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I always assumed that the bottom of the dish was made out of concrete, but apparently it's relatively thin and floats above the ground. Also, the pictures in t

I always assumed that the bottom of the dish was made out of concrete, but apparently it's relatively thin and floats above the ground. Also, the pictures in that article made me feel nostalgic playing Golden Eye on the N64.

Jenk 6y ago
My immediate thought was that of the "Rogue Transmission" map in BF4.
barbegal 6y ago
Its made of panels of thin perforated aluminium. See these photos https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-close-view-of-the-perforated-panels-that-make-up-the-primary-spherical-dish-One-of-our_fig4_241551316 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-close-view-of-the-perf... and https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos-and/Arecibo-Observatory-In-Puerto-Rico/td-p/815131 https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos-and/...
- dbcurtis 6y ago
  ... and designed to let enough sunlight through that the plants underneath continue to flourish, preventing soil erosion
  - Vivtek 6y ago
    Huh. I live about 40 miles south of it and I always wondered about that.
lostlogin 6y ago
> Also, the pictures in that article made me feel nostalgic playing Golden Eye on the N64. Recently a mate and I plugged in an n64 to play Golden Eye and spent way too long messing with the cables before realising that it was displaying correctly and that the graphics just weren’t that great. A 15 inch CRT hid a lot too. We still had a great time - no Oddjob usage per house rules. Using him is cheating.
- bmohlenhoff 6y ago
  Glad to hear others used the same house rule. It's definitely cheating.
- nkrisc 6y ago
  Our rule was you could pick Oddjob, but if you did everyone got to punch you in the arm.
- s_dev 6y ago
  You'll be glad to know some modders are remaking the game using the Unreal Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55y17rXdt4&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55y17rXdt4&feature=emb_titl...
  - uxp100 6y ago
    About 10 years ago I regularly played a multiplayer only source engine remake that was ok.
    - 52-6F-62 6y ago
      I'm guessing that was an earlier manifestation of Golden Eye: Source? https://geshl2.com https://geshl2.com
      - vintagedave 6y ago
        No - Goldeneye 25 was a completely different project, focusing on singleplayer. Just a couple of days ago it had a takedown notice and its twitter feed is now gone: https://twitter.com/007GoldenEye25/status/1293090610862272512 https://twitter.com/007GoldenEye25/status/129309061086227251... (the tweet announcing it) They are now Spies Don't Die, and are making it a 90s-themed shooter that will be reminiscent of, but not a remake of, Goldeneye: https://twitter.com/spiesdontdie https://twitter.com/spiesdontdie
        52-6F-62 6y ago
worewood 6y ago
From the photos it surely looks like Alec fell through the dish...
ardy42 6y ago
> I always assumed that the bottom of the dish was made out of concrete Probably because you watched Goldeneye :). In that movie the dish looks like it's concrete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKJpr7N1qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKJpr7N1qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmDAjRRNXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmDAjRRNXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9tENRDVzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9tENRDVzA

Jenk 6y ago

My immediate thought was that of the "Rogue Transmission" map in BF4.

barbegal 6y ago

Its made of panels of thin perforated aluminium. See these photos https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-close-view-of-the-perforated-panels-that-make-up-the-primary-spherical-dish-One-of-our_fig4_241551316 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-close-view-of-the-perf... and https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos-and/Arecibo-Observatory-In-Puerto-Rico/td-p/815131 https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos-and/...

dbcurtis 6y ago
... and designed to let enough sunlight through that the plants underneath continue to flourish, preventing soil erosion
- Vivtek 6y ago
  Huh. I live about 40 miles south of it and I always wondered about that.

lostlogin 6y ago

> Also, the pictures in that article made me feel nostalgic playing Golden Eye on the N64. Recently a mate and I plugged in an n64 to play Golden Eye and spent way too long messing with the cables before realising that it was displaying correctly and that the graphics just weren’t that great. A 15 inch CRT hid a lot too. We still had a great time - no Oddjob usage per house rules. Using him is cheating.

bmohlenhoff 6y ago
Glad to hear others used the same house rule. It's definitely cheating.
nkrisc 6y ago
Our rule was you could pick Oddjob, but if you did everyone got to punch you in the arm.
s_dev 6y ago
You'll be glad to know some modders are remaking the game using the Unreal Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55y17rXdt4&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55y17rXdt4&feature=emb_titl...
- uxp100 6y ago
  About 10 years ago I regularly played a multiplayer only source engine remake that was ok.
  - 52-6F-62 6y ago
    I'm guessing that was an earlier manifestation of Golden Eye: Source? https://geshl2.com https://geshl2.com
    - vintagedave 6y ago
      No - Goldeneye 25 was a completely different project, focusing on singleplayer. Just a couple of days ago it had a takedown notice and its twitter feed is now gone: https://twitter.com/007GoldenEye25/status/1293090610862272512 https://twitter.com/007GoldenEye25/status/129309061086227251... (the tweet announcing it) They are now Spies Don't Die, and are making it a 90s-themed shooter that will be reminiscent of, but not a remake of, Goldeneye: https://twitter.com/spiesdontdie https://twitter.com/spiesdontdie
      - 52-6F-62 6y ago

worewood 6y ago

From the photos it surely looks like Alec fell through the dish...

ardy42 6y ago

> I always assumed that the bottom of the dish was made out of concrete Probably because you watched Goldeneye :). In that movie the dish looks like it's concrete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKJpr7N1qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKJpr7N1qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmDAjRRNXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmDAjRRNXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9tENRDVzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9tENRDVzA