Typos. Sometimes you lose a job, sometimes you order too many pizzas and sometimes you start a tradition.

Typos. Sometimes you lose a job, sometimes you order too many pizzas and sometimes you start a tradition.

This is a fascinating little story of how the USA's missile tracking system was put to use tracking a fat man's sleigh across the globe.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/norad-tracks-santas-path-on-christmas-eve-because-of-a-typo/282388/

Comments

Jason ON said…
As an atheist, my Christmas' are pretty much like every other day of the year except nothing is open.
Jason ON said…
Gotta protect the toys.

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