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Re:SF Bay Bridge + 25,000 algorithmically controlled LEDs by goong on Thursday January 24, 2013 @12:49PM (#5110911)
Exactly, although you need a function to make the number look precise. (ex. $97 million but NOT $100 million)
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Re:SF Bay Bridge + 25,000 algorithmically controlled LEDs by bunderbunder on Thursday January 24, 2013 @02:03PM (#5111412)
True enough.

It'd be very interesting to collect a large pile of estimates like these and see if they come even close to following Benford's Law[1].

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benfords_law

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Re:SF Bay Bridge + 25,000 algorithmically controlled LEDs by finnh on Thursday January 24, 2013 @02:36PM (#5111640)
I would imagine that it's close to the inverse - a big pile of numbers that start with 9, and many many fewer that start with 1.
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