NIST closed

[amdx]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated
web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the
inconvenience.
Mikek

 

[John S]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated
web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the
inconvenience.
Mikek

So we are being punished for something we did not do, other than
exercising our rights to vote.

Is that what it amounts to? It is ridiculous, childish, and worse.

I will vote for no incumbent in the next several elections.

 

[[email protected]]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated

web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the

inconvenience.

Mikek

Not enough red state presence to be called back to work like that other bunch of worthless overpaid parasites....

 

[Martin Riddle]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated
web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the
inconvenience.
Mikek

But I can still sync to a NIST time source.

Cheers

 

[Neon John]

I will vote for no incumbent in the next several elections.

While that's a good policy in general, that's not the action that
needs to be taken in this instance. This is all executive branch
doings.

I talked to a forest service ranger yesterday here in the Tellico
mountains. They've been told the same thing that the park service guy
admitted to, that they've been told to make it as hard on people as
possible.

Here's what needs to be done:

* Demand a congressional investigation into the matter
* Demand the firing of whomever in the executive branch gave the order
* (though it won't happen) Demand the impeachment of the thing
occupying the White House.

This is the first and last political post I'll make on SED.

John
John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
http://www.fluxeon.com
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
See website for email address

 

[amdx]

I listen to science360 on my internet radio.
I wanted to listen while I cleaned my shed.
http://science360.gov/default.html

Due to the lapse in government funding, National Science Foundation
websites and business applications, including NSF.gov. FastLane,
Research.gov, and Science360.gov, will be unavailable until further notice.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.

Do they sincerely regret or are they inflicting maximum pain.
Mikek

 

[[email protected]]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated
web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the
inconvenience.

Why wouldn't they close NIST? They closed the CDC.

 

[[email protected]]

I talked to a forest service ranger yesterday here in the Tellico
mountains. They've been told the same thing that the park service guy
admitted to, that they've been told to make it as hard on people as
possible.

I am sure they will make it as expensive as possible as well, with back pays, fees, etc., although in theory it should save money. But i think it's still a good thing to shut down for a week or two every year. I vote for annual shutdown first half of October, to match the Chinese golden week.

 

[hamilton]

So we are being punished for something we did not do, other than
exercising our rights to vote.

Is that what it amounts to? It is ridiculous, childish, and worse.

I will vote for no incumbent in the next several elections.

The Tea Baggers are now the new: Political Terrorists

Boehner and the GOP are held hostage by a handful of Right Wing crack pots.

At least al-Qaeda members we can shoot.

 

[amdx]

Why wouldn't they close NIST? They closed the CDC.

Why have they promised to pay the federal workers back pay,
if they are getting paid they might as well work.
It doesn't save hardworking taxpayer money to furlough them
and then pay them.
Mikek

 

[amdx]

Why the websites?
Takes no manpower,only server power.

Well the site might down, and then what?
oh! I guess it'd be the same.
Mikek

 

[Robert Baer]

Due to a lapse in government funding, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is closed and most NIST and affiliated
web sites are unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret the
inconvenience.
Mikek

Why the websites?
Takes no manpower,only server power.

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

Den søndag den 6. oktober 2013 18.20.06 UTC+2 skrev Robert Baer:

Why the websites?

Takes no manpower,only server power.

in principle they could have turned off the servers and changed
the DNS so all the closed sites point to a single server serving
"we're closed pages"

-Lasse

 

[[email protected]]

Why have they promised to pay the federal workers back pay,

if they are getting paid they might as well work.

It doesn't save hardworking taxpayer money to furlough them

and then pay them.

Mikek

The shutdown has nothing to do with saving money. The backpay bit is the GOP trying to escape out from under being accused of slowing down the economyby holding back a billion dollar weekly for fed employee pay. This ought to be a wake-up call: a substantial portion of the U.S. economy is critically dependent on the government spending money it does not have, and they're coming up to the fiscal cliff faster than they know.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 08:25:02 -0700 (PDT), the renowned

I am sure they will make it as expensive as possible as well, with back pays, fees, etc., although in theory it should save money. But i think it's still a good thing to shut down for a week or two every year. I vote for annual shutdown first half of October, to match the Chinese golden week.

They could make it end on the 11th, to take in Double-Ten Day (and the
anniversary of the Wuchang rebellion).



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[amdx]

The shutdown has nothing to do with saving money. The backpay bit is the GOP trying to escape out from under being accused of slowing down the economy by holding back a billion dollar weekly for fed employee pay. This ought to be a wake-up call: a substantial portion of the U.S. economy is critically dependent on the government spending money it does not have, and they're coming up to the fiscal cliff faster than they know.

What's wrong with NOT letting this crisis go to waste and save the
hardworking taxpayers some money for these non essential nonworkers?
I like to see how long we could go without 800,000 non essential
workers. 40% of the government gone yahoo!
Mikek

 

[[email protected]]

Why have they promised to pay the federal workers back pay,
if they are getting paid they might as well work.

For the same reason they allow government workers to unionize. It's a
big voting block and they spend big bux on elections and lobbyists.

It doesn't save hardworking taxpayer money to furlough them
and then pay them.

It'll cost more but that isn't the point.

 

[[email protected]]

What's wrong with NOT letting this crisis go to waste and save the
hardworking taxpayers some money for these non essential nonworkers?
I like to see how long we could go without 800,000 non essential
workers. 40% of the government gone yahoo!

If they're non-essential, what are they doing working for the federal
government in the first place?

 

[boB]

Den søndag den 6. oktober 2013 18.20.06 UTC+2 skrev Robert Baer:

in principle they could have turned off the servers and changed
the DNS so all the closed sites point to a single server serving
"we're closed pages"

-Lasse

WWV also appears to be alive as well as NOAA weather radio.

Is WWV essential ?

boB

 

[hamilton]

WWV also appears to be alive as well as NOAA weather radio.

Is WWV essential ?

Yes !!

My weather clock would not know that its Monday.

;-)