>The widespread occurrence of signals exhibiting such [1/f] behavior suggests that a generic mathematical explanation might exist From the article you linked..

>The widespread occurrence of signals exhibiting such [1/f] behavior suggests that a generic mathematical explanation might exist From the article you linked... That's kind of scary. To be honest, one of the things we have done with ads as the medium of exchange with some IT services is inadvertently dedicated some of the smartest minds of our generation to "Figure out the addiction function". Look what we've done in 26 years, imagine what we can do in 100 years.