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Heh, still funny tho. They gots the ground effects patent! They is p1mp! They is my hero!
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A Branson man has put a face to the anonymous references people often make to “they” by changing his name to just that: “They.”
The former Andrew Wilson, a 43-year-old self-employed inventor, was granted legal permission last week by a circuit judge to change his name.

They holds 14 patents including Ground-Effect lighting, used to create a neon glow beneath vehicles and patented in 1987. His newest product is “Shades Eyewear,” which have a built-in visor over each sunglass lens. The visors protect the eyes from glare without having to wear a hat, he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040923_985.html

Wow, 313 of ‘em now, including Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry E. Page (both at $4B)... Nice to see the rich get richer.
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The combined net worth of the 400 rose $45 billion and reached $1 trillion this year for the first time since 2000, before the dot-com bust wiped out billions of dollars in wealth.

The biggest billionaire of all was again Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates (news – web sites), whose $48 billion in estimated wealth was up $2 billion from 2003. Gates was again followed by investor Warren Buffett (news – web sites) with $41 billion, the list’s biggest dollar gainer with a $5 billion increase, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who held the No. 3 spot although his net worth fell $2 billion to $20 billion.

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