> will your page be readable in 1000 years?

In entire fairness, the evolution of language may well make this impossible, or nearly so, regardless of how you structure your content. It's not unreasonable to shoot for 100 years, though.

> In entire fairness, the evolution of language may well make this impossible, or nearly so, regardless of how you structure your content.

Are you aware that we're completely able to read documents from thousands of years ago? C.f. Caesar's Bellum Gallicum, which is about 2,050 years old.

You're absolutely right, of course. I'm not even sure why I thought that made sense when I said it; thanks for catching the oversight.

Thank you for responding so nicely!

As to why you wrote it — heh, we've all been there.