Writing a test that checks for static text on a page or dialog that will never change based on domain logic or system behavior and then writing the text to make it pass…
That’s not test driven development. It’s just a complete waste of time and absolutely stupid. By the kind of contrived logic such tests are based on, I should be writing tests for each of my blog posts. 
Something amusing I discovered this morning. I was a bit bored, so I decided to run my name through various search engines and see if I’ll show up one way or another.
MSN Live Search, Yahoo, and Altavista all return a link to my blog as the first result for the search term “James Carr.”
AskJeeves has me on page three of the results.
And as of this writing, my blog shows up all the way on the 18th page of the search results! Oddly enough, sites that link to my blog show up sooner, so people can find it “from a distance”.
Hopefully my ranking can rise above all the blog posts about the 60s soul singer eventually.
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