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Quake 3 Source Code to be Released
fwice writes "QuakeCon has just kicked off and at the end of the keynote speech, John Carmack made an announcement saying that the Quake 3 sourcecode will be released shortly. "
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When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do?
By Lesley Messer
Published: July 18, 2005 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK How do you report a story about a man who dies while having sex with a horse? With a snigger? Or straight?
Last Friday, the Seattle Times got wind of an Associated Press item about a local man who died after having sex with a horse. "The sheriff's department didn't expect us to report it because it was too gruesome," said Jennifer Sullivan, the Seattle Times staff reporter who would eventually author two stories on the ordeal.
The AP story gave basic facts about the case. It mentioned that the man -- who died of internal bleeding from anal sex with the animal -- died after visiting a farm in nearby Enumclaw that attracted "a significant number of people" looking to engage in bestiality.
Therefore, Sullivan said, "We thought if there was more than one person participating in this, it needed to be reported."
In her first probe, Sullivan wrote that the farm was discussed in Internet chat rooms as a "destination" spot for people looking to have sex with animals. She reported that this prompted an investigation into whether the chickens, goats and sheep on the property had also been victimized.
"We tried to make it as tasteful as possible keeping out the cause of death. As a surprise, I had at least 70 emails from people and the vast majority wanted to know what killed this guy," she said. "So on the second day we had to be more specific."
Although she never reported the man's name, in her second article Sullivan did say that he was 45 years old and added that he died of acute peritonitis due to the perforation of the colon. But because Washington is one of 17 states that does not outlaw bestiality, having sex with a horse is not a crime and his death will not be investigated.
Perhaps the most lurid detail she added, however, was that when they searched the farm, police had found hundreds of hours of videotape showing men having sex with horses. Police are still making sure that sex was not forced on the smaller, weaker animals, thus constituting animal cruelty (which is a crime). Investigators are also checking to see if other crimes like child abuse or rape occurred on the premises.
When asked if the reporting was especially difficult due to the subject matter, Sullivan explained that she's been working on the crime and court beat for the past six years, three of which have been at the Times, and so is rarely shocked by anything anymore. The community of Enumclaw, however, was not braced for this type of scandal.
"People were very, very willing to talk but they almost thought of it as a joke. It was sort of surreal for a lot of people," she said. "I was surprised with how willing the relatives were to talk."
She said that the man's family -- whom she interviewed for the second story -- asked for anonymity, which the newspaper granted. They never suspected that he was involved in bestiality, and were surprised when they learned that he had purchased a thoroughbred stallion earlier in the year, apparently one of a pair he kept at the farm.
Sullivan also spoke with two neighbors -- a husband and wife -- near the farm who had no idea that this kind of activity had been going on. A few days ago, they were shown a tape of men having sex with horses -- one of which belonged to them.
"It was a really rural community," Sullivan explained. "They were pretty devastated."
But so far, despite the subject matter, public response has been positive, she said. She explained that out of the many emails she's received, only one has been negative. Most of them express sympathy to Sullivan for having to write such a horrific story and thank her for leaving out gratuitous aspects, or using phrases like "horsing around."
The two articles also have
I'm such a whore.
Wake me up when it's HL2 or UT2004 engine being liberated ;-P
My other Beowulf cluster is... er...
6 years after Quake III initial release, can someone explain the significance of releasing the source code now? Around 98-00 they licensed the engine for every game that came round the corner - Wolfenstein, Star Trek, Star Wars, Medal of Honour, but all these games already look very dated compared to Half-Life 2, Doom 3 and other new commercial engines. Better, free engines even exist.
/. so long as the release of the Fish Fillets source was :) Who knows Quake 3 might even run on my scrounged from wrecks Linux box.
Really, this is just an announcement they accept their engine is obsolete, the last drip of profit at last squeezed out of it, so they may as well try and earn some publicity by doing what VALVe did accidently with their Source Engine (for Half-Life 2) by using Microsoft Outlook.
Of course, this deserves to be on
A Quake III Engine in DirectX.
Forgive me if I don't jump for joy.
All those suckers who bought q3 engine licences from ID must be having a fit.
Serve them right.
All code must be open and free.
Here are screenshots and downloadable media of Tremulous, currently a Quake3 full conversion that would benefit perhaps of being released as its own game.
without prejudice
How soon before political vultures hear about this and start yelling about giving modders tools to create "Hot Coffee" type games.
Yeah, that's what everyone needs. A DirectX fake port of Quake III just before the real, portable source comes out.
Nowhere has the phrase "waste of human life" been more true.
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Fairly obvious troll.
The source has been shown to a limited few people so far, his points about the engine have no basis.
Thanks Mr Troll, but no.
Mod him down (and this too if necessary)
Don't take this for granted though, check the facts before modding... You'll see he's a liar.
Thanks.
You replicated most of quake3 except for its portability, which you completely sabotaged.
Thanks, but i'll pass.
DirectX. Yuck.
That's how AmigaOS gets new games these days.
He's 35, like Linus (Linus got his masters), carmack did a semester an a half. these guys are hardcore hackers. just pure let's push the fucking envelope and getting rich at the same time.
carmack is way beyond linus. carmack is in a world beyond himself. the dude writes engines (back in the day, before he had kids) like you wipe your ass. always writing engines to push the envelope. even sweeney considers carmack god. the dude is just a fucking machine.
thank you john, from another 35 year old...how time flys.
That will not happen until you get rid of windows.
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