Illustrates the issue described in http://shannonwells.livejournal.com/12937.html

my_page.html

   <select class="myselect">
       <option value='foo' >foo</option>
       <option value="bar" >bar</option>
       <option value="baz" >baz</option>
   </select>

myPageSpec.js

  it("shows the different browser behavior", function() {
    $("select.myselect option[value=baz]").attr("selected", "selected");
    jasmine.log( $("select.myselect").val() );
    jasmine.log( $("select option[selected]").val();
    // jasmine.log doesn't appear in the browser unless the test fails.
    expect(false).toBeTruthy();  
  });