When we use our computers, in addition to performing the tasks we execute on them, our machines constantly interact with us, providing system feedback to help us remain in control of the system. The ability to interact with the person at the console was created by system developers (those who designed the operating system and applications). While error and warning messages usually come from the operating system itself, informing the operator that something is wrong, informational messages are commonly generated by applications or programs running on the system. These informational messages are intended to keep the user informed on events happening during runtime and request user input when decisions need to be made by the operator.
What happens when we pray? Are we talking to ourselves or do we send messages to the Creator's computer screen? Are those messages being heard? There are very many of them coming from all of us, how are they being handled? Do other living beings in our universe send similar messages/prayers? Is the Creator at the console or some other system user? Is anybody there at all?
It is pretty much impossible to say who is at the "console" of our world at any given moment, especially since our time flies at a different pace than that of the Creator's, as was suggested earlier. Considering the time differences, our universe might still be booting-up, so the Creator may still be there looking at the "screen". Or, if our universe was pre-booted, and then we were launched as rudimentary programs, our Creator might be having coffee somewhere in the cafeteria of his world.
We also have to remember that the "console" or "screen" or "coffee" terms in this context have really nothing to do with what we are picturing in our heads when we hear those terms. Remember, everything in our world is designed differently from the Creator's world, and is built of different materials/matter. The behavioral patterns of humans most like have nothing to do with the ones of the Creator, although some elements of our actions or motivations might be relevant in the outer universe as well. The terminology being used here to describe the imaginary elements of the outer world is just an attempt to somehow comprehend the things happening in the Creator's world.
In the computers designed by humans, programs not only send messages to the console, but to other programs and the operating system as well. Our intervention or participation is only required if the system is returning a response for the direct request from us, or if some events are taking place that the programmer thought should be shared with the user. Projecting this knowledge onto our universe, we may conclude that our prayers are handled by designated programs which are designed to handle those types of messages. This relates directly to our Angels and Demons. What actions they take based on the message they receive is hard to say. We can presume that the first priority of these programs is system stability, then performance and productivity, so actions taken (if any) will most likely support those objectives. Unfortunately, for many of us, our personal desires may contradict those overall system objectives established by the Creator; the results we receive may be the complete opposite of what we asked. Many horrible, from the humanitarian point of view, events are taking place in our world. Wars and natural disasters are just some of those. If those are permitted to take place by our guardian programs, they most likely satisfy the system stability objective established by the Creator. It is painful to understand that our individual lives mean nothing to the Creator, but we have to remember that the success of the Creator's project is impossible without us evolving and keeping our world stable. Remember our college students? Nobody there wanted their projects to fail. They enjoyed observing a stable system functioning. Do you want to be heard? Set your desires to match the Creator's objectives. If only we could do that!