Fair Value (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Feb. 04, 2012	Jun. 09, 2011	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]		Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 1 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 1 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 2 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 2 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Oct. 30, 2010 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member] 5.0% Senior unsecured notes due July 1, 2014 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Institutional Money Market Funds [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 1 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 2 [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 One year or less to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Corporate Obligations [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Greater than one year to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Greater than one year to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 1 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Greater than one year to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 2 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]	Feb. 04, 2012 Greater than one year to maturity [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Floating Rate Notes [Member] Level 3 [Member] Short-term Investments [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash and cash equivalents, fair value disclosure																					$ 529,437	$ 1,278,121	$ 529,437	$ 1,278,121	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 547,603	$ 95,948	$ 0	$ 0	$ 547,603	$ 95,948	$ 0	$ 0
Investments																																					0	60,041	0	60,041	0	17,755	17,704	0	0	17,755	17,704	0	0	2,354,585	2,169,078	0	0	2,354,585	2,169,078	0	76,615	0	76,615	0
Other assets:
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts				2,472					0				2,472				0
Deferred compensation investments			27,724	26,410	[1]			27,724	26,410			0	0			0	0
Interest rate swap agreements			21,418	22,187				0	0			21,418	22,187			0	0
Other investments			1,414	1,135				1,414	1,135			0	0			0	0
Total assets measured at fair value			3,636,592	3,613,055				558,575	1,305,666			3,078,017	2,307,389			0	0
Liabilities
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, liability			4,868					0				4,868				0
$375 million aggregate principle 5.0% debt						395,654	396,337			0	0			395,654	396,337				0	0
Contingent consideration	12,244	13,800	12,244	13,973				0	0			0	0			12,244	13,973	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value			$ 412,766	$ 410,310				$ 0	$ 0			$ 400,522	$ 396,337			$ 12,244	$ 13,973

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: