This week we attended SHARKFEST, the first conference for developers and users of the Wireshark open source protocol analyzer (formerly called Ethereal). Organized by CACE Technologies and Wireshark ...

There's no way around it: Celestial navigation using a sextant is a complex and involved process that involves a fair amount of calculating, correcting, referring to tables, knowledge of the heavens ...

Welcome back to another issue of the Path of Exile - The Exiled Tribune. In this week's discussion, we turn our attention to the forthcoming v2.4.1 update that will include some brand new Sextant mods ...

December 6, 2021: In late 2021, Russian video appeared that showed a heavy bomber in flight with one of the crew using s slide rule, apparently to calculate course and/or fuel consumption rate. Most ...

Chronicles the author's first transatlantic voyage, when he learned to navigate using a sextant, and traces how this indispensible navigational tool was used by daring mariners to explore and map the ...

In the diagnosis of prostate cancer, it is common for needle biopsies to be performed in a systematic distribution using a sextant approach (6 cores), a systematic pattern of up to 12 cores throughout ...