Some PiCloud tests...

I'm using their PI example. The Performance gains are great and when you see the code below you will realize that PICloud is really easy and intuitive to use. I'll be moving some of my python jobs to them.
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Process	Location	Number of Tests	Number in Parallel	Wall Clock Time (sec)	Pi
calcPiLocal	local	1	102	0.00	3.16000000
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	102	30.37	3.04000000
calcPiLocal	local	1	103	0.00	3.13200000
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	103	5.31	3.08000000
calcPiLocal	local	1	104	0.02	3.13640000
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	104	4.31	3.13200000
calcPiLocal	local	1	105	0.05	3.13664000
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	105	1.22	3.13840000
calcPiLocal	local	1	106	0.48	3.14185200
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	106	2.30	3.14116000
calcPiLocal	local	1	107	4.64	3.14092240
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	107	2.31	3.14099920
calcPiLocal	local	1	108	46.52	3.14138168
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	108	8.50	3.14139276
calcPiLocal	local	1	109	468.45	3.14171378
calcPiCloud	cloud	8	109	121.48	3.14159943

import cloud, random, time
cloud.setkey(your private key, 'your private key goes here')




def monteCarlo(num_test):
    """
    Throw num_test darts at a square
    Return how many appear within the quarter circle
    """
    numInCircle = 0
    for _ in xrange(num_test):
        x = random.random()
        y = random.random()
        if x*x + y*y < 1.0:  #within the quarter circle
            numInCircle += 1
    return numInCircle

def calcPiLocal(n):
    numTests = 10**n
    tick = time.time()
    numInCircle = monteCarlo(numTests)
    pi = (4 * numInCircle) / float(numTests)
    return 'calcPiLocal','local', '2', n, time.time() - tick, pi
  
def calcPiCloud(n, num_parallel = 8):
    numTests = 10**n
    tick = time.time()
    testsPerCall = numTests/num_parallel
    jids = cloud.map(monteCarlo,[testsPerCall]*num_parallel, _type='c2')
    numInCircleList = cloud.result(jids)
    numInCircle = sum(numInCircleList)
    pi = (4 * numInCircle) / float(numTests)
    return 'calcPiCloud','cloud', num_parallel, n, time.time() - tick, pi
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
    for n in range(2,9):
        for f in calcPiLocal, calcPiCloud:
            print f(n)