• Admiral Patrick
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    804 months ago

    Gotta chain that with arecord too if you want the full, Orwellian experience.

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      244 months ago

      The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment.