Unlike most modern stringed instruments, the lute's fretboard is mounted flush with the top.

Unlike a binary search tree, in a splay tree after deletion, we splay the parent of the removed node to the top of the tree.

Unlike the version used for the DVD, Sony Pictures cropped out the top and bottom parts of the frame, while restoring previously cropped images on the sides, from the 35 mm film source, to use the entire 16: 9 frame.

Unlike some other processors, autoincrement of the base register was not provided ; the only exception was a " top of stack " addressing mode that would pop sources and push destinations.

Unlike standard set-top boxes, which sit on top of or below the TV, a set-back box has a smaller form factor to enable it to be mounted to the rear of the display panel flat panel TV, hiding it from view.

Unlike their ancestor Poseidon who is always fully anthropomorphic in ancient art ( this has only changed in modern popular culture ), Tritons ' lower half is that of a fish, while the top half is presented in a human figure.

Unlike bait casting and spin casting reels, the spinning reel hangs beneath the rod rather than sitting on top, and is held in place with a sliding or locking reel seat.

Unlike tower or rack mount systems, the Series 900 sat on top of each other and connected to one another with bus-like cabling.

Unlike the far more common " negative " lightning, positive lightning occurs when a positive charge is carried by the top of the clouds ( generally anvil clouds ) rather than the ground.

Unlike the Macintosh, the GEM Desktop was based on top of DOS ( MS-DOS, DOS Plus or DR DOS on the PC, GEMDOS on the Atari ), and as a result the actual display was cluttered with computer-like items including path names and wildcards.

Unlike American style oboe reeds, cor anglais reeds typically have wire at the base, approximately 5 millimeters from the top of the string used to attach the cane to the staple.

Unlike affinity chromatography techniques, a solvent head at the top of the column can drastically diminish resolution as the sample diffuses prior to loading, broadening the downstream elution.

Unlike Daisher, Schilling was hoisted to the top of the bridge by a crane after every jump.

Unlike the Expo Line, the Millennium Line's stations were designed by British Columbia's top architects, resulting in dramatically different stations from those on the Expo Line.

Unlike Jim Whittaker, a fellow Seattleite and the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1963, Beckey shied away from the large team efforts, preferring smaller alpine-style undertakings.

Unlike surfing, the rider does not utilise any sections of the wave that have started to barrel-although top wave sailors are able to incorporate aerial moves into their wave riding and will use overhanging lips to launch themselves out in front of the wave as part of this.

Unlike other Australian states ' arms, the Northern Territory's arms incorporate many reflections of the indigenous Australian culture and history: the shield itself is a representation of an Aboriginal painting and the crest shows the Wedge-tailed eagle on top of a tjurunga, an Aboriginal ritual stone.

Unlike water, the atmosphere has no discernible surface ( there is no " top ").

After a subsequent tour, Iron Maiden started working on their next studio effort, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which became their second release to top the UK charts, although it was also Dickinson's first album with the band which did not achieve platinum status in the U. S. Unlike Somewhere in Time, Dickinson was much more enthusiastic about this album due to its concept and has several song-writing credits.

Unlike most American concrete highways where the concrete is a continuous surface on both roadway and bridge surfaces, all 407 bridge decks are covered with an Ontario styled asphalt wearing surface to protect a waterproofing layer placed on top of the underlying concrete deck.

Unlike hardtop models that utilized a conventional key-secured, forward hinged design, the convertibles combined the trunk opening and closing within the convertible top operating system.

Unlike the Mark I Scorpio, the word " Cosworth " did not appear anywhere on the outside of cars fitted with such an engine ( possibly in an attempt to reduce the likelihood of vehicle theft ) although it is in evidence across the top of the engine.

Unlike many other stringed instruments, there is no nut at the top of the strings: the strings are simply stretched between a tuning peg at the top and the tailpiece at the bottom, passing over the bridge ( the playing strings ) or through holes in the bridge ( the sympathetics ).

Unlike previous racing Porsches, the 906's body was tested in a wind tunnel, resulting in a top speed of at Le Mans, quite fast for a 2-liter engine car.

Unlike most other expansion teams ' general managers, Islanders GM Bill Torrey made few trades for veteran players in the early years, as he was committed to building through the draft.

Unlike The Silmarillion, for which the narrative fragments were modified to connect into a consistent and coherent work, the Unfinished Tales are presented as Tolkien left them, with little more than names changed ( the author having had a confusing habit of trying out different names for a character while writing a draft ).

Unlike the Turner variant, due to the complexity of the Martz offense, the QBs who execute it best are often the more intelligent QBs who intuitively get what Martz is trying to do, not the elite athlete who team's personnel department might favor drafting with a high draft pick.

Unlike usual draft, a person could join OSOAVIAKhIM as early as at the age of 14.

Unlike a physical device, the software facilitates check draft demand draft technology, and Check 21 Act regulations to emulate the check writer.

Unlike most teams with high draft picks, the Pistons were a good team that made the Eastern Conference Finals the season before.

Unlike individual time trials where competitors are not permitted to ' draft ' ( ride in the slipstream ) behind each other, in team time trials, riders in each team employ this as their main tactic, each member taking a turn at the front while team-mates ' sit in ' behind.

Unlike the Ravens, the Browns were restocked with an expansion draft.

Unlike the previous version, Madden NFL 2000 allows the user to choose if he wants the computer to make his off-season decisions, such as re-sign / release players, draft future stars, etc.

Unlike in the NFL, NHL and the NBA, teams may not trade draft choices, but may purchase the rights to Rule 5 Draft Picks.

Unlike hockey skates, they have toe picks on the front of the blade, which are usually made out of stainless steel or aluminium with a steel runner.

Unlike earlier stone tool technology, hand axes have three distinctive shapes ; hand axes, cleavers, and picks.

Unlike a conventional guitar, the strings are not pressed to a fret when sounding a note ; rather, the player holds a metal slide called steel ( or tone bar ) in the left hand, which is moved along the strings to change the instrument's pitch while the right hand plucks or picks the strings.

Unlike flat guitar picks, which are held between the thumb and finger and used one at a time, fingerpicks clip onto or wrap around the end of the fingers and thumb ; thus one hand can pick several strings at once.

Unlike the super soup cans, If Cooper picks one of these up by mistake, they cause negative effects, and can be seriously handicapping during challenges.

Unlike other NHL arenas, the Canadiens do not display division or conference championship banners, despite the fact they have won many championships over the years including 24 Stanley Cups.

Unlike the NHL, the WHA also signed many European players.

Unlike the playoff MVP awards presented in the other major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada ( the Super Bowl MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, and the World Series MVP ), the Conn Smythe is based on the entire NHL postseason instead of just the championship game or series.

Unlike its International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF )- sanctioned counterpart, the annual World Ice Hockey Championships and Winter Olympics, the World Cup of Hockey is organized by the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

Unlike the previous Olympics, Henrik went into the 2010 tournament as one of Sweden's key players: at the time of the roster announcement on December 27, 2009, he led all Swedish players in NHL scoring.

Unlike most Canadians in the NHL, Turco did not play major junior hockey, instead playing for the University of Michigan, with whom he won two NCAA championships.

Unlike the Bills, the Sabres are a relatively successful franchise in recent times, having reached the playoffs a majority of years since the NHL lockout ended in 2005.

Unlike many other NBA and NHL scoreboards however, the bottom panel also has an LED screen, allowing display of many images above the floor itself rather than a static image of a sponsor or team logo.

Unlike baseball, not all the players on the rosters of the minor league teams are owned by an NHL team.

Unlike in Montreal and Ottawa ( the other NHL cities with large francophone fan bases ), all public address announcements were only given in French.

Unlike previous Olympics where athletes could choose five-star hotel accommodations ( such as the USA Men's Basketball team ), NHL players were required to stay in the Olympic Village like other athletes.