On 17 January 2012 10:06, Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 17.01.2012 10:02, schrieb david: > >> On 01/16/2012 04:55 AM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: >>> >>> On 01/16/12 13:51, Fons Adriaensen wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 01:47:49PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: >>>> >>>>>> The linux audio community currently lives its own life for the most >>>>>> part, and doesn't make a terrible lot of PR for what it can do. Where >>>>>> I live we call this "stewing in your own juice" (literal translation). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> we have the same proverb in german. funny to hear it works in russian, >>>>> too :) >>>> >>>> >>>> The Dutch version would be more like 'frying in your own fat'. :-) >>> >>> >>> Or 'cooking in your own foam' (in je eigen sop gaarkoken). >> >> >> Hmm, I wonder if the meaning of that is anything like my grandmother's >> proverb, "You made your bed. Now lay in it"? >> > That is, at least not the meaning of the german "Kochen im eigenen Saft" > (stewing in your own juce) that was the intended sense I guess.. > > Stewing in your own juce means: You are referencing to yourself, without > searching for influence from the outside. I grew up hearing it mainly in connection with staying in bed for far too long (as a teenager especially). > > BTW: I do not think, that such behavior is entirely wrong, as long as you > are aware of the fact, hat there is an outside world, to stick to your own > turf is just another strategy to cope with the world. If it is better or > worse is written in results/facts in the end. Couldn't agree more. James - who for the record - doesn't really want to be an argumentative git. > > best regards > > HZN > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
