Only use HSB Color Picker in Illustrator?

I only want to use the HSB Color Picker in Illustrator. Yet it always shows the RGB Color Picker by default. Is there a way to change this behavior?
I'm using CS6.
Thanks!

Note that HSB values are hopelessly unstable.
See: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3336750#3336750 and http://forums.adobe.com/message/5253330#5253330
You can expect trouble. You have been warned :-)

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