OriginalGriff, You are mistaken about eLance. vWorker was RentACoder, but vWorker was absorbed by Freelancer.com. I am a freelancer that had a profile on both Freelancer and vWorker when they did it - it was a mess! eLance, if you are cautious and not cheap, can yield a good experience for anybody - but if you get caught up in the "bargains" you will end up with a very bad experience! As to Freelancer.com - I would not recommend this site to anybody. It is a cutthroat community that emphasizes "bargains" over value, can and will take your money (both employers and freelancers), and has few of the controls that the more reputable freelancer sites have (e.g. ODesk, Elance, and Guru). Regards, John Walton P.S. I am a professional database developer with almost 20 years of experience, and although I would love to charge "professional" rates and have a "professional" job, it is very difficult to find a job anywhere in the software industry when you have a felony record - being a freelancer has allowed me to survive.

Bad hacks are just that - BAD HACKS!!! But hard time is just that - HARD TIME!!! I suggest the author do some hard time, and then speak out about what he thinks somebody should get for ruining a bit of entertainment. Hard time is for people that cause real harm to real people, not virtual harm to virtual people. GET REAL MAN, AND GROW UP!!!