This thread has some ideas:
http://stratics.com/community/threads/dci-cap-clarification-patch-81.294522/#post-2238049. The link takes you to Bleak's clarification. Earlier in the thread there is some speculation as to how it worked. Once the details were made clear, some of the smiles turned upside down (mine included).
Here is an idea from the team from that thread:
Something I came up with (also in that thread):
I do not know the feasibility of these ideas, but that determination/exploration is not in our hands.
Stayin Alive,
BG