Bit Mania [Hacking]

In June 1992, two months after the truce between the three global IT giants, Linux and the FSF Foundation, they formally met on a third-party public network platform.

Neither the civilian experts nor the military cyber forces of various countries know what the specific content of this meeting is. The anti-espionage measures carried out by the world's top hackers have made all eavesdroppers return in vain. Similarly, everyone The participants kept secret about the content of the meeting, but people discovered that after the meeting, in the second half of [-], IT companies around the world, led by MS, IBM, and Apple, began a large-scale transformation.

MS and IBM have become the first batch of IT companies to use Linux as the back-end development platform and database server as the system kernel. The middle-aged man with short blond hair pushed his glasses, and said in a tone of being fucked by Gong Jinnv: "Ah... Actually, if we use that system, we can save a lot of budget..."

But Apple has taken a different approach. Here we have to marvel at its chairman and CEO, who is also a famous figure in history. With his amazing courage, he created the Apple myth of the 21st century-smartphone an epic precedent.In the era of the explosion of multi-touch interfaces and application software stores, Lao Qiao borrowed the help of tens of millions of Linux experts to develop mobile application software that is not enough to describe the number of mobile phone applications.

These are all things to say later, what we who are still paying attention to the early 90s can see is that on this ordinary day, where people in reality have not noticed, the pioneers, revolutionaries, and founders of a certain field Through small network cables and wireless signals, the writers injected their life's talents into their fingertips, and the sound of keyboard knocking indirectly affected the world structure and the wind and clouds in the following 30 years.

On Christmas Eve in 1994, there was no snow in the southern country.

Xiao Ma squatted on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette, the earrings on his earbones reflected rebellious light in the winter sun, and beside him was an all-black heavy motorcycle—all his belongings.Since graduating from junior high school, Xiao Ma has been wandering the streets of G City. His family gave him money to study in a technical school to master a craft, but he was not interested at all. He used the tuition to buy a heavy motorcycle. The brothers received a lot of envious eyes.

There is no need to learn those things that follow the rules. He rides his favorite car in the streets and alleys, mixes beer with dry food, and spends his youth in eccentric nightclubs. He imagines himself as an unruly city wanderer knight And the pride of being born is so simple.

He is only 17 years old, but he has already gone to the hospital to pay for the woman's abortion twice. Although he sometimes thinks about the future, he can't always get a satisfactory answer, and he will stop thinking about it in the long run.

"It's the last cigarette..." He looked at the cigarette butt in his hand reluctantly, touched his pocket, and found five coins left. In order to buy cigarettes, he didn't eat a single meal from morning until now. It seems that there is only one more vote left.

Thinking in his heart, Xiao Ma began to look at the pedestrians coming and going, looking for the target, the uncle in the suit?You may not be able to do it well, white-collar woman?No, he screamed like a pig when he encountered something...Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a person. It was a boy about his own age, wearing a smoke-gray short wool trench coat, a beige scarf, and his bangs were limp. Sticking it on his forehead, with red lips and white teeth, he looks like an obedient high school student. At first glance, he looks like a flower bud growing in a greenhouse, which is especially easy to make people want to bully him severely.

I saw the young man coming from the other side of the street, he seemed not very familiar with the route here, he stopped a passerby, and asked about going to Bailey's Cake Shop in foreign Mandarin with a Jiangnan accent, as polite as a primary school student. road.

The famous Bailey's cake shop in G City?Xiao Ma twitched his lips, he looked like a fat sheep, he must have brought a lot of money with him, if he was robbed, he probably wouldn't have to worry about it these days.After choosing a prey, he rode on his favorite bike and put on a cool knight helmet. The motorcycle made a "lulu" sound of the engine, and stayed far behind the man, just waiting for an opportunity to strike in the blink of an eye.

Soon his time came.When the young man passed by a narrow alley, he glanced inadvertently, and then stood still. The pony looked around and saw that there were few people, so he immediately increased his speed and drove towards the young man, but unexpectedly, when he was about to approach, the other party unexpectedly Turn around and walk into the alley.

The pony took advantage of it, and skimmed aside for a certain distance due to inertia, then stopped, spat, and turned the car around to drive back, but saw the boy who had walked into the alley before turning away quickly. He came out with a wallet in his hand, and it fell over for a long time before five steel coins rolled out of it.

- Where's the money? !The pony's eyes widened. As soon as the boy's front feet left, he followed behind to the entrance of the alley. Looking inside, there was a pair of mother and daughter in ragged clothes. The two seemed to be struggling to get up. Looking up, they saw a The pony, dressed as a deputy knight, shrank back tremblingly. The yellow and emaciated mother tucked her clothes tightly, and the edges and corners of the banknotes were still exposed from the seams of the clothes. The little girl in her arms was only skin and bones Her face was black with tears, and she seemed to be talking deliriously in her illness. The mother looked at the pony with a face full of vigilance and fear, her eyes were like a lioness guarding her cubs, and she exuded a kind of If you come here, I will fight with you for information.

Seeing this, Xiao Ma pouted, and the engine car drove away. No matter how bad he was, he wouldn't be able to save his life with a woman.

Driving aimlessly on the street, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the boy who looked like a good student. He didn't go far away, but stood by the side of the road, holding the only five yuan left in his heart in distress, looking at a loss look.

It's okay to donate all the money to others, it's over now, go back and mother will spank your ass.The pony looked at him gloatingly, parked the car on the side of the road with one foot on, and lay down on the front bumper leisurely, dismissing the embarrassment caused by the young man's meddling.

Suddenly, the boy standing on the street cast his eyes on a certain place, his eyes lit up, and he glanced at his palm again, as if to cheer himself up, he walked into a video game room on the side of the road.

Play the last five bucks?What a good idea not to be afraid of death.Xiao Ma yawned, reached into his trousers pocket, touched the five yuan that was covered warmly by him, suddenly felt a bit of sadness in his heart, locked the car and walked in.

The boy had already exchanged five game coins with the smallest denominations one step ahead of him, but he didn't immediately find his favorite game console to spend the meager assets left. know how to play.After a long time, he finally moved, but he came to a roulette machine. There was a bald man playing on the machine. The blue dragon tattoo on his arm was lying on the tendon, showing a fierce look. Blocked by his huge body, he could only stand on tiptoes and look forward. At this time, the bald head seemed to be winning money. When he turned around and saw the boy, he slapped him on the back of the head with his backhand, and said in a rough voice : "What are you looking at, Brother Long is also worthy of stealing to learn how to play roulette!"

The boy ran away a few steps with his head covered, and looked back again. After a while, he suddenly took advantage of the end of the bald head's game, ran over and put a coin in, the roulette wheel started to spin, and was stared at by the bald head. He shrank his neck, He smiled kindly at the person, raised his eyebrows with his bald head, maybe he was in a good mood after winning the money, and he didn't do anything to the child.

The roulette spun, and the boy pressed the button, but finally got stuck on the blank grid, and got nothing. Seeing this, the bald head suddenly laughed.

There was not much disappointment on the young man's face, perhaps because he didn't have any expectations at all. He stood there and looked around for a while, then quickly shifted his position and put the second game currency into the slot machine beside him.The three squares swiveled around, but finally they were frozen into three different icons. There is no doubt that the second game currency was also in vain.

He stood in front of the slot machine and touched his chin, then put a third coin into the slot machine again and lost again.At this point, it seemed that he was completely disappointed with the slot machine, and the boy returned to the roulette wheel. This time, the bald head had noticed him. The boy looked at him pitifully, and the two remaining game coins in his hand rubbed against each other. The bald head glanced at him, hugged Holding his arm and sneering, he gave up his position.

The boy nodded gratefully to the bald head, put the fourth coin into the roulette machine, watched the roulette wheel nervously, his lips moved as if he was talking to himself, the pony guessed that he was praying, and finally saw him With a serious expression, he pressed the button.

Round four, the roulette machines, was empty again.

"Ha, you can't be half-hearted," the bald man said gloatingly, "Two byes in a row are really bad luck." He looked at the only coin in the boy's hand: "Let Brother Long teach you, What does it mean to spend a lot of money—gambling, it will kill the bold and starve the timid to death!"

With that said, he waved his hands and threw a fifty-denomination coin into it. Amidst the swishing sound of turning, he really hit a good multiplier. A smug smile rose on his bald face, increasing the face value of the investment, but then With frequent byes, the chips that had just been piled up were quickly reduced.

"Did you fuck him!" Bald hit the machine.

The boy blinked, and silently dropped his last remaining coin into it, his bald head turned a blind eye, thinking that it was just a waste of money in the end, and he lost everything and got out, including the pony who was watching Also hold the same idea.

What can a dollar change?

Before that, everyone thought so, but ten seconds later, a miracle happened quietly when no one was mentally prepared.

When the pointer stopped on the grid with the maximum magnification, everyone couldn't help rubbing their eyes. What does the magnification of 1000 mean?That is, if you invest one yuan, you can win 100 yuan. If you invest 10,000 yuan, it is [-] yuan!The bald head cursed a foul word, pushed the boy away, exchanged the money the poor boy won with a few large denomination game coins with red eyes, and put all his brains into the roulette machine, trying to make money while the iron was hot, but , one round, two rounds... I don’t know how many rounds, but there was no top prize of a thousand times, not even five times more, but he lost [-]+ in the blink of an eye, and the boy just In the gap between the bald man's madness, the cat bent his waist to pick up a coin, carefully blew it, and threw it into the roulette machine again when the other party was not paying attention.

"Ding——" There was another crisp notification sound, and the 1000-fold prize appeared again!

Violence, absolute violence!The bald head wanted to strangle that shit-lucky kid to death. If he had invested not one piece but one hundred, one thousand, he would have made a fortune today!At this time, a large circle of people surrounded the roulette machine. While the crazy bald man had collected money all over his body and rushed towards the game machine, he secretly picked up a coin again, and slipped out of the crowd with his thin body. Casually tossed the coins into the slot machine beside him.

The sound of a large number of gold coins falling simulated in the game machine is endless, covering up the sound of the slot machine. Everyone's attention is focused on the roulette wheel and the roaring bald head, and they don't notice that the slot machine on the side is like a water bag that has been punctured The same sprayed out to exchange tickets, a young figure pulled out a lot of game tickets from the machine, took them as soon as they were good, and went to the counter with a pile of notes, and quickly exchanged them for cash, without stopping at all, slipped out video game room.

Fifteen minutes later, a large group of strong men appeared at the stairs of the video game room, surrounded the bald man in front of the roulette machine, and beat him so badly that his biological parents couldn't even recognize him.

"Damn it, it's a gamble, right? Is there a life to pay back!"

Xiao Ma tightly held the five coins in his hand that had been covered with scalding heat. In his eyes, the five steel coins were no longer a lunch box, nor a pack of inferior cigarettes, but It is something that can determine the fate of a person, no, even half of a group of people!He squeezed out of the crowd as fast as he could in his life, rushed out of the video game room, got on the motorcycle and frantically searched for the missing boy, and finally found someone carrying a large box of custom-made birthday cakes at the entrance of Bailey's Cake Shop. He didn't care to catch his breath, he rushed forward to grab the corner of the man's clothes on the spot, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed fiercely in the astonished eyes of passers-by.

"God of Gamblers! Please accept me as your apprentice!"

"... God of Gamblers? Me?" The boy pointed at himself with wide eyes, "I'm not a God of Gamblers."

"Impossible! I don't believe it's all a coincidence! How can someone bet the biggest prize several times in a row! There must be some secret!"

"Oh... that," the boy scratched his face with his index finger: "Read more math books, anyone can do it..."

"Number, math?!"

"For example, game theory and probability..."

"Tell me, who are you?" He stared frantically at the boy in front of him.

I don't know if it's Xiao Ma's illusion, but the other party seems to be unwilling to let people see his face clearly, he tilts his head slightly, and the soft bangs hang down, only a pointed chin and moist lips can be seen .

The man whispered a word in the pony's ear, then shook off the dazed young man, and ran across the road. After the pony came back to his senses, he quickly stood up and wanted to chase, but the traffic lights on the road changed at this time, and a car A long bus passed in front of him, blocking his sight, and when he looked closely, the person had disappeared without a trace.

The motorcycle boy stood on the side of the road feeling lost, recalling what the man said to him just now, the "click" sound actually broke off the rearview mirror of his beloved motorcycle, and the mirror reflected a distorted face that belonged to a young man .

The man said - "You can call me Red Scarf."

Zixin returned to the residence, put the cake on the dining table, and said to Zheng Xiu with a smile, "Merry Christmas Eve, and happy birthday to you by the way."

Zheng Rabbit took the cake with kindness: "...Thank you for your Christmas gift."