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Fut004
Apr 9th, 2008, 1:56 PM
This is pretty nice of Verizon.



IRVINGTON, N.Y. — An 80-year-old man who thought he'd lost the only recording of his dead wife's voice can hear her again, any time he wants. When Verizon upgraded Charles Whiting's telephone service, his wife's voice, saying, "Catherine Whiting," disappeared from his voicemail system.

She had died in 2005 and Whiting said he listened to her voice every day for comfort. He blamed Verizon for the loss, saying, "Now they took her voice away."

But Verizon had archived all the old greetings and messages. Company spokesman John Bonomo said Tuesday that a contractor found the recording and restored it to the new voicemail system.

"I'm glad they rescued it," Whiting said. "I'm very happy."

FoxNews | Lost Voicemail of Man's Dead Wife Restored by Phone Company (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339132,00.html)

A little bit creepy of the old dude though.
I understand that it's tough to lose a loved one, but moving on is important, isn't it?

Nu Kua
Apr 9th, 2008, 1:59 PM
Great! That's just wonderful; this means that they can probably retrieve verbatim every conversation we have ever had with anybody, ever since they developed the technology.

Fut004
Apr 9th, 2008, 2:15 PM
Great! That's just wonderful; this means that they can probably retrieve verbatim every conversation we have ever had with anybody, ever, since they developed the technology.

That's a really good fucking point.
The thought never even crossed my mind....