On 31.01.2013 13:46, Daniel Pocock wrote:
Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:On Montag, 28. Januar 2013, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:* People should be able to select their room mates.IMO this is wrong/impractial: it would be nice to have if people are able to select their room mates. And we try to. But its not a should or must.Could you elaborate? Aren't we talking about adults who make decisions for themselves, particularly about things like where they sleep, and the more choices and freedoms that are taken away from them due to prices or beaurocracy, the more people will exercise their last remaining choice, not to come at all?
Trying to figure out how to to such selection, we found some problems:- privacy: such system should permit people to check all rooms to see it they desired category/roommates is available. Such data could be easily abused.
- practical reasons:-- one people book the room for all group? But he has the information about special diets and so on? -- or every one book, but what about if an other group book the other beds before the initial group finished the booking,
Probably these problems are technically solvable, as improving penta. But reality is different!
ciao cate