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Some Very Good Thoughts
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
The following quotes are from American journalist Bill Vaughan (1918 - 1977).
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
J=P
"WZVZUVSX SW DCIUI YCI OIBIAHJIU VZAAOHRIW HZY YCI YUIIW, YCIT TXNIW WYUIIYW XKYIU YCIN."
"NHTIL DHT'Y VZL CXJJSTIWW, VZY SY DSAA JXL YCI WXAXUSIW HK X AXUEI UIWIXUQC WYXKK YH WYZOL YCI JUHVAIN."
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
J=P
"WZVZUVSX SW DCIUI YCI OIBIAHJIU VZAAOHRIW HZY YCI YUIIW, YCIT TXNIW WYUIIYW XKYIU YCIN."
"NHTIL DHT'Y VZL CXJJSTIWW, VZY SY DSAA JXL YCI WXAXUSIW HK X AXUEI UIWIXUQC WYXKK YH WYZOL YCI JUHVAIN."
Hint
I=EX=A
Z=U
Answer
"SUBURBIA IS WHERE THE DEVELOPER BULLDOZES OUT THE TREES, THEN NAMES STREETS AFTER THEM.""MONEY WON'T BUY HAPPINESS, BUT IT WILL PAY THE SALARIES OF A LARGE RESEARCH STAFF TO STUDY THE PROBLEM."
KEY:
A=L
B=V
C=H
D=W
E=G
H=O
I=E
J=P
K=F
L=Y
N=M
O=D
Q=C
R=Z
S=I
T=N
U=R
V=B
W=S
X=A
Y=T
Z=U
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Comments
Those comments are so true
Hey, I did it!!
WOW!! thats is really cool!
Those last comments were made BEFORE i was born Lmao
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