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Originally posted by Gryphin:
"There Ain't No Free Lunches"
I think the original Heinlein line is "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" (TANSTAAFL).
Not to be confused with Niven's TANJ (or "There Ain't No Justice").
BTW - on the larger ships, the master computer can actually be cheaper than all the bridge/lifesupport/crewquarters. And once you get to Master Computer III, they only take up 20kT of space, which leaves more room for other stuff...