(Note that this was part of a joke post on Martin's blog, so it might have been part of the joke. Doesn't seem like it though)
Also, unrelated to the series:
Full post here.
I read Ringworld years back, when I was 10 or 11. Really enjoyed it.
Wikipedia says that SciFi was planning to turn it into a mini-series back in 2004, but it doesn't say anything more about that. Might still be in the works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSdPOB9Snrw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1PC6Cv_cM4
Edit: the hang looks awesome. From what I've read, though, it's damn hard to get a hold of one short of going to Switzerland and buying it (for $1500+) directly from PANArt, the people who make them.
The Bazantar, a sort of upright bass with extra strings of various sorts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSi9IxPfYA
Theremin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcTPRjiCs6s
Looking at that web site's deisng makes me nostalgic for the mid '90s.
But yeah, guy's a litigious bastard, and a huge douchebag. Not the first time someone's pulled something like this though--hasn't some company been suing everyone who's ever included rumble technology (or was it motion...
I'm not sure we'd actually attack anyone capable of doing any real damage back to us though. Seems like we've only been picking the low-hanging fruit off the threat list for a while now.