timbuktu (sp?) is such a program, i don't know what it cost but allows complete control of one machine by another over a network, which should work through a dial up connection if you call each other, but definitely read it's specs first, i could be wrong since i haven't used it and it may be picky about what kind of network it will run over. if you were both using os x it can be done with x11, there was just a long discussion about this on the mac network list. of course you do want to make sure there is password or some other kind of protection, but i'm sure timbuktu provides that.
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