Would you mind locking this thread? It jumped the shark about 30 pages ago. It has devolved into pointless bickering and there's nothing new under the sun left to be said here. Thanks for your consideration.
DooMAD has actually PMed me about locking this thread. I didn't reply because I would've wanted this to die a natural death. That would hopefully mean this whole Ordinal thing has already gone past its short-lived hype and that it isn't worth discussing anymore. Also, I somehow wanted to defer to the moderators as to whether or not this whole discussion has gone pointless already and should be locked. After all, despite the request, even DooMAD himself/herself continued to clarify certain points.
I don't anymore check this discussion as often as before, but whenever I read the new replies, it seems they're still largely relevant and interesting, and even amusing, although I admittedly don't understand most of the technical points. So, notwithstanding the bickering and the off-topic ad hominems and even name calling, it seems this is still a nice discussion to follow.
However, you're probably right that at this point the discussion is already going around in circles. There's probably nothing left to add. Perhaps it's indeed time to close this thread, and focus your attention somewhere else.
On a side note, first, my sincere apologies to DooMAD for not responding to his/her message. Second, this isn't the first time that you guys (franky1, DooMAD, nutildah, BlackHatCoiner, and others) went into a heated head-to-head discussion. In fairness, it seems it's enriching. It's very much unlike the personal and political kind of feud that we used to witness here.
Finally, thanks everybody for taking part in the discussion. I should've added a poll to this.