>    On DAC Tuesday from 12:00 to 1:30 in Room 102 of Moscone Center,
>    the Mentor folks are sponsoring a lunch with Adam and Jamie of
>    MythBusters -- you know, those guys on the Discovery Channel who
>    are always building weird things to test urban legends?  I hear
>    you have to go early to Mentor (booth 928) to get tickets.
>
>        - from http://www.deepchip.com/gadfly/gad072006.html


From: Robert Hum <robert_hum=user domain=mentor caught mom>

Hi, John,

Thanks for the note about our MythBusters Verification Lunch in your Cheesy
"Must See" List for DAC.  We had quite the run on tickets.  The attendance
was 300 with standing room only.  Adam and Jamie talked about myth busting
in general, showed some clips and even talked about verification as it
applied to myth busting.

Apparently, our lunch event was a big draw for some of our competitors, too.
Trying to get into the event, Janick Bergeron, the Synopsys methodology
strongman and author of the VMM Book, wasn't taking no for an answer.  I had
to get two of my meaner TMEs (one who was an ex-Marine and the other who's
a bodybuilder) to line up on both sides of Janick and drag him away.  Truth
be told we had to physically eject Janick from our lunch 4 times; he even
tried to sneak into our event through the kitchen!

After the show we relented and let Janick in to meet the MythBusters and to
take his picture with Adam and Jamie.  I told Janick he should just give it
up and join us.  Mentor has better technology, and we throw better parties!
He grimaced and said nothing.

    - Robert Hum, VP & GM
      Mentor Graphics                            San Jose, CA