The fact is that the fuel taxes, with the higher and higher efficiencies in cars (especially as people trade their gas guzzlers in the face of higher gas prices) is leaving a gap in revenues to maintain and build roads. This actually is a legitimate concern, imho.

Now, no GPS unit in my car. I definitely agree that reading the odometer somehow is a FAR better solution, because I'd be leary of the government tracking my every move, too...

99% of people who are on the web are NOT security experts. They're also WAY more likely to ignore subtle warnings about the identity of a site being questionable. For the average person (not the average /. subscriber) a subtle warning is completely futile in providing any security at all. The new SSL handling in FF3 is going to help....a LOT, imho.

In the overall scheme of things, which is better:

1) Having Joe User think a website is down where it isn't, which will only happen in a VERY small percentage of cases, or

2) Having Joe User provide his credit card info and SSN to a site he thinks is ok because he doesn't know any better?

One must remember that FF is no longer used only by net-savvy techie guys anymore. It has a WAY broader userbase now, and these changes are going to protect a LOT of people.

SSL without Entity Authentication is of no value.