Launching a Cluster on Amazon Ec2 Spot Instances Using StarCluster

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  1. is it possible to use a similar technique to create windows clusters?

  2. Very cool!

  3. Hi Chris, you can only access Cloud on Wi-Fi-only Kindle Fire through Wi-Fi thus not when traveling and when no Wi-Fi is available. Cloud is a big myth, you can only count on your device for content storage. Kindle Fire only has 6 GB to use after space is taken by Android OS and it doesn’t have any expandable card slot while Nook Tablet has 16 GB space and a microSD slot for up to 32 GB more. Nook also has unlimited free cloud as all your eBooks and apps you got from Nook store are stored online as well as on your device. Prime movies can’t be downloaded, only streamed, making them impossible to watch without Wi-Fi on Kindle Fire. Nook Tablet’s performance beats Kindle Fire in all pro reviews specifically on video playback, the screen quality, and how fast apps load.
    Sample below:
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    Nook has an edge here, with its 1GB of RAM to the Fire’s 512MB — and certainly the difference is noticeable, even when booting up something as simple as a game like Angry Birds. Things are even more pronounced during video playback. We took Shutter Island for a spin via Netflix streaming on both devices, and it was really like night and day. Motion is far less choppy on the Barnes & Noble device.

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