On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:57:13 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , Sim D.
writes
{*} contents would include the predictable items such as a selection
of that day's newspapers, written letters from each of the family,
brief history of the house and family, photographs videos CDs of music
and commentary from us all.

I'd steer away from (especially) video - they might have problems with
the Maxell lifetime guarantee in 1000 years time

The CD format is on it's way out, There is a DVD format war going on at
the moment with china (who makes most of the players) coming up with
their own format by 2008

I think CDs are now so widespread that there will always be something to read them reasonably
available, however the lifetime of the CD itself may be questionable, especially in possibly damp
environments.