Slashdot Mirror

Ah, but there is:

http://www.noradsanta.org/

Well, NORAD really does track Santa. http://www.noradsanta.org/

No need to track his cell phone, NORAD has been tracking Santa for years.

If Santa was moving so fast, how come NORAD can track him, and post videos of him at major cities...

1. Open web browser of your choice.
2. Go to noradsanta.com
3. (if you have NoScript, turn it off or at least unblock everything but googleanalytics).
4. On the right hand side, there's a diagonal arrow. Click it.
5. Hit whatever button makes your browser go fullscreen.

There. Full-screen Santa-y goodness.

Admittedly not QUITE as good as Google Earth, but you can at least get a full-screen Google Maps experience which is pretty darned close.

Tested in Linux (Mint 8, Firefox 3.5) and Windows XP, Firefox 3.5.

PS: Direct link to the fullscreen map: http://www.noradsanta.org/map.html#fullscreen

check out here http://www.noradsanta.org/en/default.php for the scoop!!!

I noticed this year he cleverly missed the middle east... maybe he's afraid of getting shot down this year.... or maybe UN sanctions apply to Santa too!!

Just take a look at the Norad Santa scanner. Now we'd better hope he won't be identified as a terrist and shot down when he makes is way into the US :-)

Live egh ?

http://www.komar.org/christmas/hoax/media.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6761704/

perhaps it would be best if WE DIDN'T BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD YOU SAY
and get our Santa Tracker from someone a bit more reputable
http://www.noradsanta.org/

what? by your tone of irony you're implying my faith in NORAD Santa has been misplaced all these years??!!

NORAD does. Check it out.

I like the Norad tracks Santa page best for Santa Tracking. I had to work tonight and missed being able to show the kids Santa's progress around the world.

On the contrary, they'll be providing air cover for him. I guess maybe it's so the Martians don't kidnap him?

The Canadian gov't is doing something simillar with norad, you can find it here

the Norad Santa site is http://www.noradsanta.org/

If you look at the About Us page, you'll see lots of "Corporate Sponsors," including Akamai.

From the looks of things, the bandwith and servers necessary to deliver the site are not being paid for with your precious tax money.

Aah, so that explains this site then!

I don't think you can rely on NORAD.

Hey, if you couldn't rely on NORAD, they wouldn't keep the Stargate there.

(By the way, did you see the Has Santa Changed? page on the website? Looks like Santa stopped to pose with Carter at NORAD in 2002. Hmm...)

I don't think you can rely on NORAD.

Hey, if you couldn't rely on NORAD, they wouldn't keep the Stargate there.

(By the way, did you see the Has Santa Changed? page on the website? Looks like Santa stopped to pose with Carter at NORAD in 2002. Hmm...)

Looking at the very poorly rendered snapshots and flybys of Santa, I would feel bad telling my kid that it's really him. Hell, no wonder kids can't distinguish video games from reality!

Idiots who can read?

Other than Troll Tuesday, it's my favorite web-based holiday theme.

Speaking of the Station check out this story from CNN SCI-TECH. Apparently the astronauts will be teaming up with NASA and NORAD to track Santa's progress on Christmas and display it on their web site.

I mean, if NORAD is tracking the big guy, you know he exists!

Besides, it's not like the government to waste tax dollars you know *knocks on wood* :)

--

NORAD's Santa-tracking site

Warning: Flash 4 required.
--