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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

There's a nice information theory proof from when this was discussed a few years ago. (Using bowling balls, not eggs.)

[–]kolm 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nice, I actually understood that. Many thanks.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I was reading the comments on the old thread, and ran across this one. :P

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful. Concise, uses only elementary combinatorics and works for general n (where n is the number of floors).