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• All delivery promises must be multiplied by a factor of 2.0. -- The RPCISPE's Eighth Universal Law
• Manufacturer's performances spec's should be multiplied by a factor of 0.
  5. -- The RPCISPE's Twelfth Universal Law...
• Salesperson's performances spec's should be multiplied by a factor of 0.
  25. -- The RPCISPE's Thirteenth Universal Law...
• Actual service conditions cannot be met in the laboratory. -- The RPCISPE's Fourth Universal Law
• That device requiring the most service will be least accessable.
  -- The RPCISPE's Fifteenth Universal Law...
• Specified Service Conditions will be exceeded. -- The RPCISPE's Sixteenth Universal Law
• It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
  -- Alan Shepherd, one of the Apollo astronau...
• Interchangeable parts won't. -- The RPCISPE's Eleventh Universal Law
• This isn't true in practice -- what we've missed out is Stradivarius's constant.
  And then the aside: "For those of you who don't know, that's been called by others the fiddle factor....