I HATE APPLE

Wait they gave you $200 off for an ipad 1?? was it ever used?

Yes

http://www.targettradeinprogram.com

left hand side

has to be a target w/ a 'target mobile'

sunny about to break some little kids' hearts.

oh this is a promotional $200 on ANY ipad??

thats awesome. i have $400 worth of cracked ipad waiting!!

they might not take it if the screen is cracked, idk

our ipad was dinged and probably had scratches and stuff but the screen was fine

Yeah, it specifically says the screen cannot be cracked

bloody hell

STUPID TARGET

i took a bag of garbage to kitchen scraps and they wouldn't give me $25 for it

Target gave you $200 for the original iPad? Their website is quoting me $75 for a 1st-gen iPad 64GB wifi/3G :-/

Yeah they'll do it regardless of what the website says

Unless you're in chicago

Read the link -- $200 minimum for all iPads in-store until the 9th

OH I SEE

Oops. Thank you.

No locations in Chicago. That sucks. I guess it would be worth borrowing a car to drive to a suburb for that deal.

Just run to evanston

huh. might be worth driving to Concord I guess. stock up on...underwear and non-perishables?

don't forget monster mix.

there is nothing wroth spending money on at target

cmon dude gtfo

things I will get at target: archer farms potato chips (cool and exciting flavors), archer farms coffee

things i will not get at target: everythinge lse

When you need a new vacuum cleaner or whatever do you go to a farmer's market and cross your fingers

when i need a new vacuum cleaner i live in my own filth like a dirty fucking pig

I haven't cleaned or swept or vacuumed or touched any part of my room in over a year

Since I moved in, actually

underwear, paper towels, bathroom tissues

I haven't cleaned or swept or vacuumed or touched any part of my room in over a year

cool

Guess what, neither has Target.

I just did the target trade in. Got 200 for my ipad 1 with a scratched screen. Deal ends tomorrow

hm. well they don't sell the one i want at target!

taking in my mom's iPad 1 sometime in the next day

Did you get a vacuum cleaner xxp

$200 gift card, no strings

I might buy a MacBook Pro as soon as my Lenovo breaks.

Someone dissuade me.

you don't want a a good computer, you want a piece of shit. keep the lenovo.

speaking as someone who has a macbook pro and a lenovo twist

Unexpected double whammy.

I give you a +1, the late great.

it is upsetting to me to have to use the lenovo

i don't even know how to begin talking about how much more i like the mbp

I actually like my Lenovo, but somehow the bottom part where the keyboard sits has suddenly lifted open, by the corner of the screen's hinges or whatever.

Did you get a vacuum cleaner xxp

haha. I bought a vacuum cleaner there like two weeks ago. Missed opportunity!

this new desktop ibooks app is absolutely terrible. it's hidden the library of books I had in iTunes. It's fucked up the metadata on that library. I can't edit that metadata back. It seems permanently confused about what to do next - spinning wheels, crashes. It feels really insultingly half-arsed.

The iBooks is at ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books but I have nfc on how to decode file names yet.

Relevant post from discussions.apple.com

TN-Johnny
Re: All the iBooks for Mavericks problems I've found
Nov 7, 2013 12:42 AM (in response to Mr Helix)
I believe Apple have been taking the initiative of moving towards an object-oriented mode of interaction for the user with their data, rather than have users deal with data on a file-level. In this design and UI/UX method, users interact with objects, such as photos, books, and music tracks, contrary to working with photo files, book files, and music files.

The main advantage from a user-experience perspective, whereby a book “object” would not just comprise of the contents of the file, but a set of metadata as well, which makes it an actual “virtual book”, and not just a file. This optimizes the organization, interaction, and utilization of the resource for the user, and renders a more natural form of one’s interaction with their data. With such an approach there is a plethora of advantages that can be implemented on the filesystem and OS side as well, whereby they would be able to enhance many elements such as filesystem performance, journaling, etc. to say the least.

I am definitely with such a move, as it enhances computing in general, in the long run. BUT, Apple’s approach with most of their enhancements tends to be rather sporadic, and you end up having to deal with a lot more pain before you get to the gain. And here we have a prime example in the case of the abysmal iBooks app in Mavericks.

Apple overlooked the fact that they are breaking the current setup that people are running in order to keep their data in place; and this is where I disagree with Apple. I went ape sh** when I saw that iBooks had somewhat consumed my eBooks, and was enraged by the fact that I couldn't even clean up the new book library now that the app “took over”. At least give me the option to not abide by your new system, or at least warn me, or give me some info so I can know how to work with this “new method” that you decided to force on me... and implement it all the way before you decide to have it take over my personal data.

As of the current release, the iBooks app is a bit of a lost child; it should either become more like iPhoto (object-oriented), or more like iTunes (more file oriented), but not stay right smack in the middle where it just doesn’t work.

thanks elvis - I had found the library but was annoyed at how hidden it was. My filenames okay, because it's mostly pdfs, but I can see a couple of epubs that it's done something strange to.

that's a good post & otm about the change. I guess the app won't get better quickly – books don't matter much to Apple afaict – so I'll switch to something else. That isn't Calibre.

Woo - 200 Target dollars in my pocket and ailing 1st gen. iPad off my shelf. Thanks, dayo!

hi 5, je55e

Hi mh. What do you want.

oh! lolol

As previously shown on this thread, I can't read very well, and I thought you just said "Hi, je55e" and I didn't understand.

we are $200 gift card bros

*cries*