Where's the Open Data?

blamanj asks: "There's a lot of open-source code around, and generally, it's quite easy to find. Finding open source data, on the other hand, can be quite a pain. Why isn't there a common reponsitory for public domain data sets? I'm thinking of things like lists of world cities, dictionaries of stemmed words, population data, etc., etc."

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Yeah, *THIS* post might be offtopic, but the above wasn't. That's the first post that I'd ever had moderated down, and this will likely be the second.

"Hmmmm, he mentioned MS in a fashion not suited to bashing, he must be moderated down." I bash MS quite often, but I will give them credit when it's due.

Why don't you reply so we can have a little discussion instead of hiding behind anonymity? Oh, never mind, I forgot that this is slashdot.