Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery

John Fallahee
John Fallahee Member Posts: 105 ✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

Hey, in case you have not stumbled across this one...

In the command box, type: Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery

You can also, type f and you will see the choice!

Does this option come with those cool T-Shirts?

http://blog.logos.com/archives/2006/03/you_asked_for_it_you_got_it_1.html

 

Thanks Bob!

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  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978

    Way cool "Easter Egg".  (makes me wonder what else is there....)

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Rich DeRuiter
    Rich DeRuiter Member, MVP Posts: 6,729

    In the command box, type: Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery

    You can also, type f and you will see the choice!

    All I get is that L4 opens the Pulpit Commentary to 2Chronicles 7:4 point IV.

    What do are you seeing?

     

     Help links: WIKI;  Logos 6 FAQ. (Phil. 2:14, NIV)

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17655#Comment_17655

    Try it again Rich.  Each time you type it (FSD works too) you'll get a new random resource. 

    In other words it will Facilitate a Serendipitous Discovery.

    It's a bit (quite a bit) like "Stumble Upon" but for Logos instead of Firefox.

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17666#Comment_17666

    The completed command can't be dragged to the toolbar /shortcut bar like other commands can.  Anyway we can have it work?

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Rich DeRuiter
    Rich DeRuiter Member, MVP Posts: 6,729
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17666#Comment_17666

    Ah. So 'serendipitous ' means 'random' (in koine English, of course). [;)]

    The 1st 3 times I did this, I got the same reference each time. After that I seem to get a random commentary opening to a random passage.

    I hope it's not too much like Stumble Upon, since that thing stumbled upon that which would cause me to stumble more than once. So I cast it out and bid it come not hence again. (You just gotta use King James English on those things, you know.)

     

     Help links: WIKI;  Logos 6 FAQ. (Phil. 2:14, NIV)

  • Melissa Snyder
    Melissa Snyder Member Posts: 4,702 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17667#Comment_17667

    The completed command can't be dragged to the toolbar /shortcut bar like other commands can.  Anyway we can have it work?


    Type 'f' in command box; 'Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery' will appear in the drop-down suggestions; click that and drag to shortcut bar.

    Melissa

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17674#Comment_17674

    Hmm, but now I have a problem, it looks EXACTLY like  the close all command I've already got there.

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    We really need different icons, or the ability to add them - please.....

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,978
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17674#Comment_17674

    Type 'f' in command box; 'Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery' will appear in the drop-down suggestions; click that and drag to shortcut bar.

    Curiously, it must only store that single instance of FSD.  Every time I click it, no matter when or even after a restart it goes to the same resource now: P46 from the text of the earliest NTG manuscripts. (P266).

     

     

     

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 11,955
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17688#Comment_17688

    Type 'f' in command box; 'Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery' will appear in the drop-down suggestions; click that and drag to shortcut bar.

    Curiously, it must only store that single instance of FSD.  Every time I click it, no matter when or even after a restart it goes to the same resource now: P46 from the text of the earliest NTG manuscripts. (P266).

     

    Correct; this is a known (but not high priority) bug.

  • Richard Lyall
    Richard Lyall Member Posts: 1,016 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17695#Comment_17695

    Nice ... this is a great feature, which works well for me, as I often need a fresh idea to get me going.

    It's a bit like the "lazy button" on a number of my software synthesizers which creates random sounds by setting all the knobs to random positions - it's amazing how many cool sounds I've discovered this way, and how many serendipitous discoveries have begun by picking a "random" book off the bookshelf.

  • Tom Reynolds
    Tom Reynolds Member Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17688#Comment_17688

    Type 'f' in command box; 'Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery' will appear in the drop-down suggestions; click that and drag to shortcut bar.

    Curiously, it must only store that single instance of FSD.  Every time I click it, no matter when or even after a restart it goes to the same resource now: P46 from the text of the earliest NTG manuscripts. (P266).

    Maybe once we add a new resource it will chose something else. I am getting an article on Sabellianism in Van Til's Intro to Systematic Theology.

     

  • Milford Charles Murray
    Milford Charles Murray Member Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭

    It's Saturday evening late!  My mind is tired.  Just want to let my wander and relax.  So will Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery!  *smile*

                What a wonderful option.  Use it every now and again.    Thank you so much Logos !!!

    Philippians 4:  4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........

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