I agree with Emily and Marek that this thread probably is probably not going to go in any new constructive directions, so it's probably best to close it down... So that's what we've agreed to do. That said, I could only think of one way to end it:
I hope to see more threads like this in the future. It was extremely fun and worthwhile throughout.
* Good work.
* Except for the occasional name calling, and occasional offended people (though I think for a 60+ page thread on an Internet discussion board, we did pretty well!).