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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:42:28 -0700
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Noboru Inoue ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I am worrying.... may someone kindly help me..
>
>I came to know the other day thru a book, it says 4:33 comes from minus 273
>degrees(absolute zero degree in temperature), i.e.  273 seconds = 4minute
>and 33 seconds

This is nonsense.  The score does not specify how long the performance
is to last, that is determined by chance methods IIRC.  The first ever
performance lasted 4:33 and the duration has stuck.

Deryk Barker
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