Re: [88attendees] hotel elevators

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Mon, 04 November 2013 04:21 UTC

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On 04/11/2013 16:07, Nat Sakimura wrote:
> I heard from a hotel employee that the elevator is counting the number
> of people by how many times the floor was called. So, if you press the
> button 3 times, it will be counted as 3 people in the car and while it
> is only half empty, it will believe that it is full and pass. Dumb
> algorithm but given the situation, we would probably better off just
> calling the car once per person.

In that case, I think once per destination floor is the best algorithm.

   Brian

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> =nat via iPhone
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> On Nov 3, 2013, at 17:44, "Ondřej Surý" <ondrej.sury@nic.cz> wrote:
> 
>> I have just found out that the elevators can forgot your order. If you are stuck on a floor make sure you push your floor from time to time. My elevator number keeps changing from C to D and back, but neither do arrive.
>>
>> Could we forgot about this hotel and never come back.
>>
>> Ondrej, stuck on fourth floor
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>>> On 2. 11. 2013, at 17:26, joel jaeggli <joelja@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Nov 2, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen@me.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We could of course make this the Code Sprint challenge for the week:
>>>> fix the damn elevators!
>>> the elevators are fine, it's the people.
>>>
>>>> Or not.... :-)
>>>>
>>>> Ole
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2 Nov 2013, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/2/2013 4:44 PM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
>>>>>> Feels like overzelous, most optimal ever protocol design at
>>>>>> the expense of usability.
>>>>> We either need to come more often or less often - when I checked in, I
>>>>> realized I had no idea how the elevators worked at previous check-in times,
>>>>> but had to ask, because I couldn't remember this time, either :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> But I usually acclimate by Wednesday or Thursday of IETF weeks ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Spencer
>>>>>
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