Correct.
Anybody using >> 10000 just doesn't know what he's doing.
Also you can see from getinfo that this coin started at 0 difficulty.
Almost true. There is no absolute zero difficulty in bitcoin. It started at 0.00024414
Anyway, my entire point was that he was trying to use this variable to control starting difficulty (incorrectly, at that), when it is not what it is used for at all.
It's a shame that he saw my post and changed it immediately. Would have been very funny if 51% of clients were running the 1000000 version

Goodnight friends.