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What happens when something goes wrong? Can it autorotate like a rotary wing aircraft (helicopter) that can safely land without engine power? It looks like a decent glide ratio like a fixed wing aircraft is out of the question.

Gore needs to pay the electric bills for his mansions and for the fuel for his private jet.

Apparently the ransomware writers didn't take heed in that they need to provide great customer service to make money: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3097268/security/why-ransomware-criminals-need-great-customer-service.html

I also get the ? problem on the accented e on Windows 10 using Chrome in the forum only.

The original article doesn't state it, but I think this is how it was done a little more specifically: one member would chew through the cable until the alarm sounded. Once that happened he/she would quickly walk away and discreetly hand off the iPhone to another and it would pass through two or more gang members and that makes it very difficult to determine who has the stolen item. A similar method is often used by pickpockets and other shoplifters.

The cables used at Apple stores in the USA aren't armored but are alarmed -- this is probably the case everywhere. Armored cables are too heavy and thick and still have a very weak point -- where they are attached to the iPhone by a small bit of adhesive. Why they would chew instead of using a tiny set of clippers is probably to reduce the evidence trail since the culprit isn't caught with a tool and instead caught with a set of teeth which nearly everyone has.

The street value of iPhones stolen from an Apple store are pretty low. They can't be used as a valid phone and are only good for a few parts (screen, case, battery, etc.). The criminals selling them can only get a reasonable resale value by conning a buyer into thinking it's somewhat usable.

Last year Evernote changed their policy to allow only two Basic (free tier) devices per account. They also bumped their price structure to a much less competitive scheme. A 40% price increase? Ouch.