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Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial.
The authors of the quotes have been given.
949 47 48 3784 2334287 263 26678837 23424662367 273 2684 225533 87377? -- Clifford Stoll
843 47328 84464 22688 2 26678837 66832665 47 8428 66 628837 469 6824 968 78833 4686 48, 48 36376'8 438 244437 67 4328437. -- Bill Gates
The authors of the quotes have been given.
949 47 48 3784 2334287 263 26678837 23424662367 273 2684 225533 87377? -- Clifford Stoll
843 47328 84464 22688 2 26678837 66832665 47 8428 66 628837 469 6824 968 78833 4686 48, 48 36376'8 438 244437 67 4328437. -- Bill Gates
Hint
2 - ABC3 - DEF
4 - GHI
5 - JKL
6 - MNO
7 - PQRS
8 - TUV
9 - WXYZ
Answer
Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? -- Clifford StollThe great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier. -- Bill Gates
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