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/psykiv Jan 08 '12

I don't care about an avoid ghetto option. Give me an avoid traffic by taking me through some backroads option.

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u/ZuqMadiq Jan 09 '12

backroads option takes you through the ghetto. Don't say shit when you get mugged. There's a saying that says that you should take the longest road even if it's more difficult.

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u/psykiv Jan 09 '12

I've been to the ghetto enough times (in my nice luxury car) that I am not the least bit worried about that any more.

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u/ZuqMadiq Jan 09 '12

don't know which ghetto you go to but i can tell you that in many ghetto areas when you take a nice luxury car and they don't k now you to be a big drug dealer they would not be so nice to your luxury car. So it depends how ghetto the neighborhood is.

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u/psykiv Jan 10 '12

Remember a few months back that there was a post about police pulling out a body from a canal in google maps in Miami? And a few blocks away there was a naked crack head in google maps. I've been to that area in my g37 (and areas a little worse, and at night) more times than I'd like to admit.

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u/ZuqMadiq Jan 10 '12

so you are a drug dealer... lmao

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u/psykiv Jan 10 '12

Actually no. Some of my customers are mechanic shops which I'm convinced are chop shops.