Two odd folders appeared under Macintosh HD

So these two folders just appeared in my Macintosh HD folder. They're empty, and I can't see any unusual processes running (although mDNSresponder is still running, I thought that got disabled with the latest update...i digress).
Anyways here's a grab:
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9030/oddfolderscr9.png
Can anyone tell me what these might be related to? I am running bittorrent with two different torrents downloading, but I don't think that's related at all.
Confusing...

Much more likely they are cache folders created by the BitTorrent client.
Quite possibly. But that opens up another question - Why is the BitTorrent client not writing its cache files inside the user's home folder? The top lever of the boot drive is a protected area and writable only by administrators. Any program that writes data there is seriously broken.

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