Is it harmful to use a dead battery that says "replace now"?

My battery died yesterday (all LEDs blinking 5 times) and when I turn on my computer, it says "not charging" and "replace now".  I'm a student with not a lot of cash so I can't buy a battery at the moment.  Will plugging in the AC adapter do fne for now or does "replace now" mean I really have to replace now or my computer may suffer in other ways?
Also, my computer date and time resets each time I log in...what's up with that?

A battery is cheaper to purchase than a computer.  You do the math!
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    gRIMace
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    RIM exec Michael Clewley confirm that 668 was pulled because it has upgrading issues with Playbook with OS 1.0.7 --- and that is the ONLY reason why it was pulled.
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