title: What is the difference between Ruby's 'open-uri' and 'Net:HTTP' gems?
body: <p>It seems like both of these gems perform very similar tasks.  Can anyone give examples of where one gem would be more useful than the other?  I don't have specific code that I'm referring to, I'm more wondering about general use cases for each gem.  I know this is a short question, I will fill in the blanks upon request.  Thanks.</p>