PurpleBadger 0 #1 November 24, 2003 Ok I admit it, i'm thinking christmas already. More importantly 'bout Santa. Has anybody thought about the fact that Santa NEEDS to be warned as to which neighborhood George Bush is going to be staying in on Christmas Eve? I mean, it'll be bad enough if none of the kids in Bushs' neighborhood don't get any presents because of the no-fly-zones enforced around where he is staying. But it'll be even worse if he doesn't know and the Air Force decide to neutralise the threat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 November 24, 2003 *looks left...FAR left, still can't see where the post came from...grabs telescope, looks DEEP into the left and can only see a small glimpse of where the post came from*--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #3 November 24, 2003 Psssst...Are you facing North? If so, Europe is to the right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #4 November 24, 2003 I am imagining that Santa has the most updated reindeer and sleigh technology. Technology that will likely help him slip past NORAD and the United states airforce. I mean imagine all the R&D those elves do that no one has access too? I doubt that they (Santa & the Elves) contract out to any countries. I believe they keep all their research, Intelectual property, etc to themselves. It's not like they've ever needed funding from VC's or anything. So no one has any rights to that info anyway. The north pole with Santa and crew are totally self sufficient. Yea no worries bro. I heard through the rumor mill too that not only is Santa virtually untrackable but he does have some defensive tools as well. Sindwinder candy canes! Yup that's what I heard. Oh and on another note.... I wonder what Santa's favorite beer is? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #5 November 24, 2003 Not to mention the raw tonnage in silver tinsel he can release as chaff (sp?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleBadger 0 #6 November 24, 2003 i never tried to associate Christmas with politics, but if you succeed in hyjacking this thread then it might be the first on that i'll have had locked ... guess that would mean i'd have to get some beer in when i turn up at Eloy though. Aggie - how come this is so random? I think about Christmas and then i think i want the children of the world to be happy (oppps, that's what michael jackson says also isn't it... lucky i ain't in the US yet) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #7 November 24, 2003 ooops I had no intention of doing so... I'm going to edit out that BS in my post right away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #8 November 24, 2003 You see here in america all men are created equal and policitians think they are better than that so they get their very own human shields to dicatate what the rest of us can do. {{{{VIBES for Santa's safety}}}}}}} Sorry for the rant - they shut us down and it was only for 2 hours (we were already at 9000 ft) and I'm still pissed about it.Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #9 November 24, 2003 Maybe it's just me...but I'm thinking our friend AggieDave wasn't commenting on the post being random, rather he seemed to be postulating a theory about its leftist political origin. Then again, maybe I just need to stop thinking so much and have a beer. Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleBadger 0 #10 November 24, 2003 forgot to add, i've tending to just think about the traditional christmas... you know, gentle happy Santa, red cheeks and cute reindeer? Not really though about the new improved 2003 Action Santa hang on... i've still got a couple of weeks till i'm no longer a teenager... that comment makes me sound old opps, sorry dave, didn't think of it quite in that way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plaedouh 0 #11 November 24, 2003 QuoteOk I admit it, i'm thinking christmas already. More importantly 'bout Santa. Has anybody thought about the fact that Santa NEEDS to be warned as to which neighborhood George Bush is going to be staying in on Christmas Eve? I mean, it'll be bad enough if none of the kids in Bushs' neighborhood don't get any presents because of the no-fly-zones enforced around where he is staying. But it'll be even worse if he doesn't know and the Air Force decide to neutralise the threat I'm not worried, not even the Air Force could catch Santa. That Mofo is FAST. (this is posted all over the net, and i can't find the actual author) SANTA CLAUS: AN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them--Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance--this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now. Merry Christmas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #12 November 24, 2003 QuoteThen again, maybe I just need to stop thinking so much and have a beer. Dagny.... Stop thinking..... Beer..... Well hell girl, don't forget the camera this time! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleBadger 0 #13 November 24, 2003 within a couple of minutes we're going to find out if Ivans about Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #14 November 24, 2003 Quotewithin a couple of minutes we're going to find out if Ivans about Maybe Ivan is Santa, he seems to know whose been naughty and whose been nice.Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #15 November 24, 2003 Quotewithin a couple of minutes we're going to find out if Ivans about Like.... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=325550#325550 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=296661#296661 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=311835#311835It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleBadger 0 #16 November 24, 2003 Nah, HH is santa, he gave us this great place as a present and he even has little green(ie) elves to look after it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #17 November 24, 2003 Quoteand he even has little green(ie) elves to look after it And a big fat ugly green Canadian troll to guard the bridge! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpjumps 0 #18 November 24, 2003 Good thing the cookies are magic!Your character will ultimately determine your destiny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #19 November 24, 2003 QuoteAnd a big fat ugly green Canadian troll to guard the bridge! Yeah, but he's so lazy he falls asleep and lets everyone cross the bridge. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
