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markrlondon wrote: ...and come out as super-radiation-enhanced Fast Eddie!
And have a mean cue!
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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If only it were true!
My luck I'll turn into a giant ant.
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I think the crash cart is mostly a safety precaution.
I had a regular stress test many years ago. I was overweight and told my new GP that I had smoked until fairly recently, so he scheduled one. But I'd also gone back to playing fairly serious tennis, so they gave up before they even got my heart rate into the target zone. 
Hope your test goes well.
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Hmm, I thought I answered this. I had one a few years ago, much the same as regular stress test, a few more people involved. I didn't notice anything when they put the stuff in my arm. Needles have never bothered me. Played pin cushion in the service.
Only glowed in the dark for a couple of days.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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You did answer it but on Mike Hankey's Post above this one. 
It really is hell getting old.
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On the positive side, I only need one movie.
Good luck.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I've had two (family history of early heart disease). They do an initial scan after they've inject you with the contrast media. You then do the treadmill bit, where they monitor your EKG and blood pressure while they increase the effort level. They stop when you reach either a maximum heart rate based on your age and condition, or you appear to be in too much distress. After the treadmill they scan you again.
I helped the nuclear medicine guy win a bet. He and the nurse who administered the treadmill portion of the test bet on how long it would take me to reach the target. She said 8 minutes, he said 11. It took me a little over 11. The nuke med guy cheated though. We had chatted during the initial scan, and he knew I was a runner and was fairly fit. The nurse didn't know that, and saw me as a middle-aged 40-something with a little bit of a gut. One of my better moments.
I don't think you should be too worried about it. Do be aware if you need to do any air travel the week or so after your test, take your medical documentation with you. You'll trigger the radiation detectors used, and some rather unamusing excitement will ensue. This happened to my boss in the early 2000's, and he almost missed his flight. Fortunately the contrast media half-life is short plus the kidneys filter it out fairly quickly.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Thanks. I had the treadmill thing several years ago. Turns out I had an Ascending Aortic Anuerysm. Resulting in Open heart surgery that I truly believe saved my life.
Now I am having the chemical stress injection due to some rather severe Sciatia at the moment.
Your input, along with the others above is reassuring.
Ed
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I, and SWMBO, had to take Covid lateral flow tests twice this week; all clear both times. After taking the test it had to be reported on the NHS website. I have to say it was simplicity itself, including automatically reading the QR code from the test strip. Nice to see a UK government web application (which had to be created relatively quickly) working well.
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Nice to see ANY website working relatively well! 
What is a lateral flow test? Don't have them in the states.
It's hell getting old.
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It is just a test to see if you have the infection. I think it is called "lateral flow" because the liquid sample flows laterally across the test strip.
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Cool. Glad things look good for you and your poor, saintly, long-suffering wife. 
show this to her. You'll never hear the end of it.
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The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has raised significant concerns about the rapid Covid test on which the UK government has based its multibillion-pound mass testing programme.
In a scathing review, the US health agency suggested the performance of the test had not been established, presenting a risk to health, and that the tests should be thrown in the bin or returned to the California-based manufacturer Innova. In the USA the FDA-approved versions are simply known as Rapid Covid Tests or Rapid Antigen Tests. Yet another reason to ignore any country vs. country stats comparisons, if the testing on which the infection rate is based are significantly different in accuracy.
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Herself and I have been doing them twice a week for a while - the app has improved a lot (especially the addition of the "scan the QR code" bit, it was a PITA before)
I'd still rather see a "related items together" form rather than teh "one item, Confirm, new item" approach they have. "Enter email", confirm. "Enter password", confirm, "who are you reporting for?", confirm, ... it does go on a bit.
And then it sends us two emails and two texts - one in English, one in Welsh - to tell us the results each of us just reported for a total of 4 emails and 4 texts. The texts are quick enough, but the emails can take nearly a day!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I agree, but you have to remember there are plenty of "not very technical" people who need to use these websites. Overall I think it's one of the few things the gov.uk made a reasonable fist of. Is it racism not to send me the Welsh message?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Nice to see a UK government web application (which had to be created relatively quickly) working well.
You can just imagine how secure it's gotta be then.
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The government knew everything about me long before the internet was invented.
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...but now, thanks to that site, everyone on the internet can too. 
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Lat Saturday I posted about a continually overheating GPU, followed by a lock-up (better'n a lock down, I s'pose). It could even happen when the machine was, in theory, completely idle.
I mentioned that I stopped tvnserver.exe from loading at startup. Since then, no problems at all, for the entire week of frequent and prolonged use. The CPU is also running at least 10°C cooler, usually more. In fact, it's behaving itself beautifully.
I really don't think that tvnserver.exe was the direct culprit, but I think that it was letting something in at boot that was chewing up all the system resources. Cryptocurrency springs to mind.
I posted this as a possible warning. There are lots of queries about tvnserver.exe on the web asking if it's malware, but I could find nothing definitive. However, as the only change to my laptop was stopping it from loading, and then uninstalling Tight VNC, it was certainly part of the problem.
My current main laptop is an HP gaming machine with large fans and vents, and it makes one wonder if anything nasty is running in the background, as there would be no overheating issue to flag it.
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Quote: The genuine tvnserver.exe file is a software component of TightVNC by GlavSoft.
Tvnserver.exe is an executable file that belongs to the TightVNC program, an free, open source application designed to provide users with the ability to remotely view and control a target computer with a local mouse and keyboard. This file is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.
So has someone been running your system remotely?
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Apparently, Google has an app to allow Remote control, screen sharing. Was thinking of switching from Team Viewer to it. any ideas, thoughts or warnings?
almost everybody working remotely.
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I have used TeamViewer in the past and RealVNC more recently, but not heard of the Google one. The main consideration is how to ensure that only authorised users can get to the remote system.
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Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I'll take my chances for now.
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Slow Eddie wrote: Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous!
Exactly so. I was trying to get it set up to use in a small charity I was involved with a few years ago, and even with their discount the price was ridiculous. RealVNC, on the other hand, was about £30 (~$40) a year.
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Slow Eddie wrote: Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I couldn't help but smile at this.
You know that's because the money comes from elsewhere. They can afford to offer their service for "free"... 
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