There's an episode of Northern Exposure where a young woman says to Ed "give me your words" in a very sexual way. It's outrageously funny, and simultaneously insightful.

If you've never watched it, the writers are all about studying people, warts and all. Very thought-provoking.

Offline?

Sorry to say, but you're gonna need to be online to send anything.

To get your...battery replaced, and they want to charge you for a new engine.

Lol, yea, that's what I was thinking, 80's and 90's.

If the state doesn't subsidize the school, I'm not seeing how this is enforceable.

I get trying to do it, I just don't see it working out.

If it were me, I'd fix it the lazy man's way - clean out the slot and the glass very well. I'd then dry it out with rubbing alcohol and paper towels.

Then I'd squirt some Goop adhesive in there, and push it back in place (also consider clear silicone). I like Goop because it sticks to almost everything, cures quickly, holds incredibly well, yet is easy to cleanup (or remove when you need to).

You want enough adhesive in there so just a little oozes out, to ensure it's made good contact.

Depends on if the kid meant "in space" or "on something like the space station".

Kids being kids, he probably literally meant space, not realizing the implications of water (possibly) becoming gaseous from lack of pressure (I assume?).

For that age, it would be a good learning experience to explain in a spaceship vs in space - just not the triple point of water, or the different ices, etc.

Right? It's a frigging battery.

Surely we can get a group of battery techs and mechanical engineers together to come up with a solution.

Hell, I've been bastardizing the "wrong" batteries into devices since the mid-70's, while today I'm usually replacing crappy built-in batteries with 18650's. And I'm no EE, just have a little skill and vision.

Surely the battery spec on this is pretty clear, and it's an off-the-shelf tech (not some odd chemistry devised by the company). Not that it really matters - a replacement merely needs to fit in the space, and match voltage and current requirements.

Yep.

I rip them, then store the discs in a cool, dark, dry place.

Everything I rip is backed up. It's pretty clear what's happening.

And in 20 years they'll start "selling" everything by the episode online.

Laser is your long term answer. Brother seems to be the brand today.

Also, don't buy inkjet.

My first inkjet was an HP bubblejet, about 1994. My last was some garbage about 2000. Since then I've refused to own one.

My 1997 laserjet (that I bought used in 2008) just died. I bougt a color laser on Craigslist for $50. And my current BW laser is a 2014 HP, that just got it's second cartridge.

You can't give me an inkjet.

Christ, the hell I would've gotten, in the 90's, if I'd done something like this.