--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > > [...] > >> > > > >Actually, that would be two-way vid-screens. ANd, if you're using a webcam > >that doesn'[t > >have a physical securty feature to physically block the camera, you already > >have one of > >those. > > > I don't think it was two-way in 1984. At least it isn't portrayed that > way in the 1950's BBC version and I don't remember what the 1980's > version had (which I also want to ad to my DVD collection).
I seem to recall that it WAS 2-way TV screens in the book itself. Whenever you could see Big Brother, he could see you also. The movie-makers may not have wanted people to associate TV's with evil so they modified that part. > > If you want to see a spookier concept see the wiretapping center in "A > Scanner Darkly." > Why would that be spookier than every TV in existence being able to watch you? I mean, ALL your conversations would be "wiretapped," not just the ones using telephones. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
