Benford's Law

This is a new posting, with some interesting data. Even so, Benford's Law has been posted here many, many times:<p><a href="http://searchyc.com/benford" rel="nofollow">http://searchyc.com/benford</a>

There's also sorting algorhitms based on this law iirc. Can';t find the link in 5 mins googling. Anyone?

one of the many faces of scale-invariancy :)