He did not simply stick a Post-it note on a door somewhere and leave town, solely to gum up the government.

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Doctors and other medical professionals may choose to leave the state and go somewhere they can make better money.

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Equally, if you leave the stylus on a desk somewhere and try to walk off, the phone -- courtesy of its accelerometer -- alerts you to the fact that it's being moved without its buddy.

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