(Reference: http://wildchocolate.tumblr.com/post/12555879965/a-letter-to-the-developer-community)

Please read the above first before reading the following:

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That this kind of stuff happens at conferences is both not surprising and totally unacceptable.  We live in an age where we should be above this kind of crap.  Unfortunately, between the above and postings like this from a Rails conference a couple of years ago I guess we still have a long way to go.