Some computer systems store user passwords as cleartext, against which to compare user log on attempts.

Some writers and fans were starting to compare Buffalo to the Super Bowls losers Minnesota Vikings and the Denver Broncos.

Some analyzers can also operate in a " compare " mode, where they compare each captured data set to a previously recorded data set, and halt capture or visually notify the operator when this data set is either matched or not.

Some commentators compare the proposed American oil-shale industry to the Athabasca oil-sands industry ( the latter enterprise generated over of oil per day in late 2007 ), stating that " the first-generation facility is the hardest, both technically and economically ".

Some economists believe the United States may be currently experiencing deflation as part of the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010 ; compare the theory of debt-deflation.

Some critics compare Ehrlich unfavorably to Malthus, saying that although Thomas Malthus did not make a firm prediction of imminent catastrophe, Ehrlich warned of a potential massive disaster within the next decade or two.

Some of his students and descendants sparred with other martial artists to compare their skills and their victories helped to increase Yip's reputation.

Some experts in the field of forecasting have advised against the use of mean square error to compare forecasting methods.

Some authors compare morbid jealousy to a delusional state ( e. g. Enoch & Trethowan, 1979 ).

Some scholars consider that the Buddhist use of sūtra is a mis-Sanskritization of Prakrit or Pali sutta, and that the latter represented Sanskrit sūkta, " well spoken ", " good news " ( as the Buddha himself refers to his speech in his first sermon ; compare the original meaning of Gospel ), which would also resolve as sutta in Pali.

Some medieval Christian sources such as the Mater Verborum also compare her to the Greek goddess Hecate, associating her with sorcery.

Some girls and young women compare themselves to models in ads, in terms of their physical attractiveness.

Some compare today's robust cannabis-growing industry in BC ( the number-one cash crop ) to this earlier era.

Some programs may even run faster than the original, e. g. some Linux applications running on FreeBSD's Linux compatibility layer may or may not perform better than the same applications on Red Hat Linux, and benchmarks are occasionally run on Wine to compare it to Windows NT-based operating systems.

Some online travel websites allow visitors to compare hotel and flight rates with multiple companies for free.

Some authors compare the differences between Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese to those found between British and American English, while others see the differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese as greater or much greater.

Some people compare the taste and / or texture to SPAM, Treet, bologna, mild salami, smoked summer sausage, or US-style Canadian bacon.

Some fans compare his style and career path with those of Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart.

Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a versatile multi-rename tool with regular expression support.

Some more recent feminist interpreters of the Book of Esther compare Vashti's character and actions favorably to those of her successor, Esther, who is traditionally viewed as the heroine of the Purim story.

Some may compare his appearance to Yogi Bear.

Some researchers compare the tracking system to a modern form of racial segregation within the schools.

Some call the approach ' vertical travel writing ', while others compare it to the eclectic approaches of 18th and early 19th century antiquarian topographers or to the psychogeographic excursions of the early Situationist International.

Some of these plans can be found on Web sites that compare a variety of long-distance phone and phone card options, giving consumers useful and timely information.

Some time in 1912, Picasso cut out and folded a piece of paper in the shape of a guitar ; ;

Some breasts are mounted high upon the chest wall, are of rounded shape, and project almost horizontally from the chest, which features are common to girls and women in the early stages of thelarchic development, the sprouting of the breasts.

Some aspects to consider in a guitar neck may be the overall width of the fretboard, scale ( distance between the frets ), the neck wood, the type of neck construction ( for example, the neck may be glued in or bolted on ), and the shape ( profile ) of the back of the neck.

" Some critics argue that " Ahab's pursuit of the whale, which they suggest can be associated with the feminine in its shape, mystery, and in its naturalness, represents the ultimate fusion of the epistemological and sexual quest.

Some powders meter ( measure by volume ) better than others due to the shape of each granule.

Some brick surfaces are made to look particularly rustic by including burnt bricks, which have a darker color or an irregular shape.

Some early rifled guns were created with special barrels that had a twisted polygonal shape, in particular the Whitworth rifle was the first to be made with the intention of spinning the round for the use of as a " rifle ".

Funding may also reflect who or what the institution wants to influence ; in the United States, for example, " Some donors want to influence votes in Congress or shape public opinion, others want to position themselves or the experts they fund for future government jobs, while others want to push specific areas of research or education.

Some materials that prove difficult to shape with other processes, such as fiber-glass, Kevlar, and graphite, can be shaped and finished neatly via various routing techniques.

Some abnormalities in the average size or shape of some regions of the brain have been found in some disorders, reflecting genes and / or experience.

Some of the morphological differences that can help identify the different species are the presence / absence of anastomosis, the presence / absence of holes, and the shape and length of the median area.

Some women undergo vaginoplasty or labiaplasty procedures to alter the shape of their vulvas to meet personal aesthetic standards.

Some purported aphrodisiacs gain their reputation from the principles of sympathetic magic, for example oysters, due to their shape.

Some tablets are in the shape of capsules, and are called " caplets ".

Some of them may even have many heads, such as Thrivaldi who had nine of them, or an overall non-humanoid shape ; so were Jörmungandr and Fenrir, two of the children of Loki.

Some time during its berth the port ( left ) side of the ship was cut down about above the keel, but fortuitously this has preserved the correct shape of the hull.

Some fully interlocking puzzles have pieces all of a similar shape, with rounded tabs out on opposite ends, with corresponding blanks cut into the intervening sides to receive the tabs of adjacent pieces.

Some plugs are made with a non-random orientation of the gap and are usually marked as such by a suffix to the model number ; typically these are specified by manufacturers of very small engines where the spark plug tip and electrodes form a significantly large part of the shape of the combustion chamber.

Some vibrators intended for internal use are phallic in shape.

Some of these contain poems within a poem or visual messages triggered by the sound or synergy of the shape of words and letters.

Some earlier schemes create designs using mixtures of tiles each of a single colour that are either cut to shape or are small and of a few shapes, used to create abstract geometric patterns.

Some is in surprisingly good shape, comparable to that of newly-felled kauri, although often lighter in colour.

Some acts have made their upright bass the centerpiece of their stage shows ; some psychobilly musicians elaborately decorate their upright bass, such as Nekromantix frontman Kim Nekroman, whose " coffinbass " is in the shape of a coffin, with a headstock in the shape of a cross.

Some people including Cope and Darwin critic Samuel Butler felt that inheritance of acquired characteristics would let organisms shape their own evolution, since organisms that acquired new habits would change the use patterns of their organs, which would kick-start Lamarckian evolution.