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Kind of pisses me off that the energy star site is offline too. Was shopping for some new windows (all the efficiencies are posted there for certified vendors a

Kind of pisses me off that the energy star site is offline too. Was shopping for some new windows (all the efficiencies are posted there for certified vendors and models) and every link there lands on a "sorry we're closed during the shutdown" message.

chabes 8y ago
Did you try archive.org?
- tgtweak 8y ago
  That's a good idea, the window search (there are many thousand skus) is service+api based though, doesn't look like archive will cache that part. Would be amusing if the API was still live though. I'll poke a bit. FYI the "pissed" comment was mostly at the situation as a whole and not at anyone behind the energy star site, who are rightfully furloughed and should not be leaving unmonitored services up. Also I was able to find most of the info on the Canadian energuide site.
ben_jones 8y ago
The irony that someone had to take the time to prepare that message instead of, I don't know, doing the bare minimum to keep the site up during the shutdown.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  > doing the bare minimum to keep the site up during the shutdown. Hatch Act makes it illegal to work during shutdown, you're only supposed to come in, check your voice messages and perform your shutdown procedures (if you have any)
  - googlemike 8y ago
    Does it? from wikipedia: > The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials,[1] from engaging in some forms of political activity. It went into law on August 2, 1939. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. It was most recently amended in 2012.[2] Where do you see anything about shutdowns? Are you sure you have the right act? Do I have the wrong act?
    - sbov 8y ago
      Looks like it might actually be the Antideficiency Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act
  - epistasis 8y ago
    Apparently the executive branch has some authority to decide what's essential or not, so clearly websites are not thought to be as essential as authorizing drilling permits: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-11/no-park-rangers-or-food-inspections-but-government-reopens-for-oil-and-gas https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-1...
  - pimlottc 8y ago
    You’re probably thinking of the Anti-Deficiency Act.

chabes 8y ago

Did you try archive.org?

tgtweak 8y ago
That's a good idea, the window search (there are many thousand skus) is service+api based though, doesn't look like archive will cache that part. Would be amusing if the API was still live though. I'll poke a bit. FYI the "pissed" comment was mostly at the situation as a whole and not at anyone behind the energy star site, who are rightfully furloughed and should not be leaving unmonitored services up. Also I was able to find most of the info on the Canadian energuide site.

ben_jones 8y ago

The irony that someone had to take the time to prepare that message instead of, I don't know, doing the bare minimum to keep the site up during the shutdown.

WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
> doing the bare minimum to keep the site up during the shutdown. Hatch Act makes it illegal to work during shutdown, you're only supposed to come in, check your voice messages and perform your shutdown procedures (if you have any)
- googlemike 8y ago
  Does it? from wikipedia: > The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials,[1] from engaging in some forms of political activity. It went into law on August 2, 1939. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. It was most recently amended in 2012.[2] Where do you see anything about shutdowns? Are you sure you have the right act? Do I have the wrong act?
  - sbov 8y ago
    Looks like it might actually be the Antideficiency Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act
- epistasis 8y ago
  Apparently the executive branch has some authority to decide what's essential or not, so clearly websites are not thought to be as essential as authorizing drilling permits: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-11/no-park-rangers-or-food-inspections-but-government-reopens-for-oil-and-gas https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-1...
- pimlottc 8y ago
  You’re probably thinking of the Anti-Deficiency Act.