5b | Conspiracy theorists think that the Face was built by aliens. However, they are wrong. They are wrong for many reasons. One reason is as simple as can be and that is that there is no proof that aliens have ever touched foot on to one of the galaxy's planets. The Face is just a natrual landform.
In addition, scientists have already come to the conclusion that the Face is just a Martian mesa. "Only this one had unusal shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah" (2). This proves that it is just unusal for a Martian mesa to look like the one on Mars. "Martian mesa, common enough"(2) this proves that Martian mesa's are common and not unusal.
Plus in the pictures the Face is not the only mesa around. There are 10 different mesas. If there are ten mesas in one picture of Mars who knows how many mesas are on Mars(5). It is just a fluke that one mesa happens to look like an Egpytian Pharoah.
Also Is says in the story that "what the picture actaully shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mess--landforms common around the American West"(12). Garvin says "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho"(12). There is buttes and messas on Earth what makes conspiarcy therorists think that there can not be natrual ones on Mars to. The fact the conspiracy theorists actaully belive that aliens built the Face is a joke.
The Face is a natrual landform on Mars that happens to look like a face. We know this becasue scientists have proven it. We also know this because there are messas on planet earth. Lastly we know this because they cant prove that aliens ever stepped foot onto mars or even constructed a messa. The Face is a fluke. | 4 |
75a5226 | It's well known that Venus is not the safest planet for exploration. Although it's often closest to us in terms of space travel, its weather conditions are harsh and often unpredictable. The planet is surrounded by an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide. Venus is also covered with a thick cloud like gas that consists of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, and it's atmospheric pressure is 90 times more what we have on Earth. Not only is Venus's 'sky' highly toxic, but the average temerature is over 800 degrees. These conditions are new and forein to humans and makes it highly dangerous for space exploration.
So why are scientist so persistant on exploring this planet? Well space travel wise, its the closest planet to us. While distance in space is no joke, it is the closest planet to earth, making the distance shorter than other planets. Scientists also believe that it could be possible that Venus was a lot like Earth at some point in time. While it may be hard to tell considering it's condition now, Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters. Although it's not certain, some believe that Venus once had oceans and could support some life forms.
While we hope the day won't come, there may be a time when Earth is no longer able to support life. Scientists study the planets in our system not only to fulfill their own curiositys, but to collect information for the day that it may be needed. | 2 |
75a6339 | A 3-D computer that has been made to show the emotions of a person has been in the works. It has been tested on paintings like the Mona Lisa showing her emotions. What if schools had computers like these 3-D ones for school allowing them to be more advanced then before. I believe these computers can allow schools to raise test scores, help counsleors, and make classes more fun.
I believe that these 3-D compters could be able to help out test scores because they could tell when theres a confusing lesson or boring one. These computers could be able to detect when a student is confused on a lesson or even bored. I believe this could be helpful for teachers because they can change the way they teach there lesson in a more understanding way thus have better test scores.
My second argument on why these computers could be useful to schools is helping out kids who are scared to talk out on their probelms. I think counsleors could find a machine like this useful for students who still fear tallking to them. Not only that but these machines could help them know when kids in class are sad or angry.
My last argument is making lessons more fun. These computers can be able to see the students who find lessons or schools boring. Thus could help teachers know to make the class lessons better to have more students excited for class.
I am for schools having these computers. These schools coudl realy be more advanced then ever with them. I think they would help schools with scores, help counsleors, and make classes more fun. | 3 |
75a696d | Many students will benefit from this software if it can truly sense emotions.
If the software is truly like it suggests, students in the classroom could improve grades significantly.
If students grades improve, their moral would improve, their stress levels would decrease dramatically, and they would have a better learning experience because of personalized lessons.
This software could be a major benificial tool in future schools.
If the software can automatically improve the learning experience of students it would be for the better all of the way around.
The aritcle provides a quote from Dr. Huang that states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
It seems like the software in schools would not abolish teachers, but merely help them with a students learning experience.
Each student learns in a different way, and the software is intended to fix that problem in schools.
Therefore diminishing confusion and improving grades, and in conclusion, improving the moral of students.
With grades improving, students would be able to focus more quickly and more often.
It would also provide a sense of comfort and provide a significant decrease in stress.
As long as personalized lessons are in place, students would become more comfortable with the topics that they are learning and that ultimately improves test scores which goes back into improving moral.
With the Facial Action Coding System in effect, students would have an overall better learning experience.
Students that are able to learn and understand the material tend to do better on tests.
If the software is in place, it will change the learning experience to that particular person so they are able to understand that particular topic, which causes better test scores, which causes a moral boost, and decreases stress levels.
If the Facial Action Coding System is placed in full effect in schools everywhere, students would improve their grades dramatically purely on the foundation of personalized lessons.
If students grades improve, they will see an improvement in their moral, as well as having decreased stress levels, and most importantly have a better learning experience.
This software could provide major benefits to schools around the world, and one may not understand why it is not in effect in schools today. | 4 |
75abb10 | To whom it may concern,
I, PROPER_NAME, think it is best to keep the electoral colles, but here is why. Some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the consititution is restored. The candiate must have trans regional appleal, meaning he/she must be all for each region & not just one, (South, Northeastern, etc.). From this the residents of the other region are likelt to feel disfranchised-- to feel like their votes do not count, and that with no regard for their interests, the president is not really the president.
As a citizen I would say that if the president, only did what half of the regions had said, then I would not be satisfied with what he is doing. When you go into office, you go into office for everyone, not just one region, but ALL regions. Wether or not the president haave a trans-appeal, each region does not have enough electoral votes to elect a president on their own anyway. Some say the electoral college is unfair. outdated, irrational, because they favor most daily assertions without much basis in reality. However the lectoral college, can be unfair. Most arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much base reality.
To feel as if the president is not on your side, i dont imagine that being any fun, that to me would be like rewarding one child and not the other for the same action. We all are equal, wether by race, color, or age. We are all human, and we demand to be treated equal, if we dont get equal, keep trying until you do. Its always too early to give up. Always push yourself to high extents just like these canidates and maybe one day it will be you standing up for the majority vote, only hoping that the voters do not pick favorites, off of location. Before you decide make sure you know who youre voting for, and that there is a chance, that folur years from now, they could be re elected again, so please, put some thought into our society, and what social conflict does to us! America hass been torn apart because, of beliefs, religion, and democracies, and possibly is still suffering from all of these things, as i sit here and type this. There is a while world out there beyond those builded lines. Why did you pick thosae lines in the first place. | 2 |
75ad824 | This article talks about the challenges of exploring Venus , based on this article we can come up with the aidea that it's almost imposible to explore this planet because of too many factors, this planet is the closest planet to ours and NASA has been makind missions and sent many spacecrafts but non of them has survived very long, all the projects to explore this planet didn't work, that's why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
This planet has a very thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide, and challenging clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, on this planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the almospheric pressure is 90 times greater than the atmospheric pressure in earth.
Many scientist believe that Venus have been the most Eart-like planet, long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth today. NASA now is working on other approaches to studying Venus. for example,some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that has been tested and lasted more than three weeks in such conditions, another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers,this devices were invented in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II.
In conclution styding Venus has been a difficult thing, and scientist have been trying too many thing to do it and they didn't work, but they will still trying until they
get more and more information of this planet. | 3 |
75b0142 | So one day my friend Bill and I read a article called ''Unmasking the Face on Mars and we were so interested in the story we wanted to have a debate on the article so we started to have a argument on which the face was a humans face or a aliens face which could it be ? So i went back to look in the article and find details on whether the face was a humans face and my friend went to go find details in the story to see if the face was a alien face or not which could it be ? So i say in paragraph 3 it says that the ''huge rock formation it resembles a human head .. formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth.So my friend Bill comes back and says but in paragraph 6 they say a some scientist believed the face was an alien artifact and then i go down to paragraph 7 and read threw a little and i come across it sayin in April 5, 1998, when the Mars Global Surveryor flew over cydonia for the first the time thier camera team took a picture that was ten times sharper than the vikings photos and they seen that it was no alien monument after all. Then thats when my friend bill continued to look for information
and then he says he read in paragraph 8 that no one was satisfied so we continued to debate so it did not end and my friend Bill said that at the end of paragraph 8 they said perhaps said the skeptics thier were alien marking hidden by haze. But after all we did not find enough information to solve our debate so me and my Bill never will know the Face on mars so it still remains a mystery but me and my friend will still continue to try to find information to see if it was a human face or a alien face ? | 1 |
75b1b41 | The Electoral College, its something that can change the amount of votes someone has rapidly depending on how many he or she has recieved. For some it is something that can help you, and for others its a nightmare. Most people would say it is something to be aware about and the rest dont care about it.
To start off, The Electoral College is not a physical builiding or place, its a process that the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between elections of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Most people belive that this process should be eliminated, some of those protesters are or were very important people, for example Bob Dole, he once said "
The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
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Secondly, If someone is in the Electoral College and vote for who they want for President, really they dont vote for them, according to "The Indefensible Electoral College" by Bradford Plumer, the people on the Electoral College actually "vote not for the President, but for a slate of electors, who in return elect the president." Thats messed up! They barley have any control on who they vote for. What if the electors dont vote for who the voters expect to win? Actually, this incedent has happend before in Hawaii in 1960 with two electors, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please.
Next, The Elecotral College is widley regarded as an anachronism. According to "In Defense of The Electoral College" by Richard A. Posner, "
the advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense...
". It is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When people are voting for a presidential candidate, they're actually voting for a slate of electors. Its is truley unfair for that to happen because the electors can betray the presidential nominee and cast their vote for the opposing nominee.
Finally, It is entirely possible for the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. It is very rare for something like that to occur. According to "In Defense of The Electoral College" by Richard A. Posner, "
It happend in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush, yet fewer electoral votes..."
.A tie in the nationwide electoral votes is possible because the total number of votes, which is 538, is an even number, but it is highly unlikely.
Overall, The Electoral College should be removed, because when the electors cast their vote, they dont really take part in the vote, it really is the slate. Sure, it can add more votes than the nominee actually has, but it is an unfair, outdated, and irrational procces that should no longer be in the Constisution. | 4 |
75b5154 | There are many factors that makes Venus a very challenging planet for humans to study. Although Venus is the closest planet to Earth, there are many risks that have made it a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the second planet from the sun which makes it very hard to achieve missions. All of the previous missions were unmanned because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. In the article "The Challenging of Exploring Venus," the author supports his claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by telling the reader about Venus's thick atmosphere, NASA's possible solution to Venus's hostile conditions, and all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate.
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite a challenge it presents, like Venus's thick atmostphere. The planet's surface and the atmospheric pressure is much more greater than what people experience on Earth. The temperature is so much greater that it would crush a submarne. Paragraph 3 states, "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun." There are too many risks from this planet being the hottest planet in the solar system, for people to explore it. It wouldn't be safe for people to experience this incredibly hot planet.
Another challenge that studying Venus brings to the reader, is NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. Vehicles would be hovering miles above the landscape to avoid the ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Paragraph 5 states, "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth." It could be very dangerous with people many miles above the surface, along with the termpature very high. Although it's survivable for humans, it's still very dangerous.
Another challenge that studying Venus brings to the reader is all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate. Since the light isn't penetrating the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography effectively, people only receive limited insite on ground conditions on Venus. People have to look at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet to even get a little bit of insight. Paragraph 6 says, "Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." Since researchers can't take samples of things like gas, or rocks from a distance, they are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enought to help with their knowledge of Venus.
Studying Venus has many challenges to go along with it. Although studying this planet is a worthy pursuit, some dangers were presented by telling the reader about Venus's thick atmosphere, NASA's possible solution to Venus's hostile conditions, and all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system which makes it hard for people to explore it if the pressure is so high. Vehicles hover miles above the landscape to avoid the ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Since it's so hard to get close the Venus because of its risks, people have to look at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet to even get a little bit of insight. Although there are many dangers that come with exploring Venus, people get so much out of the result if researchers get to exploring what they needed to, to inform the rest of the people. | 4 |
75b73b8 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I do disagree with the driverles cars.
I don't Feel they are safe and I don't think they are much needed. In the article it states important reason why I don't think we should have driverless cars. For the safety of others. Do we really need them?
In paraghragh 9 it states "if technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault", if technology does fail in a place where it could have been pervented if it weren't for driverless cars, then thats just more accidents with more people getting injured and maybe more people owing money to others they shouldn't have had to in if they were the ones behind the wheel. In paragrah 8 it states that "what if driver get bored or tired waiting for their turn to drive?" and what if they do? then they won't be alert when it is there time to drive, therefore another reasons that they should just be in control the whole time. Then in paragragh 3 its stating that they tested sensor roads, but didnt want to pay the money to get them.Why leave out a part of the invention that could be crucial if not included, that could help with the improvement and acceracy of the driverless cars. If there not willing to put forward all they can for the saftey of other then shoould we really trust that these driverless cars are gonna be safe to drive?
I do think that driverless cars are just one more thing that we dont need. Its more dangerous then driving a car itself. It causes people to be more alert, and open minded about weather they should trust their life in the hands of tecnology. They might not always be persistant, because if their is a manufuction how would you know? Wait till something happens that shouldn't? Spending more money on things that we really don't need is a big waste of time and money. Driverless cars are just gonna be a big problem for everybody. | 3 |
75ba4ef | I am against driveless cars because I believe that these cars will cause a lot of automobilistic accidents. I believe this because they are only cars, and although scientist have creted many self operating inventions that work marvelously, cars are different from those invetions because there are more risks if the car were to stop working, many lives would be at stake. I am aware that there are still numerous car accidents now due to drunk drivers, texting while driving, and stuff of that nature, but I feel that driveless cars will cause more accidents, possibly taking the lives of people.
Another reason I'm against driveless cars is because people will become lazier than they already are, they'll get used to not driving but when they need to drive an older model car, like the original ones they'll be so used to the car driving itself they won't remember how to drive, or they'll forget they still have to pay attention to the road because the car isn't driving for itself now.
As paragraph 9, Waiting on the Law states "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." If the car operates on its own, the "driver" will not be alert to what is going on, and this will cause a lot of accidents as I said earlier. | 3 |
75bb61f | Going to study planet venus with standing the obstacles and problems the scientist would face, it would be really dangerous and risky, just like going to any other planet on Earth. To go there, the scientists need to get fully ready like they always do, they have to known more about the planet venus. they have to know the danger are there and the good things can be found there as well.
Venus is a good planet apart from the fact that it is the hottest planet. According to the second paragraph on the second line, venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occationally the closest in distance too.
The author of this essay didn't really support the idea that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The author seem to point his ideas to why scientist should not go to venus to study. He basically gave reasons why they should travel to venus. He talked about the disadvanges. He also explained the challenges of visiting venus. in paragraph 2, he stated, "numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us". he gave a general reason of why human should not go to study the planet Venus.
the author stated that, "striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us to many equally intimidated endevours". this qoute means that, the human curiosity will make us do more indimidated endeavours which can put us in danger. he also stated that, "our travels on Earth and beyond should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". he thinks we should take less risky jouneys and stay put where there is less danger.
in conclusion, the author didnt support the idea of " Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents", he mostly talk about not doing risky things. he taked about the good ideas of going to venus at the beginning of the ssay but he changed evrything at the end of the essay. | 3 |
75bb63f | Driverless cars are no doubt going to be the future of the automotive business, making our roads modernized. Having driverless cars will be a great thing for our future. Once everyone starts driving them there will be less accidents, no more gridlock, and the economy will boom.
Due to the huge influx of cash that the automotive business industry would get our economy might possibly pull itself from the grave and make us be able to abolish our debt.
All throughout history our goal has been to better our way of life by creating new technology for safety reasons and for ease of life. The automotive industry is not exempt from this, throughout history we have been making changes to vehicles so that we may go faster while being safer. One of the ways we do this is with the revolutionary technology of sensors which allow the computers in our vehicles to sense and see things that humans can not. Sensors have gone a long way since they have been invented; at first they were just used to let a computer see things, now they can predict a head on collision or when your going to lose traction on ice. So why not just let them control the car indefinately if they are able to brake, drive, and regain control of the vehicle even better than a human can. This is why there should be driverless cars at some point in our future, hopefully sooner rather than later.
The one thing holding us back from being able to discover what driverless vehicles are like is the laws that we have set in place so that a vehicle is only safe when their is a human in it driving. What they don't consider when they makes these laws is that if everyone had a driverless car then they would all be programed to drive correctly and in sync without ever needing to worry about trusting another driver or knowing when your turn is at a intersection. The vehicles would be able to sense if the other vehicles are there and be able to decided exactly what they are spose to do without the emotions like trust and doubt clouding its judgement.
Driverless cars is the future of modern technology and the future of road safety. There will be no more gridlock due to sensors and computers talking to eachother. There will be no more worrying about what speed to drive in snow or if it is too icy. The vehicles would be able to tell us all of this and compute it even better than a human could. With how fast our technology including sensors has come since 2000 driverless cars could be right around the corner and be safer, faster, and more. Driverless vehicles are our future and it is a good one. | 4 |
75c1146 | Dear State Senator,
When our great leaders died they're visions didn't die. They wanted the people to be in charge of who runs there country and what happens in them. Why is this not happening the way our founders wanted it. Having the Electoral College is not a bad idea but, its not a great one. Demolishing the Electoral College is the only fair way.
In the article " In Defense of the Electoral college: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" Although it mention how good the Electoral College is it also mentions how "the Electoral College method of selectin the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carry their state....Knowing their vote will have no effect". Popular vote don't seem to matter, The Peoples vote don't seem to matter.
Others may argue that the Electoral college helps break a tie but, that only happened one time. If we ever had a issue like that again we could just enforce the Electoral College but, the people the say of who leads us after all we are one nation under god. In the article" The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" Bradford plumer states" Voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Furthermore he goes on to say " state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." Can't we just enforce the Electoral College when we need a tie breaker. The Electoral College consist of five-hundred thirty-eight electors which happens to be an even number. Even if its a slight chance couldn't an Electoral College voting happen to be a tie. The population doesn't have even or odds in this case because every year new people are getting to the age that they can vote.
In the article "what is the Electoral college?" The Office of the Federal Register states that" the founding fathers establish it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the presidentby a vote in congress and the election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens." As you see it says a comprimise not total dictatorship. Everybody has rights voters rights are being tampered with. freedom to vote doesn't seem neccessary because we may have freedom to vote but our votes isn't making a difference. As Plumer said if there is a chance of a tie " the election would be thrown to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president....Because each state cast only one vote ,the single reprsentative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representative from California, who represent 35 million voters."
From a future voter waiting for a change | 3 |
75cc5b9 | I am a Seagoing Cowboy. I have experienced many different places. I have been to Greece, Europe, China and more. You should definately become a Seagoing Cowboy because you get to experience places you would not get to experience if you were not a Seagoing Cowboy.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you make many friends. You get to help take care of horses, cows, and mules. By 1947, I made 9 different trips, the most of any seagoing Cowboy! Not only do you have fun doing all of this, but you also get prepared for hard work in the future. You also play fun games such as volleyball and table tennis. We also fenced, boxed, read, and whittled to pass the time. Being a Segoing Cowboy makes you much more aware about the world and its people. There are many things countries need. You also have lots of fun on board, especially on return trips from unloading the animals. All of the fun on board made the month long trip to China seem short. When I was in Greece I even got to see the Acropolis! It was very special. I also turned 18 before arriving in Greece, so i could be drafted in the military. We finally arrived on August 14, which was the day the Pacific war ended!
In Conclusion, I would definately recommend becoming a Seagoing cowboy, because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and it is very fun, while you also learn a lot along the way. | 2 |
75d4b67 | I think that driverless car would be a waste a money. I dont think that anybody would trust a car driving itself around. i personally think that people would feel safer driving themselfves around than a computerized car. Some people may think that a car that can drive itself could be useful and it some ways it may be. It could be safer because less people could txt and drive, or drink and drive, that could cause lesss wrecks. On the down side if they cant fix the car when it goes through traffic and the person is asleep then the car wont know what to do and it could cause another wreck going through one. It could also cause another wreck if it was going through a construction site. That could be b ad because construction sites are already buisy enough and cramed enough.
Most people would prefer to dirve them,selves to work or to school every day. I dont trust technology, i think that it has brought our world to crap. The governmant isusing it just to get money and that is what these cars are for. Its just to gets civilians money. I would feel safer because i know where i am going and if there is a crash or a construction zone i know how to handle it and know where to go or how to get where i need to go. Also i wouldnt half to worry abput falling asleep and the car not knwoing what to do or some one ramming into the back of my car. The safest way that i would think to have a caar that could drive on its own is to have magnets in the road and the opposite polarity in the car some where so that the car has a path to guide it.
HI | 2 |
75dbc43 | Have you ever joined or been in a program called "Seagoing Cowboys"? Well, if you haven't you should join it, and in this passage i will give you good reasons as to why you should join this program. If you decide to join, there will be many adventures for you to go on.
First, i say you should join this prgram because, you get to see people from different countries. You also get to expierence what its like to be on a cattle boat and meet new people that have joined the program as well. Maybe you might even get a special job on the cattle boat like being the look-out. You also get to be out on the beautiful sea.
Secondly, there are the opportunities of sight seeing, and exploring, you might also see ruins of places. Luke Bomberger got to go dight seeing a bit and see Venice,Italy while taking a gondola ride and the streets of the city were filled with water. You might even be able to go for a swim, now wont that be a splash.
It might be a long trip but it would be worth it. Its fun to explore and see new places so enjoy the opportunity while it lasts or just say yes and start your .
journey
Lastly, and most importantly, you would have to care for the animals. You would have to check on the animals every hour. You would aslo have to feed the animals, which are mostly horses and a few cattles. Tending to the animals is also an important job, you would hhave to care for them from one destination till the next, and it would be bad if they were sick since you didnt take care of them, but you should know it will be fun tho care for these animals, they are very gentle loving creatures.
In conclusion, there are many great facts and reasons to join this program just look what Luke Bomberger accomplished! You could accomplish many great things too, maybe you could cross the Atlantic ocean and break the record for crossing the Atlantic more times than anyone ever has before. | 4 |
75df1c0 | Driverless Cars and Their Risks
The concept of driverless cars, does not appeal to me whatsoever. I do not agree with the manufactoring of these cars because I do not find the concept of a driverless car to be safe. Trusting technology with something as important as driving, is nothing short of dangerous. Think of it this way, do you know that feeling of when your computer freezes? Or when your television goes out? T.V.'s and computers are some of the basic essentials of technology. They have their bugs, and they do not run flawlessly 24/7. Driverless cars can be the same way too. They can freeze and have their bugs. Are you willing to risk you and your loved ones lives with a driverless car?
I certainly wouldn't and by the end of this eassy, I hope you won't risk it either.
Driverless cars have been fantasized for many years. Google employees such as Sergey Brin and Sebastian Thrun claim that this fantasy is close to becoming a reality. I, for one haven't really heard any news on the matter. Sure, the rumors were there, but I honestly haven't heard of any of these breakthroughs. I don't trust it. I, and many other people want to see true facts and real results. The fantasy of driverless cars clouds people's judgement and so with such little public attention and news coverage, I honestly can see why me and so many others are skeptical of this idea.
States like California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, have outlawed these cars. They believe that having a human driver is the safest and smartest way to drive a car. And their right.
Technology is nothing short of unpredictable, as anything can happen. A phone can shut down, a computer can catch a virus, and a T.V. can blow out. Who knows what a driverless car can do? At least if a car breaks down, the human driver has some degree of control over the matter. To have that control taken away and replaced by a computer program is frightening. A car can be dangerous if in the wrong hands. I don't believe that the hands of a lifeless computer program are a good substitute for a human driver.
All in all, being replaced by a machine is not a step forward for greatness. I believe that this step is a step towards catastrophe. This can cause tons of deadly crashes, and heart-breaking losses. Even though lots of car accidents today are caused by human drivers, I believe that the amount of car accidents would only go up with the production of driverless cars. Driverless cars are gonna be a disaster. I urge you to agree, as my arguement now comes to a close.
So, I stand against driverless cars.
Do you? | 4 |
75e1d6c | Personally,I'm not too thrilled about these developments. It isn't so much not wanting these cars to happen, but rather it's about what this development is. it has essentially just opened up another way to be lazy. While automaton cars aren't a bad thing in the least, their existence could begin a new era of trouble.
Obesity is a big problem, and let's face it, it's because of typical american diets just exaggerating the calories we don't burn because of how lazy the general population is. And on top of that, it still requires a manual driver, in case of something it doesnt recognize that needs to be maneuvered around. If a bad driver happened to be behind the wheel and such an event occured, disaster would surely follow. I don't mean to be, well, mean, but introducing a new car that can drive itself would have horrible backlash in the future, when the newest generations would know only the self driving cars.
What i'm saying is, while their intentions are good in trying to do this, some things are better left to manually do. Just because it's easier doesn't necessarily make it better. It just means you have to put out less effort. | 2 |
75e24a5 | I believe that he's saying the truth in some parts. He is correct in how we can get to places safer. Im going to tell you why it's a bad thing to have smater cars, driveing less,sensing the world. Also my conclusion on what i think why this is a bad thing.
I feel like having smater cars is nice but at the same time its not. Have you thought of, what if the car doesnt funtion the way its suppose to and it causes an acident. Also what if you command it to take you some where and it gets you lost. What if the police tries to pull you over and the car doesnt stop.
Im going to talk on why driveing less is bad. Well for 1 reason when you are kind of stress you can go out for a drive to distract yourself for a little. Also if we wont be able to drive as much people won't like that because they like to control the car while driving. Also like if you want to take somone on a date it wont be as romantic as if it is for you to drive.
Im going to talk how it wont work for part of the world sensing the world. First of all some people are poor and they wont be able to afford a smart car. Second of all there's people the like to be able to control the car rather than driveing less. Also its very expensive for the people to put new roads and that means the taxes are going to be higher.
In conclusion i think we should stick to normal cars. Its to much money to do all that. Also its going to be a waist of time if it doesnt work and a waist of money. I feel like we should be able to control the car because you dont know what can happen. Also its a way to get out of the house if your stressed . Also not every one will be able to get a smart car. | 2 |
75e3824 | While the idea of driverless cars appeals to many, is it really practical for modern day America? Sergey Brin has proposed and imagined this utopian idea. The creation of these seeming easy cars would actually make everyones life harder, not only on the roads, but in the court rooms as well. These cars would obviously be extremly costly to make, and would put stress on all tax payers if roads were to be remodeled. The idea of driverless cars is impractical and shouldn't be taken seriously.
There is a quote that states, "Be careful what you wish for becuase you just might get it." What this quote boils down to is that as much as one might want something that aesthetically pleases them, it may turn around to be a truly awful mistake. Driverless cars cause more trouble then they are worth. A prime example would be, if a driverless car were to be made, having to switch the roads and the designs of them. Tax payers already pay for the seemingly never ending road repair, let along new roads for cars that arent even a necessity. Many engineers at Berkeley attempted to use magnets in driverless cars that could read in binary code. They discovered there needed to be grotesque and expensive changes to pre existing roads, making the whole ordeal impractical. After realizing that roads were too hard to deal with, money wise, Google tried to make cars that were smarter. With all of the upgrades required to make a smarter car, the cost of the driverless car wouldn't be fathomable. How are people supposed to drive cars when they cost too much to own and take care of?
Another huge problem with the new cars is whither a human in the "driver seat" would be assisting or driving. If a car could go forward on its own, but can't drive under certain conditions, how is it really a driverless car? If a person in the car were to fall asleep while being drove by the car, then there were to be an accident that the car couldn't handle, how would the car alert the person it was time to drive. There is a big reason as to why people dont hop out of bed and into a car. The brain needs time to adjust and wake up before attempting a process that can quite legitimately kill people. A single car accident can kill many people. Pretending that driverless cars are a toy isn't an option. People with health problems wouldn't find a driverless cars helpful either. Awareness of people who cant feel vibrations, cannot hear, and cannot see, would all be in danger riding in this type of car. Without being in control of the wheel and acceleration at all times reduces the feeling of needing to be alert in the car, causing more careless accidents that could have been avoided if the car had an alert and ready driver.
If one of these careless accidents were to happen, who would be to blame? With the idea of driverless cars, sprialing and time consuming court cases come along. When accidents happen, usually the two drivers are taken to court, with the exception of car recall cases. When two driverless get in an accident it leaves the question as to why two, in fact driverless cars, would hit each other. This also brings up the question as to if they are even driverless cars. A driverless car would technically have to be driverless and not need a human assistant to run properly. Thus saying, more car companys are more likely to get sued in the court of law for murder, vehicular manslaughter, and many other charges most car companies don't get hit with using regular cars.
Another pretty famous quote states, "If it's not broke, don't fix it." Today's cars are fully functional and drive almost perfectly on the roads we have now. To switch the great thing that is going on now would be useless. In this economy, America does not have money to throw around. To mass produce driverless cars is and forever will be unconventionally excessive. In order to save time, to save money, and save citizens from dreaded jury duties, driverless cars should remain in the movies. | 5 |
75e6161 | This paragraph is talking about the venus and describing what's Venus mean.
Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is the closest planet to the earth, about 97% carbon diocide is blankets venus. now Venus still has features that are analogous to those on the Earth. The challenging presented by venus value, because Humman curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
That's
what venus mean, I think we should learn and staudying for the Venus and sciense, becasue we can have more knoweldge about the earth and all that, I think we should not agreed with the author, and we should study the venus, study of venus will help you also in the features. Venus is very simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of the earth, it also has proveed very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. many reswarchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus. | 1 |
75e727b | Having technology to read students' emotions is awesome technology and should be used in todays society.
It all starts when Prof. Thomas Huang started working with Prof. Nicu Sebe to develop better ways for humans and computers to communicate. The computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; it uses your face muscles to identify what you are feeling at that moment. Dr. Pual Eckman created this new software called FACS (Facial Action Coding System). He classified six basic emotions -happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, sadness.
By having this kind of technology, teachers, parents, bosses, coaches, etc.. can see what their child/student is feeling, also what their learning; some people dont like talking about their feelings or their grades. So when people you trust know whats going on with you without you telling them is way easier. With the knowing, now they can get you the help you need because obviously you're scared to get help on your own.
All children around the world are going through something in their lives, fear, sadness, anger, boredem, confusion. When children become sad for long periods of time, they become depressed, which leads to substance abuse, isolating themselves from others, eating disorders, and injuring themselves by suicided or cutting. When children become angry this effects their learning and they start to become confused on what their learning in school so some of them drop put but, dropping out isnt always your best option, in fact; dropping out isnt a good option at all.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"- this helps children get to a learning point in school where they can understand basic tools in life, if a child does not know what they're doing and they dont want to feel embarrssed telling the teacher then the computer can identify that and help them and know one else will know so they have no reason to be embaressed.
Using a commputer to generate your emotions is unbelieable and should be used today. By using this technology it could prevent students from doing things they might regret in the future, and helping them succeed in life through not only schooling but living on their own when their older and getting a job, knowing what to do within their occupations. | 4 |
75e8016 | Luke Bomberger was join to the program because his friend invine to go to Europe on cattle boat Luke could not say no because they are best friend and if he say no his friend would be sad. So he was joinn to cowboy. In 1945 there was a would war 2 in Europe and manu countires were left in ruind. To help theis countries to bring them food,supplies,horse,cow, chicken and mules to help to survine.
Luke clains is that he go on the boat and left it took them to past the pacific ocen.
The body is that Luke made it to china so they play game and have fun and they go the mules and cow they was happy and in china they got food for them and there family is very happy and some people does have a home and they build home for them and some people got hert and they lost there family and they are realy sad and they are thankful that they are alive and Luke filled bad for them because they don't any home then Luke went back to his home and he was happpy.
The end | 1 |
75ef893 | Have you ever took a vacation into a large city to see someone you know, or live in one yourself? Well if you didn't already notice, every single day wether the weather is nice or stormy, there's always this layering dark gray haze in the sky of pollution combined with the sound and congestion of cars going to tons of different destinations. That right there would be a car polluted city, which has a smog problem because of the over use of auto mobiles which is extremely harmful to the environment and us as human beings. You're probably thinking "How do I stop using my car?" but the goal isn't to stop using auto mobiles, but maybe to....reduce it.
One very big impact you can make is to "car pool" which you probably already do but maybe try if you try making it an every morning habit, like for example: You and your aquaintances go to the same destination for work, and you happen to live within a couple miles of them, if you have time you could pick them up and drop them off which would not only be much better for the environment, you would also be de-congesting traffic by keeping three or more cars off the road. Now imagine if everyone did it? The roads would be calm and empty, making transportation much faster or easier and create huge positive impact on the environment by reducing all those green house gases.
Is the job or place you're heading too, four or less miles away, and you can't pay for that ridiculously priced gallon or two of gas every morning to start your car and you don't have any friends near by to "car pool"? The answer is simple and actually might get you there faster plus save you lots of money, it's biking there. Now you probably are thinking "That's completely undesirable to have to do that every day to go somewhere local". Here is why it's actually a huge advantage over driving that short distance, 1. You'll end up with more money at the end of the week by not buying gas, 2. You will get fit much faster because biking will burn calories just like running or working out would and 3. You can completely avoid congestion which definitely makes your life less stressful because trust me, no one wants to be late for something so close to them just because of car traffic.
To conclude this, it's really ultimately your decison and if you would like to make a extraordinary positive impact on the environment, make your life easier or less stressful, then I'd do it, and maybe along the way you might become better friends with people you know by car pooling with them or become more fit and healthy by making biking just as routine as your car used to be every day for those short distance trips. | 3 |
75efe1e | My opinion on Driverless cars? I personally do not think we should have them because, if we did then Technology would be taking over the world. What's next driveless Lawn Mowers? No, Driveless cars is a dumb and stupid idea. If we have cars that drive themselves then the world would become really lazy.
In the article it had said that they would be having "Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and NIssan" cars that can drive themselves by 2020. Just think of if that actually happened how many people would be obese and not getting exercise. Yeah driving really is not a form of physical fitness. The world is already lazy enough as it is so having cars that can drive themselves that would just make the world even lazier.
There are some positives like it could make driving safer for some people and teens that are not so good driving and how to hold their hands etc.. All in all It could go both ways it could be good and bad. I honestly seeing it ending badly but that is just my opinion. I do not think that having cars that can drive theirself is a good idea. It takes the fun out of growing up.
So what if we did having driveless cars it would take away a lot of money because then kids would not need driver ED, which cost roughly $400 to $475 and that is only some places. Other it cost as much as $800 just to even do driver ed. Just think about how many kids do driver ed and how much money that brings in. What if no one decides they want a driveless car then what? it would be a huge wast of money.
If all the reason I have provided is not enough to make people vote against driverless cars then I do not know what would. There are so many reason why there should not be driverless cars. There are some reason why there should not be driverless cars than they are why we should have them. So how about driving just stays the way it is. | 3 |
75f4205 | many of peolpe own and drive cars, everyday. For some people having a car is very impotant to their lifestyle. when buying a car peopl tell you that having aa car is great , but do they tell you the other effects it can have on your physically. having a car not only affects your daily life but allso affects your environment.
have you ever heard of the greenhouse affect, global warming and air pollution? the abundant usage of cars have a large affect on those vital things in our environment . In cities like paris , because of the air pollution caused by cars, there is very dense smog ( source2 ). Air pollution is very important because the toxins in burnig fuel can be harmful to the healthof citizens. smog is not only a problem in paris , but all over the world . places like paris and Bogato have created things like car day , to discourage th e use of cars, because of that the air polluston on these places have reduced dramatically .(source 2 and 3). due to the efforts to reduce car usage , the smog and othe pollutions clearded up uthe air which showed that not using your car for one day can be tramindasly helpful to your environment.
In the United states the automoblie industry is huge, and having a car is one of the things that many citizens hold dear to their daily life. recently things have started to chang in the U.S . government is starting to realize the affects of having millons of cars in our country is gaving on our environment(source 4 ). since the expansion od suburbs th | 2 |
75f83cd | In the 1950s, automakers started to develop what was to become one of the first steps toward creating a driverless car and made a car that could run itself on a special test track. Then, in the 1980s, automakers everywhere started using speed sensors. These were the things that began the advancement of the driverless car. The driverless car can now detect and respond to danger; steer, accelerate, and brake itself; and is predicted to use less fuel and offer more flexibility which makes it the ideal car to have.
The sensors that the automakers in the 1980s used have advanced greatly and is able to detct and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. These advanced sensors can also apply brakes to individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, avoiding danger much more successfully than a human driver could manage alone. This also saves expenses on wrecks and is a lot more safe for the driver.
The driverless car can also steer, accelerate, and brake itself. Some can even warn the driver when they are in danger of backing into an object, though all are designed to notify them when confronting obstacles that require human skills such as navigating around work zones and accidents. Even so, the driverless car can largely manage manage things on its own.
The driverless car, if its also converted to a public-transport taxi system, is predicted to use half the fuel today's taxis do and also offer more flexibility than a bus. This public-transport taxi system could also put an end to the world's need to buy cars, also saving the population money on car expenses.
So, in conclusion, the driverless car can save people money on car and accident expenses, reduce the risk of accidents, and save fuel, which can be better used elsewhere. Driverless cars are definitely something worth developing because who wouldn't want extra cash and lower risks of accidents? | 3 |
76019e0 | A planet that may have once been like earth now capable of liquefying many metals with sheer atmospheric pressure, a dangerous adventure for thoes wanting to explore the terrian. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is talking about how even though Venus is very dangerous, it would still be wise to go out and see if one could discover anthing. Although he provides many reasons not to go out he lacks many reasons that support his idea to send a anything to Venus.
In the begging of this article the author gives many reasons why Venus is a dangerous place. In the article he describes Venus as a place that seems close to a pit of fire stating "temperatures avrage over 800 degrees Farenheit..., Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 3). These factors make it impossiable to explore Venus at all and earth technologly would take awhile to be able to make anything that withstand these heats for too long. To try and make a rover that could run around Venus could takes million or billions of dollars and is not worth that much. It also says that "no spacecraft surived the landing for more than a few hours"(The Challenge of Exploring Venus 2). Even if NASA could get another robot to Venus the data collected in just a few hours does prove to be very useful, other than a few pictures showing the likeness of Venus to Earth. The author lacks sustainable sloutions to these problems and provieds more reasions not to go rather than to go.
Next he provies a slotuion to these problems but does not have ones that are exceptionally good. The author says that the likness of Venus to Earth is something that is amazing with "a surface of rocky sedimant and familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 4). Although these are interesting they provide little evidence of prevous life and very few reasons to go to Venus. Just because it has hills is no reason to send expensive equiptment or risk lives to go there. He does however give a sloution and safe way to travel to Venus but it has big flaws. He says "imagine a blimp-like vechile hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venus" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 5). While this seems like a fantastic idea there are not only many safety issues but also many other issues with this. It has a big flaw of "only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 4). If the whole point of the mission is to look at the surface of th eplanet then why send a spacecraft that cannot do that. It may seem like a good short tearm idea it is not usesul in the long run and does not give good enough reason to explore Venus.
In summary the author does not have enough evidence to support his idea of going to Venus. While he tries to provide sloutions non of them work for a long trip on the surface. It may be awhile before a human can go to Venus but in the mean time humans will continue to move forward and push humans to the edge of space. | 5 |
7603cbe | Driverless cars are not the future. The fact that some people are willing to just hand their life to a pre-programmed car is upsurd. Driverless cars have several issues including cyber attack and cost. It is also important for young adults to learn the responsibility of driving and it's benefits. I would also like to point out that the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is incorrect on the notion that gas usage will be reduced
First, any competent hacker would be able to easily rewrite the cars programs and commit mass murder. These cars could be hacked for assassinations or just acts of terrorism. These cars would also be under attack from computer virus almost all the time, this would require a costly antivirus software for almost everycar. Driverless cars could easily become weapons against the innocent citizens during a war and are unsafe to mass produce
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states that gas usage would drop dramatically but currently Bill Gates and several other of the worlds richest people are funding billions of dollars to find a relevant source of renewable energy. Synthetic photosynthesis is being developed, this source of energy allows the turning of gaseous carbon into liquid fuel similar to gasoline. With these predicted advancements fuel will no longer be an issue thus can't be a valid argument in an article predicting advancements in the future.
Another reason driverless cars should not be developed is that there is a certain level of responsibility required to drive a car. This responsibilty helps mature young adults and also gives them a sense of accomplishment. We as humans already rely on technology way to much we don't need to further increase our reliance.
Another reason driverless cars should not be developed is the cost. The cost of developing these driverless cars would be in the trillions for each country that participates,
to create these cars almost all major roads in the world would have to be heavily analyzed and improved. All the major roads would have to be fit with sensors and other technology to keep the cars on the road. All the major companies in the world together could not purchase these advancements. For driverless cars to develope the governments of the world and the world bank would have to invest large sums of money, of which most of them don't have. Crippiling debt could be caused by the developement .
As you can see driverless cars are an awful idea that could lead to crippling debt, mass murder, and even more reliance on technology. This technology is not neccesary for the everyday life as a human being and should thus be forgotten. | 4 |
761334f | As the years go by, people come up with new inventtion. From shoes to clothing to lifestly and even to sotfware. A group of people came up with something no one could ever think of. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. I think this new software is valuable to students in classrooms.
The software is the lastest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckman Insttitute for Advances Science at the University of Illionois. Dr. Huang and his collegue are experts at developing better ways for human and computers to communicate. Eckman has classified six basic emotions. They are happiness, surprised, anger, fear, disgust, and sadness. This software is very good at telling a human's emotions. It also gives an example: your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrow when you are surprised and your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger.
Students in classes can value this software in many ways. For one, the system can identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face. If a student get confued or bored, the classroom computer will recognize their emotion. It will then modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Some student appear to be shy and quite in class and sometimes are afraid of asking for help. This saystem can help them without even asking and will improve their knowledge.
This system is like no other system. It is unique and different and designed to help students in class. That is why its good and helpful for students. It decribes how this sysem can indicate the differences between a genuine smile and a forced one. I think it is weird how it can tell your emotions but at the same time it is helpful.
In conclusion, students can take this new software seruously and other will not. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. Imagine a computer that knows when you are happy or sad. In my oppinion, this software is very valuable for stdents in a classroom. | 3 |
7615f5a | Yes they should change to a election by popular vote. They should change to this because then they will know the actual amount of votes. And because they can see how many people want that person to become president instead of the electors because what if one of the electors changes their mind and goes for another person. Then that person can't revote and they are stuck voting for the person they do not want. And if it is changed it may cause problems politically.
The reason why people would most likely not want to change it because they might like voting for an elector and because they might think it is much easier and wont take as long to choose the president. Also the Louisiana legislature might replace the electors with new electors who would vote for John F. Kennedy. And that would be unfair because the popular vote would not really be for John F. Kennedy. Also there could be a tie in the electoral vote instead of a winner sometimes. Then the House of Representatives would have to vote if that did happen.
The electoral college is proven to be unfair to voters because of the winner takes all system. And so the dont spend time in the states because they know they have no chance in winning. And the state might pick a elector that they do not like by accident and mess up their vote. And the electors can only be people not holding public office. They might also choose a certain president because of his or her race.
And the thing is that the people do not choose the president the electors elect the president. Sometimes but it hardly ever happens, the elector chosen would change their vote to the other president. It depends on the state on who would most likely become president because the more people the bigger the vote will be. Also the electoral college method might turn of certain voters. And sometimes no candidate wins the majority vote and this causes pressure and makes it complicated to elect the president. | 2 |
76166f9 | What I think about this emotional expression technology is that I don't think it's too important. The reason I think this way is because there isn't a point to having one in the classroom why would the class want or need an emotional expression. Yes I do know some of the classmates would like to use one but it wouldn't be so important, but
Sometimes you can know how your friend or a person feels just by asking them or just by the look on there face. I know this because in the story it also say's "For instance , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." what this tells me is, another reason why a class dosen't need an emotion expression I feel like it might just take up there time just by using that type of technology and the class might not have much care for the class. | 2 |
7616b6a | Wow, wouldn't you think that exlporing the sea, going to volcanoes, and jumping out of planes would be fun? Well being a NASA scientist can be as fun. Don't you think it would be very intersting seeing what is in space? Im here to tell you that the Face is a natural landform.
I have several claims to support my argument that the Face is a natural landform. Many people believed that the Face was created by aliens, but have they seen the aliens? How would they know that the aliens did it if they didn't see them do it? What if it's just a illusion and peole think it's a face? They dont have enough proof.
There are many evidence that I've found that my staements are true. In the article it states that " Thousands of anxious web sufers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, reavealing.... a natural landform. There was no aliens monument after all." It also states that " the camrea on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." If they didn't know for sure why would they think aliens did it?
That's why the Face is just a natural landform. There are no such thing as aliens. The Face is just something created by nature and nothing elese. People need to start think about what they say. | 3 |
7617705 | The author believes Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers. There is lots of evidence to support the authors claim. I personally agree with the author that we should look into Venus more.
Venus could be suitable for humans. The author shows this by telling "temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy condiotions but survivalbe for humans." Venus can be suitable for humans, it just would be very difficult starting off. Soon enough humans would adapt to the hostile environment of Venus.
Venus could have to be humanities future if we keep polluting Earth. Venus could be suitable yet harsh, but still needs to be learned about a lot more. We still know only the bare minimum of Venus.
Venus is very hostile. Humans would not be able to survive on an atmosphere that is 97 percent carbon dioxide. It's clouds are highly corrosive with sulfuric acid, and temperatures are averaged over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It would take a very great amount of effort to make Venus a new home. But if it is studied more we may be able to make it a place to stay.
Overrall I think it would be smart to learn more about Venus. It could potentially be a new home. Venus seems to be almost as promising as Mars does right now, but still we need lots of information. The author had very good claims, and I agree with them. If we put more into studying Venus I believe it would help humanity. | 3 |
7617ff3 | Does the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" really support the exploration of Venus? The facts and the reasoning in the authors article shows strong supporting details that they in fact want to explore Venus.
So therefore, in paragraph 4. The text states,"astronomers are fascinated by venus becuase 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", the author is stating how Venus might be able to save us in the near future. For example, if a natural disaster happened and human kind was in danger, where would we go? As the author states Venus is very similar to Earth, if we do the reasearch and get the materials to be able to live on Venus it could ultimately save the human race.
Also, there are still some downfalls about Venus's condictions, in paragraph 6 it states, "peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmoshpere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.". This is the author giving evidence that there are still complications to be fully awhere on what is on Venus, there could be a possibility that Venus is inhabitible.
In conclusion, yes, the author does support the exploration of Venus. The author gives many reasons why we should and why it is more than likely be a planetary visit. Even though there is many downfalls about Venus it could possibly be very helpful in the near future. | 3 |
761c4ae | Why are driverless cars a good idea and why are they a bad idea? I think driverless cars are both good and bad ideas. I think they are a good idea because they can be very helpful to people that have a certain type of disabilty. They help with the camera when you are backing out and have a sensor if you are getting close to something. Like in the BMW it has many different funtions in it. It alerts the human driver when a situation occurs and when there is an accident or work zones ahead. Thats when the driver has to take control of the vehicle. The car also has flashing lights on the windshield and other heads up displays.
Even though many people like it, the question is if there was an accident who's fault would it be. I think it would be the car manufacturer's fault because they were made to be able to do all that stuff with all the technology in it. Even though everything has a problem with it, if it is a driverless car I think they should make sure it has zero problems with it before they let them go out for people to buy them. It cannot be the drivers fault because they are not driving it they are just sitting in the seat and are sipposed to be trusting the car.
In all thoughts i think the driverless car would be a great idea if it was guarenteed zero problems. Also even though it would be really expensive I think other car places should give them a try in the future. | 3 |
761f7e9 | NASA has done a lot of research on the planet we call Mars. Twenty-five years ago NASA's Viking one spacecraft was taking photos of landing sites for Viking two. They found a human face. Some say that this face was created by aliens. I think it is just a natural landform.
First of all, mesas are common in Cydonia. As the text says, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia." The shadows made it look like the landform had eyes, a nose, and a mouth. These are just shadows. Only afew Scientists thought that the Face was an Alien artifact.
Secondly, they took pictures and said that the face was just a landform. After they first saw the face, they wanted to take pictures as soon as possible. NASA flew the Mars Global Surveyor over Cydonia. As the article says, " Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos." That means those pictures were more accurate. These photos resulted that the Face was just a natural landform.
Lastly, scientists said that it was the same as landforms around the American west. Mission controller, Garvin, said, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." This is showing that the landforms here, are on Mars. Aliens didn't make our landforms though. The Face is actually a mesa or a butte and not an Alien artifact.
Some might say, that the second time, in 1998, the camera had to look through the clouds in order to see the face. This is true but, Mission control prepared to look again and went back in 2001. This time the camera had absolute maximum resolution. The text states that, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking Photo." This camera saw very clearly and saw that it was a mesa or a butte.
In conclusion, scientists say the Face is just a landform. I agree with them and think that its just a landform. There are even pictures to prove that it was not an Alien artifact. | 4 |
761fbe9 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the many risks and rewards of going to Venus are disscused. Venus is the most Earth-like Planet in our solar system and many scientists believe it might have supported life in its past. The author supports their claim that travelling to Venus would be a worthy pursuit very poorly by providing more negatives of Venus-travel than positives.
This poor support of the argument can be seen from second paragraph. The author describes how the unmanned missions to Venus have only been able to survive for a few hours. It is also stated that "not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for three decades." No positive effect or example was used leading to the idea that if even unmanned spacecrafts cannot survive than manned spacecrafts certanly cannot survive. This is an example of how the author does not support the claim well.
In paragraph three, the atmosphere of Venus is explained. Phrases such as "far more extreme thatn anything humans encounter on Earth," and "such environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals" do not help support the idea that exploring Venus would be a worthy pursuit. If nonliving metals would be liquefied, who knows what would happen to flesh and bone.
In paragraph four and five, positives of Venus travel are finally given. Very quickly after this however the author goes back to the negatives of travel to Venus. One of the only ways of survival on Venus would be using blimp-like vehicles. In paragraph six this way of travel on Venus is exposed becuase "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere." This would mean that photographs and videos could not be taken becuase of the lack of light. Also since humans cannot be on Venus's surface, no rocks or samples could be taken. This would make Venus-travel not worth all the risk.
In the very last line of the article, the author wrote, "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." Risky and dangerous tasks should not be pursued just so that the immagination can be fulfilled but so that humans can gain meaningful insight on life and the universe.
In conclusion, the author does a poor job at explaining how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. More negatives about this travel and study are given than positives. This means the author did not support his suggestion well. | 5 |
76268de | I believe that going for a trip to Venus would be a very difficult challenge to face. Venus would have to be a very well round planned trip: it might take some tries
that´s what I believe. It´s worthy enough to go to Venus but, despite the fact that the extreme temperatures, and high pressured atmosphere are it´s two biggest challenges to overcome to make it there.
The average surface temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit. That´s overly extreme temperatures for any one on Earth if you´d ask me. It´s a fact that Venus
temperature is about twice as hot as the food you cook in the oven. As said in paragraph five,¨At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.¨ Temperatures would have to be quite lower than that for humans to survive on Venus.
Venus atmosphere is still second on its biggest problems. The atmosphere of Venus is similar to Earth´s sea level only when your higher up though. When you hit rock bottom on Venus the pressure would be over the boards high. In paragraph 3 it says,¨ Atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experienced on our own planet. The atmosphere is pretty thick almost full of carbondioxide
blankets.
Venus probably can´t be live able, but there is always a bright side to everything. It´ll take years on top of years on top of years to make. It´s like a strategic plan using all smarts. NASA and other scientist are working to work past these challenges by innovating such devices as Mechanical computers, and a workable metal to substain these purposes. I believe that there is hope to this project overcome the exploring of Venus.
So if you asked me living on Venus would be almost impossible even if these devices work. | 3 |
7628f84 | The Face is just a natural landform. There is no such thing as aliens. There is a giant hump of land. It looks as if there are eyes, nose, and a mouth. But it is really only shadows. The photographing Cydonia was a
priority for NASA when MGS arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997. NASA's Mars Exploration Program photographed the Face as soon as they could get a shot of it all.
When MGS flew over Cydonia, Michael Malin and his MOC team snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original photos. Thousands of anzious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL wed site revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument at all. It was cloudy one time of the year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Skeptics say that the Face was hidden by the haze to hide the alien markings. On Apirl 8, 2001 MGS drew close enough for a second look. It was the sam eas the first time they had saw it.
Skeptics believe in aliens. NASA wants there to be aliens so they can get a better supply of money. But there hasn't been an actual sighting of alien behavior. Only conspiracy theories. | 2 |
762cf74 | Driverless cars are in the near future of the 21st century. Every street will be covered with smart cars. But every idea must have a problem to it. People are wondering if these cars are safe, and are they? I believe that these cars will danger our future in the 21st century.
I turned 16 on March 1, 2016 and I will be able to get my licence on June 1. Like most every teen I am excited to be on the road driving my own car, but having driverless cars around could stop that. Growing up with driverless cars could lead to a generation of teens not learning how to drive and I believe that learning how to drive is a great way to learn responsibility. It also shows that the teen is growing up and becoming an adult, so it is like a step or passage to adulthood.
In paragraph 9 it tells of problems with the law. It states that if there is an accident who would take the blame for the cause of the accident, the driver or the manufactuer. If the driver takes the accident to court, the person can say it was the cars fault and that the manufacturer is at fault because they came up with the technology. If the manufactuer takes the accident to court they could say that the driver wasnt paying attention when they should have been. This whole situation can go both ways but I would favor the driver more than the manufactuer.
Having a smater car can be dangerous at times. The whole article states that the car would be doing almost everything on its own. This could produce a problem if there is an accident. If someone got hit and it ended up hitting in a place that damaged the technology, the car could start up in flames and the person could be trapped because the technology is broken. The person might die becasue the car was so reliable on the technology and doing its own things.
In conclusion, I feel like it is a horrible idea to produce driverless cars. They can bring many problems to the world, like not learning how to drive, legal situations and relying on technology to much. The smart cars don't bring safety, they bring problems. | 4 |
762d2ae | If you had this car you could do what ever you want to. you would still be on the road oyu could be drunk and still make it home to safety. you could be on your phone and still be on the road. you would never crash unless you were drunk and forgot that the car could drive itselfl. for instence you could use up less gas than what you thought you would be using. you could only go a certian amount a miles without a crash.
you would nerver know what happened if you were on a colision course with another car. but if you remebered that your car was the one that was driving it could stop and change directions so that you would be alright. and the other driver would also be alright. you could be going to washington and sleep on the way there so that you could wake up to refill in the morning. what you could also do is drive the rest of the way without your car trying to quite.
you wold never have a crash or try to kill your self by jumping off the bridge because the car would drive with you safely to the bottom and you would curse your
car and your life but then learn that the car was doing oyu a favor when you got your
got a wife of husband there with you are buying a baby crib | 1 |
7630d04 | The author thinks that people should not stop what there doing because something is dangerous and has risks. The author thinks that venus should still be studied so we can find out why its like the way it is and see if anything is on the planet. The author wants people to keep studying despite the dangers and risks.
The author talks about how scientist are trying to make things that can make it to venus and say on the planet for a while and come back. They were thinking of making a giant blimp-like spacecraft that could fly 30 miles over venus and they couls study the planet from there. They could also make a simplified electronics that are made of silicon carbide. They are wrking on ays to continue studying venus.
I agree with the author, people should not stop studying it because of the dangers and the risks. They should continue to study it so they can find out if there is anything knw about the planet that we dont know. They could figure out what there is on the planet and why the conditions are so harsh. | 2 |
76324c1 | Do you believe that there is a computer that can examine you on how your feeling? Well believe it or not, there is a computer that can identify your emotions. In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Here's the big question, do you really think this technology is valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom?
The Facial Action Coding System is a system for the computer to read your facial expressions. In paragraph 3, the author states," The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 muscles must move human like." A movement of one or more muscle is called an "action unit". The authour also mentions that Eckman has classified six basic emotions which include happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
My opinion on the technology to read th eemotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. Studens might not like the idea of it. | 1 |
7634cdc | Imagining a day without a car seems impossible if you are one of those people who depend on a car seven days a week. If you, my fellow citizens, take the chance to live at least a day without a car you would experience all the advantages of not having a vehicle. These advantages include, saving money, time and the enviroment. Not only will you be saving things we all wish to save on, we will also gain the oppurtunity to have more one on one time with friends or even family.
Experiencing a day without something you always depend on may seem foolish, considering, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." (paragraph 5, Source 1:
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
) Living a day without your vehicle you can find yourself saving time,according to paragraph 43, (Source 4:
The End of Car Culture
) "Transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources,lower emissions and improve safety." If more and more people decide to live a motor-vehicle free life, then this could result in less traffic which can result in having enough time for that cup of coffee before work.
Although, if you dont have a car to get to further places that means you would have to take public transportation, such as a bus. When riding a bus, it is obvious that you are not the only passenger which means that you are not the only stop, this could result in a longer ride. When heading some where, its common that the person needs or wants to get there at a specific time, this could be a reason why not having a car could not apply to you.
Apparently, using public transportation or car pooling can give you the opportunity to bond with your friends, who would want that before arriving at your eight hour shift? As mentioned in paragraph 35, "The rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexiable commuting arrangements."(Source 4:
The End of Car Culture
) This could be difficult for you to imagine but it is known that us, humans, are creatures of habit, "people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit..." (paragraph 36,Source 4:
The End of Car Culture
) This means that once we start this amazing and life changing habit, we won't be able to stop.
Clearly, not having a vehicle could give you many advantages in your every day life. No more time being wasted or losing touch with close friends. Instead of viewing this as something negative, take it as something positive so that you could adapt and let riding a bike to work, a life changing habit. | 3 |
764530d | In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author decribes a new technology which can be used to accuratly detect a person's emotion even with a plain face.
This facial coding system is valueable but i feel it has not place being in a classroom because humans can already read emotion, its unneccessary, better alternatives to its use.
The use of this face coding technology would not be helpful in a classroom setting beccause humans can already read emotions. In paragraph 5 the author notes that humans can read facial as well or even better than machines. So this means a teacher would have no problem reading a student's face in order to make sure their not lost. It wouldnt be intelligent to use a machine to read human emotions when anyone can do the same.
The use of facial coding systems in the classroom wouldnt be needed as their most likely uneccessary. The cost of one of these sytems would not be cheap, both students and teachers would be better off communicating. So whenever s student is confused they may ask a question or the teacher could ask the class if they understand. As in paragraph 4 the author states that facial expressions are universal, meaning there should be no confusion in understanding the students' feelings toward the work.
Classrooms may not be in need of the facial coding systems but other professions could use its help. Having established how redundant and uneccessary this sytem would be in a classroom system doesnt mean humans make them useless. Animators or special effect designers would greatly benefit from this technology as their audiance appreciates the amount of detail and emotion that can be put into a character that may not even be human.They would also be able to more easily acheive the desired emotion by how accurate the system is by using 44 muscles in the face.
Facial Action Coding System's technology is a very good technological advancement able to accuralty read a pseron's emotions. Although this a great new technology it doesnt belong in a classroom because the majority of people have no problems reading other's emotions, and if there is any confussion communication can clear things up better rather than just a face scan. It can be used more effectivly in an animation or special effects proffession in order to get a desired expression with great precision. | 4 |
7646cd6 | I think that we should have driverless cars. There are multiple reasons that I believe this, like fewer accidents and safety reasons.
For one thing, like stated above, there would most likely be fewer accidents. So far, according to paragraph 2 "their cars have driven more than half a million miles without an accident." Though the cars are not "truly driverless," the fact remain that even though they still need human drivers to navigate through certain spots, and still haven't crashed, they are pretty impressive. The driver would also be able to take over the vehicle, if needed, to get through road construction, and getting around accidents. If the driving technology were to malfunction, the driver would simply take over the driving until they can get to a safe spot to pull over or call for help. It is a great safety feature.
Speaking of safety features, these autonomous cars have many of them. The notify the driver when they need to take over. According to paragraph 7 GM has "developed drivers seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object." Google car "announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." Others consider flashing likghts and other heads-up displays. There is also the possibility of less pollution.
The cars that Sergey Brin forsees "would use half the fuel of today's taxis." With pollution being a major problem around the world, especially in places that are high in the industry business, we could use cars like that. Eventually that kind of fuel saving would go into other cars. These fuel saving cars could be the first step toward a greener world.
Overall, I think that autonomous cars are a fantastic idea because of the likelyhood of fewer accidents and the numerous safety features that the cars offer along with enviromental protection. | 4 |
7648ff4 | The author supports his ideas well in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." The author supports his ideas in many ways that make going to Venus seem not impossible, only difficult. Their claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is supported by many logical reasons. The author supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit by giving backround on the planet, saying why it is not impossible, and because overcoming the challenge would bring knowledge and more exploration.
First, the author makes Venus travel worthy by talking about the background of the planet. In paragraph 2 they make the planet seem worthwhile to explore, "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." Just because Venus is similar to earth why does that make it enticing to explore? Since Venus is similar to earth it means that we can learn many things from the planet and maybe make it inhabitable some day.
Additionally, the text makes Venus seem worthy of pursuit despite the dangers by talking about how simple it would be to overcome the dangers that the hostile planet holds. The author provides an example from NASA that eradicates the danger of the planet in paragraph 5 when they say, " Imagine a blimp-like vehile hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." With this vehicle studying Venus would no longer be dangerous and it becomes more possible to explore our twin than impossible.
Moreover, being able to study Venus would not only bring knowledge about the planet, but would also lead to more expeditions. In paragraph 8 the author describes the benefits of studying Venus when they say, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." The author is saying that knowledge is not the only thing that is gained from going to Venus, but we will also be able to study much more. Being able to explore Venus means that we can study other environments that are dangerous for humans like the deep ocean or other hostile planets.
Overall, the author makes the pursuit of Venus enticing in many brilliant ways. They talk about what makes Venus more important to study than other planets. The author eliminates the danger presented when studying the dangerous planet. Exploring Venus is said to provide benefits that could help future generations with their studies. Despite the dangers Venus is a planet that is worth studying. | 4 |
764b686 | Some people believe that this landform is an alien signal. Sure, it might look like one. That still doesent that it is one.
This object in space is just another accidental landform that happened to form there. There are not any alien landforms. There is no actual proof that the aliens have built this structure. Many strange occurances happen. This just happened to be one of them.
This is a common thing that occurs on mars. This is just a coincidence that it happened to look like it was an egyptian person. Up close this big rock is just a plain rock. It is just the sun shining on it that makes it look like it is a face. Thats all that it is.
Within our article on passage 9 it says that it was super hard to find this one. So that means that there is not that many of this oddly shaped landform. If you really think about it if there were really aliens there they would build more than just one.
There needs to be more proof that the aliens built that. This is also common on earth. Some people say that they can see a celebritty in there food. Really it is just some bad shaped food item.
We just need some cold hard proof of it. For us it just looks like a big rock that has been there forever. Sure at first it looked suspicious, we did some reasearch on it the realized it was a mesa. There is no need to get so over excited about it. In passage 12 it tells you that we even see these thing on Earth.
So really it is just one big rock that is there. It is not some face in the ground that aliens built. Perhaps in the future we could end up discovering something better than this mesa. | 3 |
764e06b | Many scientist have trouble on learnig more about Venus. It may act like it the brightest light in the sky but it`s not the easiest to study. They have a rough time try to discover it because they don`t have the right materials to study the planet. They have sent numerous spacecraft to the land on this clound-fraped world. All of the spacecrafts that have tried to land has never made it back. They have no evidence on what`s on this planet.
Scientist have tried to discover venus but they fail everytime. Do you think it`s because of how thick the atmosphere is with carbon dioxide? The air on Venus is very different that Earth. It makes it difficult because the clouds are filled with highly corrosive sulfuric acid and the average temperature is 800 degress Fahrenheit. The human body can not survive in that type of weather. The environment on venus would crush a submarine with how hot it is. Scientist compare the pressure and the heat to a erupting volcanoes. Will they ever figure out a way to do more studys on Venus.
As more and more people study Venus,they want to figure out how to get there. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for spending humans to study Venus. They may have came up with a idea to float above the fray. They want the vehicle to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and away from the ground. The temperature would still be pretty hot but not as hot as the ground tempertaure. The temperature in the air would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but the air temperature would be close to the sea level on Earth. As many people study this idea,they will think that the human body would be able to use this method instead of going on the land of Venus. Could you see this happening in the future or not?
Other researchers think that Venus is to inhospitable to visit. They think that many years ago that Venus was just like Earth but they have no evidence to support the claim. On the other hand,how could Venus be like it is today and it like Earth years ago. Did Venus move that far away for it not to be a living place. The planet is a rocky sediment and has valleys,mountains and craters. I would say within a couple of years,scientist will have enough technology to discovert his planet. Would you ever live on this planet if they discover that it is a living place.
With all the evidence and support that scientist have,can Venus be a safe place to live. I think within the next couple years we will truely know what kind of planet it is. Scientist do a good job on studying the planets and any other things they study. I just don`t understand how it was safe man years ago and not anymore. The technology will help us study and get more information we need. I hope to see many people on the Planet Venus in the next couple years. | 3 |
76506c9 | Venus is the second Planet closet to the sun. In the article, "The Challenge Of Exploring Venus," The author gives a brief description about the planet Venus and why scientists are so fascinated to actually explore the planet. The author explains, it is the closest distance, more Earth-like than any other planet, and producing a safer way to explore venus closer to back up his statement that it is a worthy pursuit.
First, the author describes that venus is closer to Earth, despite mars. The author suggest that it would be easier to travel a shorter distance and they can find out a lot more about Venus. The author states, "Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms- humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." In other words, scientist can easily send there technology to venus, since venus is Earth's neighbor and can find information very quickly. A second example from the article, states that even though venus and Earth are neighbors, Venus is a challenging planet to study.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth and prove that exploring Venus is a worthy pursuit, However Venus is known as Earth twin which boost scientists curiousity.
Second, Venus is more like Earth than any other planet in the solar system. Scientist suggest than Venus shows some identical characteristic with Earth based off there information. The author states, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppoted various forms of life, just like Earth." In other words, scientist and astronomers believe that Venus is more suitable for humans to explore based off the common characteristcs it shares with Earth. A second example in the article, says that Venus has mountians and rocky surfaces that resemble the ones on Earth. Scientist have found common characteristcs with Earth and reasonable ways to explore venus, However actually appraoching venus will provide a lot a safey due to it's condition.
Finally, NASA has ideas to send humans to land on venus safely and return safely. NASA provided solutions to maintian on Venus through hostile conditions, such as the temperture. The author states, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." In other words, they could provide a vehicle like spaceship could protect explores from Venus's atomsphere. A second example says that staying high up while in venus, could avoid danger on the ground or surface. NASA has boosted up the possibly rate to safely explore Venus, Which only leaves astronomers and scientists determined.
Due to the dsitance, common characterists, and Safe conditions, this shows why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. You can conclude that this only leaves scientist hungry and determine to explore another planet. These ideas prove that it is possible to explore, despite it's dangers. | 4 |
7655f0b | In the atricle, "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it addresses the idea of driverless cars. I believe that humans should stay in control of the road, it has worked this far, why can't it continue working? For one, it is not equipped with the common since of a human, it cannot fuction with tough traffic mishaps. Secondly, the computers may malfuction, and they could cause a lot of damage.
There are a lot of issues with this car, firstly it has trouble dealing with complicated traffic issues, as seen in paragraph two. What if someone was driving on the interstate and fell asleep because the car was driving and the driver wasn't alerted going through roadwork? If someone died the driver would be responsible for the death. Or what if there was an accident? The car would keep going and bust through it, and it would be the drivers fault.
Another reason why it shouldn't be open to the public is because no computer is one hundred percent perfect. Computers always malfunction, they need to reboot sometimes, and othertimes they just quit working. I have been working on projects for English 10 before and my computer just shut off and I lost my whole project. It could happen with this, the car could reboot, or the computers could shut off and the driver could be asleep, and it shuts off. Causing a huge accident. How is this a good idea?
All in all, I would say that this isn't such a great idea. In the examples of not being able to deal with complicated traffic issues, and the computers malfuctioning, it just isn't a great idea. I believe humans should stay in control of the roads, it has worked this far, why can't it continue working? | 3 |
7660c7a | Dear Senator,
In my favor, i bielive that popular vote, for electing the president of United States Of America, is the best choice for election. Every thing is for the people right? Give the people what they want. If majority votes a certain somthing, such as the president, shouldnt the people be able to get what they want, its for for the people right? No one is going to vote for somthing as impotant as this for no good reason. They vote and agree for whatever gives them the best intentions. Why disatisfy the people? Shouldnt they get what they want? I mean its for the people isint it? If so, then popular election it is. Think about it. The whole point of even having a president is to control and keep the United States Of America happy. Why do the oppisite? If the people are happy, and there is a comander in cheif, then its a win win situation. Every ones happy. The whole point. Why would anyone try to mess that up and change things causing chaos and unhappiness? I thought it was for the people not aginst the people. Im not wrong, and if it changes and the people are unhappy, do you really think thats going to have a positive impact on the economy and society? Unhapiness, living under terms and conditions thats in no ones favor. Sounds nice, that was sarcasim Senator, I dont know if youve ever heard of it. Overall I think that popular vote is the choice to go with for electing our future President of the United States Of America.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 1 |
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