Checked Exceptions vs. Automated Testing -- you judge

There was this interesting post I came across on Google testing blog which you can seehere.

Among the other interesting posts you can see in the area, my personal belief is that:
1. Many exceptions of the standard library should go unchecked
2. Use of checked exceptions have made the use of an IDE for java development a must (and rather replacing documentation).
3. Checked exceptions, very much like static typing, are just one of the possible tests. Why don't we just write complete tests (which we should be doing anyways) instead of boilerplate code?

Edit: I'm in love with the other blog's motto. Debugging sucks, testing rocks. One up google!