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RSA Conference Bans "Booth Babes"

netbuzz writes In what may be a first for the technology industry, RSA Conference 2015 next month apparently will be bereft of a long-controversial trade-show attraction: "booth babes." New language in its exhibitor contract, while not using the term 'booth babe," leaves no doubt as to what type of salesmanship RSA wants left out of its event. Says a conference spokeswoman: "We thought this was an important step towards making all security professionals feel comfortable and equally respected during the show." Easier at a venue like RSA; the annual Consumer Electronics Show, not so much.

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  1. Bummer by Holi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whats the use in going now?

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    1. Re:Bummer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      How dare you put a negative connotation on "slutty".

    2. Re:Bummer by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 4, Funny

      How dare you oppress me and my right as a man to be slutty.

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    3. Re:Bummer by jcr · · Score: 4, Funny

      All you get is overweight, butch lesbians in flannel shirts, sweatpants and Birkenstocks!

      But that triggers me.

      -jcr

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    4. Re:Bummer by Krishnoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      they'll switch over to information kiosks narrated by an asexual monotone computer. And if that turns you on, well, I don't know what they'll do.

      If that happens, you'll have passed Turing's other test.

  2. RSA has booth babes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, were they wearing nothing but a key-pair? I'd factor that modulus, if you know what I mean.

    I mean, I'd steal her keys.

  3. In Other News... by fyngyrz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Convention News

    RSA Conference Fades Away

    Lede: RSA conference shutters undertakings after attendance at most recent gathering only attracted gay males with business suit fetishes.

    An RSA conference official is quoted as saying "We don't have anything at all against gays, and we know they need security products too, but they only make up a relatively small proportion of the population. We just couldn't pay our bills." Executives at the company were insulated by their golden parachutes, but the rank and file workers were let go with only 4 days official notice and no termination pay. "I knew something was going on when I saw my boss carrying out his golf clubs", one unnamed source told this reporter. Another ex-employee told me she had early warning when by a week before the conference, they only had 21 advance signups, and all of them were from San Francisco. "I'm going to go to work as a stripper" she said. "I can make more and make people happy that way, too. Customer service was a nightmare of unhappiness and depression. I'm glad to be out of there, though I didn't plan it this way."

    Vegas Adult Conferences see Record Attendance

    Lede: In Las Vegas, the libido rules as adult conferences draw larger and larger crowds.

    Sex sells, as any experiencing marketing exec will tell you; and looks matter, as Hollywood demonstrates every day of the year. Beautiful, scantily clad women populate the kiosks at all the adult conferences, and men flock en masse to the show floors in order to get a closer look and take snapshots with them; all the while being well exposed to the products and services being marketed their way. Women, too, crowd the convention room floor as they take careful note of the latest trends in sexuality and sex toys, making sure they maintain their "leg up" over the Birkenstock-wearing, makeup-free adherents of the now critically derailed feminist movement. A great time is clearly had by all. I asked a paired couple of showgoers if they had kids; "Yes, we do" was the answer. I asked where the kids were right them, and got this response: "Since the government deported all the immigrants, we've been hiring ex-programmers and ex-engineers as babysitters. Off-shoring and the H1B visa programs have made picking up a desperate tech person very easy. And they're so much better at caring for the kids. You should see the LEGO creation we came home to yesterday!"

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  4. Re: Good! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The mere sight of sexy women is deeply offending to the ugly feminist crowd

  5. Re:Ugly women ruin everything. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    men can't wear mini skirts either

    Well now I'm not going.

  6. How sad. by Checkered+Daemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have this friend. She's blond, six foot, blue eyes, loves wearing five inch heels, and is a bit of an exhibitionist. Gorgeous. Loves dressing up. She also has a BS in computer science and a master's degree in mathematcs. She works conventions as a 'booth babe' for fun. Her stories about tearing into some dork who thinks she's just some dumb blonde are priceless. Shame to spoil her fun.