There's also joke that goes:
Power law walks into a bar. Bartender says, "I've seen a hundred power laws. Nobody orders anything." Power law says, "1000 beers, please".
Power law walks into a bar. Bartender says, "I've seen a hundred power laws. Nobody orders anything." Power law says, "1000 beers, please".
Agh, I'm a mathematician and should get this, but I don't. Is the joke just that power laws give behaviour that is very small for quite a while, and then becomes suddenly large?