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The joy of Microsoft's 'avoid ghetto' GPS patent
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| January 7, 2012
| Chris Matyszczyk
Posted on 01/08/2012 5:02:08 PM PST by Daffynition
Pedestrians have sometimes felt neglected when it comes to GPS directions.
Indeed, not so long ago, one lady sued Google because the directions its map offered led her (she believed) to be struck by a car.
Now Microsoft has been granted a patent that is designed to make its maps more pedestrian-friendly.
Somehow, this patent has immediately been dubbed the "avoid ghetto" feature.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: commiegates; debtregime; effetepoosies; suburbsocialists
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To: Daffynition
Actually this feature wasn’t that hard to design.
In every city in the country with a Martin Luther King Street or Boulevard they drew a circle around it and wrote “Danger”.
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:06:57 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: Daffynition
Good luck in navigating Detroit with this GPS.The audio will never advance beyond “recalculating”.
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:08:31 PM PST
by
chuckee
To: Venturer
All they need to do is to identify “Democrat” vote districts, and “Republican” vote districts, and you’ll know where the dregs of society are located.....
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:09:11 PM PST
by
traditional1
(Free speech for me.....not for thee)
To: Daffynition
Were it not for the fact “ghetto” is inching its way into every aspect of American life, this GPS feature might prove more enduring than endearing.
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:09:24 PM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(let establishment heads explode)
To: Daffynition
Wait, a minute! Where is guilt?! Elvis was there!
To: Venturer
In every city in the country with a Martin Luther King Street or Boulevard they drew a circle around it and wrote “Danger”.
Nailed It !!!
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:19:06 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
To: Daffynition
They should call it “less risky” rather than “safe”.
No place is safe.
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:34:44 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Daffynition
Holder’s Justice Department will immediately be launching an investigation......
To: Venturer
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:44:05 PM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Daffynition
Notable additions to the Ghetto category of locations include: White House, Dept. Of Justice and AG Offices, Dept. of Energy and EPA, HUD, and most of Washington D.C. with the exception of several vacant buildings and lots.
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posted on
01/08/2012 5:50:47 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
To: Daffynition
the "War Zone" is a nice touch...
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:22:58 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Daffynition
I am surprised that Atty General Lisa Madigan has not yet harnessed the power of GPS to show all gun owners on a map to “help” criminals prey on unarmed citizens....(hint: it almost happened here in ILL-ANNOY).
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:32:48 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
To: Daffynition
Yeah. I tried this out. Works GREAT. I haven’t been home in DAYS.
To: Daffynition
To: chuckee
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:39:19 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: Venturer
Yes, and the First Church of Malcolm the Tenth!
To: Revolting cat!
I prefer Paul Shanklin’s “In a Yugo”.
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posted on
01/08/2012 6:41:43 PM PST
by
getarope
(I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubble gum!)
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posted on
01/08/2012 8:01:27 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Forward With Confidence!)
To: Daffynition
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