Unlike conventional auctions, bids are non-refundable ; if one player bids 65 for psyche and another wins with a bid of 66, then the character with 66 is " superior " to the character with 65 even though there is only one bid difference.

Unlike a conventional tank water heater, the tank is filled only when there is sunlight.

Unlike conventional therapies, Hubbard said, Dianetics would work every time if applied properly and " will invariably cure all psychosomatic ills and human aberrations.

Unlike conventional tray distillation in which every tray represents a separate point of vapor-liquid equilibrium, the vapor-liquid equilibrium curve in a packed column is continuous.

Unlike conventional microscopes, where the spatial resolution is limited by the wavelength of the particles which are used for imaging, the FIM is a projection type microscope with atomic resolution and an approximate magnification of a few million times.

Unlike conventional harmonicas, blowing and drawing produce the same notes because its tuning is closer to the note layout of a typical Asian tremolo harmonica or the Polyphonias.

Unlike its neighbouring city of Dresden this was largely conventional bombing, with high explosives rather than incendiaries.

Unlike in a conventional resistive electric circuit, where currents are best thought of as arising as a response to an applied voltage, currents in the magnetosphere are better seen as caused by the structure and motion of the plasma in its associated magnetic field.

Unlike conventional weapons of defense, the Bydo were conceived as limited range weapons with the purpose of destroying every ecological form in their path.

Unlike the rotary engine, however, radial engines use a conventional rotating crankshaft in a fixed engine block.

Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore is command-detonated and directional, meaning it is fired by remote-control, shooting a pattern of metal balls into the kill zone like a shotgun.

Unlike the conventional warfare methods of firing artillery into a coordinate location, the SEALs operated within inches of their targets.

Unlike many conventional telephone technologies, this does not provide power for premises equipment, nor is it suitable for direct connection to customer equipment.

Unlike the conventional cassette, a recorded song does not need to be stored as one piece on the disk, it can be stored in several fragments, similar to a hard drive.

Unlike semantics, which examines meaning that is conventional or " coded " in a given language, pragmatics studies how the transmission of meaning depends not only on structural and linguistic knowledge ( e. g., grammar, lexicon, etc.

Unlike the KMT troops, CPC shunned conventional warfare and instead engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Japanese.

Unlike other forms of conventional financed mortgage insurance, the UFMIP on an FHA loan is prorated over a three year period, meaning should the homeowner refinance or sell during the first three years of the loan, they are entitled to a partial refund of the UFMIP paid at loan inception.

Unlike conventional ovens, microwave ovens usually do not directly brown or caramelize food, since they rarely attain the necessary temperatures to do so.

Unlike conventional skin expansion techniques, however, the process of nonsurgical foreskin restoration may take several years to complete.

Unlike conventional logic gate diagrams in which inputs and outputs hold the binary values of TRUE ( 1 ) or FALSE ( 0 ), the gates in a fault tree output probabilities related to the set operations of Boolean logic.

Unlike a conventional wide bottom dinghy it is dangerous to sit or stand in the extreme ends due to the minimal displacement.

Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration.

Unlike conventional membership recruiting / acceptance methods, the department recruits and restricts new member acceptance to bi-annual " recruit classes " in tandem with the academic semesters.

Unlike the North American release, the European box does not feature any prominent text to distinguish the backlit models from the older frontlit models.

Unlike the book, in which the hosts of Mordor are dazzled by the light of the rising sun reflecting off the armor of the Rohirrim charging from the west, the movie has the Rohirrim backlit by the sun, inconsistent with the geography of the situation as presented by Tolkien.

Unlike many decorative patterns that present a static flat convention, this artist's pictures are full of atmosphere and climate.

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 the epithelial cells lining the body structures, fibroblasts do not form flat monolayers and are not restricted by a polarizing attachment to a basal lamina on one side, although they may contribute to basal lamina components in some situations ( e. g. subepithelial myofibroblasts in intestine may secrete the α-2 chain carrying component of the laminin which is absent only in regions of follicle associated epithelia which lack the myofibroblast lining ).

Unlike during the pre-war years when pig iron was shipped on flat boats on the Shenandoah River to Harpers Ferry, during the war, the pig iron was shipped by wagon to Gordonsville, and subsequently by rail to Richmond for use at the Tredegar Iron Works.

Unlike most other Art Deco towers built during the 1930s, the GE Building was constructed as a slab with a flat roof, where the Center's newly renovated observation deck, the Top of the Rock is located, which was first built in 1933.

Unlike typical coining applications, in this case the goal of coining is to create a flat, rather than patterned, surface.

Unlike the case for flat superspace, adding a constant to either the Kähler or superpotential is now physical.

Unlike the i386, but in common with most 32-bit designs, the i960 has a flat 32-bit memory space, with no memory segmentation.

Unlike the G1 line, the Pony Points had to be mailed in to order ; a customer could not pay a flat fee and add points to it to lower the price.

Unlike most Winchester and the Marlin lever action rifles, which used a tubular magazine requiring round nose or flat nose bullets, Arthur Savage designed his rifle using a rotary magazine.

Unlike a right-side up throw, however, an upside-down disc will not precess toward a stable flat state, and will in stead oscillate past horizontal and begin to bank in the opposite direction.

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 many Democrats, he said he was " open " to Sam Brownback's proposal to implement a flat tax in D. C., and he supported school vouchers.

Unlike a flat slab or tower block, he designed Keeling House with four wings that each look onto another, encouraging contact between neighbours.

Unlike the other British Virgin Islands, Anegada is a flat atoll.

Unlike a butt ( flat ) joint between two lengths of railway, each section is tapered diagonally, allow for a smooth transition and high-speeds across the gap.

Unlike Shockwave, Astro Magnum was gray with a red eye, and a standard trigger design ( changed to a flat trigger for Shockwave, perhaps due to the " phallic " position it adopted in robot mode ).

Unlike other railways, the C & SLR had no ticket classes or paper tickets ; when the railway began operations, a flat fare of two pence, collected at a turnstile, was charged.

Unlike most axially symmetrical objects, the rolling motion of a cone is such that while rolling on a flat surface, its center of gravity performs a circular motion, rather than a linear one.

Unlike Royal Ascot and many other top flat racing events in Britain and Ireland, the Cheltenham Festival does not have a history of attracting many international contenders, though French-trained horses have done well-Baracouda being perhaps the most well-known, having landed the World Hurdle twice.

Unlike humans all hara have genitals that are simultaneously both male and female ( described as ' colorful ' and ' flower-like ' and ' like a sea-anemone '), able to fold flat and open or retract inwards or protrude (), and thus reproduce and experience sex differently.

Unlike North Park and South Park, which are wide flat basins at the headwaters of the North and South Platte respectively, Middle Park is a narrower basin, allowing for less agricultural use as pasturelands.

Unlike modern day Tehran, the city of Semnan is relatively flat.

Unlike the nearby hills of the Newmarket Ridge, which have steep sides but very flat tops, these hills have large drops between summits and as such have quite a distinctive appearance ; Little Trees Hill looks particularly good from Huckeridge Hill near Sawston.