Disabling the MBP's ability to receive signals from remote control?

I own an AppleTV, my roomate uses a Macbook and I have the Macbook Pro, and they all use the same remote control and signal. Anytime we use the remote for the AppleTV it sends our notebooks into Front Row. Is there anyway to disable the mac's ability to receive the signal from the remotes?
Thanks.

Hi,
What you need to do is pair each Apple Remote so that it's only recognised by the Mac it's paired with. The following Apple KB Documents will guide you on how to achieve this:
*Pairing and Unpairing the Apple Remote with Apple TV*
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304991
*Pairing your Apple Remote with your computer*
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302545
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