New Microsoft GPS app chided for using the term "unsafe" for "ghetto" areas

[terry78]

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...e-translate-to-ghetto-in-microsoft-gps-patent


Well, when you map a place it could just say, "hell naw I ain't tryna get shot."

 

[SentinelMind]

I have no problem with this.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

lol, what does anyone at Microsoft know about the "ghetto"?

 

[enterthemadness]

lol, what does anyone at Microsoft know about the "ghetto"?

They probably typed ghetto into Bing and went from there.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Why? Is the ghetto safe now?

 

[SuperSoldier985]

From someone who was raised in the ghetto, "safe" is more or less an intangible quality. A more precise term would be "unnerving".

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

lol, what does anyone at Microsoft know about the "ghetto"?

Bill Gates is as Ghetto as they come.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

lol, what does anyone at Microsoft know about the "ghetto"?

Bill probably watched the wire.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

It goes by crime rate... look into the technology - it's actually quite ingenious.

 

[gkokujin]

after reading the article i now have no problem with it.

Id love a route to avoid the ghetto...but then i'd never find any good food.

 

[Hotwire]

So, walking from point A to point B, while carrying an expensive electronic device, and wanting to avoid an area with a high crime rate, is racist? Sounds more like common sense to me.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Das raycess!!!!!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

GPS is scared!

 

[chaseter]

Who is this racist to? Jews who were forced to live in poor areas in occupied Europe that were called ghettos?

 

[Erzengel]

And his mama cries
Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

 

[LOBO3315a]

Bill Gates is as Ghetto as they come.

He's got Street Cred!

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

And look at the smile. Bill Gates doesn't fear jail. Jail fears Bill Gates.