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| | Kent JMC Media Power and Culture - Digital Cinema of the Mind |
 | | And the three ubiquitous symbols for the motion picture -- the reel, the clapstick and film itself, with those little square sprocket holes running along its edges -- will all be anachronistic, referring to a forgotten technology, like the carpenter's adz and awl. |
 | | By way of comparison, Gutenberg's first Bible was printed on vellum, a beautiful and tactile organic substance; but printing only really took off with the invention of paper, which was cheaper and easier to manufacture. |
 | | Of course, there will be wonders to compensate us for the loss of our old friends Clapstick, Sprocket and Reel. |
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