Index: wp-includes/cron.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/cron.php	(revision 14321)
+++ wp-includes/cron.php	(working copy)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 	if ( !$local_time )
 		$local_time = time();
 
-	if ( defined('DOING_CRON') || isset($_GET['doing_wp_cron']) )
+	if ( defined( 'DOING_CRON' ) || isset( $_GET['doing_wp_cron'] ) )
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@
 	 * such as due to power failure, or misconfiguration
 	 */
 	$timer_accurate = check_server_timer( $local_time );
-	if ( !$timer_accurate )
+	if ( ! $timer_accurate )
 		return;
 
 	/*
 	* multiple processes on multiple web servers can run this code concurrently
 	* try to make this as atomic as possible by setting doing_cron switch
 	*/
-	$flag = get_transient('doing_cron');
+	$flag = get_transient( 'doing_cron' );
 
 	if ( $flag > $local_time + 10*60 )
 		$flag = 0;
@@ -203,35 +203,35 @@
 
 	//sanity check
 	$crons = _get_cron_array();
-	if ( !is_array($crons) )
+	if ( ! is_array( $crons ) )
 		return;
 
 	$keys = array_keys( $crons );
-	if ( isset($keys[0]) && $keys[0] > $local_time )
+	if ( isset( $keys[0] ) && $keys[0] > $local_time )
 		return;
 
-	if ( defined('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON') && ALTERNATE_WP_CRON ) {
-		if ( !empty($_POST) || defined('DOING_AJAX') )
+	if ( defined( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON' ) && ALTERNATE_WP_CRON ) {
+		if ( ! empty( $_POST ) || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) )
 			return;
 
 		set_transient( 'doing_cron', $local_time );
 
 		ob_start();
-		wp_redirect( add_query_arg('doing_wp_cron', '', stripslashes($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) );
+		wp_redirect( add_query_arg( 'doing_wp_cron', '', stripslashes( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) );
 		echo ' ';
 
 		// flush any buffers and send the headers
 		while ( @ob_end_flush() );
 		flush();
 
-		@include_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-cron.php');
+		@include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-cron.php' );
 		return;
 	}
 
 	set_transient( 'doing_cron', $local_time );
 
 	$cron_url = get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron';
-	wp_remote_post( $cron_url, array('timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true)) );
+	wp_remote_head( $cron_url, array( 'timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters( 'https_local_ssl_verify', false ) ) );
 }
 
 /**