4'33" and absolute what?

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

grip writes:

>I expected someone to mention the source of the values, 4 minutes and 33 
>seconds, but no one did. Is it because it's such common knowledge 
>everyone assumes it is known?
>
>At the risk of saying the obvious, 4'33" = 273". The temperature at which 
>all molecular motion ceases is -273 C. Hence the silence.


Hey grip, if I am going to be--rightfully--called to task for continually forgetting that 
4'37" is not the same as 4' 33", I guess I am allowed to point out that 273 is not the 
same as -273. Hence the lack of silence.

john (where's them 4 seconds?) m