This article talks about Ray Bradbury‚ a revered science-fiction writer who had his predictions come true. Ray Bradbury predicted various technologies that would become true using books that he wrote such as “Fahrenheit 451” and “The Pedestrian” as proof of what he has thought of. Technologies such as “seashells and thimble radios which bear a striking resemblance to earbuds and Bluetooth headsets (Washington Post‚ 2012)”. Of the two mentioned audio output devices‚ Bluetooth technology has integrated
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Driverless Cars Driverless cars are just not safe enough for people to be in without worrying about crashing or going to the wrong place. One reason is the technology may not be safe enough for people to be in especially little kids because the car might not be safe enough for kids because the car might be going way too fast or just be plain dumb and crash. The car could take you could take you to an unknown location that you never wanted to go. The driverless car would have a gps but
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While pride has the possibility to be beneficial‚ it also demonstrated through much humility that it has the ability to be detrimental. Where there is pride that comes from being pleased by hardwork that lead to achievement‚ there is also pride that originates from In Edgar Allen Poe’s work of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe gives an account of a man by the name of Montresor‚ a clever and vengeful man‚ who seeks lethal retribution against his acquaintance Fortunato for causing him many injuries by
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As more advanced technology is being created there is a concern of the move towards self-driving cars and whether self-driving cars are safer than human operated cars. In 2017 Opposing Viewpoints Online‚ Gale‚ Lou Frenzel published “Self-Driving Cars Take the Fun Out of Driving”. He has concerns with how the car itself will operate and the impact it will have on people. Frenzel foresees this move having more negative effects on people rather than positive. He created this text for the purpose of
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“Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.” A quote from Samuel Johnson‚ a writer who is known to be one of the greatest figures of the 18th century (Folkenflik‚ 2017). This quote can be related to the mindset of the character Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe’s‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”; which tells a powerful story of revenge. The story starts with our main character and narrator Montresor wishing to seek revenge on Fortunato‚ a wine connoisseur
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Google’s self-driving cars use a number of technologies that help the car drive itself through busy streets‚ all by itself. These include technologies like a laser range finder‚ front camera‚ rear radar‚ a Global Positioning System and multiple programs that interpret the surrounding of the vehicle. This is a technology that a lot of companies are working on but Google has a very good way of doing it. The first major technology that the Google Self-Driving Car uses is a laser range finder. (National
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Edgar Allan Poe is an ever famous poet and idol to many young inspiring authors. We learn about his works in school and come to appreciate his dark and cynical worldview. Although Poe is admired for his expertise in the horror and detective genres there is still one case that is yet to be solved; no one is sure how this beloved poet died. Experts have come up with two probabilities on the cause of his death. One explanation is that Poe had died of alcohol poisoning‚ as he did have a drinking problem
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government was unable to maintain order. After the Revolution‚ Americans mounted debt from purchasing goods from other countries. To solve this problem the states would tax their citizens and this caused many people to go into bankruptcy. When Shay’s Rebellion happened people started realizing that by having a less powerful national government‚ it created many problems within the states and it also demonstrated the importance to maintain domestic order. The framers of the constitution created a federal
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Bloody Endings In the 1700’s The French Revolution caused disagreement between Monarchy and Republicanism‚ which eventually led up to The June Rebellion in 1832 by changing the government from a changed Republic to a Monarch once again. Maximilian Robespierre‚ the leader of the French Revolution was successful in changing the political ways of France. However Maximilian Robespierre was not in power for very long because he had allowed the executions of many for the sake of the new Republican
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Some people in the world may believe that rebellion is way better than conformity. On the other hand‚ some believe that conformity is way better than rebellion. My primary sources‚ “The Bridegroom” and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ‚ show that conformity causes or creates problems within the world while rebellion causes or creates less problems and more solutions to those problems. They seem to prove that rebellion is better than conformity. Not everyone has what it takes to stand up
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