lucy24 - 1:12 am on Nov 3, 2012 (gmt 0)

#2 we read: <snip> #3 we test: <snip> #4 we are confused

How I wish we could stop right there :)

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/spec.html#Code302
vs.
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.3

I kinda suspect that in real life it has less to do with the formal protocols and more to do with elapsed time (1996 vs. 1999 vs. 2012).