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- esmartcredit, on 02/28/2008, -15/+383Great news... I hope this will help homeless people to get back on their feet!
- ptFoe, on 02/28/2008, -27/+299This is just another EVIL plan to over take the bum fights business.
- Audacitor, on 02/28/2008, -46/+248It's a nice gesture, I suppose, but it's not much good without a cellphone to go with it. Of course, cellphones need chargers, which need wall sockets, which need a wall, which is usually in a home...
Ah *****. Good going, Google! - jamesalfaro, on 02/28/2008, -1/+184This is good news, you always need a phone number when applying for a job.
- monospaced, on 02/28/2008, -9/+175The homeless guy begging for cash in the median at Van Ness and Market put down his crutches and hand drawn cardboard sign, reached into his pocket, and answered his cell phone. I didn't give him any money.
- writr, on 02/28/2008, -10/+120This is a great idea. I never thought of something like this. Even when you're homeless, you probably have people you want to be able to keep in touch with.
- RuffRidr, on 02/28/2008, -8/+78Give a man a fish and he will be content for the rest of the day. Teach a man to fish and he will be content for the rest of his life.
- Gabberwok, on 02/28/2008, -1/+66This is critically important for doctors to be able to reach patients who may not have a permanent residence. I hope Google is willing to expand this program outside of San Francisco...
- iheartrendering, on 02/28/2008, -2/+66Thats almost as cool as the time a dude answered his cell phone right after he gave me one of those "Hi I'm deaf, please buy this sign language card for $1 to help me"
- KatherineC, on 02/28/2008, -3/+57A good start. Homeless people have been most hurt in years past by not having an address. Even before they could use it for an application, you cannot access public services (beyond shelters and soup kitchens) if you don't have an address. Basic social services like health care or welfare checks need to be sent to an address. This is a positive move forward.
- dc45, on 02/28/2008, -1/+48This is nothing new at all. I work at a non-profit in Phoenix and we have been doing this for at least 5 years now. The problem begins when they start using the free voicemail to hook up drug deals.
- OBDriftwood, on 02/28/2008, -3/+47Rats. I was going to make a snide comment about the homeless bugging me at home for rum money, but when I read the article it actually made sense. Frickin' Google messing with my humor vibe.
- ligyron, on 02/28/2008, -1/+44What happened after that is not important, which is why I never mentioned it. I just took the hamper and smashed it over the top of her car and told her to go ***** herself and that I hope she hits someone's car causing thousands of dollars of damage. I was then fired, but not before injecting all baby formulas in the food bank with poisonous toxins and having sex with my co-worker in the corner where we keep toilet paper rolls and diapers. I saved a man's life on my way home
- gypsi, on 02/28/2008, -0/+42the jokes are so easy - but this could actually help someone out
- MrBabyMan, on 02/28/2008, -10/+48There are over 130 Million cell phones retired annually in the US. There are 3.5 Million homeless annually in the US. They could actually give the homeless 37 cellphones each.
- AsianVet, on 02/28/2008, -14/+49This is great, far too many veterans are homeless. Where have all the veterans gone? Tens if Thousands have committed suicide or are in prison. They are the forgotten hero's and now we have thousands of newer veterans that need help and many of them are now homeless too. Let's face it, war brings on mental illness for far too many veterans.
- fluidfoundation, on 02/28/2008, -6/+41The problem lies in that you can't teach a man to want to fish when he can just be given fish for free.
- canewediggit, on 02/28/2008, -0/+35and let them sell the 36 they don't use to buy a home with walls that have sockets they could plug their chargers into! we've solved the homeless problem!
more realistically- they could go to the public library and access grand central from a computer there. - exomni, on 02/28/2008, -1/+35Not true. If you want to apply for a job and you're homeless, having a voice-mail number for the employer to call is extraordinarily important.
- YojimboJango, on 02/28/2008, -2/+33I think thats the point of having a voice mail. So that even if they don't have a phone they can check their messages from a pay phone.
- VanD, on 02/28/2008, -1/+30All the bums everywhere else in the world are going to be jealous.
- schroeder, on 02/28/2008, -0/+29I don't reallt think homeless are much of a target market.
- bbqsalad, on 02/28/2008, -3/+31Here is an idea.... Go ***** yourself.
- ligyron, on 02/28/2008, -1/+29I worked at the Salvation Army doing up food hampers for the needy. One woman called and said she had no money and needed a hamper for her and her family
I put one together (about $100 value), and she pulled up to the building in her car while talking on a cell phone and gestured for me to place it in the back seat - MasterGrief, on 02/28/2008, -1/+28I like that ending.
- LogicBomB, on 02/28/2008, -4/+31FTFA: "A homeless person will be able to call in for his or her messages from any phone."
So a quarter, which seems reasonable for the homeless to have a few of, will be fine. - Evil5, on 02/28/2008, -3/+28You are a *****. There are countless reasons why good people end up down on their luck. I hope one day, you get a violent, aggressive illness...and you HMO denies your claims, like happens to millions of Americans. Lets see you keep a job, pay your rent and get well in a system like that...and manage to stay out of the homeless shelter.
This option at least gives people who want and need another chance a good shot at helping themselves. It's bastards like you that continue the suffering of people all over the world with your callous apathy and arrogant pseudo-logic. I think people like you need to be weeded from the gene-pool. Go die already. - MattJF317, on 02/28/2008, -2/+27And just like Google's homepage, the voicemail message changes during holidays!
- robbob, on 02/28/2008, -5/+27As a homeless person, I'll be moving to SF! *shuts down / starts walking*
- superguysteve, on 02/28/2008, -16/+38it will definitely help them keep their crack deal and hooking appointments.
- Gabberwok, on 02/28/2008, -0/+21You can set Grand Central to ring any phone number for you - including a pay phone or the number for a shelter. It does of course require temporary access to a computer to change which number your calls are forwarded to, but that can be done at any local library branch. It's not a perfect plan, but it's an interesting idea and a noble gesture on Google's part. I'm not sure how much further this most recent announcement goes than the original Project C.A.R.E. did, but it's good to see that Google is reaffirming their commitment.
- inactive, on 02/28/2008, -2/+22OMG. I used to catch my bus connection at that intersection to get to my job in Knob Hill and there was always this black homeless guy with a red eye. I gave him five bucks one morning and later that day, I saw him shooting up what I assumed to be heroin. I don't give homeless people money anymore.
- Rapter09, on 02/28/2008, -4/+24Or.. uhh.. too busy surviving?
You say "please don't break it down as to how 'so many homeless people are just lazy', but then you turn around and make a general condescending statement about Americans. - kablammo, on 02/28/2008, -0/+19Look - if you really want to go register with a homeless shelter just to obtain free voicemail, then by all means go for it.
- slvrbullet87, on 02/28/2008, -0/+18He will be content until he gets mercury poisoning
- superasu, on 02/28/2008, -1/+17Did you still give it to her?
- Senturion, on 02/28/2008, -2/+18I was worried that the comments would be filled with tasteless jokes, Digg has impressed me today.
- B3000, on 02/28/2008, -5/+20This is a hand up, dick.
- loopist, on 02/28/2008, -0/+15I'm by no means a liberal and believe that we should empower the people who want to help themselves and I just see this as a great way to do that. This really isn't going to make life any easier but it will help them if they are willing to take that step. Way to go Google.
- TheMime, on 02/28/2008, -2/+16What happened after that is not important, which is why I never mentioned it. I just took the hamper and smashed it over the top of her car and told her to go ***** herself and that I hope she hits someone's car causing thousands of dollars of damage. I was then fired, but my my mom got scared. She said, "You're moving with your auntie and your uncle in Bel-Air!" I whistled for a cab, and when it came near, the license plate said "FRESH" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say this cab was rare, but I thought naw forget it, "Yo Holmes, to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to a house about seven or eight, and yelled to the cabbie, "Yo Holmes, smell ya later!" Looked to my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air.
- TOMCRUlSE, on 02/28/2008, -3/+17I was voted sexiest man alive yet I'm incredibly retarded. Darwin doesn't apply to humans anymore.
- ElBoss, on 02/28/2008, -2/+16"Hey, this is John. I am sorry I can't come to the phone right now because ... well because I don't actually have a phone. Please leave a message after the tone and I will get back to you as soon as I bum enough change to use a phone box"
- MadOtaku, on 02/28/2008, -1/+14The fights will be free to watch, but the bums will have ads tattooed on them.
- inactive, on 02/28/2008, -0/+13General Delivery is an addressed used by the USPS to have your mail held at the post office designated to the 9 digit zip code of the address block. This can be used by anyone who prefers their mail be held and not delivered.
For more information: http://www.usps.com/receive/choicesfordelivery/rec ... - isaactwito, on 02/28/2008, -4/+16I think what writr is saying is more of an issue of your extended family knowing that you haven't been murdered over a fifth of whiskey or something.
- chrisaug18, on 02/28/2008, -4/+15A great addition would be to give them a P.O. box so they can recieve mail
- mboudro, on 02/28/2008, -1/+12Why is he being dugg down? It is the truth after all...
- abran1984, on 02/28/2008, -0/+11Or just move to SF
- inactive, on 02/28/2008, -4/+15Good point. Perhaps one of the cell phone companies can join google and take care of that aspect.
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