DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

I will be attending the MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara in April. Let me know if you plan to attend, so I can rent you the 2nd bed in my hotel room.

I mean no offense to the guys pictured in the banner reproduced here; in fact I’ve just paid $1000 to hear them all speak next month. But isn’t this the least compelling ad you’ve ever seen? I mean, sure, most technical conferences consist of a group of middle-aged mostly white guys standing around hotels yammering about obscure software features and implementation details, but is that the best pitch the promoter can make?

Here, take this test: after seeing this ad, which of the following best describes your next course of action?

1. Buy shares of ORCL.
2. Schedule an appointment with your hairdresser, just in case.
3. Spastically click the browser’s “BACK” button before any more photons bounce off that image and hit your eyeball.

Those are your only choices, because nobody clever enough to read debris.com could possibly see that advertisement and think, “OMG, reserve my seat today!”