Unlike the later Christianization of the Saxon and of the Slavs, the Alemanni seem to have adopted Christianity gradually, and voluntarily, spread in emulation of the Merovingian elite.

Unlike the report of 918, on this occasion the title mormaer is attached to a geographical area, but it is unknown whether the Angus of 938 was in any way similar to the later mormaerdom or earldom.

Unlike later writers, Homeric lines more commonly employ the feminine caesura ; an example occurs in Iliad I. 5 “... and every bird ; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment ”:

Unlike the later Gilbert and Sullivan works, it was hastily prepared, and its nature was more risqué, like Gilbert's earlier burlesques, with a broader style of comedy that allowed for improvisation by the actors.

Unlike some later Islamists, Salafists strongly emphasized the restoration of the Caliphate.

Unlike Kazaa Lite, which is a modification of an old version of Kazaa, K-Lite v2. 6 and later require the corresponding original KMD executable to run.

Unlike later boats, it had a low bow and stern.

Unlike most major shifts in scientific thought, special relativity was adopted by the scientific community remarkably quickly, consistent with Einstein's later comment that the laws of physics described by the Special Theory were " ripe for discovery " in 1905.

Unlike in the past there are many types of lutes encountered today: 5-course medieval lutes, renaissance lutes of 6 to 10 courses in many pitches for solo and ensemble performance of Renaissance works, the archlute of Baroque works, 11-course lutes in d-minor tuning for 17th century French, German and Czech music, 13 / 14-course d-minor tuned German Baroque Lutes for later High Baroque and Classical music, theorbo for basso continuo parts in Baroque ensembles, gallichons / mandoras, bandoras, orpharions and others.

Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and water.

Unlike later collections, such as the Kokin Wakashū, there is no preface.

Unlike later writers, no near contemporary source remarks on Macbeth as a tyrant.

Unlike several later systems, this did not allow for party-list proportional representation.

Unlike later Vostok missions, there were no dedicated tracking ships available to receive signals from the spacecraft.

Unlike later fictional vampires, he is able to go about in daylight and has no particular fear or loathing of crosses or garlic.

Unlike later years, there were no public benefit (' dole ') payments — the unemployed were given ' relief work ', much of which was however not very productive, partly because the size of the problem was unprecedented.

Unlike Schopenhauer, Heidegger was opposed to any systematic ethics, however in some of his later thought he does see the possibility of harmony between people, as part of the four-fold, mortals, gods, earth and sky.

Unlike previous stations, the Soviet space station Mir had a modular design ; a core unit was launched, and additional modules, generally with a specific role, were later added to that.

Unlike later supercontinents, Rodinia itself was entirely barren.

Unlike French cathedrals, English cathedrals sprawl across their sites, with double transepts projecting strongly and Lady Chapels tacked on at a later date.

Unlike Wetton's later anger at Asia continuing without him in the 1990s, this lineup was viewed favourably by other Asia band members.

Unlike with Aristotle, we have no complete works by the Megarians or the early Stoics, and have to rely mostly on accounts ( sometimes hostile ) by later sources, including prominently Diogenes Laertius, Sextus Empiricus, Galen, Aulus Gellius, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Cicero.

Unlike cèilidh dancing dancing or English country dancing, which are usually done using walking or running steps, Scottish country dancing uses different steps according to a dance's choreography ( although most people in Scotland use the terms ' cèilidh dancing ' or ' country dancing ' interchangeably, with ' county dancing ' often being taught in schools and later used at ' cèilidh ' events ).

Unlike Nintendo, Sega, Sony, or Microsoft in later decades, the hardware manufacturers in this era lost exclusive control of their platforms ' supply of games.

Unlike the later Longshan culture, the Yangshao culture did not use pottery wheels in pottery making.

Unlike in most other role-playing games, eventual triumph of the players is not assumed.

Unlike its predecessor games, CoC assumed that most investigators would not survive, alive or sane, and that the only safe way to deal with the vast majority of nasty things described in the rule books was to run away.

Unlike previous games, which had relied purely on General MIDI for music, Hexen is also able to play tracks from CDs.

Unlike the Intellivoice-specific games, however, World Series Major League Baseball is also playable without the Intellivoice module ( but not without the ECS.

Unlike many contemporary texts on the topic, he does not engage the games in the text with moralistic arguments ; instead, he portrays them in an astrological context.

Unlike any other system at that time, the Odyssey² included a full alphanumeric membrane keyboard, which was to be used for educational games, selecting options, or programming ( Magnavox released a cartridge called Computer Intro!

Unlike most other games released at the time, including its primary competitor, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3 requires an OpenGL-compliant graphics accelerator to run.

Unlike its namesakes, however, this AFL was able to command sufficient financial resources to survive ; one factor in this was becoming the first league to sign a television contract — previously, individual franchises had signed agreements with networks to televise games.

Unlike other first-person games of the time, System Shock features true 3D environments, and allows the player to look up and down, duck, go prone, jump, mantle, and lean to the side.

Unlike previous collections, this does not come with any printed documentation ( instead including PDF files containing the original manuals for copy protection purposes ), and the " Runs on Windows XP " blurb on the box is justified by an included copy of freeware application DOSBox, leaving many to see this edition ( and the simultaneous releases of the Police Quest, King's Quest and Space Quest collections ) as a cash-in to measure the viability of future games in the series.

Unlike many other strategy games available at the time of its release, Myths combat does not focus on the collection of resources and the building of armies.

Unlike previous games, however, Kyle does not exclusively select Light or Dark side powers in the single-player, instead receiving a selection of both.

Unlike most other text adventure games, the room descriptions of Suspended do not mention the directions of possible exits, which makes the map vital to playing.

Unlike previous Battle. net-enabled games, Warcraft III introduced anonymous matchmaking, automatically pairing players for games based on their skill level and game type preferences, preventing players from cheating and inflating their records artificially.

Unlike most writers, his pieces did not recount games in epic terms or offer insights gleaned from interviews with players.

Unlike the 2010 Winter Olympics when CTV left the Olympic rings on the on-screen logo after the games were over not until removing them in January 2011 and re-adding them again a few months later, CTV quickly removed the Olympic rings on the screen bug the following day after the closing ceremony.

Unlike the previous year, however, the Bulls ' playoff run was shorter and less dramatic as they were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.

Unlike the earlier 2D LucasArts games, the player is informed of objects or persons of interest not by text floating on the screen when the player passes a cursor over them, but instead by the fact that Manny will turn his head towards that object or person as he walks by.

Unlike future Mario games, players cannot jump on enemies and squash them, unless they were already turned on their back.

Unlike in the video games, she is occasionally seen using power-ups such as the Raccoon Leaf.

Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring.

Unlike in previous Mario games, coins are not used to get lives ; instead, they are used to play games in a special area that awards lives and other power-ups.