Depends on the rice, but long grain/jasmine tend to come out perfect with an old cooking trick just about every time. Start with a pot, put in the desired amount of dry rice (you get like 1.5-2.5 the volume when cooked) and then add water/broth until the water stands roughly the difference between one joint of your finger and the next above the now wet rice. Bring to a boil (not a simmer) over medium heat and then kill the heat, cover the rice, and set aside. In 15 minutes you will have perfect rice. The more eclectic Asian stuff like nigri et al will differ, as you want a little lower water with them so they retain their stickiness. Note, if you are making like half a cup of rice in a 8inch pot, you are an idiot and shouldn't do this. Use the proper sized pot for the portion size! And stainless steel wouldn't matter as long as you don't let the rice dry out in it, and even then it's just a case of adding warm water for a few minutes before cleaning. If you are trying to clean dry rice off the sides of a stainless steel pot the next day, you totally deserve everything you get.
This method sort of mirrors what the Master said, but without the need to use measuring cups for everything. As the volume of dry rice increases, you are still only going to the 1-1.5 inch mark above the rice, so the amount of water volume to rice ratio starts to get closer to being even as the amount of rice increases.