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For 3D printing, I lean toward OpenSCAD because it's more like a programming language and you can define your model mathematically with great precision. For importing and tweaking existing models I lean toward Blender. Neither is particularly easy to learn, but both are very powerful (and FREE).

Even in the US, not all schools have a 4 point system. My GPA was above 4.0, but only because University of Illinois has a max GPA of 5.0.

I don't stream because I object to media as a service. Even if I use a streaming service like youtube or netflix, I copy the stream locally and watch it later. I prefer DVDs just because I know that in order to make a DVD that will play on all DVD players it has to be rip-able. You have a court-approved right to time-shift media. You even have a right to share your time-shifted media with your friends. Just don't push it by sharing your time-shifted media with strangers, or this too will be taken away from us!

If you replace the ones with a dot using a monospace font it looks kind of like a double helix..

..00.0...00
.00.0.0.00.
00...0.00..

I agree.. Mac Mini makes the best media pc. Make sure you have VLC in addition to the apple/itunes juggernaut and you should be good to go.

Honestly, what's the big deal? A few icons on your desktop... A lot of icons on your desktop. Whatever. I treat my computer desktop exactly the way I treat my real desk top. It's a repository for everything current. When it gets too cluttered I take the oldest half and file it.

I think if you look at your employees like contractors, paying them by the minute, you will inevitably end up with people who are physically present for 40 hours and mentally present maybe 12 of them.

In all seriousness, how do you expect to survive in this world without at least "101-level" understanding of Basic Math & Science, Skepticism, Logic, Computers, Manners, Grammar/Communication, and yes, Shurikens. As in, "Gee, what is that approaching my cranium at a high velocity? "

As an alternative to off-the-shelf software you could create a series of html pages, put them online and let Google index them for you. Create a separate html page for each scanned document with the desired keywords and a link to the document. Create an index page with a link to each of these html pages. link to that page on your home page or blog or any other page that you know Google scans. Wait a few days and search your site via Google. Build up a two column table in your favorite spreadsheet application with the file name in one column and the keywords in the other. Export as csv, and with a little coding in the programming language of your choice, you can generate the whole set of html in no time. Cheap free and easy!