tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182705499898252496.post8440862249654800157..comments2009-05-22T15:46:04.626-04:00Bill the Lizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810099093752485841noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182705499898252496.post-57550316849005721422009-05-22T15:46:04.626-04:002009-05-22T15:46:04.626-04:00William (cletus),<br />1. Thanks for the praise for this post. This is one of my own favorites because it's something I heard about years ago, thought it was cool, then learned a lot more about in researching for the post.<br /><br />2. There must be some probabilistic explanation for it. :) I keep thinking the layout needs a few tweaks, but I'm just too lazy to do it.Bill the Lizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810099093752485841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182705499898252496.post-82237735670814920682009-05-21T10:35:38.398-04:002009-05-21T10:35:38.398-04:00There are two interesting things about this post:<br /><br />1. This post. Never actually heard this before. Great explanation too; and<br /><br />2. You and I (cletus@stackoverflow) have chosen nearly exactly the same Blogger template (www.cforcoding.com). Is there some law for that? :)William Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356811199950883367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182705499898252496.post-3622624433300701072009-04-19T18:01:00.000-04:002009-04-19T18:01:00.000-04:00Benford's law is amazing. If I hadn't first seen it in a reputable source (Knuth's TAOCP vol 2) I would have said it can't be true. Even once I accepted that it's legit, I thought I understood it before I actually did. Not sure I really understand it now.Johnhttp://www.johndcook.com/blognoreply@blogger.com