Time Machine Auto-Respond to new EH

Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way to stop Time Machine from asking: "do you want to use this hard drive to backup with Time Machine" every time I plug in a new External Hard drive.
I work with a lot of external hard drives (Video Editing). It is VERY annoying to have it bug me every time I plug a new drive in. On top of the annoyance, I do not want to accidentally press yes sometime and screw up a drive.
So... can I turn that off without uninstalling Time Machine? (Turning time machine to Off does not work, it asks me anyways).
Thanks!

use this [link|http://www.macworld.com/article/133175/2008/04/105notmdrive.html]

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