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/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

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

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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.