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Microsoft Patents "Avoid Ghetto" GPS Feature

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  1. BetterThanEver

    BetterThanEver Member

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    This is a cool GPS feature that I always wanted. I thought Microsoft would have been too conservative to call those areas, ghettos. I wonder how their GPS works, if you are a drug dealer, though. :confused:

    "Error: Windows is unable to find location"

    SIRI can't avoid the ghetto.

    http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/01/06/microsoft-patents-avoid-ghetto-feature-for-gps-devices/
     
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  2. Xsatyr

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    lol noice!
     
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  3. Dr of Dunk

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    They never called it that. Come on, people. lol.
     
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  4. Sajan

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    hahah
     
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  5. BetterThanEver

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    Ahhh...I confused the reporter's words for MS's words. MS calls them unsafe neighborhoods.

    Thanks DD.
     
    #5 BetterThanEver, Jan 10, 2012
  6. pippendagimp

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    dude, he was only helping, no need for insults
     
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  7. Dr of Dunk

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    Christ.

    That's two strikes on you.
    :mad:
     
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    Great, so now these ghetto robbers will know what nice detour corners to wait for to rob someone.
     
    #8 Cowboy_Bebop, Jan 10, 2012
  9. KingCheetah

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    What if you live in a ghetto?
     
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    then you either dont have a car or your gps was stolen.
     
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  11. Isabel

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    or you are not the one who originally paid for the gps.
     
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    Oh please people...I am sure you couldn't get into the heart of Northshore into my less than 5 percent white area just off Grand Oaks...if your GPS had this feature.

    Just wait to get robbed in your "safe" suburban neighborhoods...since my neighbors know for a fact I don't have a pot to p*** in or a window to throw it out of.
     
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  13. Isabel

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    That's how you know your neighborhood has gone downhill. When your GPS will not allow you to leave your house.

    And what's up with the avoiding "an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures"? You mean that when you walk or drive somewhere, you have to go... outside?!? :eek:
     
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  14. Mr. Clutch

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    Racist app
     
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  15. Jontro

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    Better than being a thinly veiled homophobic GPS.
     
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    Is it just me, or does this part seem really f'ed up?

     
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  17. Dr of Dunk

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    We're nothing but lab rats in a maze, I tell you.
     
    #17 Dr of Dunk, Jan 10, 2012
  18. Jontro

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    My Microsoft GPS system called the cops on me.
     
    #18 Jontro, Jan 10, 2012
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    Nice feature, avoid the high crime areas.....very smart.

    DD
     
    #19 DaDakota, Jan 10, 2012
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    My M$ GPS detected the stress I was putting on my shocks and directed me to the nearest McDonalds.
     
    #20 Invisible Fan, Jan 11, 2012
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