Don't be a wise ass, with that definition state changes all the time in memory registers even when no requests are made. > So, by this measure, the old-school

Don't be a wise ass, with that definition state changes all the time in memory registers even when no requests are made. > So, by this measure, the old-school “hit counter” images that incremented on every GET were incorrect Yes they are incorrect. No Buts. Two requests hitting that resource at the same exact timestamp would increase the counter once if a cache was in front of it.