Right All Ears

You are correct it is a demonstratable fact (using empirical science) not
pseudo or BS.
it al known stuff call "ionic migration" "metallic diffusion" you can read
lots about it on the net and to make DICK happy the manufacturers CAN and DO
MEASURE IT, thats one of the processes they use to guesstimate the life
expectancy of the chip.
but over clocking a CPU that was not designed to go that fast ( as apposed
to one that is just "labelled up" at a lower speed) will shorten its life
expectancy.

On the other subject of Pride and Prejudice.
Subjective evidence is EVIDANCE. especially when it is reproducible. -even
if you can't measure it.
You maybe measuring the wrong thing.
Would you go hunting for elephant with a microscope or study insects with
binoculars (both instruments make things bigger). -rhetorical question

Failure to provide a valid rational explanation of something; is NOT a
failure of science but of human wit.

Chris.

Once you are open to extreme possibilities, one also becomes aware of all of
life's opportunities - - Fox Mulder

"Dennis Moore" wrote in message
...
I don't know Mr. Pierce, he said he trusts his hearing.
Meaning if your equipment doesn't reveal something I gather
he doesn't trust your equipment. So he isn't necessarily
having it both ways. He probably would deem despite all
of your equipment you don't have the equipment to measure
it with. Now of course you don't agree with his assertion.
Thinking if your equipment doesn't measure it, it likely isn't
so. But nothing really inconsistent with his position. It simply
is based upon different assumptions than yours.

He is oh so right about those CPU's by the way. You don't usually
get max stable mhz until they are burned in a bit. Something
must being going on for that to be. I have no idea if anyone
has or is trying to figure out why that is. And what they might
be measuring do determine it. But no matter what the equipment
and expertise used, if they tell you it isn't so, they aren't going to
have much credibility with someone who has seen the effect
many times.

Dennis