Ok as U can probably tell NEWBIE, But before you turn away i wanna just ask (and plz don't kill me)

I've had lots of experience with firmware flashing bios updating (i think it's KINDA the same) and i've had my fcuk-ups! but one thing is that there was always a way out, on my sony ericsson phone you hold a series of buttons and power and it loads up, on a few motherboards you put in a stiffy with a batch file and it works! do you think it's really possible to "brick" a PSP or has a workaround not been made yet. (Seriously There's always some sort of backup)

Another thing i've noticed is that all the updating/downgrading takes place on the actualy psp, isn't there anyway to flash it like you flash a sony phone? Via A PC

It may sound like a stupid question but then we could just overwrite the software without reading that awful text "that it's already up to date?"

Lastly, WILL THERE EVER BE A 2.6 DOWNGRADE, It's been months?