Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 709 Genius Clauses and Hackers

Seeing Watson's determined expression, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help reminding him: "Professor, I want to remind you that I am a dropout who didn't even graduate from junior high school, and the international students recruited by MIT must at least be college students. , are you sure you won't encounter trouble when going through the formalities?"

So far, all the international students enrolled by MIT are college students. Niu Xiaoqiang didn't even graduate from junior high school, let alone go to college.He didn't even have a university student status. If he followed the normal procedures, it would be impossible for him to obtain the qualification to study abroad.

Since Watson has already secured the ticket, he obviously has a countermeasure: "To tell you the truth, if you follow the normal procedure, you really can't get the admission letter from MIT. Fortunately, MIT is a university. A great school also attaches great importance to top talents. The school has long anticipated various possible problems, and set up a genius clause for those who are extremely outstanding but do not meet the admission requirements, as long as they meet the genius clause People, no matter what degree you have, you can enter MIT without hindrance!"

When Watson said this, he looked at Niu Xiaoqiang with fiery eyes: "There is no doubt that you fully meet the requirements of the genius clause! I have already started the review process for the genius clause. As long as you go to the United States with me, I believe you can easily If you pass the assessment of the genius clause, you can easily get an admission letter from MIT!"

It was the first time Niu Xiaoqiang heard of such a thing, and he asked curiously: "Professor, can you explain to me the specific content of the genius clause?"

Watson nodded happily: "No problem, the so-called genius clause, you can guess its meaning from the name, first of all you have to be a genius, MIT's definition of genius is like this - 'Have a talent beyond the absolute The IQ of most people has an absolute advantage in a certain field', this sentence means that the brain must be extremely smart, and must have its own specialties. The so-called assessment is actually an examination, as long as more than 80.00% of the assessment team members approve, you can get the admission letter from MIT."

Niu Xiaoqiang then asked: "Is anyone currently entering MIT through the genius clause?"

Watson hummed: "At present, a total of three people have entered MIT through the genius clause, and two of them are foreign students who won gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad. The requirements of the college, so they failed to pass the preliminary screening. Later, the professors of the MIT Department of Mathematics activated the genius clause, which finally helped them get the admission letter. The remaining one was a computer genius. All the subjects were terrible, and I was the one who used the genius clause to help him get the admission letter."

Niu Xiaoqiang was keenly aware of the strange look on Watson's face when he was speaking, and he couldn't help asking: "Professor, is there something wrong with this student who is extremely gifted in computers?"

Watson sighed: "He did have a problem, and it was a very serious problem. Alas, it's because I indulged him too much, which made him more and more conceited, and finally made a big mistake."

"What's wrong?"

Watson looked at Niu Xiaoqiang, and asked without answering, "Have you heard of hackers?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Watson explained: "The so-called hacker refers to the guy who uses technical means to illegally invade other computers. Any unauthorized entry is an illegal intrusion, especially those very important national security departments. They hate hackers very much. As long as If you get caught by them, the consequences will be very serious."

Niu Xiaoqiang was slightly taken aback. To be honest, he never thought that computers could be hacked.After being stunned for a moment, he then asked, "Professor, how can a computer be hacked?"

Watson stared at Niu Xiaoqiang very vigilantly: "Why are you asking this? Could it be that you also want to become a lawless hacker?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and waved his hands: "How is this possible? Do you think I am this kind of person? I just want to know more out of curiosity."

Watson nodded slightly: "Well, you are completely different from other people of your age, especially your personality and thinking. You are very mature and stable. It doesn't hurt to tell you."

Speaking of which, Watson took the computer on the table to him, and opened the system interface after a few taps, "This is the DOS operating system, which is a type of personal operating system. All personal models currently on sale by IBM All use this kind of operating system, this kind of system is not perfect, it has logical loopholes, you have to look carefully—”

Professor Watson entered a piece of code on the keyboard, and a dialog box popped up on the screen. The content displayed on it was like this: "Do you want to execute the modification command? Yes/No?"

"I just took advantage of the loopholes in the system itself, entered a supplementary program of the system, and obtained its modification authority. This kind of technology belongs to the category of hackers, do you understand?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded slightly: "Generally understand, the so-called system loopholes are like a hole in the house we live in. As long as we find this hole, we can sneak into the house without the owner's consent. The things in it are at your mercy, is that the case?"

Watson nodded vigorously: "You described it very appropriately, that's what happened, Xiaoqiang, the field of hacking is full of great temptations for any computer expert, I hope you can resist the temptation and don't fall into it, otherwise You may be arrested and sent to jail just like your senior."

Niu Xiaoqiang received the most orthodox Chinese cultural education since he was a child, and he has a natural fear and resistance to crime.He smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, Professor, my ambition doesn't lie in this. Life is so beautiful, I will never do illegal and criminal activities."

He said this, but at the same time he was thinking about such a question: the hacker group is a great potential source of income. Whether it is a state agency or a large high-tech enterprise, it must be strictly guarded against hackers. If I can develop Software specifically aimed at hackers, the sales prospects must be very optimistic, right?

Although Niu Xiaoqiang is not interested in hacking technology, it does not prevent him from using related technology to make a lot of money.And if you want to make a lot of money by using hacker groups, the first thing you need to do is of course understand the hackers' intrusion routines.

He murmured to himself: Well, I just understand the relevant technologies, and I don't use these technologies to do bad things. This shouldn't be illegal, right?
(End of this chapter)