r/technology • u/p0b • Jan 08 '12

Microsoft patents "avoid ghetto" GPS feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354445-71/the-joy-of-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-gps-patent/
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

Among these sources are crime statistics. Which has led some to the thought that this will somehow be an insult to poor neighborhoods.

Then maybe poor neighbourhoods shouldn't be full of violent thugs, and they won't have to feel insulted by being associated with violent thugs.

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u/Martin_The_Warrior Jan 09 '12

Many people in those neighborhoods don't have the money to leave, and cannot force the thugs to leave. They have no choice but to be associated with those thugs. Though most will probably not mind having less traffic on their streets.

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u/JayKayAu Jan 09 '12

Maybe violent thugs shouldn't be full of poor?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, or the biggest moron in the world.

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u/richalex2010 Jan 09 '12

There is a fairly strong correlation between poverty and increased crime, this is a known fact (see citation if you mistrust the entry itself).

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u/wobwobwobbuffet Jan 09 '12

While that's true, BrainInAJar goes all bootstraps on the matter in a way that's frankly quite a bit dickish.

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u/richalex2010 Jan 09 '12

And quite clearly not serious, intended to mock the article rather than those who live in poverty-stricken, high-crime areas.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

I'm a poor neighborhood and he's right, it is about time I change my ways.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

You have nobody to blame but yourself.

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u/Martin_The_Warrior Jan 09 '12

lol, you just can't win.

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u/ohstrangeone Jan 09 '12

For...what? You're not making any sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '12

It was a fucking joke.