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587f42e | Do you think that the use technology is valuable for detecting emotional expressions? well I think that it is not valuable for us. I will be naming some reason why in this essay. If you are intrested in knowing more of why it wouldn't be valuable for us please read on.
A reason that I think that this type of technology wouldn't be valuable to us because I don't think it is important to try to understand how someone feels or what emotions they are having at that moment. They probably wouldn't want you to know because if they did they would probably tell you. It's none of our business honestly, however how we be for sure that this type of technology would even work. There is supposed to be 44 major facial muscles in our face and the computer is supposed construct that using a 3-D model but what happenes if it misses a muscle and the calculations are all wrong. Then you wouldn't exactly know what they are really feeling. The computer would not be giving you the excat emotion.
Also, There is a mucle called orbiculars oculi pars palpabraeus that makes crow's feet around your eyes, so if computers scans someone's face that has that then the computer would give out false information about the person is feeling just because of the face when this person could really happy. Another muscle that is created is called the risorius that could put on a false smile that make your mouth skretch sideways creating a smile that could make you look happy when your actually sad. The computer could also scan a person like that and would again give false information. I believe that the computer can be wrong because everything won't be correct as they should be.
Another way, is that a person could just not smile at all like how Mona Lisa was once before and they could be extremly happy, but if a computer were to scan how that the computer would give results of sadness but that is not actually how the person is feeling. Computers just can't calculate how a person is feeling 100 percent of the time and be correct about it. Yes, a computer can communicate with humans but not emotionally. This is a new type technology can have it's ups and downs but I think that it will have more downs than ups.
However, another mucsle called frontalis pars lateralis could make you seem suprised just by raising an eyebrow but that doesn't always mean your confused or shocked it could mean many other things. The computer can calculate that your confused just by raising your eyebrow because it could calculate your face expressin not emotion. Facial expressions are universal and could all mean different things and a computer wouldn't clearly be able to tell how someone is feeling. Dr. Huang observed the artist da vinci for human anatomy to help paint mucsles precisely but his software only have similar anatomical information as electronic code, so his software doesn't the exact electronic codes it need so it could be wrong about how people are feeling.
To hence, I don't think that technology to read emotions are valuble because the computer could be wrong and not give the exact emotion, it could falsly give how someone is feeling due to a muscle in a persons face to make them look a certain way, and that the computer could not create the exact face because it mioght miss a muscle and give the wrong expression. | 34
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081b620 | Emotions are sometimes difficult to read. If there is technology that can make reading emotions easier, why be agaisnt it? Using the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
The use of this technology can change the preception of schooling. In the artice, Dr. Huang predicts that the classroom computer will be able to modify the lesson when it recognizes a student is becoming confused or bored. This will help students who struggle to understand some class material. The computer can, based on the students emotion, change the way the material is seen, heard, and understood. If a computer can read the emotions of someone who is trying to study, it can alter the way the person studies to make it easier and more enjoyable. This can help graduation rates rise and dropout rates lower.
Some may argue that using this technology isn't fair to the students. That students emotions shouldn't be read by a computer. That to understandable. However, some students are afraid to ask for help because they don't want to be precieved as dumb or unintelligent. With this system, the students emotions will be confidentually read and then used to help the student. Because it can help struggling students, students who have difficults studying, and students who are afraid to voice their confusion, using the Facial Actions Coding System is a valuable tool in classroom.. | 23
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9ba5419 | Mars..... the red planet. We call it many things, some of us people beleive that there is and once was life on the planet mars. But now NASA has discovered something far from anything we've seen before.
The face of on the stone may possibly be weather created by its own planet. In the artical it states, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa." Which this means the face looked like landforms juist like on earth, that are found in the American west.
In paragraph 11 a man states about the "rule of the thumb" which tells us about how you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. this explains to us that if the face was real there shouldve been other things to see around it.
Lastly in paragraph 7 the artical says in April 1998, they sent Cydonia over to mars too take pictures and there was no cloudy weather it was perfectly fine, and it took photos of the face. People at home were waiting for the picture to be released, just to find that it was a natural landform.
People can beleive that this is a real face however, they are wrong becauase that the pictue that was taken by cydonia looks just like a normal, natural landform and also the image they had, if they would've zoomed in on it 3 times they should've seen oher things. They also say that the face just looks like a mesa just like in the west of America.
You should beleive that this is nothing but just a nrmal landform caused by the red planets natural enviorment. | 23
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2c00a1c | The author think its a good idea but bad idea at the same time. The author said that it would be a good idea becuase it would help with drivers when they are not paying attention. It is also a good idea becuase it has a sensor on the car that stops the car when the owner doesnt see whats going on. There are also some reasons why it wouldnt be a good idea because the car could one day act up or could stop working and something bad could happen to the person. I personally think its a good idea because it will help with drunk drivers. It also has a GPS systme that helps people find where they need to go instead of having to use their cell phones.
The only thing i would worry about is if it stop working while i was driving. For example, if a car were backing out of the driveway and i didnt see it i could get into a car accident. If the brakes stopped working and i wasnt able to stop at a stop sign or stop l ight i could aslo get into a car accident that way. It aslo would help save money, because you wouldnt have to pay for gas. They can steer by themselves and they can also accelerate by themselves. There is a camer on the back of the car and it would help people if they were backing out of the drive way see if anyone is coming or not. It is also compuer controlled.
It alerts the driver if there is a road block ahead or an accident. their cars have been driven and their cars have yet to get in an accident. They alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues.General motors created a concept car that could run on tracsk that were embedded with an eletrical cable that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front end of the car. Toyota Prius made a camera with a sensor that helped with being able to see behind you. There are also anilock brakes and driver assistnace. In 2013 BMW made a car that can handle speeds up to 25 miles an hour.
There are also sensor on the wheel of the BMW to make sure the driver has theor hands on the wheel. Laws are focusing on keeping drivers safe and also pedestrians. In most states like California, Nevada, Florida, and the district Columbia it is illegal even to test computer controlled cars.Tesla is releasing a computer controlled car in 2016. I also think it will help with our future and how it will become. | 34
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e4a6768 | Cars are not always convienent. I've been asked to inform citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. The main advantages of limiting car usage are decrese of pollution, less stress, and promotion of alternative transportaion.
First of all, one main advantage of limiting car usage is decrease of pollution. In the article 'Paris bans driving due to smog' by Robert Duffer he says "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." The pollution had gotten out of control, and had to be decreased. Duffer also states "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog . . ." As a result of the ban, pollution decreased. Limiting car usage can decrease pollution.
In addition, another main advantage of limiting car usage is less stress. In the passage 'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota' by Andrew Selsky, Carlos Arturo said "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress . . ." Also in the article 'In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars' by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a media trainer and mother of two says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," Limiting car usage can cause less stress.
Lastly, another main advantage of limiting car usage is the oppurtunity to promote alternative transportation. Selsky continues and says "The goal is to promote alternative transportation . . ." The author goes on to say " The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota" Their attempt for promotion of alternative transportation was a success, even with violators that faced a $25 fine. Limiting car usage can help the promotion of alternative transportation.
In conclusion, I was asked to inform citizens about the advantages of limiting car usages. The main advantages of limiting car usage are decrease of pollution, less stress, and promortion of alternative transportation. Limiting car usage is very beneficial. | 23
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db600cd | Technology is moving very quickly during this century. Having driverless cars is just amazing. You wouldn't have to worry about too many accidents on the road. I believe that future cars are going to be smarter than people.
First off human drivers do not keep their hands on the wheel the whole time they are driving. BMW has made cars with special touch sensors that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel the whole time. This part of the technology will help a lot out with those reckless drivers. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. Also the Google car announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. These special features in cars will help prevent road accident. Even though this driverless cars are fully driverless they will set a big mark in the vehicle industry. | 12
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0f5c12f | One thing that robots have never been able to do is having emotions. The Facial Action Coding System can provide a new opportunity for emotions to be incorparated into technology. The software allows for computers to read emotions on human's faces and interpret that data. In a classroom, this software can be extremely valuable to educators.
The use of the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom can prove to be an extremely powerful tool to educators, as long as it is used in moderation. An educator could use the tool during a lesson to make sure students are engaged, and if a student is bored, the teacher could adjust the lesson plan for that student. The teacher would also know when to help students if the machine is reading them as confused. However, the technology should not replace a teacher in the classroom, as Dr. Huang Suggest, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto). The software can read the emotions, but it can't provide it's own emotions or give the same one-on-one connection a teacher can to help a student. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) should not be used as a teacher, but by a teacher, so as to help every student get the most out of their education.
While this new technology can be a fantastic tool, if not used properly, it could have a terriblle outcome. The machine can read a face and give percents of emotions someone is feeling, as shown in the first paragraph, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry" (D'Alto). However, if humans start using this software constantly, it might begin to replace our own emotion reading skills. However, the ability of the software to detect certain muscle movements associated with faking a smile and other complex emotions, can prove extremely useful in a school. Educators can usually read emotions pretty well, but when a face shows mixed emotions and a student is trying to hide some of them, this system could help a teacher understand what's going through a student's head.
The Facial Action Coding System is a huge leap in computer and human interaction. Used carefully, this software can allow for teachers to be even more engaged in their students and know how each person is doing with a lesson. This technology is very valuable to the classroom and should be implemented to benefit student's education and to further our knowledge of emotions. | 34
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ad28a5d | With the technology that we are capable of using to create a spaceship to have astronomers study Venus from a distance and gather information is a massive jump leading to a future where more than likely NASA could get a better understanding on our sister planet.
With deeper knowledge of a planet so similar to earth, it could really boost us and lead to bigger andvancements such as creating rovers or spaceships that can sustain Venus' enviorment for more than just a couple of weeks. With an ability to have rovers or spaceships that can sustain the enviorment, NASA can get a better understanding and get more evidance so that deeper, and more complex studies on Venus can be taken part in. With an advancement in technology in spacecrafts, scientists can achieve better understanding of the planet and its atmospere, Scientist can get more complex answers and evidance on the age of the planet, and its atmospheric pressure. Due to so little data or lack of technology to get more advanced studies of the planet, it has been difficult to get more answers than what we already have.
In conclusion, although the trips to study gather information on our sister planet, Venus, more information and evidance on the planet could let sicentists find a find a way to maybe inhabit Venus or if not, just get deeper knowledge on it. | 12
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37b0331 | Venus is our sister planet, it may have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, so why can't we explore it to see the similarities? It's the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally in distance too. Many scientists want to take the risks of studying this planet to see exactly what the planet has in store because it was once the most like the planet we live on today. The author of the article gives us many facts and statistics as to how Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
In the article, the author tells about how the fast the planets move, and how sometimes Venus is right around the corner. Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus and each mission was unmanned. No spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. The challenge of studying Venus has to deal with the temperature and the different type of atmosphere and environment within the planet. We need a mission that is both, safe and scientifically productive that avoids all of the dangers.
The atmosphere contains almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. This is very dangerous to us being that we take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, it can harm us easily and even cause death. There are also clouds
of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, which can also be fairly dangerous to us with the carbon dioxide as well. The author tells about how differently the temperature ranges are on the planet and the atmospheric pressure is compared to what we experience on Earth, which is why they're trying to find other, safer, ways to study the planet.
The environment of Venus would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals, so a human traveling to study Venus is very risky and possibly life-threatening. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system making it impossible for anyone to land on the planet. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments such as erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Despite all of the dangers, Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, being that long ago it could've consisted of oceans and supported various forms of life, just like Earth! If we can find ways to study the planet safely and productively, we will do it, but it's nothing risking your life over. The planet contains a lot of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid in the atmosphere which is something we cannot breathe in but if we find a way around it, such as using machines to send down to the planet that can withstand the temperatures and environment or hovering ontop of the planet to see the conditions would be the best option. For the scientists seeking to land on the planet, they can use different devices made out of silicon carbide that can last for a couple of weeks, or mechanical computers. Venus, being our sister planet and having many similarities to us, is something that intruiges many people, but being able to land there isn't likely. Finding a safe and productive way to fulfill many people's curiosity is the most efficient and best way to learn more about the planets that are like ours! We can always find new technologies and ways to explore and study new things without putting ourselves in danger or risking our lives. | 34
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225fcb4 | Is studying Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents? This planet is sometimes called the "Evening Star." Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is proved to be a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because of the fascination that Venus might have been Earth-like planet and that NASA has a particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.
In paragraph 4, it shows how Venus might have been earth-like planet, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Venus has some features that are similar to those on Earth such as surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, given a long time of space travel. However, returning to Venus seems indisputable. The options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive to return to Venus is pretty challenging.
In paragraph 5, it shows how NASA has a particularly idea for sending humans, " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus." The possible solutions is that the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. They are basically trying to create a vehicle that's hovering 30 or some miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Scientists are going to be hovering safely far above the planet it can only provide limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.
However, while scientists are hovering above of Venus they will not be able to take samples of rocks, gases, or anything else, from a distance.
In conclusion, studying Venus is worthy. Venus might be challenging to study but researchers and scientists are trying to figure how we can study Venus. This planet has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity. So yes, studying Venus is worthy despite it's dangers. | 23
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5c66671 | Dear, senator
I'm writing you this letter to address and give you my opinion onthe argument about keeping the clectoral college or changing to election by popular vote fhor the president of the United States.
I feel that we should remove the electoral college because it seems like we do not use all of the votes to have everyone's input on the election. The electoral college consist of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. My question is "Why not use all of the electors votes instead of using only anout 55% of them?". We say that every vote counts but if we are not using all of the electoral votes then that means we are just contradicting our statement.
From articles I have read, Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the resident. Let's say if you lived in Texas, for instance , and wanted to vote for Kerry, you would vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. Voters can not always control whom their vote for and sometimes voters get confused about the electors and choose the wrong canidate. Some people may say that electoral votes should be kept so that it would make it easier for them but i feel thatelectoral votes are confusing and should be removed from a process of electing the president.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 12
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22e1e7a | Who would want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't you feel bored waiting for your turn to drive. If by chance, you got in an accident, who would you blame? The driver which will be you or the manufacture? I were in your shoes, I would rather drive around myself. I would rather drvier around myself, because I trust myself more than their driverless car. I believe any company should not try to developed driverless car.
First of all, I believe that any company should not try to developed a driverless car because it cause more accident. I believe it will cause more accident because the driverless car they develope is not 100 percent safe. Imagine a 50 cars driving it self in high way. You don't know who they are going to break or stop working. Even tho "GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object" I still would not trust it. Will you be ready when it's vibrate?
Second of all, I believe that any company should not try to developed a driverless car because it can lead to serious trouble. For example, If you get in an accident, who will you blame while driving driverless car? Will you blame yourself or the company. I can tell you this. No one won't want to lose their money. You won't want to lose your money nor the manufacturer. When this happen, someone will fill lawsuit. The company and the people will hate each other.
Another reason I believe that any company should not try to developed a driverless car because anyone won't like a driverless car who need assit. What is the different between you driving the car and you have to be ready when ever the car need assit. I can tell you that many people hate to wait. Also you can trust 100 percent that when the car need your assit. You don't know for sure that it will alert you. It is man mad car. Anything can happen. If I were you I will not trust them because they can lead you to death.
Finally, I believe that any company should not try to developed a driverless car because you can drive as you please. Pretend you are late for something. And you need to get there fast. You need to go faster and driverless car has certain speed. This are the reason I believe manufacturing should not develope a carless car. | 34
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9b20905 | The use of FACS technology to read student's emotional expressions are valuable. FACS, made by Prof. Thomas Huang and his collague, was made to detect emotions in paintings or in humans. According to Dr.Huang, " facial expressions for each emotion are univesal," which is why the new technology is used to find out what these expressions mean. FACS can detect facial expressions in paintings such as Mona Lisa. The computer can recognize what kind of emotions are expressed in the painting when most people can't. Humans can also perform this action when we look at a family or a friend's face, it is easy to tell how they're feeling by looking at their face. The computer also makes emotions look more realistic in video games. According to Dr. Eckman, the computer has six emotions; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
Furthermore, when students are in a classroom learning for hours or even minutes, they get bored, confused, or even annoyed. Teachers can sometimes realize that and sometimes they can't which is how the computer can help. Simply by looking at sudents, it reads their emotions and when it realizes learning is not fun for them anymore, it changes things. Accoring to the text, a classroom computer will detect that the students are feeling bored. How the computer helps is by changing how the teacher is teaching the students. It modifies the teaching area to create a new way to teach students.
To end it all, FACS is resourceful for anyone. With the emotions it has, it can easily read people's face and recognize what type of emotions they have. It also helps students and teachers a lot by creating new amusing ways for students to learn. People can't always know what other people are feeling by looking at their face but the computer can. It's an upgrade made by professors and doctors to help society and people. | 23
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5aed1c1 | You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will be able to go site seeing in other countries.
You will also learn how to speak the languages of were you go.
Another thing you may learn is hours care.
One more thing that you will learn is what other countries need support in.
One reason you would want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is to have the oppurtunity to go site seeing in other countries.
Some of thoes countries are China, and the United Kingdom.
You will probibily go to more countries but each of them will be unike.
One way they will be unike is by their arts and arckitexture.
Another thing that you will see different in the countries is their fifferent quizines.
You may also learn how to speak the languages of the countries you go to.
On the other hand you have already learned the hardest language in the world if you are from America.
The one thing that makes English the hardest language is because of the homifonnes.
There is no other language that has words that have more than one meaning for a word.
So it should be a little easer to learn the countries language.
Most likely if you do join the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you will be shipping hourses.
So you will probibly learn how to take care of the hourses.
One thing you will learn is how much gran to give the.
Another thing is when to feed the hourses the grane.
One other thing you might learn is what the other nations are needing after the war.
They might need cows for dary and meat.
They might need sheep for there food and wool. So they might need a lot of stuff after the war.
So if you joined the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you would have a lot of options of learning that you can do.
You could go see important things about other countrys history.
You can even lean a nother language.
Also you will probibly be with horses all the way across the Atlantic ocean.
One last thing, you can also learn how the other countries need support. | 23
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b5937a4 | I would say that driverless cars could be dangerous in many cases.
There could be an accident if there was a driver just going across the road and the driverless car malfunctioned.
The driverless car could crash straight into the driver no matter how people see it.
The article stated that driverless cars can't see the road themselves but they can sense when something is coming near it.
Even if a driverless car sensed something near it; if the car was going at any type of speed like 25 mph it would probably hit somebody that it might not have sensed.
Anything bad could happen with these new generation of cars, sticking to how regular things are is better than taking a risk of someone getting hurt.
The moral of my essay is to tell people that even if people say there is no harm done by making these cars, the truth is anything could happen and it could malfunction anytime.
My answer would be no to having driverless cars even if they made it a bit safer that doesn't mean it wouldn't accidentally crash into someone.
Driverless cars would work better as a gps not as a car that could move on it's own. | 12
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69f0465 | The Face on Mars has been a pop icon for years. Many people believe that the Face on Mars is made by aliens. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and was not created by aliens. The evidence that proves this is true is there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform.
The first evidence that shows it is just a landform is the fact that there is another natural landform like that on Earth. The picture shows an equivalent to a butte or messa, which is a landform that is common around the American West. The text says, "'It reminds me of the most Middle Butte in the Snake Plain of Idaho,'...about the same height as the Face on Mars.'"
This quote is giving a clear example of someone saying that the Face is like a natural landform on Earth. If it is like something that is made on Earth naturally, that means it could probably made naturally on Mars too. There is another great piece of evidence showing that it is a natrual landform.
Another piece of evidence that proves the Face is a natural landform is that there are detailed pictures that show it is all natural. In 2001 NASA could take pictures with each pixel thats spans 1.56 metes, which is very detailed for the technology we have. The text says, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.'" This example goes to show that NASA took a picture using the best resolution they had on their cameras to show and see the fact that it is not alien made and is all naturally made.
Many people believe the Face on Mars is made by aliens but that is not true at all. The Face is just a natural landform. The evidence that goes to prove it is the fact that there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform. | 23
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7e8b33f | I'd have to say the new technology ''Facial action coding system'' that has been created in Illionois is acceptable. It beyond helpful in my perspective it could really help out young children whom don't understand what the teacher is saying. '' A classroom computer could recgonize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then modify the lesson like an effective human instructor''. This quote states how it the new technology is being used. Especially children who dont understand english. Without saying anything verbally to the computer, and it could help some students outs! It would be extra heplful if it had that ability to translate. The reason why I am saying this because there are some whom don't want to speak and are simply quite and usually just give a face in which the compter can caculate you. And the fact that we humans preform the same expression'' as said in paragraph 5. Inconclusion this would probably help out the students who dont speak for them selves. And increase the ability for young children to be stress free and more understanding in what subject they are currently learning and hopefully be sucessful. | 12
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c0524f6 | What do you think about Venus? Is it safe to explore Venus? Or is it not safe to? In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author's idea is that "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." How good is he at explaining it? In his article, the author doesn't do well in supporting his idea.
To start, the author mostly provides evidence for the counter agrument. The author states, "it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."
He also states, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." The entire third paragraph also talks about the disadvantages of pursuiting Venus. In that paragrph he states, "These conditions are far more extreme than aything humans encounter on Earth." This shows that the author doesn't support his idea well because his evidence supports the counter argument.
The author's claim is that it is worthy pursuiting Venus, but they can't take further samples because of the risks. The author states, "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." NASA had an idea for sending humans to study Venus, on a blimp-like vehicle. But the conditions aren't easy. According to the article, "temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit."
This proves that the author's claim wasn't supported well because the information provides the disadvantages of studying Venus.
To conclude, the author doesn't support his idea well. He doesn't provide the right information to support his idea. Most of his information goes for the idea that it is impossilbe to study mars. | 34
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e950fce | Luke's claim was that when his friend Don invited him to a trip to Europe on a cattle boat and Luke knew right away he had to say yes because it was a once
in a lifetime opportunity. Also that he got to travel and exploer many diffrent
places! Another one of Lukes claim was that he was greatful for the opportunity he got to have by being a seagoing cowboy.
A few reasons to join the club it that you get to go places you probobly never been before. Also that you get to travel all over the world and explore diffrent places and see many diffrent things from many diffrent paces, just like Luke!
It may have taken him two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to china but, it may have been worth it because Luke got to see many diffrent things and explore unique stuff! Luke would normally be caring for the animals and so it kept him busy for a long time.The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games so, if you like those games you might want to join them! Being a seagoing cowboy was much more fun than an adventure, it opened the world to Luke. Luke said he was greatful for the opportunity.
" I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. " That is what Luke said because he enjoyed being a seagoing cowboy and going on all the adventures that Luke got to do! Maybe one day if you become a seagoing cowboy you will be able to adventure all the things Luke got to do. There may
be some rough time like what Luke had when he couldn't work for a few days, for an example,
when he was a watchman and it was a rainy night Luke sliped
and fell and he had a few broken ribs but he was saved by a small strip of metal
along the edge so it stopped Luke from sliding. Luke aws happy to be alive
though! Luckly for Luke he recovered in a few days. Luke was happy to be a cowboy and you might too!
So now maybe you can consider about being a saegoign cowboy. | 12
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2850024 | Some people may view car limitations as bad or inconvinient, but that isn't true. There are plenty or ways to get to where you want to go other than driving. More people have been cutting down on their car usage and it helps with many things. There are lots of advantages to communities and cities when car usage is limited.
Pollution is a major problem in big cities like Bejing, China; known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Cutting down car usage in big cities like this can help get rid of the horrendous smog. Paris, which often has more smog than other European capitals, has made some significant changes to help reduce the smog and harmful greenhouse gasses that are trapped in the air from car emissions. They let cars with even numbered license plates drive on some days and cars with odd numbered license plates drive on others. This reduced the smog in Paris within a few days.
Most people depend quite a bit on their cars. Reducing car usage can help people not to be so dependent on their cars. Instead of driving to work people can ride the bus, take the subway, etc. This will help a lot with the congestion of the roads during rush hours. There will be a lot less traffic if people are car-pooling or taking some other mode of transportation, keeping road-ways clearer for emergency vehicles and public transportation. There also won't be the problem of people being late if they get stuck in traffic or their car breaks down.
The number of miles people in America drive has gone down significantly since 2005. This means that people are finding better, more efficient ways of getting to where they need to be. This will help everyone in the long run. There will be less money spent on cars, car repairs, and gasoline; saving everyone a lot of money. Cars can be very expensive to maintain, especially when no one knows if their car battery is going to die or if they will get a flat tire. Having another source of transportation would save people lots of time and money. If there is less need for cars, then more public transportation will be offered, even in places less populated like the suburbs.
Limiting car usage is helpful for everyone and eventually it will become even more efficient and convinient not to drive a car everywhere. Pollution will go down and money will be saved. There are already entire communities like the one in Vauban, Germany that don't rely on cars. If there were more communities like this around the world, they would help lead the way to a new age where cars aren't as important and people won't have to depend on them as much as they do now. | 34
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b176e16 | There are many advantages to limiting car usage. It is better for the environment, it limits time spent sitting in traffic, and saves money.
The main cause of people wanting to limit driving is to protect the environment. According to an article by Elizabeth Rosenthal, "passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gasses in Europe... and up to 50% in some car intensive areas in the United States." Emissions from car exhaust is polluting the air and creating smog in large cities. According to Robert Duffer, Paris had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of smog. Some people want new suburbs to be built specifically to encourage the limiting of driving. Limiting driving does lower the amout of smog and air pollution in cities.
Another benefit of limiting driving is that it limits time spent sitting in traffic. In Bogota, Colombia, a "car-free day" was issued. The goal was to reduce smog as well as reduce traffic jams around the city. The reduction of these traffic jams also reduced stress and promoted excersize. People could stop worrying about being late for work because of the traffic. It caused many people to walk or bike to work instead of driving or taking the bus. Another advantage of this is that parks and sports centers have thrived across Bogota. Limiting the use of cars isn't only healthier for the environment but also for us.
One final advantage to limiting the use of cars is that it saves money. Citizens save money by not having to buy cars or the gas they require. Also, citizens don't have to pay taxes for roads, parking lots, or traffic lights. Another way limiting driving saves money is on the materials and equipment needed to pave roads and parking lots. Since many people who live in dense cities take the subway or bus to work anyway because of the recent recession, limiting car use would be an easy way to clean up some pollution in that city.
In conclusion, limiting driving has many big advantages. It protects the environment while limiting traffic in cities, encouraging excersize, and saving money. I'm not sure how it would work out here because of how spread out everything is, but it sounds like a great idea in a dense city. | 34
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bf718b2 | I am for the development of these cars. The development of these cars would save our ecosystem drastically. It would be a great way to travel or get transportations. There would also be a decrease in crashes and mistakes drivers make in their daily lifes.
The devolopment of these cars would be great for the future. It would decrease air pollution and use half the gas we already use tody. This invention would save our enviroment. Crashes and traffic law violations would also decrease. The driverless car would have sensors that build a 3-D model of its surroundings to be aware if there is an oncoming vehicle. It would also know the road system and will follow the traffic laws that are inplaces. Its also a great way to travel, traffic will go much quicker because of the decrease in crashes and other mistakes.
To conclude, this is great invention to continue to develop. The benefits of faster transportation, less chrashes and trafic violations, and its eco friendly. These reasons giive me good belief this is a great advancement of technology for the better. | 12
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8133ef2 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the idea of studying Venus despite that it has many dangers. The first way the author supports this claim is that not a single spaceship has landed on Venus in more than three decades. The second claim the author makes is that Venus's surface has very hot tempratures. The third way the author supports this is that he states that astronomers are fascinated by Venus.
Not a single spaceship has landed on Venus in three decades. The article says that no spacecraft has survived the landing more than a few hours. NASA wants to send humans the Venus despited this fact.
The second claim is that Venus has very hot tempratures. The surface of Venus averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is over 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temprature of any planet in our solar system. The author states that these conditions are not easy, but they are survivable for humans.
The author lastly tells us that Astronomers are fascinated by this planet. He states that it was once the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Venus today has some features that are analogous to Earth. For example, the planet includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
Despite that Venus could be dangerous to physically study, the author does support it. The planet is hot, no spaceship has landed on it in decades, but it is still fascinating for astronomers. Venus has value, and if it is studied more, astronomers will gain insight on the planet. At the end of the article the author states that "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." That is how the author suggets that studying Venus is a worthy persuit, despite the dangers. | 23
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ef4858f | In the artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the idea of exporing Venus dispite the dangers none clearly. The author gives some good point on both ideas, of visiting it and giving up on it. In the artical it states " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and wether present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking land on its surface" (paragraph 3). This shows that the author is worried about the conditions we do have to over come to go, but this sounds like a point were he doesn't want us to try to go. The artical also states " The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable..." (paragraph 4). This also shows that he has his dought about studing Venus. The artical also states " ...reserachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance" (paragraph 6).This shows that he does want us to be able to study Venus, but we cannot get close enough to its surface to study it. Finally the artical states "... some simplified electronics made od silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulationf the chaos fo Venus's surface adnn have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"(paragraph 7). In conclusion, The author shows hope and dought about us going and studing Venus, but he does think we will be able to do it. | 12
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32a0d6e | When it comes to the technology that reads students emotions I think its a great idea of having it in classrooms. Although some may ask, why dont you just ask us how we feel in this class? Others might just nit want to answer the question. So it would be easier to just get your answer from a mechine that gives you the answer you want.
There are many advantages to this technology when it come to reading other emotions. When using this device you could find out if many students are interested in the activity the teacher is talking about. You could also find out if the are just bored to death that they just want to get up and leave.
This technololgy could help with many things in the future by getting rid of all the non-fun things that happen in classroom. If this technology was in high schools I think the way teachers teach thing now days would be way better. For example, when the author put the mini lesson about moving you face in different emothions that was a good lesson. Just from that I learn that just moving your face around in different emotion could make you feel like the face you just made.
When it come to technology about your emotions in the classroom i think it would be very useful. Not only will the teachers know if students are interested, they will know if they need to change the way they teach things in class. | 23
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42c8dba | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports his claim by stating that the reasoning for continuing research on how to get to Venus's surface is, because it was once very similar to earth's surface long ago.
Astronomers claim that Venus probably had oceans and supported many different life forms just like Earth. The author states that the value of returning to Venus seems idisputable due to the fact that it is sometimes our nearest option. Since it is our nearest option and giving consideration to how long time frames of space travel are, this is a pretty good claim. So far the author's claims are, that it is our nearest option and it was once very much like Earth and habitable.
The only problem now is Venus's surface conditons. On Venus's surface the temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than it is on Earth. However the author goes on to state that NASA has a possible solution to the conditions on Venus's surface. NASA's possible soolution would be to have a blimp like vehicle hover 30 miles above Venus's surface. Even though the temperature would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit it is still survivable for humans. However researchers cannot take samples of Venus's surface by hovering in a ship safely above the planet. The author states that instead of looking at the problems as risks we should look at them as challenges.
The author claims that striviing to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value because human curiosity will likely lead us to many more equally intimidating endeavors. Also that our travels beyond Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. So the authors claims for furthering research on how to get to Venus are, it's the nearest planet to us, it used to be very hospitable and much like Earth, and that we should see the risks as challenges and find ways to get past them. The author supported these claims very well. | 34
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b75fe1c | The technology to read emotional expressions of students would be valuable because it could help consulors with their jobs. The reason why is because the computer can read emotiaonal expressions of students so the consulors can use the techology to thier advange. As the text says Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusted and also 6 percent fearful. Imagine having a consulor having that type of tech in their hands. Their would be less fights less sucdial tenions and aslo less bullying.
The technology could also make alot of students smile. As the text states you can conduct an experiment by going to the bathroom and raise your lips at the conroners of your mouth, then squint your eyes slighty to produce wrinkling at the croners of your eyes. And also by holding that raise the outers parts of your cheek up towrad your eyes. They say doing all those faces and experiments can make a person happy just by trying it. Also putting a happy face on your face could infunces others to try the same thing and get the same resluts.
Also if a techaer wanted to prove that the emotional expression technology is vaulable they could set up a way to let the students use and play with the tech. That would let student exprence and see how the technology works and function so that in the future they would know how to use it to. This information can also take technology and others courses to a different level. The reason why is becuase if students learn how to take contorl of this technology they can try to forge it into their own work of art and make it better than before. as the text says your home PC cant handle the complex alogrithms used to decode mona lisa's smile but we can write down simple instructions that encode different emotions. That states there to me that if students get thier hands this type of tech they could alter the world solve problems in a insict or a heart beat and even help bring bullying to a end. Students may think letting the system read their emations is a bad thing or might them feel uncomfortbale but it shouldn't. It's to help them and the teacher have a better relationship and aslo solve problems faster. | 23
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e688d2f | He is very smart. He found that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. He also found out that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. And sometimes the closest in distance to.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets covering it. There are even more dangers in Venus like the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. The second biggest danger is that it's average temperatures is over eight hundred degress Fahrenheit. That average temperature on Venus is way to hot for anyone to survive. The biggest danger is that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. And on Venus there is signs of additional impediments like erupting vlcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
The biggest reason way I like it is because Venus might of been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. So that why i think they should try to build a blimp-like vehicle. They are trying to make a way so that humans can go to Venus and survive. Or get a machine that's strong, able to handle the heat, take pictures, and even evidence. | 12
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72c35ac | The author claims that "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors".
In the exerpt, of "The Challanges of Exploring Venus" we learn that Venus is our cloest rival to Earth, and that it has more Earth-like features that we want to explore. In paragrph 2, we learn that Venus is "Often referred to Earth's twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too". Venus is a very challanging planet to explore since it is the second closest planet to the sun making it very hot to even get through with a space craft, and a space probe, because it will melt whithin seconds of entering the atmosphere.
In paragraph 4, it explains that "Today, Venus still has some Earth Like features that are analogous to those on Earth". "The planethas a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". In order for us to explore Venus, we are going to have to create, or advance or technology so that we are save when entering Venus's atmosphere, and even touching down on the surface without burning up. In paragraph 5, it tells us that "At thirty plus miles above the surface, temeratures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that oa sea levels on Earth". Indead, we still need to learn about Venus, but first we need to create some more advanced technology that will keep a live man or woman on the planet until they have colected enough data to go back and safely escape the planet.
In paragraph 6, it tells us that "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance". "Therfore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understandVenus would need to up close and personal, despite the risks". Yes, it may be challenging, but in order to explore other planets not known too well of us, we would need to put the effort in trying new things, and advancing to new heights. In paragraph 7, it tells us that "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus". This is good, because if NASA can find another way that we can safely explore Venus, then we wouldn't have to go through all the trouble of making new technology, or find ways that we can make a new space suit to fit Venus's temerature.
In paragraph 7, it tells us that "scientists have made systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistent to pressure, heat, and other forces". we only have a litle more to go before we have the right amount of data, and technology to explore Venus in more depth. All we need to do is test thiese new things that scientists have made, and see if we can survive the forces that Venus throws at us.
Venus is a challenging planet, but scientists are still curious and will do anything to try and get research from Venus at all costs. The author claims that "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". | 34
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3a57893 | The Declaration of Independence granted us the right to control our government. Thomas Jefferson once stated, "When a nations government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of its people to abolish it and establish a new government." After viewing the articles Source 1:"What Is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal register, Source 2: "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, and Source 3:"In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner it seems clear that the Electoral Colleges have lessened the power of the people in our nation. With the Electoral College method of selecting our nations new president the people of our nation become less empowered, they may cast their vote but the choice of president is never truly theirs. The Electoral Colleges drive people away from voting because they see the election as if their vote will not matter. To further empower the citizens of the United States the Electoral Colleges should be abolished.
Throughout our nations history the majority vote has lost due to being outvoted when it comes to Electoral Colleges. Because of the majoity vote losing out to Electoral Colleges, people have come to believe their vote will not matter in the long run. In Source 2 Plumer declares, "faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate". With this method of selection for our country's president, the vote is never certain. The slate of electors that the people essentially vote for may or may not stick to the original plan. This ties back into people losing hope that their vote will not matter because they trust the electors to vote their canidate into office, when the electors could go either way. Another key point is, the canidates may not campaign in states that have a lower number of electoral votes. In Source 1 the Office of the Federal Register also asserted, "Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential canidate". Due to the Electoral College system being based off population some states have more of a say than others. Whenever a state decides their votes for Electoral Colleges the state typically contributes every vote it has to one canidate. When this occurs the state's people may be misrepresented.
Electoral Colleges do not reflect the democratic style of government we have had for hundreds of years. In Source 3 Posner states, "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people". Ever since the United States has been around our lifestyle has been purely democratic. The people are supposed to the empowering body of our government and their voice is the one that should be heard. But since we have the Electoral College the voice of the people has become muffled. No longer is the presidential election a democratic event, but one that is decided through the votes of only a few chosen American citizens. Plumer observed in Source 2 that, "During the 2000 campaign, 17 states didn't see the canidates at all". If the people of America are truly part of our governing body then they must see the canidates and hear what they have to say. The Electoral College has driven canidates away from states that will not have much say. These states are then left to make a decision for themselves and decide based on their personal preference, they are never able to truly hear what these canidates may or may not have to offer.
On the other hand, Electoral Colleges do have a lack of uncertainty. As Posner said in Source 3, "the dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible but it's less likey than a dispute over the popular vote". The Electoral College provides the American people with a certainty of outcome. Whenever a state decides where its Electoral votes are going the canidate typically wins by a landslide electoral-vote victory.
Although the Electoral College has a few appealing qualities, it is mostly an unfair system for the United States. The colleges should not have the power to decide the president, that should be the people that reside in the country's choice. Thomas Jefferson spoke of the people taking control of their country's government and the citizens of America should do just that if they are ever to escape the grasp of the Electoral Colleges. | 45
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6a0e77b | Venus or the "Evning Star" is one of the well known planets in our solar system.on previous missons to venus not a single spacecraft was able to survive landing for hours.This may explain why the callenges NASA is having for humans to study this planet,eventhought venus is pretty close to Earth.Venus has a thick atmosphere that is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,that makes it even more callenging for humans to land on venus. Venus surface tempuature is over 800 degrees and the atmosphere is 90 times greater than the atmosperic pressure here on earth. The astromomers are intreged by venus because it is well-know for once having a similar earth-like fetures, to this day astromomers still think that venus could have been inhabitable at one point a long time ago But, for now all we can do is peer over the planet in our space crafts orbiting safly over the planet venus. If we strive to meet the difficult challenge of finally landing on venus we can meet our goal to explore more and beyond our limits. | 01
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e9ed658 | Driverless cars in my opinion wouldn't with the people I know in my community. This is because it would take away from the the experience of being behind the wheel of a vehical. Yes driverless cars might be safer but why should they be forced to lose something that is enjoyedable to most individuals. If states just worked as hard on enforcing and finding new ways on keeping the roads safe we could avoid the dangers of human driven cars and they could still have their experience.
Personally, I could see driverless cars as a great oppurtunity to look into because it can keep the roads safe and the person behind the wheel can do whatever they would like. Therefore they should be ready to take over at anytime. I also like this idea because the passage stated that driverless cars would take half the fuel of today's taxis. There are many positives to this but I question how well the car would be able to keep the driver awake. The passage said that the car would be watching the driver to make sure they're aware but I'm afraid that some people may fall asleep not be easily awaken. Another concern I would be afraid to get into a car that relies on so much more technology. Any of the sensors cameras could mess up or even the warning displays could go wrong. This would be a big issue for me. With those concerns i also have plenty of positives with this new idea.
The passage says that they'll have to interpret the driving fun in a new way. I think that is a wonderful thought and could possibly keep someone aware if they're into the process of being in a driverless car. Most people today love to text and multitask in the car and that can be a problem in cars which are driven only by humans. But in this case of a intergrated process would give them that option of being on devices and doing other activities becuase it would help them stay awake and could be able to take over quickly. If they find a way to make it fun and find a way to make it a enjoyable experince i think most people will be into the safer and more effiecent taxi. Overall I think this is a great idea and could possiblly be the key to keeping people safe on the roads. | 23
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9114bf5 | The author suppourts his idea of exploring venus. By showing
lots of compeling info information that why we should do futer exploration. Like the big strids that NASA has made and, how it can teacher us more about earth , and how we ca further expand our knolege on Venus.
The auther tells us about NASA and its great strids to do further expoloration of venus. By telling us how NASA has made like making a slilcon carbide electronics
that can last for three week in a chamber that simulats Venuse surface as stated in paragrah 7. The auother also tell us about NASA solution to Venuses bad conditions in paragahr 5 it states "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conitions on the surface of venus woulud allow scientists to float above the fray. Imaine a blimp-like vehical hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian lannd scape." The author gives us this information to show us how NASA has made a great stride to further explore venus.
The author tell us about why exploring Venus would be benifital to resurchers. In understanding more about earth because , Venus being earths twin may have looked like earth long ago with it may have had having oceans and various forms of life as stated in paragrah 4 . Also stated in paragrah 4 is that " Venus somtimes be our nearust option for a planitary visit, a crucial consideation given the long time frames of the space travel. " The author is consitantly giveing us information to why. Space travil to venus is beniftal to resurchers trying to learn more about the earth
The author tell us lots of information that we know about Venus already. But how also we can expand our information about venus with further space tarvil to the plant. He or she tells us about how venus has has many valles and land form close to earth. but in paraghf 6 say resurches cant take sampels of rock,gas or anything eles. But if we could it can "contribute to meanfully to our knolege of Venus .
I conclusion the supports the idea space travil veray well by
giving us lots of information on venus. And how we can expand on our knolege of venuse and earth and,how NASA has made great strinds to further explor the plant. | 23
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d786da7 | Do we need a Facial Action Coding System in our classrooms? I agree, with using a Facial Acton Coding System in our classroom. The Facial Action Coding System could help teacher know what their students' emotions are, and if the students emotions are in negative mood or positive mood they can change their lessons so they are more interesting for the students. Not only could this help the teachers but, this may help the students be more engaged in the classroom and participate more duriung lessons when they need to. Classroom computers acn already dectect how a student is feeling by giving teh student a certain AD depending on their mood."A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts(Paragraph 6). If you make a facial expression it not only shows how you are feeling, it can also help you produce your facial muscles. In conculsion, it woulcd be a great idea for teachers to use them in the classroom, and they probably put them in work areas so managers know how their emploees are feeling in their work area. | 12
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7e9eb24 | The Facial Action Coding System would be a vaulubale asset in a classroom but it could be intrusive to others peoples feelings and emotions.
There are few good reasons why the system could be benificial to a classroom. since it can caculate all 44 majormuslces like the Lateralis or the orbicularis oris. It can get students who are depressed or being bullied help they need instead of waiting around for them to get help themselves. Another good reason why its benificial for the system could be in a classroom is that it can show if a student is confused on a question or problem and dont like getting help from a teacher the scanner can spot them and see if they can get help.
people will hate the facial action codeing system because they wont like people intruding on their feelings even when they are hiding them for a reason. the system can be scary to many people because it could offspring other systems like reading your mind for say. it could be hated for the fact that people dont like talking about their emotional feelings to strangers and the system just sucks their expressions off their face and detects their feelings upsets many people.
The Facial Action Coding System is a perfect system if you wanted to know one's feelings or just to have your computer know what your feeling and understand that maybe some day it can help you with your emotional problems. | 23
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190a8d4 | In paragraph seven it says that in 2013 the BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant" (meaning that the car can move but it still needs assestance from the driver) is proof that this Google car is not safe. It says that the driver seat will vibarte when the vehicle is in danger of backing in to an object. But what if the driver is sleep and the car dosn't react in time and not only will the car be damaged but will the driver be ingerd and will the object that was involved in the acedent be damaged.
In paragraph nine it states that "presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." Now they came out with a car that doesn't need a driver (only in emergences). That they still have to come up with some sort of law saying that when in an emergence that ether the driver or the maker of the car will be acconted for.
I think that these cars are not safe and that they put driving at a grater chance for car crashes becase even thow technolagy is improving there are still malfuncutions and the car can stop, run into things, and turn on by its self. The cars are alsoeaser to be hacked and that someone could take over the car. Than that person life is in danger. | 23
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b89cdae | The Earth and Venus have somewhat in common which is allowing NASA want to do what they are trying to study for. Venus is the closest planet to the sun. Which will bring some problems to the project. But it won't stop NASA from trying to do what they are soon going to acconplish.
The author did a good job explaining and supporting his idea. Venus is alot like the Earth and it can also have some living things. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
Their is a possiblitity that Venus will have some living things. And to find out about all this it takes risk. And thats what NASA is trying to do but carfully and slowly.
To conclude the autor did a good job explaining his point and also supporting his idea. Sooner or later NASA or someone else will go to Venus. And the truth will be told. | 12
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0fddb97 | I believe that driverless cars are and are going to be a great piece of technology development.
Driverless cars could give us a life changing future.
Driverless cars may sound questionable to some people but, I believe they could be safer than our vehicles today.
Google, BMW, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have been working on creating safe, driverless vehicles for the last 10-15 years.
How far they have come in just this short amount of time amazed many people.
How far they are still planning to come will blow some people away.
Sensors alone have come a long way in just the past 10 years.
They are built to detect danger and respond to danger in possible accidents.
What the sensors can detect is far better than the response and control of a human driver
(ParaG 5).
The car is not totally driverless. I find this to be a plus for driverless cars.
Because technology is not always reliable, humans do need to assist with some of the things that technology can't be reliable for.
Just in 2013 BMW announced the "Traffic Jam Assistant."
Then it could drive up to 25 mph.
Only going 25 mph, the car requires the driver to hold onto the wheel.
All the vehicles are designed to warn or notify the driver when it needs humans skills.
Companies are coming up with many ways to inform the human that assistance is needed.
Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009.
Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash (ParaG. 2).
Human drivers today have crashes daily.
No matter what, everytime someone gets in a car they are putting their life in danger. I believe that with the new technolgy advances in driverless cars, the number of car crashes would decrease tremendously.
Overall I believe that the advances for driverless vehicles have come so far in their development in just a short number of years. I think that driverless vehicles will be a safer and more efficient way of driving for our future.
They will be saving lifes daily, and saving money in the long run. | 23
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0087059 | ''The Challenge of Exploring Venus'' is a informative text, Venus called the ''Evening Star''is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky,In the solar systen Venus is the secont from our sun; Earth's twin Venus is teh close planet to Earth, and occasionally the closest in distance too Earth, Venus, and Mars.
First, Venus is a hot planet, Venus has somre persent of carbon dioxide,Venus is so closer to the sumfor that reason Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in iur solar system. The temoperature is the over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosphere presure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet, people can't survive.
Secondly, The scientifict However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can povide only limited insight on ground conditions because about However the light cannot penetrate th eatmosphere and it's from photography an dvideography ineffective.
Lastly, The NASA is working about proyects electronics made silicon and this proyects they can send this things to visit Venus and this things starts doo do about 1800's and played a important role in the 1940's during World War ll, they can move this things fon computer.
in conclution, ''The Challenge of Exploring Venus'' is a lot investigation fron interestings scientificts, showing to the people interestings things in the space,, the scientuifics lookk Venus interesting. | 01
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9b94476 | There is a new age coming,and with that means change. Most people dont like change but ths change is a good one. Its useing your car less and use other means of transportsion around your city or town. This leads to less smog around a major city and a safer inviorment for children.
To begin , changing how we travel around the citys and towns of are country's is esental in this time of age. The world is changing how we think and do thing is changing. We are loseing some of are ignorence. The world we live on is running out of oil and that means no more gas powerd cars. To conserve the resorces we have we need to start takeing the bus to work or school. Or Rideing a skateboard to the shop down the street instead of wasting presious resourses that is going to dissaper in 20 to 30 years. And not useing your car is a go thing ,that means less stress on you mind a body. imagin not having to worry about a car payment and having that extra money tohave fun with you'r kids. Useing your car less also means less smog and cleanier air around. For exsample, in Pairs there was alot of smog so they put a ban on cars for two days and it cleared up the city. Now if started doing this more we would help are invierment so much.
Secound off, Not useing your car as much also creates a much safer enviorment for kids. And they can live a more helthy life. And thats what we want, we want to protect are kids a give them a child hood they can look back on. This means you can let your kid outside and not worring about a drunk driver comeing down the street and hitting your kid and killing them. We want the best futer for are grandchilderns children, and know we set them up for good. We need to start designing are towns and city's like Vauban ,Germany. It will make a better and cleaner world for us.
In conclution, we need to put down the car keys and pick up the bike , or hop on the bus. Because Time is running out. And we dont want it to be to late to change. This is the only thig we got . So lets do it right the firts time and not screw it up. | 34
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8c1e2db | I think that the new technology "Facial Action Coding System" is a great idea to use in the classroom. The new techology is perfect for teachers to use because it could give the teacher some insite on how the student is feeling, Lost, Confused, Distressed, Bored, Ect. Those are the main resons people do not learn much about what the presentation or lecture is about.
In the passage it states the teacher will be able to see if a student is confused. If the student is the teacher would be able to stop the lecture and ask some questions. Even if they are not saying anything about their confusion the teacher could ask them after class and save them from loosing a day of notes just by being confused. This new technology not only could save students from bad grades in class but it could tell the teacher how the student is feeling or even thinking.
If the student shows and emotion on his face like depression or anger the teacher would know and could ask that student what is wrong. The teacher would be able to comfort that student or even help he/she through that rough time in their life. The student could have just lost a loved one or got into a fight with a close friend so they may be only thinking about that and not about their classwork. Teacher could tell that students parents about what is wrong and their parents could comfort their child as well.
The Facial Coding System could you used worldwide around schools from elementary all the way through college.
This technology could help many schools that are big and many kids in one classroom. With this technology the teacher would even be able to know if the student has a question. This could primarily help many students with their grades. I know that when I get confused I do not stop the teacher to ask the question, I wait until the end of class and forget that I had a question. The teacher would know this and I would get that question answered either during the lecture or after class. That is why I think that this new technology is revelutionary. This could help thousands if not millions with their grades and school life. | 34
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e03444d | We are living in a world that day by day is rapidly changing right before our eyes, whether its the fastest new car, the more advance cell phone, or even just a simple new invention that will assist our lives into making it easier. That's really all its about is trying to make our live less of a hassle, but is always taking the easy way out the best and most convienient way? Cars have been around for quite some time now, and the do a great deal for our society, however there are many advantages of limiting car usuage.
In an article titled
The End of Car curlture
By Elisabeth Rosenthal she mentions that recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Although the current poplations interest in cars is decreasing, the developement since WWII has been focused on cars. Motor run vehicles play a huge role in peoples lives today helping them get from point A to point B in a lesser amount of time then walking or even riding a bike. However cars are not always the answer, if a destination is less that five minutes away it isn't imossible to walk/ride a bike, when you take the oppurtunity of not driving in a vehicle you are doing two things saving the environment because there will be no gasoline burning and you will be giving your body the exercise it needs.
Many cities including Bogota, Columbia are already trying to start the trend of a alternative transportation. In a document titled
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota
By Andrew Selsky they explain how every year for the past three year Bogota hosts a day without car but only buses and taxis used as vehicle transportation, motive was to reduce smog in the area therefore violaters would face a $25.00 fine. "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said a business man with the name of Carlos Arturo Plaza, as time has gone on other cities including Cali and Valleduar have participated in the event.
Everyday the air becomes more and more polluted with with the usage of cars, so why not kill two birds with one stone, save the planet and save ourselves. Next time you are going somewhere take a moment to think would i be better off walking or riding my bike, if not use your vehicle. It isn't a bad thing to use a car because they do greatly benifit us, but when you have the option use a bicycle or walk to your destination instead. | 23
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a27c3a7 | "Paul", Luke said "do you want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program?"
"Uhm I'm not sure luke, why would I join the Seagoing Cowboys program, like give me an idea of what it would be like" Paul said
"Well you get to help out Europe and China by giving them horses, baby cows, goats and so on.", Luke said, "You also get to see so many natural wonders, antiques, buildings from long long ago, and meet so many new and great people"
"Sounds fun but what about my kids and wife,they will miss me, and who will be man of the house after all I only have two girls with a mother that is sick. I'm sorry Luke I just can't go to many things to worry about".
"Well why didn't you tell me that i would've got that taken care of no questions asked", Luke said, "I can call up your brother have him come up here and take care of the house and call a docter to take care of your wife, I know you would've called a docter if you had the money to, but I will pay for the docter visiting so you don't have to woory about money".
In the meantime Luke called Dr. Philipe, (phil-EY-pay) called Saul, Paul's brother, asked if he could house sit for Paul, and payed for the docter visit and Saul's trip.
"So Paul, now can you go?", Luke said
"Yes I can go", said Paul
On the way to the Luke's barn that was on a hil next to the lake, they found multiple holes in the ground that hadn't been there before. "I wonder where these came from?"
"Me too, maybe a giant worm or a mole", Paul said
"Let's follow the holes to see where the main source is". They followed the holes and it led them to the barn. They heard a lot of noise from the horses then the cows and then the chickens. "What's going on in here", Luke said. ALmost right after he said that he spotted a cottenmouth snake on of the most deadliest snakes of all, besides the viper.
"Oh my chicken nuggets, it's a snake", Paul screamed. The snake heard Paul scream and turned around to face Paul. The sake bunched up and Luke said, "Run!" Paul was to late. The snake bit him on his ankle and Paul fell to the floor. Luke grabbed an iron horse shoe and threw it at the snake, missed the first time, but the second hit the snake in the head.
"Get away from my friend!" Yelled Luke, "Or I'll through another one!" The snake just stayed there hissing at Luke. Luke threw another one and hit the snake again and killed the snake. Luke threw the dead snake out of the barn and got all the venom out of Paul.
"Lets go now", Luke said. They left and was on the boat untill one of the horses saw a spider and ran towrds land. "Let's just leave it after all we have 337 horses", said Paul.
They left and was having the time of their lifes, seeing all type of sea creatures and weird fish. They made it to Europe and delived the animals safe and sound.
"So did you have fun?" asked Luke.
"Yes, it is fun to get out of the house and two screaming girls and enjoy life while we still can", said Paul
They made it to homeland and had the best welcome back party of their lifes. Luke said bye to Paul when Paul went on his next trip and Luke went home to do house chores. They never saw each other again because it was said that there was a storm that year and the SS WiIlington 370 capsized in the water and was never seen again. That was the story of Paul and Luke, the Seagoing Cowboys. | 01
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9d26da6 | Explorering venus comes with a high pay off but high risk. The authors claim is correct becuase it has enough information ot back up the idea. Venus's geographical and atmospheric condtions would not be ideal but it would provide anthor option for colonization in the future. The exploration of Venus is worth while scientific endver.
The Authors study on Venus provides enought facts and evidnece to condiser further evaluation of the planet. "Long ago, venus was probaly coverd in large oceans and could have supported varouis forms of life, just like earth today". The planet has a surface temperature of 800 degrees farien height. Also the planet has a much higher atmospheric pressure at over 90 times greater than Earth.
Venus is closer to our plant than we thought. Even thought its atmosphere contains clouds that are made out of higly corrosive acid. "The surface has a rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountians, and craters". The terrian is showen to be ruff but not unbarable for human colonization. Also Venus is one the closest planets to own own planetthan most others. The due to the ground condtions being hostile surveyers would need to be located 30 or more miles above the surface of the planet.
Exploring Venus would a beinificail and woth while scientific endver. Over the years Venus has been a topic of study due to its earth like qualites. The temperature of Venus is not as freindly to humans as our own atmosphereVenus is one the closest planets to own planet than most others. Lastly, the exploration of venus can be the next ground breaking scientific discovery yet. | 12
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2c21b01 | Face The Landform?
Everyone seems to believe that the face on mars was created by Aliens. They say that the scientists are wrong by saying it was a natural landform. But, do they actually do research like the scientists do? There are many reasons that the face on mars is just a lanform, and here are those reasons.
First off, when NASA's Vicking one spacecraft was just circling and roaming around it came across something unexpecting. By snapping a few pictures, they believed it was a face. Later, when it was revealed to the world, people believed that aliens had made that mark on mars. The texts says, that no one has past over that "face" in awhile. So how come a few pictures identify a face by using one camera? So that's when scientist decided to investigate the face on mars.
After scientists did a little research on their own, "The Face" turned out to actually be a messa that is common around the american west. How can that be? Well, i will expect no one to believe that because for 25 years it was known as the face on mars. Scientists had to travel up to space by Mars and snap several pictures of the face. After they did their research collected thir data it came out to be a landform.
Some say that the scientists used a digital three image camera. What's the difference its just a camera. Well, that camera captured the truth about mars. For proof, if you looked online you can actually see what was really there. Even NASA's spacecraft revealed it to be a messa. So, it was just a false staement. There was no alien monument, in the first place. So for 25 years the face on Mars was actually a messa. But NASA would rather hide the truth about what they saw. So until, it's revealed as an actual face, it will be known as a messa or some peopel still say it's the face of Mars.
So with that all said, the face turned out to be a messa. So with the actual data, everyone should know that it is a messa. So wa sthe face really created by aliens, no it was not. It was really a landform. | 34
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65ea1b1 | doesw the electoral college work?
yes the electoral college works cause it helps people get into a college that they would like to get into or want to it can make them happy and then later on in life they can make better choices to live free and get god jobs and have anice apartyment and other things of that sort much it is for the.
''under the electoral college systems voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president if you lived in texas for instance and wanted to vote for john kerry youd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry on the off chance that those electors won the statewide.
the electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the canidxent who recevies the most popular votes the winner the advocates of this potion.
a dispute over the outcome opf an electoral college vote is pooible it happend in 2000 but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote the reasons is that the winning candidtes share of the electoral invaribly exceeds his share of the popular vote in election for example obama receievd 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes.
cause most of the states awared electoral votes on a winner take basis even a very slight pluerality in a state landslide victory in that state a tie in the national nationwide vote is possible cause then total number of votes 538 is an even number but is highly likely. | 01
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6640d05 | Wouldn't it be nice to know the honest feeling and emotions of someone? I personally like the idea. Using FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can help in so many ways, but it also has its downs to it as well.
The Facial Action Coding System was descovered by Prof., with the help of Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe. They wanted to make it to where humans and computeres could communicate easliy. The way this works is that the computer scans a 3D view of the persons face, scanning the muscles to detect the emotion of that specific person. FACS can be benificial in a lot of ways. School, personal life, work, etc. In paragraph 6. it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"
Then Dr. Huang predicts that the computer would be able to modify the lesson and try to help the student learn it in an easier way. This could help the teachers by letting them know who got it and who don't go it. This technoligy could potentially help more students get into colleges and stuff like that. Another way FACS could be benificial is in the medical feild. a lot of people in this world go through something called depression, and usually go to the doctor to get some type of medicine to help with the problem. With the help of FACS, doctors could be able to tell exactly how a person is feeling. This could lead to less suicidal deaths and many more. I personally think that the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and would be very benificial in this world today.
On the other hand, this technoligy could be hated by some people. There are people in this world that do not want everyone to know exactly how they are feeling. There are people that stay more to theirselves and they like it that way. FACS could make it harder for that specific person to be by him/her self. If a person is feeling sad and mad most of the time, FACS would just bring more people towards that person out of couriosity. Even when that person just wants to be left alone.
Eventhough I see how the Facial Action Coding System could potentially effect some peoples lives in a bad way, I still belive that FACS is a great idea. It should still be worked on more and more everyday and can start making it's way a crossed the world. | 23
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a0520ae | I am for driverless cars because they're more safe, they're more advanced and there has been no accidents reported according to the data. I would personal buy a driverless car for all of the reason listed above.
Driverless cars are more safe because they alert you when you are about to hit something by vibrating the drivers seat .They also brake on there own when you are to close to a car or an object. They have sensors that sense when a stop light has changed colors. They also can steer themselves and hold accelerateion. Also the self driverless cars are good because alot of people are texting, eating, and putting make-up on while driving and this would decrease accidents having to do with distraction.
Driverless car are more advanced. The driverless cars has been around since the 1950's just not as advanced as they are today. They are more advanced in technology because they have updated sensors, cameras and GPS receiver. The driverlees cars are becoming more advanced every day because people are finding out new technology almost evey day. That's why driverless cars are more advanced.
Driverless cars has been around since about 1950's and no accidents has been reported for those owning a driverless car. Driverless have been tested and are a great way to help us.
Driverless cars have alot of positives. Also driverless cars helps saves alot of live. so think of the next time you want to put a little make-up on because you're running late or texting somebody because you haven't seen them in a while, just think could this driverless car save my life. | 23
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29705a1 | The author finds that studing Venus would be a good thing because of how it is or was similar to earth. There is evidence of Venus being largely being covered by oceans as weel as mountains and valleys with rocky sediments this may give clues or refrences about extraterestrial life that humans have been looking for. Even though exploration on the surface of venus may be near impossible for humans, machines may be able to explore a given time on the suface of Venus colecting samples from things like rocks.
Venus has analougous features that are similar to Earth and this may lead to certain discoverys about the potential of life that may have survived on Venus. Since Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth it makes reaching Venus easy but that dosent mean it is like our planet becuse of the atmosphere letting all of the heat inside. If we are able to explore Venus then it may give us confidence to expore other planets that may be like Venus. Finding other lifeforms of materials other than what is already on earth may be huge to humans and give us a boost in what we know as well as have.
This is why exploring Venus may be benificial to scientists to make any discoverys that will help the human race and possibly find another planet that sustains life or another planet to live on. Finding clues on Venus about the past may prove as a good thing as well possiblly telling us if planets go through phases where they can sustain life and when they can't. There may possibly be remains of a civilization on the other planets that we do not know about. | 23
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9ee622a | The driverless car is the whole new way for the public transport .The car that can drive it self you won't have drunk or sleeping problem while they are driving.
If you have a driverless car that have bben control with the computer you will have less accident than what we have right now but what will happen if you get hack by the terrorist or that kind of people what can you do they can steal your car away really easy or they can kidnap you while you are riding the bus or they can do a car bomb without any chance to get hurt imagine what can the terrorist can hack to the main control system of the driverless car they can destroy every thing i will be a mess countless people will die the building and everything will get destroy and right now we don't have a way to protect the server from the hacker yet i want to know how can you prevent this thing from happening but if yo u can't you shouldn't do this at all don't put people live in to this kind of risk for your profit.
I didn't mention about people that will lose their job to these driverless car what can you do about this the money that they get and feed their family are you going to snatch their job away and let them starve to dead just so you can sell your driverlesss car.
By the way what will happen if your main computer that command your driverless car error or overheated is that mean all the traffic will be shutdown and you cannot do any thing until you fix that
The last thing i will mention about is the signal that you sent back and forth from the car to the gps or the controller how can you control the car when there is a place that got a bad signal right now some place you can't even get a good signal with wifi then how can you do that with all this driverless car system
I think their is to many problem to fix before you start this system you need to think about the people that work for the public trasnport and all the bad thing that will happen. | 23
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fe449d3 | Venus is a very dangrus planet its ben proven, not one human has lasted more than a few hours floating above the fray,its been more than three decades since a space ship has tuched venus but scientist are till working on the planert wonderingthe same question as you why are we still working on this dangerus planet well scientist come to notice that venus has some familiar featurs alike earth it has vallys, mountains,and craters, scientist have come to think that long time ago, venus was probably coverd with oceans and could have suppoted various forms of life, just like earth today., thats why scientists are not giving up on figuring out venus witch is why they are still trying to go back to venus safe and scientificly productive following the safe orders that NASA gave the scientist, NASA gave sicentist permission to go to venus with some conditions,they will only be allowed to be floating above the fry, scientist will have to invent a stronger space ship, and they will have to study not just the planet but the people more so it can be safer and they dont have any risks. not to mention venusis the closest to earth in terms of desity and size, and occasionatly the closest to didtance too its the second planet from our sun known as erths twin. | 12
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51b3d5a | The author did not really have a set tone. He argued for both sides a lot of the time and there was no one specific side that i could see that he sided with. The author gave specific details for both arguments and made very good points for both sides. He made points such as its very similar to Earth and It might have no contained signs of life. He also said things like ¨Its too hot and the atmosphere is too much for a human being to handle.
In paragraph 4 the author writes, ¨It may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.¨ They also say ¨The planet has a serfave of rocky sediment and includes familar featured such as valleys mouthains and creators.¨ The authers tone in this suggest that he thinks the idea that we could travel to venus would benefit us greatly and it might actually be like Earth.
In paragraph 3 that author states that ¨A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide balnets Venus.¨ He also says that ¨Its far more extreame that anything humans will encounter on Earth. This means that going to venus might be able to kill and it might not be sutable for humans to live on. Its so hot on Venus that it would liquify most medals so even if we got there we couldnet expand and build anything.
The author makes valid arguments for both sides but i had a very had time deciding what side he was arguing. There was just as much posative as there was negative. He had no one clear side throughout the whole article he was arguing why we should and why we shouldent go to Venus. | 23
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3c24bb0 | Over the years people have advanced technology and produced new technology. One of them is the Facial Action Coding System. This software is a new software to detect the emotions from someone. This software can detect the emotions of a student when learning a lesson from a computer. I believe this new software is not as vaulable as it seems in the article for it to be in a classroom.
In my opinion, i think the Facial Action Coding System is not as valuable as it sounds as described on the article. If a teacher really wants to know the emotions of a student then just ask the student, using the new software on someone is not necessary.
In paragraph 6 it 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", a computer analyzing your face to know your emotions without the permission of the student is kind of invasion of privacy. What if the student doesn't want the computer to recognize what the student is feeling. Also why have a computer teach a lesson when
for many years the teacher is always the one teaching in front of the class. If a student is confused, that student can just raise their hand and have the teacher help them right there or what if the student has a question, the Facial System is not going to know that the student has a question because it only recognizes emotion, it doesn't read your mind. Either way the emotions of a student is not going to matter when your learning, its not important to know someones emotion, the only thing that matters in a classroom is for the students to pay attention and learn from the teacher.
The Facial Action Coding System is also a waste of the schools money. In the short paragraph before the first paragraph it says, "...applications for a variety of industries." meaning that the people who made the software are of course selling the system to other industries. So that means they are also going to sell the system to the schools which im sure is a lot of money. Instead of schools wasting the money on that system they could be using that money for better lunches, computers, ipads, prom, etc.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding system is not as valuable as it seems to be in the artical to be put in classroom computers. The new software is neither important nor necessary. The only important thing in a classroom is that the students pay attention and learn. If a student is confused they can just raise their hand and will get help and if the student is bored then there is nothing you can do, a student is always going to bored. And also the system is a waste of money when you buy other things way more important and is very necessary. | 23
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62f12f9 | I feel like driveless cars are not the safest or most reliable solution to human driver cars. Sometimes electronics can malfunction so who's to say that the car will always stop, or that it will always tell you when to slow down. Although it says "driveless cars" the vehicles still require human assistance. Like the passage says "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"
The companies that have tried to make smart cars say that smarter cars need smarter roads. For example GM created a concept car in the 1950's that could run on a special track. The track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Companies figured since they couldn't make the road smarter they would make the cars smarter. Manufacturers such as Google with the modified Toyota Prius uses lots of sensors, video cameras, radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. Also a Dubbed LIDAR is used to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the vehicles surroundings using laser beams.
In the 1980's automakers used speed sensors on the wheels for the creation of antilock brakes. Although sensors are not new creations the sensors on "driveless cars" tell the car when to slow down, speed up, or even stop. Companies plan on improving these sensors to make driving "safer" and so that the cars can actually become "driveless". As none of the "driveless" cars produced so far are not actually "driveless" but still require "driver assistance". Meaning the driver can't just sit back and relax they have to stay alert and be ready to take over if something should happen. GM has developed seat "notifications" that tell the driver when they are backing into an object. These seats vibrate to alert the driver of the objects behind them.
Some manufacturers plan on bringing information systems such as "heads-up displays". These information systems can be turned off as soon as the driver needs to take over. Automakers continue to work to solve the current problems with "driveless" cars. In some states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars. These states will most likely allow them after they have been proven to be safe. \
In conclusion most driveless cars are still a work in progress and may still take years to perfect. More than just sensors have to be added to make it fully driveless meaning no driver assistance, no alerts, no seat vibrations, and no laser beams. Car companies have to make sure that the cars are safe enough to be on the roads before they release it to the public. Safety features such as the "heads-up displays" and more would have to be added to ensure the safety of the passengers. | 12
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577fa76 | There are different advantages that come with limiting car usage. An example of an advantage of limiting car usage would be that there is less pollution in the atmosphere making the air cleaner to breath. If there continues to be massive car usage, especially in Beijing, China, there will be more smog in the air which is caused by car pollution.
Although you may love your car, there will always be something good that will come out of parting ways with it. According to the article, Paris bans driving due to smog, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." This shows that if you limit car usage, there will be less traffic in the road. With this being said, you will be able to move around freely without having to worry about massive amounts of cars, and also that there becomes less smog in the area meaning there is less pollution that was occuring. Also, the article, Car-free day in spinning into a big hit in Bogota stated that, "BOGOTA, Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams." This describes that with the limiting of car usage, there is less commotion that will occur in the streets. Since the streets became less busy, you didn't have to worry as much about the cars around you. With limited car usage, the world can become a much cleaner place than it once was because the amount of pollution can be decreased from our atmosphere.
People think that there can never be any possible advantages towards limiting amounts of car usage when in fact there is. As stated in, Car-free day in spinning into a big hit in Bogota, "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." This quote describes basically that with the limited car usage, many things such as sidewalks have been renovated which actually makes people want to use them. With the multiple parks and sports centers that have bloomed, this will cause people to want to excersise and will help them continue not to want to drive their cars but to just ride their bikes or maybe even skateboards along the nice smooth sidewalks. According to the article, The End of Car Culture, "They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends." An advantage that this quote shows is that, the two boys don't mind not having a car because they can car-pool with friends giving them more time to hang out. This also shows that percentages have been dropping with teenagers who want to get their license because as I already said, they want to hang out with friends. With all this information that has been given so far, you can see that there are, in fact, advantages towards limiting car usage.
Overall, by limiting car usage, you will find a variety of advantages. Some of these advantages include that there is less pollution in the sky which is good since pollution causes large masses or smog, streets become less busy which means less traffic, people can get more excersise, and teenagers are not wanting to get their license so they actually have an excuse to hang out with friends since they will be car-pooling. By limiting car usage, there will be less pollution in the air maybe being able to extend the life of humans since we will be breathing in cleaner air than we have in the past. So, by stating all this information, you can probably tell that there are plenty of advantages that come with limiting car usage. | 45
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3f300cc | The Facial Action Coding System technology is a new thing to detect how people are feeling using the computer. The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it teaches students how to use new technology. Using this system shows the students what all jobs are avalible in the technology field too.
Using technology like this can help improve the way students use computers and help them get jobs. in the future. Most new jobs rely on some sort of technology or require you to know how to use it. With this new tech people might have a job lined up that they did not know about.
This technology can also be good for detecting if someone is feeling bad or is depressed. They can use this as a form of helping people out if no one can tell they are sad. For instence in paragraph three "Eckman had classified six basic emotions happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.". If they can use this to treat people who are not happy it can solve a bunch of problems in the future.
Since they can use this technology to see peoples real emotions they can tell students' emotional expressions. If they are sad they can do something to make them happy again and get better grades. I think this type of technology will become something greater than it already is. | 23
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56f5293 | Venus is an intesresting planet that has been studied very little. Venus may be close to the Earth, but it is hard to discover more of the planet, because it has conditions that are different than on Earth. However, this doesn't mean that we should stop discovery. There may be challenges along the way, but scientists will have to find ways to overcome those challenges. It is safe for spaceships to travel, the advanced tecnology, and human curiosity.
Many people may think that since Venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide and tht its over 800 degrees that it's not safe for people to travel because those are extreme measures the human body can not take. However, NASA has a study that scientists will be able to use a vehicle that can hover above Venus. This keeps people safe and helps us discover more of Venus. Also the temperature from 30 miles a way would only be 170 degrees. Its still hot, but it would not be too hot for the human body to withstand. The air pressure would also be close to sea level. Overall, the conditions would not be comfortable, but the human body would be able to take it.
The advanced technology we have today also makes conditions safer to travel. The knowledge we have gained from technology is incredible. Tecnology makes it possible to make spaceships possible to travel to Venus. However, the conditions may be too much depending on who goes on the spaceship. Also when we look back on the old technology to see what worked and what didn't work. Using mechanical parts can help with the spaceship to withstand the heat. There are also many researchers that are working on making machines that can last long enough to find information about Venus.
Sooner or later human curiosity is going to get scientists to go to Venus, but they have to go up with safe equipment. Most of scientists discovery is because of human curiosity. That is why it's worth going up to Venus to get the answers human curiosity needs. The dangers and obstacles shouldn't stop scientists or people from discovering new things. Finding ways to overcome and expand our knowledge on what's out there is what we need to do. Using imaginiation and innovation to be able to discover new things is what is really imporatant.
Venus is a place that needs more discovery. There may be some dangers to discovery and challenges in the process, but that's made to be overcome. With all the progress scientists have made in discovery there is no reason to stop now or ever when discovering something new. What will help scientists get up there is the improved spaceships, the advancements made in tecnology, and the curioisty we have as humans. | 34
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2f0294a | Planing. Can the tecnologic read face of the emocion of human. Scientit are makeing computer to keeping growing u. The most comun expression is the paint of Mona Lisa Smile. This paint can be express the emotion of happy, sadness and same more. The computer can read your face with your own muscle.
"Dr. Huang and his collenge are experts at developing better ways for human and computers to communicate". The main computer are growing up to be able accepting human. In the past nobody know the real face of tecnologic. The scientits are proving evidents the human can comunite witha none human. In other way the expression to seem a emotion through a computer is complice to understand, but the reason to develop the tectologic is to understand the human.
"She'83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. It's the subject of leonardo de Vinci's Renaissance painting."This argument can be decription of Leanardo's paint. The Mona Lisa Smile can be dectetive by a computer too. The way to decribe the same way. The happyness of the paint can tranfer us. She is happy but the same way to be happy is afear to do a mistake . The computer are showing work to be able to do it. The paint is the best work of Leonedo because is showing the real face of the human.
"Yet Dr. Huang OBserves that artists such as da Vinci studies human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to covery specific emotions."That way to identifies a reason to able read your face is the muscle. The way in each part of your face have a muscle that crear a feelinf acceptable. The face have a lot of muscle. The most muscle able to express is the smile. "Empathy (feeling sameone else's emocional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person;s facial expressions."The next or side of the smile can show where is happyness. The term to asomeone accep you. Is the way to understand them first.
In coclusion a computer are able to read your face. The computer are developing to a human understand themself. The first moment of your face can be good or bad. Well sametime are deficult ourself to able smeli or cry. To have affect is a great emotion to feel. | 01
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398495a | The date is May 24, 2001 and twenty-five years ago we found something that left both NASA and I speechless. They say that this face was created by Aliens however they are totally wrong. NASA says otherwise that it's just natural landform. The most logical reason is the natural landform, because we haven't had any evidence of aliens being real. Therefore I argue that its just a natural landform and not in any form made by an alien.
First of all, we have no proof of aliens whatsoever. No one has proved that they exist, or that they are real. So why do they think its aliens, when it could've just been a natural landform. Things like these happen all the time, our Earth just happens to make things like these. People are actually beliveing that aliens are real, when really they don't have proof.
Second of all, how would the aliens know how to create it. If to say if they even are real. How would they create it, there aren't any tools on Mars. They wouldn't know what they were making, they would have no idea. The face just happened to be a natural landform, it was not created by aliens. Along with they have no proof "aliens" did this.
Third of all, why would they even do this. If they did happen to do it , they didn't even mean too. Because they haven't seen a face so they wouldn't know how to make it. Aliens are not real, if they were it'd be everywhere all over the news. People would be so excited and although going to space is a risk many people would do it. Just to go see the "aliens", but no one has proved they are real. Therefore, NASA will stand correctly. The face is just a natural landform.
In conclusion, NASA is correct. There is no proof of aliens, and even if there was the slightest chance to having proof. Aliens wouldn't even have meant to do it. They have never seen a face, so why would they just do this. Natural landforms happen all the time. But this one just happened to be spotted by NASA. NASA always seems to be correct on their stats because they do so much research, unlike the other who just suggest that its an alien. I'd like to see you do as much research as NASA and give me proof of aliens, then we'll believe you. | 23
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986ba2f | I firmly believe that technology like this would greatly improve schools all across the nation. Statistics show that students who tend to be more bored or confused in class, dont do so well in school.
The passage stated that "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated with each characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (D'Alto paragraph 3). That explains how incredibly smart the FACS machine is. If it can recognize the emotions of a painting that was made hundreds of years ago, then it can definetly tell the emotions of the students in todays age.
Another great reason why this machine would be greatly appreciated is because it could improve your daily mood. The passage stated that "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on you screen, a similar might follow. But if you frown, the next add will be different" (D'Alto paragraph 6). With that statement, it shows that the FACS machine will be able to collect you emotions and then show you something different to improve that current emotion.
So in conclusion, I believe that this technology can greatly improve schools anywhere in the world. If something so small can simply just improve youre mindset, by just scanning you face; it is definetly needed in our schools. | 23
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f8502ab | "On your mark get set GOOO!!!" Some people would miss the sound of NASCAR or other racing events. I personally feel that not having any cars would make the world a better healthier place to live in.
First off I feel that not having any cars would save people a lot of money. Just think what you actually need to pay when you have a car. Once a month you have to pay for a car payment (if it isn't payed off), insurance, and gas. Now think that you also need to have a lisence and have your car registered. In VAUBAN Germany residents don't have cars due to the fact that it costs $40,000 just to own a parking spot. 70 percent of the families there don't own a car and 57 percent sold their car just to move there. Now that is a way for the world to survive and now your wallet.
Next I will say how having less cars will affect the world's pollution. The people of the world rely on using cars wether it's to go to another state or just for a drive to the corner store. People have burned so many fossil fuels into the air that smog levels can reach record highs everyday. In Paris their was a day where they almost reached a record high and thye had to take half the people off the road and if they used their car anyway they would get fined. This caused the smog level to go down to a safe level after just five days. Smog can't go away over night do to warm daytime hours and cold night time hours and it would get trapped in an air pocket. But i guess this was just a close call.
My final reason to write would be due to the level stress driving has on people. Just think everyday you have a chance on dieing in a car due to an accedent. You just drive a metal cage at high speeds and have a chance of running into each other. When you are riding a bike you don't ever have to worry about runing into oter people all you think about is that you're having a nice time. Even when you're walking you don't have to stress about people running into you because its just walking. Besides walking is just human nature so why would we stress over it?
In summary I feel that not using cars is helpful due to not having to pay as much, their is less polution in the air and you tend to just be lessed stressed in general. Wouldn't you want to leave this a clean and stress free place? | 23
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1ddd510 | I am for the technology to read students' emotions. This technology would help people. But after you find their mood then you should talk to them about it and ask them if they want to talk about. Most people that anger or sad they do not want to talk about, or people don't ask how your day is going. So this technology would help some kids that need help and i think i would make schools safe too.
It says' in the article that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This would also help kids that are struggling in class and could get them more help. This would let the teacher know who needs help and who does not need the help. I think people would have better grades because the teacher would know to help, or they would feel better after talking about what is wrong. This technology could change everthing in schools.
This is why i think this technology should be a thing because it would schools and even works. This would make it better in the world to make people happy. I think people would talk about what is wrong if you ask them because you want the students mad or upset inn class. They would not learn as much becasue they would be thinking about what is wrong. This technology should be a thing. | 12
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bf09b3d | This stroy is talking abour a planet name Venus. Thier saying that Venus is the Brightest in the evening. Venus is the secound plaent form the sun. Sicencetest are saying that Venus is like Earth's tiwn?.Earth and Venus have the same terms of density and size and occasionally Fomr the closest in distance too.
NASA is wroking on approaching and study Venus. Tos see what dose it have in the air or dose it have and disaes. The aother projects is looking back to an old technology called the mechanical Computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an inprtan role in the 1940s during World War ||.They are going to meet challenges oresented by venus has value and its not only because of the insight by gaind on the plaent itself.
On Earths travels and beyound should not be Be limited by dangers travels abd doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of the imantion. | 01
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3786747 | Driverless cars should not be allowed in today's day and age because they are a safety hazard to not only the driver, but also to passengers and pedestrians. They are too much of an invitation to look at a cell phone or to get distracted by something else, such as a child in the back seat. They can cause wrecks and fatalities to skyrocket. Driving a vehicle is something that should be monitored at all times. When operating a vehicle, you must always be alert for not onlt your safety, but everyone else's.
The media has long been fascinated with vehicles that can drive themselves, but have they thougth out the idea entirely? Since 2009, Google has made cars that can drive independently under certain conditions. However, these cars are not totally driverless. They alert the driver when pulling in and out of driveways, driving through construction, traffic issues, and accidents. This can lead to distraction and not knowing what is going on around you. Adding to this, it can cause a leap in accidents and fatalities caused by these death machines.
In 2013, BMW announced their development of "Traffic Jam Assisstant". This is a vehicle that can drive on its own at speeds of up to 25 mph but has touch sensors to make sure the driver has his or her hands on the wheel. This shows that this car is only good for certain residential areas, and not highways or interstates where speed limits can reach up to 70 mph. Also, a driver can fall asleep at the wheel and not even realize it when it's time to be alert. This can cause major accidents in which legal battles can occur against manufacturers and individuals.
Adding to issues above, some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. These diplays can be turned off when the driver takes the wheel, but this also allows drivers to get distracted and television instead of driving. Driving laws today are focused on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, which is only achieved by alert and cautious drivers. Traffic laws today are written in the way that the only truly safe car is with an alert driver at all times. If this new technology were to fail, who would be at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?
Automakers today are under the assumption that current issues with these cars will be solved sometime in the near years. The only 100% safe car is one with an alert driver at all times. This is not only for the driver's safety, but for everyone's. If there are enough car accidents today, why would we want to risk more lives for this new technology? | 34
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ccacd9a | I am for the develpment of these cars because i feel like it would be safer and everyone would have a ride and wouldn't have to walk. It would also save a lot of gas and energy from all the cars that won't be used, and only the driverless cars would be using gas. The driverless cars offer far more flexibility than a bus as well. The article also mentions such cars would change the world.
If the cars crahsed or stopped working who's fault would it be? Will the human have to drive the car in and out of the driveway as well ? The cars are a great idea because like i said it would save a lot of gas and money, and everyone would have a ride somewhere and they wouldn't have to walk in the cold weather or rainy weather. These cars have postive and negitive things. If the car runs on google for transportation and the internet shuts down then what wil happen ?
I feel that if they test out the cars mulitple times and they are successfull , then yes allow the cars . Would we be able to keep the cars we have now ? Or would we have to get rid of them and just use the driverless cars ? I also believe it would be a lot safer because it would save the cops a lot of trouble, if you decided to get drunk then you wouldn't have to drive home. | 12
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546556b | the author using specfic details from studies and historical records to create a claim about how exploring venus is hard due to the harsh conditions kn the planet but he also comes up with idea of exploring venus from the sky in blimp like vechile to avoid the harsh ground enviroment. solution to the hostile conditions "
"on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. 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. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, "
"the challenge of exploring venus"
the author also descripes how the the in human condions such as the lack of oxygen, high pressure, extreme heat and erupting volancoes, powerfull earth wuakes and frequent lighting strikes are the reasons why no manned missions to venus had, are , or will ever take place.
" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venuss atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."
Challenge of Exploring Venus. | 12
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1bee451 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom isn't a good idea. Some students may feel depressed and they probably don't want anyone to know. By using that technology you are exposing that. Although it was for good intentions some people may not feel comfortable with using it. Many people like to hide their emotions and not show it at all.
By having that technology exposed your emotions can also lead to bullying. By bullying that can lead to even more depression or anger. Most schools don't tolerate bullying but that technology is somewhat promoting it even though it has good intentions. I'm sure that alot of people can tell the emotions by looking at them. This also shows that the technology is uncalled for, the can simply ask someone how they're doing and you can tell by that.
In the article it says "In fact, we humans perform this same immpressive "calculation" every-day. For instance, you can probably telll how a friend is felling simply by the look on her face." Instead of wasting money on technology you can simply ask how they are feeling.
There is no use in the technology if you can just ask how are they doing. Alot of people wouldn't even use it. Either because they don't feel comfortable using it or either the don't want people to know how they're feeling which alot of people don't. | 23
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fd3de20 | Dear Senator
I belive america should keep the electoral college because the choice of the prople is not always the best, also that is how the founding fathers wrote it. I dont know who came up with the idea to get rid of it and why also how that would help us americans but i think that it would not be a very good change.
First of all the opion of the public is not always good some choose some presidents because of there race, gender, the amount of money they have but the should really be choosing on how the person is in reality. what the T.V. shows is not always true and not always nice. Some people dont even go online to do research they choose this person because of what they do "oh. he gave low-income people some of is money and time. he is the right president". When actually that was the guys first time and may only do that to get the public to like him. There are some presidents who really go out there and do help but it is not often published. While the electorial college does not vote off of color or race or gender but of where this guy has been, what college hewent to, how offten he works and at what job. They do a total background history of this guy and find out if he is president material.
Next this founding father compromise goes back very far. I dont know to much about the founding fathers or the constitution. I did not pay attention as much as I should have but I know that what they wrote the wrote for the best result. They wanted the best for america and its people. So far the rules the wrote and things they have done for us those many years ago have never harmed us. I belive that there is grateness in the electoral college.
In conclusion I belive the electorial college shoul stay because regular citicens are not resarching and caring about who runs america. The founding fathers made the right decision choosing the electorial college. | 23
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76ee5d1 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes a new type of technology that can read peoples face and tell them what that person is feeling. The author also said that the technology would be helpful in classrooms.
I do not think it would be helpful in classroms because students could abuse or overuse their ability to change the lesson. The new technology also has possibilites of eliminating jobs for teacher, teacher aides, and tutors. The author states in paragraph six that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused, Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Modifying the lesson could also give students different point of views and different ways to do stuff in that subject. The new technology also woudnt be good in a classroom because some classrooms could have a student with a disability to where that student can not control their face and the computer could misread their face and change the lesson when that student might not want it to change.
I think that the author has a good idea, but the idea should not be in a classroom. I think that the new technology should be at art galleries so it could be an easier way for artist to describe their painitngs. The new technology shows a lot of advancement in the world but there is still some things you can not change about school and that is eliminating the teachers. | 23
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3c034ac | The author explanes how venus is most like earth and could potentaly help us. They tell us that venus may have once had life like earth and they could learn from it. They tell us that it is also the closest in size and closest compared to the rest of the planets. Venus may be able to help us some day we would just have to find a way to study it better. They may have an awnser.
Venus is they Earths sister planet compred to the ret of the planets, and no im not just saying that because it is blue. Venus may have had life once. Sientest are trying to find more and more ways to study this planet because we may be able to learn from it. This planet is the closest to us, for most of are orbit at least. Venus has always been an eye catcher because of how bright it is, this is were it gets is nickname the "Evening Star" but dont let that fool you it is still a planet.
There is one problem with are sister planet though. She is hot! The avrege temp ther is 800degrees or over. This has proven to be an isue because humans are not used to this kind of weather. Send robots you say, well we have tryrd that to but 800 is just the avrege. We have sent robots and probes and they will melt. When mettle gets that hot it will just melt away and then that is just a waist of money. Thats just if you can make it past the storm that strikes everything that makes it past the atmetheric clouds.We have found a solution, for now at least. Think of a blimp,now think of one for space. They want to take a "space-blimp" there and hover a long ways up. The higher you go the colder it is.
Venus is a place we may not get boots or wheals on the ground for a while. With the heat and the storm. For now we will have to setle with sky picturs. There will be a day somone figure out a way to get there. we may even go back in time to the onld ww ll computers, who knows. Some day somone will figure it out, its just a matter of time. Just look at everything we have done in the last hundred years. | 23
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565414d | My position on driverless cars is, I believe they are very dangerous and should not be used by anybody. Although they may be nice when you don't want to drive somewhere but need to go, I do not believe this is something Americans should be taking up for various reasons.
First off, I do not think self-driving cars are very safe. If I were to be in a self driving car, I would not be able to relax and trust the car to do the driving, because i'd fear it hitting something causing an accident or just stopping in the middle of the road. Even if the car had automatic stop and auto break systems, I would still have to be very causious and keep my eyes on the road, which is similar to driving a car, so why not save the anxiousness and drive? I believe Americans are getting more and more lazy, therefore they want a self driving car instead of just driving themselves. I think that driving yourself and making sure you are safe, is much better of an idea than putting you're trust in a computerized car. Many questions come to mind when I think about self driving cars.
A question that comes to mind while thinking of driverless cars is, whose fault is it if an accident is caused? Would you blame yourself for the accident or the cars since it was driving? Many problems would arise when dealing with this. For example, if the car industry blames the accident on the person, the person could sue the car company stating that it was the car in control, therefore not being the persons fault, it would be the cars. On the other hand, car industries could argue that the person should've been paying attention to the road, and not putting in their full trust with the car.
In conclusion, there is a lot to think about when dealing with driverless cars, whoses fault accidents would be, what the new age limit for driving would be, and also whether or not to put you're trust into these cars. Many problems and conflicts would occur, therefore I believe the people should stick to driving the cars. How hard is it to drive a car by ourselves, do we really need the help, or are we just too lazy to want to drive places? Although I admit it would be nice to not have to drive when going on long distance trips, I dont think i'd be able to trust the car to drive for me, and I wouldn't be able to relax when dealing with a self-driving car, even if it had been tested multiple times. I don't think i'll ever be switching to a self-driving car. | 34
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dbe526f | The author in the story "The Challenge of Exploring Venus"
has many reasons why studying venus is worthy pusuit despite of dangers. One of the many reasons why studying venus is worth it is that as in paragraph 2 "it's earths twin and it is occasionally the closest in distance too."
Another reason why we should go to Venus is that there are still things yet to be discoverd. As the excerpt says in paragraph 4 "Long ago, Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life". It would be worth studying venus to find out if there really is signs of water because if there was water that means that more than likely organisms living in the water and that means there would be life on Venus.
Venus is also very dangerous as in paragraph 3 Venus has "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide", "The planets surface, tempetures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on out own planet."
Although Venus is a dangerous 800 degree Faherenheit, 97 percent carbon dioxide planet it still may have had water and life at one point and time long long time ago. | 12
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1188040 | As exciting as alien formations on Mars would be, claiming the Face is of extraterestrial origin is like stating Old Faithful was dug by cavemen.
Nature can take a plethora of exotic forms.
We know this from exploring the many natural wonders of our own world, Earth.
That is why we can't jump to an irrational conclusion when faced with an irregular occurance.
You see, from a non-subjective view point, there is no face at all.
There is an area in your brain dedicated to breaking down the world around you and associating it with familiar objects and patterns.
This is why you may see a rabbit amoungst the clouds or a butterfly in an ink-blot test.
When it came to a low-resolution image of Martian rock formation with conveniently placed shadows, it only took a fraction of a second for our brains to automatically associate its appearance with something humans see everyday; a face.
In reality, there's no more of a face in the Face than there is an angel in an abstract painting.
Furthermore, evidence from NASA's most recent expodition has highlighted the Martian formation for what it truly is.
Compliments of rapidly evolving technology, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) sent in 2001 captured a brilliant, high-quality image of the Face.
With the camera's 1.56 meter per pixel resolution, it greatly shed a more vivid light on the planet in comparison to the original 43 meters per pixel camera used by the Viking 1 in 1976.
Now the formation could be identified as a natural butte or mesa on Mars.
It is very similiar to the rock formations one would find in western regions of the United States.
Since we know such rock forms are created by natural processes such as erosion, the theories of aliens can be firmly put to rest.
I will not completely disperse the possibility of foreign life forms outside of Earth; however, the Face is definitely not a product of an ancient civilization. As new data is gathered about the Red Planet, more anomilies will inevitably arise.
Curiousity is the essance of human nature, so we will undoubtly explore each mystery and may yet come across new signs of life.
Despite being just a rock, the Face had positive effects in sparking the public's interest in Mars. Perhaps one day very soon we'll have humans walking amoung the planet's rust-colored surface, trekking into the unknown. | 34
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52f2649 | Imagine a life without cars. All those paved roads completely empty with no traffic and no honking horns. Sounds like a peaceful community to me. Limiting cars could be a huge advantage to our world. Reducing these big pieces of metal flying all over our roads could help our enviornment, save tons of money, and improve our saftey.
Recently, I've heard about all the well known car dealers pushing hybrid cars and trying to design a enviornment friendly vehicle. But in reality, the only big step to helping our planet is to reduce cars overall. Studies shown that green house gases are "... up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States". Not only is the green house gas rate going up, but pollution, carbon emissons, and smog are as well. In Paris, France they had to ban driving for a couple of days as the pollution produced smog. "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London...". The numbers keep rising in Europe and the USA. Picture what our enviorment is going to be like in 20 years if we keep this pace up. Without these machienes we could reduce the number of micrograms, produce the harmful gases from affecting the enviroment, and stop polluting the air we breathe.
Everyone likes to save money, whether it's with coupons or getting the best prices possible. So how would you feel if you had the abilty to save thousands of dollars a year? With reducing cars, you can save your money by public transportation, not paying for a car insurance, and not paying for a car in general. Not getting a car may seem strange as you need to get to location A and B. But in Vauban, Germany cars are not allowed and they seem to be doing just fine. Reports say "Vauban, home to 5,500 residents [within a rectangular square mile] may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life". Even though they aren't aloud personal cars, they can walk, bike, or take a tram anywhere they need to go! Also in most parts of America they now have car-pooling apps, public transportation, and shared vans! So instead of paying huge amounts of money for gas, a car, and car insurance, why not just tag along for a ride or get some excersize!
As you watch somebody drive off, dont you worry about their saftey? Every year there are more percentages of deaths and injuries in cars then there is in any other motor accident. We can prevent drunk driving, car crashes, and the amount of injures and deaths by reducing cars. I hate hearing those unbearable stories about teenagers getting behind the wheel under the influence causing crazy car wrecks. To avoid that we can allow public transportation, removing any crashes and improving the saftey of our generation. Also, the traffic jams that make people stressful and angry increase the crash rates as aggresive driving is very dangerous. To prevent that we can just walk, allowing us to enjoy our clean air and get excersize.
In conclusion, cars have changed our way of life for the good and the bad. Even though they help us get to our destination, they affect our enviornment, our money, and our saftey. If we reduce the amount of cars driven we can help our enviornment by lowering the rate of greenhouse gases, pollution, and carbon emissions. Also we save tons of money as we dont spend thousands of dollars on cars, and their needs. And finally, reducing cars saves tons of lifes as drunk driving and car crashes are avoided allowing the death and injury rates to decrease. So next time you're walking down the street, think about how your community would be without these machienes. | 45
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742c60f | Technology that can read your facial expression! Its a computer softwear that can reconize human emotion. Would this be benfital technology emotional expressions of students in a classroom?
The computer softwear that can read your facial expressionwas devoled by Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advance Science at the University of Illinions. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at what they do. They are wanting to understand better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
This technology that Dr. Huang and his colleagues have created would be benfital for intergation, prouduct review,and schools. when it comes to schools there are some pors and cons like how would a school afford it and the only time it would probably be used is if a student gets introuble. Some cons are how can the school affored the softwear, how would one use it, and will probably get trained to use it. Some pros are probably will lower the displin in school and less viilents. So the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions od students in a classroom valuable, no because how would the student us it. theyll probably just paly around with the computer softwear.
In conclusion this is pretty cool but there are some areas where its not gonna help out like school because there are alot of cons. | 12
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b7b3b53 | In Luke's point of view you have a opportunity of a lifetime to be in the
Seagoing Cowboy program. You have a opportunity of a lifetime because you get to experience adventures and visit many unique places . To be in the Seagoing Cowboys program you have to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas . One reason why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you can help the countries that were left in ruins when World War ll ended. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations have joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration).The second reason why you should participate is because you also can find time to have when the animals have been unloaded. In conclusion you can participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program to help these countries that were left in ruins by the World War ll and it can also make you more aware of the people that are from other countries and there needs. | 12
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d5b5a5c | Why might someone choose to be a seagoing cowboy? I became a seagoing cowboy because it was the opportunity of a lifetime. Not only was it a great adventure,but I also did it for the exploration and to help people in need. These things made it worth the dangers at sea.
First, I knew the adventure the trips held would be great like when I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I got to meet new people in the places we traveled to. I even learned of some new cultures. Every trip had something different or new about it. Also,on each journey the other volunteers I traveled with became some of my closest friends.
Next, I became a seagoing cowboy for the exploration. I experienced so many new places for example there's the excavated caslte in Crete or the Panama Canal on my way to China. On some nights the ocean seemed to be a black endless void, but on clear days it looked like a beautiful blue mass. I also saw great foriegn marvels that I never imagined being able to see in person.
Finally, I joined the program to help people. Not only was I taking care of the animals that would bring livestock back to the nations, but I was supplying them with food. The people were always grateful to see us arrive with what was going to help rebuild their home country and their nation. We were repairing war-torn countries.
Each and every reason including, adventure, exploration, and helping people in need, are why I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. Although, I never would have thought about it if my friend Don, hadn't asked me to come to Europe with him on a cattle boat. He played a big part in changing my life forever. However, I wasn't always a natural at the job, it took practice. Tell me, who would you ask to come on such an adventure with you? | 34
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ba0c44f | The Facial Action Coding System is valuable. The FACS could help a lot of teachers that have students that are sturglling with an asiment.Their are some aguments that could be said about the FACS. Dispite the aguments about the FACS it can help alot of teachers in school.
The FACS could be used to help teachers in school. The FACS could help the teacher know that if the students are getting to know the matriale at handed.The FACS uses a 3-D computermodle of the face, and all 44 major muscles that shows if the person is mad, happy, sad, etc. Just like in real lifea person can ditected if their friend is mad, happy, sad, etc the FACS shows the facial expersion of the person so we can esaly see if the person is mad, happy , sad, etc. The aguments that could be said that the FACS is inavasion of prificy, or that we don't need a machine to tellif a person is mad, hapy, sad, etc.
That is how the FACS could help us in life. The aguments made abot the FACS
are ture to some people. This machine could help out the people that can't tell if a person is sad, happy, mad, etc. Dispite the aguments about the FACS it can help alot of teachers in school. | 01
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8c04088 | the article, Making Mona Lisa Smile, the author describers how a new technology called the facial action coding system enables computers to identify, human emotion the university of amsterdam, Dr. huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for human and copmputers to communicatre. a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we human use to express we feel. the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the the face, all 44 major musclues in the model must move like human muscles.
the new emotion, recognition softwere track these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa, the different unit, thte softwere can even identify mixed emotion, each expression is compared against a neutral face showing no emotion. the humans perform this same impressive every day. for instance, we can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, that artist such as da vici studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotion.
his new computer softwere stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. perharps Dr. huang emotion algorrithmms are different sort of "Da Vinc code" the Mona Lisa demonstration is really internded to bring a smile to thet're face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. a computer that knows when they're happy or sad. if they're smile when a web ad appears on they're screen, a simily ad might follow, but if they're frown, the next ad will be different.
a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. the same technology can make conputer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, note Dr. huang, so computer need to undersatand that tooooo.
had his actor carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotion on stage. feeling someone else's emotion state, may happen because they're unconsciously imitate another person's facial expression. whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotion. Dr. Huang just want people to used the technology about the computer of Making Mona Lisa smile. he want all the wourl people happy of about he did. he just want to see people are smile. he don't want people are sadness. that's why he making these technology. | 01
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4446626 | Venus is the most dangerous planet for humans venus we can be fasinated by things that people discover and share with others . The most challenging clouds highly corrosiive sulfuric acid in venus atmophere.
The author uses theory to assure that we can learn more about the planet and the things they have like what kind of rocks they.
Throughtout the planet venus the most dangerous planet for humans to live on no animals would survive the conditions venus is in. Venus is important to study for if its still safe for humans to live and how long we can live for," The national Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the roiling Venuisan landscape . That NASA wants to have scientist go to venus and study the planet in the air but not on the ground just floading in the hostile weather condiitions. Another example of why the author wants pursuit Venus despite the dangers presents. Having enough energy can help scientist understand that venus has a higher temperature to that would effect humans not neeeding radiation for earth,"
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 the sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation woukd not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable survivable for humans . That since Venus temperature is higher but has plenty of solar power humans can survive despite how badly the conditions are in.
Secondly The author uses explanation and theory to persuade the readers how we can still explore the planet carefully.
Scientist are willing to study Venus for to test samples of the planet," More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Scientist want to study things but can't to risk everything to have samples and challenge their selves on this journey understand what kind of species live their. Venus is our sister planet from earth why its so inhospitablethat we new for so long, " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,
Just like earth. Wondering what if Venus has still have the features of having land water animals from a long time ago.
Finally scientist are coming up with ideas that can help thrmj get samples that they need striving to meet the challenges presented, For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Having robotice go first collecting samples for three weeks that can last that long on the planet so scientist can study it from their labs. Another study is that they are looking at other options for robotics to last longer than three weeks,"
Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanucal computers these devices were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940s during World War 2 these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. That a group of scientist are looking at technology leading back in 1800s because using the old might help because it doen't envolve electronics when using computers today it more delicate when it comes dangerous conditions.
The author is write they should pursuit Venus despit how dangerous it is good thing to have a risk at. Something having exploreing something new and dangeours even though it comes at a cost of things we can go back look at old technology thst can help us get the things we need. | 23
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f705dc1 | The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a recent advancement in technology that can read emotions from facial expressions. Many people speculate where it could be used, from marketing to video games. Some might wonder whether it could be used in classrooms, which is a definitive "No." FACS is not valuable to read student's emotional expressions because the classroom shouldn't include emotion, it has better uses elsewhere, and is invasive of privacy.
Emotion shouldn't dictate the lesson in schools. In the passage, Mr. D'Alto quotes, " '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.' " (6). Everyone has walked into class one day, seen the lesson and then silently grumbled to themselves. This type of emotion shouldn't change what the lesson is or how it is taught. The goal of teaching techniques is to effectively teach the broadest audience. This type of system would switch up the lesson for the few people who get confused easily, but then it hurts the majority's learning experience. This is why the classroom shouldn't include emotion.
Systems such as FACS have better economical value elsewhere. In the passage, Mr. D'Alto says, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." (6). This is one example of other industries that could utilize this type of technology. In the classroom, there is no economical value of being able to read the students emotions. Mr. D'Alto goes on to say, "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery." These are other industries that would love FACS-like technology. It's a better investment to use FACS elsewhere other than the classroom.
Privacy is held dear by many. FACS can be invasive of this. Some students may wish to save their grief for a counselor, therapy, or simply a designated time to cry. FACS completely disrespects this fact and exposes an individual to everyone else. In the passage, D'Alto quotes, " 'Most human communication is nonverbal, uncluding emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too.' " (6). This quote implies that computers are not yet able to comprehend whether or not the individual wishes to be "scanned", for a lack of a better term. This can be invasive. Until technology reaches a point until this changes, FACS should stay out of the classroom where students may not wish to have their emotions expressed involuntarily.
In conclusion, FACS is not only worthless, but harmful to the learning quality of students. This is because it has better uses elsewhere, is a breach of privacy and includes emotion into the classroom. FACS is, and may never be suitable for a classroom environment. | 45
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faf644c | I think driveless cars are a good idea. Technology is always changing and I feel like this is a right step towards the future of car technology. Just like cassets and eight tracks maybe normal cars one day will be something of the past becasue of greater technology that has prodocessed the normal driving cars that we are accustomed to today. When will this type of technology be available to consumers who knows? I can asure you that when this technolgy is available people will slowly start shifting from normal cars to self drving cars.
Why is this technolgy so great you may ask. Well first off how convienent would it be to be looking at your emails while on the road. Perhaps taking a phone call without the worry of getting into a car wreck. Not only that but if everyone had a car like this then the amount of fatal crashes that we have in a year would go down significantly.
This new technolgy would of course cost a lot of money not only to manufacture but for purchase. The type of technoplogy that you would be recieving would be the most bang for your buck. It would come equipped with sensors all around the car. The sensors would ensure not only your saftey but also the safety of the passangers as well. Obviously these cars wont be exceeding high speeds but they will be usefull to get your from point A to point B.
These are the reasons that i think driveless cars would be a great thing to have in the near future. It would make life more practical. People would be able to do things they arent usaually able to do if they didnt have a self-driving car. It would be great step towards the future of cars not to metnion you could be using t his type of technolgy on plnaes, boats, and other types of transportation. What are your thoughts on self driving cars? Would you want them around why or why not? | 23
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1085852 | The Electoral College was established in the Constitution by the founding fathers. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress" is stated in source 1. This is process has been around for decades, but things have changed. This process does not fit with what is happening in the present and is outdated. The election should be by popular vote.
There is a disaster factor. According to "Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", it's says that the state legislatures are responsible for picking electors. The thing is that those electors can betray the trust which has happened before. You do not want to risk having someone defy the will of the people. Some people may argue that the states know what they are doing and are cautious on who to pick, but in the past the electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate. You do not want to put this in hands of someone who will not help you and the other people on such an important event like voting.
When you vote, there is a slight possibility of a tie occuring. If this were to happen, the state delegations would vote on which president. Each state will cast one vote, which is not fair because of the amount of representives in different states. "...the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters" is stated in source 2. Some people may say that the bigger states are helpful with voting because the Electoral College will balance out what the large states loss by the population votes. This still isn't fair because this is saying that the smaller states with less representatives do not have much say in the voting and this will turn off potential voters.
Some presidents may have a stronger appeal to some states then others. It may have to do with where the president is from (North, South). This goes back to how the bigger states have more power. "...such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states," is stated in source 3. This means that the bigger states in the South will be known for all voting Romney since that is where he is the strongest and well liked. There may be voters in the South that were more for Obama. Smaller states may hate what Romney is doing and vote for Obama, but they do not have as much power as the bigger states. This is like the winner takes it all, they may know that they have no chance in winning. (Obama did end up winning and was titled as the 44th President of the United States. To others, they may say that each persons vote does count but it doesn't seem like it. The voters in the South didn't see any campaign ad by Romney which was not fair because he was not concerned about them not voting for him.
The Electoral College is not a fair process. It worked in the past, but not anymore. Using the popular vote process is more fair for all of the people. They have more say and there votes feel more important. This will encourage potential voters to vote and to become more involved with the political events. We need to encourage potential voters because one day, when they become older, they will be the voters of our country. | 45
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7de9381 | Dear , State Senator
I think that they should keep our despised method of choosing the president. The way we choose our president every 8 years is okay. Nothing is wrong with they way we change our presidents. The electoral votes has done a great job with no complaints. The way now has been going for a long time and they shouldn't change it.
The electoral college consists of many electorals. They consist of 538 electorals. Majority of the electoral votesare 270, which is required to elect the President. Under the 23rd Admendment of the Constitution, the District of Cloumbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state on purposes of the Electoral College.
Each canidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors.
Afte the presidential election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment " listing all of the candidates who ran for President n your state along with the names of their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential canidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year.
Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but forr aslate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry,you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democtratic electors pledged to Kerry. On the off-chance that those electors won the statewide election,they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes.
It can be argues that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candiate who has no hope of carrying their state-Democrats on Texas,for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked up by popular vote.
Sincerly,
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c3967d2 | Dear Sentator,
My associates and I, have thought long and hard that we should have the Electoral College removed. Why? The Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and boring. We feel as if we should spice things up and be able to decide and presidents wit a majority vote rule. I know what your saying, " The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no cnandidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." With that I want to include that, if a state were to have it's own vote within the state and turn that into a vote then use that as a majority rule everything would be much easier. For Instance, in florida if lets say 72% vote President Obama, then that would be a vote for obama from florida and with the other 49 states doing the same thing then we have a easy way of using the majority rule.
Bob Dole was right we should abolish the electoral college. Why should we vote for someone who half the time picks the president you dont want. There are many reasons why we should ban the electoral college we dont nessesarily have use the majority rules method, but any other idea besides the electoral college i would go with any day. Why? Would you want to keep the electoral college? Why? Do you think this is helping america, its not really doing us harm, but why?
I see you might argue that the electoral college is widely regarded an an anachronism, a non-democratic method of diciding on a president. Is needs to be overruled by another method or even the majority rule. Considering you tried to i assume balance powers by making us vote for electors, who actually they get to vote for the president. You also might say their are five reasons you might want to keep the elctoral college. The certainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, big states, avoid run-off elections.
And with all that said. I want just want you to think of other possibilities to use to replace Electoral College. I assur you that if the it is removed and you use the majority rule something similar you can decide a president much faster. | 34
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078c66d | With the advancement in technology in the world we live in today, there should be no surprise of a car with the capabilities to drive itself. Though it does give technology yet another human job, driverless cars should be manufactored. I do not believe they should be maufactored for the average person though. Driverless cars should be manufactored for the blind, elderly, or anybody who does not have the driving capabilities that most have.
Driverless cars should be manufactored for the elderly. Very few people above the age of 70 have the driving capabilites and safety they once did when they were younger. For this reason, a driverless car would be ideal and safe for them to use for transportation. The driverless car would be a safe and effective transportation method for the elderly, this is one reason why driverless car should be manufactored.
Another reason the driverless car should be manufactored is how it will help the fight against drunk driving. With the computer at the wheel, and not the drunk driver, this could prevent from an accident or even a death. Though they could take control of the wheel, the computer system could be capable of recognizing such danger with the sensors, and take over for safety. The driverless car would be good to develop so that it could help in the fight against drunk drivers and other intoxicated drivers.
My final reason that the driverless car should be developed is so that the handicapped could have an easier time with transportation. The blind, the wounded, and the deaf all have their diffuculties with transportation. With the advancement in technology and cars, this would make it easier for them to get from one place to another. With the technology driving for them, they won't have to worry about there disability affecting them. With a safe driverless car developed, the handicapped community would get a better way of transportation.
In conclusion, technology is not always meant for fun. When the technology can greatly improve the life of the eldery or handicapped, it should be developed or used. When the technology can keep other drivers on the road safe from intoxicated driving, it should be developed and used. The driverless car can do all of the above, which is why it should be developed and used. | 34
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269e81f | Dear Mr. President,
As Americans, we are told that we are given rights in our country. We have the freedom of speech, expression, religion, and petition as stated in our first admendment. We are also told the we have the freedom to vote once you reach certain requirements, like age and citizenship. However, are we really getting the freedom that is talked about? No. Because the Electoral College is present in today's society, our vote becomes pointless and meaningless. We become a "popular" vote, but really the electoral college gets to decide who becomes presidents. The Electoral College has been in our Constitution since the Constitution was approved, but we have modified simple things as in gender discrimination and race discrimination, why are we not going to change this unjust system?
Bradford Plumer, author of
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the Best-laid Defenses of System are Wrong, explains how the electoral college is fooling our citizens to think we have a say in our country's government. He elaborates further to say that "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the presidet, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. This proves my point further, because once again we do not vote for our president, we vote for the people who get the "priveledge" to vote for the most prestine place of power in our entire country.
The next problem with our Electoral College is that each state is given an uneven amount of representatives form each state. If Florida voted canidate A, but North Dakota voted for canidate B, canidate A is bound to win because Florida has twenty-nine representatives and North Dakota only has three. As you can see Mr. President, this becomes a preblem because four states with only three representatives could vote for one canidate, but if Florida votes for the other one, the first canidate has already lost.
Now most people are afraid of change, which is understandable. They are afraid chaos will occur if any change with our society's ethics. However, the Electoral College has already caused chaos between the two opposing sides. If we tried a new system, we could see if the people will become more civilized because they now have a say in the government. If it doesn't work, then we can always change it back and no harm will be done. As you can see, there are many possibilities and options we have yet to explore.
Mr. President, I have explained to you what the people want, which is to stop being lied to. However, every four years comes around, and yet I do not see a change in anything. I do not think it is only the people who are afraid of change, it is also you. But, would you want to live in a world where everyone hates the way the government works or a world where the citizens are given the rights they were promised? Mr. President it is now up to you to do the right thing.
Sincerley,
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06766be | In a argument between against or for driverless cars, I am for driverless cars. I think it's a good idea to have driverless cars. It will safer on the streets. There
should be a whole new set of laws regarding to these cars. I also think they shouldn't be released until these cars are truly driverless.
As I said earlier driverless cars shouldn't come out until they are completely do not need a driver. When they are driverless it would resolve conflict between if there were an accident who the blame would be on. The blame would be on the company that made the car because the driver isn't doing anything. I think there should still be a mode in the car where the driver can takeover if the driver sees a situation where he should control the car. I think the car should be smart enough to know how to get through traffic jam, that shouldn't be a problem. The new laws should be that all cars will have to go a certain speed. I don't see how you could get in a car accident if they are all going the same speed. Even though most people would have a driverless car, some people will still have old cars that need a driver. So if there is an accident between a driverless car and a old car that requires a driver, I think the blame should be in the driver in the old car because the driverless car is following all the laws and is going a certain speed so if there was an accident it would be on the driver that isn't following the laws. But then again the driverless car could have technical difficulties and could crash. I think the car should know when it is having technical issues and pull over to the side so the driver can take control. Even though the car is driverless I think the laws for getting your license should not change. Also some people like to drive so the should be and option that is opposite to cruise control we the driver can drive, but when you are driving you have to be ready to take responsibility for anything that happens while you are driving.
In conclusion, driverless cars would be a great idea. It would lead to less accidents as long as the car it programmed the right way. Texting and driving would be as big of an issue as it has been lately with a driverless car. With a driverless car there are less choices being made and less opinions. Our generation would be great to take on the challenge because we take on new things everyday with things being invented everyday. With all that being said I am for driverless cars. It is a great idea and would save lives also. | 23
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1755744 | As technology advances, humans find themselves wondering whether it is helpful or if it hinders humanity. According to Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, computer software is now able to detect emotions in facial expressions. Although the software could help notify teachers when the students feel confused, this software could also make students feel insecure and violated. The Facial Action Coding System should not be used in the classroom.
Dr. Huang believes that his new software could inhance the classroom setting. It would "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson," (paragraph 6). However, it is healthy for students to have human interactions with a teacher. Also, having the initiative to speak up if they do not understand something is part of becoming independent. School prepares kids for life beyond high school by giving them the freedom to speak up and to make their own decisions. Placing a Facial Action Coding System in the class would not help solve the need for students to learn how to live independently.
In paragraph two Dr. Huang states, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that, too." I strongly disagree with this statement. Being able to express ourselves and being able to interpret things in different ways, is in our human nature. If we, as a race, should expect to rely on a computer to detect our emotions, humans would become robotic. The beauty of human nature is being able to see through peoples' emotions and forming different connections. Taking away any room for interpretating peoples' feelings would also take away the mystery and joy in life.
Just as nobody can read thoughts, our feelings should also be kept private. By adding a computer system that detects emotions in every classroom, students would not have the privacy they deserve. They would never learn how to live independently and this system would not prepare the students for life beyond school. Finally, the need for human interaction is constant. Humans need to be able to communicate face-to-face and have the freedom to interpret things differently. This open communication is what creates bonds and friendships between people. Without it, humans would not be able to enjoy life. | 34
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1193d27 | Would'nt it feel amazing to walk down the sidewalks to go some where and know that you are helping save our planets ozone layer. Well you would be! Limmiting car usage is starting to become the next big focus and some people have found some benifical advantages to the limit of car usage. It would reduce the emission of green house gases greatly. Businesses would see a tremedious profit because of people walking. Although, some people would'nt like this at all because it would take more time to get to one place, they still could car pool or even get some exersice by walking or riding a bike.
Green house gags has become a huge concern because it is destroying our atmosphere! In source 1, Elisabeth Rosental explains that passenger cars make up 50 percent of the green house gags in the United States and that just the cars! If we would limit our usage of car then we could reduce margin so muh all we have to do is find a more efficent way of transportation. In source 3, Andrew Selsky write about how Bogtoa had a car free day and Carlos Arturo says "it was a good opportunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution." So not only would we be helping save our atmosphere but we would be saving ourselves from stress of diving.
Businesses strive on bring in customes so they can make profit. If we would reduce the the usage of cars then customers wouldnt be problem for business men because people would be walking or riding bike and usally will stop for something to eat or even stop to look inside a shop while on there way to their destination. It would help the communites economy boost.
Some people might disagree on the idea of tring to cut the car usage rate because it will take a longer time to get some where. However, they could still car pool or even ride a bike and get some exerscie. Also, reducing car usage would help people become more social in their life. They could meet new people and get to know some one if they would ride the public bus. In source 4, Elisabet Rosenthal explains how accients from cars are a mjor cause of death but its so unsafe when you get out on the road. Reducing car usage has many advantages for our live to stress free and safe.
Deminishing car usages has many positive changes to our lives and to our planet. for exapmle, with less cars we would have less pollution being emitted into the air which i killing the atmosphere as we speak, people would be happier with less cars because they dont have to stress over driving and paying full attention on the road and conditions. Less cars would have a more social effect on the live of humans. The positive advantages on reducing car usage are endless! | 23
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d22a390 | Many people believe in the Electoral college, but I think it's time for a change. The electoral college isn't completely fair to the people. It isn't fair because the elected person that will vote for you could always change the vote so he may vote for whom they like. Instead of electing somone to vote for you and your state, you should be able to vote individually.
The popular vote is more fair than the Electoral vote because each person's vote will go toward the canidate of their choice knowing that their vote will count as much as everyone elses. This will most likely result in more people voting and a smaller chance of a tie. Just because someone is representing their voters, doesn't mean that everyone will be happy with the electoral voter's decision. People who are for the Electoral college claim that it invariably produces a clear winner. This is partially true but is not completely true. It might produce a clear winner, but it is not a fair vote. If America is about rights, fairness, and freedom then why do we let other people vote for us?
The electoral overthrows the popular vote, so why should we let 500 people decide who beomes President for millions of people? We shouldn't. The Electoral college is out of date and if anything it needs to be updated so it is more just and fair for everyone. Even in source three it clearly states that the people do not vote for the President- the electors do. So when you vote, you're not even voting for a President. You're voting for an elector. Those for the Electoral college also say that the turst between an elector and state is rarely broken, but why take a chance on someone betraying you when you can just vote for yourself? | 23
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3f8fdc4 | Are driverless cars really what our world needs? In my personal opinion i don't think we should waste our money on driverless cars. There are many reasons that this is not a safe idea and it should not take place. Do you want a "robot" having your life in its hands?
The type of driverless cars that have been put to test will end up costing us alot of money that we don't have to waste. Also technology has failed us numeroumous of times and putting our life in its hands is not such a good idea. No matter how much money we spend on this technology to keep us safe there is a possibilty it will fail us. Just like if you were to go buy the new iphone, peopl e say it is the best working phone on the market but they tend to break on you, burn out, and all these other things no matter how new it is. If you can't trust a phone with such little duties why would you want a computer operated car doing so? These driverlesss cars still need humans to be fully active and responsive. If this is the case then humans should just continue driving themselves. I understand that some peopl ebelive this will reduce the number of accidents that happen but a computer is just as obligated to make mistakes just like humans and maybe more. Sometimes computers do this thing where thye juist shut down on you no warnings or anything and what if this was to happen on a highway with this new driverless cars people are wanting to invent? There is no way to really hold anyone responsible for an accident in such manner. The driver has little control over what happens and the manufacturers will not want to take responsibilty because they want to keep their money in their pockets. I feel as if we could be spending our time on better and more important things. My question is why fix something that isn't broken?
In my honest opinion driverless cars are not needed and are trully a waste of our well hard worked for money. There are other things int hie world right now that could use the time and money we are going to waste on such project. The cars we have now are getting the job we need done. If people don't want to drive that is why we have busses, taxis, ubers, and trains for. Getting driverless cars will put people out of a job because companies wouldn't have to pay a car to do its job and this will put more people on our streets. To be honest it might even casue more problems is other areas like murder, robbery, and ect. We have to take a look at all aspects of this decision we are making as a nation. Look at it as if it was you loosing a job or put yourself in a situation where you driverless car causes you or a loved one a life beacuse computers are not as reliable as people may belive. Driverless cars are a bad idea and we should think long term about devloping these cars and puting them on our roads. | 23
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9caac09 | The face on Mars was as national hit, it was every where, Tv shows, Talkshows, movies, even grocery stores. America just could not get enough of the Mask on Mars. Although there are many consperacy theorys, all have been proven wrong becasue it is just a heap of martian material. These theorys have been proven wrong by the pictures, the fact that the shadows give it the charectaristics of a face, and the reason it is not photographed much is not the Goverment, and N.A.S.A hiding proof of alien life. It is simply the fact that we do not pass the face often since 1976 when we first glimpsed the face, Alien existance theorys have spiraled into being both well know, and well conceived. The only problem with these ideas are that the pictures do not support those ideals. There are clear pictures that with out a doubt show no strange markings, or proof of an alien race. These picyures just show it how it is, A Messa.
Furthermore the face is just a large hill. The shadows, of some of the crevaces give off the apperance of being humanoid. Charectaristics such as eyes, nose, and even a mouth appear,but it simply a trick of the light.
As for the people who say Nasa is just "covering up" the fact that alien exist or have existend, are simply mistaken. The reason the Face is not often photographed is because we just do not passover the Face often. There is no alien life on Mars, or at least none that are affiliated with the Face.
In conclusion through the hard facts, and evidence of pictures, the shadows mistaken for human features, and the fact that our rover, and satalites just simply do not passover the Face often, support the fact the Face was not created by an alien race. Although the theorys are interesting, fun to look at and read it is important to know the truth. The Face is a messa, sitting on Mars, with slightly human like charactarisics. Charactaristics acheived due to shadows. | 23
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a9502ae | There are many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you read the passege, Luke says his life was changed and he had new exsperences. Many the exsperences were seeing wonders and cities he visted. Some of things he visted are Venice, Panama Canal, and Greece.
Luke says there were many things to do on abourd the ship. Sections 6, 7, and 8 tell you the things he did abourd the ship. Some of the things were baseball and volleyball games. Then there were boring things he did on board. He had to get water for the horses and feed them. He also had to be a nightwatch men.
I would aggre with Luke, that joining the Seagoing Cowboys is not a bad idea. He says that it changed his life and he got great things out of it. Section 9 says, that because he did the program his decendents loved to help people and poor countrys. | 12
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d5149be | I believe that the electoral college should not be kept because it is an unfair system of voting. There are flaws in the electoral college system that make it an unfair system to choose our president. Some of the things that are wrong with the electoral college are that voters can't control whom their electors vote for, in case of a tie there is not a fair way to pick the president, and the winner-take-all system is unfair to voters.
In the electoral college voters aren't essentially voting for a president but they are voting for a group of electors who will then elect a president. The electors can be picked in many different ways. Sometimes they are they are picked at state conventions, they can be picked at state party's central committe, or sometimes the presidental canidate picks them themselves according to Bradford Plumer (source 2). Plumer says that voters can't always control who their electors vote for and sometimes voters get confused on who to vote for. The system to pick electors can be bias. For example in 1960, segregationist in the Louisiana legislature almost achieved in replacing the Democratic elecotors with electors who would not elect John F. Kennedy. Meaning if Kennedy would have gotten the popular vote in Louisiana, he still would not have gotten the electoral votes in the state.
In the case of a tie, the electoral college would yet again be an unfair system. If there was a tie in the election, the election would be given to the House of Representatives. In that election, each state has only one vote. So a state with a bigger population has the same say than a state with a smaller population. According to Plumer, because many voters vote one party for president and another party for Congress, the House's selection will not entirely reflect the will of the people. A tie in the electoral college is possible beacause the amount of electoral votes is 538 which is an even number (source 3).
The electoral college is also unfair to voters because of the winner-takes-all system. The winner-takes-all system awards all the electors to the winning presidential canidate (source 1). According to Plumer because of the winner-takes-all system canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning (source 2). Counterclains suggest that because the election depends on the vote of swing states, voters there are more thoughtful and should be the ones to decide how the election goes (Richard A. Posner, source 3). The comment that voters in swing states are more thoughtful is vague (not all voters in swing states have to be media literic), and it is unfair to other states if only the swing states are important to the canidates. Other states will not get enough and fair information about the presidental canidates.
In total, the electoral college is an unfair way to choose our presidents. The method has a lot of bias and doesn't give a fair voice to all the states and its voters. The method has a lot of flaws and is a non-democratic way to elect our presidents. | 45
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a8675e4 | Technology has done amazing things. It has even changed the way society goes about their dails lives. For example scientists today are trying new and creative methos to get children and/or kids invovled with what they're learning in the classroom. They are even going as far as making it to where computers can read your emotions. This is a good way to teach students based on the fact that some students may not be good with asking the treachers questions, or they may not be good with speaking out if they don't understand the lesson. This way they won't have to, and the computers be a tool to help them stay intrested in the lesson and also move foward to the next.
Now some people may be thinking that this won't work, and that how not everyone shows there emotions the same, and yes even though that is correct the scientisit made sure to have a variety of emotions. Even including the mixed ones, such as the painting of the Mona Lisa. "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face of in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece.)."
The fact that da Vinci studied human anatomy makes it easier for the scientists such as Dr. Huang to collect data, and/or use the emotions they have based on the painting this man painted. "His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code." This is also a good way to talk about the fact that people can even most of the time read emotions based on what you're friend is doing, or the face that they're making.
Not only are all of these emotions universal but these emotions were also tested by the way the face muscles in humans bodies change when a different emotions occurrs. "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis ocuil pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet arounf your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic majoe and different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politican or celebirty isn't being truthful."
Using computers to help us teach students is a goos idea. People frown apon technology a lot but in some cases, such as this one, people are only trying to make the lives of the future society become easier then it is, and/or better then it would've been without technology. This will later help us improve as a society and become better with all the things we do in our daily lives. | 34
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7199105 | Dear State Senator,
I am here to inform you that you should change election to a popular vote for the president of the United States. This is due to the fact that as of now Americans vote to elect their president, but what good is that if they don't even recieve what they want? What is even the point of voting? Saying this, I agree with source two on its point, "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. This is backed up with data from the same article stating that voters can't even control whom their electors vote for. This is clearly why "60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." Without a doubt if you cared for your people, the people who support you and give you your job opportunity, you would see that you should abolish this electoral college. Even a blind man could see that.
You may be wondering if your people think this is such a bad idea, why would our founding fathers impliment something so horindess? As you see "electoral college was established in the constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens", says source 1. Although that sounded great at the time, today electoral college is frowned upon because majorly because of its "winnr-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. As if that wasn't unfair enough, the electors don't even necessarily have to vote for their states choice. This would be similar to if I was infatuated with a color, I then asked my team what our team color should be and after taking a vote, I chose the color I preferred because I was bias even though my whole team disliked it. This is obviously the wrong way to run our election ecspecially the most important in our country.
On the other hand I do understand that there are some advantages to an electoral college. These include, mentioned in source 3, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaignthan a small state does. This is fair because there are more people in big states then small therefore big states should get more of a voice. Although in popular vote big states would still get the bigger vote because there are more people voting therefore they have more votes. This is why I think the middle man should just be cut out leaving us with a popular vote.
According to the facts it is clear to me that the electoral college should be siezed. I think it is unnecessary as well as unfair. When we think of voting for our president, that is what we want to do. Voting for our president does not include voting for someone who may or may not choose our choice. Also if we chose our President by popular vote all the votes that weren't majority would add up and possibly make the difference between the vote results. This is why it is unfair to simply use majority rule for each state and practically erase the other votes off the table. As you can see State Senator your people vote to elect their ruler. Why deny them of this oppurtunity. It is clear to me that the electoral college may have been a good concept to our founding father but when applyed is not the best decision. This is why I think you should change to an election by popular vote for president of the United States. | 34
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23b4894 | I agree with the authors perpose with studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus is the second plant away from the sun and the Earth's twin. At first it was called the Evening star because it's one of the even and brightest points of light in the night sky. We all know that it's completely different from the Earth's atmosphere. Theres a rick going to venus becuase of all the lost signals from there and there's probably no life in the other planet.
The thick atmosphere that is 97% carbon dioxide is Venus there is no life in that planet nothing. The clouds are higly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus and the weather over there its crazy 800 degress fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greather Earth's. So why to NASA and everyone wants to study the planet venus, is it for a project,research,are they planning on going there we don't know but soon we will know. There's probably something living on venus planet right now and that we don't know about if they try to find it it will be difficult to find because of the lost signals they had before. Before people think that this planet Venus had a body water.
The author has a point with the statement he said with out risk and a lot of courage there can not be nothing. That's the whole point of everything is people didn't take risk where would they be today where would the people be at right now. It would be hard to get there and NASA can not get no sample of rocks, gas, or anything else froma distance. Scientist even said it, it would take risk and a lot of challenges for them to reach Venus. we will get there on day it wont be today or tomorrow but if the keep pushing and working hard the will reach Venus one day. | 12
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bd2920f | A new piece of technology, the Facial Action Coding System, has been developed and is helping with the learning the emotions of others. Some may say that this technology should not be used in classrooms because it invades the students' privacy. However, finding the emotions of students in classrooms could help teachers with what kind of lessons to prepare and finding out potemial problems that students had. The ability to read the emotions of students in classrooms could be extremely valuable.
Some may argue that having the emotions of students read in class would be a bad idea. If the school could find out what their students were feeling with a computer program, the students may be unhappy with the idea that their school was observing their feeling. In paragraph 8 of the article, the author states, "faces don't lie". If teachers used this technology, they could know the emotions of students even if students tried to hide it. In this way, students could feel as though the school is invading their privacy by finding out emotions that they want to keep hidden. Their emotions can be tied to their thoughts. In most cases, people consider their no one else should be able to know their thoughts and emotions without the person's consent. Some argue that reading the emotions of others will be an invasion of privacy.
Teachers using the knowledge of students' emotions could be helpful in a classroom. If teachers know how students are reacting to different assignments, they could alter the worksheets to make the students more interested and understand what they are learning better. Also, if a computer can understand the emotions of children that are using it, the computer can change the material to aid in the learning. The article states, "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and "it could modify the lesson". Teachers being able to help students better understand what they are being taught is just one of many benefits to using the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms.
The knowledge of students' emotions could be beneficial to schools. If teachers could figure out the emotions of students, they teachers could potentially find and help students that are suffering with problems. The author states, "faces don't lie". Knowing what is truely going on with students by using this program could help the teacher recognize if a student is struggling with anxiety or stress. Students with anxiety and stress could potentially have suicidal thoughts or actions. By identifying this problem, teachers could get help for the student and help prevent the death of an innocent life. The article also states, " moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them". The teachers could additionally do exercises with students to reduce their stress levels. The technologies like the Facial Action Coding System could help teachers know about students' anxiety and prevent harm to the students.
Though some say there could be several issues with using technology to read emotions in classrooms, there are many more benefits than issues. The system could modify the learning style to one that suits the individual student and could help teachers learn of problems the student has. Using technologies like the Facial Action Coding System to help read students' emotions could be an important asset for schools. | 45
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f1191c2 | The "Challenge Of Exploring Venus" is worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents because Venus is nicknamed Evening star because it is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky. For people who gaze at the stars at night can spot the bright light in the sky. Venus is the second planet to the sun, it is safe to watch it from the distance from our world becuase its very far, but going close to it is a challenge.
Venus the second planet close to the sun is a very dangerous planet to get close to. it is sometimes called the earth's twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth too. All the planets move in different speeds, the diffrences in speed means sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Sometimes Venus is right around the corner in space terms human have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped planet. Each spacecraft couldnt land there for more than a few hours, maybe that explains why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus yet in more than three deacdes.
Venus is made of dioxide blankets, even more challenging ar ethe clouds of highly corrisive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. on the planet's surface, temperatures average around 800 degrees Farenhiet, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. The conditions are far more extreme than anything in humans encounter. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth such as valleys, moutains, and craters. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment. The NASA is working on getting close to the planet. | 01
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