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why would any one use a sextant when there’s gps?
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well wat if a nuclear bomb is air bursted and the EM burst breaks your gps? or your gps battery dies? I still use a compass and a map when back packing and it hasnt failed me in about 10 years (thats how long ive backpacked)
Great Hack! but don’t mess around with your eyes!
Here is a page on observing eclipses:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEhelp/safety.html
Besides the exposed film, they recommend a number 14 welder’s glass. I got one for only a few bucks at the welding supply place.
this is the sweetest hack youve had in a long time.
If someone set off a EMP bomb in a city you were visiting, you would be dying for this comment #1. Look up EMP in google.
Forget the EMP stuff. The real reason is that it’s just cooler.
if you plan to use this after an emp blast, you’d better hurry up and print the instructions….
So, in theory could you build one out of a record?
Old school music for old school navigation.
Why use a sextant when GPS is available?
In practical terms, you wouldnt. But, then again, being lost in the arctic, or lost on the ocean after a storm killed your electronics… times like that when “practical” is lost in the “unlikely event” splatter. Its nice to know how celestial navigation works – GPS is really not much different conceptually. Its also nice to be able to independently verify the accuracy of your GPS.
Well,can anyone please describe me the working of cd sextant.