Goldeneye was a good bond film, but perhaps that's heavily influenced by the age you saw it at. I suspect I would still like goldeneye today, but perhaps not for the same reasons or as the same type of films I originally did.
If nothing else it did generate what I think is one of the seminal video games of the 90s. Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 was amazing in both its single player campaign and its multiplayer influence.
No doubt some of my affection for the film is this up in this, so I wonder how well others that didn't have this additional influence view it.
This is such great news. I've known locals who have spent time down there. Been reading stories about the hams working there in QST it seems my whole life. Big bang for the buck on science done down there. Always wanted to visit but the sole time I was in Puerto Rico just ran out of time.
"The decision comes as part of the NSF’s years-long effort to offload several of its astronomical research facilities to free up millions of dollars each year for future projects, such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope that is under construction in Chile."
Has the NSF's own budget been cut, so that it's forced to do this, or is this more of just a matter of shifting priorities?
It is largely priorities. Even a decade ago, Arecibo was struggling for its life against newer experiments. Nobody doubts the utility of Arecibo, it is largely a question of finite resources and prioritization.
I have a soft spot in my heart for Arecibo and many other experiments, so I'm secretly joyful each time it is saved, but it is important that promising young experiments not be starved by established ones without cause.
In order to bring new telescopes like LSST online, something has to be cut. NSF has tried to offload these older telescopes to consortia of universities who can still use them.
The maintenance budget line doesn't go up when they build new facilities. So yes, it's forced. The decision on what to close is then made using scientific priorities and maintenance cost.
