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Googlebot rerequesting page after 304

I've noticed that Googlebot will re-request a page after getting a 304

         

Dijkgraaf

12:01 am on Aug 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

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I've noticed recently that Googlebot will ask for a page again within a second of getting a 304 Not Modified status for a page it has requested. Has anyone else noticed this and have a theory as to why it is exhibiting this behaviour?
It sorts of defeats doing a conditional GET request in the first place if you are then going to re-request the page anyway.