still broken. following the instructions on windows, I am getting:

D:\repos\js-master\phantomjscloud-backend>npm install npm -g --ca=""

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm

npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.4.tgz

npm ERR! Error: CERT_UNTRUSTED

npm ERR! at SecurePair.<anonymous> (tls.js:1349:32)

npm ERR! at SecurePair.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)

npm ERR! at SecurePair.maybeInitFinished (tls.js:962:10)

npm ERR! at CleartextStream.read [as _read] (tls.js:463:15)

npm ERR! at CleartextStream.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:320:10)

npm ERR! at EncryptedStream.write [as _write] (tls.js:366:25)

npm ERR! at doWrite (_stream_writable.js:219:10)

npm ERR! at writeOrBuffer (_stream_writable.js:209:5)

npm ERR! at EncryptedStream.Writable.write (_stream_writable.js:180:11)

npm ERR! at write (_stream_readable.js:573:24)

npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:

npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>

npm ERR! or email it to:

npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com>