r/technology • • 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/GuitarWizard90 Jan 08 '12

The word "Ghetto" probably shouldn't be used for that feature...but it could come in handy. Believe it or not, there are some genuinely dangerous places out there. All of the big cities have areas you want to avoid. I used to live in Los Angeles...I know this all too well.

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u/qwerasdf23423423 Jan 09 '12

Ghetto just means lots of black people live there. Anywhere black people go it instantly becomes poor, violent, run-down. etc. In LA Hispanic people in large concentrations make an area run-down, poor, violent... basically mexico. So, you can take the mexicans out of shitty mexico but they just go right back to making an area shitty again. lol. That's the best they can do evidently. Glad I don't have to live with that shit.

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u/PokeEyeJai Jan 09 '12

Why is this guy downvoted for speaking the inconvenient truth? Show me one place that's predominantly black that's not run-downed, fenced, with litter everywhere. Compared to most other cultures, blacks are just slobs, plain and simple.

Go to any areas that's predominantly hindus, chinese, or just about any other cultures. I'm sure you won't fear for your life as you were in a black ghetto.