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    NORAD Didn't Track This

    The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking

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    Image of Miss_fortune Miss_fortune
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    Here's the question I'm wondering: How many taxpayer dollar go into this?
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    12/10/08

    @kadaj_sama: WHO CARES. It's a good thing to do and it's staffed with volunteers.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    It should be noted that before NORAD took over tracking Santa from CONAD, the Greek Orthodox National Air Defense or GONAD supplied critical intel to their American counterparts.
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    Image of OmniZero OmniZero
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    I'm surprised homeland security hasn't shot down Santa ever since 9/11. That sleigh and those flying reindeer could be WMDs from Iraq.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/10/08

    @OmniZero: Well, from what I understand, they usually make them take off their shoes and get wanded before they enter the US. For some reason they always seem to give Rudolf extra screening, possibly b/c of his glowing red nose.
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    Image of bytepusher bytepusher
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    1955 - 2008 > 50 years. Every year since the actual 50th anniversary in 2005 some boob has reported that THIS is the 50th anniversary year, welcome to boobtown Giz.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    12/10/08

    @bytepusher: It's the 50th Anniversary of NORAD doing it. It says it clearly in the article.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/10/08

    @bytepusher: Hey, I'm not just "some boob". I'm GitEmSteveDave. Git it right, or I might have to sick the Grimace on you.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    Knowing that NORAD is devoting resources to tracking Santa on Christmas, would that create a window of vulnerability in the system? What if Santa could be gotten to? I hate to think what would have happened if it had been Santa instead of Jack Bauer who wound up in that Chinese prison.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    What I find refreshing is that Santa is kind enough to allow his holiday magic to be penetrable by radar. How Sears got the idea to pass kids onto CONAD for a look-up seems a bizarre mystery to me, however. It speaks of some cloak and dagger corporate-government-Santa secret network to me.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/10/08

    @Fractal the Meek: It normally isn't, but kids starting requesting Radar Reflectors for Christmas, and once they did, Santa couldn't mask the sled anymore.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    I watch this every year and its a source of great 9and educational) fun for kids.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    (his computer's off)


    Santa, you've switched off your targeting computer, what's wrong?

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    Image of theorieofself theorieofself
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    Greetings, Professor Falken.


    Are you still playing the game?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/10/08

    @theorieofself: It's not on the list. Put in Tic-Tac-Toe.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking
    Santa is inefficient as all hell.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/26/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: $10 FireFly Christmas Ornament
    We've had this for a couple of years. I'd love the reaverized one too.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/27/08

    @strider_mt2k: Prettiest ship in the 'verse.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/26/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: $10 FireFly Christmas Ornament
    Cool. And if I hang this on the tree and take it down after the holidays that would just about coincide with how long Firefly was actually on the air..
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/26/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: $10 FireFly Christmas Ornament
    It still has the primary buffer panel on the nose. Fake.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/26/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: You mean it's uncircumcised?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    11/26/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: I was going to make a witty comment about a "Jewish Christmas tree" but I reconsidered, figuring someone would take me serious, and either call me an anti-semite or an idiot.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/26/08

    @DeusExMach: HAHA.. if I reconsidered every 'witty' comment I post for fear of being called an idiot I'd never post anything...
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/26/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: Oh man, you really have to watch Serenity.
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    11/26/08

    @ripfire: Or watch it again. :)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/26/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: $10 FireFly Christmas Ornament
    How much is Shipping and Handling?
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    Image of falandil falandil
    11/26/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo: $10 FireFly Christmas Ornament
    I had no idea they made Firefly ornaments. I'll get one of these, just as soon as I figure out where.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    11/26/08

    @falandil: Try that link at the end of the post.
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