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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on January 06, 2012, 06:25:24 PM
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Microsoft Patents ‘Avoid Ghetto’ Feature For GPS Devices
Microsoft has been granted a patent for its “avoid ghetto†feature for GPS devices.
A GPS device is used to find shortcuts and avoid traffic, but Microsoft’s patent states that a route can be plotted for pedestrians to avoid an “unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures.â€
CBS Seattle (http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/01/06/microsoft-patents-avoid-ghetto-feature-for-gps-devices/)
Finally, something useful from Microsoft. :rofl:
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Would have been nice to have had something like this in '68 during the race riots in Kansas City. I had to dodge looters and the likes driving to night classes.......
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Oh... my.... god....
I LOVE IT! :rotf:
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Should not be too hard to do. Just program it to avoid any streets named after anyone involved in the civil rights movement. That should cover about 90% of the bad areas. :-)
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If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed...
OH WAIT--HE DOES!!!!!!
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So, Microsoft has a "avoid people of color" feature now. I guess that explains where the southern states went...
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So, Microsoft has a "avoid people of color" feature now. I guess that explains where the southern states went...
Don't worry: Mr. Gates has ordered that whenever that critical turn comes up, the unit will BSOD, and you'll still wind up in a Democrat hellhole. That way, his skinny ass don't get sued for being Wassis!!
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If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed...
OH WAIT--HE DOES!!!!!!
That right there is funny.
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An in-development Microsoft smart phone app designed to help drivers and pedestrians avoid unsafe neighborhoods is proving controversial among some minority rights groups that find the software potentially discriminatory.
The as-of-yet unnamed product is being referred to as the “Avoid The Ghetto†app by those who are concerned with where it will guide users.
“I’m going to be up in arms about it if it happens,†said Dallas NAACP President Juanita Wallace.
Wallace spent her afternoon at a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and said she felt safe there, but fears the app may project otherwise.
“Can you imagine me not being able to go to MLK Blvd. because my GPS says that’s a dangerous crime area? I can’t even imagine that,†she said.
Microsoft says the app will use crime statistics to determine what parts of town are to be avoided. But it’s unclear where the data will come from and how it will be interpreted.
Microsoft has filed a patent for the app, but the actual product is unnamed and not available yet.
Opponents like Wallace fear it could hurt minority communities.
“It’s almost like gerrymandering,†she said. “It’s stereotyping for sure and without a doubt; I can’t emphasize enough, it’s discriminatory.â€
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/01/17/app-that-would-guide-users-away-from-high-crime-areas-proves-controversial/
Do you find this discriminatory?
Would you like this app for your phone to avoid high crime areas?
Is it stereotyping?
Thoughts? :???:
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I don't see how it's discriminatory if they are using proven crime stats.
I really don't get the stereotyping thing. If anything I guess the minority in the area might be offended because it "proves" the stereotype?
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http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/01/17/app-that-would-guide-users-away-from-high-crime-areas-proves-controversial/
Do you find this discriminatory?
Would you like this app for your phone to avoid high crime areas?
Is it stereotyping?
Thoughts? :???:
no
yes
no
Those who find this app offensive do not need to download it.
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I want it because Tom Tom really put me in harms way in Miami! My wife was yellin "Run the light, Run the light!" "Get the **** out of here!"
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If they don't want their areas reported as high-crime areas, STOP COMMITTING SO MANY F'N CRIMES!
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If they don't want their areas reported as high-crime areas, STOP COMMITTING SO MANY F'N CRIMES!
h5
It's amazing how much just an smidgeon of common sense goes a long way in explaining a basic problem.
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Oh you racist peoples....wanting to deprive the underprivileged, disenfranchised members of our great society of sudden wealth enhancement opportunities.
Just look at that statement....would I make a good democrat politician or what. :-)
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