Sentences with phrase «like guy wires»

Their narrower vertical footprint allows them to be placed closer together, though spacing is limited by how much energy is extracted from passing breezes and by support structures like guy wires.

Not exact matches

As a result, the building looks like a war zone, everything is busted, there are live electrical wires hanging in the corridors (but the utility guys were nice enough to provide «DANGER OF DEATH DO NOT TOUCH» stickers).
Like the Hindenburg, guy wires had to steady the ship while cargo was offloaded; though it never landed, the aircraft needed considerable facilities on the ground to deliver goods.
If this is what energy looks like, guys... Pretty sure I'm gonna be wired 24/7 from here on out.
On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....
«I think that when Jonah watches «The Wire», he's one of those guys that's like, «I'm good.
I've seen people use computer power supply units, the big 350 W guys, but that seems like major overkill here especially since I'm only looking for the 12v and wouldn't need the other wires from a PSU like the 3.3 v and 5v lines.
My dad's term for people like this was «live wire,» and Carroll Shelby was certainly one of those, a guy with plenty of extra voltage running through his tall frame.
It looks like Viva Piñata meets a guy with a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire.
It's like one guy wire on a suspension bridge that breaks and that causes additional instability which stresses the remaining ropes futher until very quicky (exponentially) there is a chain reaction and the bridge is destroyed.
When you've got wiring in half of your house that looks like this...... it's probably a good idea to hire a guy like this... This is Kevin's drummers brother, Mark.
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