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  1. Re:CLM Vrs CEM by Novus · · Score: 1 · on Infamous Emails Don't Always Kill Careers

    In this sort of situation, you should remember Rules of Acquisition 112 and 113.

  2. Re:As the Ferengi say by Jamil+Karim · · Score: 1 · on Apple iTunes to End Flat Fee Pricing?

    Ah.. but there are so many better rules than Rule of Acquisition #10.

    Rule 2: The best deal is the one that brings the most profit.
    Rule 29: What's in it for me?
    Rule 82: The flimsier the product, the higher the price.
    Rule 100: If they take your first offer, you either asked too little or offered too much.
    Rule 141: Only fools pay retail.
    Rule 153: Sell the sizzle, not the steak.
    Rule 219: Possession is 11/10 of the law.
    Rule 242: More is good... all is better.
    Rule 260: Life's not fair. How else would you turn a profit?
    Rule 265: The customer is always right, (...until you get their cash).

    Source: http://www.dmwright.com/html/ferengi.htm

  3. Re:Restrict Software Sale! by gstoddart · · Score: 1 · on Western Software Used to Support Censorship
    [1] Get what "I" want.
    [2] Get *more* of what "I" want.
    [3] Fuck everything and everyone who gets in the way of "me" getting what "I" want.

    You know what the last set of rules sounds like?

    The Ferengi rules of acquisition.

    No, really. Except that it was meant to be a way of describing a society which was largely materialistic and shallow, it's a good representation of the way corporations and individuals actually behave.

    It sucks, but it's hardly a new observation.
  4. Re:Question by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 5, Funny · on Quark CEO Abruptly Resigns

    Quark is the proprietor of Quark's. RTFA?
    With Quark out of the way, his brother Rom can take over.
    http://www.dmwright.com/html/ferengi.htm
    rules of acquisition

  5. Re:Question by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 5, Funny · on Quark CEO Abruptly Resigns

    Quark is the proprietor of Quark's. RTFA?
    With Quark out of the way, his brother Rom can take over.
    http://www.dmwright.com/html/ferengi.htm
    rules of acquisition

  6. Re:Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition by heavy+snowfall · · Score: 1 · on What Do You Charge for Tech Support?

    Here's two more from the same list:

    Everything is worth something to somebody.
    Gratitude can bring on generosity.
    Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition

  7. Rule of Acquisition by FsG · · Score: 3, Funny · on Ex-Lover Deletes MMOG Character

    Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #40: She can touch your lobes, but never your Latinum.

  8. Re:Digital Illusions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on EA Takeover Moves and Countermoves

    Extreme Pinball was created by Digital Extremes who worked with EA and Epic MegaGames on releasing a PSX version.

  9. Re:The the hell is wrong with the US? by RoboOp · · Score: 2, Funny · on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right
    Perhaps this will put things into perspective - The Ferengi rules of Aquisition

    Best buy warrents their own additions:

    Rule #400 - Extended warrenties are extended latinum.
    Rule #401 - Make the customer work for his bargin.

  10. Re:More on the new SCO plan... by tommten · · Score: 3, Funny · on How SCO Helped Linux Go Enterprise

    seems someone is following the rules of acquisition...

    some of the rules that seems to apply to McBride:
    Rule 003 Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
    Rule 042 What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine too.
    Rule 189 Let others keep their reputation. You keep their money.
    Rule 266 When in doubt, lie.
    Rule 267 If you believe it, they believe it.