Ponder for a moment the actual meaning of this sentence fragment.
What Jon said:
The truth is, many more kids kill themselves then others
I suspect the author meant to say "than" rather than "then". That minor vowel shift pretty dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence - from suicide to suicide and murder (in a particularly tricky order:-)
What Jon probably meant:
The truth is, many more kids kill themselves than others
I was just at DigiPen yesterday giving a talk, so I have a few facts and figures about them.
They're the programming branch of the original DigiPen in Vancouver, BC. They teach the math, programming and game design skills needed for writing games and they grant "Degrees in Real Time Interactive Simulation" - i.e; games. They'll have about two hundred students this fall.
I don't think a degree from DigiPen guarantees that you'll be any good as a game programmer, but it certainly gives you exposure to the necessary skills - many self taught game programmers miss some important skills, like linear algebra, or algorithm analysis, or something else.
Most of their work is done on PCs, although they do have a lab of equipment supplied by Nintendo - they're in the same building. Nintendo hires a lot of the grads, but certainly not all.
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Ponder for a moment the actual meaning of this sentence fragment.
:-)
What Jon said:
The truth is, many more kids kill themselves then others
I suspect the author meant to say "than" rather than "then". That minor vowel shift pretty dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence - from suicide to suicide and murder (in a particularly tricky order
What Jon probably meant:
The truth is, many more kids kill themselves than others
I just thought it was curious/amusing
I was just at DigiPen yesterday giving a talk, so I have a few facts and figures about them.
They're the programming branch of the original DigiPen in Vancouver, BC. They teach the math, programming and game design skills needed for writing games and they grant "Degrees in Real Time Interactive Simulation" - i.e; games. They'll have about two hundred students this fall.
I don't think a degree from DigiPen guarantees that you'll be any good as a game programmer, but it certainly gives you exposure to the necessary skills - many self taught game programmers miss some important skills, like linear algebra, or algorithm analysis, or something else.
Most of their work is done on PCs, although they do have a lab of equipment supplied by Nintendo - they're in the same building. Nintendo hires a lot of the grads, but certainly not all.
.Bruce.