[MIE-1205] Disable ability to interact with the snippet when the AS service is down

JIRA: https://jira.nationalgeographic.com/browse/MIE-1205
Do you think we should take out `@factory.trigger "active", false`? What does `active` really mean? We are using it to symbolize if a valid actor is set on the snippet and the snippet could potentially make POSTs to the service. What do you think?