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On 17 January 2012 10:06, Hartmut Noack  wrote:

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> Am 17.01.2012 10:02, schrieb david:

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>> On 01/16/2012 04:55 AM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:

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>>> On 01/16/12 13:51, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 01:47:49PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

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>>>>>> 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 :)

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>>>>

>>>> 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).
>

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> 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.
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> best regards

>

> HZN

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