Its just that you are beating a dead horse. Over the last month+ this issue has been argued and all evidence leads one to believe that the order numbers are sequential.
Any way, so we don't get lost in the details, what difference does it make? As an investor my interest here is that there is revenue being generated, I could care less what accounting system is being used, or as you suggest some algorithm, or even if they use an abacus to tally number of bulbs sold.