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- From: dagbrown@napier.waterloo.edu (Dave Brown)
- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Jul23.041115.20377@bilver.uucp> <14mdkjINNb4m@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> <5146@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:40:27 GMT
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- In article <5146@krafla.rhi.hi.is> einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason) writes:
- >In <14mdkjINNb4m@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Jul23.041115.20377@bilver.uucp>, bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
- >
- >>There is a story (probably apocryphal, anyone know?) that the 74 minutes
- >>time was chosen because it was just long enough to hold the Sony MD's wife's favourite piece of classical music...
- >
- >I have heard that, and the classical music piece is supposed to be
- >Beethoven's 9th symphony.
- >
- Huh?! Beethoven's 9th is only about 65 minutes long!
- (Unless the orchestra's playing really slowly :-) )
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