for now, use the latest version of dependencies; we can lock them in later
add a utility for converting time units
move constants out of the code
the rabbit.coffee stuff offically replaced by rabbit-pubsub module
replace 'localhost' with 127.0.0.1 to prevent the odd ip6 loookup
differentiate status messages: get-status, set-status, and status-reply
add some more startup logging when in verbose mode
force curl to do ipv4 dns
change test to respect new status messages: get-status, set-status, status-reply
v0.2.5