rental

Is it possible to rent CPU cycles?

I have an application that takes days to process data. Is there a service that would let me run my application on powerful computers? I'm not running a website or a web service. This is taking lots and lots of data files, running them through a big custom application, and outputting a result. It takes days on my PC and it's something ...

Most suitable eCommerce system to build a rental component onto

I'm just looking for some advice on this - I've advertised on several service marketplaces but all I'm get is vague promises to create 'much suitable commerce sites to your specifications' In essence I need a site which has the standard commerce features, but onto which I will need to add the features required to run a book rental servi...

Alternatives to VMBed for rental of virtual XP machines?

VMBed.com allows you to rent Microsoft Windows machines by the hour and access them remotely using remote desktop (RDP) or VNC. This service is available for approx $1.20/hr and you must sign up for a minimum of $20/month subscription plan. What other on-demand, cloud-based desktops are available for rental, preferably without a subscr...

select from rental table in mysql to display items currently rented by user

If you know about sakila sample database, then what is the statement to select items currently rented by a user. If not here is a code explanation: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `rentals` ( `item_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `user_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `last_change_date` date NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`item_id`,`user_id`,`la...