Chapter 711: Genius Clause and Hacking
Niu Xiaoqiang saw Watson's determined expression, and couldn't help but remind: "Professor, I want to remind you that I am a dropout who has not even graduated from junior high school, and the international students recruited by MIT must at least be university students, are you sure that you will not encounter trouble when going through the procedures?"
So far, all the international students enrolled at MIT are college students, and Niu Xiaoqiang has not even graduated from junior high school, let alone go to college. He didn't even have a university degree, and if he went through the normal procedures, he would not have been able to qualify to study abroad.
Since Watson has already laid down the package ticket, he obviously has a countermeasure: "Let me be honest with you, if you go through the normal procedure, you really can't get the admission letter from MIT, fortunately, MIT is a great school, and it also attaches great importance to top talents. But those who don't meet the admission requirements have a genius clause, as long as they meet the genius clause, no matter what academic qualifications you have, you can enter MIT without hindrance!"
Watson said this and looked at Niu Xiaoqiang with hot eyes: "There is no doubt that you fully meet the provisions of the genius clause! I have started the review process of the genius clause, as long as you go to the United States with me, I believe that you can easily pass the assessment of the genius clause and easily get the admission letter of MIT!"
It was the first time Niu Xiaoqiang had heard of this kind of thing, and he asked curiously, "Professor, can you explain to me in detail 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 you have to be a genius, MIT's definition of genius is like this-' Have an IQ that surpasses the vast majority of people, and has an absolute advantage in a certain field', this sentence means that the brain melon should be extremely smart, and have their own strengths, MIT will set up an assessment team to assess the personnel who are included in the genius clause, the so-called assessment is actually the exam, as long as you get more than 80% of the assessment team of the personnel, you can get the MIT admission letter. β
Niu Xiaoqiang then asked, "Is anyone currently entering MIT through the genius clause?"
Watson snorted: " At present, a total of three people entered MIT through the genius clause, two of them are foreign students who won gold medals in the International Olympiad Mathematics Competition, they did not pass the preliminary screening because of their serious bias, and their comprehensive scores did not meet the requirements of MIT, so they failed to pass the preliminary screening, and then the professor of the mathematics department of MIT launched the genius clause, and finally helped them get the admission letter, and the remaining one is a genius in computers, he is miserable in all other disciplines except for computers, and then I used the genius clause to help him get the admission letterγ β
Niu Xiaoqiang was keenly aware of the strange look on Watson's expression when he spoke, and he couldn't help but ask: "Professor, is there something wrong with this student with great computer talent?"
Watson sighed: "He did have a problem, and it was a very serious problem, alas, I also indulged him too much, making him more and more conceited, and finally made a big mistake." β
"What's wrong?"
Watson looked at Niu Xiaoqiang and asked without answering: "Have you heard of hackers?"
Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "I haven't heard of it." β
Watson explained: "The so-called hacker refers to the guy who uses technical means to illegally hack into other computers, and any unauthorized entry is all illegal incursion, especially those very important national security departments, they are very disgusted with hackers, as long as they are caught, the consequences will be very serious." β
Niu Xiaoqiang was slightly stunned, to be honest, he never thought that the computer could be hacked. He was stunned for a moment before he asked, "Professor, how do you hack into a computer?"
Watson stared at Niu Xiaoqiang very vigilantly: "Why are you asking this? Could it be that you also want to be a lawless hacker?"
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and waved his hand: "How is this possible, do you think I am this kind of person? I just want to know about it because I am curious." β
Watson nodded slightly: "Well, you are completely different from other peers, especially your personality and thinking, you are very mature and stable, and it doesn't hurt to talk to you." β
Watson said this, took the computer on the table to him, and opened the system interface after a few clicks, "This is the DOS operating system, which belongs to a kind of personal operating system, and all the personal models currently on sale in IBM use this operating system, this kind of system is not flawless, it has logical loopholes, you look carefully - "
Professor Watson typed a piece of code on his keyboard, and a dialog box popped up on the screen that read something like this: "Do you want to execute the modification command? Yes/No?"
"I just took advantage of the vulnerability of the system itself, entered an attached program of the system, and obtained the permission to modify it, this technology belongs to the category of hackers, do you understand?"
Niu Xiaoqiang nodded slightly: "I roughly understand, the so-called system loopholes are like a hole in the house we live in, as long as this hole is found, we can sneak into the house quietly without the consent of the owner, so that the things in the house are at your mercy, right?"
Watson nodded vigorously: "You describe it very appropriately, that's it, Xiaoqiang, the hacking field is full of great temptation for any computer master, I hope you can resist the temptation and don't fall into it, otherwise you may be arrested and imprisoned like that senior of yours." β
Niu Xiaoqiang has received the most orthodox Chinese cultural education since he was a child, and he is naturally afraid and resistant to crime. I saw him smile and shake his head: "Don't worry, Professor, my ambition is not here, life is so beautiful, I will never do illegal and criminal things." β
He said this, and at the same time pondered such a question in his heart: the hacker community is a big potential source of money, whether it is a state agency or those large high-tech enterprises, hackers must be strictly guarded against, if I can develop software specifically for hackers, the sales prospects will 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 use the hacker group to make a lot of money, the first thing to do is, of course, to understand the hackers' invading routines.
He muttered to himself: Well, I just understand the relevant technology, and I won't use these technologies to do bad things, this shouldn't be illegal, right?