Do you know Charles J. Sykes?

He's the guy who wrote in the mid-1990s a set of rules that began with "Life isn't fair, get used to it."

Then for the next several years he watched it travel the length and breadth of the Internet — with Microsoft zillionaire Bill Gates getting credit for writing it.

"It wasn't fair that Gates got the credit, but I learned to deal with that," Sykes said with a laugh. "But if he wants to send me some money, that would be fair."