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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
many comparisons to old geological eras make it clear that they consider books in general a thing of the past.  |
If the names of the geological eras are to be used to describe books, would this not be more appropriate (please feel free to add/correct as needed, I got the era names from Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologi...od#Terminology" class="wikilink" title="MR Wiki entry">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologi...od#Terminology), working backwards from the Jurassic era):
- Silurian: Written Numbers
- Devonian: Written Communication Before Books
- Carboniferous: Hand-Written Books
- Permian: Printed Books
- Triassic: On-Line Documents
- Jurassic: Electronic Books