Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fair Value (Details) (Recurring [Member], USD $)	Nov. 03, 2012		Oct. 29, 2011
Other Assets
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	$ 1,061,000	[1]	$ 2,472,000	[2]
Deferred compensation investments	28,480,000		26,410,000
Other Investments			1,135,000
Interest rate swap agreements			22,187,000
Total assets measured at fair value	3,890,996,000		3,613,055,000
Long-term debt
$375 million aggregate principal 5.0% debt			396,337,000	[3]
Contingent consideration	12,219,000		13,973,000
Total liabilities measured at fair value	12,219,000		410,310,000
Available-for-sale, amortized cost basis	3,327,500,000		2,284,900,000
Contracts in liability position	1,900,000		800,000
Long-term debt, fair value			413,400,000
Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	143,876,000		1,278,121,000
Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	347,028,000	[4]	95,948,000	[5]
Corporate Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	2,818,798,000	[4]	2,169,078,000	[5]
Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	280,065,000
Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | Greater than one year to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	37,408,000
Floating rate notes [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	234,280,000	[4]	17,704,000	[5]
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Other Assets
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	0	[1]	0	[2]
Deferred compensation investments	28,480,000		26,410,000
Other Investments			1,135,000
Interest rate swap agreements			0
Total assets measured at fair value	172,356,000		1,305,666,000
Long-term debt
$375 million aggregate principal 5.0% debt			0	[3]
Contingent consideration	0		0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	0		0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	143,876,000		1,278,121,000
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0	[4]	0	[5]
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	0	[4]	0	[5]
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Floating rate notes [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	0	[4]	0	[5]
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Other Assets
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	1,061,000	[1]	2,472,000	[2]
Deferred compensation investments	0		0
Other Investments			0
Interest rate swap agreements			22,187,000
Total assets measured at fair value	3,718,640,000		2,307,389,000
Long-term debt
$375 million aggregate principal 5.0% debt			396,337,000	[3]
Contingent consideration	0		0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	0		396,337,000
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0		0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	347,028,000	[4]	95,948,000	[5]
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	2,818,798,000	[4]	2,169,078,000	[5]
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	280,065,000
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | Greater than one year to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	37,408,000
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Floating rate notes [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	234,280,000	[4]	17,704,000	[5]
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Other Assets
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	0	[1]	0	[2]
Deferred compensation investments	0		0
Other Investments			0
Interest rate swap agreements			0
Total assets measured at fair value	0		0
Long-term debt
$375 million aggregate principal 5.0% debt			0	[3]
Contingent consideration	12,219,000		13,973,000
Total liabilities measured at fair value	12,219,000		13,973,000
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0		0
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0	[4]	0	[5]
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Corporate Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	0	[4]	0	[5]
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	0
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Floating rate notes [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member] | One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments	$ 0	[4]	$ 0	[5]

[1] The Company has a master netting arrangement by counterparty with respect to derivative contracts. As of November 3, 2012, contracts in a liability position of $1.9 million were netted against contracts in an asset position in the consolidated balance sheet.

[2] The Company has a master netting arrangement by counterparty with respect to derivative contracts. As of October 29, 2011, contracts in a liability position of $0.8 million were netted against contracts in an asset position in the consolidated balance sheet.

[3] Equal to the accreted notional value of the debt plus the fair value of the interest rate component of the long-term debt. The fair value of the long-term debt as of October 29, 2011 was $413.4 million, which is classified as a level 1 measurement according to the fair value hierarchy.

[4] The amortized cost of the Company’s investments classified as available-for-sale as of November 3, 2012 was $3,327.5 million.

[5] The amortized cost of the Company’s investments classified as available-for-sale as of October 29, 2011 was $2,284.9 million.