I have some of these dating back to January 2012, which is about when I installed 11.10 on this computer. There are far more being created since I updated to 12.04 (mid-May). All are empty:
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 18 06:06 .goutputstream-1N9KFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 17 16:03 .goutputstream-CUYLFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 17 12:19 .goutputstream-QMR2FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 15 17:45 .goutputstream-LB21FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 21:07 .goutputstream-NVPXFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 20:11 .goutputstream-1J5LFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 13:20 .goutputstream-OBENFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 12:10 .goutputstream-TBIVFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 08:47 .goutputstream-SBXXFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 07:12 .goutputstream-175YFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 13 10:23 .goutputstream-FC4OFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 12 15:00 .goutputstream-7CRZFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 12 12:18 .goutputstream-2TT4FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 11 07:27 .goutputstream-TPO4FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 10 15:47 .goutputstream-KARXFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 10 15:10 .goutputstream-CFC0FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 19:53 .goutputstream-D1O3FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 14:40 .goutputstream-EFWNFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 14:03 .goutputstream-EF8UFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 13:31 .goutputstream-WX0XFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 12:36 .goutputstream-Y4J2FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 8 18:22 .goutputstream-S06JFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 8 08:57 .goutputstream-EO4JFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 7 17:13 .goutputstream-QRR3FW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 6 18:29 .goutputstream-KBREFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 6 06:10 .goutputstream-TMWEFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 4 08:45 .goutputstream-7C49EW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 3 21:29 .goutputstream-M3RCFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 3 18:15 .goutputstream-106VEW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 31 07:21 .goutputstream-5D0YEW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 29 22:58 .goutputstream-W5A9EW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 27 13:08 .goutputstream-N23FFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 26 18:00 .goutputstream-SRREFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 26 05:30 .goutputstream-J80AFW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 23 17:24 .goutputstream-4EQLEW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 15 07:49 .goutputstream-U8ZBEW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 13 07:20 .goutputstream-C4L7DW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Apr 12 18:23 .goutputstream-D50FCW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Mar 10 05:26 .goutputstream-FS2PAW
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 18 17:05 .goutputstream-47WY9V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 8 19:48 .goutputstream-TVPB9V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 6 18:36 .goutputstream-UDPC9V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 2 16:50 .goutputstream-XBB88V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 30 09:22 .goutputstream-093N8V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 28 04:42 .goutputstream-SDVX8V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 27 11:56 .goutputstream-76GO8V
I just noticed these things this morning so I can't accurately associate them with a particular activity, but I did think it should be noted that some were created while running 11.10.
I have some of these dating back to January 2012, which is about when I installed 11.10 on this computer. There are far more being created since I updated to 12.04 (mid-May). All are empty:
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 18 06:06 .goutputstream- 1N9KFW CUYLFW QMR2FW LB21FW NVPXFW 1J5LFW OBENFW TBIVFW SBXXFW 175YFW FC4OFW 7CRZFW 2TT4FW TPO4FW KARXFW CFC0FW D1O3FW EFWNFW EF8UFW WX0XFW Y4J2FW S06JFW EO4JFW QRR3FW KBREFW TMWEFW 7C49EW M3RCFW 106VEW 5D0YEW W5A9EW N23FFW SRREFW J80AFW 4EQLEW U8ZBEW C4L7DW D50FCW FS2PAW 47WY9V TVPB9V UDPC9V XBB88V 093N8V SDVX8V 76GO8V
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 17 16:03 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 17 12:19 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 15 17:45 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 21:07 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 20:11 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 13:20 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 12:10 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 08:47 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 14 07:12 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 13 10:23 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 12 15:00 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 12 12:18 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 11 07:27 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 10 15:47 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 10 15:10 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 19:53 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 14:40 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 14:03 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 13:31 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 9 12:36 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 8 18:22 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 8 08:57 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 7 17:13 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 6 18:29 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 6 06:10 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 4 08:45 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 3 21:29 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jun 3 18:15 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 31 07:21 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 29 22:58 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 27 13:08 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 26 18:00 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 26 05:30 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 23 17:24 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 15 07:49 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 May 13 07:20 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Apr 12 18:23 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Mar 10 05:26 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 18 17:05 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 8 19:48 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 6 18:36 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Feb 2 16:50 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 30 09:22 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 28 04:42 .goutputstream-
-rw------- 1 ann ann 0 Jan 27 11:56 .goutputstream-
I just noticed these things this morning so I can't accurately associate them with a particular activity, but I did think it should be noted that some were created while running 11.10.