Computer abuse

[dmm]

Anyone who uses supercomputers (SCs) knows that they can only service a certain number of Users effectively. After a point, you get "traffic jams" just like roads. So, definitely, SC complexes should be limited in how many research facilities they can augment. However, 1-to-1 is too limiting, since SCs are generally used to eliminate "roadblocks" to research progress. For example, the entire US research establishment has only ten to twenty SC centers. Lastly, the number of SCs in our world depends on one's definition of a SC, which of course changes as time goes by. Yesterday's SC is today's doorstop. So I think that SC centers in SEIV should have a maintenance cost, or should only Last a set number of years (getting less and less useful as time goes on).

To summarize, I would recommend:
1) Limit # of research facilities supported.
2) But make it something like 5-to-1, not 1-to-1.
3) Account for obsolescence somehow, most easily in the form of a maintenance cost.