Verifying/Repairing Disk Permissions

I have read in the Forum that one should run Disk Permissions before and after updates, and it doesn't hurt to run it once in a while anyway. But it isn't clear to me when one should verify and when one should repair. After verification, we get the message "Permissions verification complete. Privileges have been verified OR REPAIRED" (capitalization mine). If the verification takes care of repairs, when should one click on the "Repair Disk Permissions"? Thanks.

There's no point in verifying. Always repair. However, repairing permissions need only be done before installing new system updates or after installing third-party software that uses a proprietary installer.
Before installing system updates I recommend doing this:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

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    1/28/11 3:53:36 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
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    1/29/11 3:05:52 AM quicklookd[560] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/About Downloads.pdf>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:05:32 -0800)
    1/29/11 3:06:44 AM quicklookd[563] [QL] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/troylindstrom/Downloads/images-3.jpeg>' (Start date: 2011-01-29 03:06:22 -0800)
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    1/29/11 6:37:03 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[113]) Exited: Killed
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