When the Dean of the University deemed it necessary to decree the University be closed, it wasn't just because of the budget deficit. The university was in default of one of its loans, that was true, but the closing of the University was more in direct defiance of a deceptive computer hacker and drug dealer who had decoded the university computer system. This hacker had introduced a virus into the university computer systems that had first deducted large amounts of money from the university payroll and then made all of the computers delete their main memory storage areas and go into a deadlock. It was a decisive move and a wonderful debut for the hacker. He was famous even though he was also now the defendant in a controversial court case dedicated to defining deficiencies in current laws and how to handle this crime. The hacker's deceit had been to sneak into the computer system and correctly deduce the number of decimals used in the computer system. Whereas the default number of decimals in such systems is four, he had deduced that it was five in the university system. The deadly virus that the hacker had put into the computer system based on the number of decimals revealed his defiance of the law and his desire to be famous. Now the court had to decide how to deal with him. One question was whether to handle this case completely at the local level or defer it to a higher court. No matter what the decision, the damage had been done and the university was now closed.

记单词

deadlock 僵局

deadly 致死的，致命的; 不共戴天的，殊死的; 极度的，十足的; 非常，极度地

dealer 商人; 发牌者

dean 教长，主任牧师; (大学的)学院院长，系主任，训导主任

debut 演出，初次露面

deceit 欺骗，欺诈，诡计

deceptive 骗人的，造成假象的，靠不住的

decimal 十进位的; 小数

decisive 决定性的; 坚定的，果断的，决断的

decode 译(码)，解(码)

decree 法令，政令; 判决，裁决; 判决，命令

dedicate 题献词于(著作等)上; (to)把(一生等)献给，把(时间、精力等)用于

deduce 推论，推断，演绎

deduct 扣除，减去

当大学校长认为有必要命令关闭这所大学时，这不仅仅是因为预算赤字。大学拖欠着一笔贷款，这是事实，但学校的关闭更重要的原因是直接反抗一名骗人的电脑黑客和毒品贩子，因为他破译了大学的电脑系统。这名黑客使大学的电脑系统染上了一种病毒，使大学的工资表上减掉了大笔大笔的钱，然后让所有电脑都删除了其主要存储区并出现死机。对于这名黑客来说，这是一个决定性的步骤而且是一个很好的初次露面。他很有名气，尽管他现在在一场有争议的官司中还是一名被告，这个案子的目的在于弄清现在法律中存在的缺点及如何处理这种犯罪。黑客的欺骗行为是潜入电脑系统并准确地推断出电脑系统使用的进位数字。虽然一般来说这类系统的预设值是4，但他还是推断出这所大学的电脑系统的预设值是5。黑客在电脑系统中放置的这种致命性病毒以进位数为基础，它反映了黑客对法律的藐视和对名气的渴望。现在法庭必须决定如何对付他，问题之一是完全在当地处理这个案件还是把它提交到高一级的法院。不管决定如何，破坏已经造成，大学现在已经关闭。

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