{"id":2280,"date":"2002-07-17T07:01:56","date_gmt":"2002-07-17T12:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2002-07-17T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2002-07-17T12:01:56","slug":"there_be_dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/17\/there_be_dragon.html","title":{"rendered":"There be Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not the movie is any good, the trailer of <i>Reign of Fire <\/i>has some folks wondering exactly how dragons could take over the world, given current munitions.  Some amusing speculation about how they couldn&#8217;t (useful only to nerds and gamers, which probably explains why I mention it) <a href=\"http:\/\/denbeste.nu\/cd_log_entries\/2002\/07\/ReignofFire.shtml\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/denbeste.nu\/cd_log_entries\/2002\/07\/Speedintheair.shtml\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/denbeste.nu\/cd_log_entries\/2002\/07\/Poundingitintotheground.shtml\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not the movie is any good, the trailer of Reign of Fire has some folks wondering exactly how dragons could take over the world, given current munitions. 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