[LAU] [OT] Re: bitwig announcement

[James Morris]

On 17 January 2012 10:06, Hartmut Noack <zettberlin at linuxuse.de> 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
>
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