As an element of backwards rationalisation, my brain interprets "ENOTTY" as "E-NO-TTY" (Error: NO TeleTYpe available) which is the rough current meaning, rather than "E-NOT-TY" (Error: NOT a TYpewriter) which is the original meaning.
I’m pretty sure it is ENO-TTY. Because who among us hasn’t started up our computers only to realize that our terminal had been replaced by the renown ambient electronic artist?
Reminds me of a more recent parking lot error. I have a parking card with attached account, and credit card for automatic payments. I also had a specific car and it's plate attached so I didn't have to tap the card.
I had to cancel the credit card so automatic payments decline, and I don't always drive the same car in which case I have to tap the parking card.
The result of all this:
When I leave the parking lot in a different car after paying manually at the gate, the message displayed is "Payment Declined: Exit permitted"
As an element of backwards rationalisation, my brain interprets "ENOTTY" as "E-NO-TTY" (Error: NO TeleTYpe available) which is the rough current meaning, rather than "E-NOT-TY" (Error: NOT a TYpewriter) which is the original meaning.
I’m pretty sure it is ENO-TTY. Because who among us hasn’t started up our computers only to realize that our terminal had been replaced by the renown ambient electronic artist?
Your interpretation seemed so obvious and natural to me that I never once considered it could have a different etymology, until now.
Reminds me of a more recent parking lot error. I have a parking card with attached account, and credit card for automatic payments. I also had a specific car and it's plate attached so I didn't have to tap the card.
I had to cancel the credit card so automatic payments decline, and I don't always drive the same car in which case I have to tap the parking card.
The result of all this:
When I leave the parking lot in a different car after paying manually at the gate, the message displayed is "Payment Declined: Exit permitted"
It reminds me of an unexpectedly wholesome message displayed on certain parking machines here in the UK - "change possible"
I read the title as "traditional butt puzzling" and expected something slightly different
See also "lp0 on fire", an error message for generic printer problems on Linux.
https://musings.danlj.org/2019/05/15/incomplete-information....