Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered
Date	2015-12-28 11:24 +1100
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On 28/12/2015 6:18 AM, Wally W. wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 23:18:00 +1100, Sylvia Else wrote:
>
>> On 27/12/2015 9:30 AM, Double-A wrote:
>>> On Friday, December 25, 2015 at 7:04:11 AM UTC-8, Rocky wrote:
>>>> I saw the URL at the bottom of the page and I wondered if NORAD used fake
>>>> radar blips for Santa just like the ones that they used on 9/11 and it
>>>> appears that they did.  See for yourself at:
>>>>
>>>> Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations &
>>>> Gifts Delivered
>>>>    http://marketingland.com/santa-tracking-explained-why-norad-google-show-different-locations-gifts-delivered-29435
>>>
>>>
>>> Since Santa would have to travel much faster than light to get his presents delivered to all the children
>>
>> That's nowhere near being true.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> <http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/fyi-how-long-would-it-take-santa-deliver-presents-every-kid-earth>
> Mr. Claus's sleigh would need to travel at a whopping average speed of
> 5,083,000 mph. Silverberg argues that the feat is possible because the
> sleigh would have to travel 130 times more slowly than the speed of
> light
>

Though

"average distance between homes is about 1.63 miles"

is something I'm rather sceptical of, at least if it's interpreted as 
meaning the average distance to be travelled to reach the next home. If 
we assume that Santa can solve the travelling salesman problem, and take 
the optimum route, and given that the vast majority of homes are in 
towns, I would expect the average distance to be much less than 1.63 miles.

Sylvia.

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Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "Rocky" <wookiee@att.net> - 2015-12-25 09:02 -0600
  Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 14:05 -0600
  Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-25 20:35 +0000
    Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-26 15:37 -0600
      Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "Rocky" <wookiee@att.net> - 2015-12-26 19:21 -0600
        Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 05:25 -0600
          Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-27 18:55 +0000
            Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 03:58 -0600
    Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2015-12-27 05:12 +0100
      Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-27 05:18 +0000
      Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Government Shill #2 <gov.shill@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 16:36 +1100
      Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 05:25 -0600
  Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-12-26 14:30 -0800
    Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-27 23:18 +1100
      Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-12-27 14:18 -0500
        Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-12-27 12:36 -0800
        Re: Santa Tracking Explained: Why NORAD & Google Show Different Locations & Gifts Delivered Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-28 11:24 +1100

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