Unlike Photovoltaic technologies that often degrade under concentrated light, Solar Thermal depends upon light concentration that requires a clear sky to reach suitable temperatures.

Unlike most satellites in the outer Solar System, which are mostly composed of water-ice, Io is primarily composed of silicate rock surrounding a molten iron or iron sulfide core.

Unlike previous Solar cells, this device stores energy internally making it more efficient.

Unlike the NES or Sega Master System, there were few add-on peripherals for the 7800, though its backwards compatibility feature allowed it to be compatible with most Atari 2600 peripherals.

Unlike the d20 System and many other game systems, experience awards are in the form of character points, which have the same value as those used in character creation and can be applied directly to the character's abilities upon receipt.

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 the Mac OS ( Apple Macintosh ) and Microsoft Windows platforms ( excepting Microsoft Windows explorer. exe shell replacements ) which have historically provided a vendor-controlled, fixed set of ways to control how windows and panes display on a screen, and how the user may interact with them, window management for the X Window System was deliberately kept separate from the software providing the graphical display.

Unlike the rest of Tuolumne County, Tuolumne City was not in the Bell System / SBC service area.

Unlike the 16-bit SNES version, the Virtual Console version is the original Disk System version with all its original subtitles ( although like Super Mario Bros., the original game was already entirely in English ) without the loading screen.

Unlike the OGL, the d20 System Trademark License ( D20STL ) is revocable and is controlled by Wizards of the Coast.

Unlike most of the UK, Lincolnshire still retains the Tripartite System, with secondary education for many pupils decided by voluntary examination at eleven.

Unlike the predecessors Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System ( CAPPS ) & CAPPS II, Secure Flight does not scan passengers for outstanding warrants nor does Secure Flight use computer algorithms to search for links to flagged terrorists.

Unlike the rest of the Northwest Territory, which was surveyed more or less uniformly under the Public Land Survey System, sections of the Ohio Lands were incrementally granted to various parties and were surveyed using disparate survey systems.

Unlike Wrecking Crew, Excitebike was never re-released for the Famicom Disk System in its original form.

Unlike most other O scale manufacturers, Williams never added electronics such as Trainmaster Command Control or Digital Command System to its locomotives.

Unlike the majority of the DEW Line radar sites which were abandoned or automated, this site which changed in 1989, known as CAM-MAIN, remains a manned operation, with about 18 people, as part of the North Warning System.

Unlike Looking Glass ' previous first-person games — Ultima Underworld, Ultima Underworld II and System Shock — Terra Nova takes place in outdoor environments.

Unlike many other large charitable fundraising organizations, the Imperial Court System is composed entirely of volunteers.

Unlike conventional musical fountains, which must be manually pre-programmed moment-to-moment, the H2Oarts ' Musical Water Feature Automation System uses the venue's own live background music to animate the water and lights in real time.

Unlike a true bypass, which has grade-separated interchanges, the Milford Bypass has both grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections, of which one of them intersects with DE 14, an east – west state highway that originally went from Fenwick Island to Harrington, but was truncated to Milford in 1978 when DelDOT renumbered its state highway system to be consistent with the numbering used for the U. S. Highway System.

Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point, but a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases.

Unlike steel, in which the solid solution separates to form different crystal phases, precipitation hardening alloys separate to form different phases within the same crystal.

Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 60 + chips.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

Unlike the Israelite worship assembly, which was only able to look on during Temple worship as the Levitical Priest sang, played, and offered animal sacrifices, in the New Testament, all Christians are commanded to sing praises to God.

Unlike most Common-law jurisdictions, the majority of civil law jurisdictions have specialized courts or sections to deal with administrative cases which, as a rule, will apply procedural rules specifically designed for such cases and different from that applied in private-law proceedings, such as contract or tort claims.

Unlike France or Germany, there are no special administrative courts of first instance in the Netherlands, but regular courts have an administrative " chamber " which specializes in administrative appeals.

Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British suzerainty, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British, until 1858 by the East India Company and after 1858 by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General of India's agent for the Rajputana Agency.

Unlike a sacrifice bunt, which may be scored if a runner advances from any base to any base, a sacrifice fly is only credited if a runner scores on the play.

Unlike deer, which have branched antlers that they shed annually, bongos and other antelopes have pointed horns that they keep throughout their lifespan.

Unlike other C-suite positions, which tend to be defined according to commonly designated responsibilities across most companies, the COO job tends to be defined in relation to the specific CEO with whom he / she works, given the close working relationship of these two individuals.

" Unlike utilitarianism, which views pleasure as a moral good, " the basic goods in Mohist consequentialist thinking are ... order, material wealth, and increase in population ".

Unlike earlier texts like Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, which was excavated in the 1970s from a tomb that had been sealed in 168 BCE, the Inner Canon rejected the influence of spirits and the use of magic.

Unlike the other proposition bets which are handled by the dealers or stickman, the field bet is placed directly by the player.

Unlike regular histology, which uses stains to identify cells, cellular components or protein classes, immunostaining requires the reaction of an antibody directed against the protein of interest within the tissue or cell.

Unlike Jane Eyre, which is written from the first-person perspective of the main character, Shirley is written in the third-person and lacks the emotional immediacy of Jane Eyre, and reviewers found it less shocking.

Unlike previous wars, which were often fought mainly from fixed lines and trenches, World War II was a highly mobile war, often fought in cities, forests, or other areas where mobility and visibility were restricted.

Unlike the V-2, however, the V-1 required stationary launch ramps which were susceptible to bombardment.

Unlike the Muslim world, which has a geo-political and cultural definition that provides a primary identifier for a large swath of the world, Christendom is more complex.

Unlike the related gray wolf, which is Eurasian in origin, evolutionary theory suggests the coyote evolved in North America during the Pleistocene epoch 1. 81 million years ago ( mya ) alongside the dire wolf.

Unlike Cygwin which requires " You rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows ", the full Wine product supports executing unmodified Windows binaries.

Unlike Coronation Street which had a very nostalgic view of working-class life, Brookside brought together working and middle-class families in a more contemporary environment.