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Annual NORAD Santa Tracker Up And Running

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gentleman-get-me-the-president-on-the-horn dept.

SumDeusExMachina writes: "NORAD is at it once again folks! You can track Santa as he travels across the globe via a nifty Real Media stream." Apparently, this guy has been making some changes up North, too, including stealth technology, so I hope the radar tracks.

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  1. Re:NORAD has better things to do by yasth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Santa is not a Christian tradition, per se. Indeed he is quite secular.

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  2. Isn't it ironic? Wouldn't you say? by Quixote · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Isn't it ironic that this story of Santa being tracked as he goes about his business should appear right next to the "World Sousveillance Day" article....

  3. Still Cam Shots from the Future! by thebabelfish · · Score: 3, Insightful
    To see still cam shots from the future (now how did they do that? :), replace 'XX' in the URL www.noradsanta.org/english/cam/santacamXX.html with any number from 01-29, inclusive. The locations the numbers correspond with (I think) are below, although somethings seems screwy (feel free to correct as the night progresses, I probably screwed up).
    1. Blip on NORAD radar (kinda)
    2. Blip (?) on NORAD satellite (sorta)
    3. Sydney Harbor
    4. Aleutian Islands
    5. Figi (Fugi?)
    6. Sydney Harbor (doesn't make sense!?)
    7. Mt. Fugi, Japan
    8. Malaysia
    9. Himalayas
    10. Taj Mahal, India
    11. Persian Gulf
    12. St. Basils, Moscow
    13. Finland
    14. South Africa
    15. Collosseum, Rome
    16. Eiffel Tower, Paris
    17. Stone Henge, England
    18. Brazil
    19. Newfoundland
    20. Over the USA
    21. Over the USA (yet again)
    22. Statue of Liberty, NYC
    23. White House
    24. Unidentifiable
    25. A shopping mall (?!?)
    26. The rockies (?)
    27. San Francisco (Los Angeles?)
    28. Hawaii (?)
    29. Hawaii (again?)
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  4. Re:Why RealMedia? by WirelessFreak · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh, lighten up, asshole. I think everyone in the U.S., especially the military, can use a little bit of compassion and fun in their lives right now.

    Geez... I was in the military myself and I still think this is very cool for children to witness. It's even cooler how it shows the family values side of our government.

  5. Re:NORAD has better things to do by innocent_white_lamb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You forgot to mention that our modern "image" of Santa Claus was created in (I think) the 1920's by an artist working on a Coca Cola advertising campaign.

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