[cynwoody]

He used MS Word to write his suicide note. MS Word likes to leave tracks. The following metadata is embedded near the beginning of the note's HTML code:

<title>Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man... take my pound of flesh and sleep well.</title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:DocumentProperties>
  <o:Author>Joe Stack</o:Author>
  <o:LastAuthor>Joe</o:LastAuthor>
  <o:Revision>27</o:Revision>
  <o:TotalTime>1848</o:TotalTime>
  <o:Created>2010-02-16T19:24:00Z</o:Created>
  <o:LastSaved>2010-02-18T06:42:00Z</o:LastSaved>
  <o:Pages>3</o:Pages>
  <o:Words>2676</o:Words>
  <o:Characters>15254</o:Characters>
  <o:Company>Embedded Art</o:Company>
  <o:Lines>127</o:Lines>
  <o:Paragraphs>30</o:Paragraphs>
  <o:CharactersWithSpaces>18732</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
  <o:Version>9.6926</o:Version>
 </o:DocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

[dfwgator]

He used MS Word to write his suicide note. MS Word likes to leave tracks. The following metadata is embedded near the beginning of the note's HTML code:

[thecabal]

Metadata is a good find. Seems like he’s been working on this for a few days.

[TornadoAlley3]

ABC radio news has their spin now. Saying he was anti-tax, reading excerpts of manifesto, only parts about big govt and being anti-tax, so now everyone who is against taxes will be lumped in.

[MCH]

Saw that too. Rev. 27

[bsf2009]

Stack's technical experience:

http://embeddedart.com/environments.htm

Key Environment Components

The vast different number of variables that can be combined to produce the embedded developer tool set and environment underscore the importance that practical, hands-on experience plays in the success of a project. This list highlights several key technology components with which we have experience.

• Processor Host Environments:
  • Motorola 6800, 68K, etc.
  • Intel x86, 8080/85, 8051, etc.
  • Zilog Z80, Rockwell 6502
  • Various DSP & Proprietary Process Control Engines
  • Various Bit-Slice Architectures
• RTOS Environments:
  • ATI Nucleus
  • WindRiver pSOS
  • Linux
  • Numerous Proprietary Executive Schedulers & OS
• Computer Bus Specifications:
  • SCSI
  • ESDI
  • ATA/IDE
  • ARINC-769
  • PCMCIA
  • Others...
• Network Protocols:
  • TCP/IP & UDP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6)
  • SNMP
  • HTTP (w/Server)
  • FTP & TFTP
  • PPP/CHAP & SLIP
  • Numerous Network Interoperability Protocols (e.g., ICMP, SMB/CIFS, LDAP, NAT, etc.)
• IPSec (Network Security) Protocols & Data Encryption Algorithms:
  • IKE/ISAKMP & ESP/AH
  • DES/TDES & DES-MAC
  • SHA1 & HMAC-SHA1
  • MD5 & HMAC-MD5
• Commercial Database Engines:
  • Oracle/SQL
  • DB2
  • MS Access/FoxPro, Paradox
  • BTrieve, Informix
  • Others...
• Compilers & Computer Language Environments:
  • C, C++, Java
  • Pascal, Ada, FORTRAN
  • Fourth, PL/M
  • Various shell script environments including CShell, Korn, VMS, Rexx, others

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[rintense]

Wonder if he had a legal copy of MS Word?

[ctdonath2]

So he’s been working on that opus for two days.

[Mad Dawgg]

Say what you all will, but I don't get a "crazy" vibe when I read that note...

If it is indeed really his final note to the world before he took his life, I wonder if he suffered some mental imbalance that is hard for layman like myself to discern or that he was a normal guy pushed to the limit by the I.R.S.

I know I won't put much stock in getting the real story from the Gub'Mint and their lackeys in the Lame Stream Media...

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

2010-02-18T06:42:00Z presumably made the last touch-up at 6:42 local time today?