The Macalope likes those odds but how do you calculate that?

It’s simple really:

N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L

Where R* is the rate of star formation in our galaxy, fp is the fraction of those stars that have planets, ne is the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planet, fl is the fraction that actually go on to develop life, fi is the fraction that go on to develop intelligent life, fc is the fraction that develop a system like the SEC, and L is the chance that Jobs was stupid enough to falsify documents when he’s already got more money than can be spent in a lifetime.

If you plug in the numbers using reasonable assumptions you’ll find that Jobs has less than a 5% chance of indictment (of course the proof also shows that there is a 12% chance we’ll be invaded by aliens after our supply of 2nd gen iPod shuffles so I wouldn’t get too bullish).

I also have a truly remarkable proof of the existance of a third generation of the iPhone which this comment box is too small to contain.

Munster basically said he would have been shocked if Jobs had NOT retained his own council- sounds like common sense to me.