Direct deposit personal check into business account

Question: I'm in the process of trying to launch a new start up company but also still working full time for another company. Is it ok to start having my personal paychecks directly deposited into my new business account ?? How can I use money from my personal checks for starting my business ?
Comment: The fact is it's **not illegal** to do this , but as everyone has said it's a horrible idea. There is **no reason to do it**, so don't do it.
Comment: What country are you doing business in?
Comment: I'm doing business in the united states
Answer: Mixing personal and business funds as you described just makes it harder to deal with when problems arise (and they will). I recommend that any funds which may have tax consequences, like wages and dividends, should go into an account with the correct tax id/name. If there are any disputes, there is no need to bring in other aspects of your life.
As you have personal funds you can transfer funds over to your new business. Such investments are consider capital investments toward the business.
Since you mentioned you are in the United States there a number of sources for guides/assistance for new businesses, the IRS has a Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center, and the Small Business Administration are places to learn about what you need to do. If you need someone to talk to, look to see if there is a SCORE chapter near you.
NOTE: This site is for personal money matters so beyond this would be off-topic.
Answer: Don't do it.  You need to start thinking of your company as a legal person separate from yourself.  With its own SSN (EIN), its own bank accounts, its own checkbook.  It never pays your cable bill, and you never pay its payables.  It's like you are the trustee of your new baby company.
So keep having your paychecks deposited in your personal account.  When you need to inject capital into the company, write a check to the company, deposit it in the company's account, and post it to the company's general ledger as "capitalization" (capital investment). You're gonna want that later.
The trouble is, when you just start forming a business, it's really hard to know all the stuff you're going to need later when you're bigger, incorporating, doing an IPO, going chapter 11 and trying to shield your personal assets, etc. etc.
For instance if someone is suing your business, they will try to "pierce the corporate veil" and go after your personal assets.  One attack is saying you failed to capitalize enough.  Records of your initial contributions prove that wrong and save your bacon.


Windows 10 Update in lumia 540

Question: while I was updating Lumia 540 with 8.1 It got automatically stopped after reaching a level of 7% and while I have a decent WiFi network still no progress is there.
Comment: Is that on the downloading phase, or the preparing to install phase? Is the device on mains power at the time?
Answer: I face similar problem while updating Lumia 730 to Windows 10 Mobile. I think there are some bugs in Windows 8,8.1 Mobile, which doesn't display download process completely. However check your WiFi router status, if it showing that something is downloading (don't connect any other device with Wi-Fi) then don't worry let the download to complete. Also try restarting your phone. I think it will download Windows 10 Mobile completely, not need to worry.
Answer: Did you try waiting for a long time? Usually while upgrading to Windows 10, Windows devices shows that downloads are stopped halfway (at 7%, at 54% etc.). This doesn't mean they are not downloading the updates.
This is a bug with some Windows phones that they show the download is stopped, but the updates will be downloaded in the background and will be installed in time. All you have to do is, do not cancel the update and allow the device to download the update.
If you have a program to monitor your network, it'll show that you are still downloading something.
Note: I had the same problem with Lumia 540. It showed that downloading updates are stopped at 7%. After some time, it started working, and I've downloaded 10%. Again, it stopped at 54%, and then I left the device for downloading the same. After some time, the download was complete and it prompted me whether to install the updates.

Windows 10 Update in lumia 540


VMWare Converter recommendations

Question: I have two Ghost 14 backups of my machine. One for the machine fully configured with apps after and XP install and one of the last update before i re-imaged it (it's XP, I re-image about once every six months). I recently wanted to try simply using my initial image in a virtual environment to do my testing that generally causes me to need to re-image. I used the VMWare converter to convert the Ghost images to a virtual machine to use in Virtual box but they fail to properly boot. They get stuck after the bios loads and windows begins loading. If I power down the machine and refire it it will go to the error screen in windows that asks if you would like to boot to a different mode. none selected make any difference. What are some possible errors I should look for in the conversion process or in my settings for the converter?
Answer: Have you tried using vmware player instead of virtualbox?  I have not tried using VMs created with converter with virtualbox.
Comment: VMWare player is free for non-commercial use, so you can download and try it.  http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html
Comment: no i have not as that as i do not have a license for it. I use virtual box since it does not require a license and claims to support the use of vmware images. I have not seen this specific issue spelled out in the support docs for either which is why i am asking here.
Answer: In my own experience, the problem was an invalid video driver--that is, invalid under VirtualBox, it obviously worked on the real hardware.
If you choose "Safe mode with command line" do you get any output?  Post the last 15 lines or so here.
One trick I've used before: you can download a bootable Linux CD (e.g. Knoppix), mount the ISO file as a drive under VirtualBox, and boot the VM that way.  Using Knoppix you can then edit the contents of the VMDK file as if it were a real hard drive.
I haven't done this, but you could also boot the VM off your Windows XP CD (or an ISO image of it) and do a repair install.
Answer: I would expect to have to do a repair install on the image in this situation as you have major hardware changes between the real hardware and the virtual machine "hardware".

VMWare Converter recommendations


Does anybody know this voice effect?

Question: Does anybody know the voice effect used in this video. Please I've been searching for over a year. I love this effect but I can't get an answer to as what it's called. Here is the link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D-SQqppuGvc
Answer: Auto-Tune
First made popular in the late 90s on Cher's "Believe"
The product was initially designed to mask slight imperfections in a singer's pitching, but it was discovered that by turning everything up as hard & fast as it would go, a new effect could be created, making the voice sound synthesised.
Since the original Auto-Tune, there have been many similar products made, including Melodyne which allows you to completely re-draw the pitches & durations, including duplicating pitches to make harmonies - & may actually be the tool used on that track. It's hard to tell which is which by ear alone.

Does anybody know this voice effect?


Office custom toolbar location

Question: I have created a custom toolbar in my Office package (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook). My profile got corrupted so I have to create a new profile. Does anyone know where the location of these toolbars is as I would like to copy them into my new profile.
I'm using Office 2007 on Windows XP SP3 and I still have my old profile backup.
Answer: Custom toolbars are stored in your NORMAL.DOTm or NORMAL.DOT file.
These are usually stored in \docs and settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\templates

Office custom toolbar location


Why shouldn't I accept PayPal when trading bitcoin?

Question: I've heard that it's not a good idea to accept PayPal payments in exchange for Bitcoin. Why?
Answer: First of all, it is likely a violation of PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy as of Oct 2011:

3(h) involve currency exchanges or check cashing businesses

Given this, it's unlikely that PayPal would be amenable to helping at best, and may close your account (and freeze the funds it had for six months) at worst.
Another chief problem is the high likelihood of chargebacks. PayPal has generally sided with the buyer when any dispute is brought against the seller for any reason. For this reason alone, it's best to accept Bitcoin only when you trust the buyer and have some influence on their reputation.
Furthermore, Paypal has high fees (current 2.9% + $0.30 USD).
Comment: Given the wording, it may not apply. Given PayPal's practice, it apparently does.
Comment: PayPal clarified this in an internal email from 2013 June 10: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1g23w2/paypal_email_to_employees_policy_regarding_bitcoin/
Comment: If the transaction wasn't with a business, but instead was with an individual, does that make it acceptable with the given wording?
Comment: Because the original post has been deleted: http://web.archive.org/web/20130613134557/http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1g23w2/paypal_email_to_employees_policy_regarding_bitcoin
Answer: As PayPal is not a bank and reserves the right to freeze your account for whatever reason they deem fits them, you should never use PayPal, unless you can afford to lose your money, or are prepared to take them to court and win, should they steal your funds.
While this is not specific to BitCoin per so, it is probably likelier to happen with edge cases that PayPal for some reason might be likelier to see as a threat to their interests or business model than the everyday type of transactions that make up the bulk of their volume of business.
Answer: You should NEVER use Pay Pal. As other readers  have noted, they do what the danged well want to do.
And if they make a mistake, which happens regularly, they will NEVER admit their mistake and give you your money back. Plain pure and simple! I know.
So using Pay Pal is an invite to lose your money. It has happened to 100's of thousands including me.
I am actively seeking an acceptable alternative to pay pal, but so far, no go.
Any suggertions.
Answer: PayPal it is a Bank, it became a Luxembourg Bank in 2007 (
http://tamebay.com/2007/05/paypal-becomes-a-bank-no-longer-under-fsa.html )
Comment: Can you substantiate that beyond the blog post? The page on PayPal's site to which it links is no longer there.


Emergency Coffee via Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans?

Question: Scenario:
I am out of coffee, both whole beans and ground. However I've got a back of chocolate covered coffee beans.
Possible solution:
Toss the choco covered beans in my grinder and then put them in my drip-brewer... Is this a terrible idea? I don't imagine it would damage anything, since I would have a paper filter in there, but maybe there would be too much chocolate for the coffee to actually brew. Is there any reason to not attempt it the name of science if nothing else?
Comment: @Jay, not all chocolate has milk fat in it.
Comment: I can see this working not too well because chocolate has milk fat in it and if that is coating your ground, the water won't be able to get to the actual grind very easily.
Answer: It probably would not damage anything, but you would end up with rather a mess to clean up, probably, and not a very good product.
The chocolate would melt slowly, maybe clog the filter.  It might overflow hot, sticky coffee chocolate liquid all over.
The candy is also probably old enough since it was roasted that it wouldn't brew excellent coffee, even if it wasn't chocolate coated.
Eat them as candy--you will at least get your caffeine fix that way!  You will have energy to go out and get some coffee.
Comment: "hot, sticky coffee chocolate liquid" fx: drool
Comment: @Vicky Context is everything :-)
Comment: +1 for 'You will have energy to go out and get some coffee.'
Answer: Put the beans in a colander and run hot water over them.  The chocolate will melt off and be washed away.  Now shake excess water off, grind, and enjoy your coffee.
Or, per Kate Gregory's suggestion in the comments, use hot milk instead, and then add the milk to the coffee to compensate for reduced flavor of the coffee.
Comment: a variation that doesn't waste the chocolate: put the beans in some hot milk and stir until the chocolate is off them. Save the hot chocolatey milk, remove the beans, rinse them, and grind and continue. Use the milk to compensate for reduced flavour in the coffee.
Comment: If you don't mind, I'm going to add that to the answer.
Answer: Grinding the beans should provide enough separation between bean and chocolate to allow the water to reach the bean. However, the water will also dissolve the sugars in the chocolate. I can envision the sugar coming out of solution and crystallizing between brewing chamber and coffee pot. Which means you do run the risk of clogging up the works.
Still, if you have a cheap coffee maker, I think you should try it. I'm curious.
Comment: Or try making Turkish coffee with the stuff if you are afraid for your coffee maker. Will probably have more of a mocha character, as lots of cocoa solids will make it through the sieve.
Answer: Won't this make a mess of your grinder?   I guess if it's a cheap blade grinder, and you're not worried about residual sugar/gunk they're easy enough to clean, but that is the worst part of this idea, to me.  Surprised no one mentioned it yet.
I second SAJ's idea - eat 'em and go get more.   (Or if you're gonna do it, the Gregorys' idea.)


Who are the other people in this Shiva picture?

Question: Who are these people in this picture? I bought it in India but I can only remember that the blue guy is Shiva. I have no idea who the others are.
Comment: First of all 'Blue Guy' is a god for Indians and Hindus, so be respectful. The woman in the picture is Shiva's spouse Devi Parvati. The elephant headed figure is Ganesha son of Shiva parvati. The boy Sitting there is Kartekayan or Murugan another son of Shiva Parvati, he is also warhead in heaven.
Comment: **Blue Guy??**..haha..The pic is of the Shiva Parivar...You already know about the blue guy..the small baby with elephant head sitting on his lap is Ganesha,on Shiva's left is goddess Parvati,Shiva's consort,seated beside Parvati is Karthikeya ,the younger son.of the family..also seen is Nandiswara,Shiva's vahana,the bull.
Comment: I can't understand why this question got 5 upvotes. Is that because of the language op used?
Comment: **Blue Guy??** haha. He is God, also Supreme God or *Parameswara* for His devotees.So, you can't call Him as simply a Guy. That is Shiva's family.  He is *Adi Guru* (first preceptor), Adi Yogi (First preceptor for Science of Yoga) and so on.
Comment: Because many of the users refer him as *Shiva* (though actually he is *Shankara*), I am putting this related post: [Are Lord Shiva and Lord Shankar two different deities?](http://hinduism.stackexchange.com/q/2278/1049). That's specific to the "blue guy".
Answer:
The bull in figure is the mount of Lord Shiva (who is in blue color in picture) is Nandi.
The lady in figure is Goddess Parvati.
The boy having elephant face is Lord Ganesha.
The other boy in picture is Lord Kartikeya.
Answer:
The Elephant headed god who is sitting on the lap of "Shiva" is Lord
Ganesha.
To the left of "Shiva" is goddess Parvathi.
To the    Left of Parvathi is Karthikeya.
The Bull which you can see rightmost corner of Shiva is known as Nandi which serves as the mount
(Sanskrit: Vahana) of the god Shiva and as the gatekeeper of Shiva
and Parvati.
Answer:

Lord Siva's family comprising Lord shiva himself as u mentioned and  his
  wife Parvathi [Lord Vishnu's sister]

The elephant trunk boy is Lord Ganesha [remover of obstacles]

On the left side of Parvati is Lord Subramanya.

The bull is Nandikeswara the gate keeper of Lord Siva. At Pradosha time first abhishekam will be done to Nandikeswara and then only to Lord Siva.
Answer: Bad English and answer from athiest
Shiva Two son's Ganapathi(elder)(Sitting on Shiva) and Karthikeya(Kid beside Parvathi[The of Shiva]).The Right Side guy is Another form of Ganapathi.The Middle person in the photo is Shiva again.Shiva is not Blue in color(Only his neck is bue color).People just got used to depicting him in blue color.
Other Invisible people.
The Cow called Nandhi(Semi cow-semi human),The vehicle of Blue Guy(Shiva).
Do you see the fountain falling from the head of shiva?Yup that's his first wife Ganga.
The snake in the neck is actually the king of Naglok(Snake kingdom)
The mouse below right near the legs of Ganapathi was also a human but after some story he turned into a mouse and is used as a vehicle for Ganapathi.
There was supposed to be a peacock the vehicle of The second son.
And another cow on right below is,Sorry I don't know him.
Forgot:For people who might ask how can a mouse be vechile?
A:The mouse can grow in size and can fly.


What is a good pine nut substitute for pesto?

Question: I'm allergic to pine nuts, is there another nut I can use to make pesto?
Answer: Almonds and walnuts are good alternatives as they have a similar texture and relatively subtle flavour. I'd go with almonds personally, as walnuts can be a little bitter.
Comment: As I was writing nearly the same answer it alerted me that your answer was posted so I canceled mine :) The only thing I would add is that toasting the almonds or walnuts will make a big difference and I recommend doing that.  I also have heard of people using cashews but I would stick with toasted/roasted almonds or walnuts.
Comment: Toasted pecans work great.  They have the fat content and texture of walnuts, but lack any bitterness.
Comment: I have substituted roasted walnuts and roasted cashew nuts on occasion: frankly the difference in taste was much less than I would ever have expected. The garlic and the basil are so overwhelming that the pine nuts don't add as much as you might think. If you make your pesto with Parmesan, you taste even less of the pine nuts.
Comment: What is put traditionally is walnuts.
Comment: I'm not sure that these other nuts match the taste well.
Answer: It's not even necessarily a substitution, as pesto is just a type of sauce made from a pounding up herbs and other stuff in a mortar & pestle.
It's just that most pesto that people see is the traditional 'basil pesto' aka 'pesto Genovese' which is garlic, oil, salt, basil and pine nuts, so they assume that it's the only 'pesto' ... you can find plenty of recipes searching for:

Pesto Sicilian
Pesto Trapanese
Pesto Rosso
Pesto Pantesco
Pesto Calabrese

In terms of nuts, I've seen recipes calling for hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, pine nuts, walnuts, or even a combination of multiple nuts. I'm guessing they'd use whatever is abundant and in season in that particular region.
I've seen anchovies, capers or olives in place of straight salt; plenty of types of herbs, or even greens like spinach or arugula (aka rocket for the Brits).
(And on Good Eats, Alton Brown was a fan of pistachios in pesto; if I recall correctly, part of the argument was they were already green.)
Comment: +1 for pistachio pesto (great with lemon zest too), or hazelnut (try with some orange zest).  Delish.
Comment: To be honest, if you are in Italy and talk about *pesto*, people will "default" to basil pesto, by far the most used one. All of your others examples do exist, of course, but people will specify that they are referring to a non-basil pesto in that case.
Answer: I've used sunflower seeds in my home-made pesto for ages.
Salted or not as you prefer, they add the right little bit of crunch at a fraction of the cost of pine nuts.
Comment: Yes, this is a good substitute! (The type without shells, obviously!)
Comment: Seconded... This works really nicely, without corrupting the flavor like something stronger would.
Comment: I also use sunflower seeds on my pesto Genovese. Pine nuts are quite expensive where i live.
Comment: I've used raw (shelled!) sunflower seeds, lightly toasted, when nut-allergy issues are a problem.
Comment: Agree with the above (mainly on cost and availability reasons for me). You could experiment with adding sesame seeds (about 1/4 or 1/3) of the total seeds for a bit different taste and a bit coarser mouth feel (depending on whether you pulse or puree or use a pestle).
Answer: Commercial pesto brands seem to quite often use cashew nuts, seemed odd to me, as cashew nuts are quite expensive.
Or you could just not use the nuts at all - would be more like a french pistou, but still good with pasta.
Comment: In a pesto cashews are a close replacement. In other things not
Comment: Pine nuts are generally more expensive than cashew nuts here in Italy.
Answer: It's very likely that someone allergic to pine nuts would also be allergic to walnuts and almonds (I am allergic to all of them, cashews, too).
I have used unsalted sunflower seeds, but most of the time I leave the pine nuts out and add more cheese or bread crumbs :)
Answer: I normally use toasted walnuts, but have had success with macadamia nuts as well.  I find pine nuts actually a bit low in flavor, in comparison to walnuts or macadamia nuts.
Answer: Made pesto with oven toasted sunflower seeds, tasted great!!  Was not as creamy or buttery as pine nuts...but was a great and economical substitution!
Answer: On occasion I will throw in some sesame seeds (hmm... I wonder how tanini would work out?), but simply leaving out the nut component of a traditional basil pesto will yield a satisfying result, especially if all the other ingredients are fresh and top-shelf.
Answer: Pine nuts are not actually nuts. They are seeds found inside the structure of the pine cone. Technically, sunflower seeds would provide the most similar flavor when looking for a pine nut substitution in traditional recipes. Sesame seeds would also offer a solution to those with nut allergies that don't have pine nuts on hand.
Answer: Cashews are much cheaper than pine nuts when bought in large quantities.
I usually make my own pesto (from pine nuts, though) and I'd recommend almonds or cashews (depending where you get them), cashews if you want a more subtle taste.
Comment: Back on topic: Cashews are cheaper than pine seeds, that is why most commercial pesto brands contain only just enough pine seeds to be able to write it on the ingredients list, if any. IF you have to buy pesto, look at the ingredients.
Answer: In addition to all of the great suggestions above, hazelnuts also work well. Peel them first by toasting them and then using a towel or silicon pot holder to rub the skins off.


How do I achieve a crust like this fried chicken?

Question: I normally use a mixture of flour and cornstarch, dredging the chicken twice (in buttermilk, then flour, then buttermilk, then flour again) but I have not been able to achieve a crust like the chicken below
Comment: I would bet that that isn't a dredged coating but a very thin batter.  Good tempura often has that same kind of texture.
Comment: Possible duplicate of [How to make extra crispy and crunchy breading like KFC?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/5764/how-to-make-extra-crispy-and-crunchy-breading-like-kfc)
Answer: I do not know about the chicken in the photo, it appears certainly crunchy, but not very appealing to me...
anyway, the first dredging you do in buttermilk is useless: normally you have three phases for perfectly breading food for frying:

dredging in flour (wheat flour, starch or anything else, even a mixture of flour and powdered spices that also make the meat tastier) is important because it "dries" the chicken surface and consent a better coating of the liquid;
dip in a sticky liquid to coat:  the support for the crunchy finish. can be buttermilk, beaten eggs, milk... the denser the liquid the thicker the coating
the "breading", that can be made of flour, breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, natural rolled oat, crushed cornflakes...

For juicier meat is better to marinate or brine it the night before
for crispiness the frying temperature must be controlled and well kept at around 165°C
Comment: Yeah, this appears to be cornflakes, but they didn't crush them up enough for my taste. You can also introduce some of your wet coating into your breading to encourage clumping.
Comment: Plus 1 for the not very appealing :)


Is a biplane without dihedral more stable than a low wing monoplane without dihedral?

Question: I was wondering if a biplane's top mounted wing created the same stability effect as that of a high wing airplane?
Also, would the unstable effects of the low wing cancel the stability provided by the high wing and condition the biplane to behave like a mid wing airplane? If yes, is it one of the reasons why manufacturers make the top wing longer or is it just extra length provided to generate more lift and replace that lost due to wing interference?
This questions have been bugging me for some time now.
Someone pls clarify me.
Maybe I missed something...
Comment: What makes you think that a high wing provides stability?
Comment: interesting question
Comment: I just thought it did.
Answer: Narrow answer: Yes, it is.
But no aircraft designer in his right mind would build an unswept low wing aircraft without dihedral. So this question is misleading.
Please look here why low wing aircraft need more dihedral.
Please read here why a low wing aircraft is just as stable as a high wing aircraft. The high wing does not entail more stability!
Comment: Okay. That's new. I always thought a high wing produced a self correcting!
Comment: Doesn't a high wing airplane stabilize it self in the roll axis after the pilot centers the stick(without using opposite aileron)? I learnt that the c.g is below the wing and this tends to prevent or dampen roll of the airplane.
Comment: Okay. I think I get it. Thanks a lot. That was very helpful.    One more mystery about biplanes; why don't they ever come with a T-tail...now I haven't seen all the biplanes in the world...so maybe it exists. If it does pls share a link or an image. I'm yet to see a biplane with a T-tail or a cruciform tail(as long as the tail is higher than the top wing of the biplane.
Comment: @user16656: No. Please read the linked answer, and maybe [this one](http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/26574/what-is-the-keel-effect/26588?s=1|0.2270#26588), too.


How did the engineer enter the locked ship?

Question: During the last scene in Prometheus, how did the Engineer enter the ship after Dr.Shaw had locked the doors?
Comment: for me the biggest inconsistency from the original Alien movie was that the alien emerged from the engineer on board the prometheus .. in the original they find him in his ship in the control seat with the open rib cage
Comment: "How did the Engineer enter the ship?" Was there not an explosion and the on-board computer system message telling Dr. Shaw that the hull had been breached? I can't remember this one too clearly, but I'm sure that there was.
Answer: This question has been edited a bunch of times. I'll try and break it down:

During the last scene in Prometheus, how did the Engineer enter the ship after Dr.Shaw had locked the doors?

Brute force I guess - he was also able to rip an android's head off. This may be something to come in a future director's cut, as I think a few minutes of fight scene were edited-out between the Engineer arriving at the pod and Shaw opening the inner door to the squid-thing (possibly to avoid an R/18 rating).
I'm also not sure that she actually locked the external doors, just closed the air-lock door.

And how come the engineer came without the mask?

Early on they state that the atmosphere is almost breathable, but with toxic levels of CO2. maybe the Engineer has a higher tolerance to CO2, or maybe he could hold his breath for the fairly short walk from the crashed ship to the life-pod.

Also, what is that floating ball device which creates holographic maps from in the engineers ship?

Fifield (the geologist) brought the floating red balls in order to map the location - it sounds like they are standard kit for mapping caves or similar. Fifield refers to them has his 'pups'. They create the holographic map of the Engineer's pyramid on-board the Prometheus.

(and how come it floats)?

Not a clue. They have faster than light travel, almost-human androids and suspended animation. I figure they have some advanced space tech in there.

and what is that map like shown in the engineers ship ?

The map inside the Engineer's ship appears to be some kind of holographic orrery, though I don't think it maps to just one system or to scale. I'm not sure whether that includes some kind of Kinect-like gesture interface or whether David just appears to touch the map of the Earth.
Comment: Other than the floating bit (and maybe being that small), those pups pretty much [exist already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXlqv_k4P8Q).
Comment: @NickT That's awesome! I want it on my car :-)
Comment: Man, from your quotes it seems we can already be pretty lucky with the current version of the question ;)


How can I switch the default binding on IIS 7.5 programatically without it shutting down?

Question: We have a fleet of IIS 7.5 servers that manage our hosted product.  Each generation of the product gets its own AppPool and its own site.  Every generation is bound to thegeneration.oursite.com, plus one lucky website gets the default binding (which is the one customers actually hit, obviously).  When we are ready to switch to the new site, we have a tool that attempts to switch the default binding from the old generation to the new one.  The pattern for this is:

Clear the bindings on all websites.
Reestablish the custom bindings on all websites
Set the default binding to the new active generation.

So far, so good.  Our code to do this is simple and works great.
Well, almost.  Here's the thing: no matter what we do, no matter how we try to structure things, IIS always shuts down the new default binding, complaining that there are now two sites with default bindings.  This happens no matter whether we use the Microsoft.Web.Administration assembly or edit applicationHost.config.  Notably, manually starting the site after the conflict warning works great, 100% of the time, and neither applicationHost.config nor the assembly interface actually show two sites with the default binding at any point.
How can we keep IIS 7.5 from shutting down when we swap default bindings? Is there really no way to do this?
EDIT: I was asked to clarify what I meant wth an example, so I'll walk through an actual upgrade of one project we're managing this way, Kiln.
So let's say we start off with two generations of Kiln that are active: Kiln1.0 and Kiln2.0. This means I have AppPools with those names and sites with those names.  Basically customers are on Kiln1.0; only our testers and beta users are on Kiln2.0.  Kiln accounts belong to subdomains, so to achieve this, the Kiln2.0 site has bindings for e.g. *:80:foo.kilnhg.com, *:80:bar.kilnhg.com, etc., and Kiln1.0 site has the binding *:80:* so that anyone who's not explicitly on the testing generation is on the new generation.
When we want to upgrade everyone to Kiln2.0, we want to delete the *:80:* binding on Kiln1.0 and create it on Kiln2.0.  The issue I'm having is that every single way to do that shuts down Kiln2.0, with IIS claiming that the binding is duplicated.  It's that particular binding that's causing the issue.
Comment: What do you mean by "Default Binding", a binding is just a binding. Can you add to your question a worked example of what you're doing?
Comment: Sure; I gave a concrete (albeit simplified) example.
Answer: It sounds like you might be a victim of IIS configuration update latency.
Typically, this can be avoided by either reducing the number of steps (eg, why clear then re-establish bindings? Just replace them in one go then commit the change), or adding wait states.
Yes, wait states. {Sleep 10 seconds} in the middle of the batch file/script/program would probably get it working too.


What is zina of the heart? What things constitute zina of the heart?

Question: I understand very well what is zina of the eyes and hands. It is seeing and touching Haram things. But what is zina of the heart? Is it confined to imagining Haram things like: Just like it is Haram to look at the arms of non mahram women, it is equally Haram to imagine her arms in your imagination? In other words all those things that are Haram to see with the eyes of your face, are equally Haram to see with the eyes of your imagination. Please explain all the things that are included in the zina of the heart. So I won't miss one of them and commit zina of the heart without understanding it.
Answer: What you have stated about the Zina of the heart is not totally true since it is not only about what comes in your mind but what your heart also feels for such imaginations.
Its definition: what one's wants and desires of Haram things without actually committing them, like being inclined toward Zina (adultery) and becoming infatuated with women.
It has been mentioned in the Hadith where it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said:

It has been written upon the Son of Adam (the Muslim) his share of adultery which he will indulge in; there is no escaping it. The two eyes, their adultery is looking (at what is forbidden). The two ears, their adultery is listening. The tongue, its adultery is speaking. The hand, its adultery is the touching, and the foot, its adultery is walking (toward adultery). The heart desires and hopes (for adultery) but the private parts either confirm that or deny it.

(Saheeh Muslim)
Here is the same Hadith in Arabic (which was the language of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) and his people at that time).
Also, it is stated in Surah Isra (17) — Verse 36:
In Arabic (the exact wording):

إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُولاً...

In English (in what it means):

...Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

The verse indicates clearly that you are responsible for your heart, and you will be asked about in the Day of Judgement.
The Zina of the heart is Haram in Islam even though it doesn't have a specific punishment that is under Islamic law (Shariah) which are mandated and fixed by Allah, and are known as Hadd (singular) - Hudud (plural).
Again, the meaning of the Zina of the heart is what comes to your mind of imagining Haram things and doings, such as non-Mahrams figures with feeling attached to that imagination, is considered of the heart Zina.
Answer: Zina and zina of the heart
Allah the Almighty says:

And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way. (17:32)

This simply means that we avoid anything that would get us close to zina, be it by avoiding places where there's a mixing of genders, be it by simply avoiding a too close look on a female/male body without necessity etc. or more general to avoid any temptation that might get us close to zina.
In the sunnah we find:

"Allah has written for the son of Adam his inevitable share of adultery whether he is aware of it or not: The adultery of the eye is the looking (at something which is sinful to look at), and the adultery of the tongue is to utter (what it is unlawful to utter), and the innerself wishes and longs for (adultery) and the private parts turn that into reality or refrain from submitting to the temptation." (Sahih al-Bukhari)

While imam Muslim compiled a similar narration saying:

Allah fixed the very portion of adultery which a man will indulge in. There would be no escape from it. The adultery of the eye is the lustful look and the adultery of the ears is listening to voluptuous (song or talk) and the adultery of the tongue is licentious speech and the adultery of the hand is the lustful grip (embrace) and the adultery of the feet is to walk (to the place) where he intends to commit adultery and the heart yearns and desires which he may or may not put into effect. (Sahih Muslim)

Simply speaking the ahadith above mean: that each human being will inevitably commit at least a part of adultery (as Allah prescribed it for him) among us there will be people who will commit zina in real by having intercourse (with penetration), while there will be others who will commit it by allegory for example by unlawful looks (looking lustfully or more than necessary at a foreign person of the opposite gender -or a person that may cause a sexual temptation in general-), or by listening to zina or whatever is related to realize it (for example hearing a story of somebody who performed it), or by touching (a foreign person of the opposite gender) with his hand, or by going to a place (where people commit zina or to perform zina), or by kissing a foreign person (of the opposite gender), or by unlawful chat with a foreign person (of the opposite gender), or by unlawful thoughts (in the heart: in the inside) and all this may either lead him to commit zina (physically by having intercourse) or he might come to mind repent and leave it. Therefore the prophet () referred to these "actions" of the body parts as "zina" as they are introducing it or leading to it.
For details you may refer to the hadith commentaries of imam an-Nawawi on Sahih Muslim (Al-Minhaj see -here in Arabic-), of Mulla 'Ali al-Qari called Mirqaat al-Mafateeh (See here in Arabic) and in Fath al-Bari (see here in Arabic) of ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
Basically the zina of the heart as referred to in the version narrated by imam Muslim (and in similar words by imam Ahmad and abu Dawod) is that of the innerself (nafs) which is referred to in other narrations like that which al-Bukhari compiled twice in his Sahih and which was also compiled by Muslim and abu Dawod.
The zina or crime that our hearts or innerself commit is that of wishing and longing and thinking (Imagination) lustfully of a foreign person, in a manner that we actually are tempted to commit "real" zina.
Be aware that if wife or husband thought of each other lustfully this certainly is not zina of the heart.
Note that al-Qari and other scholars said that what constitutes zina here is not the simple wishing, but a persistence whishing as else we would a conflict with the sahih hadith saying:

"Allah forgives my followers those (evil deeds) their souls may whisper or suggest to them as long as they do not act (on it) or speak." (See for example in Sahih al-Bukhari)

Is there a punishment?
As for punishments or hudud (plural of had) in Islam they are restricted and applied only for those misdeeds or crimes that go against the five fundamental goals of shari'a:
The goal of shari'a is the preservation of ...

Religion / Faith (din الدين) as a crime against it could we could consider the case of an apostate that attacks Islam and Muslims.
Life (nafs النفس) a crime against it is the case of a person who murders innocent people.
Lineage / Progeny (nasl النسل) a crime against it is zina, as it may create children who have no father or who are named after the wrong father and it may create incest issues (father unknown).
Intellect ('aql العقل) an example for a crime against it is drinking/selling alcohol
Property / Wealth (mal المال) the example for that is stealing.

Zina of the heart doesn't fall in any of these five categories therefore it is not a punishable crime. But it is a misdeed one must repent from.
Answer: Zina of eyes, hands isn't like real zina (sexual intercourse).
Because looking with eyes and touching may lead you to real zina that is why it's prohhibited but if you did any of these zina unavoidably, unintentionally that is forgiven and that definitely will not take you towards real zina if your intention was not.


How to automate a download popup in browsers other than firefox in linux and Mac?

Question: For automating a download popup in Firefox, we use Firefox Profile and for other browsers I've used AutoIt. Is there any other way to work around it in windows? And coming to the main question, I've recently shifted to Ubuntu. So is there some sort of script or tool I can run to automate download popups in other browsers?
Answer: You can use java ROBOT class, to handle window. Following code may help you.
<code>Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
</code>
Answer: This link has a comprehensive list of solutions on downloading files using Selenium. I suppose most of them are Windows based solutions.
I recently saw this link where there was a discussion regarding handling Ubuntu's file dialog. Although reading through the link I'm not sure if any solution was ever reached.


External (pin change) interrupt and power consumption

Question: I want to write a lipoly powered arduino device that can be launched from sleep mode by pressing a certain key that is connected to ground. Usually, when no in sleep mode I enable the internal pull-up resistor for a definite level. But when in sleep mode, I assume this would drain to much power and hence I want to avoid it. Is it sufficient to just wait for a pin-change interrupt on the same port pin without the internal or an additional external pull-up resistor?
Comment: The rule for micropower sleep mode is not that you can't have pulling resistors, it's that you can't have anything such as a switch holding a signal *against* it's pulling resistor, as that would put a voltage difference across the resistor and cause measurable current to flow.
Answer: You must not leave CMOS inputs floating. This will increase power consumption, and as a worst result may damage the device. Use an external pull-up if you feel that the internal pull-up passes too much current.
Comment: It doesn't matter what internal or external value you use for a pullup resistor unless something is creating a current path to ground.  Hopefully the button is not being held down while the device is trying to sleep, so that is a non-issue.  The other possible path would be leakage through the input structure itself, but if that is present you are going to have to put current through it if you want the input to be high, and there isn't going to be a drastic difference between the current necessary to be reliably high and the current which would be supplied holding the input even closer to Vdd.
Comment: Yes, was a thinking error about the pull-up resistor draining to much current. The push-down button of my rotary encoder usually is open, but for the two rotary channels I'll set the outputs to low - in case the rotary encoder has a connection to GND which would result in the pull-up resistor draining current. BTW, IIRC, the default port state is input by default. For unused port pins, should I always enable the pull-up resistors or make them to output? Or does the massive default code produced by Arduino already does it?
Answer: Tutorial from University of South Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiAbxSO_9nU
Internal pull-up resistor does not drain too much current. Only leakage in nA range. It is correct to use pull up, in your case, as this is what it is designed to do. As Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, do not leave input pin open.
MCU are designed to do the precise action you mentioned, to wake up on pin change as in mass produced wrist watch and TV remote controller. On remote, MCU sleeps until key pressed. On watch, it wake on timer 1 second) and key change.


What is the significance of practicing silence?

Question: How practice of mounam/silence helps a in spiritual level enhancement of sadhak? What does our vedic texts say about its practice & benefits?
Can we break the silence when truly necessary if not what's the alternative way to reply?
Comment: Silence means stillness, absence of fluctuation.  True silence is when thoughts cease and this is called the state of Samadhi. In order to still the thoughts, intense pointed concentration is necessary. As a starting step to this level, many sadhaks practice silence in words. Being silent without speaking allows one to concentrate in the internal world of thoughts! What are the benefits? Allows one to concentrate on his thoughts, prevents misunderstandings because of too much talking and also conserves energy by speaking limited words as and when needed instead of too much :)! All d best!
Comment: @Sai why don't you attempt to give an elaborated answer, I noticed your comments under many questions!
Answer: Krishna says (Gita 17.16) that silence is one of the austerities of the mind. If practiced without desire for the fruit it is of the nature of sattva (Gita 17.18).
How a silence is broken and under what circumstances is up to you. "No evil, My son, befalls a man who does good." - (Gita 6.40). I have known several sadhus in my life that would have a day of silence every week. One carried a small board and wrote on it when necessary to speak. Another would just try hand motions. Such austerities are hard to do if one is living in the world and has to interact with family or business, but not impossible. Perhaps on a holy day where one's duties are lessened and one can spend more time alone in contemplation.
Answer: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar talks about the 5 virtues of silence:

We live in a cluttered world! Cities are cluttered, towns are
  cluttered, markets are cluttered… So is our mind. "Too much to do,
  very little time…" has almost become like a universal phenomenon,
  creating stress in almost everyone's life. Even when one is on leave
  from work, the mind gets no rest. From the moment it wakes up till the
  time it goes to sleep, the mind is always engaged in something –
  either in something utterly useless or something very important.
As it's almost impossible to reduce the workload and increase the
  time, the only option left is to increase the energy level within us.
  When we have enough energy and enthusiasm, we are able to handle any
  challenge.
The Silent Energy
But the question is how to increase the energy? Spiritual practices
  like meditation, yoga and pranayama do just that. They all lead one to
  a space of silence, which is charged with energy. That space of
  silence is the mother of all rest, mother of all creativity.
Inner Silence is the mother of all creativity, the source of
  intuition. It is in the zone of silence that great scientific
  discoveries were made, path-breaking inventions created, wonderful
  poems and melodies emerged.
Not About Just a Shut Mouth
Silence is not about just keeping the mouth shut. It's more about
  withdrawing the senses from outward activities and turning it inward.
  The mind not getting involved in any of the five senses brings a
  certain amount of quietness inside. This leads to a state of total
  contentment.
A Cure-All Tool
The virtues of silence are countless. From being a source of
  enlightenment to a balm that heals an estranged relationship, it can
  be deployed as a panacea for many a worldly problems we face in
  everyday life.
Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the
  mind, it is no answer. Silence makes thoughts more coherent, makes one
  more intelligent. A person who does not practice silence cannot be
  intelligent at all. What he talks makes little sense. If you want to
  make sense, it has to come from silence.
Beyond Words
All of us have experienced at one time or the other, an amazing
  phenomenon. Whether in one-to-one communication, or in addressing a
  huge audience, something intangible moves people more than the words.
  We try to rationalize by attributing this to charm, charisma,
  presence, body language, etc. Yes, these all do play a role, but the
  essence of all that is the inner silence.
Real communication is beyond words. If you are firmly established in
  the zone of silence, if your mind is calm, you will find yourself
  suddenly being able to influence individuals, groups, and masses. What
  a single glance can convey, a thousand conversations cannot.
The Sound Of Intelligence
When we go deep into silence, we experience a form of communication
  without thoughts. This is when all the questions in one's mind
  disappear. The highest intelligence within starts speaking. If one
  could only be totally in silence and eliminate all the noises of the
  mind, that intelligence will never fail to reveal the best solution
  even to the most critical problems.
Get On the Mat
For short periods of time every day, meditate and stay in silence.
  When you reach that space of silence through meditation, you will
  always be guided as to what needs to be done. Silence enhances one's
  inner strength and sharpens intellect; keeps one in a happy frame of
  mind and invokes joy.
It's now known that the amount of energy that one gets in meditation
  is much more than in sleep. Twenty minutes of meditation can equal to
  eight hours of good sleep. This formula could easily solve one of the
  most common problems working people face - working all the time and
  not getting enough sleep.
The Himalaya Within
People often think that one cannot be successful without being
  stressful. They are made to believe that there is no nirvana without
  quitting the world. But Indian spirituality offers plenty of ways of
  rejuvenating oneself without quitting the world! The body dropping you
  is death; and you dropping the body is meditation.
It's time we all learn the art of dropping the world for a few minutes
  every day before it drops us. Its rejuvenating effect can make us
  better players in the world!

http://www.artofliving.org/5-virtues-silence


1902 house. Really cold winters. Insulation question

Question: Ive got a 1902 house in montreal where it gets down to -30C during winter. Usually its about -15C. Its also very humid here. I just bought this place and noticed there is no insulation in the walls which is no surprise. The walls are shiplap cedar. It all looks to be in pretty good shape. The exterior is very old stucco. Might as well be concrete because its so hard. Its never coming off. On top of that is vinyl siding. I wanted to insulate from the outside since the wall cavity is tiny and some places non existant. I was thinking removing the vinyl, then 2inches or maybe more of rock wool then putting up some real cedar siding. I dont think theres an air gap between the wood walls and the stucco siding so that cant be left exposed. I think ill just leave the walls alone from the inside. Anybody know of a problem with this idea?
Answer: The only issue I can see is that the rock wool is not sturdy which wouldn't give you anything to anchor your new siding too without building some sort of frame to fasten your siding to.
Now, what we (my parents and I) did on a 1903 farmhouse in Saskatchewan was to use that "rigid insulation" and fastened it to the stucco (concrete if you will). We then covered it vinyl siding, but I don't see any issue with going with cedar siding. This has held up just fine for about 8 years now.
Comment: I would also use foam over rock wool, in the 70's& 80's we did a fair amount of siding jobs and rigid foam under the siding was what we used even on homes with some insulation in the walls, I don't remember anyone complaining about it later that it did not help with the power bill, but there were large energy rebates so it did not cost much, you might check into rebates I know in some cases they pay up to 80% including install costs in my area.
Comment: Thanks for your input. I guess my main concern is creating moisture buildup inside the wall because Ill be modifying the way it used to ventilate itself. Still trying to be more fluent in due point and condensation in relation to wall construction. Rigid roam may work better for mounting the furring as you say, i guess the flammability aspect of it turned me off a bit. I may reconsider and go with foam if mounting furring on rock wool proves to be difficult.
Comment: You can get stuff that has an FR rating - I know we did. But it has been so long that I don't remember what it was (nor did I particularly care I was probably "voluntold" to give up my weekend to fix the house instead of hang with friends I was 16 or 17). And based on this previous post (https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/15326/should-i-install-a-vapour-barrier-if-im-using-rigid-foam-insulation) as well as some reading online; a lot of rigid foam also works as a vapour barrier. So I think you would be ok with that, in terms of condensation/moisture.
Comment: Interesting. I was unaware of the vapor barrier aspect of foam. Although I believe in my situation it would be a case of having the vapor barrier (if any) right inside the drywall. Keeping that warm air from hitting the cold surface which hopefully with exterior insulation would not be inside the wall cavity. I dont even think ill use a vapor barrier. If the wall cavity is warm, i dont think i need one. But im open to differing opinions.


Yaesu FT-950 with G5RV lite antenna auto tune problem on 21Mhz

Question: I am unable to autotune on 21Mhz as the SWR is more than 1:3 which is out side the range of the radio. I would like use it only for digital TX with a max. power of 50 watts. Any solution/s?
Answer: The traditional "No balun" G5RV design is famous (infamous, more like) for these sorts of quirks, primarily because the claim that it behaves in various different (and universally desirable) ways at different frequencies is a crock. In reality, it has two modes, a balanced dipole when used on a frequency where SWR (and in theory, common mode current) is low (30 and 17m on the Lite), and a sort of Frankenstein vertical (driven by common mode) and dipole (driven by the differential mode) everywhere else. That second mode is unpredictable at best, because the coax shield is just hanging there begging to act as part of the antenna, and the ladderline likes to radiate to varying degrees depending on frequency and severity of imbalance.
In your case, a quick model suggests you've got several hundred ohms of inductive reactance at the junction between the coax and ladderline at 21MHz, which may be more than your tuner can handle.
The best way to handle this would be to extend the ladder line to the shack window, or as close as you can get it, place a good quality 2 core 4:1 current balun there, and then run a short length of low loss coax like RG-213 in to the tuner. This should drastically reduce your feedline losses, and generally results in a much broader useful bandwidth overall. In your case, if this model is even remotely close to accurate, you're likely losing more than 50% of your power in the coax run, even if you're using just 50 feet of RG-8X in the current setup.
The "band aid" solution would be to place a bit of capacitive reactance across the ladderline to counteract the inductive reactance. I'm not sure exactly how much capacitance you might need, as that's going to be highly situation dependent. I would recommend using a variable capacitor at low power to determine how much is necessary to get below 4:1 or so, and then swap the variable capacitor out for a fixed capacitor with at least a 1kV voltage rating when you want to run 15 meters, and remove it otherwise.
A final (and maybe optimal) solution, but requiring substantial financial investment, would be to place a remote tuner like an Icom AH-4 or LDG RT-100 at the point where the ladderline from the G5RV ends, and run coax to the tuner. This is probably the best of all worlds, keeping coax loss low, giving maximum bandwidth, making it easy to isolate the coax from the antenna, and eliminating the frustrations of running ladderline long distances.
Answer: An off centre fed dipole is a better bet if you want multi band operation. Just use a good dual core Guanella current balun and a line isolator choke and you'll have no problems.
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Answer: Don't add half a wavelength of coax. Add a quarter wavelength (at 15m) ideally take the velocity factor of the coax into account.
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Answer: As Hamsterdave suggests, you could use a different antenna that has a lower SWR on 15m, or a remote antenna tuner.  You could also use an external antenna tuner in the shack, which would be lossier but perhaps more versatile.  You'd want one that can be entirely bypassed, because antenna tuners are inherently lossy, and you want to bypass it if you don't need it.  Automatic antenna tuners are certainly popular now, but manual tuners cost a lot less, and they aren't difficult to use.
High SWR is bad for transmitters because it creates higher voltages or temperatures at the final amplifier stage.  If you reduce the output power, that of course reduces the voltage and temperature of the final amplifier stage, so your rig may be able to tolerate a higher SWR mismatch if you turn down the power, so you may not have a problem at all at 50 W.
Answer: The usual solution to autotuner problems is to change the length of the coax.
Try adding a half wavelength of coax, approx 5 m, to the antenna feed, and see if that helps. You could also try 2.5 or 7.5 m, anything about that long will have some impact.
Although the VSWR won't change much if you add a bit of cable, the impedance will change completely, from inductive to capacitive, from high to low, or vice versa. You will likely move from a spot where the tuner can't cope, to a better spot where it can match the antenna.
While you are at it, do you at least have a coil of coax or some other choke at the base of the G5RV? If not, it might help all bands to have 5 turns about 20-30 cm in diameter, right at the end of the ladder line.


Downgrade from SQL 2005 Enterprise to 2005 Standard on a clustered server

Question: Can anybody help with downgrade Ent to Standard on a cluster. We have no place to test, so we want to make sure we get everything right.
Answer: I don't believe you can downgrade to a lesser version.  You have to do a new installation of SQL Server 2005 standard.  If you are OK with named instances this shouldn't be an issue.  You can install a new named instance on the same server with Enterprise assuming that Enterprise is the default instance.  Then there are number of methods you can use to get your Databases, Jobs, SSISpackages, etc. over to the standard instance assuming your not using any Enterprise specific features that are not supported by standard.
Answer: SQL Enterprise edition is different by design from SQL standard edition but in 10 steps, here's a straight forward way to avoid expensive work and the lengthy error fixing in case one comes up:
Request for downtime like 3-5 hours for this exercise depending on how fast your server is, then go ahead and perform the following tasks.
1. Take users off your application & ensure that all transactions are complete.
2. If you have many jobs that run frequently, simply stop SQL server agent so that nothing starts up automatically while you're trying to make major changes.
3. Do a full database backup of your production databases, verify backups after. This is a good practice. Checking database integrity (data & index linkage) before backing up will show you the state of your database, hence reducing the risk of losing your data.
4. If you want, script out your jobs and logins (use a procedure sp_help_revlogin from Microsoft for logins).
5. Note the path of your production database files first, then detach your production databases.
6. User database files are not deleted by uninstalling. Therefore uninstall the SQL Enterprise instance, restart the operating system.
7. Install SQL Standard. I recommend you to apply the latest service pack at this point. A restart might be required.
8. Note that user databases from an Enterprise SQL instance can be managed by one running SQL Standard. So, go ahead and attach the production databases.
9. Viola!  Now you have an SQL Standard instance running your production databases.
10. If you scripted your jobs and logins, run your scripts to re-create them on the newly installed instance otherwise manually create logins and write your agent jobs.
--As answered in SSC. Hope this should be the same for Cluster too since you are not restoring system databases because you are going to script those settings.
Comment: Would it be possible to use mirroring to switch from Enterprise to Standard?  I assume not, but I thought I would ask.


Transfering a plant to a larger pot

Question: I've just received a small plant in a tiny pot. I read somewhere that you should not repot in an enormous pot but in one that's a bit bigger. This makes no sense to me. Why wouldn't I just pick the pot that will accommodate the full size that the plant will grow to (in a few years) and immediately put the plant in this sized pot to avoid future repots?
Answer: The reasoning behind this advice to only use the right sized pot is that if you put a very small plant into a large pot filled with potting medium, most of the medium (potting compost) will not be occupied by anything except bacteria and other life forms, some of which may not be desirable. The compost may 'sour' and become toxic to the plant, so if your plant is very small, I do recommend you pot on into a slightly larger pot, though quite what size you chance using is really down to which plant you're talking about, you haven't said. Some plants have a rapid growth rate, others don't.
Comment: Ooh, I know that one, well the berries anyway. The plant itself prefers acid conditions, so make sure the potting medium is acidic rather than alkaline, pot on as it grows.
Comment: That makes sense - thank you! The plant is a Miracle Fruit plant. Synsepalum dulcificum.
Comment: That's fascinating Bamboo! I've been taught that with flower seeds, going from a tiny germination cell, to a very small (2" or so) pot, to a bit bigger (4" or so) pot, was correct. After that I always thought bigger was better! Thanks for this!
Answer: In addition to the reasons Bamboo offered, some plants - like Jade plants - do better a little potbound. This means they like to have their roots crowded in the soil. Also, houseplants generally need to be replanted from time to time anyway - they aren't in a natural environment where new soil is being generated and worms and other critters are aerating the soil. Repotting from time to time helps make up for that.
Comment: I'll never understand the perpetuation of this "small pot" myth. The biggest, healthiest jade plants I've ever seen were planted in the ground, completely unfettered by a pot of any sort. Certainly not root bound in any way. Is there a scientific journal you can point me to that supports this notion?

Transfering a plant to a larger pot


Should I mulch after turning in a cover crop? In a raised bed

Question: I planted a cover cropping mix (clover mix) and recently turned it into the soil so that it can decompose in 3-6 weeks. First I cut the green parts of the cover crop into the soil and then used a hoe to turn them in. I usually mulch my bed with straw. However if I want the cover crops to decompose into the soil quickly, should I not mulch? Instinctively, I want to mulch to better protect the soil. However, I feel like the direct sunlight would lead the to cover crops decomposing more quickly because of photodegradation? Am I totally wrong about that?
Comment: Hi Stephie!  It isn't the sun it is the heat that precipitates decomposition.  Air, heat and nitrogen.  Forget about doing double duty: Going through the entire decomposition process with the green cover crop and then dumping mulch on top.  For one thing, the added material on top of the bed decreases the O2, moisture.  Anything that is NOT decomposed has to be decomposed and takes first priority during an ecosystem's energy budget.  Organic material that is NOT decomposed gets what little nitrogen available from not decomposed material.  Photodegradation is BVD's hung in the sun for a decade.
Answer: "However, I feel like the direct sunlight would lead the to cover crops decomposing more quickly because of photodegradation? Am I totally wrong about that?"- fnwovnwownf
Well no, you aren't totally wrong about that. However, the microbial and macro decomposers are going to be far more effective. Decomposers like the mulch; it keeps the sun and the eyes of birds off their backs. If the end game is fast decomposition then burying said materials is the quickest root possible.
That being said, manual break-down of the materials will speed up the process significantly.
Comment: Thanks so much! I added mulch yesterday and pulverized the greens as much as I could with a hoe (a bit limited on supplies!).


How can I teach kids how to play Battleship?

Question: I like playing Battleship, and I would like to teach my nieces to play.  What's a good, simple strategy to teach someone new to Battleship?  In my particular case they are 8-12.
Answer: Teach them two things:

Don't let your ships touch each other.
Don't let your ships touch the sides.

By doing that, no matter where a ship is hit, there are at least two adjacent places to target that will be misses.
Children less familiar with spatial concepts might take longer to place their ships, but there's also a lot of flexibility given those rules, so one niece could put all her ships facing the same direction while another one could have them alternating back and forth across the board.
It may be useful to remember that there is a difference between teaching the game itself and teaching the game as you or someone else might play it. There will be time to teach them more specific strategies later if they become interested in the game and also show interest in strategic thinking; with this in mind, pay attention to how they respond to what you teach. If one niece doesn't seem interested in planning, let her put her ships where she likes. If another one questions you right away as you explain how to set up your ships – "But if I do that, you'll know what I'm doing!" – then you could probably go straight into more advanced techniques with her.
Comment: If you know that no ship touches the side though then they must be within a smaller rectangle.  Make sure that no ship touches the side of that rectangle... It's like the surprise test paradox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprise_test_paradox
Comment: I agree that any simple strategy is going to have a weakness, but if you're playing against someone and you *know* that none of their ships touch the side, then you have a big advantage.  The paradox reference was that you're trying to surprise the opponent by avoiding the edge case, but if they know what you're trying to do then you have a new edge case. :-)
Comment: Not really ... the idea is to create space around each ship. There's no need to make a bounding rectangle or to shrink it. Anyway, most basic strategies are going to have weaknesses once you learn your opponent is using them; that has to be put aside when you're teaching. More complex strategies can be discussed later if they like ... but some people never care to get to that point, and that's OK too.
Comment: This is basic strategy, though. Once they understand how that applies to Battleship (if they get to that point; not all kids want to), then you can talk about the consequences of repeatedly using a specific strategy against the same opponent. I edited my answer to reflect that.
Answer: In terms of finding ships, instead of placing them, try teaching the concept of sub-dividing spaces, diagonally.   Start with a simple X shape on the board, then proceed to making other angular lines within the shapes.  You can use the trick of "try to place a ship inside this pattern and see how hard it is" to prove the point.
Answer: I use Battleships as a teaching tool in my English Foreign Language classes, so I've developed a simple way to teach the game to my teenage students. I'd recommend breaking the game into steps, something like this:

Start with a real world example. "This is a game about ships at sea. They can't see each other, so they use maps to try and hit their target."
Explain the different ships. I wouldn't go into too much detail at first. "You each have one long ships that takes five spaces...".
Help them set up the board. If you're playing on graph paper, draw out an example.
Show them an example round. This should include missing, hitting and sinking of ships.
Let them play. Watch the game and see if they understand.

By playing they will learn to develop their own strategies, which will make it more enjoyable to them. Don't teach them strategies, because they'll be less likely to want to play more often. They'll be watching you, so that will inform their decisions in future games.


Determination of gene direction

Question: I have one sequence that composed of sequences of three genes. I should determine the direction of each gene, but two of these genes are disrupted, and I can't determine the initial codon. Does anyone knows how I can determine the direction of genes?
Answer: I'd first try translating it and looking to see if there are big regions that jump out at you that do not have stop codons in them.  I normally use this tool for quick and dirty translations, it gives you all 6 reading frames.  Also, you could just try BLASTXing your sequence if it is short enough.  BLASTX translates your DNA in all 6 reading frames and will search the protein database for matching proteins.  Most anything will have a hit in there, and if you get a hit it will show you the DNA sequence and reading frame that got translated.  If your sequence is too big, break it down into smaller chunks until BLASTX works.  One of your chunks will have your gene in it, and it will get a protein hit.  You'll also need to break it up if you have two genes in one chunk, but you only get results for one of them because its longer and gives better hits.

Determination of gene direction


Is the exchange rate on the date of my application for UK spouse visa what the ECO takes into account or which rate?

Question: I have 80,000$ in my bank account but unfortunately they are oscillating around the £62500 limit for the spouse visa. Sometimes it's 62800, other times it plummets to 61500. So I'm asking, does the FCO just consider the rate on the date of the application or when exactly? The amount had been there for over 6 months as well.
Answer: I would believe that the officers have a wide range of discretion regarding the date of the exchange rate they use (and such might be especially the case for a close call such as yours).
That being said there is one example in our archives where (for a student visa) the exchange rate on the application date was used.
You may further take inspiration from this excellent post on Travel SE:

Exchange rates in a visitor application are meant to be reasonable approximations and they will give a reasonable amount of leeway. So while it is not required, an applicant using "best practices" has the option of adding something like...


Where should put debian package of ceph for pi

Question: so where should I put upload the .deb file when done. Their dot lib for the doc's if anyknows of a package for this please give me a heads up about it.
Comment: Could you try and explain the question a bit more? Currently it appears to be quite confusing as to what you need an answer for. (Thanks and welcome to Pi Stackexchange!)
Comment: where good share my .deb file that i have made
Comment: lenik: saras has a new package, not available from ceph.com
Answer: you should not download .deb package, but read Getting Started first, it clearly recommends to do the following to enable automatic install (and updates!):
<code>wget -q -O- 'https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc' | sudo apt-key add -
echo deb http://ceph.com/debian/ $(lsb_release -sc) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ceph
</code>
Comment: i need to upload the package i build form source as all can upload to github my deb


I want to learn my first dire-straits solo, what is a good one to start from?

Question: I have been playing my guitar for a few years but never put in enough time in order to advsnce from a "chords player" to someone who can improvize a bit. I do have a good ear...
I thought to get in to it i would learn to play something i realy like- anything played by Dire straits. any ideas what is a good one for my case?
Comment: moving on from "Mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing", then?
Comment: Chet Atkins and Mark on Neck to neck was a great album give it a listen to
Answer: Boy, you don't start off slow, do you?  Mark Knopfler's playing is virtuosic---not, perhaps, the flashiest or fastest, but subtle and with tons of inflection.  If you're just getting started learning to solo, you'll be able to learn all the notes, but after a few years, you'll listen to the song again and hear things you've never heard before, and you'll probably have to re-learn the solos.  Which is great, really.
So with that in mind, here are some suggestions:

"Tunnel of Love", starting around the 5:59 mark.  Simple, beautiful, full of feeling.  Pay attention to when he hammers-on and pulls-off to notes instead of plucks, and especially pay attention to the notes to which he bends.
"Romeo & Juliet", starting around 4:53.  Again, the notes aren't difficult, but playing them just right is.
"Brothers In Arms", from 4:49 to 5:39, and then again from 6:03 to the end.  Just, wow.

Don't start with "Sultans of Swing".  Yes, it's great, but it's probably too fast to start with, not just because your fingers may not be ready, but your ear probably won't follow it yet either.  "Money For Nothing" is a great song too, but the solo is actually a couple of guitars layered over each other, each of which is playing double-stops---that's too much going on for right now.
Anyway, start with those three and build up from there.  Enjoy!
Comment: Excellent choices. I think my first was R&J - and years later I went back to it and re-learned it as I could hear so much more in it!
Comment: His solo during their performance in the Live Aid concert (1985?) made me laugh with joy. That, and Mangini's audition for Dream Theater, made me laugh a lot!
Answer: This is way old but I want to comment because I'm a massive Dire Straits fan. I started out my guitar playing career working on Sultans of Swing from videos on the internet. I play finger style, no pick, so it was hard to get both the right picking action and the left hand movements. Because I started with a song I know so well, backwards and forwards, I can hear the riffs in my head. Most of them are very short and not too difficult. The middle solo didn't take long except for the end bit of it, and of course the end of the last solo.
But it's not just the tones you want to get, but the percussive clicks too which all add to the Knopfler feel.
Lions 2:05 to 2:30 is a nice little solo which isn't too fast and moves you around the fret board a little.
Expresso Love 2:27 to 2:54. Careful of the 2nd guitar coming in at 2:40
Follow Me Home 3:05 to 3:46. If you like fun with harmonics, there's a bit of 4:19 too.
Enjoy.
Answer: You should understand that Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits uses a playing technique that is quite out of the ordinary for electric guitarists. He does not strum or play solos with a guitar pick, not ever.
He plays "fingerstyle", in a fashion similar to that used by classical guitarists. He plays all his guitar parts by alternating strokes between the thumb, index and middle fingers of his right hand (and perhaps the ring finger as well; I'm not sure about his specific technique), or by plucking chords as a group of strings played together with three or four fingers at once, and playing with the fingernails on the strings to produce the tone.
If you want to play Mark Knopfler's solos, you need to learn to play fingerstyle (and that includes learning how to grow out, file and shape your fingernails on your right hand into the proper shape for fingerstyle playing). Much of what he does would be difficult if not impossible to play with a standard guitar pick in standard up-and-down picking fashion, and even if you could figure out how to pick those solos they wouldn't sound quite right.
Answer: While I don't disagree that Sultans of Swing is a difficult song, there are so many licks in there that you can certainly benefit by learning them. It is fast at 150bpm, but you can slow it down and it will be rewarding to get even to the first bridge. Sultans, of all the Dire Straits songs, is about the best tabbed and/or transcribed song.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone play like Mark Knopfler, but it's just the most amazing thing to listen to and having seen him live, it's just amazing how carefully he tweaks each note for volume, vibrato -- it's like he has an inner dialogue going with his guitar.
Good luck!


What type of force holds my body rigid & doesn't make it collapse?

Question: My query is that as atoms & its molecules have inter & intra molecular forces,like that only what type of force keeps the cells bonded to each other & prevent it from collapsing ever since.
Answer: Adding on to what Martin said. If you imagine an atom to be the size of a football stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a fly on the fifty yard line. The vast majority of an atom is empty space.
In the 'classical' view, atoms are mostly empty space and the reason they feel solid is that if you try and push them, the electrons around your atoms bump into the electrons around the other atoms and because they're both negative they repel each other and push away. You feel this force as 'solid'. It's like pushing a really, really stiff spring or trying to force 2 magnets together, except it's electronic in origin.
In quantum physics, each particle has a wave function. Wave functions can only exist in certain forms, and when electrons are bound in an atom their waves spread up over a big volume (it's the only way mathematically to get a stable wave, ie an electron that exists. Since it exists, its wave function spreads out much further than the thing you classically think of as an electron).
Electrons have something called antisymmetric wave functions, which means they obey the Pauli exclusion principle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_exclusion_principle
You can't have 2 electrons in the same state (and 'state' includes 'space'. You can have 2 oppositely spinning electrons, but no more in the same place). So atoms spread out because you can't squeeze the wave functions in. The rest of it is electrostatic repulsion just like in the classical model.
I'm sorry if that sounds a little complicated, but it's a combination of quantum physics (which doesn't really make sense, even though it works!) and electronic repulsion (from like-charges-repel).
Answer: Fundamentally, the most important physical force in everyday life and most cell-to-cell as well as molecule-to-molecule interactions are electromagnetic interactions. It is mainly electrical interactions that turn amino acids into intricate 3-dimensional proteins, as well get molecules attracted and specific for cell receptors.
The reality is somewhat more complex, as quantum mechanical (e.g. in charge distribution and fluctuations) effects can affect the attraction or repulsion of things temporarily.
Comment: Sir,i still have a doubt that from where these electromagnetic interactions come from.


Why didn't survey corps climb on top of the walls to avoid boulders of beast titan season 3 part 2

Question: When beast titan was throwing boulders at the survey corps, he could only destroy the building outside of the wall.  Why didn't scouts use their odm gear, climb the walls, and get on the other side of the wall to avoid beast titan's boulders?
Answer: Because doing so would merely have doomed them to die more slowly.
By retreating over the wall the Survey Corps would have been abandoning their horses to die leaving them with no way to leave the area safely.
On foot they would have no chance at all to reach the Beast Titan without being crushed by the boulders nor would they have any hope of returning to Wall Rose in a single night meaning that even if they could somehow evade the Beast Titan they would be at the mercy of any normal Titan roaming the area.
Their options if they'd taken shelter would have been starve to death or make an even more suicidal charge while all the Beast Titan would need to do to win would be sit back and wait.
Answer: The survey corps retreating into the wall is a death sentence. On the other side of the wall is the colossal titan. Zekes plan is to encircle them from both sides of the wall. If they run away with their horses, they'd be obliterated by Zeke's titan group. If they scale the wall and move to the other side, there is the colossal and armored titan. If they run on top of the wall, they would still need to go down and cross the titan territory, on foot, to get to Wall Rose. Staying on the wall is just slow death. That is why Levi suggested to have Eren, in titan form, carry as many soldiers as possible and run for retreat, using the remaining corp members and himself as decoy. Which has very low chance of success too.
And this is why Erwin is a genius. He used the enemy's advantage as a weapon. And by that I mean using the wall of titans as Levi's path towards the Beast titan. Thereby turning the tide of the battle. Costly but genius.


What were to happen if deicing fluid went in to the jet-engine?

Question: What were to happen if deicing fluid went in to an engine. I have heard that deicing fluid is somewhat flammable. What were to happen if it went in to the engine? Would it combust like fuel?
Comment: I edit the question to refer to deicing fluids use on wings and other structure. If this is not what you mean feel free to roll back.
Comment: It would be de-iced, of course.
Answer: Deicing fluid is inhaled by jet engines nearly every time the truck is called out. The question is how much deice can the engines tolerate?
Turbine engines can accept a rather staggering amount of water, to the point that testing them becomes an exercise in water handling instead of engine handling. The fire department can empty their trucks into an idling engine and not affect it.
Deice does contain various flammable liquids, but the overall mixture is not flammable - rather dangerous although fire would be a quick way to clear the ice.
So, unless you find a way to empty the truck into the engine in less than a few seconds it's simply not an issue.
Answer: Alcohols are typically very effective de-icers (consider that ordinary vodka won't freeze until -17*C, and ethylene glycol, a "diol" or "double alcohol" with two hydroxyl groups, is used as an antifreeze in automotive coolant), but virtually all of them are flammable in some concentration, so it could affect the engine, but unless the engine drew straight deicer through the fuel line it would be unlikely to cause a major problem.
First, it would depend on exactly which deicing compound is being used; the most common are methanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and glycerin. These all have different flash points and different heats of combustion (the amount of energy released by burning them) which will differ more or less dramatically from those of 100LL or Jet A. The closer a compound is in its combustion characteristics to that of the actual fuel, the more it will act like the fuel and thus the fewer problems you'll have; ideally, a compound that is indistinguishable from the aircraft's fuel will simply result in a richer mixture if it's ingested through the air intake (which can be easily corrected with the mixture knob), while if it's fed through the fuel line you'll see no difference at all in the short term (in the long term the de-icer might cause more buildup of combustion byproducts inside the engine requiring cleaning).
If there is a difference in combustion characteristics, you'll see a difference in engine performance relative to the amount being ingested by the engine. A lower flash point for the de-icer means it will ignite before the fuel does and can cause misfires in the engine which is bad (the timescale for exactly how bad depends on the severity and timing of the misfires and the type of engine). A higher flashpoint will cause the engine to lose power, as the de-icer won't burn as efficiently in the combustion chamber, and if ingested through the air intake, will displace oxygen.
De-icer mixed with water is probably the worst case scenario, as under no circumstances will fuel, de-icer and water all sit in a homogeneous solution. Again it depends on how much the engine gets, but the addition of water will act to quench combustion and can cause an engine failure that you're unlikely to recover from in the air (once water gets into an engine it's very difficult to get it back out).
With a jet engine, most of these considerations are reduced by the simple fact that as much as 80% of the air entering the nacelle never enters the actual combustion chamber. So, ground crews at major airports can be much more liberal with de-icer around engine intakes (and should be, as the pressure differentials inherent in and around a jet intake can increase ice crystal formation). Further, commercial jet engines have to be rated to withstand ridiculous amounts of ingested materials of all kinds, including water, birds, dust/sand, etc. A little de-icer is probably the friendliest foreign substance to be introduced into a passenger jet's turbofans during its service life.
Finally, a simple search for "anti-ice" turns up several variants of aviation and automotive fuel with de-icing components mixed in; it's especially important for automotive fuel as most of these fuels contain ethanol which is hygroscopic (it will pull water out of the air) causing ethanol-water ice crystals to form in the fuel lines. AvGas is an older formulation that still uses tetraethyllead and no ethanol, but water contamination is still possible and so a fuel stabilizer (which also typically acts as a deicer) is a common addition to winter fuel tanks. So, aircraft manufacturers know that de-icer will be fed into the engines in some way or other, and they design those engines to be tolerant of it.
Comment: Too much fuel is _a big problem for turbine_. It increases pressure in the hot section, which can cause a compressor stall, which in turn causes shortage of air and flame out. This is more likely at full power when the engine is running close to the limit of what the compressor can do.
Comment: Turbines (and diesels for that matter) _don't have mixture knob_. They only have power lever which simply controls the amount of fuel injected. Before advent of FADECs, it was important to advance the power levers smoothly, otherwise you could put in too much fuel and flame the engine out, with or without a bang (either compressor stall or the too much fuel would simply not have enough air to burn with and the temperature would drop below the flash point).
Comment: The flame in turbine is continuous and hot enough that anything will burn in it. The flash point will have minimal effect on the result. Whatever gets digested and is combustible will burn.
Comment: You seem to talk about what would happen if the deicing fluid got into _fuel line_ of a _spark-ignited reciprocating_ engine, while the question clearly says _jet_ engine and seems to assume ingestion via air intake.
Answer: It would not explode it would combust.    It would combust at a different rate from jet fuel but unless it was at large quantities (like in the fuel not just sucked off the plane) it should not cause any problems.
Combustion is oxidation and is limited by mass transfer delivering the oxidizing element (oxygen).
In an explosion all the components are in molecular close proximity and the rate is only limited by kinetics.   A bomb.
Alcohol is kind of in between as oxidation liberates oxygen but it is still mass transfer limited.


Sitemap in SXA JSS Site

Question: We are using REACT App in the front end and using capabilities of Sitecore JSS(12.0) for headless view and SXA(1.9).
I have configured settings to get sitemap settings (by inheriting sitemap template in JSS template).(https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/sxa/93/sitecore-experience-accelerator/en/configure-a-sitemap.html)
I am not getting sitemap.xml with the urls.
Should we write custom code?
Comment: HI, can someone help to comment on it.
Answer: TL;DR
I think you forgot to extend Page template with appropriate field (_Sitemap)
Current status
Right now SXA (10 and lower) doesn't support officially Sitemap feature in JSS sites.
There is no feature parity between SXA and JSS. Both are technically separate types of sites which have different set of scaffolding actions.
You can compare what modules/features are available in JSS vs SXA when you compare scaffolding definitions folders
sitecore\system\Settings\Feature\JSS Experience Accelerator
sitecore\system\Settings\Feature\Experience Accelerator

sitecore\system\Settings\Foundation\JSS Experience Accelerator
sitecore\system\Settings\Foundation\Experience Accelerator

Although it is not officially supported you can try to enable it. SXA and JSS sites share majority of the code so there is high chance that it will work.
If the only thing that you've done is Settings item template base template extension, I think your problem right now is that you are missing rest of the scaffolding actions.
I am pretty sure that this causes some of the code to not work properly
For example this base template for a Page template
/sitecore/templates/Feature/Experience Accelerator/SiteMetadata/Sitemap/_Sitemap
Some logic relies on this field inside
SitemapGenerator.cs => BuildMultilanguageSitemap(IEnumerable<Item> childrenTree, SitemapLinkOptions options)
Solution

Navigate to Sitemetadata module and review scaffolding actions both for SXA tenant and site.

/sitecore/system/Settings/Feature/Experience Accelerator/SiteMetadata/SiteMetadata Tenant Setup
/sitecore/system/Settings/Feature/Experience Accelerator/SiteMetadata/SiteMetadata Site Setup

Manually do what actions would normally do (add base templates)

In case something still doesn't work you might want to create your own copy of
Sitecore.XA.Feature.SiteMetadata.Pipelines.HttpRequestBegin.SitemapHandler

and debug it.

Sitemap in SXA JSS Site


LCD monitor got wet

Question: If an LCD monitor got wet because of rain, can it still be used or fixed?
I haven't tried plugging it in yet, since it only got wet yesterday and I don't have the appropriate tools to open it up so that I could dry it.
Is it the monitor or my desktop that's causing the problem?
Comment: Just wanted to comment how disappointed I am that spending 200 dollars on a monitor does not get me a product that takes into account some moisture getting on it.  I had my LG 24 inch get a bit wet in the rain and now after an hour of working on it, gradually see more horizontal lines creeping in like it's going to short so unplugged as soon as I read this.
Answer: Best thing to do is let it dry for 5-7 days in an air conditioned room. Then see if it still works. No need to open it up.
Comment: lower humidity.
Comment: Air conditioners partly work by sucking the water out of the air. This allows more water to evaporate out of the monitor into the air, through the air conditioner.
Comment: why air conditioned room?
Comment: A bit late to ask, but can I use a hair dryer to expedite the process, or it's too dangerous?
Answer: Depends on how much rain and what internal components got wet. Best bet let it dry and plug it in.
Comment: +1, but I'll add to let it dry _thoroughly_ - much longer than you think it needs.
Answer: Definitely let it dry for at least a week.  If possible, completely submerge it in rice (I know, that's a lot of rice), which will help dry it out.  Make sure it looks completely dry from everything you can tell before you try to plug it in.
Answer: Rain is usually reasonably pure water and therefore nothing like as corrosive as carbonated drinks or fruit juices. If you don't want to be without your machine for a week you can accelerate evaporation significantly by leaving a desk fan on at the side of it. If you aren't worried about invalidating a warranty then you could consider getting some tools to open up the case. You might also consider using a hairdryer on low heat. If you do that, don't hold it too close or keep in in one spot long enough to heat anything up too much. Tke particular care to dry switches etc and anywhere where water might hide. Be sure that everything is really dry before you connect the power.
If you do spill liquids on PC components, disconnect them right away - don't stop to power the machine down. On a laptop, get the battery out fast. Open things up to access places where the spilled liquid might be lurking, but don't open any power supplies or high voltage components. Soak up any pools of liquid then use clean water to flush corrosive liquids away then dry thoroughly.
Answer: Open the screen and let the inside be exposed to open air for a while. Depending on the humidity of your place the water will evaporate slowly. Remember if anything strange happens disconnect the power fast as water with ions is a very good conductor of electricity and can cause a short circuit.
Comment: I don't think this really answers the question, the asker can not open the device do to lack of tools.
Answer: The wind suggestion:
Have a desk fan blow directly at it for 7 days. Then, buy some tools, and then open the lcd screen to see if it's completely dry. If not, repeat the process, but this time, don't buy tools because you already have.
The soak suggestion:
Get a sponge from your kitchen(of course you have one) and buy some tools to open lcd screen. Then, open the lcd screen, and then you have to try to use the sponge, soak as much water as you can. Try not to touch the battery, or else you'll get electrocuted and that can hurt your skin tremendously. If needed, repeat the process, but this time you don't have to buy tools because you have.
The heat suggestion:
For this suggestion, get a 1000 Watt hairdryer. If you have a lot of water on the lcd, and they won't get away(it's mostly sticky stuff with little water), use high heat, at 212 F, to evaporate the water. But then the sticky stuff will still be left behind. Get a can of water, and try to put just the right amount of water to rinse the glue off(It's hard, too little will leave glue, too much will need to repeat the process again). Then try to examine the motherboard with a see-through lens, which can see through objects. This can lead to overheating. Make sure the CPU is under 100 F.
The dry suggestion:
Open the screen in the computer, set your dehumidifier to at least 122 F. Make sure the dehumidifier points directly to the screen. This will soak the water out, but this can overheat the CPU, so make sure the CPU temperature is 100 F or less. If it hides really close to getting in the screen, set the dehumidifier very close, around 6 inches away or less, but that could burn your monitor.

LCD monitor got wet


Usage of ça baigne

Question: I've heard that the response "ça va" can be replaced with "ça baigne" (lit. "that bathes") in casual contexts. Is this a common greeting among friends, or something that simply exists but isn't commonly used? How does it feel compared to ça va?
Comment: "Ça va" is the more common way and less informal than the others (still it is not the most polite way, especially as a question "ça va ?"). "Ça baigne" would be understood by everyone I suppose. There is "ça roule" too, and "ça gaze".
Comment: Note that it is a shortcut for "Ça baigne dans l'huile" which means "Tout va parfaitement bien".
Comment: my feeling is that it is less used than, say, 10 years ago.
Comment: In the same order of idea, the not specially very clever but somehow funny movie "Brice de Nice"  introduced the expression "Ça farte ?", with the meaning "Ça va ?". I can't say the expression really took off. The french verb  "Farter" consists in applying a kind of wax to improve the gliding characteristics of surfboards & skis. See here :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZ_kkVzx18
Answer: We can find the origin of the word in an article by l'Internaute :

Sens : Tout fonctionne bien.
  Origine : Cette expression date du XXe siècle et prend ses origines sur les établis de
  bricolage. En effet, lorsqu'un mécanisme est rempli d'huile, il
  fonctionne bien et tout va pour le mieux. Ainsi, par extension, la
  formulation est employée dans le langage familier pour dire que tout
  va bien, que tout est sous contrôle.

"Ca baigne" is indeed familiar and used with friends and family. As radouxju said, it was mostly used about 10 years ago and it is hardly used nowadays, even if it's probably still used by youngsters. "Ça va" could be used with basically anybody in a non-professionnal scenario. You would use "Comment allez-vous ?" in that case.
Comment: 'yougsters' ? No, actually, probably no one under at least 30-40 would use it.
Answer: To add a bit of information; As previously said, "ça baigne" is rarely used by any young adult. Note: when it's used it's often used in a more familiar way than "ça va" (less formal).
It can be told in the following contexts:
"Ça baigne, mon coco ?"
"Ça baigne, mon vieux ?"
"Ça baigne, mon frêre ?"
As you can see, the construction of the sentence differ a bit from a more formal "ça va".

Usage of ça baigne