donny_paycheck said:
I have to step in on this. Nipster is right. What you are saying is outlandish and nowhere near believable. Some proof to back up this claim would help your case greatly. Perhaps an instance of Intel knocking down somebody's door to "get back their chip". Or failing that, as it most assuredly has never happened, even a case of them contacting local law-enforcement authorities about this stolen property of theirs and sending police to the house of this offender to retreive a sub-$500 component that couldn't hope to be deserving of such attention or worry.
The image I have of jack-booted black-clad thugs with Intel arm bands knocking on the door to somebody's house and demanding their CPU back is downright comical; it's just incredible. How would Intel find out about his possession of this CPU? How would they coordinate the tactical aspects of the retreival mission should they decide to fetch their precious sample? Under what laws are they allowed to forcibly take something from a private home? How could a chip manufacturer have the personnel resources to do such a thing? Where would they deploy from and what type of base of operations would it be? Are we to believe that they have some underground NORAD-esque command center somewhere with a large electronic map showing the locations of these sample CPUs?
What you infer leads me to believe that this is your suggestion.
Please furnish proof that this has happened once in history so that Misantropia can take the best course of action legally. You believe one thing, nipster and I believe another, so I'm sure Misantropia is getting a bit confused as he watches his thread go askew into a debate about the legal issues of obtaining what he is asking about.
My judgement says that your statements are inflammatory and untrue. I invite you to prove me wrong. When you do you will have my immediate and total concession.
Look, I gave a simple warning. How Intel recovers their property is none of my concern, but they do get it back. An unlocked Intel chip would be great to have, but I'm just saying that this might not entirely being on the up and up, and if it's not, then it *COULD* be a problem. As I said, if you want to verify it, e-mail Intel for their recovery procedures in a situation like this. They tend to be protective of their property, as are you and I.
And as I have pointed out, ES's are NOT for sale, so if they are resold, they are STOLEN property and they DO have the right to get it back, regardless of whether you're the one who stole it or not.
THEY ARE PROPERTY OF INTEL. So if they were to contact local law enforcement, they would most likely comply. If you talk to them and say you accidentally got an ES or something, and be reasonable, they are in return.
As far as tracking, they do not have a NORAD-esque facility, but they DO hire people to keep track of chips. They also have outside contacts. They are not a covert ops organization but they do keep track of their own equipment.
I am not telling Misantropia to do anything. He can do as he wishes, all I'm doing is saying that he should be aware of what may or may not happen.
