A reconfigurable state machine is provided. Also described is a method for enhancing the performance of a pigment composition containing an organic pigment, comprising enhancing the dispersion of said pigment by adding to 100 parts of said pigment about 1 to 40 parts of a pigment’s etheramine sulfonic acid salt. The gas distribution plate is formed integrally with the main processing portion and with the upper portion. Using pipes, services may transparently failover from one physical peer endpoint to another in order to mask a service or peer failure, or to access a newly published instance of a service. A switching valve communicates with the piston pressure chamber, and also has a inlet in communication with the outlet of the forward pressure regulator. A combination of a foot base and a shaft element as well as a home appliance having at least one foot base are also proposed.