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[Pep]

Get that bloody christmas hat off my VLC player. I will have nothing to do with anything religulous.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Buy a brain.

Santa hat has NOTHING to do with religion.

[penguin]

I'm with the OP on this one - VLC bugged the sh*t out of me at times with the various bugs that persist over the versions while being adressed every now and again (The whole playlist management remains a mess, if it changes it does so for the worse it seems... Right now in fullscreen mode the OSD control bar is just gone and I can't get it back no matter what i try... yuck!)
VLC is a great piece of software, but that bunch of annoying little issues really sucks. VLC does manage, though, to give me a christmas hat on that icon there, wow, horray!

Oh, and santa has nothing to do with religion? Isn't Santa that Christmas guy? Hello?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I'm with the OP on this one - VLC bugged the sh*t out of me at times with the various bugs that persist over the versions while being adressed every now and again (The whole playlist management remains a mess, if it changes it does so for the worse it seems... Right now in fullscreen mode the OSD control bar is just gone and I can't get it back no matter what i try... yuck!)
VLC is a great piece of software, but that bunch of annoying little issues really sucks. VLC does manage, though, to give me a christmas hat on that icon there, wow, horray!

What about you start to help?
What about your read the documentation about the fullscreen/OSD? Or read the forum?

Oh, and santa has nothing to do with religion? Isn't Santa that Christmas guy? Hello?

What about you go and read the wikipedia page on Santa Claus? Santa is a pagan invention... And was reinvented in the late 19th in the USA... And Christian are opposing it for "stealing their feast". Now go away...

[penguin]

I did read both documentation and forums, to no avail...

And OK, Santa might be a pagan invention (paganism btw is religion itself), but still what it stands for today is christmas and that's a christian thing. That was my point.

but none of this is terribly important of course, so lets bury the hatchet here and have a nice one.

[Pep]

Oh, and santa has nothing to do with religion? Isn't Santa that Christmas guy? Hello?

What about you go and read the wikipedia page on Santa Claus? Santa is a pagan invention... And was reinvented in the late 19th in the USA... And Christian are opposing it for "stealing their feast". Now go away...

Dude, you should really check up on stuff before shooting at everybody. Santa Nicolaus was a turkish catholic bishop from around 300ad. Now go grow a brain and remove the RELIGIOUS symbol from VLC
(Either way, not all of us are into the christmas thingy, or any other religious mumbo jumbo for that matter - at least do an option in the settings to let the user decide)

[EGOvoruhk]

Santa Nicolaus was a turkish catholic bishop from around 300ad

Wait wait, let me get this straight: Because the Santa legend was based on a guy that happened to be religious, the holiday itself is religious? So if he was just an atheist doing nice things just the same, the holiday wouldn't exist?

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[kotmfu]

i must say this is the dumbest argument i have ever seen. who cares if its religious or not. im an atheist and i am highly opposed to organised religion.. but i keep that --please stay polite-- to myself.
thats said i love santas hat. why? because its awesome, and it looks bloody cool.
so either deal with it because its the developers choice, or go elsewhere.
or get the source and change it yourself.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Oh, and santa has nothing to do with religion? Isn't Santa that Christmas guy? Hello?

What about you go and read the wikipedia page on Santa Claus? Santa is a pagan invention... And was reinvented in the late 19th in the USA... And Christian are opposing it for "stealing their feast". Now go away...

Dude, you should really check up on stuff before shooting at everybody. Santa Nicolaus was a turkish catholic bishop from around 300ad. Now go grow a brain and remove the RELIGIOUS symbol from VLC
(Either way, not all of us are into the christmas thingy, or any other religious mumbo jumbo for that matter - at least do an option in the settings to let the user decide)

Too bad for you, it will stay... And read more carefully wikipedia.

[kevinmitnick]

[NECROPOST]
Before I square off the religion debacle...

Anyone know how to change the splash screen & the icon? I don't mean "Get rid of the santa hat" but rather toggle between default cone, default splash, santa cone, santa splash, & the others that have come out like the St. Patty's one, etc?
Thank you in advance...

Also for those wanting to REMOVE it, you can.
Tools
Preferences
Interface
Main interfaces
QT
uncheck "Allow automatic icon changes"

Also: Jean-Baptiste Kempf

Buy a brain.

Santa hat has NOTHING to do with religion.

I have a question for you: I just signed up and it said "WARNING, a URL in your signature will ban you from 11,000 sites including this one"

I don't want one in my sig but very curious how you have links in your signature and aren't being banned. Again I don't care and I would not do anything as far as complain or report..
Just wondering if that rule is for specific things or any at all..etc.. (My guess was b/c you're a moderator/admin)

[kevinmitnick]

Now, for the 4th grade bickering about how offensive + intrusive the icon is. (basing their offense on it being religious.)
St. Nicholas is a figure in the bible (A religion)
Santa Claus is a fictional character that does not appear in the bible. (fiction, not religion)
There is no religion that acknowledges the existence of a real living person named Santa Claus.
It is a fable. I hope this ends that idiotic rant back + forth. There is no EASTER bunny. EASTER? A religious holiday. Christmas? A religious holiday celebrating Jesus' birthday. Show me one passage in the bible where a "Santa Claus" is mentioned + if you do, it must appear in reference to the celebration of the birth of Christ. Also with Easter (kind of the celebration of his sacrifice but more his resurrection) there is no Easter bunny handing out chocolates, candy or hard boiled eggs. The "Santa Hat" icon is a representation of Santa Claus, which is NOT a religious invasive action.

That all being said, it's really pathetic how butthurt + offended people are over something so insignificant + unimportant. I promise your life is as crappy as it is b/c you get bothered by things as trivial as this.
It is proof you live in a life absent struggle or compromise. A cush, fluffy care free life where food is readily available. Water is clean + drinkable. Shelter is around the corner + violence is subdued by "collectively free" authoritative protection. There are many places in the world you could live where the privilege of being online or ranting online isn't even possible. There is no electricity let alone internet or a computer to go on forums with.

The developer is just trying to decorate (mildly) the application with something cheerful + congruent to the calendar's known holidays. He has a bloody cone for Halloween. A pagan + somewhat satanic holiday... yet somehow I couldn't find forums trying to rid of that "annoying religious invasion" (Which Halloween is far more religious by certification than Santa Claus or his hat.)

Rather than being diligent + proficient in your adaptation of free software you just inoculate it into your library without reading or learning beforehand without a second thought. Somehow you see that as the developer's fault.

You all come off as whiney brats frankly + probably need a good dose of reality. You'd have spent this time more constructively if you were mature + more reasonable with your thinking.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMMERCIAL + nothing more. What does "he" do? Give away presents for free. What do consumers do? See santa ads + buy presents to give away for free...
It's a COMMERCIAL figure. Also you need to establish a baseline of context. Santa Claus today? Or 600 years ago? What about the hat icon? Is that representative of anything religious? The correct answer is WHO GIVES AF?
The actual religious holiday of christmas has nothing to do with the common USA commercial celebration. There is a black mass, it is all about God + Jesus. There is no formal action of consumerism in the bible in observance of the holiday.

You literally are these people: You borrow someone's car + think they OWE YOU!! You need some serious perspective. You bitch about how their radio presets suck..

Then write your own video player studio + you can do whatever TF you want.. until then, shut up, say thanks, + learn to endure the hardship of a hat icon...

"Don't pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a hard life" - Bruce Lee...

You morons are pathetic. Grow up + get a spine.

I posted this b/c I am really growing tired of sifting through all of the marxist biases between my terminal + the goal objective. So in that perhaps I too am bitching but I think objecting to + standing against marxism is far less trite then bitching about SOMEONE ELSE'S RELIGION. I would LOVE to be able to watch an NFL game without staring at those stupid dribs of marxism on their helmet ridge. So in that, I empathize but I won't ever see someone with a quanza sticker on a game box they sold me as something offensive because I am not intolerant of other people's views or cultures as you all have demonstrated here. Marxism? That isn't a culture or view. That is a specific action of oppression + dictatorship dominance.

As someone in a free republic, I don't have any tolerance for that. Keep in mind, an icon invades nothing in my life. It is someone else's view or culture. I am fine with that. I want to live in a country where you can express those things without the objection of people like yourselves. However, you telling ME how I have to work or live or earn or eat or socially conduct myself or whether you find MY RELIGION acceptable or not? Offensive or not?

Yeah, you all can go move in with Stalin + have a grand ole time. For me? I won't ever accept your level of reasoning. I wouldn't care if it was a star of david stamped on the cone... WHO CARES?! It's a festive gesture.

You all act like you are being bussed to a church + forced to attend + pay tithe. Seriously warped + pathetic.

The fact of the matter is, if it were a CROSS, something undeniably religious, I still don't see how you would object in any way. This shows me bigotry. It could be any symbol of religion + I would accept it as I have accepted the terms of service + agreed to use FREE software + accept to subject to whatever that code is... Sure if it was something undesirable to me like let's say a pentangle, I would remove it but I wouldn't complain about it as if people outside of MY views have no right to express theirs... that IS marxist 100%. Ask the Jews. You guys cone off as prejudiced bigots. Flat out marxist resolve.

[mj_remote]

No idea how anyone is offended but the icon but I am interested in an icon for the files (not the executable or splash screen) that made it clear it was a video.
Its actually easy to change the executable icon but that one is fine and I like it.
But for actual files when you set VLC as your default its frankly just nicer to make it show as some sort of video.
Theme doesnt bother me could be the cone over a filmstrip for all I care, just want something to indicate its a video format.